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Yeasayer / Sleigh Bells Lee's Palace, Toronto ON May 1
By Cam Lindsay
Returning just a few weeks after making their debut Toronto appearance, Brooklyn's Sleigh Bells were ready to show a sold-out crowd the type of environment they will soon be headlining. With a sparse set-up — guitarist Derek Miller, vocalist Alexis Krauss and their trusty iPod — Sleigh Bells may not have been making a first impression for most, but they proved they're arguably the best fluffer in the business.
While they may be relatively new, Krauss had the confidence and allure of a tested front-person, exuding the sass of Karen O but with a cool elegance. The onlookers flailed and pogoed to shit disturbers like "Crown on the Ground" and "Tell 'Em," with the blown-out low-end rumbling to the point of amp annihilation. It not just won over a mostly unfamiliar set of ears, but assured everyone Sleigh Bells' debut album will be everything the blogs say it will be.
There was definitely something different about Yeasayer since their last Toronto appearance, with the group this time coming equipped with four glowing screens, fancy translucent glass stands and gargantuan bass emanating from the throbbing soundsystem. Just two years ago, the Brooklyn trio were a quartet of longhairs pushing transcendental hippie jams. In a rammed club on Saturday night, however, they were now selling a markedly new experience.
Backed by multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab and drummer Jason Trammell, the band's core of Anand Wilder (decked in a one-piece, camouflage jumpsuit), Chris Keating and Ira Wolf Tuton united as a collective to inject the songs of Odd Blood with even more life than a measly turntable or iPod. Unfortunately, the vocodered crawl of "The Children" makes even less sense live, but this introductory blotch paved the way for a night of unstoppable energy.
The hyperkinetic pulse of "Rome" caused jittering, a beefed-up "2080" caused a mass singalong (even in the indecipherable chanting bit no one knows the words to), "Madder Red" proved they could hit those three-part harmonies and "Love Me Girl" transformed the place into the rave it evokes. Surprisingly, Yesayer kept the party going after the electrifying optimism of "Ambling Alp," the greatest hit never to chart.
As Wilder brought the come down with Odd Blood closer "Grizelda," only to have the calm erased by the mighty tribal stomp of "Sunrise," Yeasayer left fans realizing that there are still two sides to the band that manage to live in peace and harmony — even with all of the fancy lighting.
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This is subject to change should there be any more school cancellation days.


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This week on Twitter, Maxime Euzière asked why people choose large frameworks over vanilla JS. There are quite a few reasons. Some of them are really valid. Many of them aren't. Here are the ones I see most often (with commentary). Vanilla JS is harder. No, it's often not. Modern vanilla JS has taken many…
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Like many people who were already developing for the Web when Javascript first reared its (ugly) head, I would later be delighted when libraries like Prototype and later jQuery would arrive and start doing the "heavy lifting" for me. Not having to do DOM parsing or (especially) Ajax the "long way" (which was particularly long given the workarounds that needed to be done for cross-compatibility) was a huge boon and made it possible for me to write applications that I wouldn't otherwise have been able to.
But in recent years, I've really been enjoying "vanilla" JS. As a language, JavaScript has really grown-up lately, and with modern (and evergreen) browsers dominating the landscape, everybody benefits from these new features relatively soon after they become available. Of course, it's still important to see any JavaScript as a progressive enhancement that not everybody will experience, but it's still true, now, that the traditional barriers to writing excellent code in the language are rapidly evaporating.
I no longer add jQuery to a project as a matter of course (and in fact I think it's been over a year since I deliberately added it to a new project), and that's great.
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The prosecutor's office tried to prove that the accused illegally impersonated the uniformed services.
The court decided, however, that the reflective vestswith the inscription "Shari Police" were not sufficiently similar to the actual uniforms used.
Focused around the German Muslim Sven Lau, a group of self-styled Islamic "police officers" has just been acquitted. Men in 2014 in German Wuppertal persuaded people to give up drinking, gambling and listening to music. The accused were unlawfully impersonated under uniformed services.
However, the prosecutor's office had some problems with arguing his charge. The court found that the uniforms used by the "Shari Police" did not resemble police neither reflective uniforms at all, nor are they particularly intimidating.
The group belongs to the movement of the Sulfites, an extremely conservative and reformist trend within the largest faction of Islam, Sunnis. Salamis, in turn, has emerged as the fundamentalism on which modern Islamic terrorism is based.


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Snatchers (2019)
USA. 2019.
Directors – Stephen Cedars & Benji Kleiman, Screenplay – Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman & Scott Yacyshyn, Producers – Eric Fisher, Scott Himckley, Elli Legerski & Paul Young, Photography – Nate Hurtsellers, Music – Christopher Doucet, Visual Effects Supervisor – Marc Steinberg, Special Effects – Chuck Johnson & Ryan Roundy, Makeup Effects – Katie Machaick, Production Design – Ying-Te Jlie Chen & Rocky Jackson. Production Company – Make Good Content/The Olde Money Boyz.
Mary Nepi (Sara Steinberg), Gabrielle Elyse (Hayley Chamberlain), Austin Fryberger (Skyler Cole), JJ Nolan (Kate Steinberg), Nick Gomez (Officer Oscar Ruiz), Rick Fulcher (Dave), Ashley Argota (Kiana), Logan Rogan (Mr Robin), Alex Skinner (Jerome Chamberlain), Amy Landecker (Nurse Cheryl), Amy Arburn (Blair), Gabriella Gourdin (Tegan), David H. Stevens (Protester), Mark Sande (Dr Richard Friedman), David Christian Welborn (Skyler's Dad)
Madre Vista, Arizona. Sara Steinberg, a nerdy teenager in high school, decides to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Skyler Cole. The following morning, Sara wakes up to find herself several months pregnant. She begs help of her friend Hayley Chamberlain who takes her to a medical clinic. As she is being examined, a creature bursts out of Sara's vagina, splatters the doctor's head, kills the nurse and flees. Sara and Hayley flee the scene. Sara then realises that she is still pregnant and there is another creature inside her. The creature she gave birth to is a parasite that attaches itself to the backs of people's heads. It passes through a series of host bodies as it pursues Sara, wanting to mate with the creature still inside her. Sara and Hayley realise it is heading to a big party that evening in order to spawn among the teens there.
Snatchers is a re-edited feature-length version of the web series Snatchers (2017-8). The web series ran for three seasons, a total of 25 episodes of around eight minutes apiece airing on the Warner Brothers' Go90 network. Prior to that, the series' creators Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman had made the basics as a six-minute short film Snatchers (2015) also featuring the same two lead actresses Mary Nepi and Gabrielle Elyse. Some new material was shot to bring the film version together.
Irrespective of where it comes from, Snatchers proves hilarious presented as a 96-minute feature film. One is immediately amused by its sharp and sarcastically appealing snapshot of a quartet of high school teenagers. Some of the bitchy dialogue comes with a good deal of amusement. One commentator I read aptly described it as Mean Girls (2004) meets Alien (1979), which seems a perfectly on the ball description.
A pregnant Mary Nepi with best friend Gabrielle Elyse
The Alien analogy works in terms of the chestburster scene comparison but you could draw a number of other analogies. The scenes with the parasites hopping between bodies remind of the highly entertaining The Hidden (1987) or Don't Kill It (2016), while the parasites who sit on a person's drooped-over head make one think of the aliens in The Puppet Masters (1994). Mary Nepi's comical pregnancy has something of Antibirth (2016) in which Natasha Lyonne undergoes a mutant pregnancy as a result of untested pharmaceuticals dispensed by her drug dealer. The scene where the parasite emerges, splattering the head of the examining doctor and slaughtering the nurse makes one think of a comedy take on the delivery room scenes in It's Alive (1974).
Snatchers has an incredibly snappy pace, which seems all the more commendable when one remembers that the original aired as a series of web episodes. Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman have great comedy timing and get good performances from all involved, in particular the two lead actresses Mary Nepi and Gabrielle Elyse. The comical scenes as the two of them try to work out what to do in their own inept way is particularly hilarious.
Director: Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman
Actors: Mary Nepi, Gabrielle Elyse, Austin Fryberger, JJ Nolan, Nick Gomez, Rick Fulcher, Ashley Argota, Logan Rogan, Alex Skinner, Amy Landecker, Amy Arburn, Gabriella Gourdin, David H. Stevens, Mark Sande, David Christian Welborn
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On Friday 30 November, like many other mortgage advisers across the country, Gavin Richardson slept rough to raise money and awareness in support of End Youth Homelessness. Here's how he got on, what he learned and how much he's raised so far.
Let me start by saying a massive thank you to everyone who sponsored me. At the last count on Saturday night I had raised £1,765,00. If you haven't sponsored me and you'd like to, it's not too late. Any contribution, however small, is welcomed if you can afford it.
It was a pretty surreal experience venturing into Hastings at 10pm with just a sleeping bag and my phone. I decided, based on having no actual plan, to walk about until 2 am checking out places to sleep for later, but stopping and chatting to any homeless person I saw (eight in total but only five were awake or approachable).
For me, the really disappointing discovery of the night was that for every 25 people that walked by only one would stop and acknowledge my existence or that of the rough sleepers I was chatting to. Not even a nod, a sorry or even eye contact. I can only assume that by not acknowledging us, the passers-by could persuade themselves that the homeless community does not exist in Hastings or perhaps they were hoping someone else would deal with it.
Between 2am and 3am I sat in a doorway in the town centre and chuckled at the drunks and teenage wannabe tough guys who were invincible and ready to take on anyone who looked at them due to the confidence a 2-litre bottle of Tesco's own cider can give you.
Now a bit more than damp I found another shelter and sat and felt the rain come in from all sides. There was absolutely no chance of keeping dry but luckily it stopped quite soon after my arrival. The benches however were impossible to even sit comfortably on, so I moved again.
I had just I folded myself up in the corner of shelter number three by the pier, when at 4.45am the White Rock hotel opposite evacuated all its guests following a fire alarm. Whilst I wasn't dry, I was certainly warmer than the guests huddled around in their pyjamas and dressing gowns as bemused firemen confirmed, I suspect, that some berk had lit a cheeky ciggy in their bathroom!
5.30am now and all was quiet. Pins and needles in everything below my waist was not what I anticipated to be the biggest challenge of the night but made for what I can only guess was a pretty strange walk back up the seafront to while away the last hour.
Could I do it two nights in a row? Definitely not.
Did I feel I made a difference? 100%, mostly by taking the time to talk to the rough sleepers I met.
As I went to bed on Saturday night with the horrendous rain and wind howling round the streets, did I feel guilty, lucky, tired, emotional, and proud? Yes, in equal measure.
Would I do it again? Absolutely, bring on next year.


