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Alsaština (alsasky Elsassisch, německy Elsässisch, francouzsky Alsacien) je alemanský dialekt Alsaska.

Ačkoliv není mluvčím standardní němčiny snadno srozumitelná, je blízce příbuzná ostatním alemanským dialektům, například švýcarské němčině nebo bádenštině. Často je zaměňována se vzdáleněji příbuznou západogermánskou frančtinou. Obě jsou ve francouzštině nazývány alsacien.

Mnoho mluvčích píše ve standardní němčině názvy ulic (původně pouze francouzské, nyní na některých místech, zvláště ve Štrasburku, dvojjazyčné) ačkoliv užívají místní výslovnost a zápis.

Podle ústavy páté francouzské republiky není žádnému místnímu jazyku propůjčen status jazyka úředního, nicméně francouzská vláda zahrnula alsaštinu do seznamu jazyků Francie.

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Související články
 Alemanština
 Švýcarská němčina
 Němčina
 Alsasko

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 Jazyky Evropy: Alemanština - Alemannisch [online] Hospodářská a kulturní studia (Provozně ekonomická fakulta ČZU), 2008. Dostupné z: www.hks.re/wiki/alemanstina

Jazyky Francie
Jazyky Alsaska
Alsasko
Západogermánské jazyky
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@dsquareddigest @Frances_Coppola Most UKIP votes came from, erm, English migrants to Wales. Unbelievable. The famous 'white flight'.
@gweirydd @dsquareddigest Why? You didn't support your assertion that UKIP voters were all English immigrants.
As far as I am concerned, I misquoted him because I had not remembered his tweet accurately. Memory is fallible. But as far as he is concerned, I misquoted him because I am a liar. We do not disagree on the facts, but on their interpretation. Who is right? What is the truth?
In Greece, the Debt Truth Committee has drawn together facts about the origins of Greece's debt. And from this, it has deduced what it believes to be the truth. Greece's debt is odious and should be rejected. But others, even if they agree with the facts, disagree with the conclusions drawn from them. For them, Greece owes this money and should pay it in full. Who is right? What is the truth?
Legal systems exist to establish the truth. Facts (evidence) are important, but they are insufficient to establish truth: there must be a plausible psychological case (motivation) too. And establishing truth is only possible when everyone tells the truth as they see it. Many legal systems require participants to swear a solemn oath promising to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth". Most enact severe penalties for lying to the court (perjury). The reason is evident: the court has no means other than the testimony of witnesses of establishing the truth, so if witnesses lie, miscarriage of justice is inevitable.
Miscarriages of justice are not only lethal for those wrongly convicted, they are socially destabilising: a legal system seen as arbitrary and discriminatory does not long survive. It is no accident that "Thou shalt not bear false witness" is one of the Ten Commandments. Life and death decisions depend upon establishing the truth, not simply the facts.
But what exactly do we mean by "truth"?
The question "what do we mean by truth" reverberates down the centuries. The trial of Jesus* includes an extraordinary round of verbal sparring in which - unusually - Jesus does not have the last word. "The reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth", says Jesus. "Everyone on the side of truth listens to my voice".
Pilate's riposte is one of the most famous lines in the Bible: "What is truth?"
Thinking he has proved that Jesus is just a harmless nutter, Pilate goes out to the crowd and says "I find no basis for a charge against him". He wants to let Jesus go. But the crowd - whipped up by powerful individuals - insists that Jesus must die.
Are they right? Is the majority view the truth? An entire religion has been built on trying to explain and justify Pilate's decision to give in to the crowd. And thousands - nay, millions - have died over the centuries because of that decision. With hindsight, the decision of the crowd has been seen by many to be a terrible mistake. But we still do not "objectively" know whether Jesus deserved execution under Roman law. And we never will. We can never objectively know what motivates an individual to do as they do. They may not even know themselves.
Truth is subjective. My "truth" (that I unintentionally misquoted) is different from my antagonist's "truth" (that I lied). And the onlookers are no more objective. All they have is the fact that I misquoted, my antagonist's assertion that I lied, and my claim that I misquoted because my memory was faulty. And they are swayed by their own knowledge of previous behaviour by both sides, and perhaps also by other influential voices. Those who know me are likely to believe that I made an innocent mistake, unless their previous experience of me is that my word is untrustworthy. Those who know my antagonist are more likely to believe that I am a liar. So if "who is right" is determined by the crowd, whether or not I am a liar depends entirely on whether I have more supporters than my antagonist. There is no "objective truth".
From the point of view of the protocol, the two are completely indistinguishable; between truth and lies, the protocol is precisely symmetrical.
There is, of course, a third possibility: the participants do not know the truth but are expressing their own validly-held opinions. They do not have to be liars or attackers to get it wrong. They just need to be ignorant or biased.
All forks are allowed to exist; it's left up to the surrounding community to decide which forks they care about. Subjectivocracy is in some sense the ultimate non-coercive form of governance; no one is ever forced to accept a situation where they don't get their own way, the only catch being that if you have policy preferences that are unpopular then you will end up on a fork where few others are left to interact with you.
Clearly, there isn't a unanimous decision. Having met Jesus, Pilate disagrees with the crowd. He has information that the crowd doesn't have. But the crowd isn't prepared to back down. So in Buterin's cryptographic world, the blockchain would be split. Decision A would be to let Jesus go: decision B would be to execute him. The community decides Jesus's fate.
Pilate is now "on a fork where few others are left to interact with him". Decision A is not possible, because the community decision is B, and the choice is binary (Jesus either lives or dies). Pilate has lost. It is simply untrue to say that "no-one is ever forced to accept a situation where they don't get their own way". When the choice is binary, anyone on an isolated fork must either accept the majority decision or leave the game. Pilate cannot get his own way, because if he overrides the community decision the crowd will riot and he will lose at least his job and possibly his life. His solution - publicly washing his hands of the whole thing - amounts to leaving the game.
So the community decides to execute Jesus, and the only dissenter is forced to leave the game. Whether or not "Jesus deserves to die" is objectively true is irrelevant. Using Buterin's logic, the community decision IS the truth. Jesus deserves to die. Sorry, Christians.
To reach the position "Jesus deserves to die", it is not necessary to assume that anyone is lying or malicious. It is only necessary to assume that people have conflicting beliefs. The majority believes that Jesus is dangerous and should be put to death. Pilate's different view is insufficient to change their minds, even though it is based on better information. People are only too ready to discard or ignore information that contradicts strongly-held beliefs, especially when that information comes from a less than trusted source. Confirmation bias doesn't disappear in a cryptographic environment.
But in this case, I suspect that the bookies would simply reinforce the crowd. After all, there is no objective measure. No compelling "fact" that can be used to establish whether or not Jesus is a dangerous subversive. There are only beliefs.
Once again, Buterin assumes that there must be dishonesty involved. Of course, the Bible does say that there were two false witnesses, and that the crowd was "whipped up" by powerful individuals. But then it would, wouldn't it? After all, the Christian case is that Jesus's death was the worst miscarriage of justice in history.
But as I've already noted, it is not necessary for anyone to be lying. The witnesses may genuinely believe that Jesus is subversive. The "chief priests" may genuinely believe that Jesus is too dangerous to be allowed to live. Indeed, the lethal, socially divisive outcome of Jesus's trial rather suggests that no deliberate dishonesty was involved. When both sides believe they have the "truth", the game is to the death and all bets are off.
So Pilate's question goes to the heart of the matter. What is "truth"? Truth is whatever I believe it to be. In the absence of a "higher power" that can objectively state what "truth" is, I can only establish the truth of my "truth" by asserting power over those whose "truth" is different from mine. The more people I can persuade, bribe or coerce into agreeing with me, the more powerful I am and the more likely I am to win in any "battle of beliefs". In the end, truth is power.
A solution for oracles will most likely be that an default (centralized) oracle can set an outcome first but there will be an objection period. If someone has an objection (and makes a deposit) another more reliable (and more costly) service should be triggered. If this option is given and the "last resort" oracle is widely believed to be 100% uncheatable than it might get never user. So to have such an oracle would be extremely valuable.
Note that even accessing the oracle requires payment in ever-increasing amounts. This is hardly a legal system that supports the claim of the poor and weak against the rich and powerful, is it? Only the rich have access to justice. The oracle does not eliminate power asymmetries, it reinforces them.
But what form would such an oracle take?
So let's think about the "ultimate oracle" - the most secure one that can be made. For the security it is important to see what people who determine the outcome have at stake. In the case of Augur it will be the REP tokens, in the case of a human Twitter oracle it will be its personal reputation (maybe there is an real world value bigger than what is measurable on the blockchain but if we would purely look at the blockchain it would be the future income from this reputation - or other benefits that comes along with good reputation).
Oracles must be incorruptible and omniscient: furthermore, the penalty for ignoring an oracle must be severe. In the old days, oracles were creatures of the gods, set apart from the world (thus incorruptible) and obtaining their information from supernatural sources (hence omniscient). And as the crowd was far more afraid of the wrath of the gods than of any human, oracles were rarely ignored.
But these modern-day oracles have no divine backing. So the best Koppelman can come up with is the idea that they can be trusted to give the right answer because if they don't. no-one will trust them any more. Forgive me, but this is circular logic. If an oracle must please the crowd with the "right" answer or be thrown down, it cannot be impartial. Indeed this was Pilate's problem. He wasn't a sufficiently trusted "oracle", so could not credibly deliver an impartial judgement.
However, this is all academic anyway. After all, this logic would only apply in a cryptographic environment. It would never be used in the real world when lives are at stake.
Perhaps, in some futuristic society where nearly all resources are digital and everything that is material and useful is too-cheap-to-meter, subjectivocracy may become the preferred form of government.
I think they call this "mob rule".
* In this piece I am taking it as read that Jesus existed and his trial and execution was as documented in the Gospels. I am aware of the lack of reliable historical record and the controversy over whether he existed at all. But as I am using the story simply as an example, I do not think it matters whether or not it is true in fact. Truth is a matter of opinion, after all.
** Schroedinger did this first. Indeed I thought of entitling this piece "Schroedinger's Jesus".
"Truth is subjectivity."—Kierkegaard. By this he did not mean that truth is subjective.
"What is truth, but a mobile army of metaphors?"—Nietzsche. By this he did not mean that truth is arbitrary.


