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Home Columns Fuchs' Focus Rabbi Meir Kahane: My Rebbe (That I Never Met)
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Rabbi Meir Kahane: My Rebbe (That I Never Met)
Donny Fuchs
18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014
"The Arabs are a cancer in our midst. And you don't coexist with a cancer. A cancer you either cut out, and throw out, or you die."- (Rabbi Meir Kahane, on 60 Minutes)
"A chacham is superior to a prophet."- (Talmud: Bava Batra 12a)
Twenty-four years ago, El Sayyid Nosair (yemach shmo v'zichro) shot Rabbi Meir David Kahane (HY'D) in a Manhattan hotel, following the Rabbi's lecture to an American audience about the need for emergency aliyah. I remember that terrible evening with the clarity that only real nightmares attain. I was in eighth grade, and I was watching WWOR's 10 o'clock news segment on Channel 9. The news anchor, Rolland Smith, opened the broadcast with the mind-numbing news that Rabbi Kahane was shot by an Arab, and that he was clinging to life. A short time later, we received the grim news: Rabbi Kahane was dead.
Disbelief. Utter shock. I knew that someone special was stolen from the Jewish people. As early as second-grade, I started reading Rabbi Kahane's articles in The Jewish Press every Friday night. It was a Shabbos routine. While I'm sure I missed many of the finer points of the articles, young as I was, I could discern that there was something unique about the man. His writing was sharp, witty, cutting like a scalpel. Certainly, I had seen the Rabbi's many "confrontations" on television, and there was a definite face to this remarkable man who behaved in a manner so unlike most contemporary Jews. He was fearless, and you instantly recognized that here was a Jew who truly didn't give a damn "what the goyim thought." No apologies; Dignity and self-respect.
These memories remained with me, and in my late teens I studied Rabbi Kahane's other written works. The first book that I read was "Never Again." It changed me forever. In time, I became connected with those who were fortunate to know Rabbi Kahane personally, and had assisted him in his life's work to save Am Yisroel,"To save them from themselves," as he so often noted.
Justice Denied Tragically, in one of the most grotesque displays of legal injustice and anti-semitism in American history, Rabbi Kahane's killer was acquitted of the murder charges. It helped that Nosair had the talented but grotesque, self-hating, PLO-supporting "Jew" William Kunstler as his lawyer. As far as the American government was concerned, they naively assumed that Rabbi Kahane's assassination was an isolated incident and chose to ignore it. Certainly, the murder of a man who was an unmovable obstacle in their path, who constantly fought American pressure on Israel with tooth and nail, was of no concern to them. They were glad to be rid of him. Yet ultimately they paid a steep price for their inaction, American blood.
The failure of the American government to investigate the terror network responsible for Rabbi Kahane's murder allowed these same terrorists to slip through the cracks and strengthen their roots in the U.S. Today, Nosair is sentenced to life imprisonment in America, not for his murder of Rabbi Kahane, but for his role in the first World Trade Center bombing, which could have been averted had the U.S. government been paying attention. And by extension, is it too much to speculate that the horror of 9/11 could possibly have also been prevented, had the U.S. government connected the dots in those early years? The clues were all there.
What Can One Say? Every year on the anniversary of Rabbi Kahane's assassination, I am inundated with feelings of profound loss, a desire to want to articulate these feelings, and an inability to do so. Much of my frustration stems from the disappointment that I was never fortunate to meet the man in person, though his teachings resonate throughout my core. Another impediment is the general inability (of this author at least) to truly capture Rabbi Kahane's essence in an article. What can one say about the kind of man who will surely not arise again in our lifetime, until the Messiah arrives?
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Donny Fuchs made aliyah in 2006 from Long Island to the Negev, where he resides with his family. He has a keen passion for the flora and fauna of Israel and enjoys hiking the Negev desert. His religious perspective is deeply grounded in the Rambam's rational approach to Judaism.
Sally Weiss 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014 at 4:27 PM
PAPAYA + MANGO GIFT
Elaine Racussen 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014 at 6:46 PM
Miss this Rabbi
Carol Rosenberg-Fox 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014 at 6:52 PM
I met him. I was once a member of the JDL when it first started up.
Yosef Shomron 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014 at 6:34 PM
My own return to observance and zionism was largely inspired by the life and writings of this great Rav. Thank you for writing this wonderful tribute and thank you to the Jewish Press for publishing.
Donny Fuchs 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014 at 7:28 PM
Thank you, Yosef. Just a little something from the heart about this historically great tzadik. Rav Kahane was a once in a two thousand year period kind of person.
Liad Bar-El 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014 at 8:54 PM
I met Rabbi Meyer Kahane in Jerusalem and felt his energy and dynamic personality. He would have set Israel on a righteous and solid foundation to deal with murderous Islam whereas Bibi doesn't know what to do except to give in to them in shame in the eyes of the world.
Anonymous 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 10, 2014 at 8:57 PM
[Surak] Thank you, Mr. Fuchs. I'm one of those people who acknowledge in the closet "R. Kahane was right." Now what? The people are so delusional that it's hard for them to detect wisdom until they are personally hurt (and not always then). Otzma performed so poorly in the last election they didn't elect a single member to the Knesset. Perhaps Moshe Feiglin will succeed where others have failed; I don't know.
R. Kahane was virtually alone in promoting a holistic Judaism that includes the critical ingredient of nationalism, a trait that is accepted in all other peoples of the world but is somehow controversial with respect to Jews. I enthusiastically share your rejection for G. Meir's inane hand-wringing comment about peace.
Still, you must admit that as much as R. Kahane was factually correct about issues of our survival, he also scared off many Jews. His legacy is one part of what is needed to heal the Jewish nation, but the other part comes from the other great rabbinical leader of the 20th century, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. His warmth and ahavath Yisrael provided and still provide encouragement for our timid brethren to reconnect with our heritage. I am still looking for that leader who synthesizes the warmth, righteousness, and outreach of the Lubavitcher Rebbe with the passion and national dedication of R. Kahane. Chesed and g'vurah both giving rise to tifereth.
Bernhard Rosenberg 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 11, 2014 at 12:56 AM
I was one of the few Rabbis to have him speak in his shul. Rabbi DR. Bernhard Rosenberg
Emmanuel Ben Irgun 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 11, 2014 at 2:20 AM
He was actually my Rabbi
Uzi Kattan 18 Heshvan 5775 – November 11, 2014 at 2:58 AM
Same for me and Rabbi Kahane instilled in me Jewish pride and the knowledge of the greatness that we lost in during exile. I used to religiously read Rabbi Kahane's articles in the Jewish Press every chance i had.
