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Québec-Vermont: An Even Better Union, Against State-Sponsored Fear
Another Chapter in "Border Studies"
I was reminded of one of the stuffier, starchy clichés in Barack Obama's speeches, about a "more perfect union," as I thought of two seemingly disparate facts: the strong subterranean movement of socialist and anti-imperialist thinking and practice within Québec, and the fact that Vermont is one state within the U.S. that is strictly off limits to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. I thought, there is an even better union, and in some respects it has been the stuff of actual practice, of everyday life, as we shall see below.
A Bush-free Zone, ahead of the times…
Should Bush and Cheney visit Vermont (where Bush has never set foot as President), they will have to plan their route carefully, or risk arrest for crimes against the constitution and war crimes. They have been formally indicted by the towns of Brattleboro and Marlboro (see: "Vermont towns indict Bush and Cheney for 'crimes against our Constitution'," The Guardian, 5 March 2008). Some local legislators have also moved to withdraw their National Guard troops from Iraq. Other towns in Vermont have passed resolutions calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney (Reuters, 5 March 2008). A few days ago, on 4 December, Brattleboro made the news again, with the town saying it is serious about enforcing impeachment measures against Bush (UPI, 4 December 2008).
The Sarah Palins of America would probably label Vermont as "un-American." Vermont's citizens, after all, are noted in the mainstream media as having a mind of their own (see "Introduction to Vermont" in the New York Times). Sinclair Lewis, the state's Nobel-prize winning author, praised Vermont as a place that escaped "American mania," a place that resists commercialism and Walmart as much as it resists the skyscraper (same source).
The Borderline Personality Disorder: Teaching people out of freedom, to see like a Militarized National Security State
Can such independence be tolerated by the state that internationally proclaims its war measures and torture as tools in the "fight for freedom"? Obviously not. And this takes me to the bulk of this essay, the ways that some residents of Vermont and Québec learned to live without border pathologies, and the ways that the Canadian state in alliance with its American senior partner seek to teach people so that they may develop borderline personality disorders. Besides sharing commonalities in their politics, "border" residents in the two territories share a great deal more, and the imperial state reasserts itself at home with almost as much vigour as it does abroad, to introduce new ruptures and to bifurcate and bureacratize the lives of citizens placed under surveillance.
CBC Television's "The Border"
One way to teach people is through mass media and entertainment. Shows such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Border (see here, and here), like all training programs of its kind, hopes for passive viewers that will identify with the heroes of the program (including a CSI Miami reject playing the role of a Toronto-based Homeland Security agent): officers of the state, on the perpetual lookout for transgressors, the villains, in fact us potentially. It's not just a police program, it is designed to get viewers to police their own minds, to align themselves to the state, to think about always looming threats, risks, insecurity, and to build little imaginary cops to patrol their own brains. It lulls viewers into a false sense of complexity, by asking trite questions derived from a strictly limited moral and political universe (for more, see "Defend the Border: The CBC's new show can only help 'the bad guys'," Justin Podur, Znet, 6 January 2008).
But in a post-9/11 world, the streets that snake without border control between Canada and the United States have become too risky for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the RCMP, who have agreed to erect a physical barrier to delineate the crossing and force people through a checkpoint. (source)
The other way to train people out of their everyday practice of life without an international border slicing it in half, is to introduce surveillance cameras and fences, the way that is being done along the Québec-Vermont border, to bust that better union that has existed until now (see: "Quebec, Vermont residents bristle at border barrier," CBC, 03 May 2007). The aim is to bring "9/11" down to the level of the everyday, to domesticate it, to make sure it becomes part of everyone's personal vocabulary, to internalize it, to make it the cornerstone of their whole philosophy of being and worldview. (Since there are those who believe that Obama is a progressive change, my question to them is: Has Obama vowed to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security? How about the Patriot Act?)
Showing an enduring independence of mind that gives one reason for hope (not of the sham kind), residents stated:
"Why do we want a fence, which will look like the Berlin Wall here?" asked Stanstead Mayor Raymond Yates.
"I think we're giving in to the terrorists here by having to change our way of life," said Buzz Roy, a town official and pharmacy owner.
(Unfortunately, this is not a story just limited to Québec-Vermont, but to a number of First Nations, in particular Akwesasne/St. Regis, itself cut by a colonizing border. Likewise, First Nations have also been subject to surveillance as potential sources of "illegal" cross-border traffic, with some suggestions of potential "terrorism.")
Imperial Settlings and the Unsettling State
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Québec and Vermont
Let us go back to that picture of lived unity, of transborder exchange that in fact paid little attention to any state-imposed borders, not in the past, and not until recently. I am speaking of the border separating the Canadian province/Nation of Québec and the U.S. State of Vermont, and in particular two towns in the respective territories, Stanstead (QC) and Derby Line (VT).
The history of these territories, and the towns, mirror each other: Vermont was once a part of New France (at least until 1763), from which Québec emerged, both territories sharing the names of key French figures in their historical tales, Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain, with the French founding the first European settlement in what is now Vermont. Today, Vermont still has French place names, including the name of the state, and the name of the capital, Montpelier, while some of Québec's southernmost towns, the so-called "English townships," bear English names. The northern part of Vermont still has a large number of people of French-Canadian ancestry, and indeed, 23.3% of people in Vermont are of French-Canadian ancestry, with some 2.5% still speaking French at home (source). Mirroring this history, Stanstead (QC) was founded by a family that came from New England, and grew once United Empire Loyalists settled in the town.
Founded by empire, divided by inter-state imperial wars, united by the actions of "ordinary" people, now being forced apart once more by states — that is life in the pre-border, trans-border, re-bordered zone, and it seems that people are rightfully getting sick of it.
Stanstead-Derby Line
Towns such as Stanstead and Derby Line have a shared history, a shared population, and shared facilities. (Other areas joining the province and the state even have a shared legend of a mythical monster, Memphre, on Lac/Lake Magog). A Stanstead resident told a CBC reporter: "There are a lot of border people like myself. Families intermarried, lots and lots of tradition and history intertwining in two countries." As one journalist put it: "Residents share both public services and knotted bloodlines" (source).
Stanstead-Derby Line: Blurred Boundary Up Close
Sharing facilities was the case until the newest reign of terror set in: the institutionalized and globalized paranoia of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, seeking to divide up the world and keep people apart, with serious disadvantage even to at least some American citizens.
Derby Line is known for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, deliberately constructed on the international border and opened in 1904. The donors were a binational couple: Carlos F. Haskell was a local American businessman who owned a number of sawmills, while Martha Stewart was Canadian. The intent was that people on both sides of the border would have use of the facility, which is now a designated historic site. Patrons of the library from either side of the border may use the facility without going through border security.
In some places, the international border runs through individual homes, so that meals prepared in one country are eaten in the other. An entire tool-and-die factory, once operated by the Butterfield division of Litton Industries, is also divided in two by the border.
Derby Line shares water and sewer systems with Stanstead as well as emergency crews which respond to calls on both sides of the border. (emphases added, source)
The sharing extended to the currency field recently as well, when the Canadian dollar began to soar above the American dollar, until its latest slump:
Utility workers in a pair of Quebec-Vermont border towns have asked to be paid in Canadian dollars instead of American dollars, thanks to the soaring value of the loonie.
The neighbouring towns of Stanstead, Que., and Derby Line, Vt., share water and sewage systems which are run by a team of 15 American and Canadian employees who had been paid in U.S. dollars because they were worth more.
But starting this week [Nov. 7, 2007], the workers will get paid in Canadian currency. (emphasis added, source)
Border through Stanstead-Derby Line
Thanks to a renewed sealing of the border, fire brigades on the Québec side can no longer respond immediately to fires on the Vermont side, so that some buildings in Vermont have been razed since their towns were dependent on Québec's fire services.
Sealing Stanstead and Derby Line
Keeping the towns apart, physically is no simple task. Aside from the fact that some homes sit on the border itself, some streets continue across the border, and the border runs through the natural landscape that people use. One man was also reportedly "intercepted" by U.S. border patrol agents…at the edge of his own driveway (source).
Rock Island Border Station
While the state can project power into small towns and try to transform them into outposts of the national security state, there is one irony: it also makes such towns "media worthy," and brings them to wider attention, placing them on a world map of deleterious social changes, and also brings out the positive lessons that they have to offer. They serve as role models for alternative futures, rendered plausible because they were firmly part of the lived and shared past. That is what made them targets, and that is what makes those who target them our targets in turn. Where a border is asserted and imposed without legitimacy, without need, it invites repeated violation, and it will be eroded once more.
Some additional sources:
For more information on the Nine-elevening of Canada, see David Parker's "The Anti-Terrorist Battle Inside Canada's Borders," in The Dominion (Media Coop), 17 July 2008.
For a well designed interactive tour of the persons and history associated with some of the old small towns of Vermont, see this tour on the New York Times website. Brattleboro is also featured.
To show us new ways of building solidarity online, without borders, and against borders, see Montréal's Solidarité sans frontières, and No One Is Illegal-Montréal.
Finally, to those cosmopolitanist anthropologists who choose as their targets only the identifications of those on the bloody end of the world-system, without questioning borders, states, and national security doctrines…please finish your homework.
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Elaine Cullen
This is disturbing and it is also disturbing that it is not the only place that border conflicts are rising between the U.S. and Canada, other places where there is new conflict is in the Akwesasne/St Regis region, with a border crossing being closed there. It is also disturbing that the long standing secession movement in Quebec, is also being seen in it's U.S. neighbor state to the south, Vermont recently. For so long the U.S. and Canada have had peaceful relations and no border problems and it's disconcerting that these types of problems should be cropping up and all fairly recently as well.
Very interesting news Elaine, many thanks for your message, and also for the link to your own very interesting blog, which I will now add to my list.
Vermont strikes me as a bit of an anomaly in the U.S., I feel lucky to be so close to it.
Akwesasne/St Regis has been a furnace of conflict for decades now — decades to say the least. That border crossing and the highway through the reserve were not supposed to have been built, according to the terms of the Jay Treaty violated by the federal government of Canada.
Timothy Lebron
I know this is an old blogpost, but in it I see something that I hadn't yet seen from Quebecers that I've been waiting to see: Support for a Quebec-Vermont union.
Being a Vermont separatist, supporting separatist candidates, this is an idea that we've floated quite regularly.
I hope I can see more ideas like this spread.