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Q: Text area Jmeter Question I tried to use JMeter to send HTTP request. One of the input field is a textarea. each line in this text area need to be passed in. How do I specify a new line of input in text area? I tried %0 , space, coma... but it din't work.

A: You should be able to encode a newline character using '%0A'.  This encoding would be equivalent to a '\n' (LF) character.  If you want to simulate a Windows style newline '\r\n' (CR+LF), you would use '%0D%0A'.  If you specify the encoding directly into the parameter text field value, then you will not want to check the 'Encode?' option for that parameter as you manually included the encoding.
If this does not work, please include the values you are using in your JMeter script and the result you are seeing on your server.  Also include how you are monitoring the server values.
I would also make sure to add a 'View Results Tree' Listener to your script so that you can see the actual Request/Response data that was sent by your script.  It is useful to make sure that the values you are sending are what you expect.

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Sen. Bob Corker says Republicans need to be wary of a potential "box canyon" if they repeal Obamacare without a replacement in the queue.
The Tennessee Republican said Friday morning that he wants his colleagues to pay more attention to the fiscal issues with the effort to repeal Obamacare.
Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, Corker outlined the potential "box canyon" that Republicans could find themselves in if they repeal all of the taxes imposed by the Affordable Care Act on the front end.
Corker said to the reporters in attendance that the result could be an extension of current policy driven as much by inertia as by anything else.
But he did add that he recognized the "tremendous desire by Republicans to just repeal immediately," but he favors the position espoused by President-elect Donald Trump.
Corker pointed to comments by Trump that said repeal and replace should be moved simultaneously and that "he continues to offer caution." Corker did say that he has heard from some Democrats that they would not be prepared to work on on replacing the 2010 health care law until and unless the Republicans succeed in moving the repeal bill.
The Senate is currently debating a budget resolution that Republicans need to advance in order to get the reconciliation instructions needed to pass a repeal of the law with a simple-majority vote, although several GOP senators have already expressed concern about the "repeal and delay" strategy.


