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The Diplomat of Florence By Anthony R Wildman
Florence, 1498. The long rule of the Medici is over and a new regime has emerged from the turbulence, a genuine republic of the people. But Florence is weak and threatened by a new warlord who is rampaging across central Italy-Cesare Borgia.
Niccolò Machiavelli is young and inexperienced when he becomes second secretary of the Florentine chancellery, but he is destined to become his city's leading diplomat. As he tries to counter the Borgia threat, Machiavelli is plunged into the grim realities of power politics, negotiates with kings and popes, and learns that no one can be trusted.
In the tradition of Hilary Mantel, this is the story of a skilled diplomat whose name has become a byword for treachery and double dealing.

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Bridgitte Hartley was in awesome form at the South African Sprint Canoeing Championships at the Roodeplaat Dam during the Easter weekend. She won five gold and three silver medals. The racing was certainly a bit tougher than at previous national championships because a visiting team from Singapore was also allowed to compete.
This meant that the female rowers had to compete in a semi-final as well as a final in most of the events. Consequently, Hartley had to do 14 races in three days. She was victorious in the K1 races over 200 metres, 500 metres, 1000 metres and 5000 metres.
The Olympic bronze medallist's first big test will be in May when she will be competing in a World Cup event in Portugal (14-16 May) and in Germany the week after. There can be no arguing that Hartley has been a trailblazer for women's canoeing in South Africa the past eight years. During this period she won two bronze medals at the World Championships (2009 and 2014), as well as a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Because of these achievements she can boast to be the first person from both South Africa and the African continent to medal at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. After winning the bronze medal at last year's World Championships, Hartley was quoted to have said that she believed the best was yet to come. According to her, the 2015 season is the most important in her build-up to the 2016 Rio Games, because 2015 is the qualifying year in the four-year Olympic cycle.


I was at the meeting on the Sacramento Avenue roundabouts. There were three undeveloped roundabout options, and nothing else. How Caltrans settled on roundabouts turns out to be scary.
For a start, they surveyed area traffic in summer, when Chico State empties out, and found few bikes or pedestrians. They will be back in the fall to fix that little oversight, but it won't help. The way their traffic model handles bikes and pedestrians is to convert them to "equivalent" motor vehicle numbers.
In other words, they're forgotten. The risks pedestrians face because drivers can focus on one side of the street and miss the other side, and those they face from their own inattentiveness, aren't in the models. Neither is the difference between an accident that sends someone to a body shop and one that sends someone to Enloe.
How do they miss that? I think because Caltrans has likely never built a roundabout anywhere that had significant bike and pedestrian traffic. If they did we wouldn't be bundled in as vehicle "equivalents," we'd be a whole different problem that needed solving.
That would start with, "What can be done to protect bike and pedestrian safety?" The roundabout answer is that vehicles will be moving slower than now and drivers will be nice a lot of the time. That's it? It helps explain why we haven't put roundabouts on Broadway and Main Streets yet, doesn't it?
We need Caltrans to work on modest fixes or just go away.


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Preview our new Fall 2010 collection!
Summer's just officially started, but we thought you might enjoy a sneak peek at our Fall 2010 collection. We've added many new styles and prints we think you'll love. Look for these new fall styles at your local koi retailer—coming soon!
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Chennai: Making a pitch for votes in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Saturday made a promise to take steps for creation of separate Tamil Eelam for the refugees.
Addressing the huge gathering, the state Chief Minister said, "I have demanded dual citizenship for the refugees, so that they can get jobs easily."
"I will take steps for creation of separate Tamil Eelam for Sri Lankan Tamils where they can live an independent and respectable life. I have continuously demanded an independent international investigation on the people who committed genocide," she added.
Jayalalithaa was campaigning in Tiruchy today.
She had earlier moved a resolution in the House, stating there should be an impartial, international and independent probe for the alleged war crimes and genocide in Sri Lanka.
Independent Tamil Eelam only solution, we will fight to attain it: Jayalalitha
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About remapping control on gamepad for pc.
Did you equip your orders?
WHY WE DESERVE BETTER THAN PEER TO PEER , A love letter?!
Everything wrong while oddly overlooked.
What the hell happening to display setting?
How to counter a guard break (timing)?
You really have to change faction system.
few things to improve on..
Why does camera angles changes?
Training bot levels 2 and 3?
Servers for this open beta are complete **** !
NAT Moderate? Can't play the game!
Collector's Case Edition arriving earlier?
Will deluxe champ boost + twitch prime stack?
Why so many people are leaving matches like that? What's wrong?
WTF is up with this NAT thing? Why does it even exist?
Players, what are your thoughts about this game?
Peacemakers blocking, parry and blockbreaker canceling does not work online !
how to customize this crap controlls?
As a new player coming in, this game has problems.
Guys dont worry! Its not p2p!
How to upgrade from Deluxe to Gold Edition?
How to Beserker vs Shield characters?
Thought there was going to be levels like a story mode?
Horrendous fps - ~10-20 in game menu?!
Yellow/red nat type? read here!
Anyone else having problems getting in game?
How is the player skill calculated?
BUG: Attempting to leave a game quickly results in a freeze.
BUG: Occasionally matchmaking attempts to put you into a full group.
Warden needs a hard nerf and Warlord with a smaller one.
Love this game. Done with the connection issues.
random teams dont stay together anymore?
Help plz.. Can anyone bind side click of middle mouse?
Shield Bash Counter - bug?
Will lv be save after BETA?
Hear no evil,see no evil,,speak no evil.
Is anyone else unable to connect and play in duel?
Samurai need to be nerfed before launch.
Fun game, but I can't buy it.
Will the servers for the full game be live before the 14th?
What's with WARLORD having all the 100% hit chance arsenal?
For Honor asking for Activation key for the Beta?
Revives in 4v4 Elimination need nerfed.
When purchasing "For honor" what difference is there "for honor" and "for honor asia"
Why is Orochi's deflect mechanic so hard?
Stop B!÷@#ing about the Conqueror!
Game is basically unplayable right now.
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What determines your score in dominion? Makes no sense.
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Is there a reward to joining a game in progress?
Is For Honor worth it?
What about the campaign ?
[Poll] Are You Satisfied With the Current State of the Beta?
What patterns do you see from each faction?
Congratulation for the Solo with bots !
My online friends are offline.
You "GAMERS" realize this is a beta... Right?