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HMSI doesn't expect revival in auto sector in near term
"In near future we do not see any positive revival coming in the market, and after some time in the long term...But for the next two quarters, we are not that upbeat because there is a transition which is going to happen from April 1," Guleria said referring to the BS-VI emission norms becoming mandatory.
With the Activa 6G, the Japanese two-wheeler maker has introduced a host of new features offering latest technology.
Mumbai: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India has said it does not see any revival in the automobile sector in the near term.
The automobile sector recorded its worst-ever sales decline in two decades in 2019.
Speaking after the launch of company's third BS-VI compliant product, the 110-cc Activa 6G scooter, on Wednesday, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing Y S Guleria said he was not very hopeful of the government giving any concession to the industry on GST rates.
"If it happens, definitely it will help from customer point of view," he added.
"In near future we do not see any positive revival coming in the market, and after sometime in the long term...But for next two quarters, we are not that upbeat because there is a transition which is going to happen from April 1," Guleria said referring to the BS-VI emission norms becoming mandatory.
There will be some time lag and that will also shift the demand, he said, adding Honda is also trying to make it more affordable to upgrade to basic technology through attractive finance scheme.
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Guleria said it is difficult to specify in which month or quarter the revival will happen.
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"From an industry point of view, because the price points are changing anywhere in double digits, in terms of percentage from existing price point, this will definitely have some impact. It is also happening when the overall sentiments of the market are also low," he said on pricing post implementation of BS-VI norms.
The new scooter, priced at Rs 63,912 (ex-showroom New Delhi), will be delivered to customers by the end of January and early February.
Activa 125 scooter was the first BS-VI compliant model launched by HMSI in September last year, almost seven months ahead of the implementation of the new emission norms.
"Today we are proud to launch the game changing BS-VI Activa 6G which will be available across our dealerships by the end of January & early February," Guleria said.
A performance accelerator to the HET (Honda Eco Technology) engine, Enhanced Smart Power (eSP) technology, which optimises energy output by maximising efficient combustion and minimising friction with a silent start, and a smooth eco-friendly engine are some of the features of the new scooter.
"Much ahead of the regulation, Honda was the first manufacturer in India to start selling mass segment BS-VI two-wheeler Activa 125 followed by SP 125," HMSI President and Chief Executive Officer Minoru Kato said.
He said the company has already dispatched over 75,000 units of these two BS-VI models across India.
"Today, as we launch the all new BS-VI Activa 6G, I am confident, it will unleash another quiet revolution and further strengthen our business expansion in India," Kato added.
HMSI is also carrying out a study on electric mobility plans and it is expected to be finalised in a year, he said.
Guleria said the company will upgrade only four to five models from its existing line up to BS-VI compliant model post implementation of new emission norms.
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There are immediate changes required to country of origin rules, the EU organic logo and the EU emblem.
Country of Origin: UK food should not be labelled as originating from the EU.
Organic logo: The EU organic logo should not be used on any UK organic products until the UK & EU reach an equivalency agreement.
Supplier name and address: If the product is to be traded in the UK, post Brexit an UK address for a manufacturer, packer, distributor, importer or vendor will be required in addition to the address in the EU. Likewise all products sold in the EU should declare the name and postal address of a manufacturer, packer, distributor, importer or vendor within the EU.
Defra has said that once the UK leaves the EU, there is the potential for all Food Labelling to changed.


