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Turkey is Yet to "Conquer" its History
The celebration of the conquest of Constantinople 1453 is an expression of Turkey's quest for purity. The "ideology of conquest," the need to symbolically and repeatedly reclaim what has been Ottoman and Turkish for centuries, ultimately speaks of an existential unease with a historical legacy that is marked by a heterogeneity that is unsettling for an authoritarian state that seeks uniformity. The need to celebrate the conquest of the most important city of the land shows that Turkey is yet to become reconciled with its past. Such reconciliation calls for assuming the entirety of what is a multi-layered historical legacy. Recognizing that Turkey is the result, not so much of conquest, as of a history of continuous mixing and assimilation of aboriginal cultures and state traditions, is also the key to coming to terms with country's ethnic and cultural diversity today and securing a democratic future for Turkey.
BACKGROUND: On May 29, Turkey commemorated the 563rd anniversary of the 1453 conquest of Constantinople, the capital of the East Roman Empire. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the new Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yıldırım, participated in a grandiose ceremony in Istanbul that drew an estimated one million spectators. In the speech that he delivered at the ceremony, Erdoğan argued that the conquest still reverberates in Turkey's relations with the West.
The Turkish president claimed that the West has not forgiven the Turks for having put an end to the empire of the Byzantines (who called themselves Romans): "The conquest is the breach of the walls that the West thought were impregnable. The conquest is the defeat of the millennial Byzantium by a twenty-one year old sultan. The settling of the accounts of this conquest has been going on for five hundred and sixty three years and it has still not ended. Indeed, it will go on as long as the call for prayer echoes over the skies of Istanbul and as long as our crescent and star flies over those skies. Those who are using the separatist terrorist organization as a battering ram don't care about our Kurdish brethren or about that region. The whole point of what they are doing is to avenge the conquest."
The Turkish nationalist exploitation – and distortion – of history fits into a larger, post-Ottoman context: In 1989, Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Yugoslavia, used the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the battle of Kosovo (where the Ottoman and Serbian armies had annihilated each other) to whip up nationalist sentiment to provide his communist regime with a new ideological foundation and legitimacy. In Kosovo in 1989, Milosevic laid the ideological groundwork for the subsequent ethnic cleansing and massacres of the Bosnian Muslims, when he evoked the specter of a supposed, centuries-long Muslim assault against the Orthodox Christians in the Balkans. Ultimately, the Bosnian Muslims between 1992 and 1995 paid the price for the defeat of the Serbs at the hands of the Ottomans in 1389.
Of course, the comparison should not be pushed too far. Yet Erdoğan nonetheless similarly seeks to legitimize the current military operations in the Kurdish areas of Turkey by evoking the specter of an alleged, near-primordial confrontation between the Christian West and Muslim Turks, just like Milosevic once did, with disastrous consequences.
Erdoğan and other Turkish nationalists may or may not truly believe that the West is determined to avenge the fall of Constantinople. They may or may not be aware that the East-West conflict that actually brought down the East Roman Empire was one that pitted Latin Christendom against Orthodox Christendom, and that what ultimately precipitated the fall of Constantinople was the refusal of the Western Christian powers to come to the rescue of the Orthodox East Romans. The Muslim Turkish nationalist, "neo-Ottoman," narrative depends on a largely fictional dichotomy: it cannot accommodate the Byzantine-Ottoman symbiosis, the fact that it was their intimate relation with the Byzantines that helped the Ottomans to grow into prominence in the first place, and that this symbiosis was perpetuated in the imperial ideology of the Ottomans, who aspired to be the new East Romans.
Making Constantinople Istanbul did not erase the city's millennial Greek heritage: Eis tin poli – the "road to the city" was what the conquerors had asked to be shown, and these Greek words were to live on in the city's new, Turkified name, Istanbul. The Ottomans, though, called the city Konstantiniye. Istanbul became the official name only after the founding of the Turkish republic. However, this multi-layered history, which does not lend itself to purism or essentialism, is also what brings out nationalism.
IMPLICATIONS: The "ideology of conquest," the need to symbolically and repeatedly re-claim what has been Ottoman and Turkish for centuries, speaks of an existential unease: it suggests that the questions "who are we" and maybe even "to whom does this land belong" are yet to be definitely settled in Turkey. Turkish historian Taner Akçam has for instance suggested that Turkey's refusal to come to terms with the annihilation of the Armenians is existentially rooted: "Our existence (that of Turkey's and a large part of its inhabitants) implies the absence of another entity, the Christians. To accept "1915" would amount to accepting that Christians have lived on these lands, which is almost tantamount to proclaiming our inexistence. That is because our existence is founded on their absence or on their disappearance." Indeed, the grandiose celebration in Istanbul on May 29 does seem to betray a deep-felt sense that the "conquest" remains an unfinished business.
However, to claim that the people who identify themselves as Turks would think of themselves as strangers of the land, and deep down fear that they have no right to it, is extreme. But what the Turkish nation does have to grapple with is the fact that there is not any easily discernible, neat path to be followed down through history, which anchors today's Turkish identity at an identifiable point of ethno-national genesis. This lack, in turn, breeds mistrust and suspicion in society: Anyone's claim to be Turkish can be called into question. The former president, Abdullah Gül, thus had to defend himself against "charges" from an MP of the Republican People's Party (CHP) that he is of Armenian origin. Gül felt forced to declare that he is fully Turkish. Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) has questioned the Turkishness of Erdoğan. Anti-Semitic Kemalist fanatics have tried to prove that Erdoğan is a secret Jew. Meanwhile, Erdoğan has been open about the fact that his mother hailed from Georgia.
The Turkish president recently related that he had once asked his father "Are we Laz (Muslim Georgians who make up a significant part of the population in Turkey's eastern Black Sea province) or are we Turks?" Erdoğan's father had replied that he had asked his father the same question, who, it turned out, had once put the same question to his father. The issue had been settled by Erdoğan's great-grandfather, a mullah, who had told his grand-son, "God is not going to ask us to which tribe we belong. Just say, thank God we are Muslims, and let it pass."
Erdoğan did not follow the advice, though, of his great-grandfather when he addressed the CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with the words "You are an Alevi, I am a Sunni, say that openly," and when he said that Selahattin Demirtaş, the leader of the pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP) is a Zaza, and that he should not be afraid of admitting this. "What haven't people called me? They said I am a Georgian, and even uglier, an Armenian. But I am a Turk," Erdoğan said.
The Turkish republic has deployed different strategies to deal with the problem of sorting out the "Turkishness" of the population, and that of its ancestry. Kemal Atatürk's solution was to retroactively declare the early Anatolians – Sumerians, Hittites and so on, "Turks" from Central Asia. Rightist nationalists have instead tried to erase this legacy. In the 1980's, the municipality in Ankara called for the removal of the Hittite monument in one of the city's main squares, because it predated the Turkish era of Anatolia. The solution for religious conservatives is spelled Islam, as in the case of Erdoğan's family. Indeed, as Nicolas Cheviron and Jean-François Pérouse, the authors of a new biography of Erdoğan point out, his birth coincided with the inauguration of an Islamic-colored Turkish nationalism.
In 1953, the year before Erdoğan was born, the 500thanniversary of the conquest of Constantinople had been celebrated. This was also a period when Istanbul became almost fully Muslim: The thirty thousand Greeks who remained in the city the year that Erdoğan was born were deported to Greece a decade later. The theme in the air when Erdoğan came of age was the conquest of his city of birth from Christians, and the future president was to be deeply influenced by conservative intellectuals who celebrated the conquest as the realization of the alleged promise and prophecy of the Prophet Muhammad.
CONCLUSIONS: The celebrations of the conquest of Constantinople 1453 – and the growing political importance that is similarly being given to commemorate another historical turning-point, the victory in Manzikert 1071, which opened Anatolia for the Turkish tribes – ultimately speak of a quest for purity. They are expressions of unease with a historical legacy that is marked by a heterogeneity that is unsettling for an authoritarian state that seeks uniformity, a homogenous – hence safe – foundation, for its power.
The need to celebrate the conquest of the most important city of the land shows that Turkey is yet to become reconciled with its past. Such reconciliation calls for assuming the entirety of what is a multi-layered historical legacy. Recognizing that Turkey is the result, not so much of conquest, as of a history of continuous mixing and assimilation of aboriginal cultures and state traditions, is also the key to coming to terms with country's ethnic and cultural diversity today and securing a democratic future for Turkey.
Halil Karaveli is a Senior Fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program Joint Center, where he heads the Turkey Initiative and is Editor of the Turkey Analyst.
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Drug firm urged to cut cost of cancer medicine
Charities have urged a drug company to make its life-prolonging cancer treatment cheaper in a bid to make it available on the NHS.
Revlimid (lenalidomide) can extend the lives of patients with the deadly blood cancer multiple myeloma by up to three years. It is already available throughout Europe and used in more than 60 countries worldwide.
But health watchdog the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has initially ruled that Revlimid is not cost-effective enough to justify prescribing it on the NHS.
A one-month course of the drug costs £4,368, and the average cost per patient for the first year of treatment is around £36,000.
Three charities called on the drug's manufacturers, Celgene, the Department of Health and NICE to find a way for Revlimid to be made available to NHS patients.
US-based Celgene Corporation, which has a UK subsidiary, may in the end be forced to accept a cost-cutting deal.
One solution would be a risk-sharing scheme whereby Celgene agrees to refund the NHS if a patient fails to respond to treatment.
Alternatively, Celgene could agree to a discount that starts to take effect after the first year of treatment and increases the longer a patient survives. An offer of one or two free courses of treatment is another possibility, or a straightforward price cut – the least likely option.
NICE will consult on Revlimid over the next three weeks before making its final recommendation in January.
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https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Council-to-look-at-zoning-for-Field-s-Edge-14968752.php
Council to look at zoning for Field's Edge project
By Midland Reporter-Telegram
Published 10:17 pm CST, Saturday, January 11, 2020
The Field's Edge organization is hoping for a zone change from agricultural estates to planned development that will allow for a housing development less than a quarter-mile south of Interstate 20 and less than a half-mile west of South County Road 1235.
The Field's Edge organization is hoping for a zone change from agricultural estates to planned development that will allow for a housing development less than a quarter-mile south of Interstate 20 and less
The Midland City Council will have the opportunity Tuesday to approve a zone change needed on 23.66 acres of land in southwest Midland for a tiny-home community for the chronically homeless.
The community is expected to provide permanent homes to about 100 homeless residents of the Permian Basin.
A site plan shows 10 pods of eight to 10 tiny homes, according to city documents. Each pod includes a bath-kitchen-laundry facility and a missional home. The proposed density is 4.2 units per acre. A site plan also shows a hospitality building, two chapels, a market, a health building, a pavilion, a playground, a workshop, a physical activity center a garden, a maintenance area and a storage facility.
According to the website for the Field's Edge, "The gifts and talents of our residents will be developed into microenterprises, enabling them to earn a dignified income. Partnerships are being forged with mental and physical health care providers to give residents the care they need. The Field's Edge will be a permanent place to call home, a place for neighbors to walk alongside each other for life."
The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended the request for approval, and city staff had not received any letters of objection as of Jan. 8, according to the city.
The council will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in City Council chambers inside City Hall, 300 N. Loraine Ave.