Since my parents came from Iraq, I learned what Arabs were from them and the danger they pose to us. Rabbi Kahane IS right about the Arab cancer in Eretz Yisrael.
Anthony Kent 19 Heshvan 5775 – November 11, 2014 at 3:32 PM
Heard him speak in the car park of Hebrew university accompanied by a drummer. Very weird experience.
Donny Fuchs 19 Heshvan 5775 – November 11, 2014 at 10:45 PM
Rabbi Rosenberg, kol hakavod for being one of a few rabbanim who appreciated Rav Kahane and gave him a forum.
Peninah Means Millson Mason 19 Heshvan 5775 – November 12, 2014 at 4:06 AM
Donny, thank you once again for another great article. May another like Rav Kahane rise up in our day.
Menachem Rephun 20 Heshvan 5775 – November 12, 2014 at 9:39 PM
As a great admirer of R' Kahane HY"D, i especially appreciated this quote: "In Eretz Yisroel, the Arabs were truly terrified of him. Like an enraged Shimshon Hagibor, the Arabs feared him, because much like Samson, his strength was an anomaly that they could not understand. It derived from the very personality of this magnificent tzadik. He had their number."
Roy Neal Grissom 20 Heshvan 5775 – November 12, 2014 at 11:51 PM
The Jews one encounters in the TaNa"KH are not trembling, sniveling cowards begging the world to love them. And they weren't hyper-liberals who thought their great mission was to destroy the idea that there is such a thing as Objective Religious Truth and a One True G-d. The Jews of the TaNa"KH were rustic Theocratic warrior-shepherds who kicked tachat and took shemot. Even back when I was a Xian I admired Rabbi Kahana' (zt"l; Hy"d) and thought he was a gilgul of Yehoshu`a Bin Nun. And when reading the TaNa"KH, what picture forms in one's mind? Rabbi Kahana'–or (lehavdil!) Abe Foxman???
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THAT'S TIMELESS
For New Seattle Clothing Line Akala, Sustainability Is Classic
Who cares about seasonal trends? These pieces are meant to last.
By Zoe Sayler February 5, 2021
Akala's pieces are neutral and timeless, but not boring.
Image: Courtesy Akala
In a city where a garment's origin story has become more important than its label, Akala clothing completes a coveted trifecta: sustainable, size-inclusive, and designed in Seattle by founder Ashley Klein.
With its small collection of classic pieces, sustainable down to the button at the waist of a wide-leg pant, Akala's late-2020 launch landed it in a growing cabal of direct-to-consumer brands made to flaunt their climate commitments. Seattle-based Girlfriend Collective has its plastic-bottle leggings. It-girl Reformation has its carbon neutral sundresses. All are welcome in a fashion industry whose greenhouse gas emissions make up four percent of the global total (per a 2018 McKinsey study).
Like other sustainable brands, Akala avoids the carbon footprint of traditional shipping, opting for recyclable packaging and standard travel times over the hyper-quick speeds popularized by Klein's employer (Akala is a side-hustle; she works full-time in advertising at Amazon). But even those core tenets are only part of the story when it comes to sustainability. Tossing out your Tencel blouse every season still feeds into the fast-fashion glut.
That's why Klein lingers on the "versatility" that helps her line transcend the fashion calendar: "It's not necessarily going to be a puff sleeve neon dress that goes out of style next year." She designed Akala's first pieces for fall, and like so many other businesses bumped up against Covid-related delays until it was almost winter. The perk of that versatility is that you'd never know.
Akala founder Ashley Klein.
Akala is also designed to carry its wearers through the seasons of life: Klein, who's pregnant, frequently rocks the sweater dress. Each piece has some flexibility built in, from the wrap element on a rust-colored jumpsuit to the secretly elastic back on those pants. Whether you're a size XXS or XXL, these are clothes meant to change with you. In an era of flux, that feels especially important.
To that end, the spring line—Klein's first designed in the throes of Covid—will incorporate sweats-inspired drawstrings in styles you'll actually want to wear out of the house. "Everyone's going to be looking for clothes that are more fluid and more forgiving," Klein says. (And how.)
Could the brand be more size-inclusive? This season, certainly—there are plenty of shoppers for whom the 36- to 40-inch waist on the XXL just won't cut it, though the spring and summer releases will go up to size 4XL, per Klein. And while the price range reflects the line's small batches and above–minimum wage manufacturing in Los Angeles, a $150 top isn't going to be accessible for everyone. Nonetheless, Akala is a thoughtful addition to the Seattle scene and a step in the direction of fashion's more conscious future—sustainability, elastic waistbands, and all.
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Q: How to play a WAV file in nim? I've spent the last few hours working through many different audio libraries found on nimble.directory but they are either lacking in documentation or are years old or both.
I'm just getting started with nim, and I'm building a super lightweight audio metronome. I have the timing worked out, but I still need to be able to dump a bytestream to the audio device OR even load a .wav file and play it to an audio device.
I have had some small success with the sdl2 library, but it feels like overkill loading a full game library for this tiny use case.
Can I get some guidance here?

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Q: How to check if it is possible to reach every element in an array via jumps of length m (modulo N)? Given an array of length N, starting from the first position, how to check if it is possible to reach every position if it is only possible to jump m units.
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I just found that it depends on the GCD of N and m. If the GCD is 1 (if they are coprime), then it is possible to reach every element, otherwise 'cycles' of their GCD will be formed.

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23.07.19 Karnataka (KPSC) Daily Current Affairs
Karnataka to revise anganwadi syllabus after two decades
After a gap of nearly 20 years, the Karnataka government has finally started the process of revising the curriculum for its anganwadis. The new version of the 'chilipili' curriculum will be implemented in 65,000 anganwadis from next year.
The revision is being done by a joint team of the women and child welfare department, education department, UNICEF and seven NGOs working in the state.
The curriculum will be age-appropriate, activity-based and child-centric, with an emphasis on making children ready for school. It borrows ideas from the existing 'chilipili' curriculum as well as from successful programmes launched by NGOs working in this sector
For children aged five to six years, the curriculum will have an extra component — area of emerging literacy.