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Mahmud II
For the mansa of the Malian Empire, see Mahmud II (mansa).
محمود ثانى
Ottoman Caliph
Amir al-Mu'minin
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Kayser-i Rûm
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
30th Ottoman Sultan (Emperor)
28 July 1808 – 1 July 1839
Mustafa IV
Abdulmejid I
Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Tomb of Sultan Mahmud II, Fatih, Istanbul
Alicenab Kadın
Kamerfer Kadın
Nevfidan Kadın
Dilseza Kadın
Hoşyar Kadın
Aşubcan Kadın
Mislinayab Kadın
Nurtab Kadın
Bezmiâlem Sultan
Ebrureftar Kadın
Pervizifelek Kadın
Hüsnimelek Hanım
Pertevniyal Sultan
Tiryal Hanım
Zernigar Hanım
Lebrizifelek Hanım
Mahmud bin Abdul Hamid
Abdul Hamid I
Nakşidil Sultan
Tughra
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Mahmud II (Ottoman Turkish: محمود ثانى Mahmud-u s̠ānī, محمود عدلى Mahmud-u Âdlî; Turkish: İkinci Mahmut; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.
His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, military, and fiscal reforms he instituted, which culminated in the Decree of Tanzimat ("reorganization") that was carried out by his sons Abdulmejid I and Abdülaziz. Often described as "Peter the Great of Turkey",[1] Mahmud's reforms included the 1826 abolition of the conservative Janissary corps, which removed a major obstacle to his and his successors' reforms in the Empire. The reforms he instituted were characterized by political and social changes, which would eventually lead to the birth of the modern Turkish Republic.[2]
Notwithstanding his domestic reforms, Mahmud's reign was also marked by nationalist uprisings in Ottoman-ruled Serbia and Greece, leading to significant loss of territory for the Empire following the emergence of an independent Greek state.
1 Accession
2 Reign overview
2.1 War against the Saudi state
2.2 Greek War of Independence
2.3 The Auspicious Incident
2.4 Tanzimat Reforms
3 Reforms
3.1 Legal reforms
3.2 Military reforms
3.3 Other reforms
5 In fiction
His mother was Nakşidil Valide Sultan. In 1808, Mahmud II's predecessor, and half-brother, Mustafa IV ordered his execution along with his cousin, the deposed Sultan Selim III, in order to defuse the rebellion. Selim III was killed, but Mahmud was safely kept hidden by his mother and was placed on the throne after the rebels deposed Mustafa IV. The leader of this rebellion, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, later became Mahmud II's vizier. Western historians give Mahmud a poor reputation for simply being the Sultan during a time of deterioration of the Ottoman Empire.[3]
There are many stories surrounding the circumstances of his attempted murder. A version by the 19th-century Ottoman historian Ahmed Cevdet Pasha gives the following account: one of his slaves, a Georgian girl named Cevri, gathered ashes when she heard the commotion in the palace surrounding the murder of Selim III. When the assassins approached the harem chambers where Mahmud was staying, she was able to keep them away for a while by throwing ashes into their faces, temporarily blinding them. This allowed Mahmud to escape through a window and climb onto the roof of the harem. He apparently ran to the roof of the Third Court where other pages saw him and helped him come down with pieces of clothes that were quickly tied together as a ladder. By this time one of the leaders of the rebellion, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha arrived with his armed men, and upon seeing the dead body of Selim III proclaimed Mahmud as padishah. The slave girl Cevri Kalfa was awarded for her bravery and loyalty and appointed haznedar usta, the chief treasurer of the Imperial Harem, which was the second most important position in the hierarchy. A plain stone staircase at the Altınyol (Golden Way) of the Harem is called Staircase of Cevri (Jevri) Kalfa, since the events apparently happened around there and are associated with her.[4]
Reign overview
The vizier took the initiative in resuming reforms that had been terminated by the conservative coup of 1807 that had brought Mustafa IV to power. However, he was killed during a rebellion in 1808 and Mahmud II temporarily abandoned the reforms. Mahmud II's later reformation efforts would be much more successful.
War against the Saudi state
Main article: Emirate of Diriyah
Abdullah bin Saud.
During the early years of Mahmud II's reign, his governor of Egypt Mehmet Ali Paşa successfully waged the Ottoman-Saudi War and reconquered the holy cities of Medina (1812) and Mecca (1813) from the First Saudi State.
Abdullah bin Saud and the First Saudi State had barred Muslims from the Ottoman Empire from entering the holy shrines of Mecca and Medina; his followers also desecrated the tombs of Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hassan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali. Abdullah bin Saud and his two followers were publicly beheaded for their crimes against holy cities and mosques.[5]
Main article: Greek War of Independence
The stylized signature of Mahmud II was written in an expressive calligraphy.
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt attacks Missolonghi
His reign also marked the first breakaway from the Ottoman Empire, with Greece gaining its independence following a revolution that started in 1821. During the Battle of Erzurum (1821), part of the Ottoman-Persian War (1821-1823), Mahmud II's superior force was routed by Abbas Mirza, resulting in a Qajar Persian victory which got confirmed in the Treaties of Erzurum.[6] Several years later, in 1827, the combined British, French and Russian navies defeated the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Navarino; in the aftermath, the Ottoman Empire was forced to recognize Greece with the Treaty of Constantinople in July 1832. This event, together with the French conquest of Algeria, an Ottoman province (see Ottoman Algeria) in 1830, marked the beginning of the gradual break-up of the Ottoman Empire. Non-Turkish ethnic groups living in the empire's territories, especially in Europe, started their own independence movements.
The Auspicious Incident
Main article: Auspicious Incident
One of Mahmud II's most notable acts during his reign was the destruction of the Janissary corps in June 1826. He accomplished this with careful calculation using his recently reformed wing of the military intended to replace the Janissaries. When the Janissaries mounted a demonstration against Mahmud II's proposed military reforms, he had their barracks fired upon effectively crushing the formerly elite Ottoman troops and burned the Belgrade forest outside Istanbul to incinerate any remnants.[7][8][full citation needed] This permitted the establishment of a European-style conscript army, recruited mainly from Turkish speakers of Rumelia and Asia Minor. Mahmud was also responsible for the subjugation of the Iraqi Mamluks by Ali Ridha Pasha in 1831. He ordered the execution of the renowned Ali Pasha of Tepelena. He sent his Grand Vizier to execute the Bosniak hero Husein Gradaščević and dissolve the Bosnia Eyalet.
Tanzimat Reforms
Main article: Tanzimat
The mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II during the period of 1860-1890.
In 1839, just prior to his death, he began preparations for the Tanzimat reform era which included introducing a Council of Ministers or the Meclis-i Vukela.[9]:49 The Tanzimat marked the beginning of modernization in Turkey and had immediate effects on social and legal aspects of life in the Empire, such as European style clothing, architecture, legislation, institutional organization, and land reform.
He was also concerned for aspects of tradition. He made great efforts to revive the sport of archery. He ordered archery master Mustafa Kani to write a book about the history, construction, and use of Turkish bows, from which comes most of what is now known of Turkish archery.[10]
Mahmud II died of tuberculosis, in 1839. His funeral was attended by crowds of people who came to bid the Sultan farewell. His son Abdülmecid succeeded him and would continue to implement Tanzimat reform efforts.
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Legal reforms
Among his reforms are the edicts (or firmans), by which he closed the Court of Confiscations, and took away much of the power of the Pashas.
Previous to the first of the Firmans the property of all persons banished or condemned to death was forfeited to the crown; and a sordid motive for acts of cruelty was thus kept in perpetual operation, besides the encouragement of a host of vile delators.
The second firman removed the ancient rights of Turkish governors to doom men to instant death by their will; the Paşas, the Ağas, and other officers, were enjoined that "they should not presume to inflict, themselves, the punishment of death on any man, whether Raya or Turk, unless authorized by a legal sentence pronounced by the Kadi, and regularly signed by the judge." Mahmud also created an appeal system by a criminal to one of the Kazasker (chief military judge) of Asia or Europe, and finally to the Sultan himself, if the criminal chose to persist in his appeal.
About the same time that Mahmud II ordained these changes, he personally set an example of reform by regularly attending the Divan, or state council, instead of secluding himself from the labors of state. The practice of the Sultan avoiding the Divan had been introduced as long ago as the reign of Suleiman I, and was considered as one of the causes of the decline of the Empire by a Turkish historian nearly two centuries before Mahmud II's time.
Mahmud II also addressed some of the worst abuses connected with the vakıfs, by placing their revenues under state administration. However, he did not venture to apply this vast mass of property to the general purposes of the government. His modernizations included the relaxation of much of the restrictions on alcoholic beverages in the Empire, and the sultan himself was known to drink socially with his ministers.[1] By the end of his reign, his reforms had mostly normalized drinking among the upper classes and political figures in the Empire.[1]
In his time the financial situation of the Empire was troubling, and certain social classes had long been under the oppression of heavy taxes. In dealing with the complicated questions that therefore arose, Mahmud II is considered to have demonstrated the best spirit of the best of the Köprülüs. A Firman of February 22, 1834, abolished the vexatious charges which public functionaries, when traversing the provinces, had long been accustomed to take from the inhabitants. By the same edict all collection of money, except for the two regular half-yearly periods, was denounced as abuses. "No one is ignorant," said Sultan Mahmud II in this document, "that I am bound to afford support to all my subjects against vexatious proceedings; to endeavour unceasingly to lighten, instead of increasing their burdens, and to ensure peace and tranquility. Therefore, those acts of oppression are at once contrary to the will of God, and to my imperial orders."