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Lorenz Leiboldt d. Ä. (* um 1530; † 12. September 1597 in Lichtenstadt, Elbogener Kreis) war ein böhmischer Bürgermeister, Ratsherr und Chronist von Lichtenstadt.

Leben
Sein namentlich nicht genannter Vater zog am Dreikönigstag 1552 von Tüppelsgrün nach Lichtenstadt, wo er das Haus des Gilbhard kaufte. Er "hatte ein Gewächs im Leib und starb nach einem Trank von einem Leutebetrüger Freitag nach Martini 1563". Leiboldt, der den Beruf des Weißgerbers erlernte, war 1551 nach Kaaden in die Lehre gegangen und arbeitete 1553 in der Gerbergasse im sächsischen Freiberg. Er brachte sich selbst lesen und schreiben bei. In seiner Heimatstadt bekleidete er 22 Jahre das Bürgermeisteramt und war 34 Jahre Ratsmitglied. Sein Verdienst ist es, eine Chronik von Lichtenstadt begonnen zu haben, die er in jungen Jahren begann und bis zu seinem Tode 1597 führte. Darin berichtete er u. a. von wichtigen Geschehnissen der Stadt wie Unwetter, Unglücksfälle, Gewalttaten, Brände und Kriegsgeschehnisse. Die Chronik wurde von seinem Sohn Andreas Leiboldt fortgeführt.

Familie
Lorenz Leiboldt heiratete NN (* um 1529; † 4. April 1607 in Lichtenstadt). Aus der Ehe gingen folgende Kinder hervor:
 Elisabeth (* 1555 in Lichtenstadt); ⚭ 1578 Jacob Gläser
 Mathias (*/† 1557 in Lichtenstadt)
 Walburga (*/† 1558 in Lichtenstadt)
 Johannes (* 1559 in Lichtenstadt; † 1585 ebenda)
 Andreas (* 1561 in Lichtenstadt; † 23. Februar 1614 ebenda), Richter und Zolleinnehmer; ⚭ 1584 Magdalena Kistler
 Paul (*/† 1566 in Lichtenstadt)
 Tochter (*/† 10. Februar 1569 in Lichtenstadt)
 Catharina (* 1570 in Lichtenstadt; † 1571 ebenda)
 totgeborener Sohn (*/† 1573 in Lichtenstadt)

Literatur
 Gustav Erlbeck: Die Leiboldt in Lichtenstadt. Zusammengestellt nach Angaben der "Leiboldtschen Chronik von Lichtenstadt 1545 – 10.10.1786". In: Sudetendeutsche Familienforschung, 34. Jg. (1992), Bd. 8, S. 26–35 (online; PDF; 6,76 MB).

Person (Böhmen)
Chronist
Geboren im 16. Jahrhundert
Gestorben 1597
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Q: Refresh folder dynamically at runtime How can I refresh project folder dynamically at runtime using java program. Actually I created the java file dynamically and I have read the created java file at the same time. But it shows class not found exception. when I refresh the project folder once, its working properly. Is there is any way to refresh folder dynamically . I have tried

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As exams officially commence today, I'm counting down the minutes until Friday at 9:15 AM when my last final will officially be over! In a way, it's a bittersweet ending to a school year seeing that next year I'll actually be a senior. Because I'm close with so many girls in the senior class at my school, and my brother is also a senior, I've had quite the inside peak at the graduation process, and it's such a monumental experience! A part of me is excited to lead my high school alongside my class, but a part of me also wants to go back to freshman year, and just keep doing these past years over and over again. Lately I've noticed this whole experience of graduation and growing up is completely dependent on perspective, which branches a lot off of attitude. And my attitude, to say the least, has not been the best lately.
Maybe it's the stress and my lack of sleep, maybe it's the seemingly-never-ending family and friend drama, or maybe I could just be feeling a little down, but my parents, friends, and even I have noticed that my attitude has been so negative and pessimistic lately. I have so much to be thankful for and so much to look forward to in my life that it just doesn't add up how I can not be so appreciative or positive and excited for everything in my life. As the school year comes to an end, I want to focus on entering my senior year with a positive attitude and enjoying my summer to the fullest so I can make the most of what I have left of high school! Life is short, and these last few years have gone by so fast.
It can sometimes be a bit of a personal struggle for people to hop out of bed each day with a smile on their face; everyone fights their own battle and it's tricky when you're not always in the loop with what everyone else has on their plate. My personal goal for this summer is going to be to try my hardest to soften up and have a better attitude. Happiest girls are the prettiest!
Fran this post hits so close to home for me. I totally feel you on not having a great attitude this year. So many of my friends and family have been struggling with so much that it's impacted me greatly. Like you I want to head into senior year with optimism, looking forward to all the fun! Xo!