CNSA destructed Tiangong 2, experimental space station over the Pacific
Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA),the Chinese space agency, destroyed Tiangong-2, CNSA's 9-tonne experimental space station Tiangong-2.
CNSA destroyed the space station through a controlled re-entry to Earth which burned it up. Despite CNSA's plan to burn it in the atmosphere, a small amount of the debris fell into a designated South Pacific Ocean security area.
Tiangong-2 was China's second experimental station. It was planted into the orbit in The mission aimed at testing China's orbital technologies. It had completed all of its experiments.
It was planned for two-year operational life by more than a year. Only one set of astronauts were hosted to the Station in October and November 2016. But several robotic missions has been hosted to the space station.
Tiangong-2 was orbiting Earth 16,209 times and spent more than 1,000 days in space. In April 2018, Tiangong-1was destroyed in an uncontrolled re-entry.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal to launch Global Innovation Index 2019
Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal planned to launch the Global Innovation Index (GII) on July 24. The theme of the event is "Evaluating the Medical Innovation Scenario of the Next Decade."They will launch in the presence of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry.
The launch of GII mainly shows the innovation rankings of economies and findings for this corresponding fiscal year. The 12th edition of GII with 129 countries under its observation. The GII measures innovation friendly are based on the environment of global economies.There are around 80 entries.
The main aim is to highlight the role and dynamics of medical innovation to implement the future of healthcare and the potential impact on the economic growth.
The GII started to assess the innovation capabilities of national economies worldwide. The initiative will make to feel the countries facilitate innovation was done by INSEAD and World Business in 2007.
Global Innovation Index (GII) generally reveals the innovation rankings of economies
The launch at New Delhi, India
It is a source of insight into the multidimensional facets of innovation-driven growth.
They provide 80 detailed metrics for 129 economies.
The GII evolved into a valuable benchmarking tool that can facilitate public-private dialogue and where policy-makers, business leaders.
Lok Sabha passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019
Lok Sabha, the lower house, passed The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019on 19 July. It amends the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. The Bill aims to strengthen the Human Rights Commission.
The Bill aims to speed up the process of appointment of the chairperson and members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
1) About the Chairperson:
The Bill ameds that besides Chief Justice of India (CJI),even a Judge of the Supreme Court can be the chairperson of the NHRC. Earlier, the Human Rights Act said that only a person who has been the Chief Justice of India can be made the NHRC chairperson.
At State level: The Bill amends to enable any person who has been a judge of a High Court to be the chairperson of SHRC.
2)About Members:
The Bill appoints the members of the NHRC that constitutes chairman for the National Commission for Backward Classes, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights and the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities.
3)The Bill also allows approves that the chairpersons of the NHRC and SHRCs can be reappointed.
The Bill brings representative to every section of society to a government that stands for the human rights of victimsnot of terrorists and perpetrators of sexual crime.
♦ The amendment ensures transparency in the appointment of chairman and members of the commission. It will help fill all the vacancies.
6 crore Indians lived outside their state of birth in 2011
More than 56 million Indians lived in states other than the ones they were born in, newly released census data for 2011 shows. While UP, Bihar, Rajasthan and MP had the highest 'out-migration', Maharashtra, Delhi and Gujarat saw the largest 'in-migration'.
People born in UP constituted the largest chunk (45%) of Delhi's migrant population followed by Madhya Pradesh (41%), Maharashtra (31%), and Gujarat (24%).
In Kerala, Bengalis, who constituted 5% of the migrant population were the only significant non-southern chunk, with Tamils (53.2%) and Kannadigas (16.4%) being the most numerous among non-locals. Similarly, in Punjab, Himachal, Uttarakhand and Haryana, people from neighbouring states account for most of the migrant population.
In most southern states, people from neighbouring states constituted the bulk of the migrant population.
Rajasthanis mostly moved to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana. They, however, constitute the biggest chunk of those from the North (5%), among migrants in Tamil Nadu and other southern states like Andhra and Karnataka.
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Trailer Eliminators, release December 6th.
Universal Home Entertainment is bringing the action-thriller Eliminators to Blu-ray & DVD on December 6, 2016. The film stars Scott Adkins (Close Range, Hard Target 2) and former WWE champ Wade Barrett. The film is directed by James Nunn, who previously worked with Adkins in Green Street 3: Never Back Down.
When his home in London is attacked, a former federal agent (Adkins) must come out of hiding of the witness protection program to protect his daughter. With his true identity exposed to the criminal underworld, he goes on the run with Europe's most dangerous assassin (Barrett) on his trail and must use every trick he knows to keep his family alive.


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Pew said:
The majority of my post were towards you blaming the younger generation for some reason and it's quite common for you to do so.
Another fabrication on your part. Have you missed all my posts about all my neighbors and young families enjoying life, not complaining?
My own kids, with their own homes, bought with their own labor? My daughter, who worked her way through college, with our help and paid off her student loans in 5 years?
The young couple with VERY young children that just bought our 3200 sq ft house>?
Not at all. I dont know all these young people that I THINK you and others say in here are struggling because the big bad world out there. That is my point.
KrisZ said:
You cling to this statement and although true, doesn't tell the whole story, but it's convenient to you. What you forget is that these are properties and they accumulate in the market. They get inherited, sold, resold etc. the number will naturally only climb, unless there is a natural disaster that wipes them out.
Also, let's take a look at the chart you provided. The steep incline batween the red lines is from 1940 to roughly 1975. That's the time when single family income was the norm. Home ownership was a lot more affordable to an average family. And that was the time when the standard of living increased by a lot. People were also buying cars, tons of them, vacations, flights. All available to the masses for the first time in history. So it's not like people were only spending money on housing.
Im glad you agree, homeownership is at an all time high.
Your words = "but it's convenient to you"
No its not convenient to me, its convenient to you to skew this to the point that you deny homeownership is at an all time high, then for some reason you try to justify why it is, kind of convoluted *LOL* I deal in facts, others twist facts to prove a point. (Cherry Picking)
Example, picking 1940 to 1975. You do know there was World War 2 right? 10s of thousands of US service men coming home, cheap homes being built to provide housing for them. Typically had 1 bathroom.
Why not take the curve from 1965 before woman took to the workplace? That was almost 60 years ago (sixty years) homeownership was only 3% less than today.