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Orly Azoulay
Nahum Barnea
Ron Ben-Yishai
Ronen Bergman
Alex Fishman
Dr. Yaron Friedman
Eitan Haber
Yoaz Hendel
Sima Kadmon
Aviad Kleinberg
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Yaron London
Smadar Perry
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The border of loyalty
Time has come for Arab Israelis to decide where their loyalties lie
Avigdor Lieberman|Published: 08.18.06 , 11:55
I'm not surprised by the Arab Knesset members' refusal to sign a letter by Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik calling on parliament speakers across the world to do their utmost in an effort to elicit a sign of life from the kidnapped IDF soldiers.
This is a symptom of the helplessness displayed by the State of Israel, its legal system, and even its legislature in the face of an effort to undermine the foundations of the Jewish-democratic state, undertaken through the utilization of our liberal democracy and political culture.
Arab MKs shun abductees
Ilan Marciano
Arab Knesset members only ones who refuse to sign letter calling for international support in effort to get sign of life from kidnapped IDF soldiers; Arab parliamentarian: Initiative aimed at making political gains
The State of Israel is home to a significant population sector whose identity stems from an aspiration to bring about the State of Israel's destruction.
This group has succeeded in turning the values of democracy against itself, as a sort of self-destruct mechanism. This group's members accept Israeli citizenship but their loyalty lies with another people.
They support Hizbullah and Hamas, but are willing to receive medical treatment and social insurance payments from the State when they're hurt in attacks by the very same terror groups. They take part in elections but send to the Knesset members whose job is to undermine it.
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The Arab community's elected officials are not the root of the problem, but rather, its display window. The root of the problem is that same father whose two children were killed by a Katyusha rocket in Nazareth, yet he still blamed the government of Israel and characterized Nasrallah as a "great leader" and "dear brother," right before approaching the National Insurance Institute to receive compensation granted to victims of hostile acts.
The country has the right to defend itself and its Jewish-democratic character. A bill I submitted to the Knesset immediately after the elections requires that every citizen, at the time of receiving his or her Israeli identity card, pledge their allegiance to the country as a Jewish and democratic state, to the national anthem, and to the principles outlined in the charter of independence. Also, every Israeli must obligate to perform national service – either military or a civilian alternative.
Anyone who refuses to sign such declaration is welcome to remain a permanent resident with full rights, with the exception of the right to elect and be elected.
As to those Knesset members, there's a dual gap – both when it comes to legislation and to enforcing current laws. According to the Basic Law: Knesset, a Knesset candidate whose goals or acts include: A) Rejection of the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, B) Racism, C) Support for an armed struggle by an enemy state or a terror organization against the State of Israel, will be barred from running for Knesset.
Relationship at crossroads
Despite repeated attempts, the Central Elections Committee never disqualified a candidate on the basis of clauses A or C. What's worse, our laws do not include a clause forbidding such activity on the part of a serving Knesset member.
The second bill submitted by the Israel Our Home faction in the last Knesset session is supposed to provide a response to this problem, with a Knesset member who violates those clauses having his term curbed immediately.
Passage of this bill in the coming session would enable (for example) us to kick out of the Knesset MK Wasil Taha, who in an Islamic online chat following the kidnapping of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit at Kerem Shalom, recommended choosing the option of abductions over the killing of civilians, because "this option is more effective."
The relationship between the State of Israel and its minorities is currently at a crossroads. The Arab community must decide where its loyalties lie - to those who are willing to live in the state of the Jews as a loyal minority with full rights and obligations I say "Welcome". To those who tied their fate to that of the Palestinian people I say that this country may be too small for both of us.
MK Avigdor Lieberman is Israel Our Home's chairman
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Incorporated on 6 January 1950 as a family concern with a factory in Kidderminster until its acquisition by Electro-Hydraulics Ltd in October 1959. The company manufactured and sold small electric trucks, the chief customer being British Railways which used them on railway platforms for the conveyance of baggage and light freight. The Kidderminster factory was sold together with part of its business in 1971 and the manufacture of the remaining products was centralised in the Warrington factory. The name was changed to Rubery Owen C-E Cast Ltd on 28 November 1978 [? reference to change in 1974-1975 in MSS.338/RO/4/2/3/3].


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atimetwaly May 6, 2010 March 3, 2012 Al Ahram Weekly, Egypt as it is, Music
For concert halls and classical performance regulars, 2010 has been a special year. The classical music world celebrates the 200th birth anniversary of Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. Chopin was born in 1810, and the same year marks by birth, in Germany, of another important composer and pianist: Robert Schumann.
Published on 6 May 2010 in Al Ahram Weekly
The list of anniversaries also includes the names of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Italian composer, violinist and organist, born in 1710) and Samuel Barber (American composer of orchestral, opera and choral music, born 1910). Pergolesi, Chopin, Schumann, Barber are all names from the classical music field.
Likewise, the world of ballet is marked by an equally important anniversary as 2010 marks the death centennial of Marius Petipa (1818-1910). Petipa, with a decades-long career as Premier Ma"tre de Ballet of the St Petersburg Imperial Theatres, was a Russian-French ballet dancer and choreographer, widely considered the father of Russian ballet and, more broadly speaking, a "father of classical ballet". His choreography of over 50 ballets survives to this day, whether intact or reinvented by generations of choreographers. Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle are only a few of the more notable works choreographed by Petipa or supervised by him (when choreographed by Lev Ivanov). Paquita, performed by the Iñaki Urlezaga Ballet Concierto last March at the Cairo Opera House Main Hall (reviewed in issue 990 of Al -Ahram Weekly ) also carried Petipa's choreographic lines and concepts. In later work Petipa collaborated with Ludwig Minkus who composed several pieces especially for this ballet. Paquita was not the first collaboration between the Austrian composer and Petipa. La Bayadère (meaning: The Temple Dancer or The Temple Maiden ) is an earlier fruit of the two artists artists joining their creative forces.
End of April has been marked by National Academic Bolshoi — Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus performing La Bayadère at the Cairo Opera House Main Hall (followed by performances in Alexandria). The history of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre goes back to 1933, while today's ballet group consist of over 100 dancers including several great masters of ballet. This is not the first time that the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus has performed in Egypt, yet with each ballet it manages to bring something fresh to Egyptian aesthetic sensibilities.
The plot of La Bayadère is based on an Indian folk tale about love between Nikiya (Bayadère, the temple dancer) and Solor, a princely warrior. The two protagonists face obstacles leading to a tragic end. On the one hand the Great Brahmin, a temple priest, secretly loves Nikiya; and on the other hand, Rajah Dugmanta of Gulconda has already made plans to marry his daughter Gamzatti to Solor. To guarantee Solor for herself, Gamzatti puts a poisonous snake into a basket of flowers which she offers to Nikiya during Gamzatti and Solor's engagement celebrations. Nikiya dies bitten by the snake, and a triumphant Ganzatti leads Solor to marriage. Nevertheless, Solor in a dream follows his beloved into the Kingdom of the Shades. The gods, disappointed, take revenge and destroy the temple.
From the dramaturgy point of view, the plot of La Bayadère forms a classical triangle in which the love of two main protagonists (Nikiya and Solor) is destined to end tragically due to a vicious third character (Gamzatti acting for her father Rajah). All secondary characters support the main aim of the story, which is annihilation of love. Pairs such as Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan and Iseult (Tristan and Isolde), Romeo and Juliet are characterised by a similar innocence, pure and almost naïve love equaling the one between Nikiya and Solor. While many known stories transcribed in world literature end with the protagonists' death being an ultimate solution to their misfortunes, love presented in La Bayadère carries powers which go beyond death. Moreover, Solor carries lots of elements resembling Orpheus who followed his wife Eurydice to the realm of death, where he tried to reconnect with her and bring her back to life. (It is worth mentioning that Eurydice too was bitten by a snake!)
Nikiya dies at the end of the second act. The final, third act is a representation of Solor's dream about the "Kingdom of the Shades" in which Nikiya appears as a vision. The vision scene serves as a prolonged catharsis. The scene carries strong emotional weight. Petipa's choreography is simple but poignant; it seems to walk the spectator through the world of eternity. Minkus music carries many meanings within itself. The Entré of the third act is a prolonged, monotonous scene with lined-up ballerinas going down the ramp towards the front stage in slow repetitive arabesque movements. Musical lyricism transports the spectator into the world of dreams which belongs to Solor, but in which the plot itself is dropped for the sake of dance and music. In hereafter, time stops and events cease to matter yet neither time nor events lose their impact. Minkus's music penetrates the emotions and as such it does not only reflect La Bayadère 's dramatic lines but also creates additional profound images. No wonder "Kingdom of the Shades" is often played as a separate piece during many symphonic concerts.
La Bayadère 's elementary plot turns the ballet into a big painting and even if it does not really relate to cultural elements typical to India, but rather it reflects emotions known to all cultures. Its beauty is accentuated through movement and music. Dancers of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus did not disappoint us with their performance and skills. Their steps are neat and complete with proper fine endings. Elegant postures and well synchronized tableaux were characteristic of all group scenes. Nikiya (danced by Marina Vezhovets) had the delicacy required for the role and the precision of her movements was a delight to watch. Solor (Yury Kovalev) is an obviously skillful dancer, his jumps and grand jetés gained a well-deserved applause of the audience. However, the nobility of the character was not sufficiently explored. To complete the classical trio, Gamzatti (Lyudmila Kudrjavtseva) emanated witty energy enveloped in masterful technique.
La Bayadère is a complete aesthetic treat. It is a lengthy but fulfilling experience for those who like classical ballet. The dancers have definitely offered a neat presentation of the ballet but the true emotional impact was reached through choreography images and the music. The Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Nikolai Koliadko managed to transmit many expressive accents. And even if the brass section at times seemed too loud, many phrasings, such as numerous breathtaking lyrical harp and flute dialogues left soothing impact on the whole of the evening.
Previous Artists Or Their Audiences? Who Is Crazy Here?
Next Catharsis on the Nile