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Q: Prove that $B$, $C$, $M$, $N$ and $P$ are points of a cyclic polygon.
$E$, $F$ and $D$ are points respectively on line $CA$, $AB$ and $BC$ such that $CE = EA$, $AF = FB$ and $ED = DF$. Given point $P$ sastified $\widehat{CET} = 90^\circ - \dfrac{\widehat{EDF}}{2} = \widehat{TFB}$. The tangent of the circumcircle of $\triangle{TEF}$ at point $T$ intersects line $CA$ and $AB$ respectively at points $M$ and $N$. The circumcircle of $\triangle{AFE}$ intersects line $AT$ at point $T$ $(P \not\equiv A)$. Prove that $B$, $C$, $M$, $N$ and $P$ are points of a cyclic polygon.

This might come as the most difficult geometry problem I've ever encountered. There's a clue and it is to let $Q = AP \cap (T, E, F)$ and prove that $AT$ and $AD$ are reflected one another in the bisector of $\widehat{CAB}$. $(AQ < AP)$
Working around the clue, I still can't figure it out. I suppose more points need to be set up.

A: Draw the height of triangle FDE from vertex D. Since ED=DF this height is the bisector of $\angle FDE$. Hence we have:
$\angle DEF=\angle DFE=90-\frac{\angle EDF}{2}=\angle CET=\angle TFB$
FB is parallel to BC therefore:
$\angle EDC=\angle DEF=\angle CET$
Also:
$\angle AEF+\angle DEF+\angle DEC=180^o$
$\angle ACB=\angle AEF$
$\angle DEF=\angle EDC$
$\angle AEF+\angle FED+\angle DEC=180^o$
Due to data in question:
$\angle TEC=\angle BFT=\angle FED=\angle EDC$
⇒$\angle TEC=\angle DEC$
That is T locates on ED and triangle EDC is isosceles,Also triangle FNT is isosceles because NT and NF are tangent to circumcircle  of $\triangle TEF$ so we have:
$\angle ECD=\angle EDF=\angle FNT$
Therefore we have :
$\angle BCM=\angle BNM$
This  is possible only if points B, C, M and M are on a circle, because the sides of angles BNM and BCM cross each other.Similar reasoning can be used for point P.


In several jurisdictions, employees' claims for unpaid wages and contributions are entitled to preferential treatment over other creditors. Employees, however, may also be protected through social security schemes.
In a new article, I compare employee priority regimes (if existing) in three Member States of the EU (France, Germany and the United Kingdom), by assessing their interplay with social security schemes. The most intriguing question, under a comparative standpoint, is whether these regimes could be explained as deriving from the peculiar 'variety of capitalism' that these countries represent. According to a widely accepted academic tradition, the UK is a model of 'liberal market economies', and England is the birthplace of all common law jurisdictions, while Germany and France are typical 'coordinated market economies' and models for civil law systems around the world.
Following this approach, we would expect that no priority should exist in England, whereas France and Germany should protect employees through insolvency priorities. The historical comparison conducted in this article reveals a much more complex and multi-faceted scenario.
In particular, the German regime, by abolishing priorities in 1999, seems to be more in line with an ideal-type of 'liberal market economy', while in France employees' claim partially rank in priority over secured creditors ('super-priority'), which is more coherent with its standard classification as 'coordinated market economy'. Over time, the English regime has placed itself in an intermediate position, since workers' claims are protected by a priority, which is however capped at a quite low nominal value (just £800). However, if we turn our attention to labour protection in these countries during the 1970s, we observe a quite different scenario. In England, the priority cap was set at £800 in 1976, whose real value at that time would be about £5,200 today; this nominal value has never been adjusted to inflation, with the consequence of reducing it to a quite low real value. In Germany until 1999 employees enjoyed a super-priority which was similar to the French system.
These developments cannot be fully explained only by using the 'varieties of capitalism' theory. While the French regime still fits into the ideal-type of 'coordinated market economies', the German regime seems to contradict this narrative; furthermore, in the 1970s, the UK regime also contradicted the ideal-type of a 'liberal' market economy. Probably, this development can only be explained by looking at how the relation between labour and capital has changed in the last four decades.
When employees are not prioritised, their claims are treated like any other trade partners' claims and, consequently, labour is conceived like any other commodity that is purchased by a company on a market. By contrast, if employees enjoy a statutory priority, politics treats workers differently from other creditors, which mirrors their peculiar position in the business and the fact that, when a company becomes insolvent, they risk losing their income, not just a certain amount of money. Bearing this in mind, the historical analysis conducted in this article reveals a quite univocal result: that employment protection has been reduced over the last 40 years in England and in Germany, and is now entrusted only (or predominantly) to social security schemes.
Finally, this paper takes issue with the idea that employee priorities and social security schemes are functional equivalents. I have shown that it is not irrelevant whether employees, besides social security protection, also enjoy a priority or not. Social security schemes are normally subrogated to employees' rights and, therefore, if employees rank in priority over other creditors, the insurance fund should also be treated preferentially. As such, in systems without priorities (eg, Germany) or with a priority capped at a low level (eg, England), the social security scheme risks suffering a haircut. Therefore, describing statutory priorities and social security schemes as functional substitutes does not give a proper account of their legal interconnections and their reciprocal embeddedness.