Teddy Lee is the CEO of Rose Hotel Yokohama and the Chungking Szechwan Chinese Restaurant brand, a chain of 16 restaurants located in Yokohama, Tokyo, Okayama and Nagoya. The Chungking brand also manufactures food and confectionery items that are sold nationwide at their souvenir shops and online.
He is not only focused in the tourism business but also actively involved in the development of the Yokohama community. He is currently the Chairman of the Yokohama Chinatown Development Association and the Director of Yokohama Convention Visitors Bureau.
Teddy is a graduate of National Taiwan University.


Every culture has a custom that others would deem weird. For the folks in South Korea throwing toffees at someone is definitely on the list. Apparently in Korea if you throw toffees at someone it is an insult that translates to "eat this d%ck." The Korean toffees are long and suppose to represent a phallus.
The Korean world cup team put on a not so great performance at the World Cup tieing once and losing twice. So their fans took exception, check it out!


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Loneliness makes it harder to quit smoking, research reveals
coronavirus | COVID-19 | Loneliness | Smoking
Gaby Bissett
16th Jun 2020 10:48
Loneliness leads to an increased likelihood of smoking and makes it harder to quit the habit, new research has revealed.
A team at the University of Bristol discovered evidence for a causal link between experiences of loneliness and smoking cigarettes.
Previous studies have exposed a link between the two. However, they have not determined whether smoking behaviour leads to loneliness or if loneliness leads to smoking behaviour.
This comes as Yougov's COVID-19 tracker suggests more than two million across the UK are smoking more than they were before lockdown.
Support to stop
'If lonely people are more likely to start smoking and find it harder to quit, they are more likely to suffer the harm caused by smoking,' said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Action on Smoking & Health (ASH).
'Smoking is the leading cause of preventable premature death, with 30 times as many people who die suffering serious smoking-related illnesses such as cancer, heart and respiratory disease.
'This research highlights the need for smokers suffering from loneliness to receive support to stop. This is to improve not just their health and wellbeing but also to help reduce their loneliness.'
The study found evidence that being lonelier not only increases the likelihood of starting to smoke, but also the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Additionally, it also decreases the likelihood of quitting.
Pandemic wellbeing
Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show in the first month of lockdown, 7.4 million people reported a change in their wellbeing through feelings of loneliness.
'Suddenly, the whole of the UK has become more socially isolated than ever before. For many people, this will likely increase their loneliness,' said co-lead author, Dr Robyn Wootton.
'It is interesting to find that loneliness decreases the likelihood of stopping smoking. We think this is a really important consideration for those trying to stop smoking during the pandemic.
'The UK is still yet to see the full effects of the coronavirus pandemic on alcohol and cigarette use.
'Our study does not look at the effects of loneliness and social isolation as the result of the pandemic. However, it can shed some light on the consequences of loneliness in general.'
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using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using Common.Mail.Common;

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    {
		private struct RegexList
		{
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I am Dr. Rebecca Slayton-Soehlman and I opened Slayton Chiropractic Inc. in October of 2005 and haven't looked back since. I then opened a second office in Pocahontas in June of 2011 which is my home town. I am married to a wonderful man, Jim Soehlman who has supported me in all my aspirations and dreams of having 2 caring, successful, and homeopathic chiropractic clinics. We have been together since April, 2010 and have enjoyed recently buying a home between two state parks.
My hobbies include hiking our beautiful parks we have here in Arkansas, we are on a mission to hit all 53 of them and so far we are at 33. I also enjoy reading mystery books and kayaking. I am somewhat of an avid cook/ grill master, but don't tell my husband I took credit for the grilling.
I couldn't have picked a better profession for my love and passion for helping others. I have seen such miracles happen to the human body through chiropractic care and am still mystified everyday at the bodies' ability to heal from within given the right circumstances. I enjoy learning about my patients and visiting with them like they are one of the crew here at the clinic. Speaking of, I am so blessed to have a wonderful staff that makes my job easier and we are looking forward to many more years of serving and helping others.


Tower Tank: TD Reversal is an arcade-style, protect-your-tank, and destroy-the-enemy game.
You are tasked to protect your tank from enemy tower attacks until it reaches the goal.
you play as the advancing enemies to get to the goal.
or directly on the playing field (e.g. clicking on arrow to change tank's course).
destroying as many enemy towers as possible, all while defending your tank until the goal.
Release date: 3rd of January 2019 (planned).


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Leading staff at Perth Modern stood down by Education Department
By Lauren Pilat
November 22, 2021 — 2.16pm
The principal and deputy of Western Australia's highly prized scholarship school, Perth Modern, have been stood down from their positions after a Department of Education investigation.
Perth Modern staff on Monday were told principal Lois Joll and associate principal Val Furphy had been told not to attend school that day.
The principal and deputy of Perth's flagship public school for excellence have been stood down. Credit:Perth Modern website
Department of Education Director General Lisa Rodgers said in a statement she had appointed Shenton College principal Mike Morgan to fill the leadership role in the interim.
"I recently commissioned a review into workplace culture at Perth Modern School prompted by concerns brought to my attention," the statement read.
"It has become apparent that changes are required at the school."
It comes after the department's public accountability division launched a review into the school following a group of staff members lodging a complaint last year.
WorkSafe launched an investigation into the academically selective school's "management of psychosocial hazards" after claims of inappropriate workplace behaviours and staff losing patience with the department's handling of the matter.
WAtoday understands talented teachers had left the public school over recent months and complaints to the department over the issue date as far back as last August.
The complaints sparked enough concern within the Department of Education for it to commission an external agency with experience in workplace culture matters to audit the school's work environment.
Perth Modern principal Lois Joll. Credit:Perth Modern
Ms Rodgers in September said the department recently held a series of sessions with groups of Perth Modern staff to share the results of the survey.
"That survey identified areas of strength and areas for improvement, and it will support the school's leadership to promote and strengthen workplace culture," she said.
"I expect all principals to lead a positive working environment, so staff can perform at their best for our students."
with Aja Styles
Lauren Pilat is a part-time journalist at WAtoday, with a special focus on social justice issues, education, and breaking news.Connect via email.


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Маяк — селище Шахівської сільської громаді Покровського району Донецької області, в Україні. Населення становить 274 особи (станом на 2001 рік).

Історія
27 липня 2015 року в село ввійшло до складу новоствореної Шахівської сільської громади.

Географія

Населення

Станом на 1989 рік у селищі проживали 258 осіб, серед них — 142 чоловіки і 116 жінок.

За даними перепису населення 2001 року у селищі проживали 274 особи. Рідною мовою назвали:

Політика

Голова сільської ради — Моденко Наталя Дмитрівна, 1958 року народження, вперше обрана у 2010 році. Інтереси громади представляють 16 депутатів сільської ради:

Жертви сталінських репресій

 Олійников Карпо Савелійович, 1897 року народження, с. Олено-Катеринівка Добропільського району Донецької області, українець, освіта початкова, безпартійний. Проживав: х. Берестовий Добропільського району Донецької області. Робітник радгоспу «Маяк». Заарештований 19 грудня 1937 року. Засуджений трійкою УНКВС по Донецькій області до розстрілу з конфіскацією майна. Даних про виконання вироку немає. Реабілітований у 1960 році.