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Forrest Stuart awarded 2018 Gordon J. Laing Prize
May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018 by txm
The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce that the 2018 Gordon J. Laing Prize has been awarded to sociologist Forrest Stuart for Down, Out, and Under Arrest: Policing and Everyday Life in Skid Row.
Stuart's book offers a fascinating look at the interactions between the criminal justice system and the low income residents of L. A.'s Skid Row. The result of years of fieldwork – not only with Skid Row residents, but with the police charged with managing them – Stuart's book reveals an alarming decrease in support for our poorest citizens, accompanied by an increase in spending on policing and prisons that only serves to exacerbate the problems endemic to the nation's most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Touching on some of his inspirations for the book as well as the historical role the University's Department of Sociology and the Press have played in developing and disseminating the unique style of ethnographic study at the heart of Stuart's work, the acceptance speech was hailed by Stuart's acquiring editor Doug Mitchell as "one of the best Laing Prize speeches in memory."
And luckily enough, someone even managed to capture it in it's entirety on their iphone! Check it out below, or find out more about Down, Out, and Under Arrest on the Press website.
http://press.uchicago.edu/multimedia/laing_prize_2018.mp4
Congratulations Professor Forrest Stuart!
See a complete list of past Gordon J. Laing Prize Winners on the University of Chicago website.
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When you have dementia it is important that the condition and your physical health are monitored closely. Conditions such as a bladder infection, the flu or cold or even changes in medication can cause a rapid deterioration of symptoms in dementia. Find out about other conditions that can affect dementia in the video below.
We've had good times and bad times. It's about, oh, eight years now since Anand was diagnosed, so we can't complain. But the bad times are more frequent. And some days, we just seem to hit a wall, and his mental state deteriorates and then gets slightly better. Well, what causes the huge trough? Is there anything that we can do to even things out?
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When i found you, p.3
Kate James
She was walking through the passenger concourse when her phone rang. Seeing Max's name and number on the caller ID, she answered without slowing her pace. "What's up?"
She could tell right away that there was a problem, from the tone of his voice.
"We had another security breach early this morning. A passenger wandered out of the secure international departure lounge into the domestic area."
"How did that happen?" Ariana asked, switching her phone to her other ear.
"The door had been left propped open."
"What? That can't be right."
"Sadly it is."
"But that's a secure door. Only about twenty of us can open it." Ariana moved to the edge of the corridor and stopped. "Do we know who left the door open?"
"We checked the video footage. It was Dave Langdon. For whatever reason, he hung around the airport last night. He wasn't on duty, but he didn't go home after our incident yesterday. He must've slept in the office and gone out to the airfield early this morning. On his way back, he passed through from the international to the domestic area and left the door open. We have him on camera."
"What was he doing on the airfield?"
"You'd have to ask him. My guess would be he went out to have a smoke. Can you believe it? All for the sake of saving himself a couple hundred yards of walking?"
Ariana did a slow turn to face the wall. "You've got to be joking. Even if he was stupid enough to do that, why didn't the door alarm go off?" She knew it was programmed to do so.
"We're trying to determine that."
"Get me the video file. I want to see it as soon as possible. Check his restricted area identity card record for the entire evening, too, would you?"
"Sure. Why?"
"If he accessed any other secure areas while off duty, I want to know about it."
"And the passenger? What happened to him?"
"It seemed to be an honest mistake. We took him through security again and to his proper departure lounge. He's probably boarding his flight now."
"Was there anyone else impacted?" Ariana was hoping not, given the earliness of the hour. If other passengers were involved, in addition to inconveniencing them, it could have caused flight delays.
"Fortunately not."
"All right. Let's discuss it once I've had a chance to watch the video. And I want to see Dave, if he's here." This could be the last strike for Dave Langdon, if in fact he had left that door open. "Wait, are you in your office now?"
"And you've got the video file cued up?"
"I'm closer to your office than mine." Max was in the terminal, near the screening areas, for rapid response if needed. Her space was in the administration section. "I'll see you in a few minutes."
Ariana holstered her phone. Since the day she'd started, she'd been trying to tighten security at the airport. If she'd learned one thing from her time working for a private security company before she'd joined San Diego International, policies and protocols had to be tight, effective and strictly adhered to. Not that her predecessor had been lax, but times had changed, and she'd been steadily making improvements to the extent her budget allowed. The TSA covert testing outcome had been a wake-up call. Yet every time she felt she took a step forward, there seemed to be something else that dragged her back. She bought two coffees on her way to Max's office. Handing one to him as she entered, she placed the other on the corner of his desk. "Show me."
Max held his chair out for her and started the video clip. Dave's face wasn't visible, but his movements, general body type and the clothing he wore—the same he'd had on that day—left little doubt that it was him. And if that wasn't damning enough, Max confirmed that Dave had used his access card to open the door.
When the video segment ended, Ariana rose. Leaning against Max's desk, she took a sip of her coffee. "Dave's not stupid. He'd realize we'd know it was him. Does he want to get fired?"
Max shrugged. "I can't answer that. I've never been able to figure the guy out."
"Is he in the building?"
"Last time I checked before you got here, yeah."
"Get him to my office in fifteen minutes. I need to talk to Human Resources first."
IT WAS A crazy morning for Ariana. As much as she disliked Dave Langdon's attitude, she hated firing people more. Human Resources had supported her decision and the deed was done. Dave had tried to deny that it was him. He'd claimed that he'd stayed at the airport overnight because he and his wife had had an argument that morning, and she'd kicked him out. He claimed that he'd slept in the office and hadn't been walking around. That it must've been someone else who'd lifted his card and accessed the secure area.
He made the point that he'd changed, as she could see for herself, so the clothes he'd worn yesterday had been stuffed into his locker. He suggested someone could have taken them. When he'd realized that she wasn't buying it, that she was really going to terminate him, he'd become belligerent and threatening. So much so that she reminded him she could have him escorted off airport property immediately. In the end, she persuaded him that wouldn't be in his best interest, and allowed him to save face. She let him pack up his belongings, and Max walked him out.
The rest of the day hadn't gone much better for Ariana. It seemed to be one niggling problem after another. It was well past six when she finally left.
Ariana let herself into her apartment, tossed her bag and keys on the hall table, and pulled the restraining band from her ponytail. She dragged her fingers through the length of her hair, slipped out of her shoes and placed them neatly inside the hall closet.
By the time she'd finished, her cat had sauntered over. She bent down and stroked her tortoiseshell-and-white coat. "Hey, Sabrina. How was your day? Better than mine, huh?" she murmured.
Taking her briefcase and placing it on the dining room table, she walked into the kitchen, pulled a Coke Zero out of the fridge and took a drink straight from the can. A second long drink went a considerable way to soothing her parched throat.
Soda can in hand, she walked back to the dining room and set up her laptop.
Her apartment had two bedrooms. The smaller one was configured as an office, but she seldom used it. If she had to work, which she did most nights, she preferred to do it with a view of the ocean, visible through the dining room window.
As her computer booted up, she made herself a large spinach salad for dinner and hunkered down with her laptop to catch up on her emails and various other mundane matters that she hadn't gotten to during the day. If she had time, she wanted to review her risk map, to decide which area she would next target for improvement.
With a long-suffering meow, Sabrina threaded between her ankles a few times. Ariana couldn't resist picking her up and taking comfort from cuddling her for a few minutes. When she placed Sabrina back on the ground, the cat leaped onto a chair, curled up and in minutes was snoring contentedly.
Ariana kept working for as long as she felt she was being productive, crawling into bed near midnight.
It seemed she'd just rested her head on the pillow when her alarm went off at five thirty. With bleary eyes and a sluggish body, she got ready for work and wished for a quieter day.
Thankfully, it turned out to be uneventful. Ariana did some follow-up on the incident involving the two drunken women and initiated the hiring process to find Dave's replacement. On the plus side, she had the opportunity to tour a group of schoolchildren through the airport's emergency operations center. By late afternoon, she had her second wind and was
feeling energized rather than drained. She was engrossed in a proposal Max had presented to her for upgrading their security cameras in the parking garages. An enhanced video management system was her current focus.
The knock on her door frame caused her to jump, and she pressed a hand to her racing heart. Spinning her chair around, she felt her heart rate accelerate further.
Logan stood in the doorway, dressed in indigo jeans and a pale blue polo shirt. She glanced down quickly to see if Boomer was with him. Not seeing the dog, she shifted her gaze back to Logan. He had one arm causally braced against the jamb, the stance emphasizing the muscles in his arm and torso. His dark hair glistened under the harsh fluorescent lights of the corridor. He had a smile on his lips and in his eyes. And those intense blue eyes mesmerized her.
"I'm sorry to startle you," he said, drawing her out of her reverie.
Realizing her hand was still on her chest, she lowered it. "Oh, it's not your fault. I was reviewing a report and must've been absorbed in it." She felt her lips curve in response to his smile.
"I was here debriefing with the officers on site," Logan said. "We were discussing new operating procedures in view of what happened the day before yesterday. I wanted to fill you in and see if there were any new developments on your end."
She shook her head. "No. We've closed the file on that incident. Have the two women been charged?"
"Oh, yeah!" He gave her that appealing smile. "So do you have a few minutes or do you need to get back to your report?"
She glanced at her watch.
"We can do it some other time," he suggested. "If you're busy right now."
Ariana realized she didn't want him to go, and it wasn't just professional curiosity as to what the SDPD's new procedures were. "No, that's okay. I'm ready to call it a day. Come in."
Logan dropped his arm and took a step forward, but paused, his eyes crinkling at the corners. "Since you're calling it a day, why don't we get out of here? I'll buy you a coffee or, better yet, a drink. We could probably both use one."
Ariana was about to agree. Then his conversation with his girlfriend, Becca, came to mind. She opened her mouth to decline.
"We can discuss the procedures," he said quickly before she could respond, and cast his gaze around her small, sparsely furnished office. "But in a more comfortable environment. If you don't already have plans, I'll throw in dinner to sweeten the pot."
There was that smile again. Ariana laughed. "No need for dinner, but okay to getting out of here." It was going to be a business discussion, that's all. She routinely had coffee or lunch with men in the course of her duties—her profession was male-dominated. Why would it be any different with Logan? Whether he had a girlfriend or not was irrelevant. The butterflies in her stomach aside, it was going to be nothing more than business. "Let's go have a coffee," she said.
BY THE TIME they reached Ariana's car, Logan had somehow convinced her to have a drink with him instead. He suggested Buster's Beach House Bar.
Ariana had never been there, but Logan must have frequented the place, if the number of people who said hello or had a quick word with him were any indication.
He motioned for her to precede him to the back of the room, and she slid into a corner booth. A waitress appeared almost before he sat down.
"Hey, Carly," Logan greeted her.
"Good to see you, Jagger. The usual?" she asked and gave him a flirtatious smile. It made Ariana wonder about the relationship Logan and the waitress had. She felt guilty about her curiosity as soon as Carly turned an equally warm and welcoming smile on her. "And for you?"
Ariana found herself smiling back. "What's his usual?"
"Corona, with a slice of lime, straight from the bottle."
"I'll have the same but with a glass. Thanks."
"Sure thing," Carly said, placing two cardboard coasters on the scarred wooden table.
"I was wrong," Logan said after Carly left.
"Wrong about what?"
"I would've bet a month's salary that you'd be a wine drinker. A white—smooth and well-chilled."
Ariana laughed. "You're not wrong. I've been known to have a glass of chardonnay or sauvignon blanc now and again. Working in the field that I do, beer has become an acquired taste. Hanging around so many men, I've learned to enjoy a frosty glass of Corona as much as a glass of wine. So, tell me, how'd you get the nickname Jagger?"
Logan cleared his throat and his eyes darted around the room. He seemed uncomfortable with her question and appeared relieved when the waitress returned.
"Appreciate it, Carly," he said, when she placed the bottles and glass, along with a small bowl of nuts, in front of them.
"I like adaptability in a person," he said with a chuckle when they were alone again, gesturing to her beer.
Obviously he wanted to change the subject.
He raised his bottle and clinked it to Ariana's glass, then took a long, slow sip. "What made you choose security as a career?" he asked.
"I thought you wanted to discuss your new procedures."
"I do. It doesn't mean we can't get to know each other a little first. With Brody gone, we're likely to be working together again." He flashed her a smile.
Ariana placed her glass back on the coaster, reached for a candied nut, popped it in her mouth. Okay, they could play it his way. She was curious about him, too. "It matters to me to make a difference. Keeping people safe is important."
"And why the airport?"
She tilted her head. "I've been fascinated by airplanes since I was a kid. My father was an engineer. He went to school in England, where his father was from. I learned about mechanics and laws of physics from an early age, but to this day I remain in awe of the fact that we can get a nearly four-hundred-thousand-pound, one-hundred-and-fifty-or sixty-foot wingspan piece of machinery, loaded with people and cargo, into the air, and it stays there over great distances." She laughed. "Silly, I know, but flying fascinates me."
"I never thought of it that way." He watched her for a few moments. "If you don't mind me saying, you don't look British."
"My grandfather was English. My grandmother, Brazilian."
His long, contemplative gaze caused all sorts of odd sensations inside her.
"That explains it," he said, and surprised her by touching the back of her hand. "And it explains the color of your hair. But where does the eye color come from? Your father?"
She chuckled. "My mother's side. She's blonde and blue-eyed, as mostly everyone is on her side of the family. American for generations, but her ancestry is Swedish."
"That's an interesting combination. Do your parents live in California?"
"No. They moved back to England a couple of years ago. Enough about me," she interjected before he could ask her more questions. She didn't want him digging any deeper, even though she found it effortless to talk to him. "What about you? Why did you become a cop?"
"I wanted to make a difference," he said with an easy smile, echoing her own words. "I wanted to contribute in a positive way to people's lives. And it runs in my family. Both my father and grandfather were lifers on the job. My father was the chief of police for Burbank."
She thought his eyes were clouded with sorrow for a moment.
"My parents, my mother in particular, might have wanted for a different career for me," he continued. "Maybe a doctor or a lawyer, but that wasn't happening. I wanted to be a cop as far back as I can remember."
His comment made her think of her own childhood dream of becoming a police officer, but she pushed i
t aside. "If you're from Burbank, what brought you to San Diego?"
He raised a shoulder, let it drop again. "My dad was a hero. A figure larger than life. As much as I loved and admired him, I didn't want to live in his shadow. I also wanted to know that I'd be making it on my own. Not because of who he was, what he'd accomplished or how highly people regarded him. I wanted it to be on my own merits. I wanted to build my own career."
Ariana watched him carefully, searching for any sign of bitterness or envy, but all she saw was pride and admiration. To her, that said a lot about Logan, and it was all good. She saw a decency and a depth she hadn't expected.
"Speaking of making a difference," Ariana said with a smile. "What will happen to the women on Flight 396?"
Logan grunted. "Yeah, we made a big difference there! They've been charged, as I said. Public mischief. It'll probably be reduced to a misdemeanor. Even before they sobered up, they were both bawling. It only got worse when their parents showed up." The laughter was gone. "They won't soon forget it. Nor should they." He reached out, brushed his hand over hers again. "But it gave me a chance to meet you."
His proximity and especially his touch triggered those sensations again. She absorbed the warmth that had come into his cool blue eyes. "There is that," she said softly, and meant it, but she leaned back, subtly sliding her hand out from under his.
Logan reached for his bottle and took another drink. "So, will there be civil consequences for the women? They inconvenienced nearly two hundred other passengers, and the cost to the airline, the airport, not to mention the military for the fighter jet escort..." He rolled his eyes at that. "The expense has got to be substantial."
Ariana didn't know what to make of the feelings he was stirring up inside her and tried to remind herself of all the reasons why she wasn't interested in him. With effort, she concentrated on the question he'd posed. "Yes, there are significant costs associated with the incident, but I don't think there'll be any legal action. The airline might do some posturing, mostly as a deterrent to other would-be troublemakers. They'll have to cover costs associated with rebooking passengers who might've missed connecting flights to some of the outer islands and, if need be, overnight accommodations as well as the expense of bringing the plane back. Pursuing a claim against the women would cost them more money than they could hope to recover." She shrugged. "The military escort? I have no idea how much that would've cost. We got confirmation that they used the incident as a training exercise, as we suspected. For the airport..." She smiled again. "It's all in a day's work for us. What about the police department?"
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I know nothing about Sheffield FC I'm ashamed to say !
Please post your information, memories and pics and educate me !
The world�s very first football club was born in Sheffield on October 24th 1857.
Football in some form had been around for years. As early as the 14th century, a game was being played in the streets and fields of England by two teams with a ball. Mob Football, as it was known, was very violent and could be played on pitches that ran the length of the town with anything up to 500 players.
By the mid 19th century the game had evolved, but it was still nothing like the game we know and love today. It wasn�t uncommon for 20-a-side games to go on until dusk and there wasn�t even a standard set of rules. People in different towns played by completely different laws to each other.
Everything changed in May 1857 when two keen cricket lovers, William Prest and Nathaniel Creswick, chatted late into the night about the need for an organized sport to keep their fitness levels up during winter. They decided on football.
Five months later the world�s first football club was formed. Offices of the club were elected, with Creswick named as Secretary and Captain, and headquarters were established in a potting shed and green house at the bottom of East Bank Road.
The first thing Sheffield Club did was to study the existing sets of rules and lay down its own code of laws, which were the foundation stones for the first commonly accepted set of rules.
Sheffield Club attracted a lot of interest and members organised themselves into teams so they could play matches, like Married Men vs Unmarried Men and Professional Occupations vs The Rest.
Soon other clubs began to spring up and by 1862 there were 15 clubs in and around the Sheffield area.
The following year, the first association of clubs was set up. Sheffield Club were instrumental in the formation of the Football Association, of which they were founder members and are still members to this day.
Sheffield FC has pioneered many innovations in football over the years. Heading was unheard of in the south of England until 1875. When Sheffield travelled to the Oval to play London, the sight of the Sheffield players butting the ball reduced London�s players and fans to fits of hysterics.
In those days the crossbar was just a length of rope strung between the uprights. The Sheffield Laws introduced, for the first time, the notion of a solid crossbar.
Other innovations included the first use of corner kicks, the first free kicks for fouls, the first proper throw-ins and the first floodlit match.
Sheffield FC was closely involved in the formation of Sheffield United in 1889. They provided some of the players for United�s early games and used to join in practice sessions with the United professionals.
Over the next few years, professionalism took over the game and Sheffield Club�s imprint on the national game diminished. Sheffield�s finest hour on the pitch came on April 4th 1904, when they beat Ealing 3-1 in front of 6,000 fans at Valley Parade to lift the FA Amateur Cup.
In 1957 Sheffield FC became the first club to reach the magic 100 years old mark. To celebrate, a Sheffield XI played an England XI at Hillsborough and a banquet was held at Cutler�s Hall attended by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and Sir Stanley Rous.
On the pitch successes have been few and far between, but in 2001 the club regained the FA Amateur Cup they won in 1904 and recently progressed to the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup for the first time since 1959.
Off the field huge progress has been made in securing the future of the world�s oldest club. When Richard Tims became Chairman, he set the target of making the club financially self-sufficient. Not only are the club now on a sounder financial footing than ever, but they also now have their own ground for the first time in their history.
Now there�s two senior teams, nine junior teams, one women�s team and one disability team plying their trade at the club�s Bright Finance Stadium in Dronfield on the outskirts of Sheffield.
And with a global membership scheme and website recently launched, it seems that at last, the club with the illustrious past has a future to match.
1861--The first inter-club football match was held at Sheffield between Sheffield and Hallam.
Sure this has been asked somewhere on the site, so an answer without a question!
I think the Hallam ground at Sandygate is the oldest ground in the world that is still being used as a football ground.
Well knowing very little about football, I copied this some years ago, whilst researching family history.
Having suffered so decisive a defeat at the hands of London on Saturday, it is presumed that Sheffield did not look forward to their match of yesterday too confidently.
They won the toss, and left their opponents to kick off towards the high ground.
So well was the ball followed up that Sheffield at once to fall back on their goal, which narrowly escaped.
Mosforth relieved the Northener's lines, but the counties returned to the charge, and a shot by Wilks caused Whelan to use his hands.
Sheffield were then seen to better advantage, and passing well their forwards soon gave the home backs plenty of work.
The kicking of Welch and Field proved very useful, but to the excellent judgement of Hawtrey in goal must the escape of the Berks and Bucks on several occasions be attributed.
Bambridge, Keyser, and Parry were most industrious on behalf of the combination, and principally through their efforts the Sheffield goal was more than once assailed.
During the first half matters were rather in favour of the visitors, but ends were changed without a definite point being recorded to either side.
Sheffield commenced the second portion of the contest by penning their opponents, whose lines were at last relieved by Bambridge, who shifted the ball to Keyser, and the latter only just missed the Northerner's post.
The Yorkshiremen were on their mettle, and several well organised attacks resulted in Hawtry again having to use his hands in defence of goal.
Following one of these incursions Lunnon came away on the left, and after a capital run passed the ball to Parry, whose smart shot secured the first goal for Berks and Bucks.
As if encouraged by this success, the Southern team played in most determined fashion, and a second goal was soon placed to their credit by Keyser, who had recieved valuable assistance from Bambridge.
The last named player then effected a fine run, but his final kick sent the leather just above the tape.
A certain looseness in the ranks of Sheffield was noticeable about this period ; but later on they were better together, and twice it fell to Hawtrey to save the home goal.
Then a corner kick was gained by the counties, and so well was it executed by Shaw that Lunnon was able todirect it between the posts.
Scarcely had the ball been again set in motion when Bambridge took possession, and without ceding it shot under the bar.
This proved the last important incident of the match, which resulted in a victory for Berks and Bucks by four goals to none.
Referee, Major Marandin R.E. ; umpires Messrs. J.E.Deans and Martin.
L. Keyser, W.Holbrook (Reading), R.Shaw (Marlow), and R.A.Lunnon (Marlow), forwards.
Sheffield Football club is 150 years old and the aniversary will be marked today.
Scotland and England have been locked in some epic footballing battles — and a new one is emerging over who can lay claim to the world's oldest football club.
Until now, it was thought Sheffield FC held the accolade, having been founded in 1857. However, newly uncovered documents reveal the Football Club of Edinburgh was in existence 33 years earlier.
Papers held in the collection of an Edinburgh lawyer, and recently obtained by the National Archives of Scotland, show a list of players from 1824, as well as the club's expenses account from its first season.
Here's a picture of a Sheffield FC team from the early 1950s. I wonder if any of them are still around --or if anyone knows anything about any of them. The captain of this team was Harry Parkin (back row extreme left) and the trainer was a chap called Frank Fagan (back row extreme right). Frank had a son called Michael, and they lived on Baker Street, Attercliffe.
Sheffield FC are on the brink of qualifying for the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time following their 2-1 victory over Frickley Athletic in midweek.
It means Chris Dolby's side are through to the the fourth qualifying round having overcome Colne FC - in the preliminary round, Woodley Sports and Northwich Victoria this term.
A bumper crowd is expected when Club lock horns with Tipton Town FC next Saturday at the BT Local Business Stadium in Dronfield. Kick-off is 3pm.
Adult tickets are priced at £6 while concessions are £3.
Shame; one day it will be history when they do make it.
Early news from the sale is that the rules sold for £750,000.!!!!
The BBC have it at £881.250 .
The last copy of the Laws of the Game I bought was about £881,245 less than that.
Who, and therefore why ? Individual/Organisation/Investment ?
Bidding history ? One killer bid before the auction started or a battle ?
and where does ir rank in the world's most expensive books/bits of paper ?
A Plate 77 Penny Red springs to mind ... for size/price pretty remarkable and there is another more expensive stamp which eludes my mind at present.
First edition King James Bible maybe ?
DaveH's favourite authors hand-written copy of Twelfth Night - complete with Ovaltine stains ?
Is in still in the country ?
and what of Thomas Pierson - the original owner.
"Sheffield FC were formed 24th October 1857 at a meeting held at Parkfield House in Highfields. This was the home of Harry Water Chambers, another solictor, who for some reason despite his pivotal role did not appear on the original committee.
He did however become club secretary at a later date and was the Club's representative at the meeting in London which led to the formation of the Football Association in 1863.
Another solictor Thomas Pierson was a member of the original committee as was Frederick Ward, son of a past master Cutler Thomas Asline Ward, who was the Club's first president. The two vice-presidents were TA Sorby & Joseph Ellison, like Ward prominent local manufaturers and the committee also included Tom Vickers, a leading steelmaking figure. "
Residing at ~ Lawson Road, in 1871.
1881 Census - the Sheffield FC one must have been his dad!
Pierson, Thomas jun. (, Attorneys).
Residing at 1 Paradise Square, in 1828-9.
Recorded in: Pigot's Commercial Directory - 1828 to 1829.
Pierson, Thomas jun. (, solicitor).
Residing at 1 Paradise Square; h. Waterhouse Row, in 1833.
Recorded in: Whites History & Directory of Sheffield - 1833.
Residing at 1 Paradise Square; h Western Bank, in 1837.
Your right in identifying both Harry Parkin and Frank Fagan. Frank was also a clean boxer and the players used to be petrified when he used to call them into his office, a story told to me by former player Norman Cann who played for Sheffield in the 50s.
Front Row: Bill Benson, Alan Smith, Tommy Graton, Keith Smith, Peter Copley.
Not sure if Alan Pashley is still alive but I know he was certainly still a visitor at the Sheffield FC games upto the season before last (2010).
There is a reference earlier in this thread to Harry 'Water' Chambers - actually Harry Walker Chambers. A few months before his death in 1907 he spoke at length about his football career and these reminiscences were included in his obituary (the Star, 23 Dec 1907). Apart from his early sporting exploits he was also a solicitor and a brewer.