The haraç, or capitation-tax, though moderate and exempting those who paid it from military service, had long been made an engine of gross tyranny through the insolence and misconduct of the government collectors. The Firman of 1834 abolished the old mode of levying it and ordained that it should be raised by a commission composed of the Kadı, the Muslim governors, and the Ayans, or municipal chiefs of Rayas in each district. Many other financial improvements were affected. By another important series of measures, the administrative government was simplified and strengthened, and a large number of sinecure offices were abolished. Sultan Mahmud II provided a valuable personal example of good sense, and economy, organising the imperial household, suppressing all titles without duties, and all salaried officials without functions.
Military reforms
Further information: Ottoman military reform efforts
Mahmudiye (1829), built by the Imperial Arsenal on the Golden Horn in Constantinople, was for many years the largest warship in the world. The 201 x 56 kadem (1 kadem = 37.887 cm) or 76.15 m × 21.22 m (249.8 ft × 69.6 ft) ship of the line was armed with 128 cannons on 3 decks and carried 1,280 sailors on board (kadem, which translates as "foot", is often misinterpreted as equal in length to one imperial foot, hence the wrongly converted dimensions of "201 x 56 ft, or 62 x 17 m" in some sources.) She participated in numerous important naval battles, including the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean War.
Mahmud II dealt effectively with the military fiefs, the "Tımar"s, and the "Ziamet"s. These had been instituted to furnish the old effective military force, but had long ceased to serve this purpose. By attaching them to the public domains, Mahmud II materially strengthened the resources of the state, and put an end to a host of corruptions. One of the most resolute acts of his ruling was the suppression of the Dere Beys, the hereditary local chiefs (with power to nominate their successors in default of male heirs), which, in one of the worst abuses of the Ottoman feudal system, had made themselves petty princes in almost every province of the empire.
The reduction of these insubordinate feudatories was not affected at once, or without severe struggles and frequent rebellions. Mahmud II steadily persevered in this great measure and ultimately the island of Cyprus became the only part of the empire in which power that was not emanating from the Sultan was allowed to be retained by Dere Beys.
One of his most notable achievement was the abolition (through use of military force, execution and exile, and banning of the Bektashi order) of the Janissary Corps, event known as The Auspicious Incident, in 1826 and the establishment of a modern Ottoman Army, named the Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye (meaning 'Victorious Soldiers of Muhammad' in Ottoman Turkish).
Following the loss of Greece after the Battle of Navarino against the combined British-French-Russian flotilla in 1827, Mahmud II gave top priority to rebuilding a strong Ottoman naval force. The first steamships of the Ottoman Navy were acquired in 1828. In 1829 the world's largest warship for many years, the 201 x 56 kadem (1 kadem = 37.887 cm) or 76.15 m × 21.22 m (249.8 ft × 69.6 ft) ship of the line Mahmudiye, which had 128 cannons on 3 decks and carried 1,280 sailors on board, was built for the Ottoman Navy at the Imperial Naval Arsenal (Tersâne-i Âmire) on the Golden Horn in Constantinople (kadem, which translates as "foot", is often misinterpreted as equivalent in length to one imperial foot, hence the wrongly converted dimensions of "201 x 56 ft, or 62 x 17 m" in some sources.)
Other reforms
Mahmud II before his clothing reform in 1826.
Mahmud II after his clothing reform in 1826.
During his reign, Mahmud II also made sweeping reforms of the bureaucracy in order to reestablish royal authority and increase the administrative efficiency of his government. This was accomplished by abolishing old offices, introducing new lines of responsibility, and raised salaries in an attempt to end bribery. In 1838 he founded two institutions aimed towards training government officials. In 1831, Mahmud II also established an official gazette, Takvim-i Vekayi (Calendar of Events). This was the first newspaper to be published in the Ottoman-Turkish language and was required reading for all civil servants.[11][full citation needed]
Clothing was also an essential aspect of Mahmud II's reforms. He began by officially adopting the fez for the military after the Janissary eradication in 1826, which signified a break from the old style of military dress.[12] On top of this, he ordered civilian officials to also adopt a similar, but plain, fez to distinguish them from the military.[13] He planned for the population to adopt this as well, as he desired a homogeneous look for Ottoman society with an 1829 regulatory law.[13] Unlike past Sultanic clothing decrees and those of other societies, Mahmud II wanted all levels of government and civilians to look the same. He faced significant resistance to these measures specifically from religious groups, laborers, and military members because of traditional, religious, and practical reasons.[14][15] Mahmud II's portraits also give a valuable insight into his clothing mentality, as he switched to a more European-style and fez after 1826.
On top of these reforms, Mahmud II was also critical in the establishment and flourishing of an Ottoman foreign affairs office. While he built upon Selim III's foundational elements of international diplomacy, Mahmud II was the first to create the title of Foreign Minister and Undersecretary in 1836.[16] He placed enormous importance on this position and equated salary and rank with the highest military and civilian positions.[17] Mahmud II also expanded the Language Office and Translation Office, and by 1833 it began to grow in both size and importance. After the reorganization of these offices, he also resumed Selim's efforts to create a system of permanent diplomatic representation in Europe. In 1834, permanent European embassies were established with the first in Paris.[17] Despite the difficulties that came along with these actions, the expansion of diplomacy increased the transmission of ideas that would have a revolutionary effect on the development of bureaucracy and Ottoman society as a whole.
Mahmud had sixteen consorts:
Alicenab Kadın (died 20 April 1809), Baş Kadın;[18]
Kamerfer Kadın (died c. 1823, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum), Baş Kadın;[19]
Nevfidan Kadın (died at Nafiz Pasha Palace, Beylerbeyi, Istanbul, 25 December 1855, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum), Baş Kadın;[20]
Dilseza Kadın (died at Beşiktaş Palace, Istanbul, c. 1816, buried in Yahya Efendi cemetery), Üçüncü Kadın;[21]
Hoşyar Kadın (died Mecca, c. 1859, buried there), İkinci Kadın;[22]
Aşubcan Kadın (died at Maçka Palace, 10 June 1870, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum), Üçüncü Kadın;[23]
Mislinayab Kadın (died 21 May 1818, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum), Beşinci Kadın;[24]
Nurtab Kadın (died 2 January 1886, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum), Dördüncü Kadın;[20]
Bezmiâlem Sultan[25] (died at Beşiktaş Palace, Istanbul, 2 May 1853, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum, Divanyolu, Istanbul),[23] Beşinci Kadın;
Ebrureftar Kadın (died 1825, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum), Altıncı Kadın;[26]
Pervizifelek Kadın (died at Akıntıburnu Palace, 21 September 1863, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum), Altıncı Kadın;[27]
Hüsnümelek Hanım (died at Beylerbeyi Palace, October 1886, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum), Baş İkbal;[28]
Pertevniyal Sultan[29] (died at Örtaköy Palace, Istanbul, 26 January 1884,[30] buried in Pertevniyal Sultan Mausoleum),[31] İkinci İkbal;[32]
Tiryal Hanım (died at Çamlıca Palace, Istanbul, 1882-3, buried in Imperial ladies Mausoleum), Üçüncü İkbal;[28]
Zernigar Hanım (died 1830, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum),[27] Dördüncü İkbal;
Lebrizifelek Hanım (died at Örtaköy Palace, Istanbul, 9 February 1865, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum), Dördüncü İkbal;[33]
The mausoleum (türbe) of Sultan Mahmud II, located at Divan Yolu street in Çemberlitaş, Eminönü, Istanbul.
Internal view of the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud II.
Exterior view of the türbe of Sultan Mahmud II.
Mahmud had eighteen sons:
Sultan Abdulmejid I, with Bezmiâlem Sultan;[34]
Sultan Abdülaziz, with Pertevniyal Sultan;[35]
Şehzade Murad (25 December 1811 – 14 July 1812, buried in Abdul Hamid I Mausoleum, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Bayezid (27 March 1812 ��� 25 June 1812, buried in Abdul Hamid I Mausoleum, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Abdul Hamid (6 March 1813 – 20 April 1825, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul), with Mislinayab Kadın;
Şehzade Osman (12 June 1813 – 10 April 1814, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul), with Nevfidan Kadın;
Şehzade Ahmed (25 July 1814 – 16 July 1815, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Mehmed (26 August 1814 – 28 October 1814, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Mehmed (born and died 4 August 1816, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Suleiman (29 August 1817 – 14 December 1819, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Ahmed (13 October 1819 – 24 December 1819, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Ahmed (25 December 1819 – 28 December 1819, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Abdullah (born and died 4 April 1820, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Mehmed (18 February 1822 – 23 September 1822, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Ahmed (6 July 1822 – 9 April 1823, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);
Şehzade Abdul Hamid (18 February 1827 – 15 November 1828, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul);
Şehzade Nizameddin (6 December 1835 – 24 February 1838, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul), with Tiryal Hanım;
Mahmud had eighteen daughters:
Cemile Sultan (died in infancy);[36]
Fatma Sultan (4 February 1809 – 5 August 1809, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul),[33] with Alicenab Kadın;
Ayşe Sultan (5 July 1809 – February 1810, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul),[33] with Nevifidan Kadın;
Fatma Sultan (20 April 1811 – April 1825, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul),[37] with Kamerfer Kadın;
Saliha Sultan (16 June 1811 – 19 February 1843, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum, Divanyolu, Istanbul), with Aşubcan Kadın;[38]
Şah Sultan (22 May 1812 – September 1814, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul),[39] with Aşubcan Kadın;
Mihrimah Sultan (10 June 1812 – 3 July 1838, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul), with Hoşyar Kadın;[40]
Emine Sultan (12 August 1812 – 28 June 1814,[40] buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul), with Kamerfer Kadın;
Şah Sultan (14 October 1814 – 13 April 1817, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul),[40] with Hoşyar Kadın;
Emine Sultan (7 January 1815 – 29 September 1816,[40] buried in Yahya Efendi cemetery, Beşiktaş, Istanbul), with Kamerfer Kadın;
Zeynep Sultan (18 April 1815 – 8 January 1816, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul),[36] with Dilseza Kadın;