Примітки

Посилання

 Облікова картка на сайті ВРУ
 Погода в селищі Маяк

Селища Донецької області

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Memorial Day is the unofficial time to wrap up spring and usher in summer. It's my absolute favorite time!
It's a time to stop and remember those who sacrificed for our freedom and that's very important to me to teach our kids.
And it doesn't hurt that it comes at the most beautiful time of year in my mind.
Warm weather is everything to me. Okay, add great food in there. And my family.
Put all of those together? Perfection.
This Memorial Day, let's all take advantage of the time we have to be outside, enjoy some steaks at a cookout and welcome summer!
Make everything you can ahead of time. Bake a dessert the day before. And plan ahead.
Get your steak recipes in order beforehand. Try something new. Ribeye steaks are my favorite.
Need a refresher on how to grill a steak? The right way? Read these tips to ensure everything goes smoothly.
Try serving that delicious food on colorful plates. Melamine works great. It's MADE for outdoors. And steaks look fantastic served on wooden boards. Make it special and different and it'll be a cookout to remember.
Beverage dispensers are a great idea for a crowd. Not only are they beautiful to look at – they're self service! Try floating fruit in water or refreshing juice.
Put your "relaxed hat" on. We have lots of "hats" around our house that I ask my family to wear at times – patience hat, kindness hat, helpful hat. This cookout requires the relaxed hat. Wear it and all the other hats will come into play, too!
Plan to have a great time at your cookout and undoubtedly you will. Work ahead of time and this will be a sizzling Memorial Day to remember!
Does your mom make sure you're fed every day of your life? Or, if you're of the age when you no longer live with her, did she cook for you when you were a child? Does she cook every holiday? Every Sunday? Every time you see her?
You know, Mother's Day is coming up and – seriously – Mom just wants to be fed for once. And fed well.
Now, there are meals I absolutely love preparing. But that requires time – something a busy mother has very little of. So when's it's Mother's Day I want to be taken care of.
Actually. Just. One. Meal. Would. Be. Good.
So if your mom is like me, get working on a Mother's Day meal of – say – filet mignon, twice baked potatoes and red velvet cake. Not to be too specific or anything. But that's what I would want.
Now, don't ask her how to season a steak or where she keeps the steak recipes. Work this all out beforehand. On your own. Research it. Plan it out. And use these recipes and tips to help you.
She will adore you for doing this for her. And it will make her feel loved and appreciated. And isn't that what Mother's Day is all about?
Really, it's ALL she wants for Mother's Day. Bon appetit!
Are you still coming down from that holiday high?
I am. I love spending special time with my family, unwinding and just being together – especially around the dinner table.
Oh, and let's not forget the eating. I'm always thinking about the eating. Even when the eating is over.
Think about this: Easter dinner was wonderful. Your spiral ham was a big success. Everyone stuffed themselves, enjoyed the day and all the dishes are clean.
You took the time to lovingly plan out the meal, put the ham in the oven, prepare the side dishes, set the table just right and time it so all the warm dishes were warm and the cold dishes were cold.
Now that that's done, what do we do with all those Easter leftovers in the refrigerator in the wake of a great meal?
Isn't this always the post-holiday dilemma?
I say turn those leftovers into their own incredible meals! It can be done.
Create your own leftover recipes for spiral ham omelettes, ham soup or whatever other creative ideas you can conjure.
Did you finish all of your amazing side dishes? Get them in on the act as well! Don't let gourmet mac and cheese go to waste! There's still time to enjoy its delicious, cheesy goodness.
Try this delicious Ham and Beans recipe for something exciting and different to do with your ham leftovers. It's ham. It's beans. It's Rotel. It's amazing. Try it!
Seriously, with all your ham leftovers you can make yummy dishes for breakfast, lunch AND dinner this week. You've got ham sandwiches, eggs and ham, even ham casserole.
There are so many options, you might actually find yourself a bit sad when all the ham leftovers are gone. But don't worry, you can always order another spiral ham and start all over!
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NGC 5877 é um sistema estelar triplo na direção da constelação de Libra. O objeto foi descoberto pelo astrônomo Julius Schmidt em 1867, usando um telescópio refrator com abertura de 6,2 polegadas.

Veja também
Astronomia extragaláctica
Lista de galáxias
Lista de objetos NGC

Ligações externas

5877
Sistemas estelares triplos
Constelação de Libra


OXNARD, CA - If you are experiencing the thick of winter it is probably hard to imagine that, somewhere, it's warm enough to provide high-quality mangos. But, Freska Produce's Gary Clevenger assures me that it is so.
This year's volume, Gary says, is about 35 percent less out of Peru versus last year.
"Out of Peru, we didn't quite have the right weather, so less flowers remained on the tree. In Mexico, we have some similar problems with flowering and the season was off to a slow start compared to last year. Quality-wise, however, the fruit is very nice this year out of both countries—no visible quality problems with any fruit," he says.
To continue to foster that rising demand, Gary advises that it's best to get ahead of promotions as the season gains momentum.
"As mango season ramps up out of Mexico, I would encourage retailers to promote both varieties of mangos—Ataulfos and Kents/Tommys, as wells as multiple sizes, large and small. The National Mango Board is also conducting a Make it with Mango promotion to celebrate mangos all winter long with a special winter recipe contest," he explains.
So keep a weathered eye on the horizon, or in this case, the port of entry. We'll continue to keep you in the loop on this and other produce items at AndNowUKnow.


Galvanize is a co-learning campus, providing digital startups with the industry-critical tools, mentoring and connections they need to learn, grow and launch. The inclusion of IBM's first BlueMix Garage within the Galvanize community will equip our strong network of developers with the ability to competitively innovate apps with speed, using the power of cloud and open standards.
The partnership between Galvanize and IBM includes the addition of educational content about BlueMix to Galvanize coursework such as its developer training program. IBM's launch of its first BlueMix garage coincides with its announcement of over 30 new services on the BlueMix platform focused around Cloud Integration, The Internet Of Things, Data and Analytics and DevOps. Since its inception in February, BlueMix has witnessed impressive traction marked by clients such as GameStop, Pitney Bowes and Continental Automotive. Michael Garel, CEO of EyeQ, another of BlueMix's clients, noted that, "With BlueMix, we are able to reduce the amount of time spent on monthly server maintenance by 85 percent, and turn our attentions back to greater innovation." The garage in San Francisco is expected to be fully operational in June with an emphasis on providing mentorship focused on agile application development and deployment in the context of cloud-based infrastructures.
The launch of IBM's first BlueMix garage represents a highly original, bold attempt to render its Cloud Foundry-based PaaS more amenable to the developer community both as a means of increasing its adoption as well as obtaining feedback on its platform in order to accelerate product development. BlueMix is also available on IBM's recently launched cloud marketplace, along with 100 SaaS applications and the SoftLayer IaaS platform. The larger point here is that IBM is pushing its cloud strategy on multiple fronts by making an aggressive push into the PaaS space with a platform built on the Cloud Foundry infrastructure. The launch of its first BlueMix garage constitutes a "high-touch" attempt to woo developers in Silicon Valley's startup community that illustrates the seriousness of Big Blue's interest in the cloud as part of its overall business strategy. Given IDC's recent survey that claims U.S. companies ranked IBM #1 as a cloud computing provider over Google, Microsoft and Amazon, which placed 5th, 6th and 7th, respectively, IBM's cloud strategy appears to be bearing fruit, although Big Blue is set to receive stiff competition from the likes of Microsoft, Google and Amazon as the battle for cloud market share matures.
Apprenda today announced a partnership with Microsoft whereby Apprenda customers will receive a license to take advantage of Microsoft Azure's IaaS solution. Although Apprenda currently supports Azure's Infrastructure as a Service offering, today's announcement facilitates the creation of hybrid cloud infrastructures by encouraging Apprenda customers to consider Azure to power the infrastructure that undergirds its PaaS infrastructure. Because customers who purchase Apprenda now have access to a "fully configured Azure infrastructure footprint out-of-the-box at no additional cost" they can freely consider use cases for collaborations between private and public clouds that synergistically enhance the offerings of both infrastructures. As such, the collaboration between Apprenda and Microsoft delivers a turnkey hybrid cloud infrastructure that empowers enterprises to use the computational power and scalability of the Azure public cloud in conjunction with Apprenda's support for application development, enterprise policies and procedures and enterprise-grade security and monitoring tools. Today's announcement represents a win for Microsoft because its customers now have access to an enterprise-grade private Platform as a Service while conversely, Apprenda benefits from its positioning as a complement to one of the world's leading public cloud infrastructures. Given the centrality of Azure to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's "cloud-first" strategy for transforming Microsoft, the deal represents a particularly important partnership for Apprenda as it positions itself as a lynchpin for the creation of hybrid cloud infrastructures in contrast to a pure private PaaS player.