Im done posting ... *LOL* thank god... these are facts, simple stuff, I take offense to the other person PEW saying I blame young people, gosh the way people will twist words. Thats when I call it quits debating someone, its pointless, how silly saying that to someone like me who does everything in his power to help educate, inform and truly cares care about young people and in my life here in the real world I prove it to them all the time.
I do realize that words in a forum can be read differently than intended from both sides of a debate.
A huge trend during the post WWII era was people moving out of cities where homes are usually rented to suburbs where homes are usually owned. That drives an increase in home ownership percentage but it may or may not indicate an increase in affluence.
KrisZ
Canuck - moved to —> California —> Texas —> ???
Not sure what got you so upset as nobody made any personal attacks on you or anything like that.
And you don't see anything pointing to the housing being less and less affordable? We have 60 years of women contributing to the household incomes and only 3% home ownership increase. But like you said, it's at all times high, let's leave it at that, don't look any further, full stop.
I agree with most you posted regarding work ethics, one's willingness to sacrifice and prioritize things in life. There are plenty of young people doing that, no question here.
But your argument is that things are not different than before and affordability is similar to back then, is not based on facts but your feelings. I tried showing facts too and you ignore them or claim I twist them somehow. Oh, well…
Interesting discussion non the less.
Pew
I found an article here from EPI from 2008 that goes over the family income instability. It's a lot of article for me, I got a quarter down the page and went back to the top in order to re-read and try to completely understand it. I'll look after I finish reading the article to see if there's a more current one.
The rise in family income volatility would be less troubling if it was accompanied by dramatic income gains for the middle class. But, of course, this is not what has happened. According to the comprehensive post-tax income series of the CBO, average family income (adjusted for inflation and including public benefits) among the middle fifth of American families rose by 21% between 1979 and 2005. By contrast, the after-tax family income of the richest 1% of Americans increased by 230%. Meanwhile, workers in middle-class families are devoting much more time to paid work, mainly due to the increase work hours of women. Indeed, most of the income gains of the middle class are because of these increased work hours, rather than rising earnings. Even as family incomes are fluctuating more sharply, then, families are working harder for only modestly more income.
Until recently, the constraints on family finances posed by these trends were masked by the strong housing market, which allowed families to borrow against their home equity to finance present spending. But with the recent housing slump and credit crunch driven by the proliferation of risky sub-prime loans, this is no longer a ready option. The late Herbert Stein, chairman of Nixon's Council of Economic Advisers, once reportedly pronounced that "Things that can't go on forever, don't." Families cannot maintain consumption through borrowing forever, and the bill that eventually comes due can devastate family finances.
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The fact remains the same percentage of people own homes now as they did 40 years ago.
The arguments about affordability are not factual, factual is the percentage of Americans who owned homes 40 years ago is the same as it is now.
Actually if we want to split hairs the percentage of people that own homes now or slightly higher than they were 40 years ago.
Part of this long ridiculous thread was reading peoples posts one person in particular that blames the baby boomers as a negative.
Yet more Americans now own homes then when the boomers were growing up.
Dave Hess said:
How many parents today help their children (no adults) buy a house ?
We did with 30% down payment….. no fancy weddings.
What age do typical adult children leave their parents homes for good?
That trend started in the 1980's and got worse over time.
Are they now?
taking your own chart back in time when ownership levels looked pretty terrible the percentage of properties with a mortgage was also low.
The debt to income ratios of "non-business " individuals was also at record lows
AKA whoever owned the properties "mostly " didn't have a mortgage payment , nearly all were owned outright, especially in terms of farms and land.
Which is better
15% of the population having a mortgage but 40% "owning" their home
62% "owning" a home but only 38% being paid off?
Add in the debt to income ratio comparison and it's doesn't look great.
That's why open shut discussions focusing on one metric
"don't mean much"
Things are different in more ways than one.
The greatest threat to our nation now is the subject you won't touch, and nobody wants to address and for this reason it will continue to stagnate and fester causing untold damage to future generations.
I don't have a solution but I know full well ignoring it for the last 20 years has gotten us systemic destructive problems that will get more difficult to address the longer they fester.
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You avoided my questions of:
Why did it level out so fast
Why has every boom resulted in bust
Why didn't we see similar levels of home ownership before WW2
Why has home ownership stayed stagnant for over 60 years (minus some percentages)?
Here's another graph from that website that compares affordability. @Rmay635703 was this a graph you were interested in?
I simply posted that the percentage of Americans who own homes have not changed and that's what this is about. Furthermore one of you blamed the boomers is on this condition and that is not correct. In fact it's laughable.
Also debt and who you vote for are free choices and free will, we are who we vote for and we owe who we borrow from.
DejaVue
Rmay635703 said:
haha, I'm happy to address that subject. But you saying it's been ignored for the last 20 years must mean a different, lesser subject, since the main greatest threat started 57 years ago and is currently worse than ever.
Cost to the buyer = is the same payment.
Cost to the borrower = the same payment. Cash buyers will be getting housing cheaper. Plus there is the potential for lower property taxes and insurance.
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Cost to the borrower = the same payment. Cash buyers will be getting housing cheaper.
I have seen first hand in Florida where builders are clearing out some constructed homes in a retirement and one mixed community.
We know these communities well, almost bought there and recently they put a few select homes on clearance with up to 50k off. But in reality more like 30 to 40 and some cases 20 to 30k pre inflated price from the early summer but still a nice deal if paying cash and many do pay cash in Florida.
More signs of a housing slowdown.
Wells Fargo mortgage staff brace for layoffs as U.S. loan volumes collapse
Wells Fargo mortgage staff brace for layoffs as U.S. loan volumes collapse
The U.S. housing market has been on a roller coaster, taking off in 2020 thanks to easy-money policies, then grinding to a near halt this year as rates rose.
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ekrampitzjr
Hopewell, Virginia, USA
One change in the tax laws in 1997 has led to this massive boom-bust cycle, I believe.
Before 1997 a person or couple either had to pay capital gains tax on profits from selling a primary residence, or roll over the profit into another house. Rolling over could be done repeatedly, deferring any tax. If the profit was rolled over, at age 55+ the person or couple could take a one-time exemption from tax of up to $125,000 when selling the home to downsize or live with other family members.
You got only one shot. Taking any part of that $125K exemption prevented you from using it again. If you were elderly and got only $50K tax-free during the sale, there was no way to recoup the other $75K. The law encouraged trading up as necessary for growing families, while allowing downsizing later in life without much penalty.