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Jones: (Ministerial voice) …hundreds of people that lifted their hands in pained and crippling conditions. I did not touch them. I just sent my word, and everyone in the room was healed. That's all it takes. If you know what you're dealing with, if you know that the magnetic force is here, if you know the electrifier, the deliverer, the revolutionary, the li— liberator, the savior has come, if you know it, (Speaks quickly) all you have to do is just call. Mentally. Make a mental and a spiritual contact. (Voice raises) I don't care where you are. You may be like Sister (unintelligible— sounds like "that Turner") was going off into the— into the water, with her five children. (Pause) Down there in the barb wire, in the middle of the lake. But bless her heart, she held onto the picture that— of me that she had on her ignition key, and she said, "Father, for the sake of my children," and up that car came, as we all know. Up it came.
Jones: Not only did it come from the middle of the lake, where it would— where she jumped over the culvert into the middle of it, (quiet intensity) but it came right up to the shoreline. And everyone stepped out, and when she finally got her five children out and she stepped out, (Voice raises) it rolled back down into that bottomless pit. My my my my my my!
Jones: (Stretches out words) Just call on your God, and you will get an answer!
Jones: (Evangelical tone) For every service I've called you out and told you the thoughts of your mind, told you the details of your life, caused cripples to run, caused the blind to see, caused those that were impossibly injured, crushed legs— that was what happened last week— (quieter tone) my, my— Surely you've seen enough, that now you should know. And to whom much is given, much is required. My son willed the spirit, the tapes mention the offering, and we today need your assistance. (Pause) (Conversational tone) I think it might not be bad, and even though— how many were not here yesterday? (Clears throat) (Pause) While I'm taking the offering, set up those pictures and just flash them again. I think people need to see them. Of our Promised Land. (Pause) Seventeen minutes of four. Shh! [You] say, why are you talking about a Promised Land? Have you been reading the news? Yesterday, the Academy of Science demanded, the world's scientists demanded, the US scientists demanded that the world science convention that they be allowed to teach that the black people are an inferior race. I got the newspaper here. Don't you know what they're getting ready to do? That's what they did with the Jews, before they murdered seven million of them. (Voice raises) Now I know some of you say, I got my Bible, it'll take me through. (Cries) The Jews — some of you walkin' out — the Jews were chosen people. That's what their Bible said. But seven million of them were exterminated in gas ovens. Buried alive, burned alive. Shot in Christian churches. I know 75 children, they were offered a piece of candy in a Christian uh, Full Gospel Church in Germany, and the secret police went down, said, open your mouth, close your eyes, and they put a Luger— 75 troopers stepped up right then, and blew the brains of the children out on the altar. [You] say, it won't happen here. (Ministerial voice) Have you been reading about our young women, 12 and 11, that have been eugenically, they call it eugenically, given therapy so they can't have babies? Meaning that they've been sterilized? Did you read last year of the three hundred and some— the seven hundred and so men that were given syphilis, black, and not even given a penicillin shot when it could have cured them, and hundreds of them died, many of them went crazy? (Pause) Treated just like a guinea pig? Worked on like a rat, by the United States Department of Health? Yes, Mexican mothers, did you read about the three hundred Mexican mothers that was given a drug, that told them, they came to be prevented from having a pregnancy, they said, this'll prevent it. And it was a cancer-causing drug, that guarantees, everything it's every been used on, has developed cancer within 19 years. And they all got pregnant, nearly. Because it didn't stop their pregnancy. Have you been reading? (Pause) (Voice raises) Supreme Court says that they can wiretop— tap your homes? Now the police can stop you any place without a search warrant, and go through your effects, and go through your car and through your homes? They beat up enough people, those rookies from Mississippi— that's where a lot of these white under-policemen come. Not the chiefs and the commanders and supervisors, but a lot of these rednecks running these streets, they come directly from Alabama and Georgia and Mississippi.
Jones: (Normal tone) Now, don't stand there and look uh, like you don't know what I'm talkin' about. Some of you are afraid to stand up and be counted. It was just in this town, that a white, blond-headed priesman— policeman, few weeks ago, few days ago, shot a black man, James Baldwin, 34 years of age, left several children, shot him. Said he had a gun, and it was their gun. They planted the gun on him. (Pause) And then planted heroin on him. Every newspaper finally brought it out, because there were 50 witnesses. They couldn't do anything else. (Harder voice) How many times has it been done and not brought out? Don't tell me. One of our sisters right around here was beat on and called a nigger bitch and throwed on the s— the bed, and then they admitted they had the wrong person.
One voice: Uh-huh.
Jones: (Conversational tone) We're developing a dictatorship. That's why they kidnapped Mrs. Hearst. Now all the black businesses are getting threatened. We're going to kill ten blacks, they say, for every white, if something happens to her. That's why black people are being accused of shooting whites on the street corners. My— One of my sons— one of my church members, was— as I said, I want you to get that in your heart, how great miracle that was, he was right on the street, on Geary, when it was about to happen to him, and the car cruised back. He said, it didn't look like black to him. Looked like somebody with a plastic—
One voice: Fixed-up.
Jones: —fixed-up, cosmetically, to look like they were black. But they stopped, like they were going to kill him. But he said, "Jim," and the car rolled on, just a few more feet, and shot down another white person. But did not shoot him. (Cries out) Why do you think they're having this happen across this nation? Boston, white people supposed to be set afire by black people. (Pause) White people shot on the street, supposedly by a black cult, or black political group. (Normal tone, lecturing) They want the poor to start a war amongst themselves. Because with this mass production, they don't need poor workers anymore. The cotton fields don't need cotton pickers, because they've got mechanized cotton pickers. So they want to do away with a lot of the poor people, and there's no better way to do away with them than to start a race war between black and poor whites, and that will kill them off, just like they killed them off in Vietnam, for a long time. (Self-evident tone) They killed us all off in Vietnam. Thirty-seven percent of our people that died over there were black, yet only 10% of the population is supposed to be black. (Pause) [You] say, I didn't come here to hear about that— No. You came here thinking this was another church, some of you. You thought you'd be lied to, just like your preachers lied to you. I've come to save you. I've come to save you, not from sin, but from the sinners, (cries out) the honkies that have sinned against you.