Hamide Sultan (4 July 1818 – 15 February 1819, buried in Nurosmaniye Mosque, Fatih, Istanbul);[36]
Atiye Sultan (2 January 1824 – 11 August 1850, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum, Divanyolu, Istanbul), with Pervizifelek Kadın;[36]
Münire Sultan (16 October 1824 – 23 May 1825,[41] buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul);
Hatice Sultan (6 September 1825 – 19 December 1842, buried in Mahmud II Mausoleum, Divanyolu, Istanbul), with Pervizifelek Kadın;[41]
Adile Sultan (23 May 1826 – 12 February 1899, buried in Adile Sultan Mausoleum, Eyüp, Istanbul), with Zernigar Hanım;[42]
Fatma Sultan (10 August 1828 - 23 October 1830, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul), with Pervizifelek Kadın;[43]
Hayriye Sultan (12 January 1832 – 15 February 1833, buried in Nakşidil Sultan Mausoleum, Fatih Mosque, Istanbul).[43]
In fiction
The 2006 historical detective novel The Janissary Tree, by Jason Goodwin, is set in 1836 Constantinople, with Mahmud II's modernising reforms (and conservative opposition to them) forming the background of the plot. The Sultan himself and his mother appear in several scenes.
The 1989 film Intimate Power, also known as The Favorite, is adapted from a historical fiction novel by Prince Michael of Greece. It portrays a legend about Aimée du Buc de Rivéry as a young captured French girl who, after spending years in an Ottoman harem, outlives two Sultans and protects Mahmud as his surrogate mother. Mahmud is a minor role in the film but is portrayed as both an adult and a child. The film concludes with a variation of his dramatic succession.
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^ A History of the Modern Middle East Cleveland, William L. & Burton, Martin; Fifth Edition; Westview Press; USA; 2015, p. 71. ISBN 978-0813348339.
^ Davis, Claire (1970). The Palace of Topkapi in Istanbul. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 214–217. ASIN B000NP64Z2.
^ Dr. Abdullah Mohammad Sindi. "The Direct Instruments of Western Control over the Arabs: The Shining Example of the House of Saud" (PDF). Social sciences and humanities. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^ George Childs Kohn (2013). Dictionary of Wars. Routledge. p. 506 ff. ISBN 1135954941.
^ Engelhardt, Ed. (1882). La Turquie et le Tanzimat. Paris. p. 11.
^ A history of the Modern Middle East, Cleveland and Bunton p. 79
^ Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1977). History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey Shaw. 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521291668.
^ Paul E Klopsteg. Turkish Archery and the Composite Bow. Chapter I, Background of Turkish Archery. Second edition, revised, 1947, published by the author, 2424 Lincolnwood Drive, Evanston, Ill.
^ Koçu. Türk Giyim,. pp. 113–114.
^ a b Quataert, D. (1997). "Clothing Laws, State, and Society in the Ottoman Empire". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 29(3): 413.
^ Slade, Adolphus (1854). Records of travel in Turkey, Greece, etc. London. p. 194.
^ Demiral, II, Ömer (1989). Mahmud dönemide Sivas'ta esnaf teşkilâtı ve üretim-tüketim ilişkileri. Ankara. p. 81.
^ Sturmer (30 November 1836). "HHS Turkei". Sturmer's no. 206A-B. v1/65.
^ a b Findley, C. "The Foundation of the Ottoman Foreign Ministry". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 3(4): 405.
^ Beydilli, Kemal; Süleyman, Mehmed Bin (2001). Bir imamın günlüğü. Tarih ve Tabiat Vakfı. p. 234.
^ Şehsuvaroğlu, Haluk Y. (2005). Asırlar boyunca İstanbul: Eserleri, Olayları, Kültürü. Yenigün Haber Ajansı. pp. 179, 263.
^ a b Uluçay 1992, p. 123.
^ M S: Milli saraylar, tarih kültür sanat mimarlık, Issue 6. TBMM Milli Saraylar Daire Başkanlığı Yayını. 2010. p. 20.
^ Uluçay 1992, p. 121.
^ Kaya, Bayram Ali; Küçük, Sezai (2011). Defter-i Dervişan (Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi Günlükleri). Zeytinburnu Belediyesi. p. 347. ISBN 978-9-757-32133-0.
^ Madeline Zilfi, Women and Slavery in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Design of Difference, (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 227.
^ Rıza Balıkhane Nazırı, Ali; Çoruk, Ali Şükrü (2001). Eski zamanlarda İstanbul hayatı - Book 15. Kitabevi. p. 301. ISBN 978-9-757-32133-0.
^ The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem, transl. Douglas Scott Brookes, (University of Texas Press, 2008), 288.
^ Akyıldız, Ali (2016). Müsrif, Fakat Hayırsever: Pertevniyal Valide Sultan. p. 343.
^ Hochhut, Pia. The Pious Foundation of Pertev Niyal - Remarks on the Steam Mills at Paşa Limanı (Üsküdar).
^ a b c Uluçay 1992, p. 128.
^ Madeline Zilfi, Women and Slavery in the Late Ottoman Empire: The Design of Difference, 227.
^ The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem, transl. Douglas Scott Brookes, 288.
^ a b c d Uluçay 1992, p. 134.
^ Uluçay 1992, p. 130-1.
Incorporates text from Edward Shepherd Creasy, History of the Ottoman Turks; From the beginning of their empire to the present time (1878).
M. Çağatay Uluçay (1992). Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları. Ankara : Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevı. ISBN 978-9-751-60461-3.
Levy, Avigdor. "The Officer Corps in Sultan Mahmud II's New Ottoman Army, 1826–39." International Journal of Middle East Studies (1971) 2#1 pp: 21-39. online
Levy, Avigdor. "The Ottoman Ulema and the military reforms of Sultan Mahmud II." Asian and African Studies 7 (1971): 13-39.
Levy, Avigdor. "The Ottoman Corps in Sultan Mahmud II New Ottoman Army." International Journal of Middle East Studies 1 (1971): pp 39+
Palmer, Alan. The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire (1992) ch 6
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Portugal, Canada, Sweden deemed most LGBT-friendly travel destinations for 2019
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AFP Relaxnews / 04:00 PM March 03, 2019
Portugal, Sweden and Canada share the title of most LGBT-friendly travel destinations in the world in a new ranking published by gay holiday guide Spartacus.
In its Gay Travel Guide 2019, Portugal leapfrogged its way from 27th position to the top spot, thanks to initiatives in the country against hate crimes and law improvements for the protection of trans and intersexuals, says Spartacus.
Another rising star on the ranking this year is India, which rose from 104th to 57th spot after decriminalizing homosexuality. Trinidad and Tobago and Angola also decriminalized homosexuality last year.
The index also revealed, however, that the social and political climates for the LGBT community in countries like Brazil, Germany and the United States have worsened, due to right-wing conservative governments and an increase in homophobic and transphobic violence.
At the other end of the spectrum, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Somalia and Chechnya have been deemed the most dangerous countries for LGBT travelers.
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The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which comprises the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., handled a total of 336,381 TEUS for the month, a 20.2 percent increase from the same 2015 period and a new monthly record, according to figures from the port authority.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), which comprises the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., handled 336,381 TEUs in November, a 20.2 percent increase from the previous year and a monthly record, according to figures from the port authority.
Through the first 11 months of 2016, total container throughput at NWSA stood at 3.2 million TEUs, up 1.6 percent from the same 2015 period.
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Likewise, throughput of laden import containers grew 5.7 percent year-over-year through November to 1.27 million TEUs, while empty imports dropped 14.1 percent during the same period to 105,789 TEUs.
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By Dannon Har | Dec 27, 2019
By Dannon Har
So many bars, so little time. Still, in the midst of visiting old favourites and trying to give our liver a break, we managed to find time to check out all the new bar openings in 2019. Not all were great, and not all are deserving of mention. But here, we highlight the best ones that have truly made a meaningful impact on our booming drinks scene.
Marquee may have stolen the nightlife limelight, but of all the openings at Marina Bay Sands in 2019, we're most impressed with Avenue. All cocktails are only $22, which is decent for the area, plus you get to lounge in one of the swankiest spots in town. The mini bowling alley, pool table, arcade machines, live DJ sets and karaoke room are just icing on the cake.
The most anticipated bar opening of the year had seen numeral delays, but thankfully, we now have a taste of the San Francisco bar concept just before the year ends. It's essentially made up of two bars—Deadfall downstairs and Ballroom upstairs—both supported by the most high-tech lab kitchen yet in Singapore. Have a stiff $14 tipple at the more casual Deadfall then move on up to the fancier Ballroom for cocktails priced in the mid 20s.
Bee's Island Drinkery
Juice bar by day, cocktail bar at dusk is this hole-in-the-wall watering hole's claim to fame. Step into a vibin tropical landscape the moment you enter the space, then order up fruity yet potent cocktails with names like Beach Please and Rosa Rosa. Its Telok Ayer location only makes it easy as the go-to after-work hangout spot.
The Elephant Room
We've been waiting for this one the moment we found out Yugnes Susela, formerly at Smoke & Mirrors, was set to open his own bar. Carrying only spirits originating from India, and crafting his own liquors and infusions using only South Asian spices, the drinks here are thoughtful, unique creations birthed from Susela's heritage and genius. The inaugural menu, dedicated to Singapore's own Little India, will easily jolt your mind for fond memories thanks to poignant use of aromas and flavours.
Heart of Darkness Singapore
One of only two craft beer bars on the list, this first physical Heart of Darkness gastropub outside of Vietnam by the Saigon-based brewery has not only lived up to the hype, but outdone themselves thanks to an on-point collab with local brewers the likes of That Singapore Beer Project and Daryl's Urban Ales. There's bound to be a brew you enjoy from their 30 taps.
Locating Idlewild, InterContinental Singapore hotel's very own cocktail bar, is half the fun. Upon entering its understated salon style entrance, an eye-catching walk-in cabinet of curiosities will continue to intrigue you. Peruse a solid drinks menu that harks back to the golden age of air travel while tuning in to jazzy tunes from a live four-piece band at this bar that simply oozes old-school glamour.
In Bad Company
A cross between a craft beer bar and a dive bar, this watering hole is the result of a bunch of friends just coming together and deciding to open a place they'd love; and it works. They carry a good range of local and international craft brews in cans and bottles, plus a few on tap to spice things up. The offbeat location at Kim Yam Road only makes it more alluring.
Live Twice