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And what about the gloss itself? It's truly legit — it won a Best of Beauty Award back in 2016, and promises a shine that's like 30 coats of lacquer. (Marc and his beauty team don't play around when it comes to gloss.) We're super pumped about the new summer collection, which includes two named after Missy Elliott songs (Supa Dupa Fly and Work It) and two that reference the dearly departed Prince, Cherry Moon and, of course, Raspberry Beret.
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Edwards Announces Phase 2 to Begin on Friday, June 5
Facebook via Governor John Bel Edwards
Louisiana will move to Phase 2 on Friday, June 5. Governor John Bel Edwards made the expected announcement today, further easing restrictions on churches and businesses as the state fights the spread of coronavirus. Phase 2 will be in place for 21 days, expiring on June 26.
Bars, spas, and tattoo parlors will now be allowed to reopen, with restrictions and at 25% capacity. Arcades and trampoline parks, and Summer camps (not Sleep-away camps) are allowed to open as well.
Businesses that have been operating at 25% capacity will be able to do so at 50% capacity. That includes the following:
Restaurants, cafes and coffee shops
Shopping malls (including food courts, following restaurant guidance)
Gyms and fitness centers
Barber and beauty shops and nail salons
Racetracks (not open to spectators)
Museums (including children's museums), zoos, aquariums (no tactile exhibits)
Bars and breweries with LDH food permits
Massage establishments, spas, and tattoo establishments (under strict guidance from LDH), esthetician services (under strict guidance from the Cosmetology Board)
Pool halls, bowling alleys and skating rinks (children must be accompanied by an adult)
Event Centers and wedding venues
Outdoor playgrounds and play centers (children must be accompanied by an adult)
Indoor Funerals and Weddings, who may also continue outdoor services with no crowd size limitation as long as social distancing is practiced.
Casinos and Video Poker Establishments (but limited to 75 percent of their gaming positions, with spacing to allow for social distancing and with enhanced sanitation).
Children's Museums will be allowed to reopen, but with restrictions.
Live music venues, though, will remain closed, as well as the following businesses:
Children's Indoor Play Centers
Concert and Music Halls
Other similar businesses
"The people of Louisiana have done an incredible job flattening the curve here, and I'm thankful for their compliance and hard work. Likewise, the state has matched their efforts by ramping up both testing and contact tracing. All of this has allowed us to get to a place where we can move into Phase 2 on Friday," Gov. Edwards said. "However, as more people are out and about and occupancy increases and even more businesses operate, members of the public should be cautious as they enter businesses and leave any place that is not taking precautions against the spread of COVID-19, especially if employees interacting with the public are not wearing masks and customers are not being encouraged to do so as well. We know most business owners want to go above and beyond to make their patrons feel safe. I hope the people of Louisiana will support these businesses that are doing the right thing to protect their customers and employees."
"In addition, people who are at high risk for becoming seriously ill from COVID-19, including those over 65 and those with underlying health conditions, should still Stay at Home unless they are completing essential tasks, such as doctor visits or going to purchase medications, food or other necessary items. Everyone should consider their own risk and the risk of those in their households as they plan their public outings. There are still thousands of active COVID-19 cases in Louisiana and public health experts have increased warnings about asymptomatic people being able to spread the illness unknowingly."
Another 3,028 more patients have recovered from COVID-19 since last week. That's according to the Louisiana Department of Health, who lists the overall number at 31,728 presumed recovered patients. There are also 17 fewer Coronavirus patients hospitalized, bringing the total to 661. Louisiana did surpass 40,000 (40,331) COVID-19 cases today, with four new fatalities, bringing the death toll to 2690.
LDH: JUNE 1ST LOUISIANA COVID-19 UPDATE
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GENEVA: UN aid agencies called on Tuesday for the Yemeni port of Hodeidah to remain open beyond Friday, the date set by a Saudi-led military coalition, to permit continued delivery of life-saving goods.
Yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, where 8.3 million people are entirely dependent on external food aid and 400,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition, a potentially lethal condition, they said.
The Arab coalition, under international pressure, eased a three-week blockade which was imposed on Yemeni ports and airports in November in response to a ballistic missile fired by the Houthi movement toward the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Four mobile cranes arrived in the important Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port, the UN said on Monday, after the coalition agreed to let them into Yemen, where nearly three years of war have pushed it to the verge of famine.
"The port in theory is going be open to the 19th of this month. Then we don't know if the coalition will close or (leave) it open," Meritxell Relano, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Yemen, told a news briefing in Geneva.
"Obviously the feeling is that they extend this period so that the commercial goods can come in, but especially the fuel," she said, speaking from the capital Sanaa.
Before the conflict, Hodeidah port handled around 70 percent of Yemen's imports, including food and humanitarian supplies.
Fuel is vital to power water and sanitation stations to provide clean water and help avoid diseases, she said.
More than 11 million Yemeni children — virtually all — need humanitarian assitance, Relano said. UNICEF figures show 25,000 Yemeni babies die at birth or before the age of one month.
"We appeal to parties on (the) ground in order to stave off famine that we can continue regularly to get food in, to get medicines in, to get fuel in, be it from the humanitarian or the commercial side," she said.
The number of cases has doubled since Dec 22, when the WHO reported 333 people affected by the highly-contagious disease, with 35 deaths. Ibb and Hodeidah are the worst-hit of the 19 affected governorates, Chaib said.