In 1997 the code was changed to exempt up to $250,000 per person or $500,000 per couple from capital gains tax during a sale of a primary residence. This exemption could apply as often as every two years, with no need to roll over the profit. You could simply take out the cash. This is the rule today. There are nuances, and the exemption is only for primary residences, not second or vacation homes. But the new law made house sales a bonanza for some people in the right parts of the country and the right market.
I'm convinced that this change led to massive speculation in housing by making "flipping" very easy, and has helped to drive up home prices beyond the reach of many. But as with the stock market, speculation has led to crazy cycles in the housing market and unwarranted appreciation in values that will eventually have to come down. The appreciation is just another form of inflation.
Inflation like this is "okay"—if you benefit from it. Most people don't. Mainly it's speculators who do. This is why rents, taxes, etc., have become unaffordable for the likes of younger people. I look at a house as a place to live, not as an investment instrument, but evidently I'm an exception. Enjoy the coming bust.
ekrampitzjr said:
I think it has more to do with our perpetual zero interest rate policy. With rates at zero or extremely low rent seekers look for rents in lieu of bonds, so they buy real estate to rent out. This causes a bubble which eventually pops. ARMS and low down payment are also part of the problem. Ban ARM's, require 20% down payments, keep loan terms to a max of 30 years, and keep interest rates near historical averages and you won't see housing bubbles, IMO.
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ALGIERS, ALGERIA – Algeria's presidential campaign is in trouble. Candidates are struggling to fill rally venues, campaign managers have quit, voters have pelted campaign headquarters with tomatoes and eggs, and the country's 9-month-old pro-democracy movement calls the whole thing a sham.
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The Hirak protest movement held their 41st weekly demonstrations Friday, denouncing the presidential election. But for the first time, thousands of pro-government supporters held their own rally Saturday.
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Former Prime Minister Ali Benflis, considered a leading candidate, was heckled in Tlemcen, Guelma, Oued Souf, Annaba, while he had to cancel a meeting altogether in Maghnia on Algeria's western edge.
His campaign director in the important region of Kabylie resigned, citing pressure from his family. Many in Kabylie oppose holding the election at all.
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Woman charged over husband's road death
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Japan provides solar power systems for remote island communities
Hunga, Tonga
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Figure 1. A palimpsest of terraces and other agricultural activities in a Soreq Valley tributary.
The present research project, 'The formation of terraced landscapes in the Judean Highlands', is a comprehensive terrace-dating venture involving the use of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of terrace infills in combination with careful analyses of related geomorphological and archaeological records. The research traces the socio-economic and historical contexts in which terraces were initially spread over the rural periphery of Jerusalem, a thriving political, economic and religious centre for four millennia, as well as later chapters of terrace construction. It seeks to test current paradigms concerning the cultural transformation of the Judean landscape, mainly in terms of the age of the terrace phenomenon—variously suggested to date to different Bronze and Iron Age phases—and the assumed correlation between population increase and extensive terracing (Gibson 2001). This project builds on two previous studies, in which the research methodology was formalised and the reliability of OSL ages was established (Davidovich et al. 2012; Avni et al. 2013). The current project commenced in October 2013 with support from the Israel Science Foundation.
The Jerusalem Highlands, typified by moderate Mediterranean climate and natural maquis vegetation, are extensively terraced, with estimated land cover of nearly 60 per cent (Ron 1966) (Figure 2). The region is bisected by three east–west flowing ephemeral streams (Kesalon, Soreq and Refa'im, all part of the Soreq catchment), each have numerous small tributaries (Figure 3). The upper reaches of the main valleys are relatively wide, containing quasi-flat areas with deep soils; according to previous archaeological explorations, these were the primary locations of rural settlements in Jerusalem's periphery. Most of the region, however, is characterised by narrow riverbeds and moderately steep slopes. In order to sample the diversity of agricultural landscapes, four study areas were defined, three within the main valleys and one (Mount Eitan) on an isolated hilly spur in the centre of the region (Figure 3).
Figure 2. Typical terraced landscape in the Refa'im Valley (Vered Bosidan).
Figure 3. Location of studied terraced landscapes (marked in red) in the Jerusalem Highlands (see inset); the main channels of Kesalon, Soreq and Refa'im Valleys are indicated.
In each study area, selected terrace systems, ranging from well-preserved standing terraces to barely visible deteriorated remnants, are documented in detail, including morphometric parameters, building techniques and the typology of walls and stones used. Spatial relations between terraces and other cultural features are further analysed. Multiple test pits are manually excavated in each system, and sediment profiles are stratigraphically scrutinised and sampled for soil characterisation and OSL dating (Figures 4 & 5). Pottery from excavated test pits is collected and analysed by comparison with surface surveys of the terraced systems and past archaeological explorations of settlement sites in the study areas. Historical data referring to the use of terraces in the recent past, such as maps and tax censuses from the Ottoman and British Mandate periods, are gathered and compared with OSL results and material culture analysis.
Figure 4. Test pit A1 in Mount Eitan, showing wall repairs and accumulation of terrace infills from several periods discordantly overlying early Holocene soil, as indicated by OSL dating of the section presented.
Figure 5. Khirbat ar-Ras (Refa'im Valley), where settlement layers dating between (from) the seventh and fourth centuries BC are covered by terraces dated by OSL to the Late Ottoman period (Pavel Shrago).
The main premise of the research is the dating of a large (~150) number of OSL samples, a feat never attained before in the study of agricultural landscapes. The large dataset will allow a detailed analysis of the formation processes of the OSL record and related soils, and, using several statistical tools, and for the main periods of terrace construction and use in the region to be pinpointed. The emerging OSL age patterns, investigated vis-à-vis regional settlement patterns evolving from archaeological surveys and historical records, enable for the first time a complete assessment of the transformation of the Judean Highlands from a natural 'wildscape' to the cultural landscape they form today. The research will enrich our knowledge of dry farming landscape formation across the Mediterranean, and, together with new results from other regional studies, will hopefully contribute to the inter-regional discourse on the social and historical significance of terraces at this cradle of western civilisations.
The research is supported by an Israel Science Foundation grant (Grant 0606714492) awarded to Yuval Gadot and Naomi Porat. The Israel Antiquities Authority, National Parks Authority and Jewish National Fund approved and supported fieldwork.