Enough with the puns; Live Twice's name may be a magnet for wannabe wordsmiths, but we'd like to focus on their cocktails instead, thank you very much. This new concept from the Jigger & Pony guys is best described as a Ginza-style bar without the stuffiness—so expect well-crafted drinks alongside a vibrant, lively atmosphere at this cosy haunt. Don't leave without having their take on the Vesper. We also spoke with Principal Bartender Yinying Leow about the bar. Check it out here.
Keong Saik's newest is such a welcome addition to the buzzing street, thanks in no small part to badass owners Juan Yijun and Jessica Hutchinson at the helm. With their combined experience at bars like 28 HongKong Street and Operation Dagger, it's little wonder why the place it already such a hit. Cocktails like Hay & Apples and Reverse Harvard offer complexity and comfort in equal measure, while the inclusion of orange wines on the menu showcases the length No Sleep Club goes to to cater to an ever more discerning customer base.
The Old Man Singapore
It feels like a long time ago, but The Old Man Singapore, the local outpost of the famed Hong Kong bar of the same name, only officially opened here in February. With $17 drinks, good use of the rotovap and its Ernest Hemingway (who was also a prolific drinker in addition to being an author) theme, there's lots to love about this lively bar. Our favourite thing though has got to be the brass track cooler that's fixed onto the T-shaped bar counter, which helps keep your drinks chilled for longer.
Oriental Elixir
This second floor shophouse bar on Haji Lane opened way back in April to no fanfare, but therein lies its charm. Abhishek Cherian George, best known for opening pioneering joint The Spiffy Dapper, prefers to go the small bar route in order to keep doing what he loves, and so birthed Oriental Elixir. There's no menu at this antique shop-like space, just plenty of homemade bitters, infusions of all kinds, and the bartender's fancy as you let them know what flavours you'd like. It is said no drink has ever been made twice here.
We all loved their kaya toast cocktail for the daring and Singaporeaness that it represented, but with the bar celebrating its seventh year in 2019, co-founder Beverly Yeoh wishes for Bitters & Love to go back to the root of their name by offering a brand new cocktail menu featuring drinks made using their own bitters (and mixed with plenty of love, of course). They're deserving of a mention here as it's now a completely different experience. New concoctions like the Last Train to Tokyo and It's a Matcha (our favourite) are all made using various bitters all made in-house. There's just so much to love about a bar that's been around long enough to simply be itself.
Operation Dagger
Also not a 2019 opening, but finding its way into this list is underground (literally) bar Operation Dagger. Its winning concept hasn't changed, but because its entire team has, so has the menu and the experience. New cocktails like the smoky and savoury Cheese, No Egg and the aromatic Golden Mile showcases how aware of local references they are, while the cheekily-named So It Wasn't Coffee is a good use of ingredients and the rotovap. Some old items remain, like the ever-popular Bee Pollen, as well as their list of hooch, that are essentially fruit wines that they ferment in-house.
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Charlotte Magazine|October 2020
THE LAST DANCE nudged her into the national spotlight, but Jasmine Jordan was building on her father's basketball legacy in Charlotte long before the ESPN docuseries aired. Here are 11 more things to know about the 27-year-old daughter of Michael Jordan
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SHE'S IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
Jasmine works at Nike's Jordan Brand, where she represents players for the Charlotte Hornets, the team her father owns, as well as a handful of players from the Dallas Mavericks, the Washington Wizards, and the WNBA. It's her job to make sure her players have sneakers, apparel, and equipment for the season and coordinate all photo shoots and media appearances. She typically travels once a quarter to Portland, Oregon, where her older brother Jeffrey works in digital marketing in Jordan Brand's main office. Jasmine also designs shoes and apparel for the Jordan Heiress Collection, part of the brand's women's division. "I love going to work every day," she says. "That relationship with athletes and the creativity with fashion—it's a burrito of perfection."
SHE MAKES ROOM FOR WOMEN IN THE HUDDLE.
"I always wanted Jordan Brand to understand women," she says, "because it's not just men who wear our sneakers or play basketball." At 10, she would send her dad sketches of jumpsuits, rompers, and sweaters, which he'd give to the apparel team to create one or two sample garments to send back to Jasmine. She calls herself the "original test subject." Today she works side by side with the women's apparel team, and she represents WNBA stars Asia Durr, Kia Nurse, and Maya Moore, the three female athletes signed to Jordan Brand. "My goal is to have 10 or 12 female athletes signed," she says. "As long as I'm with the brand and I have that Jordan name, I'm gonna really push to get more female athletes and show the same love to our women as our men."
THE LAST DANCE GAVE HER A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF HER DAD'S FAME.
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How to Join a Lean-To Roof to an Existing Roof
Attaching a lean-to roof to an existing roof requires extensive planning and specialized knowledge.
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1 Adding Dormers to Hip Roofs
2 Building Upper Rooms in a Home
3 Join Into a Sloped Roof
4 Frame a Roof Against a Brick Wall
A lean-to roof, also called a shed roof, slopes in one direction, with rafters that rest against another structure at their high end and overhang support posts or an exterior wall at their low end. When a shed roof ties into an existing roof, the new roof could be a simple lean-to that covers a deck or porch, or it could be the shed roof of a substantial addition. In any case, the structure that the shed roof is leaning on is an existing roof, typically a gable roof with a ridge and a steeper slope than that of the shed roof.
Attaching Near the Eaves
The up-slope end of a simple shed roof that rests near the eaves of an existing roof can usually be supported by the rafters of the old roof. You'll need to remove the existing shingles and cut back the existing eaves to make room for the shed roof, then nail a two-by-six ledger board on the existing roof; the ends of the shed rafters will rest on this ledger. The other end of the shed rafters will rest on a horizontal beam supported by posts. After the shed roof framing is complete, finish the lean-to, along with any part of the existing roof from which you've removed shingles, with new shingles to blend the lean-to into the old roof.
Attaching Below the Ridge
In the case of a lean-to roof over an addition, the existing rafters will have to be cut away to accommodate the addition, and the shed roof will require support where it ties into the framing of the existing roof. The rafters of a shed roof that joins a gable roof below its ridge rest against a header that extends horizontally between the gable roof's rafters. The gable rafters on either side of the shed roof are doubled, and short cripple rafters run between the header and the ridge above it; the shed rafters attach to the header opposite the cripple rafters. Wherever vertical walls below the shed roof intersect the existing roof, installation of proper flashing is necessary to prevent leaks.
Attaching at the Ridge
A shed roof over a full-height addition may tie into a gable roof by resting the upper end of the shed rafters against the gable roof's ridge. If the ridge is structural -- that is, if it's designed to support the weight of the roof on its own -- it may be able to support the weight of the shed roof, too, preventing the roof from exerting too much outward pressure on the front wall of the addition. The lower ends of the shed rafters are supported by this front wall, which in turn rests on the joists beneath the roof.
Using Collar Ties
When the gable roof's ridge isn't structural or isn't otherwise able to adequately carry the load of the shed roof, you can use horizontal collar ties to tie the lower ends of the shed rafters to the gable rafters on the far side of the gable roof. These collar ties resist the force exerted by the weight of the roof and prevent the front wall of the addition from bowing outward. They also function as ceiling joists in the interior of the addition and in the space under the gable roof.
Consulting a Professional
The forces working on any roof structure are complex. Whenever you consider making changes to your home's roof plan, you should consult a structural engineer to ensure that any alterations won't compromise the stability of the roof and that the size and layout of all new framing members are adequate. In the case of a shed roof addition, it's important to know that the existing structure can safely support the additional weight of the new roof.
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Gillespie, Evan. "How to Join a Lean-To Roof to an Existing Roof." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/join-leanto-roof-existing-roof-102844.html. Accessed 21 January 2020.
Gillespie, Evan. (n.d.). How to Join a Lean-To Roof to an Existing Roof. Home Guides | SF Gate. Retrieved from http://homeguides.sfgate.com/join-leanto-roof-existing-roof-102844.html
Gillespie, Evan. "How to Join a Lean-To Roof to an Existing Roof" accessed January 21, 2020. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/join-leanto-roof-existing-roof-102844.html
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Pilar Foundation Day Celebration
Published on Friday, 03 May 2019 06:51
Written by Web Admin
Last April 10, the local government unit of Pilar in the province of Bataan, celebrated its 218th Foundation Day. It was full of fun-filled activities that highlighted the different things which can be found in Pilar.
The first part of the program began with the presentation of the different school's Drum and Lyre and showcasing of products of the MSMEs through the trade fair. The first part of the program was also where the launching of the official mascot, Magiting, and tagline, Discover Pilar, took place. Ms. Rosarion Escoto also gave a brief explanation on the story behind the beautiful town of Pilar, and how it came to be. The trade fair was then followed by the parade of floats where the clustered barangays featured their version of Pilar, from noon, ngayoon at sa hinaharap. Barangay officials and municipal employees also joined the said parade, presenting their beautiful costumes.
This was followed by a mass and the inauguration of the local museum, Museo ng Kagitingan. Present were Cong. Joet Garcia, Vice Gov. Cris Garcia, Mr. Robert Hudson, Ms. Vicky Garcia, Municipal Official and Employees, Barangay Officials, and CSOs. The Rondalla Romano gave the audience a wonderful presentation through their intermission number, which was follwed by Fr. Edelbert Pomer, who led the blessing of the said museum.
The last part of the celebration's activities was filled with talent where students employees and even the guests were able to present Pilar's culture through dance, music, and a theatrical play.