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Liberalism: threat or menace?
By voyou, June 25, 2010
Why shouldn't we call out Lib Dem "betrayal"? Because they haven't betrayed anyone. To think that they have reinforces the mistaken belief that, when they describe themselves as "progressive," they mean "left." But Lib Dem progressivism isn't just a fluffy sort of not quite socialism, it's a specifically liberal version of progressivism.
Consider, for example, welfare provision. The issue here is not simply one of more or less state support, but about how that support is provided. Conservatives don't actually want (too many) people starving in the street; but they do want those who receive state support to be directly disciplined, probably by highly moralizing institutions (hence the conservative support for certain kinds of religious charity). Liberal welfare provision, on the other hand, requires that the recipients be disciplined by the amorphous institutions of the market. Read more↴
"While you're getting your cry on, I'm getting my fly on"
By voyou, June 7, 2010
It took me an unconscionably long time to listen to Rihanna's Rated R (and, given my slow pace of blogging of late, even longer to write about it); unconscionable because it's such a great record, a development of some of the best features of Rihanna's earlier records. Luckily, the forthcoming release of "Te Amo" gives me an excuse for finishing this half-written post.
It may have taken me so long to get round to this because, for reasons I no longer understand, I wasn't that impressed with "Russian Roulette" when I first heard it. I think to get it I needed to hear it in the context of some of the other tracks on the album. It was coming across the marvelously bizarre video for "Hard" on MTV that got me to look again at the album. "Hard" encapsulates the theme that is explored throughout the album: objectification as self-preservation, feminine superficiality as a kind of cold armor with which to avoid the pain which comes from interiority. Read more↴