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The weather held out as we proceeded to the 68th floor of the Shard and the View was spectacular, despite the distant cloud cover. With over 90 people in attendance we certainly had a presence on the viewing platform.
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The new full length album from Ty Segall, boasting 19 songs of pure fuzzy rock.
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Pastor, champion of persecuted Christians, is murdered in Pakistan
TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN PAID TO A CHRISTIAN MINISTER who was killed Jan. 30 January in Pakistan after dedicating his life to persecuted and other suffering Christians.
Aid to the Church in Need, Christian, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom
New religious body adds to Islamization in Pakistan
"With this new body, the state is promoting one religion and negating others."
Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Pakistan
USCIRF Releases New Report about Protecting Religious Freedom Online
USCIRF's 2021 Annual Report highlights the prevalence and impact of hate speech targeting religious communities, including in India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Nicaragua, and Turkey.
Catholicism, Christian, Human Rights, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Social Media, Turkey, Vietnam
USCIRF Releases New Report about Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims
"In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S State Department designate Pakistan as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)…"
Ahmadiyya Muslims, Algeria, Islam, Malaysia, Pakistan, Persecution, USCIRF
Pakistan Does Global PR for Afghanistan's Taliban
Religious Minorities Remain Vulnerable to Taliban's Brutal Rule
Afghanistan, International Christian Concern, Islam, Pakistan, Taliban, Turkey
PAKISTAN – The government recognizes the extraordinary services of Catholic schools
"You have contributed to people's education for more than 160 years, long before the founding of Pakistan and the founders of our country."
Catholicism, Children, Christian, Education, Pakistan
Pakistan Refuses to Accept Refugees from Afghanistan
Afghan Christians Face an Increasingly Complex and Dangerous Situation
Afghanistan, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution, Refugees, Religious Freedom, Taliban, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
PAKISTAN – Raped Christian minor escapes the torturer: the culprit arrested
The minor is traumatized and psychologically devastated. She is being treated by a psychologist and other doctors in order to be treated for this trauma and wounds".
Islam, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Women
Taliban-linked threat in Pakistan: churches increase security
Former US international religious freedom ambassador Sam Brownback warned of genocide against Christians and other minorities in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan, Aid to the Church in Need, Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Taliban
Lebanon is in 'hell'
In 2020, ACN funded projects in Lebanon for a total of $5M, which included food packages for Christians hard-hit by the August 2020 explosion in Beirut harbor, and the repair and reconstruction of churches.
Catholicism, Christian, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom
Catholic lawyer fights forced conversions in Pakistan
"It started with Hindu daughters in the southern Sindh province. The courts themselves distribute conversion certificates and hand over the victims to their rapists."
Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Women
Pakistani Catholics volunteer to protect churches against terrorist attack
"Our faith tells us that God won't let us down. Therefore, we perform our duties with complete passion and avoid negative thinking."
Archbishop Shaw, Catholicism, Christian, ISIS, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom
Survey shows American Catholics' growing concern about global persecution of Christians
Fifty-seven percent of US Catholics believe that the persecution of Christians around the world is "very severe."
Catholicism, China, Christian, Martyrs, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Persecution
In Pakistan, the road is paved with faith and glory
"I will never remove the name of Jesus at any cost."
Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Jesus Christ, Pakistan
Church backs program protecting Pakistan's minority girls
According to Pakistan's Movement for Solidarity and Peace, every year up to 1,000 Christian and Hindu girls and women aged between 12 and 25 years are abducted.
Catholicism, Christian, Hindu, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Freedom
Britain's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief receives Pakistan girl's asylum petition
"It is urgent that the Prime Minister acts to save the lives of Maira and her family. They are in grave danger. We have a duty of conscience to act."
Bishops, Catholicism, Christian, Copts, Islam, Pakistan
PAKISTAN – Christian nurse accused of blasphemy defended by Islamic religious leaders
Tabitha Nazir Gill was accused of committing blasphemy by her colleagues on the morning of January 28.
Catholicism, Christian, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution
PAKISTAN – About-face of the police: Christian woman from Karachi denounced for blasphemy
Religious minorities in Pakistan are not allowed to live in peace.
Pakistan: Christian woman accused of blasphemy released by police after investigation
"It is time for the government to take a serious look at the issue to stop the growing misuse of the blasphemy law against innocent people and to make changes where necessary, since the wording of the blasphemy law allows for continual abuse".
The drama of Christian families who see the kidnapping and conversion of their daughters to Islam
According to data confirmed to Agenzia Fides by the National Commission for "Justice and Peace" of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan, there are about 1,000 reports of kidnapping of young Christian and Hindu women every year.
Catholicism, Islam, Pakistan, Persecution


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Audi Volkswagen Korea to launch 8 EV models over 3 years
Published : Dec 11, 2020 - 15:22 Updated : Dec 11, 2020 - 15:22
Rene Koneberg, managing director of Audi Volkswagen Korea, announces the group's business plans for next year at a digital press conference Friday. (Audi Volkswagen Korea)
Audi Volkswagen Group has unveiled its electrification strategy and business plans in the Korean market over the next years.
The group said in a digital press conference Friday its four affiliated brands -- Audi, Volkswagen, Lamborghini and Bentley -- will release more than 20 new models next year and eight electric car models within three years in the Korean market.
The German automaker plans to increase the proportion of electric vehicle sales in Korea to 11 percent of the total sales by 2023.
At the press event, the automaker unveiled two electric vehicle models, the Volkswagen ID.4 and Audi e-tron Sportback 55, which have not yet gone through the certification process in Korea.
The Volkswagen ID.4 is the brand's first pure electric sport utility vehicle equipped with Volkswagen Group's dedicated electric vehicle platform MEB. It can be charged up to 80 percent in 30 minutes on a 125-kilowatt fast charger. It is scheduled to be released in Korea in 2022.
The Audi e-tron Sportback 55 is the second electric car model to be introduced in Korea by the Audi brand. It can similarly be charged up to 80 percent in about 30 minutes on a 150-kilowatt fast charger. It is scheduled to be released in Korea in 2021.


Bulletin board right outside our classroom.
Welcome to my blog. I am a wife, busy mom of 2 children age 10 and 11 as well as a full time teacher. I feel so lucky to have a job a love.
I was out running errands today and listened to people complain about their job. I feel awful for these people who have to wake up and go to a job they do not like.
I love my job. I love my students. I have been blessed for 16 years to have the greatest job in the world and am so thankful.
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The UNIQA Group achieved strong growth and with a premium of 4.1 billion euros and a pre-tax profit of 213.8 million euros successfully completed the third quarter of 2020, amid the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pre-tax profit of € 159 million was realized in just three months – from July to September, making this quarter one of the most successful in the company's history.
With the new 124.9 million euros, the UNIQA group almost doubled its nine-month financial result, although the company had to pay more than 70 million euros from January to September for contracted insurance against business interruptions and cancelled events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 francoski departma, glej Vienne (departma).
 francosko mesto, glej Vienne (naselje).
 francoska reka, glej Vienne (reka),

Glej tudi
 Haute-Vienne, francoski departma,
 Vienne-en-Arthies, francosko naselje in občina v departmaju Val-d'Oise,
 Vienne-en-Bessin, francosko naselje in občina v departmaju Calvados,
 Vienne-en-Val, francosko naselje in občina v departmaju Loiret,
 Vienne-la-Ville, francosko naselje in občina v departmaju Marne,
 Vienne-le-Château, francosko naselje in občina v departmaju Marne.
 Viennski koncil (1311-1312), rimokatoliški shod,
 Jean de Vienne (1341-1396), francoski general in admiral.