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Q: How to generate dependency graph with text Is there a simple online tool that will generate a dependency graph (boxes linked by arrow lines) based on text input like:
A -> B
Much like this one:
www.websequencediagrams.com
(It generates a sequence diagram)

A: I know this is really old, but it might help someone else later.
I personally like yuml.me.
Given the following syntax:
[note: You can stick notes on diagrams too!{bg:cornsilk}],
[Customer]<>1-orders>[Order],
[Order]++*-items>[LineItem],
[Order]-1>[DeliveryMethod],
[Order]*-products>[Product],
[Category]<->[Product],
[DeliveryMethod]^[National],
[DeliveryMethod]^[International]

You can generate a rather complex diagram. And to facilitate it's use, this is all exposed as a series of simple URLs which you can embed in just about any web-based document.

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*Edit Later - To come back and edit the image later: http://yuml.me/edit/5a963e1b

*PNG Image - For blogs, wikis or email. Transparent background: http://yuml.me/5a963e1b

*PDF Document - Great for printing. Infinite zoom.

*JPEG Image - Solid background. Plays nicer with some desktop tools.

*JSON File - To programatically save metadata.

*SVG Vector Graphics - Experimental

A: graphviz is a tool for generating graphs.
webgraphviz.com is a web app that uses graphviz, and lets you modify the text and display the corresponding graph (it has 5 samples/examples as well).
graphviz takes input like this:
digraph G {
   A->B
}

A: *

*Go to this page: Interactive GraphSource Demo

*Switch the combobox above to "Dynamic Bindings"

*Enter these values in the fields

*

*Nodes Source: ['Dummy']

*Edges Source: ['A->B', 'A->C', 'D->C', 'D->A']

*Lazy Node Definition: Checked

*Source Node Binding:  function(edge) { return /(.+)->(.+)/.exec(edge)[1];}

*Target Node Binding:  function(edge) { return /(.+)->(.+)/.exec(edge)[2];}

*Leave the rest as is

*Hit the New Graph button

*Watch the animation and take a screenshot!

A: Or you can use mermaid. https://mermaidjs.github.io/, which is available in Markdown interpreters, too.

A: http://www.nomnoml.com
It's using the syntax:
[A] -> [B]


On our way we stopped to witness the beautiful scenery of Bryce Canyon.
While we were there we visited a great little museum.
They had an amazing exhibit of butterflies from all over the world.
Candy necklaces help the miles go by faster.
And finally, we arrived in Page, where we got to camp in our trailer for the very first time.


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import android.view.View;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.CompoundButton;
import android.widget.CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener;
import edu.hbut.livestock.R;
import edu.hbut.livestock.entity.Antiepidemic;

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	@Override
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		setTextOnView(R.id.antiepidemic_antiepidemicDate,fmt.format(t.getId().getAntiepidemicDate()), view);
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	protected int getEntityViewLayoutResourceId() {

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REUTERS' investigation into whether foreign ownership rules have been violated by programming backed by a subsidiary of the Chinese government airing on stations in several major cities has prompted the FCC and the Justice Department to start probes of the company placing the programming backed by the Chinese government's CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL on American stations.
"We are aware of the media reports and can neither confirm nor deny an ongoing review or investigation into the matter," said Justice Department spokesman MARC RAIMONDI. "We are committed to continuing to use the full range of tools and authorities under the Foreign Agents Registration Act to ensure proper foreign registration and filings."
The REUTERS investigation identified 33 stations in 14 countries airing the Chinese government-backed programming, and specifically noted that the Chinese government, through CRI, holds 60% of G&E STUDIO INC., operated by naturalized U.S. citizen JAMES SU, which leases most of the broadcast time on POTOMAC RADIO Chinese WCRW-A/WASHINGTON for over $720,000 a year and GLOBAL RADIO, LLC Chinese WNWR-A/PHILADELPHIA for over $600,000 per year. SU told REUTERS that his programming complies with U.S. law because his company leases rather than owns stations; the REUTERS story notes that under American law, those seeking to influence U.S. policy or public opinion for a foreign government must register with the Justice Department.


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This flowed as beautifully as the rivers you desxcribed.
Hi Walt Google "Flow on lovely river" you might just like the song?
Nope. Didn't like it. LOVED IT!
Just one of my party songs Walt when someone presents me with a mic.
You are so welcome, Walt. You continue to put out wonderful poetry!!
Well, I appreciate you Wulf.
I love the motion, imagery and feeling of this, Walt. I think this may be one of my favorites.
Oh goodness. I love this.
Your words flow like the rivers you see. lovely.
Water can be so therapeutic … great poem!