Tanning Supplies Unlimited stocks a huge variety of lamps by Wolff and Sunfit, two of the best-known brands in sun lamps for tanning beds. Moreover, each brand provides high-quality lamps with plenty of features and benefits.
For example, the Wolff® brand gives tanning bed salon owners plenty of choices in wattage, as well as life expectancy. Longer life expectancy for reflector lamps means more tanning sessions over the life of the lamp, in addition to greater cost savings and higher profits for your salon.
The Wolff line of lamps also comes in bronzing and dark tan options. As a result, your clients benefits from immediate color with delayed tan benefits, or a darker tan in a shorter time frame. Consequently, and more simply, more than for the money.
The bronzing lamps come with a life expectancy of about 800 hours. Similarly, the dark tan lamps have a roughly 500-hour life expectancy. Wolff Diamond Sun S lamps promote a dark, golden tan. Moreover, the 80 watt and 100 watt lamps last about 1,000 hours.
Call our knowledgable staff for a quote, or contact us to get a quote via email. Be sure to include the kind of lamp certified for your equipment (normally on the front face of the tanning bed), including size and wattage (Ex. Velocity F71 100W) the number of lamps, and if there are face tanners.
Feature: A unique blend of UVA & UVB phosphors.
Benefit: Will give immediate color w/ the desirable delayed tan also.
Feature: Life expectancy is 800 hours for reflector styles & 1000 for nonreflector styles.
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Your clients benefit from high-quality sun lamps for the ultimate tanning experience while your salon enjoys greater efficiency and cost savings from long-lasting sun lamps.
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Wild Orchid foi um grupo pop feminino dos Estados Unidos, com Stacy Ferguson (mais tarde entrou para o The Black Eyed Peas como Fergie), Stefanie Ridel e Renee Sands (duas delas vindas do programa Kids Incorporated).

Discografia

Álbuns

Singles

Notas
 ¹ Melhor posição na Billboard Magazine - Top 40 Parada Mainstream.
 ² Melhor posição na Billboard Magazine - Top Vendas de Singles.
 ³ Melhor posição na Billboard Magazine - Billboard Hot 100.

Ligações externas

Bandas formadas em 1991
Bandas de música pop dos Estados Unidos
Bandas de R&B dos Estados Unidos
Trios musicais
Girl groups dos Estados Unidos
Bandas extintas em 2004


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Brödupproret var ett antal folkliga hungeruppror med demonstrationer och kravaller vars orsaker bottnade i svält, priser eller skatter på livsmedel. Bröduppror har exempelvis inträffat i norra Västeuropa under perioden 1650–1850, och i Sverige och Sydeuropa under perioden 1800–1920. Bröduppror sker än idag i exempelvis Afrika och Indien.

1855 svepte en våg av bröduppror över Sverige där de mest uppmärksammade skedde i Jönköping den 25–26 september.
1917 rådde det svält i Sverige. Det genomfördes bröduppror i olika städer i Sverige från mitten av april fram till sommaren, bland annat brödupproret i Göteborg men även Västervik och Ådalen.

Aktivism
Demonstrationer


Dalena McGrew came to Blue Star Families with over 17 years of experience in Accounting, Tax, and Analysis. She has worked in Public Accounting, private industry, for both the Army and Navy, and has now been in the non-profit sector for several years. She has a Bachelor in Business Administration-Accounting from the Univ. of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and a Masters in Accountancy from University of Kansas.
Dalena has more than 11 years experience as a former military spouse and is proud mom to an Army brat/princess. Her volunteer experience includes Treasurer within multiple military organization and she's also held volunteer positions on animal advocacy boards. She has always felt passionate about the military as she is a Navy daughter and sister. Other passions include writing, traveling helping animals, equal rights avocation and, most importantly, being the best mom and auntie possible.