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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California Eastern District Martin v. Litton Loan Servicing LP Filing 225
Martin v. Litton Loan Servicing LP
ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 5/18/2017 DENYING Plaintiff's 223 Motion for Reconsideration. This matter is CONFIRMED for trial on Monday, 5/22/2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 7. (Zignago, K.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RENEE L. MARTIN, 12 13 No. 2:12-cv-00970-MCE-CKD Plaintiffs, v. ORDER 14 15 16 LITTON LOAN SERVICING LP, et al., Defendants. 17 18 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration (ECF No. 223) 19 of the Court's prior Order (ECF No. 221) denying Plaintiff's Motion for an Extension of 20 Time and New Trial Date (ECF No. 218), which Defendant opposes (ECF No. 224). For 21 the following reasons, that Motion is DENIED. 22 A motion for reconsideration is properly brought pursuant to either Federal Rule of 23 Civil Procedure 59(e) or Rule 60(b). Taylor v. Knapp, 871 F.2d 803, 805 (9th Cir. 1989). 24 A motion for reconsideration is treated as a Rule 59(e) motion if filed within twenty-eight 25 days of entry of judgment, but as a Rule 60(b) motion if filed more than twenty-eight days 26 after judgment. See Am. Ironworks & Erectors, Inc. v. N. Am. Constr. Corp., 248 F.3d 27 892, 898-99 (9th Cir. 2001). A motion may be construed as a Rule 59 motion even 28 though it is not labeled as such, or not labeled at all. Taylor, 871 F.2d at 805. 1 1 2 Since this motion is was timely filed, the Court will treat it as a Rule 59(e) motion. A court should be loath to revisit its own decisions unless extraordinary 3 circumstances show that its prior decision was clearly erroneous or would work a 4 manifest injustice. Christianson v. Colt Indus. Operating Corp., 486 U.S. 800, 817 5 (1988). This principle is embodied in the law of the case doctrine, under which "a court 6 is generally precluded from reconsidering an issue that has already been decided by the 7 same court, or a higher court in the identical case." United States v. Alexander, 106 8 F.3d 874, 876 (9th Cir. 1997) (quoting Thomas v. Bible, 983 F.2d 152, 154 (9th Cir. 9 1993)). Nonetheless, in certain limited circumstances, a court has discretion to 10 11 reconsider its prior decisions. While Rule 59(e) permits a district court to reconsider and amend a previous 12 order, "the rule offers an 'extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly in the interests of 13 finality and conservation of judicial resources.'" Kona Enter., Inc. v. Estate of Bishop, 14 229 F.3d 877, 890 (9th Cir. 2000) (quoting 12 James William Moore, et al., Moore's 15 Federal Practice § 59.30(4) (3d ed. 2000)). Indeed, a district court should not grant a 16 motion for reconsideration "absent highly unusual circumstances, unless the district court 17 is presented with newly discovered evidence, committed clear error, or if there is an 18 intervening change in the controlling law." 389 Orange St. Partners v. Arnold, 179 F.3d 19 656, 665 (9th Cir. 1999) (citing School Dist. No. 1J v. AcandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1263 20 (9th Cir. 1993)). Mere dissatisfaction with the court's order, or belief that the court is 21 wrong in its decision, is not grounds for relief under Rule 59(e). Twentieth Century-Fox 22 Film Corp. v. Dunnahoo, 637 F.2d 1338, 1341 (9th Cir. 1981). 23 Additionally, Local Rule 230(j) requires a party filing a motion for reconsideration 24 to show the "new or different facts or circumstances claimed to exist which did not exist 25 or were not shown upon such prior motion, or what other grounds exist for the motion." 26 Finally, motions for relief from judgment pursuant to Rule 59(e) are addressed to the 27 sound discretion of the district court. Turner v. Burlington N. Santa Fe R.R., 338 F.3d 28 1058, 1063 (9th Cir. 2003). 2 1 In order to succeed, a party making a motion for reconsideration pursuant to Rule 2 59(e) must "set forth facts or law of a strongly convincing nature to induce the court to 3 reverse its prior decision." Pritchen v. McEwen, No. 1:10-cv-02008-JLT HC, 2011 WL 4 2115647, at *1 (E.D. Cal. May 27, 2011) (citing Kern-Tulare Water Dist. v. City of 5 Bakersfield, 634 F. Supp. 656, 665 (E.D. Cal. 1986), aff'd in part and rev'd in part on 6 other grounds, 828 F.2d 514 (9th Cir. 1987)). A motion for reconsideration should not be 7 used to raise arguments or present evidence for the first time when the arguments or 8 evidence could reasonably have been raised earlier in the litigation. 389 Orange St. 9 Partners, 179 F.3d at 665. 10 Furthermore, "courts avoid considering Rule 59(e) motions where the grounds for 11 amendment are restricted to either repetitive contentions of matters which were before 12 the court on its prior consideration or contentions which might have been raised prior to 13 the challenged judgment." Costello v. United States, 765 F. Supp. 1003, 1009 (C.D. Cal. 14 1991); see also Taylor, 871 F.2d at 805. This position stems from the district courts' 15 "concerns for preserving dwindling resources and promoting judicial efficiency." 16 Costello, 765 F. Supp. at 1009 (internal citations omitted). Rule 59(e) and motions for 17 reconsideration are therefore not intended to "give an unhappy litigant one additional 18 change to sway the judge." Frito-Lay of P.R., Inc. v. Canas, 92 F.R.D. 384, 390 (D.P.R. 19 1981) (quoting Durkin v. Taylor, 444 F. Supp. 226, 233 (N.D. Ohio 1967)). 20 Plaintiff offers insufficient justification to warrant reconsideration of this Court's 21 prior order. Instead, she rehashes her prior arguments with a bit more detail, vaguely 22 elaborating on her medical condition and the opinions she's received indicating she will 23 require surgery.1 Plaintiff still has not explained to the Court, however, how she 24 exercised the requisite due diligence in seeking through her prior motion to modify the 25 Court's scheduling order. Nor has she explained how her medical condition has 26 changed since the Court's prior order or how it prevents her from preparing for trial. 27 28 1 The Court is cognizant that Plaintiff was in a car accident at the beginning of this month as well, but absent substantiated information as to how that accident interferes with Plaintiff's ability to prepare for trial, it has no bearing on the Court's decision. 3 1 To the contrary, it appears from Plaintiff's papers that she has been advised for weeks 2 that "immediate surgery" may be necessary, but nothing has yet been scheduled. 3 Moreover, this action is five years old, has been set for trial on the current date for 4 months, and only small discrete issues remain to be tried. Given the age of this case 5 and Plaintiff's ability to file multiple motions and trial documents over the last few 6 months, it is apparent to the Court that Plaintiff is not only intimately familiar with the 7 remaining claims, but is also more than capable of participating in a one-day bench trial. 8 In sum, Plaintiff has failed to show "strongly convincing" facts warrant reconsideration. 9 Accordingly, for the reasons just stated and those articulated in Defendant's Opposition, 10 Plaintiff's Motion (ECF No. 223) is DENIED. This matter is CONFIRMED for trial on 11 Monday, May 22, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 7. 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: May 18, 2017 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4


Exciting and original design ideas for children's bedroom and playrooms.
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Den internationella konströrelsen Fluxus bildades
Konstnärernas Samarbetsorganisation bildades
Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk grundades

Priser och utmärkelser
 Prins Eugen-medaljen tilldelas Bror Marklund, svensk skulptör, och Arne Jacobsen, dansk arkitekt.

Verk
Andy Warhol – Gröna Coca-Colaflaskor

Utställningar
4 amerikanare med Robert Rauschenberg, Alfred Leslie, Richard Stankiewic och Jasper Johns visas på Moderna Museet i Stockholm.

Födda
23 januari - Svein Nyhus, norsk tecknare, illustratör och barnboksförfattare.
24 januari - Magnus Wassborg, svensk konstnär.
2 februari - Henrik Teleman, svensk konstnär konstnär och chef för Virserums konsthall.
22 februari - Pernilla Stalfelt, svensk barnboksförfattare, illustratör och museipedagog.
28 februari - Karin Mamma Andersson, svensk konstnär.
2 april - Ann-Sofi Sidén, svensk bildkonstnär och professor.
11 april - Vincent Gallo, amerikansk skådespelare, regissör, konstnär och kompositör.
6 maj - Christian Beijer, svensk konstnär, målare, popkonstnär.
22 maj - Anders Nyberg, svensk illustratör.
25 maj - Olof Sundqvist, svensk silversmed och formgivare.
19 juni - Pipilotti Rist, schweizisk videokonstnär.
12 juli - Václav Švejcar, tjeckisk bildkonstnär.
29 juli - Anders Gunér, svensk konstnär och designer.
11 september - Pierre Huyghe, fransk film och videokonstnär.
okänt datum - Annica Karlsson Rixon, svensk konstnär och professor vid Högskolan för Fotografi i Göteborg.
okänt datum - Johan Grimonprez, belgisk konstnär.
okänt datum - Dinos Chapman, brittisk konstnär.
okänt datum - Jill Emery, amerikansk basist och konstnär.
okänt datum - Björn Bergenholtz, svensk illustratör och författare.