GIBSON, S. 2001. Agricultural terraces and settlement expansion in the highlands of Early Iron Age Palestine: is there a correlation between the two?, in A. Mazar (ed.) Studies in the archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan: 113–46. Sheffield: Sheffield University Press.
RON, Z. 1966. Agricultural terraces in the Judean Mountains. Israel Exploration Journal 16: 33–49.


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Delivering a baby three and a half times in twenty months
Holohoax data: The significance of the title is within the link, not in the next passage.
"The Second World War began in September of 1939 and drew to an end in May of 1945. In 1939, according to the records of the American Jewish committee, bureau of synagogue council, there were 15.6 million Jews in the world. In 1946, on the authority of: (1) the World Almanac and Book of Facts (1947 edition, page: 488), (2) the American Jewish committee, bureau of synagogue council, (3) the Jewish statistical bureau, and, (4) the synagogue council of America, the world Jewish population grew to 15.69 million."
http://www.honestmediatoday.com/where_a ... _certs.htm
Re: Delivering a baby three and a half times in twenty month
Flanders, thanks for the post. It really does belong here, however, since the holocaust is really NOT history, so I took the liberty of moving it.
I also took a shot of the page and put the resulting PNG file here:
http://data.christogenea.org/images/whe ... _certs.png
Look at the scale for 1948 to almost 1950. There's a huge drop in the jewish population of almost 4 million. Where did this happen? The USSR?
Thanks for sharing this, BTW, Flanders.
I don't know the answer about the drop in population. I suspect it may be due primarily to two things. One, Israel was recognized as a state in 1948 and I imagine many unaccounted made their way there. Two, I think many of them may have wound up in the US (and other places) with changed or assumed names, possibly as cryptos. I'm not much of a scholar on the holohoax, but I run across a lot of links and have a good load in my files. I'll leave some more when I have the time. Here is a link to a jewish source which states:
"With the gates wide open after statehood was declared, a wave of mass immigration brought 687,000 Jews to Israel's shores. By 1951, the number of immigrants more than doubled the Jewish population of the country in 1948."
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jso ... _1948.html


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… that the last classic Mini – number 5,387,862 – rolled off the production line in Longbridge on 4 Oct. 2000?
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Launched in June 2017, the MINI Cooper S E Countryman ALL4 is the British premium brand's new pioneer for efficient, sustainable mobility. The first series-production MINI plug-in hybrid also offers the option of pure electric mobility for locally emission-free driving.
In 2008, 612 MINI E cars were modified, largely by hand, and, from 2009 on, road-tested by private and business customers. The BMW Group wanted to see how an average driver would cope with the unique aspects of an electric car in everyday situations. Between 2009 and 2013, the cars clocked up more than 16 million kilometres in six countries on three continents, contributing to basic research.
A year after the sale of the Rover Group, the new MINI celebrated its world premiere under the BMW Group umbrella in summer 2001: The brand launched its comeback with MINI One and MINI Cooper models.
After more than thirty years, the brand decided to offer open-top driving. Inspired by the success of the Lamm Cabriolet, Rover brought out its own convertible in 1993. The luxury version based on the Mini Cooper became the most expensive Classic Mini model.
The Clubman Series was introduced in October 1969 and at 11 centimetres longer than the Classic Mini became one of the most modern-looking variants in the line-up. Although the noticeably longer front end went against the original idea of building the shortest car possible, it was necessitated by stricter crash requirements. It also opened up the chance to use bigger engines.
In 1957, Alec Issigonis designed the first Mini in response to the oil crisis. His directions from the company were to create maximum space with minimal dimensions, room for four people, impeccable driving characteristics and low petrol consumption. In August 1959, the British Motor Corporation (BMC) introduced a small four-seater under two names: the Austin Seven and the Morris Mini-Minor.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd had decided to replace their rickety touring aircraft with a newer learjet when they landed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The plane crashed in-route to that destination.
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To hear him tell it, Fred LaMothe, better known as Jelly Roll Morton, invented Jazz music. And while the larger-than-life claim seems grandiose, it's also touched with an air of truth.
He grew up in the perfect place & time for the birth of Jazz. His 1915 Jelly Roll Blues composition was among Jazz's first. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1890, Morton was sneaking off to Storyville, the town's red light district, where he developed a distinct idiosyncratic sound in the piano parlors of the area's barrooms & brothels.
It was about 1926 that Morton put together Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers -- a loose eight-piece collective that, at times, included some New Orleans greats like Kid Ory on the trombone & George Mitchell on coronet.
A small handful of Red Hot Peppers songs have survived, from a September, 1926 recording session at the Webster Hotel in Chicago, for Victor Records. Morton's piano playing is legendary.
One of Jelly Roll's original compositions, "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say", has remained a popular musical standard for over 100 years. Morton wrote it about his friend & fellow New Orleans musicianer, Buddy Bolden, the ghostlike grandfather of Jazz whose tragic, creative spark ignited the great American music — even though not a single note of Bolden's playing survived.


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Google Earth to Get European Mapping Boost
CIO	 Dec 18, 2006 7:00 am PST
Google has acquired portions of a Swiss company called Endoxon in order to improve the European maps in its Google Earth PC application and Google Maps online search service.
Online maps have become extremely popular, as millions of people use them every day to obtain driving directions, find local businesses, read customer reviews, see high-definition aerial images of places and even check real-time traffic information.
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL are all working feverishly to continually update and improve their online mapping services, which have become an essential part of local search Web sites, whose advertising revenue is expected to grow from US$3.4 billion in 2005 to $13 billion in 2010, according to The Kelsey Group.
While Google and its rivals have focused their initial efforts mostly on the U.S., they all want to provide comprehensive maps and local-business information globally, and Europe is certainly a priority region for them.
Endoxon, a developer of Internet mapping technology based in Lucerne, Switzerland, gives Google "a dedicated team in Europe" working on online mapping, wrote John Hanke, director of Google Earth & Maps, on Monday in the company's official blog.
Google, which plans to use Endoxon's technology to enhance Google Earth and Google Maps, bought the Swiss company's Internet, mapping and data processing business units, according to Endoxon's website.
Endoxon develops AJAX (asynchronous Javascript and XML) mapping technologies for integrating and processing geo-referenced data and high-resolution aerial and satellite images for dynamic Internet and mobile services, according to the company's site.
Now that it is part of Google, Endoxon will stop selling its products and services, but it will fulfill its contractual obligations and commitments to existing clients.