Self pay: The average monthly cost of a nursing home room in Colorado Springs is around $7,000. This makes self pay nearly impossible for many.
Long-Term Care Insurance: Most people don't even think about long-term care insurance until they actually need it. By then, the yearly premium amounts are unaffordable.
Medicaid is a joint state and federal program that will pay for nursing home care. Medicaid is not to be confused with Medicare, which in most cases, will not pay for extended nursing home care. Medicaid is a needs-based program intended to help impoverished Americans with medical expenses.
Q: Doesn't Medicare provide coverage for long-term care?
No. Medicare does not provide coverage for long-term care in a nursing home. Medicare will pay for up to 100 days of skilled nursing care. A patient must be hospitalized for the illness, and the patient must receive care in a nursing home that couldn't be provided at home or on an outpatient basis. After 20 days of nursing home care, there is a large copayment required of the patient for the remainder of the stay.
Q: What are the Medicaid eligibility requirements?
The medical test--the applicant must require a nursing home level of care.
The income test--the applicant's monthly income cannot exceed $2,199. If the monthly income exceeds this amount, the creation and use of an income trust is necessary.
The asset test--this is by far the most confusing and misunderstood requirement. Applicants are only allowed to have up to $2,000 in non-exempt assets. There are a number of assets that don't count towards this amount ("exempt assets"). These include: a primary residence, one vehicle, personal property, life insurance policy with a cash value less than $1,500 and irrevocable burial insurance.
If there is a spouse, there are are additional requirements concerning income and assets.
Q: How long will it take to become eligible for Medicaid?
There's no simple answer as to how long it might take an individual to qualify for Medicaid. There are many variables in every situation that must be taken into consideration, including your assets, income, expenses and any gifts you've given five years prior to applying for Medicaid.
Q: Can't I just give all of my assets to my children to become eligible?
No. This is the most common misconception about becoming Medicaid eligible and usually does more harm than good. Medicaid has a "look back" period on gifts and transfers of assets for less than full value made 60 months before applying for Medicaid. Any gift made during that time will be assessed a penalty, based on the value of the gift. For approximately every $7,000 gifted, a one-month penalty will be assessed, during which time the applicant is ineligible to receive benefits. Talk to an attorney with expertise in Medicaid planning before making any gifts.
Q: Can't I just do this myself?
You could, but that doesn't mean that you should. Medicaid rules are confusing and constantly changing. Dealing with the Medicaid office can be frustrating. I use strategies that will protect as many of your hard-earned assets as possible. You have a loved one to take care of. Save yourself the headache and stress, and let me handle the process for you.


CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46 CHARLOTTE) - More than 40 doctors who serve the Charlotte area are leaving Novant Health at the end of May.
The physicians are from multiple Novant Medical Group clinics, and the organization says their decision to join Holston Medical Group, who has entered the Charlotte market from out-of-state, was unexpected.
"However, we value and respect these physicians and are working to ensure a smooth transition from the organization," the organization said in a press release.


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White GA Cop Saves a Black Infant's Life, 'Forever' Changing His Own
Instant Justice: Watch Undercover Cop Stop Robbery In Progress In Less Than 60 Seconds
WATCH: Hero Jumps Into Moving Car To Save Driver Having A Seizure
14-Year-Old Girl Buys A Three-Bedroom House For $12,000 – Now Watch What She Does Next
Retired Veteran Denied Multiple Jobs Because Of Service Dog, Local Lowe's Hires Them Both
With his bald head, light goatee and bulging arms covered in dark tattoos, Officer Kenneth Knox is an imposing figure. But what he did recently while responding an emergency call revealed his softer side.
The Georgia sheriff's lieutenant has been a police officer for 25 years, serving in Meriwether County since 1990. During his time on the force, he's been stabbed and engaged in shootouts, according to the Washington Post.
But the most important moment of his career, and the one that has brought him Internet fame, was when he saved a dying baby by dislodging a chunk of cereal lodged in her windpipe.
On Saturday, September 24, Patrol Officer Kenneth Knox responded to a "child choking" call. Upon arrival, he found a 2-month-old girl, who wasn't breathing, reported KDFW.
"Being a father, I go as fast as I can go to get there," Knox told the Post. "I was going so hard, I almost jumped out of my car when it was rolling, leaving it in drive."
"When I jumped out there were probably 30 or 40 people in the yard, and I knew immediately who the father was, because he was running around yelling, 'Someone please save my baby,'" Knox recalls.
When he walked into the home of Kristen Parham and her husband, he found two-month-old Ma'Yavi, who had "turned bluish purple and her eyes had gone dark."
"I had fed her an hour prior to her choking," Parham told KDFW. "We were sitting outside, in my car, and all of a sudden she started gasping for air and white stuff was coming out of her nose and mouth."
In a panic, her father the baby's father jumped off the porch and attempted CPR, but Knox thinks that further lodged cereal, which had somehow traveled back up Ma'Yavi's esophagus, in her throat.
"We both didn't know what to do, so I called 911," Parham said.
Knox laid the baby on the couch and did reverse CPR on her, and he sucked the cereal out of her throat," Parham said.
The infant began breathing again, smiled at the officer, and started crying, which Knox described in a heartfelt post on Facebook as "music to his ears."
Though Knox doesn't sound like the sort of man who generally cries in front of others, but he choked back tears as he described this scene as he described his epiphany.
The photo has gone viral; it has been shared over 64,000 times. One commenter wrote, "I think it gets lost often in all the criminal activity cops face and in part, the bravado associated with some law enforcement these days, but perhaps this is the real reason you put on the uniform everyday? You'll probably bust hundreds if not thousands of perps in your career, but how many times will you save a life?"
"That's why I said it came from God, [because] it hit me like a rock," Knox said. "Suck it out. She's a baby, you're a man."
Parham said: "I know he is a great person and my baby will love him. Every time she sees him, she gives him a big smile."
Knox thinks that more acts like this could be a "game-changer for the U.S.," in terms of race-relations, but his personal focus is on the child, now his goddaughter.
"I know the baby's part of my family," Knox said. "My grandkids and kids are gonna get to know her well. They're all family now," Knox said.