In the group of abused landscape terms, Native plants should file a restraining order against most of us in the green industry. In the parlance of our greenspeak, we stretch and deform the phrase like silly putty to make a point or to fit the sensibilities of our audience. It's particularly amusing to watch two green industry professionals use the term as a kind of litmus test, dodging and parrying like two strangers at a party discussing philosophy or religion. And just as terms such as "spirituality" and "solipsism" have largely been bleached of any specific meaning, the phrase Native plants has been assigned its own identity crisis.
I make this observation without any antipathy for the use of native plants in the landscape. In fact, using native plants is a fantastic way to reduce water, fertilizer and pesticide inputs. Plants that grow naturally in a geographic area are adapted to the ambient rainfall, soil type and zonal nuances of a specific region and generally don't need the life support system that makes up such a large percentage of our billable work in the green industry. But what is the criteria for defining a plant as being native? Is it a plant that once happily grew where your house now sits before all the top soil was scraped off and sold? A plant that's native to North America? Or is it a one gallon something or another at the grocery store that's marketed with a crossed out water drop and has a link to the Audubon society?
In the early 90's I worked as a wildland firefighter, initially on a hand crew and later as a first response helitack repeller in central Idaho. In the tiny window between the cooling ash of summer's fires and autumn's early mountain snowfall, we were given the job of preventing erosion in the recently burned areas. Massive sediment delivery into riparian areas can be devastating for fish habitat so our job was to cut down the burnt remains of trees and install them horizontally on the steep mountain slopes in an effort to temporarily mitigate erosion.
The longer term solution, re vegetation in these fire affected areas, is remarkably sophisticated and serves as an example of a particularly strict version of what Native plants means. Restoring an area to pre-fire condition means replanting with varieties that are as genetically as close as possible to the original plants. Calling a nursery in California and having two thousand one gallon Pinus contorta delivered to central Idaho is like wiping out all the Smiths in southwest Boise and replacing them with half the Smiths in South Bend, Indiana. There may be some distant relationship, but the unique qualities that defined the Smiths in Boise can't be replicated by the new comers. Broad genetic variation within a species is the first line of defense against extinction. Government agencies and private firms carefully collect seeds and propagate plants in an effort to maintain the unique genetic qualities of local, native plants.
Writing this, I'm looking out at our backyard and witnessing the beautiful collapse of the season. The gorgeous display of fall color from our very non-native trees peaked about a week and a half ago and I see the landscape slipping back into the monochromatic gray that defines our winter in southern Idaho. I try to imagine what our acre looked like before wagons began clunking down the Oregon trail a few miles away from our home. It's an image that's not too difficult to conjure as a short trip south will take you into an endless repeating motif of sage, bitterbrush and rabbitbrush. I'm not immune to the stark beauty of the high plains desert, but this natural landscape has a face that only a Minimalist, an ecologist or a chukar hunter can completely love. In all fairness, we're told this area was also covered in large clumping grasses before overgrazing, yet taken as a whole, I'm pretty sure that I don't want to return my backyard into jack rabbit habitat.
The truth is, in Boise our options are pretty limited if we try to adhere to a strict definition of what constitutes a native plant. Even the tough-as-nails Celtis occidentalis, one of Boise's few true native trees, can only be found in limited areas naturally where, in a convergence of botany and geology, large sandstone or granite boulders collect and concentrate water for the trees. We just have to face it: if the Amazon basin represents one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, we sit somewhere on the other side of the spectrum.
The arborist/science major side of me likes the idea of returning a piece of land back to its former condition, but the artist side stubbornly refuses to have his design options so cruelly curtailed. As is usually the case though, I think the answer lies outside of the argument. While two plant geeks might endlessly debate the relative merits of Chrysothamnus nauseosus (incidentally the most accurate scientific name for a plant) versus Ceanothus velutinus, the truth is that the true culprit in most landscape installation is turf grass. Planting most anything else will generally result in water savings and a decrease in the overall need for chemical input. I was once chided by a Horticulturalist friend for having a clump of bamboo (Phyllostachys mannii) next to our house in the front yard. I was compelled to point out that this particular clump of bamboo, known for its drought and cold hardiness, was surviving on very little supplemental irrigation; a point I couldn't make about the 1000 square foot swath of turf in front of the house.
In my own designs I tend to use a hybrid approach, using true local native plants intermingled with non-native, non-invasive & drought tolerant varieties. While there will always be a place for restoring original, native habit- driving through an average neighborhood I'm struck by just how much basic work still needs to be done to improve most landscape designs (enter token "sustainability" Meta tag here) . I've watched landscapers install turf against concrete on a south facing aspect and blame billbugs on the visible heat stress (and then charge the client for the chemical "solution"). The discussion of what constitutes a Native plant is largely academic in nature compared to the many obvious steps we can take to make today's landscapes less dependent on a constant life support system of fluid and chemicals.