Avlidna
 13 maj – Franz Kline (född 1910), amerikansk abstrakt-expressionistisk målare.
 5 augusti - John Willie, amerikansk fetischkonstnär och fotograf.

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Prey is one of those games that you might have heard about, but probably don't know much about more than the name and the fact that it's just been released. Bethesda have been very low key in marketing the game, and also didn't provide review copy to media in advance of the release date. As such, I wanted to give this the proper review treatment. There's so much that goes into understanding what Prey is and what its trying to achieve, so I spend some time providing that background in the first third of this review. Feel free to skip past it to 10:28 if you're only interested in the review itself. I've seen some truly terrible reviews of Prey already. Reviews that write it off as generic and borrowed- nothing could be further from the truth. I hope I've managed to convey the depth and intelligence that springs from almost every part of Prey.
Skill Up / S01E06 : Prey (2017)
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On Dublin Street
6 primary works • 7 total works
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by Samantha Young
Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. When she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street, she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core. Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he's determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship, Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached. Jocelyn soon realizes that Braden won't be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her-- down to the very soul...
Down London Road
The unmissable, sensual sequel to On Dublin Street. Perfect for fans of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy.
'Scotland's answer to E. L. James' Sunday Post
Johanna Walker knows what she wants. And that's a strong, steady, financially secure man who will treat her well and look after her and her little brother, Cole - something her parents have never done.
But when she meets the gorgeous Cameron MacCabe, a new bartender at work,
Jo can't deny the instant and undeniable attraction she feels. Cam doesn't fit into her strict specifications of her perfect partner at all - but for once she is tempted to let her heart rule her head.
And as their intense connection grows, Jo has to stop hiding the truth about herself and her family. Is Cam prepared to accept Jo for who she really is? And is Jo willing to let someone into her life for keeps?
IF YOU LOVED DOWN LONDON ROAD, DON'T MISS THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN THE SERIES, BEFORE JAMAICA LANE
Before Jamaica Lane
The follow-up to the runaway bestsellers ON DUBLIN STREET and DOWN LONDON ROAD
Despite her outgoing demeanor, Olivia is painfully insecure around the opposite sex—usually, she can't get up the nerve to approach guys she's interested in. But moving to Edinburgh has given her a new start, and, after she develops a crush on a sexy postgrad, she decides it's time to push past her fears and go after what she wants.
Nate Sawyer is a gorgeous player who never commits, but to his close friends, he's as loyal as they come. So when Olivia turns to him with her relationship woes, he offers to instruct her in the art of flirting and to help her become more sexually confident.
The friendly education in seduction soon grows into an intense and hot romance. But then Nate's past and commitment issues rear their ugly heads, and Olivia is left brokenhearted. When Nate realizes he's made the biggest mistake of his life, he will have to work harder than he ever has before to entice his best friend into falling back in love with him—or he may lose her forever….
Fall From India Place
The New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street, Down London Road, and Before Jamaica Lane returns with a story about letting go of the past and learning to trust in the future....
When Hannah Nichols last saw Marco D'Alessandro five long years ago, he broke her heart. The bad boy with a hidden sweet side was the only guy Hannah ever loved—and the only man she's ever been with. After one intense night of giving in to temptation, Marco took off, leaving Scotland and Hannah behind. Shattered by the consequences of their night together, Hannah has never truly moved on.
Leaving Hannah was the biggest mistake of Marco's life—something he has deeply regretted for years. So when fate reunites them, he refuses to let her go without a fight. Determined to make her his, Marco pursues Hannah, reminding her of all the reasons they're meant to be together....
But just when Marco thinks they're committed to a future together, Hannah makes a discovery that unearths the secret pain she's been hiding from him—a secret that could tear them apart before they have a real chance to start over again....
Echoes of Scotland Street
From the New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street comes a seductive story of forgiving the past and making up for lost time.…
Shannon MacLeod has always gone for the wrong type of man. After she drifted from one toxic relationship to the next, her last boyfriend gave her a wake-up call in the worst possible way. With her world shattered, she's sworn off men—especially those of the bad-boy variety.
Cole Walker is exactly the sort that Shannon wants to avoid—gorgeous, tattooed, charming, and cocky. But his rough exterior hides a good man who's ready to find "the one." He's determined to pull Shannon from her self-imposed solitude to win her heart.
As Shannon opens up in the face of Cole's steady devotion, the passion between them ignites to blazing levels. But when Shannon's past comes back to haunt her, her fears may destroy the trust Cole has built between them—and tear them apart for good.…
Moonlight on Nightingale Way
Logan from Echoes of Scotland Street is back with his own smouldering story, as the bestselling On Dublin Street series returns...
Logan spent two years paying for the mistakes he made. Now, he's ready to start over. He has a great apartment, a good job, and plenty of women to distract him from his past. And one woman who is driving him to distraction...
Grace escaped her manipulative family by moving to a new city. Her new life, made to suit her own needs, is almost perfect. All she needs to do is find her Mr. Right-or at least figure out a way to ignore her irresistible yet annoying womanizer of a neighbor.
Grace is determined to have nothing to do with Logan until a life-changing surprise slowly begins turning the wild heartbreaker into exactly the kind of strong, stable man she's been searching for. Only just when she begins to give into his charms, her own messy past threatens to derail everything they've worked to build...
Praise for the On Dublin Street series:
'Scotland's answer to E.L. James. Steamy romance . . . mysterious, all-consuming and pretty damn good' Closer
'Ridiculously incendiary chemistry.' - Dear Author
'Humor, heartbreak, drama, and passion.' - The Reading Cafe
'A true gift for storytelling with a liberal dose of racy encounters. But what really sets it apart is exquisite characterisation, so vivid that the cast seeps into the reader's psyche' - Daily Record
'Heartwarming, sizzling and captivating. . . . [Young's characters] are complex, a little flawed, and at their core good people struggling to make it in this crazy world. . . . Young creates steamy scenes that sizzle with just the right amount of details.' - Caffeinated Book Reviewer
On Hart's Boardwalk
Nate and Liv have a great life together but they miss the spontaneity and freedom they enjoyed early on in their romance. Careers and their children have inevitably kept them busy, so when Nate discovers Liv is feeling disconnected from him, he plans an anniversary trip to the idyllic seaside town of Hartwell, Delaware. There he hopes they will have the opportunity they've been craving - a chance to reinvent themselves and fall in love all over again.
With each new day comes a new adventure, from wedding crashing at the five-star boardwalk hotel to pretending they are two strangers having a chance encounter at the boardwalk bar. In the midst of this daring, sexually charged game of romantic rediscovery, Nate and Liv discover the only constant they need is each other.
Praise for Samatha Young
"Really sexy." USA Today
"Young writes stories that stay with you long after you flip that last page." Under the Covers
"Scotland's answer to E. L. James" Sunday Post
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If you are part of the Boxing Inc Crossfit team, then you know how passionate we are about Crossfit. If you are not a member of our gym, but you're curious about trying out a Crossfit class in Tucson, you have landed on the right page. You can show up today for a free trial class if you're feeling really ambitious, otherwise, you can continue reading to learn a little more about Crossfit and how this awesome workout came to be.
Over the years, we've seen plenty of trends come and go when it comes to exercise and trying to get fit. Often, they come along, grab the attention of a particular niche, enjoy some success, but then eventually fade out. With CrossFit, we have a trend that has quickly become a staple not only in the United States but in many other countries too. Although starting as a trend, CrossFit is more popular now than ever before and we're going to look into the history of how it all began.
Whenever you research CrossFit, you're likely to come across the name Greg Glassman and this is because Greg is the founder of this particular branded fitness regimen. Although founded in 2000 alongside Lauren Jenai, the foundations of the regimen can actually be traced back to before the turn of the millennium.
In his teens, Glassman was training as a gymnast and, like many gymnasts, he wanted to improve his strength. At the time, most gymnasts were working with bodyweight exercises alone. However, Glassman decided to get creative and he started working out with barbells and dumbbells too. Alongside his hobby of cycling with friends, he noticed how much fitter and stronger he became by simply doing more than just bodyweight exercises. While there may have been people out there that were better than him in one specific area, not many could compete across multiple areas…and this formed the basis for CrossFit. From this foundational point, Crossfit was born and has influenced many gyms across the world to embrace and compete in Crossfit. We pride ourselves on being the most welcoming and engaged Crossfit gym in Tucson.
In the 1990s, Glassman designed workouts that would match the short but intense nature of a gymnastic performance. Eventually, the workouts would come to include aspects of calisthenics (bodyweight exercises), aerobic training, and weightlifting. Described as a 'strength and conditioning' program, the main goal is to improve fitness by training the body in a number of functional movements across a number of fields. Many Crossfit instructors are in such amazing shape, they often become personal trainers and help other members through the transformation process.
For those who have been in a CrossFit gym, you'll know that they boast barbells and dumbbells like a normal gym but they also offer pull-up bars, gymnastic rings, kettlebells, rowing machines, plyo boxes, resistance bands, and more. Although originally designed for gymnastics, the training includes calisthenics, plyometrics, bodyweight exercises, indoor rowing, Olympic weightlifting, running, swimming, Strongman events, aerobic exercises, and many more. Cross-sport enthusiasts are commonly seen training Crossfit as part of their fitness regimen. Football players, boxers, jiu-jitsu practitioners, MMA fighters, kickboxers, Muay Thai fighters, many of them benefit from the intense training that Crossfit provides when the limits are pushed.
After launching a gym in Santa Cruz, California, Glassman quickly earned himself a list of private clients and started doubling up clients and running group classes as more and more people were interested in the idea. What's more, he was even hired to bring his training techniques to the Santa Cruz Police Department. Once he realized the CrossFit themes could be taught well and safely to a group of people, this was the start of the community that still shines brightly today.
After five years of the first CrossFit gym being established, the name was trademarked and it turned into the brand many have come to know and love. Soon enough, an affiliated gym launched in Seattle, Washington, and 13 different locations had launched by 2005. Compared to what was to come, this was actually a steady start. Today, there's thought to be over 13,000 different CrossFit locations with around half of these in the US. After a divorce from Jenai, Glassman paid $16 million for her share and now stands as the sole owner.
For those who are looking for a high-intensity workout that trains the whole body and improves overall fitness, CrossFit is a fine choice and it continues to develop even today. What's more, the WOD (Workout of the Day) keeps CrossFit interesting and different with each workout.
Boxing Inc is excited to represent the sport and we are passionate about the training and competitions. We have a wide variety of Tucson residents that come in and train with us. Not everyone has a desire to compete, some are just looking to change up their exercise routine and lose some weight. Regardless of your reason, we welcome you with open arms and encourage you to stop by today for a trial class. You will find that our instructors and the Tucson residents that train here at our gym will quickly feel like family. This is the environment we pride ourselves on creating, a gym for anyone in Tucson looking to better their health!