Jones: Sometimes you make it too easy for your children. You let 'em get by with things, and then, they'll get in trouble, and there'll be nobody to help them. So we need to teach people that life has to be (short humorless laugh) struggled with.
Tape cuts off for unknown time.
Jones: (Evangelical fervor) — terrible thing. And we can't do something fast— because black people are, as I said, as blind as the whites, they still promotin' that religion, read the religious se— columns, read your church section, anniversaries, trips to Jerusalem, always want to take a tour of the Holy Land, but yet a black person cannot even get residence. You can't even reside in the Holy Land, yet black people every year, these old jackleg preachers take their money and take them a trip to the Holy Land. I'll tell you, this is our Holy Land. And that's our Holy Land.
Jones: (Normal tone) Now shift yourself, please. I do that for a reasons of arterial (Pause) heart and blood pressure reasons. (Clear throat) Peace.
Section 2: Radio address by Mike Prokes on KGO Radio
Finley: —the response to a previous program, and the response is from Michael J. Prokes, of the Peoples Temple Christian Church. Mr. Prokes?
Prokes: In the course of the conversation on the air between Art Finley and Reverend Lester Kinsolving recently, Kinsolving, without any warning or prompting whatever, proceeded to attack and malign Reverend Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple Disciples of Christ of Ukiah, California. Kinsolving said Reverend Jones has people believing he raises people from the dead. Said it would be nice if someone would go up and exorcise him. Stated that, upon visiting this church, he had worn his collar, that he had been seized, that he had his photographer grabbed, and that he was himself interrogated by the Assistant District Attorney, and stated that his home had been burglarized for the first time in eight years, three days after the Examiner was picketed by 150 people put there by the church. We of Peoples Temple assert that these statements by Kinsolving are untrue, malicious and outrageous. First, this church is primarily concerned with human service. It is only secondarily concerned with a calm, sane, spiritual healing ministry known for its coordination with medical science. This ministry is based on New Testament principles, and the pastor insists that every person who has been helped immediately see a physician of their choice for verification. Reverend Jones does not in any way attribute illness or sickness to a devil. The church has no practice of exorcism whatever. In fact, it never even uses the word, and has never released any stories about the devil being driven out. Reverend Jones believes simply that the mind is very powerful, responds to love, and can be used by God to affect one's physical health. This is particularly true, if the mind dwells on noble concepts and actions like love, kindness and social justice. Secondly, Reverend Jim Jones is a man of great integrity who is highly respected in the community, both in Mendocino County and San Francisco. He was appointed foreman of the grand jury in Mendocino County. In San Francisco, he was given the annual Special Merit Award for Civic Leadership by one of the largest newspapers in northern California. He and his dedicated wife, Marceline, a registered nurse, have adopted children of five different ethnic backgrounds. The family lives in a modest dwelling near Ukiah. Reverend Jones carries on an extensive human service ministry. These projects include: a drug rehabilitation program in which over 175 young persons have been permanently rehabilitated from drug abuse, a large animal shelter which takes in abandoned animals, free legal assistance to the poor, the leasing of property to members who care for senior citizens, orphans and exceptional children, and who do not claim the church's tax exempt status, thus saving the government and taxpayers thousands and thousands of dollars. College scholarships are given to young people, who agree to use their skills to serve humanity. And agricultural projects, to grow and distribute food to the hungry.
In addition, the church consistently gives money for worthy causes, including cancer research, Jewish refugees, and the families of police officers slain in the line of duty. Two weeks ago, this church gave $300 to each of the families whose members were slain in the senseless rampage of random killings in San Francisco. Thirdly, we at Peoples Temple assert the following: that Kinsolving visited our church on at least two occasions and was allowed in to take notes each time, that there are many witnesses to the fact that Kinsolving did not wear his collar, that Kinsolving was not seized by us, that a member of the church, who happens to be an Assistant District Attorney, offered to show Kinsolving around the children's homes, the senior citizen homes, and other projects of the church, and that Kinsolving said he was not interested, that the Assistant D.A. did not, in any sense of the word, interrogate Kinsolving, nor was Kinsolving's photographer in any way grabbed, and that we know these charges are patently absurd. We of Peoples Temple ask, if Kinsolving was so threatened, why did he come back the following week, by himself? Peoples Temple also says that on two Sundays only, and after acts of violence had taken place against the church, and pursuant to the advice of law enforcement officials, did two members of the church, in open view, wear firearms, but neither even met Kinsolving, that they served as security in the same way as does any special policeman at any public function, that people who resent the success of Peoples Temple for whatever reason, be it the size — for example, the church has 5000 members in the San Francisco area alone — or its reputation of violence, as— or its reputa— repudiation of violence as a means of social reform, have gone so far as to throw Molotov cocktails at the church and brutalized its animals, that last August, our community center on Geary Street in San Francisco was gutted by a fire which we know was deliberately set. The evidence shows that Peoples Temple has excellent reason to be concerned about security. Fourth, we of Peoples Temple declare it outrageous for Kinsolving to imply that the church members burglarized his house. The charge goes far beyond the realm of decency and fairness. We know that not a scintilla of evidence exists linking any member of Peoples Temple with the alleged burglary. Reverend Jones has said that every member of his church is willing to take a polygraph lie detector test to prove it. I asked that Kinsolving do the same.
(Person doing the recording) Yeah!
Finally, we of Peoples Temple say that it is equally outrageous for Kinsolving to call to exorcise the ordained pastor who has been praised by high officials of his own nationwide denomination of nearly two million, and many others, and who works, day and night, without thought of reward, to relieve human suffering, and has inspired thousands to do the same. We would like to thank KGO and Art Finley for the opportunity to respond to our one critic's allegations. Thank you.
Finley: Thank you. A response, ready by Michael J. Prokes of the Peoples Temple Christian Church. The time now is fourteen minutes past ten.
Tape originally posted May 1999
Last modified on February 24th, 2015.
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The Almighty Dollar er en amerikansk stumfilm fra 1916 af Robert Thornby.