The Endoxon units that Google didn't acquire will continue to operate as part of a new company called Mappuls. Google did not disclose what it paid for the parts of Endoxon that it bought.
-Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service (Miami Bureau)
Google Earth Software Gets Enhancements
Google Adds Overlay Features to Mobile Maps
Google Earth Adds Images, Other Features


CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- A student has been charged after police say he brought a loaded gun into Meadowbrook High School in Chesterfield County on Thursday.
"No threats were made. But the student now faces disciplinary action at school and legal consequences as well," Lowery wrote.
Consequentially, students will be asked to check their backpacks for any items banned from school property on Friday.
Police say the firearm was found to be stolen from another jurisdiction.
The 16-year-old male student was transported to Juvenile Detention and charged with possession of a firearm on school property and theft or receipt of a stolen firearm.


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Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod available Dec 16th
by Gaveroid on Dec.15, 2013, under Games, General, PC
JC2-MP is a project to bring multiplayer to Just Cause 2 in all of its magnificent glory. Imagine the chaos of normal Just Cause 2, then extending it out to dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of players. You can grapple your way from skyscraper to skyscraper in Panau City, or jump off of the tallest mountain and parachute down to the ground, with your friends. You can experience intense helicopter battles in the sky. You can race the fastest cars and win money for securing a podium ranking, which you can use to buy weapons and vehicles to cause more chaos upon the province of Panau. This can all be achieved with the Just Cause 2 Multiplayer mod.
The mod's experience highly relies on client-side and server-side Lua scripting. The Boost feature, the nametags, the buy menu, etc., are all the result of Lua scripting. The possibilities are endless!
The mod runs on the RakNet multiplayer game network engine, which is the same technology used to create the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas multiplayer mod. The mod is almost finished, after being in development for the majority of this year. The final beta test is currently going on, and it will continue until the mod's release tomorrow.
If you are interested in playing, go pick up a Steam key at the mod's official website. Allow me to note that the mod is only for the PC version of Just Cause 2. It must be an official version from Steam. Join the official Gaveroid group on Steam if you'd like to play with us! You can also stay up-to-date on when we are looking to play other games.
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text: Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR), the exploration and production company with a focus on the onshore UK, is pleased to provide an update on operations following the end of the Company's 2017-2018 financial year ("FY2018") which ended on 31 July 2018. The Company's preliminary results for FY2018 are scheduled to be announced on 30 October 2018.Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon Resources plc, said:"The Company has a broad and extensive portfolio of projects and despite operating in what are, at present, challenging conditions for the UK onshore in terms of planning, we continue to make progress with many of our projects. During FY2018 we have completed the acquisition of the Endeavour gas discovery as a potential add-on to Resolution, increased production rates at Fiskerton Airfield, and successfully farmed out PEDL253 to allow us to proceed with drilling the very prospective Biscathorpe-2 exploration/appraisal well. The anticipated upgrade to the reserves at Ceres means that the field should produce gas and therefore provide cash flow for the Company for longer than was previously forecast. We remain confident that we will eventually gain planning consent to develop the Wressle oil discovery and have successfully acquired a further 5% interest in this asset. Finally, the Springs Road wellsite is almost complete and we expect the well, which could be a "play opener" in the Gainsborough Trough, to be drilled during the coming period."Production Production in the second half of FY2018 came from Ceres, Keddington and Fiskerton Airfield and totalled 12,691 barrels of oil equivalent ("boe"), an average of 70 boe per day ("boepd") (H2 2017 21,464 boe, 119 boepd). Average daily production over the full year is therefore 84 boepd against guidance of 100 boepd with the shortfall mainly due to the loss of six weeks' production at Ceres. This was a result of the summer maintenance shut-down commencing in July, before the end of the financial year and two weeks when the field was shut-in as a result of unplanned downtime.The outlook for the Ceres field is positive as the operator, Spirit Energy, has recently advised that an increased volume of gas in-place, and hence ultimate recoverable reserves, is indicated by pressure recovery observed while the Ceres well has remained shut-in. Production will resume once a new flowmeter is installed in October 2018, and will provide a significant boost to Egdon's production. Taking the operator's forecasts, we expect production from Ceres (primary and back-out gas) net to Egdon to average over 125 boepd in the first half of the 2018-2019 financial year ("FY2019").Oil production continues at Fiskerton Airfield (25-27 bopd gross) and Keddington (20-24 bopd gross). Additional intervention is being considered in the Fiskerton Airfield FA-1 well for early 2019 and we continue to review the possibility of further sidetrack drilling at Keddington.We will provide production guidance for FY2019 with our preliminary results, but initial guidance for the first half of the financial year is c. 160-180 boepd.OperationsPreparations continue for drilling the potentially play opening exploration well Springs Road-1 in the Gainsborough Trough (PEDL140, Egdon 14.5% carried). The operator, IGas, recently advised that construction works at the wellsite are nearing completion and confirmed that the well will be drilled after their nearby Tinker Lane-1 well where they now expect to commence drilling operations in Q4 2018.Elsewhere, we note that Cuadrilla Resources have completed the drilling of two horizontal wells at Preston New Road and recently received government approval for hydraulic fracturing and testing. We expect to hear the first results from these multistage tests in late Autumn 2018.At Biscathorpe (PEDL253) we have successfully farmed-out the drilling of Biscathorpe-2 which will evaluate a 1987 BP conventional oil discovery with Mean Prospective Resources net to Egdon estimated at 5 million barrels of oil. We are updating the tenders for all materials and services including the rig with a view to commencing completion of the site construction during late September 2018 and drilling operations in October/November 2018.At North Kelsey (PEDL241) we are finalising the application for the Environmental Permit and continue to seek further farminees for North Kelsey-1 which we hope to drill during H1 2019. The North Kelsey prospect has a Mean Prospective Resource net to Egdon estimated at 5.2 million barrels of oil and is considered similar to the Wressle discovery in holding the potential for multiple stacked reservoirs being charged with oil.In May 2018, Lincolnshire County Council ("LCC") Planning Committee granted extensions to the existing planning consents to drill conventional resource