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As my plane back to the UK wasn't until midnight on Monday I decided to have a final explore of some of the things I hadn't yet seen which included both Dongdaemun and Namdaemun markets, centred around the historic city walls.
Dongdaemun means "Great East Gate" and was the major eastern gate in the wall that surrounded Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty. Today it's marooned in the middle of a busy roundabout looking somewhat forlorn, no longer gatekeeper to a city which is grown way beyond its original boundaries. Surrounding the gate is Dongdaemun Market, consisting of over 26 shopping malls, mainly specialising in retail and wholesale fashion items. With over 30,000 shops you're pretty spoilt for choice if you like that sort of thing!
I choose to steer away from the modern shopping malls and headed for the backstreets which looked a whole lot more interesting. Packed between narrow streets lay an array of curious vendors selling all manor of various goods. I particularly liked an alleyway which sold nothing but shoes of every type and size, stacked high against the walls. The place reminded somewhat of Silk Street in Beijing with many counterfeit brands!
If you're curious to see what the more modern side look like at night check out this video. Next up, the final instalment from Korea (normal service to be restored shortly!).
So DONG in Korean also means east like the DONGZHIMEN subway station in Beijing :). And that alley very much reminds me of TIANQIN and the Silk Streets. So did you buy any? Do these guys bargain like the ones at Silk Street? My biggest bargain there was I guess denims which started from 700 RMB and ended at 65 RMB :).
To be honest I didn't buy anything as I had no room in my bags to bring stuff back, that and the fact it would have been hard to find a matching pair of shoes here!


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Lottie and Daisy
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Lottie and Daisy Dale of Butler, Pennsylvania were sisters. They graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio in 1890 and 1891 respectively. The word "Athenaeum" is written on the reverse of the cabinet card photos and references a literary society at the university.
The girls' father, David, was an oil producer. About 1907 the family moved to Chicago, Illinois where the sisters worked as artists. Lottie never married and died in 1930.
On one census, the young women's artwork was described as picture painting which makes me think of landscapes and portraits. But, this might have meant that the sisters added color to photographs. Whatever type of art, I wonder if any of their works are hanging out in someone's attic.
Daisy was a single lady until 1928, when at the age of 55 she wed Daniel Edwards, 58, in North Carolina. Daniel was a traveling salesman from New Orleans, Louisiana. Did the couple meet in Chicago and elope?
Daniel's first wife and mother of his 10 children, Eugenie, co-founded a religious order called Missionary Servants of Christ the Master and Saint Anthony and became Mother Mary Theresa Edwards. I have to wonder if this is what prompted the end of Daniel's first marriage or if it was the other way around.
Daisy had just seven years of married life before her husband died. She passed away in Chicago on June 12, 1960, at the age of 88 years. I suspect she was laid to rest near her husband but found no record of her burial.
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Butler Citizen, Butler, PA, April 15, 1919 edition (David Dale's obit)
Enterprise-Journal, McComb, MS, April 24, 1992 edition (Sister Teresita Edward's obit)
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL ~ June 13, 1960 (Daisy's obit)
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It's interesting that Eugenie became a nun and co-founded a religious order after having 10 children!
That was the highlight of my research because it seemed so odd.
My husband had a great aunt who became a Mother Superior, but she never married and was a nun from her youth.
Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner says:
Always interesting. I think 10 children would drive me to drink, rather than a nunnery. But on the other hand…celibacy has its advantages 🙂
Interesting bit of history, thanks for sharing it.


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"As a long-standing iconic Canadian brand, Bryston always exhibits in a large room to showcase their gear.
This year in Montreal they were once again showing the Active System with the Middle T-Rex loudspeakers, which are basically two pairs of their Middle T models stacked on top of each other and secured with brackets.
The system was driven by two 21B3 (cubed) three-channel amplifiers with each channel controlling tweeters, midrange and woofers per side.
The demo system also featured the BAX-1 DSP active crossover, the BDA-3 DAC and the BDP-3 digital player.
Playing Leonard Cohen's "Tower Of Song", the system offered great imaging and sound-staging with a clean and coherent presentation that was musical and pleasing to the ear.
My mission was to scour the halls of the Hotel Bonaventure Montréal, the venue for the 2019 Montréal Audio Fest, looking for affordable products to report on. That turned out to be fun but not all that easy -- most exhibitors were showing off their five- and even six-figure systems.
But among all the audio bling, a few manufacturers and distributors displayed some gear that was indeed affordably priced.
Bryston has been an audio staple for decades, and their presence as a Canadian manufacturer could not be missed.
The three-way Mini A is available as a traditional passive speaker, but those who want to just plug in and play can opt for the powered, Bluetooth-enabled wireless version. Though not tiny, the Mini A, at 11 pounds, could easily fit into most spaces.
The BW-1 wireless/networked powered speaker looked like the type of device aimed at the Sonos buyer who might be looking to step up in quality. With a shape similar to that of the Sonos Play:5, the BW-1 can decode up to 24-bit/192kHz PCM streams via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Two 75W amplifiers drive what are, effectively, are two Mini A's built into a single, elegantly curved cabinet.