Medvirkende
 June Elvidge som Nan Lorimer
 Frances Nelson som Masie Lorimer
 George Anderson som Dr. Thornton
 E.K. Lincoln som John Harwood
 Miss Humphries.

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Eksterne henvisninger

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February 2, 2017 - 8:58 am EDT 2 years ago
Rory: Tiger Is "Closer Than People Think"
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Rory McIlroy has been on the shelf with a rib injury recently, but that didn't stop him from swinging by the No Laying Up Podcast for the second time. When asked if he watches golf when he's not playing, he was quite candid about the fact he was just as interested to see Tiger's return last week at Torrey Pines as everybody else.
In fact, he randomly woke up at 2:30 a.m. in Dubai, which happened to be the same time Tiger was teeing off.
"I was like, 'Maybe I'll stay up and watch a few holes,'" McIlroy said, according to the No Laying Up Podcast. "So I actually stayed up and watched most of it through the night. … It was Tiger's first week back in a while and I was sort of intrigued to see how it was, just like everyone else, so I got up in the middle of the night to watch that."
Even though Tiger missed the cut, it turns out McIlroy was impressed with what he saw. While everybody and their mother has an opinion on Tiger's "new, old, whatever" swing, we should probably listen to Rory on this one.
"If you look at his backswing, where he's taking the club away, where he's putting the club at the top of the swing, it's really good," McIlroy said. "It's so on plane. And if he can just get his lower body to work a little bit better through the ball, he's right there. He's so close. He's closer than people think, I can assure you that."
NLU Podcast, Episode 63: @McIlroyRory is back, talking injury, how much golf he watches, and how he celebrates wins: https://t.co/5WtCiONAU5
— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) February 1, 2017
He then shared some thoughts on the 14-time major winner. If anybody can speak the truth about the person they've looked up to for so many years, it's Rory.
"He's won 14 majors, he's won (79) times on the PGA Tour, he's won over 100 times worldwide. That is not a failure," McIlroy said. "But unfortunately, people are going to see his career as a failure because he didn't achieve what he set out to achieve, and that's ludicrous. Absolutely ludicrous.
"He played the best golf of anyone in the world, ever, for like a 10-year stretch. It was golf that no one had seen before. It brought so many people to the sport, and it ignited a generation of golfers that you see now coming through…so many guys that were just inspired by what he did on the golf course. He transcended the game of golf, and he is nothing but a success and a credit to the game of golf."
"I would love if he would just give it one last run … because I'd love to compete against him down the stretch of a major."
Rory and Tiger dueling down the stretch of a major Sunday? Don't tease us.
[No Laying Up]


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Gone are the days when Jane and Leo would need to wake up early to go to work and take turns to file vacation leaves whenever their daughter has an important activity in school. Primarily, It was their daughter that fueled this couple to venture into this DIY service laundry business.
This isn't their first try. They have tried several businesses that didn't work as expected. However, those setbacks didn't stop them from trying and finally making it. They dared to be their own bosses.
And it was all worth it. Leo said, being persistent is the key. Among others like teamwork, since this is literally something that he and his wife worked on together. Their positive outlook in life, not being easily discouraged for every mishap was a major factor as to how far they've gone. And they expect to go farther.
And being together in this, they draw courage from each other, courage to take risk. And in so doing, they are now enjoying the fruits of all of their labors. And luck being on their side, after 4 busy branches, they are now with their first franchise.
So, why self-service laundry when there are other businesses to try? It is the fast-paced life of most Filipinos. They thought of making things easier for people whose always running out of time, giving them opportunities to spend quality time for their families.
Work life balance that is sometimes difficult to achieve. And to add that they thought of something that won't need a special skill, a business that is easier to manage, because it is based on the performance of each machine.
As it is literally, DIY (Do it yourself) thing. The core of the business is more of a need, not a want. That after shelter and food, we all need fresh and clean clothing. That was the bottom line.
It is given that all entrepreneurs motivating factor is to earn bigger. But for this couple, it is first and foremost – family. They so much wanted to spend more quality time for their only daughter.
As Jane was saying,they have been dedicating their skills to their employers for so many years, helping them grow their money and it came to a point, that they thought of saying goodbye to an 8-5 job, and think of a business they can call their own.
They also thought that having their own business, they would be able to help more people, an innate character of this couple, as I know them personally through the years.
Of course, venturing into this, they were confronted by a handful of ups and downs. They no longer get a fixed income, that thought of receiving a specific amount twice a month is like being out of their comfort zones.
It was tough at first, but as the branches continue to flourish, the difficulties they had to endure together, tasted sweet in the end.
Just recently, their first franchise being operational already, allowed them to expand and extend the products and services they can offer to clients through other people with similar mind-sets. Those who wanted to be their own boss too.
The tag line: "Saving energy, time and money" is so befitting to their vision. Improving quality of work life thus allowing more time to spend with the family or oneself. If others dream big, they dream bigger. I asked the two of them in sync, how do they visualize the future? They see the map of the Philippines with their logos scattered in all parts of the land from end to end. And that is definitely big right?!
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In today's post I'll be talking about how to send tasks to Microsoft Azure Batch able to run in containers. The task I want to solve in this example is calculating whether a number is prime or not. This Python code does the work for us. Then, I've write a Dockerfile adding the piece of code to the image. Now, we're able to run the script from a Docker container.
Let's move forward to Azure Batch, you need to create a Docker registry where you'll push the Docker image and an Azure Batch account.
Login into your Azure account and move to All resources, click Add and look for Container Registry. Then click in Create. Fill up the information with the name of the registry, the resource group, choose a location closer to you, enable Admin user to be able to push to the repo and the SKU (choose standard here).
In a few seconds the registry will be ready. So go to the Dashboard and click on the registry name (the one you chose before). Click in Settings -> Access keys. Here are the credentials you'll need to manage the registry.
From the All resources look for Batch service. Fill up the information with the Account name and Location, Subscription and Resource group should be ready.
Click Review + create and then Create. In a few seconds the service should be ready.
docker build -t YOUR_REGISTRY_SERVER/YOUR_REGISTRY_NAME/YOUR_IMAGE_NAME .
docker build -t pythonrepo.azurecr.io/pythonrepo/is_prime:latest .
Now it's time to send the task to Azure Batch. To do this, I've worked over this Python script. This script creates a pool, a job and three tasks to upload files to Azure Storage. So, I've made some modifications to fit it to my needs.
The key is the ImageReference where we set the instances to run with an OS able to run Docker. You must set the registry credentials and the default Docker image that will be pulled when the instance boots.
I've also changed the Task for the same reason. This task is ready to launch a container in the instance.
# This is the user who run the command inside the container.
In order to launch the script we need to fill up some configuration. Open the config.py file and write all the credentials needed. Remember, all the credentials are in the Access keys section.
You need Azure Python SDK installed to run the script.
No handlers could be found for logger "msrest.pipeline.requests"
Success! All tasks reached the 'Completed' state within the specified timeout period.
If there's a problem with the script we'll see the error on stderr.txt.
Remember at the end to eliminate resources so that they do not infringe costs.