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Seal fighting for life after suffering neck wound from plastic in sea
David Bale
Neck wound from plastic in sea leaves Norfolk seal fighting for life. Pictures: RSPCA - Credit: Archant
A grey seal is fighting for life after becoming entangled in carelessly discarded plastic fishing netting which has created a wound around his neck.
The young adult male is being cared for at the RSPCA's East Winch Wildlife Centre, near King's Lynn, after being rescued by Friends of Horsey Seals charity.
The group found him with 10ft of fishing paraphernalia - a tangle of old netting and rope - wrapped tight around his neck.
Alison Charles, manager at RSPCA East Winch said: 'This is a horrendous injury and the poor seal has been fighting for his life. He's extremely emaciated - probably half the weight he should be.
'When he arrived here, he was exhausted and wouldn't move. We didn't think he would make it through the night.
'When we removed the multifilament nylon netting wrapped tight around his neck, we could see he had an extensive, infected flesh wound ringing three quarters of his neck.
'Once our vet had removed the netting, she put him on a course of antibiotics and pain relief and, happily, he may now have turned a corner. He has even started eating again, though we're taking it one step at a time.
'We will float him in a salt bath each day to bathe his neck and if anyone wants to help with his care, we would really welcome more salt from our Amazon wish-list.
'This year we've already had four seals admitted due to injuries from carelessly discarded plastic. This seems to be part of the more widespread problem of plastic in the sea.'
All seals admitted to the centre are given a name. This year they are being given names related to Indian takeaways, with the wildlife centre's latest admission, Downham Tandoori, joining Ladoo, Raita and Kulfi.
Meanwhile, the RSPCA is advising people to stop taking selfies with seals, as they can give a nasty bite. In addition, dogs or other animals should not be allowed to harass a seal. If you see a seal - or any other animal - in distress call the RSPCA emergency line on 0300 1234 999 or visit www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/wildlife/injuredanimals