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Rockin' the Roadshow
The Day PBS's Antique Roadshow Rolled Through Our Town
By Barbara Chisholm, Fri., Feb. 16, 2001
Photo By John Anderson
Forget Pokémon ... Disney can drop dead ... Sailor Moon sleeps with the fishes! In our house, a certain PBS TV show is where it's at. While other families with little girls know all too well the indelible star power of the Britneys, the Christinas, and the TLCs, what gets the attention and adoration of our particular eight-year-old is PBS's curiously popular Antiques Roadshow.
To our starstruck little girl, the celebrities that populate the Sunday night public television antique assessment program might as well be rock stars. In fact, when I informed Rosalind that Leslie and Leigh Keno, the show's charismatic twin furniture assessors, would appear at a special Austin shooting of the program, she positively squealed with delight. So, it came to pass that Rosalind had her first certifiable live pop culture experience last June, at the Austin Convention Center, when the Chubb's Antiques Roadshow came to town.
Devoted mother that I am, I was willing to jump through whatever hoop necessary to secure tickets to the Austin leg of the antique mega-tour. Admission to the Roadshow is free, but requires a ticket -- all of which, of course, were snatched up in a matter of hours. This show is hot -- Ricky Martin hot. U2 hot. So hot that the entry times are staggered to prevent the crowd crush experienced in years past. If you think a trampled attendee is bad news for The Who or Pearl Jam, think of the PR nightmare one could cause for a PBS show.
As a further screening measure to ward off deadbeats, all visitors are required to bring two items to be appraised. Once our tickets were secured, the search was on for the perfect items to bring. Rosalind's enthusiasm bore some hasty suggestions: her father's Peanuts book? Uncle Robbie's car-sized chess set? (Rosalind's disconcerting idea of antique might have something to do with her age ...) We finally settled on a Disney movie cell that her dad purchased while in college and a piece of her Nana's jewelry. After repeated assurance to my mother that we wouldn't actually sell any of it, I wrestled a couple of items away from her.
The morning of the show, we arrived at the convention center at 8:30am, only to find a line snaking its way around the center. What's the deal? I thought. If you have a ticket, you'll get in. If the ticket says 9:30am, it won't make a bit of difference to get there at 8am. Wow. This was just like a sold-out rock show. Everyone wanted to be there first. And you thought 'N Sync was the hottest ticket in town.
Unlike a rock show, however, audience members are required to bring items into the venue. Every possible ilk of painting, old doll, unfathomable sculpture, card, book, and furnishing -- even a wood propeller off a WWII plane, for crissakes -- was being toted, pulled, and hauled into the roadshow. Fans bonded over their shared appreciation, chatting constantly in the line, trading stories and divulging the pedigree of their precious "finds."
Before audience members enter the appraisal area, AR staff prescreens and sorts the items by category and issues tickets to the various appropriate booths. Is it a collectible or a toy? They decide. Rosalind was given a ticket to the jewelry booth and a ticket to the collectible booth.
The appraisal area looks like your average trade show. If you've ever seen Antiques Roadshow on TV, you'd recognize it all immediately. The booths ring an area of controlled chaos, with appraisals and videotapings of "finds" (that's Roadshow parlance for an item worth filming) going on literally in the center of the room. Dozens of workers were on hand to usher eager participants to the appropriate booth and facilitate crowd control. Loitering and lingering was actively discouraged, as the flow was kept moving to assure that all 6,000 ticketed people would have the opportunity to get their treasures appraised.
The line at "Collectibles" (which the Disney cell had been dubbed) was so long that we moved on to the jewelry area first. Rosalind clutched the necklace that had once belonged to her great-grandmother. She gaped at the appraisers who appear in her living room every week. She got very excited as Ms. Joyce Jonas accepted the necklace politely, eyed it in what I dismissed as an absent-minded manner, and asked us to wait a moment. She was only gone for a few minutes, then returned with a crew person who asked permission to tape Rosalind.
Baby! We had a find! Pay dirt!
I signed that release so fast, the fine print might have said that she would be abducted by a cult and sold into slavery, for all I knew.
This particular taping of Antiques Roadshow was one of the "on the scene" tapings -- shot right at the table, as opposed to the seated tapings in their makeshift set. It is fast and dirty. The ink on the release form was barely dry before the crew person hoisted the camera on his shoulder and Rosalind was on.
I must confess here that we are well-versed in the ways of the Roadshow. In fact, Rosalind plays Antiques Roadshow ... you know, the way other kids might play Barbie or Cops & Robbers. We take turns being the appraiser and the visitor. It goes like this: Take an item, any item (Your watch? A tchotchke from the living room? A book?) and present it for appraisal. The appraiser's job is to say, "Hello! Thank you for coming to the Antiques Roadshow. Can you tell me something about this item you brought in?" Then the visitor makes up a story about how it has been passed down in her family throughout the generations, or how she found it in her Nana's house, or whatever. Then the appraiser gets to spin a yarn about the make, the origin, etc., of the item. Then, it's on to the closing. The text varies only slightly at this point:
Appraiser: "Do you have any idea what this is worth?"
Visitor: "I have no idea."
Appraiser: "Based on what we know, I would estimate this to be worth [we make up some insane dollar amount here] at auction."
Visitor: Appropriate delighted response.
The only variation in this sequence on television is when the guest is disappointingly blasé. In our family, we frown on that. We feel that it is very bad form to react with anything less than utter delight.
But here we were at the real thing. Would Rosalind's hours of viewing and multiple episodes of playacting Antiques Roadshow pay off?
Sure enough, Ms. Jonas began with, "Thank you for coming to the Antiques Roadshow. This is an interesting necklace you have. Can you tell me something about it?" Rosalind took a moment to collect herself and told what little we knew about it: that her great-grandfather brought it back from a business trip to his wife, Rosalind's great-grandmother. We guessed that this happened sometime around 1910 or thereabouts -- before the crash of '29, certainly.
Ms. Jonas then illuminated us on the necklace's origin. It is, according to her assessment, a wonderful example of something called the American Arts & Crafts movement that began in the late 19th century. The necklace is turquoise (hmm, I always assumed it was jade) and is a particularly fine example of the workmanship of this movement. The chain and filigree over the stones is made of gold.
After a few minutes of this back story, Ms. Jonas offered the clincher, "Do you have any idea what this is worth?" No. Of course we didn't.
"At auction," Ms. Jonas began, "I would estimate this necklace to bring $4,000!" Without missing a beat, Rosalind responded, "Oh my goodness! I had no idea it would be worth that much!"
Before we could congratulate ourselves on having such a valuable necklace (it made the trip in a Ziploc bag, for pete's sake!) and before we could congratulate the one-take wonder Rosalind, we were informed that they had to tape it again. It's standard procedure to tape it once with the camera on the guest and once with the camera on the appraiser. They launched into the same routine: "Thank you for coming to the Antiques Roadshow ..." Rosalind was in the zone and repeated her story. When the $4,000 punchline came, Rosalind responded with an identical "Oh my goodness! I had no idea it would be worth that much!"
A star is born! Sing out, Louise!
After congratulations and thanks, we were ushered on. It was only 10am; the folks at the show had a long day ahead of them. There would be dozens of others finds after ours.
We took the long way around to the collectible table so we could pass the furniture department where the twins, Leigh and Leslie Keno, were offering their opinions to anxious antique holders. Rosalind gazed lovingly at the antique idols as they assessed a chest of drawers. We watched, spellbound. At the appraisal's finish, we approached Leigh Keno and introduced ourselves. Rosalind mentioned what a fan she was, and was rewarded with an autographed picture and a warm handshake. He couldn't have been more delightful.
At the collectible table, the results of the cell appraisal were satisfactory, if less spectacular. It was estimated that the picture is worth $300, not bad for a $100 investment. At that table, we also got to meet and chat with Leila Dunbar, another of our heroes of the show. She's from the collectible department of Sotheby's and was so enthusiastic about Rosalind's interest in collecting, that she extracted a promise to correspond by e-mail.
Our tired dogs were barking, our treasures had been appraised, we were starving, and there wasn't a chair or bench in sight, so we decided to hit the road. And the good folks at the Roadshow were on the road too, all summer, taping episodes from Denver, Charleston, Tulsa, Sacramento, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Boston, and Madison. The new season began airing in January, and there's still no word yet as to whether Rosalind's appearance will make the show or end up on the cutting room floor. No matter, she'll inherit a necklace worth a small fortune some day, and we have autographs to treasure and friends in the business to e-mail ... and miles to shop before we stop!
The Austin edition of Antiques Roadshow is a two-part series that will air on KLRU, channel 18 (cable channel 9). Part One airs Monday, Feb. 19, 8pm (with rebroadcasts scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 21, noon; and Sunday, Feb. 25, 6pm). Part Two airs Monday, Feb. 26, 8pm (rebroadcasts Wednesday, Feb. 28, noon; Monday, March 12, 8pm and 9:15pm; Sunday, March 18, 1pm and 2:15pm). No word yet on whether Rosalind and the necklace made the final cut for broadcast.
More by Barbara Chisholm
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Razor-sharp language and wit elevate this coming-of-age novel
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2011 Texas Book Festival cookbook reviews
PBS, Antiques Roadshow, antique appraisals, Leslie and Leigh Keno, Chubb's Antiques Roadshow, Joyce Jonas, Leila Dunbar, Sotheby's, KLRU