"I'm six foot five," a man named Joe said. He did not work this into his greeting, and he did not say it in the early minutes of our introduction but it hung over our heads until I acknowledged it.
Although Joe and I spoke for a total of about three minutes, I got the feeling that he could've written a bestseller, won the Heisman Trophy, saved children from a fire, or discovered the cure for cancer, and his height would still be his most prominent characteristic in his mind. I had the feeling no matter what happened to him in life, he would prefer to have "Here lies Joe. He was 6'5" chiseled into his gravestone.
Joe was an interesting guy. He appeared to be conversant on a wide range of topics, and he managed to tell some aspects of his life's story in an impressively timely manner, but everything he spoke of came back to this constant refrain.
Joe, we should also note, was broad-shouldered. This attribute, coupled with the idea that he was 6'5" was the reason he had trouble going door-to-door to talk to people.
His height was also the reason that he had such trouble finding a decent woman. The intimacy of the portion of this conversation might have shocked most people, or at least made them somewhat uncomfortable, as most people would deem such a discussion inordinately intimate for a conversation between two people meeting for the first time. I had a best friend in high school that was 6'7" however, so I was well versed in the travails of being a tall male in America today, and I was used to my friend going into such intimate details to make his point with people he had just met. Joe and I did try, at various intervals, to move on to other topics, but he was unable to let the fact that he was 6'5" go as easily as I was.
What struck me as odd was that I never made mention of his height, and I don't think I provided any verbal or physical cues that called attention to it. Was that the point though, I later wondered. Was my refusal to acknowledge his height such an aberration to his experience that until I acknowledged it in some way, he would not be able to move on until one of us did?
Being a tall man has numerous advantages, but it has almost as many disadvantages. As I wrote, however, I was well versed in the details of being an abnormally tall man in America. I knew, for example, that a person's height is the first thing people notice about someone who is taller than 6'3", and the thing they talk about after you leave. It's the first thing people in malls notice. It's the reason some guys won't mess with you, and the reason others do. It's also the reason some women want to date you and others don't. You could be the most charming person in the world, in other words, and most people will have preconceived notions about you based on your height.
With that in mind, one would think that an abnormally tall male, or a woman with large breasts, would find it refreshing when they've encountered that one person who seems to be genuinely unconcerned with their attribute(s). One would think that they would find it refreshing that they've finally found a person who is willing to talk geopolitics with them without looking down their shirt, or saying, "How's the weather up there?" One would think that the person who broke those patterns of human interaction would receive a bright smile as a reward, and maybe even something along the lines of, "Thank you. You may not even know why I'm thanking you, but thank you!" Yet, tall men, and large-breasted women, just like all humans with exaggerated attributes become so accustomed to these patterns of interaction that they feel compelled to draw your attention to them just to comfortably complete a line of dialogue.
As my conversation with Joe continued, and he began to belabor the point about his height, I initially thought he was trying to assert some level of dominance. I may have been wrong on that note, and it might have had more to do with everything I thought later, but I began to rebel against his theme by making a concerted effort to avoid the topic of his height. Our conversation ended soon thereafter, and we moved onto other people at the gathering.
"What did you say to Joe?" our mutual friend later asked. This friend notified the two of us, beforehand, that she thought we had so much in common that we would hit it off.
Without going into what I deem to be the unnecessary details of our otherwise innocuous conversation, I can tell you that it involved no disagreements. To my mind, there were no moments of subtle tension, and there certainly were no overt ones, but he didn't like me. I'm not one of those people who thinks that every person has to like me, and if they don't there has something wrong with them, but to my mind the conversation I had was amicable if not pleasant. Joe and I also proved to be as like-minded on certain topics as our mutual friend believed we would be. The only thing I did, and that which I presume led Joe to state that I didn't live up to the characteristics our mutual friend detailed for him, was my refusal to acknowledge his height in any way.


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Coherent planning of shipping and offshore energy across borders with Baltic LINes
The Baltic Sea experiences an increasing demand for coherent spatial planning in order to bring shipping routes and offshore renewable energy infrastructure together. Project partners from nine countries worked across borders to tackle the challenge of scarce space available and competing economic interests of the different sectors active in and around the Baltic Sea in the Interreg project Baltic LINes.
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What are the challenges for Baltic LINes?
Planning the national sea area is a complex task where the different sectoral interests need to be carefully weighed against each other. For example, it requires finding balance between the economic interests of the shipping industry, the offshore energy industries and fisheries, and the space needed for environmental protection or recreational uses. Coherent planning across borders and aligning national maritime spatial plans to ensure an efficient and optimal use of the sea space was a key challenge tackled in the Interreg Baltic Sea Region project Baltic LINes. Throughout its activities, the project stressed out the importance of up-to-date transnational data; it analysed trends and developed future scenarios for shipping and energy sectors. Quite importantly, it also established criteria and tools for the stakeholder involvement.
One of key activity areas for Baltic LINes was developing solutions for coherent planning of linear infrastructure, such as cables and pipelines. The project concentrated on the identification of planning mismatches between shipping and renewable energy sectors in border areas and collected methods how these could be avoided or solved. For example, ship corridors can have different widths in one country as compared to its continuation in the next bordering country. This might result in major planning mismatches in the future.
It is all about the data
Key facts about the project Baltic LINes
A crucial and fundamental prerequisite for transnationally coherent planning is access to data as well as the availability of the datasets. However, maritime spatial planners lack up-to-date and relevant data from neighbouring countries. To cope with that issue, Baltic LINes developed a prototype of a web application to provide decentralised access to data and metadata stored in national Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures across the countries around the Baltic Sea. The application's demo BASEMAPS offers an open interactive map of the Baltic Sea region in which, for example, information on the telecommunications and data cables published by one country is readily available to its neighbours. In this way, the application can be used for harmonisation purposes. More information about the process of data collection as well as the data tool development is available here.
Efficient co-existing of shipping and offshore energy in the Baltic Sea
In the course of meetings on national approaches to handling shipping and energy in maritime spatial planning (MSP), stakeholder consultations and country representative interviews, the project gathered valuable experts' knowledge. A set of cases was identified along with proposed solutions, for example for colliding shipping corridors and planned offshore wind farm west of Sareema Island, primarily affecting Estonia, Latvia and Sweden. The project also identified the most commonly used planning criteria and described factors used by the countries around the Baltic Sea to assess, regulate and select suitable areas for offshore wind farms, cable corridors and shipping corridors. Among other things, planning offshore wind farms requires considering physical and natural conditions like water depth, wind and seabed conditions; socio-economic factors like distance to shore; as well as technical requirements like connection to the onshore grid and the relation to other sea uses and functions (i.e. protected areas, exclusion of priority areas for other sea uses). Practical guides recommend on step-wise approaches for the designation of areas for shipping and offshore energy in national MSP and aim to help planners in the MSP draft phase.
Even though the legal status of national MSPs differs and it turns out that achieving a fully synchronised planning approach is challenging, the collection of information increases common understanding and aligns methods between countries.
An approach towards planning issues, planning criteria and planning solutions by Baltic LINes.
Unique stakeholder involvement through the MSP Challenge Simulation Platform
Coherent spatial planning across borders requires involving national and transnational stakeholders from the energy and shipping sectors, along with their knowledge, experience, and long-term vision for the future. During interactive workshops in Riga, Latvia, and Copenhagen, Denmark, experts discussed the future scenarios of shipping and energy respectively. In a workshop in Hamburg, Germany, different experts worked together with planners to explore how to integrate the diverging interests into one scenario. All with the help of the MSP Challenge Simulation Platform – a flexible simulation & gaming platform that integrates dozens of GIS datasets from HELCOM into a dynamic and interactive map of the Baltic Sea, with shipping, energy and ecosystem simulations running in the background. The stakeholders' views and the results from all three workshops were used to improve the future scenario building activities.
"The platform helps its users understand and try to work with the complexity of maritime spatial planning. It simulates ship traffic and energy production capacity based on existing and planned shipping routes and offshore wind farms, all enabling in-depth explorations of possible futures of shipping and energy in the Baltic Sea, while mitigating environmental impacts," said Harald Warmelink, Breda University of Applied Sciences.
Future of shipping and offshore energy in the Baltic Sea
It is essential that the spatial plans are not only taking into account the current situation, but also looking how to include the interest of each sector in the future. For this reason, Baltic LINes went beyond only analysing the trends; it developed scenarios for shipping and energy sectors instead. The project made forecasts the development of the shipping sector by means of the scenarios building activities done under the project where the transnational cooperation has been a key factor for a successful result. The reports about the future of shipping and energy outline the changes of the global, external and internal factors. They provide recommendations for MSP authorities and stakeholders from different sectors to take into consideration for example, the autonomous shipping, growing offshore services, changes in shipping pattern.
NorthSEE and Baltic LINes connect the seas
BalticLINes and its sister project NorthSEE, co-funded by Interreg North Sea Region, held a joint MSP conference "Connecting Seas" to present the projects' achievements in terms of coordinating maritime spatial planning, and to discuss trends and recommendations for shipping, offshore energy and environmental protection. More information about solving maritime spatial planning challenges across borders discussed at the event you will find here and in the video below.
Article written by Liene Strazdiņa, VASAB Secretariat
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