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Q: Right way to create urls using inherit class in Django In Django I have my app where I place information about countries and cities of these countries. This is my model.py file:
class Country(models.Model):
        class Meta:
                verbose_name_plural = u'Countries'

        name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
        slug = models.CharField(max_length=255)
        description = models.TextField(max_length=10000, blank=True)

        def __unicode__(self):
                return self.name

class City(models.Model):
        class Meta:
                verbose_name_plural = u'Cities'

        name = models.CharField(u'city', max_length=200)
        slug = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
        description = models.TextField(max_length=10000, blank=True)
        country = models.ForeignKey('Country', blank=True, null=True)

        def __unicode__(self):
                return self.name

I have the detail view of my country, in this view there is a list of cities of this country(views.py):
def CountryDetail(request, slug):
        country = get_object_or_404(Country, slug=slug)
        list_cities = City.objects.filter(country=country)
        return render(request, 'country/country.html', {'country':country, 'list_cities':list_cities})

this is my urls.py:
url(r'^(?P<slug>[-_\w]+)/$', views.CountryDetail, name='country'),

I want to create a url of cities which contain a slug of the country and a slug of the city, for example domain.com/spain/barcelona/.
So I created the detail view of the city, and it's looks like this:
def CityDetail(request, cityslug, countryslug):
        country = Country.objects.get(slug=countryslug)
        country_city = City.objects.get(country=country)
        city = get_object_or_404(country_city, slug=cityslug)
        return render(request, 'country/city.html', {'country':country, 'city':city})

Here is my urls.py for city detail:
url(r'^(?P<countryslug>[-_\w]+)/(?P<cityslug>[-_\w]+)$', views.CityDetail, name='resort'),

And this is how it looks like in my html file detail of the country that links to the cities:

{{country.name}}

{{country.description}}

Cities

{% for city in list_cities %}

{{city.name}}

{% endfor %}

But when I click on the link of the url of the city, I get error.
Object is of type 'City', but must be a Django Model, Manager, or QuerySet
In traceback i see that problem in CityDetail function in views.py file:
resort = get_object_or_404(country_city, slug=cityslug).
Hope you can help me with its problem. Thank You.

A: Yes, you can't call get_object_or_404 on an actual City object; the things that you can query are models or querysets, not instances. What do you think that call would do?
But actually the underlying problem is before that; your definition of country_city makes no sense. For a start, this is only currently working because you presumably have only one City in the country you're querying. When you have more than one, that line will fail with a MultipleObjectsReturned exception, because get can only return a single object.
You should remove that line altogether, and query the city directly from the country:
country = Country.objects.get(slug=countryslug)
city = get_object_or_404(City, country=country, slug=cityslug)

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Auto Repair Manual Wave can be very useful guide, and Auto Repair Manual Wave play an important role in your products. The problem is that once you have gotten your nifty new product, the Auto Repair Manual Wave gets a brief glance, maybe a once over, but it often tends to get discarded or lost with the original packaging.


After registration day, our incoming international students competed in a Scavenger Hunt to familiarize themselves with the city of Lille. We finished with a café gourmand at La Nouvelle Aventure. Congratulations to Team Gaufre, who visited all the sites and won the grand prize: baggage tags, tote bags, a bag of sweets and an HEI nomad charger!


I've been getting a lot of mail from Randi Weingarten lately. Much of it started with the presidential campaign, when Randi urged me to vote for Hillary. She even spelled my name in all caps, as in Dear MR. A. TALK, to show me how special I am to her. Soon after she asked me to support Barack Obama. Today, I received another highly personalized message from Randi, urging me to fax my representatives to show my support for the stimulus package.
I certainly will do so. After all, the stimulus package will be a boon to education and teachers, containing as it does...wait, I have a copy here somewhere...I know it helps teachers somehow. I beg your indulgence as I peruse the document...let's see...it helps bankers, and retailers, and Wall Street brokers, and.... Oops, my bad. It doesn't help teachers at all.
I guess I am just an optimist. I keep waiting for that letter from Randi that will urge me to walk a picket line on behalf of ATRs, fax the mayor demanding the abolition of rubber rooms, or informing me that the UFT intends to sue the state and city for utterly failing to implement the CFE funds to reduce class size.
Last time I checked, the UFT was taking more than a thousand dollars a year from me for union dues. That works out to more than 80 million annually in the UFT's coffers. Excuse me for asking, but at what point will some--ANY--of that money be put towards supporting the members instead of Arne Duncan? Will a dime be spent toward opposing the mayoral control of schools that has been such a disaster for teachers, parents, and students alike?
Has our union totally lost its purpose? It is supposed to work for us. Call me harsh if you like, but I don't want even one more letter from Randi asking me to help the victims of Katrina until I get a letter telling me how the UFT is going to help the teachers who are victims of an out of control educational oligarchy.
I think you need to add by improving the teaching environment in the classroom and file PERB actions against abusive & vindictive administrators.
Our Union, Mr. Talk, now has only one, $ingle purpo$e.
Hey, I thought she was only writing to me! Love this post! It is so right on!


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# fractal-typo3 [![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![NPM downloads][npm-downloads]][npm-url] [![Dependency Status][depstat-image]][depstat-url] [![Development Dependency Status][devdepstat-image]][devdepstat-url]

> TYPO3 bridge for the Fractal component library tool (http://fractal.build / @frctl)

About
-----

This [Fractal](http://fractal.build/) plugin lets you use the Open Source CMS [TYPO3](https://typo3.org/) as source of and template engine for your web component library. It is the counterpart to the [TYPO3 component library extension](https://github.com/tollwerk/TYPO3-ext-tw_componentlibrary).

Usage
-----

### Installation

To add TYPO3 support to your Fractal instance, run

```bash
npm install --save fractal-typo3
```

in your project root directory. Also, make sure you installed and enabled the [TYPO3 component library extension](https://github.com/tollwerk/TYPO3-ext-tw_componentlibrary) in your TYPO3 instance.

### Configuration

To enable TYPO3 as component source and template engine, add these settings to your [`fractal.js`](http://fractal.build/guide/project-settings) configuration:

```js
const path = require('path');
const fractal = module.exports = require('@frctl/fractal').create();
const typo3 = require('fractal-typo3');

// Configure the absolute URL of your TYPO3 frontend
typo3.configure('web', 'http://example.com');

// Configure Fractal's component base directory
fractal.components.set('path', path.join(__dirname, 'fractal', 'components'));

// Add a "TBD" component status label
fractal.components.set('statuses', Object.assign({
    tbd: {
        label: 'TBD',
        description: 'Planned but not yet started. Go ahead! :)',
        color: '#CCCCCC'
    }
}, fractal.components.get('statuses')));

// Set the directory for static assets to your TYPO3 root directory
fractal.web.set('static.path', path.join(__dirname, 'web'));

// Configure Fractal to use TYPO3 as template engine
fractal.components.engine(typo3.engine);
fractal.components.set('ext', '.t3s');

// Register the 'update-typo3' custom command
fractal.cli.command('update-typo3', typo3.update, {
    description: 'Synchronise components with TYPO3'
});
```

Make sure that your server knows how to resolve the absolute URL to your TYPO3 frontend. You might need to add an entry to your [hosts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)) file for this to work under certain circumstances.