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Ginna Claire Mason
Broadway's Wicked Will Welcome Ginna Claire Mason as Glinda in April
Ginna Claire Mason will assume the role of Glinda in the Broadway production of the international hit musical Wicked beginning April 9 at the Gershwin Theatre. She will succeed Katie Rose Clarke, who plays her final performance April 7.
Mason has spent the last year playing Glinda in the tour of Wicked. She has also toured in Newsies and Flashdance the Musical and starred as Korie in Duck Commander: The Musical in Las Vegas.
playbill.com
Thank Goodness! Ginna Claire Mason Will Join WICKED As Glinda
Beginning performances Tuesday, April 9, Ginna Claire Mason will assume the role of Glinda in the Broadway production of Wicked.
Review: 'Wicked' is an unforgettable showcase of extraordinary talent
However, the most memorable piece of the show is undoubtedly Glinda. Mason takes a character that could be a simple, popular blonde stereotype and gives her layers of complexity — her Glinda is funny, charming, energetic, excitable, impassioned, imperfect and more. She plays coy to manipulate others, but never with the intent to harm (aside from one attempt to embarrass Elphaba with a big, black hat). Mason's boundless energy onstage is downright infectious, and provided a majority of the evening's laughs.
Mason hits the comedic beats perfectly, drawing extra humor out of every line with subtle pitch changes, inflections and never-ending physical energy. I have a hard time imagining anyone executing "Popular" better than Mason, both in terms of comic and vocal talent.
On top of that, Glinda and Elphaba's chemistry is perhaps the best part of the show. I wouldn't be surprised if Mason and Morrissey are best friends in real life, and their rapport had me hoping for a future production of "Wicked" where the two witches end up together while Fiyero is left to find his own scarecrow wife (no offense to Hall).
revuewm.com
Regional Reviews: Wicked in Minneapolis/St. Paul
Talkin Broadway
Because Glinda's lines drip with sarcasm, it can be a challenge for an actress to convey the character's depth. However, Ginna Claire Mason's performance is so beautifully nuanced that she manages to communicate Glinda's insecurity and her growing self-awareness without sacrificing a jot of humor.
talkinbroadway.com
Wicked brings magic, friendship and girl power to Syracuse
The NewsHouse
Mason's voice and demeanor embody the Good Witch of the North in a way that makes her giddy and slightly annoying character completely lovable. She gives a phenomenal performance in "Popular," making the audience giggle, applaud and even sing along.
thenewshouse.com
WICKED Casts a Spell at The Landmark Theatre
Ginna Claire Mason is confident and comedic in the role of Glinda. As soon as she floats down in the bubble and sings out those operatic high notes in "No One Mourns the Wicked" she dazzles, and that is not just because of the sparkly blue ball gown, wand, and crown. Her beauty, charm, and hilarious facial expressions make her performance a memorable one. Her performance of "Popular" is particularly memorable and highly hilarious as she prances about the stage.


When you think about individuals being selected to a hall of fame, you usually imagine them in a lofty setting, perhaps living lives of grandeur.
But when I spoke with Tony Sellitto and Howard Okita about it, one was taking a walk around Waikiki, while the other was thinking about working on his field in Kaneohe.
Yes, despite their recent selection to the Hawaii Pacific University Athletic Hall of Fame, Sellitto and Okita remain just regular guys.
But both are excited about the honor that will take place Friday, Sept. 28, at Aloha Tower.
"This is extremely meaningful. If it wasn't for Chatt Wright, this never would have happened," says Sellitto as he takes his daily two-hour walk. It was the former HPU president who plucked Coach Tony out of Maryknoll High School back in the late 1980s.
"He could have hired one of a hundred other guys, many with great college experience," Sellitto says. As HPU coach, Sellitto won a national title, the only national collegiate basketball championship ever won by a school from the Islands. As HPU's athletic director, he also selected coaches who helped the SeaWarriors win national titles in women's volleyball and softball, and brought their tennis teams to national prominence. He won more than 300 games as HPU head basketball coach.
"I've made my high school hall of fame and my college hall of fame as a player. I made the Maryknoll Hall of Fame as a coach, and now the HPU Hall of Fame as a coach. They're the only four things I've ever done – it's a great honor," he says.
ESPN's Neal Everett, whom Sellitto hired as the school's sports information director years ago, will make Sellitto's presentation at the HPU Hall of Fame event.
Okita, meanwhile, will spend his 50th year as a coach this season.
"I started with Kailua Little League T-ball back in 1963. This is 50 straight years without a break," he says.
2010. He has won more than 700 games as an HPU head coach, co-head coach or assistant coach. He says this year as an HPU assistant will be his last.
Okita and Sellitto, plus men's tennis standout Mikael Maatta, volleyball star Gabriela Artigas and cross country sensation Nina Christensen will be inducted as HPU's second Hall of Fame class. It's an honor well-deserved by all.
For more information, check out goseawarriors.com.