exploration wells at North Kelsey and Biscathorpe. We have since been notified that LCC has been challenged by local activists as to the legality of their planning decisions. Although at this time we do not expect this to impact the timing of our operations at either well, we will keep this under review as the process unfolds. Separately, the Oil and Gas Authority ("OGA") has granted extensions for both licences PEDL253 and PEDL241 to 30 June 2020.The Company has continued to make progress with the nearshore Resolution gas discovery (P1929, 41/18+19) during the period and has completed the acquisition of the adjacent licence P2304 (41/24) containing the Endeavour gas discovery confirmed by three wells drilled between 1969 and 1993 which tested at rates of up to 34 million cubic feet of gas per day with 1,280 barrels per day of condensate. Mapping using newly reprocessed 2D seismic data has yielded estimated Mean Contingent Resources for Endeavour of approximately 20 billion cubic feet ("bcf") of gas, sufficient to make it a suitable candidate as a satellite development to add value to Resolution where we estimate Mean Contingent Resources of 330bcf. Egdon continues to seek an industry partner and/or investors to share the forward costs and is working with a respected industry contractor to produce an updated reservoir model and CPR. Our forward plan is to acquire a new 3D seismic survey during early 2019 to enable optimisation of an offshore appraisal well for Resolution.During the period Europa Oil & Gas Limited, the operator at Holmwood (PEDL143), announced the submission of an application to vary the existing planning consent and extend it by three years. They further announced that the OGA has extended the initial term of the licence until 30 September 2020 and that the Environmental Permit for the proposed drilling operations had been issued by the Environment Agency. The Holmwood prospect has an estimated Mean Prospective Resource of 1.14 million barrels of oil net to Egdon and is considered geologically analogous to the nearby Horse Hill-1 discovery.Turning finally to the Wressle project, in early July 2018 we announced the submission of a new planning application for the development of the oil discovery to North Lincolnshire Council ("NLC"). Egdon strongly believes that this new application comprehensively addresses the reasons for the refusal of the original planning applications and the subsequent appeals as set out in detail in our announcement of 5 July 2018.Whilst we will maximise our efforts to convince the planning officers and, more importantly, members of the NLC Planning Committee of the clear merits of our new application, our recent experiences with NLC means we have to remain fully prepared to take this new application through another appeal process. As the most recent example of their apparent intransigence, on 1 August 2018 the NLC Planning Committee refused our application to extend the existing consent for the Wressle site despite a recommendation for approval from their own professional planning officers. The reasons cited were conflicts with paragraph 205 of the NPPF and policy M21 of the North Lincolnshire Local Plan even though in his decision of January 2018 the Inspector found in Egdon's favour on our appeal against the same reasons. We are now in the process of appealing this latest refusal decision and are increasing our lobbying and engagement efforts in respect of the Wressle project.Notwithstanding, and demonstrating our commitment to and confidence in the Wressle field development, in June 2018 we announced the acquisition of an additional 5% interest in PEDL180 and PEDL182 from Celtique Energie Petroleum Limited for a deferred cash consideration of £0.417m payable on commencement of production.


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Feast celebrating the wheat harvest, falling 50 days after Passover.
(shah-voo-OHT) n. Shavuot; Pentecost; Feast of Weeks; Weeks. The Festival commemorating giving of the Torah at Har Sinai to Israel. Observed on the fiftieth day after the first day of Pesach. Shavu'ot is the concluding festival of the Spring season, a festival of the offering of the first fruits, and a picture of the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah as the Firstfruits (1 Cor. 15:20).


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"Злорд и семейство Ъндърууд" () е канадски семеен ситком, създаден от Антъни Фарел и Райън Уайсброк, и е ко-продукция между MarbleMedia и Cloudco Entertainment. Премиерата на сериала е във Великобритания на 4 октомври 2021 г. по Nickelodeon, докато се излъчва премиерно в Канада на 29 октомври 2021 г. по CBC Gem.

Актьорски състав
 Дарил Хайндс – Джим Ъндърууд
 Патрис Гудмън – Флауър Ъндърууд
 Ари Ресник – Уийвър Ундърууд
 Камая Феърбърн – Уилоу Ундърууд
 Трой Фелдман – Злорд
 Жан Ардън – гласът на R0-FL, роботът помощник на Злорд
 Джейн Истууд – съседката на семейство Ъндърууд

В България
В България сериалът се излъчва по локалната версия на Nickelodeon на 6 март 2022 г. Дублажът е нахсинхронен в студио Про Филмс и в него участва Елена Траянова, която озвучава Уилоу.

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In 2015 Canada was the third largest video game industry in terms of employment numbers following the USA and Japan. With 20,400 employees, 472 companies and a direct annual economic impact of nearly $3 billion added to Canada's GDP in 2015. With powerhouses like Ubisoft, SquareEnix and Eidos setting up shop in Montreal, Canada's influence on the global gaming industry has been significant, but just with all other things Canadian, it has shied away from stepping into the spotlight. Until now.
With the first Capital Gaming Expo (CGX), organizer Jillian Mood of Jillian Mood and Partners enthusiastically shoves the Canadian Gaming Industry onto the stage it deserves.
Taking place at the Nepean Sportscomplex in Ottawa last weekend, CGX2017 was a pleasant mix between PAX and GDC (Game Developers Conference). For those interesting in homegrown games, the 17,000 square foot venue showed off indie games like "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" and "Bendy & The Ink Machine", hosted tournaments of Magic The Gathering and Super Smash Brothers and of course provided time to just sit down and play some games.
And the end of day 2, an estimated 4000 people attended the show floor, which is quite a remarkable number for a first time conference. For comparison, when PAX opened their doors for the first time they drew just over 3300 people to their event. With plenty of possibility to grow, CGX2017 was off to a great start which will hopefully inspire other Canadian Game Devs to take up a booth next year.
The real meat and potatos however (at least according to yours truly), was the developers' conference on the other side of the center. Canadian Devs, both aspiring and established, were treated to an impressive lineup of speakers and plenty of network opportunities. Ranging from Jason Vandenberghe talking about his pitching struggles for "For Honor" to the incredibly insightful presentation by Rebecca C Palacios (Ubisoft) on Embracing Narrative & Player Experience with UI, there was something for everyone.
Sharing lessons and best practices on a well organized platform like the Capital Gaming Expo will no doubt amplify the growth and success of the Canadian Game Development scene as the listeners in the audience this year, might grow to be speakers in the near future.
With the ambition and drive that the organizers have shown in year one, this event can only move forward. And, with the proper support from the industry, I can see this growing into THE gaming event in Canada.