The race for the one of the "Big 4" sports franchises (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) to enter Las Vegas was won by the NHL. On June 22nd, 2016 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced that an expansion team had been born in Vegas. 310 days later, the Vegas Golden Knights have already been put on death watch.
Breaking: The Raiders' move to Las Vegas has been approved 31-1, per @AdamSchefter.
When you read those words, "The Raiders' move to Las Vegas has been approved", you should hear a judge's gavel hitting the bench after handing down a death penalty in the background.
I have zero sympathy for the ownership or the league. They (NHL) crammed that move in the face of common sense!
1) only 8 home games versus 41 for the NHL. With 8 games, you can treat it like an event!
2) Raiders are a BRAND, a lifestyle. The Golden Knights are going to be an answer to a trivia question.
3) THE NFL, for all its evil, knows how to market.
For some reason we are always compared to Phoenix when we should be compared to the market closest to us which is Anaheim. The Coyotes are a terrible comparison because that market has the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, and Arizona State sports. The dollar will only stretch so far when your product is less than average.
We have 41 million people walking 200 yards away from the arena with 2.3 million residents with a large portion of them from East Coast cities or hockey cities.
The Tampa Bay Lightning certainly do not play in a traditional hockey market but fill over 96% of their building which is better than the Ottawa Senators. We are a city built on the impossible becoming possible. Las Vegas needs to make promises of making this a huge event 41 times a year. If done correctly I don't ask how the NHL can compete with the rest of the Vegas entertainment, I ask will they be able to compete with the NHL.
One can argue the argument is apples and oranges comparing an expansion team to a transplanted team. With so many options in the NHL of teams that could/should/would have made more sense to transplant instead of going the expansion route, this team is already in trouble. The Golden Knights in the NHL cannot compete with the juggernaut that is the NFL marketing machine. We hardly knew ye!
Nashville has the NFL Titans and the NHL Preds and AAA baseball. The Preds do well in attendance and the franchise is successful. Same can happen in LV. To say the Knights are DOA isn't too fair IMO.


Rep. Eric Swalwell then replied by noting that people have gone to jail and there is probably a "farming out" of other investigations.
"Yes, if you have a TV or a Twitter account and you've already seen obstruction of justice. I think the team has seen that," he said before noting what is important is that President Donald Trump should not be allowed to "restrict or sanitize" the report.


Cameron and Hannah are kind, down-to-earth, and down to have a good time. They're serious about having fun and know how to love each other well.
Southern at heart; city-slickers in spirit. That's kind of how I feel about Hannah and Cameron. The are that perfect combination of gratefulness and directness, confidence and kindness. The type of people who are just good people. They have high standards and good intentions to meet them. And that's how they started their marriage too.
During their ceremony—Hannah and Cameron read each other love notes; they wrote these to one another while they were engaged, but they each heard their love letters for the first time during their ceremony. This is how I know they have high standards for their marriage—for their commitment to love each other deeply and honor each other for the rest of their days.
Have you ever been to a wedding that ended the night in a full with all of the remaining guests and bridal party singing Don't Stop Believing while in a giant group circle? This is the type of party Hannah and Cameron threw, and it was absolutely amazing. Twigs Tempietto had never looked better for this event. Rich hues of cranberry and various shades of green transformed the space to look royal, and their reception was filled with excitement and energy from the moment it began. The newlywed Ridenour's exited the night in style on a party bus fit for kings. Their marriage is destined for greatness.


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Q: How to avoid query inside loop in laravel I have created a simple profit and loss calculation based on FIFO entry in my database of buy and sell order,
and get the buy orders first then I see the sell orders against them and i get the price difference between them and that my profit but now the problem is I have to get the fresh sell orders for every loop of buy order and my code get stuck when the data is large.
can anyone give me the solution for this?
Code:
 //get all buy tx orders
            $pnl_logs = BuyOrder::where('status', 0)->OrderBy('created_at', 'asc')->get()->take(50);
            if ($pnl_logs->isEmpty())
                return Response::json(['code' => 0, 'message' => 'No Record found in buy Order to update']);
            foreach ($pnl_logs as $logs) {

                //get current buy rate  and sell rate from price automation table
                $system_buy_rate = PriceAutomation::where('type', 0)->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')->first();
                $system_sell_rate = PriceAutomation::where('type', 1)->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')->first();

                //subtract percentage fees from buy orders
                $sell_rate = $this->updateSellRate($logs->vendor_id, $logs->sell_rate, $system_buy_rate->base_rate);

                //get all sell tx orders
                $sell_orders = SellOrders::where('status', 0)->OrderBy('created_at', 'asc')->get()->take(50);
                if ($sell_orders->isEmpty())
                    return Response::json(['code' => 0, 'message' => 'No Record found in Sell Order to update']);
                $sum = 0;
                $data = [];
                foreach ($sell_orders as $key => $orders) {

                    $sum += $orders->remaining_amount;
                    $data[$key]['id'] = $orders->id;
                    $data[$key]['remaining_amount'] = $orders->remaining_amount;
                    $data[$key]['sell_rate'] = $orders->sell_rate * $orders->remaining_amount;
                    $data[$key]['system_sell_rate'] = $system_sell_rate->base_rate * $orders->remaining_amount;
                    $data[$key]['source'] = $orders->gold_source;

                    if ($sum >= $logs->gold_amount) {
                        $status = 0;
                        $rm_balance = 0;
                        $avg = 0;
                        $system_avg = 0;
                        $buy_rm_amount = $logs->gold_amount;

                        foreach ($data as $k => $v) {
                            $buy_rm_amount -= $v['remaining_amount'];
                            if ($buy_rm_amount > 0) {
                                //a sell tx order is completely consumed for buy tx order
                                $avg += $v['sell_rate'];
                                $system_avg += $v['system_sell_rate'];
                                $status = 1;
                            } else {
                                //if buy order is completely satisfied sell tx order
                                $rm_balance = $sum - $logs->gold_amount;
                                $avg += ($v['remaining_amount'] - $rm_balance) * $orders->sell_rate;
                                $system_avg += ($v['remaining_amount'] - $rm_balance) * $system_sell_rate->base_rate;
                                if ($rm_balance == 0) {
                                    $status = 1;
                                } else {
                                    $status = 0;
                                }
                            }

                            //update sell order status
                            SellOrders::where('id', $v['id'])->update(['status' => $status, 'remaining_amount' => $rm_balance, 'system_sell_rate' => $system_sell_rate->base_rate]);
                            //entry in pnl log
                            $pnlLogData = [
                                'tx_id' => $logs->tx_id,
                                'buy_order_amount' => $logs->gold_amount,
                                'sell_order_amount' => $v['remaining_amount'] - $rm_balance,
                                'gold_source' => $v['source']
                            ];
                            PnlLog::create($pnlLogData);
                        }
                        $logs->system_sell_rate = ($logs->system_sell_rate == 0) ? $sell_rate['system_rate'] : $logs->system_sell_rate;
                        $logs->system_buy_rate = $system_avg;
                        $logs->buy_rate = $avg;
                        $logs->sell_rate = $sell_rate['rate'];
                        $logs->status = 1;
                        $logs->save();
                        break;
                    }

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