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Galliford Try wins five Netwrok Rail contracts to revamp stations
/ 14 September /
Galliford Try Plc has recently announced that its Miller Construction - an Ediburgh-based division - has been appointed by Network Rail to deliver building enhancements and property improvements across three framework contracts over the next five years as part of Network Rail Infrastructure Project's CP5 Frameworks.
The company purchased Miller Construction – a loss making division of Miller Group - in July 2014. The group will work in collaboration with Network Rail and various other appointed contractors to deliver railway engineering solutions in the aforementioned frameworks.
These framework appointments, valued up to £250m, will see the delivery of building projects such as new stations, station enhancements, platform extensions and depots. In addition, Miller Construction has also been appointed to deliver office building and property refurbishment as part of the SNE Region Renewals Collaborative Delivery Programme.
The project will cover the Central Region East Midlands route which covers London St. Pancras to Sheffield, London King's Cross to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Crewe to Carlisle including Liverpool and Manchester.
Chief Executive of Galliford Try, Greg Fitzgerald, said: "These major framework wins highlight one of the compelling reasons that we acquired Miller Construction. This appointment represents a key opportunity for us to grow our business in this sector and we look forward to working with Network Rail to provide high quality new facilities across these selected routes."
The agreements will span between five and six years, running from 2014 – 2019, with further options to extend to the end of the Control Period in 2024.
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This video shares the story of a gift that was given to the boy, a gift given by employees of a store that his mother was visiting, and how that gift touched not only the boy but his mother, also. This video is inspiring and special.
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Best New Zealand Poems 2005
Welcome from Series Editor
Best New Zealand Poems is published annually by the International Institute of Modern Letters, and aims to introduce readers – especially internationally – to leading contemporary New Zealand poets. The poems are chosen to show the vitality and range of current writing. We have shamelessly modelled this online project on the successful US paperback anthology, The Best American Poetry. Each year we publish 25 poems from recent literary magazines and poetry collections, where possible including notes about and by the poet, as well as links to related publishing and literary websites. In this way we hope that readers will be able to follow up fresh discoveries. There are plenty to be made.
We are delighted that well over 50% of visitors to Best New Zealand Poems come from outside New Zealand.
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Santa Clara, CA: A $9 million settlement has been reached in an employment	class action brought by distributors for Flowers Foods, Inc., the company behind Wonder Bread and Nature's Own.
Brought by named plaintiffs Scott Rehberg, Willard Allen Riley and Mario Ronchetti in 2012, the lawsuit alleged that the distributors were misclassified as independent contractors, which effectively denied them protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act	and the North Carolina Wage and Hour Act. Instead, they assert, they should be classified as employees and entitled to benefits such as overtime.
According to the complaint, the distributors pick up Flowers bakery products from one of 24 warehouses in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia and deliver those products to customers in a defined geographic territory. Further, they also stock Flower's products on store shelves and assemble promotional displays.
Under the terms of the agreement, which requires final court approval, Flowers will create $5.2 million settlement fund for distribution amongst the plaintiffs. Court papers state the agreement covers approximately 270 distributor territories.
Flowers Foods reportedly has 40 bakeries. In addition to Nature's Own and Wonder, Flowers' brands include Whitewheat, Cobblestone Bread Co. and organic baked good brands like Dave's Killer Bread.
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When you look up at the night sky, the objects that appear brightest are generally not the ones that give off the most light but rather those closest to us, such as nearby stars. The real powerhouses, however, are not stars but quasars, the most luminous, powerful and energetic objects we know of in the universe. A quasar is a compact region near the center of a massive galaxy surrounding the galaxy's super-massive black hole. The black hole's powerful gravity attracts nearby dust, gas and stars which form an accretion disk that swirls around it and spirals inwards towards the center of the black hole. This process generates tremendous friction, heat and gravitational stresses as the material is compressed by gravity, resulting in the emission of powerful radiation in the form of rotating beams of energy, some of which we view as light. This radiation is generated in the accretion disk, outside the event horizon, the spherical boundary of the black hole beyond which nothing can escape. It is thought that all large galaxies have black holes at their centers, but only a small fraction of these emit such powerful radiation that they are seen as quasars.
Today more than 200,000 quasars are known, most thanks to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey which created the most detailed sky map ever. Most are between three billion and 13 billion light-years away. Because light travels at the finite speed of 186,282 miles per second, it takes billions of years for light from the distant universe to arrive here on Earth. We therefore see the most distant quasars the way they looked 13 billion years ago, or just several million years after the Big Bang. In fact, quasars were much more common in young, active galaxies in the early universe. Their light only appears faint to us because they are so far away, yet these quasars are the most powerful and luminous objects in the universe. The light from a bright quasar is about two trillion times that of our sun, or about 100 times that of all the light from a large galaxy like our Milky Way.
To find out more about these enigmatic, distant denizens of the universe, join the Springfield STARS Club for a talk on Quasars by Dr. David Wexler. An amateur astronomer, Dr. Wexler studied neuroscience and engineering at Case Western Reserve University, and completed medical studies at Stanford University. He is an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist at Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer. Dr. Wexler is currently pursuing a Masters degree in astronomy online through James Cook University. His areas of interest include galactic and radio astronomy, and astrochemistry, the study of chemical elements and compounds in the universe. Dr. Wexler's talk for the Springfield STARS Club will take place on Tuesday, October 26th at 7:30pm at the Springfield Science Museum at the Quadrangle. Refreshments will be served, and the public is welcome free of charge.


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O Golpe de Estado em Peru de 1930 foi um golpe de Estado propiciado o 22 de agosto de 1930 pelo então tenente coronel EP Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, que por um manifesto à nação insurgiu à guarnição de Arequipa, contra o governo ditatorial de Augusto B. Leguía. A rebelião militar propagou-se pelo sul do Peru, estendendo até a capital do país, Lima, onde a guarnição se juntou ao golpe. O resultado do golpe foi exitoso para Sánchez Cerro, quem chegou a Lima o 25 de agosto para tomar o governo do país, enquanto Leguía renunciou à Presidência e foi encarcerado na Penitenciaría de Lima.

Antecedentes
Começando no ano 1930, o dilatado governo de Augusto B. Leguía entrava no seu décimo primeiro ano de governo consecutivo. Os sectores operários, diretamente afetados pelo alto custo de vida e a escassez de subsistências e influenciados pelo sindicalismo e o Partido Comunista, foram os primeiros em alçar seu protesto. Isso incentivou O  exército a também mostrar seu descontentamento com setores do exército defendendo o voto secreto contrario a fraude que dominava o país . Ocorreram varias  ações subversivas e planos de assassinato do presidente.

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Um dos conspiradores era o tenente coronel Luis Sánchez Cerro, que estava no comando de uma guarnição em Arequipa. Sánchez Cerro era já um conhecido do regime leguísta. Em 1921 e 1922 tinha participado em levantamentos em províncias, em consequência dos quais esteve preso na ilha de Taquile e na de San Lorenzo, mas depois se reconciliou  com o governo, sendo readmitido no exército.

Leguía, em suas memórias, consta que em março de 1930 assinou a ascensão a comandante do então maior Sánchez Cerro, pese à desconfiança que este lhe inspirava, mas afirmando que o fez por recomendação de Foción Mariátegui (considerado o número 2 do leguísmo) e do general Manuel María Ponce Brousset. Leguía suspeitava que Foción Mariátegui tinha conspirado com Sánchez Cerro para perpetrar o golpe de Estado, mas nunca tem tido prova disso.

Rebelião de Arequipa

Nas primeiras horas da manhã do 22 de agosto de 1930, as tropas estacionadas em Arequipa saíram de seus quartéis para fazer exercícios rotineiros. Já na campina, entre o cemitério e Socabaya, o comandante Luis Sánchez Cerro se dirigiu a elas e lhes instou à rebelião para acabar com o Oncenio, regime que, segundo palavras, era uma vergonha para o país. As tropas aprovaram jubilosamente suas palavras e assim foi como estoirou a revolução em Arequipa. Às doze da manhã, Sánchez, à frente dos soldados, ingressou à cidade do Misti, cuja população, reposta de sua inicial surpresa, se dobrou entusiasta ao movimento.

Nesse mesmo dia, Sánchez Cerro deu um decreto subscrito em solitário, pelo que se auto intitulou «Comandante em Chefe do Exército do Sul e Chefe de Governo. Assim mesmo,  ele se autoproclamou «Chefe Supremo Militar e Político», e desde sua «Casa de Governo» em Arequipa, deu outro decreto nomeando seus secretários, quem eram: o major Alejandro Barco (Assuntos Militares); José Luis Bustamante e Rivero (Assuntos Políticos); Manuel A. Vinelli (Assuntos Financeiros e Administrativos); o major Rubén do Castillo (Assuntos Postales e Transmissões); o major Julio Arvoredo Vinhas (Transportes e Comunicações) e Gustavo da Jara (Contratador Geral).

O pronunciamento político dos rebeldes foi redigido pelo jurista arequipenho Bustamante e Rivero e conhece-se com o nome de «Manifesto de Arequipa», que a dizer de Jorge Basadre, é um belo e lírico documento, que causou impressão em todo o país.

O movimento insurgente propagou-se rapidamente pelo sul do país. No dia 23 de agosto pronunciou-se a favor da rebelião a quarta divisão estacionada em Puno, que era a mais numerosa da região. Também em Lima o ambiente era favorável para a revolução.

Renúncia de Leguía. A Junta Militar do general Ponce
A notícia do levantamento de Arequipa chegou a Lima a noite do mesmo 22 de agosto. O governo dispôs clausula do porto de Mollendo e a suspensão de voos à cidade de Arequipa. No dia domingo 24, Leguía foi ao Hipódromo de Santa Beatriz, como era seu costume habitual todos os fins de semana. Na rua, começou a receber vaias do povo.

Querendo tomar alguma medida para enfrentar a situação, Leguía decidiu formar um gabinete militar, à frente do qual pôs ao general Fernando Sarmiento.O gabinete foi empossado à uma da madrugada do 25 de agosto. A intenção de Leguía era renunciar à presidência perante o Congresso e deixar o poder a mãos de dito gabinete.

Mas simultaneamente, os chefes da guarnição de Lima tinham-se reunido para eleger uma Junta de Governo. Informados da formação do novo gabinete militar, enviaram representantes ao Palácio de Governo para solicitar a Leguía sua imediata renúncia como presidente. Eram as três da manhã do dia 25 de agosto. Produziu-se um tenso diálogo. Leguía finalmente aceitou e renunciou ao poder, que ficou em mãos de uma Junta Militar de Governo presidida pelo chefe de estado maior, general Manuel María Ponce Brousset.

Como medida de proteção  Leguía foi transportado para o cruzador Almirante Grau, que zarpou para o Panamá. No entanto em Arequipa, Sánchez Cerro orientou  energicamente à Junta de Lima para que o fizesse retornar. Mediante o uso da rádio (então uma novidade), o capitão do navio foi obrigado a virar a estibordo quando estava prestes a abandonar as águas peruanas. Leguía foi tomado prisioneiro a bordo do navio e obrigado a desembarcar, sendo internado na ilha de San Lorenzo.

O levantamento de Sánchez Cerro em Arequipa foi um de vários que se estavam sendo planejados em todo o país; sabe-se por exemplo que um em Lima tinha um já programado para setembro. Também se anunciava uma expedição armada proveniente do exterior e integrada por exilados da ditadura leguísta. Sánchez Cerro, conhecido por sua forte personalidade, adiantou-se a todos, e os demais revoltosos quiseram que ele assumisse a direção do país.

Disputa entre Sánchez Cerro e a Junta de Ponce
Com Sánchez Cerro no comando de uma Junta em Arequipa, e Ponce no comando de outra em Lima, era uma dualidade que complicava a situação política. Desde o ponto de vista hierárquico e castrense, ao general Ponce correspondia-lhe o comando da rebelião, e não a Sánchez Cerro que era só um comandante. Mas a opinião pública maioritária não simpatizava com a Junta de Lima, que era  considerada como um prolongamento do leguísmo, e exigia que concedesses o poder a Sánchez Cerro, que era um caudilho mais carismático.

Contribuía à popularidade de Sánchez Cerro, além de suas dotes de comando e sua fama de militar duro e enérgico, sua marcada fisionomia de mestiço , fazendo que a gente do povo o visse um deles.

A Junta de Ponce chegou a oferecer o Ministério de Guerra a Sánchez Cerro, mas este o recusou. Mediante uma resposta telegráfica, Sánchez Cerro disse que não iria se curvar diante de políticos criollos e que a única opinião que tomava em consideração era a do povo. Em Lima, tinha militares que apoiavam a Sánchez Cerro, os quais tinham como centro a Escola Militar de Chorrillos. Também o Centro de Aviação das Palmas e a Escola Naval respaldavam ao caudilho de Arequipa.

Consequências
Finalmente, o 25 de agosto de 1930, Sánchez Cerro tomou um avião em Arequipa e dirigiu-se a Lima, onde foi recebido alegremente por seus partidários. Sua chegada acelerou o fim da Junta de Ponce. Produziram-se em Lima grandes manifestações populares celebrando a queda do Oncenio e cumprimentando ao novo líder.

O 27 de agosto, Sánchez Cerro instalou em Lima a Junta Militar de Governo, iniciando sua presidência. Mediante um estatuto expedido no decreto lei N.º 6874 de 2 de setembro de 1930, a Junta de Governo assumiu as atribuições constitucionais dos poderes Executivo e Legislativo e outorgou a seu chefe a categoria de presidente da República e presidente do Conselho de Ministros.

Entre as medidas urgentes que tomou o novo governo foi a liquidação do Oncenio, destituindo a servidores públicos do regime leguísta e a repressão aos inimigos  do presidente destituído, e foram revogadas as leis impopulares da ditadura. Assim mesmo, Augusto Leguía foi transportado no dia 16 de setembro para a  Penitenciaria de Lima, onde passaria o resto de sua  vida.

Como consequência foi promulgada a Constituição de 1933, que estabeleceu o voto secreto no Peru dando fim as oligarquias fraudulentas.

Grande Depressão
1930 na política
Golpes de Estado no Peru
1930 no Peru


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