### Component dependency graphs

If you have [GraphViz](http://www.graphviz.org/) available on your server, you can enable an additional Fractal panel that will give you a dynamically created dependency graph for each component:

![Component dependency graph](docs/component-dependency-graph.jpg)

To enable the **Graph panel** in Fractal, edit your `fractal.js` and pass a Fractal theme instance as third argument to the `typo3.configure()` method:

```js
const path = require('path');
const fractal = module.exports = require('@frctl/fractal').create();
const typo3 = require('fractal-typo3');

// Create a custom theme and pass it to the configuration method
const typo3Theme = require('@frctl/mandelbrot')();
typo3.configure('web', 'http://example.com', typo3Theme);

/* ... */
````

### Component update against TYPO3

Run the following command to synchronise with TYPO3 and build your component library:

```bash
fractal update-typo3
```

You should see a list of components that are created / updated during synchronisation:

```bash
√ Generic/Hero
√ Generic/Collapsible
√ Generic/Definition List
√ Generic/Menu/Button
√ Generic/Menu/Breadcrumb
√ Generic/Menu/Main
...
```

Please restart your Fractal server in case the Web UI doesn't reflect the changes automatically. After refresh, your TYPO3 components should show up in Fractal:

![TYPO3 components in Fractal](docs/fractal.png)

Instead of displaying pre-rendered results, Fractal uses TYPO3 as real-time template engine for rendering your TYPO3 components on demand, hence the short rendering delay.

#### Local component folder configuration

You can configure some select properties of your Fractal component folders by placing a `local.json` file into the corresponding directory of your component definition directory structure in TYPO3. The following options are supported:

```json
{
    "dirsort": 1, // Used to order directories other than alphabetically
    "label": "Icons & images" // Custom folder name not attainable via real directory name, e.g. including special characters
}
```

Contributing
------------

Found a bug or have a feature request? [Please have a look at the known issues](https://github.com/tollwerk/fractal-typo3/issues) first and open a new issue if necessary. Please see [contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [conduct](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

If you discover any security related issues, please email joschi@tollwerk.de instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

- [Joschi Kuphal][author-url]
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

Copyright © 2020 [Joschi Kuphal][author-url] / joschi@tollwerk.de. Licensed under the terms of the [MIT license](LICENSE.txt).

[author-url]: https://tollwerk.is
[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/fractal-typo3
[npm-image]: https://badge.fury.io/js/fractal-typo3.svg
[npm-downloads]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/fractal-typo3.svg

[travis-url]: http://travis-ci.org/tollwerk/fractal-typo3
[travis-image]: https://secure.travis-ci.org/tollwerk/fractal-typo3.svg

[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/tollwerk/fractal-typo3
[coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/tollwerk/fractal-typo3.svg

[depstat-url]: https://david-dm.org/tollwerk/fractal-typo3#info=dependencies
[depstat-image]: https://david-dm.org/tollwerk/fractal-typo3.svg
[devdepstat-url]: https://david-dm.org/tollwerk/fractal-typo3#info=devDependencies
[devdepstat-image]: https://david-dm.org/tollwerk/fractal-typo3/dev-status.svg


His entire outfit will shine like a million dollars when he carries our Millionaire Personalized Money Clip. This handsome silver-plated money clip with black trim is the perfect classy status symbol to assure all his money a stylish and secure method of storage. Gently curved and engineered with spring loaded flexibility, our millionaire money clip has enough room to carry multiple cards and plenty of cash while abandoning the need for a bulky wallet. Our money clip measures approximately 2 1/4" x 1" x 1/4" and can be personalized with two lines of up to 12 characters to make this the perfect gift for a busy executive or groomsman who wants to hold his money with a bold, yet dignified, style.


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The Download: organs on demand, and covid scams in China
The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs
Martine Rothblatt was a successful satellite entrepreneur when her daughter Jenesis was diagnosed with a fatal lung disease. So Rothblatt started a biotechnology company, United Therapeutics, which has developed drugs that are now keeping many patients like Jenesis alive. But she might eventually need a lung transplant. Rothblatt therefore set out to solve that problem too, using technology to create an "unlimited supply of transplantable organs."
At any given time, the US transplant waiting list is about 100,000 people long. Thousands die waiting, and many more never make the list to begin with. Rothblatt wants to address this by growing organs compatible with human bodies in genetically modified pigs.
In the last year, this vision has come several steps closer to reality. US doctors have attempted seven pig-to-human transplants, the most dramatic of which was a case where a 57-year-old man with heart failure lived two months with a pig heart supplied by Rothblatt's company.
The experiment demonstrated the first life-sustaining pig-to-human organ transplant—and paved the way towards an organized clinical trial to prove they save lives consistently. Read the full story.
—Antonio Regalado
Organs on demand is one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies, which we're highlighting in The Download each day this week and next. You can check out the rest of the list for yourself now, and vote in our poll to decide what should make our final 11th technology.
China's Paxlovid cyber scams are everywhere
Right now, China is consumed by an unprecedented surge of covid infections. The country's healthcare system is stretched thin, covid treatments are in high demand, and many people are worried about themselves and their loved ones.
It's against this backdrop that scammers are finding new opportunities. They're taking advantage of this wave of anxiety and fear in China by claiming on social media to sell covid treatments—particularly Paxlovid, the Pfizer-developed medication that has been the most effective in preventing severe covid symptoms.
Demand for the drug has soared since authorities relaxed the country's harsh zero-covid policies, and scammers are reaping the benefits. Read the full story.
—Zeyi Yang
Zeyi's story is from China Report, his weekly newsletter shining a light on everything that's going on in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday.
1 It could take a decade to clean up FTX's mess
The US bankruptcy courts have never dealt with a disaster on this scale before. (Economist $)
Weirdly, Sam Bankman-Fried invested in the fund that backed his own firm. (FT $)
The founder is facing eight criminal counts. (CoinTelegraph)
What's next for crypto. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Germany wants to hold Big Tech to account
It's at the heart of Europe's attempts to clamp down on anti-competitive behavior. (FT $)
The European Commission wants to dig into telecoms providers, too. (Reuters)
The EU wants to regulate your favorite AI tools. (MIT Technology Review)
3 Tesla's "full self-driving" software isn't living up to its promises
Footage of a dangerous pile-up in San Francisco demonstrates just how flawed it is. (The Intercept)
4 What will it take to make the US a chipmaking powerhouse?
Extremely skilled employees and prohibitively expensive machinery are just some of the obstacles. (Slate $)
A chip collaboration could be on the cards for the US, Canada and Mexico. (The Register)
5 Iran seems to be using facial recognition to punish women
Women have been served with hijab law violation citations, despite not having interacted with law enforcement officers. (Wired $)
6 A mental health service used an undisclosed AI to dispense advice
Not a great idea, from an ethical standpoint. (New Scientist $)
7 This is the year satellite internet will finally break through
Building the infrastructure is still ridiculously expensive, though. (Vox)
Air accident investigators are digging into why the UK's recent launch attempt failed. (The Guardian)
8 A war-torn region of Ethiopia is back online
Two years after Tigray was cut off from the world, friends and families are reuniting. (The Guardian)
9 Finland's students are being taught to identify misinformation
Older people will also be taught how to spot untruths online. (NYT $)
10 YouTubers are tormenting suspected scammers in India
They've been accused of taking the joke too far. (Rest of World)
The people using humor to troll their spam texts. (MIT Technology Review)
"We plan on launching with clothing that might make your manager roll their eyes, but not bad enough to get you fired."
—An anonymous Amazon worker who created an unofficial pin badge commemorating the end of the company's brutal peak holiday season tells Motherboard about their plans to expand their range.
This company is about to grow new organs in a person for the first time
In the coming weeks, a volunteer in Boston, Massachusetts, will be the first to trial a new treatment that could end up creating a second liver in their body. And that's just the beginning—in the months that follow, other volunteers will test doses that could leave them with up to six livers in their bodies.
The company behind the treatment, LyGenesis, hopes to save people with devastating liver diseases who are not eligible for transplants. Their approach is to inject liver cells from a donor into the lymph nodes of sick recipients, which can give rise to entirely new miniature organs. These mini livers should help compensate for an existing diseased one. The approach appears to work in mice, pigs, and dogs. Now we'll find out if it works in people. Read the full story.
A place for comfort, fun and distraction in these weird times. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or tweet 'em at me.)
Uhoh—budgie smugglers are back in style.
Enjoy this whirlwind trip back through ancient Greece in just 18 minutes.
It must have passed me by that 2022 was the year of the capybara.
Wait a minute, you mean that's not actually Whitney Houston on The Bodyguard poster?
This thief-proof mug is guaranteed to catch light-fingered colleagues in the act.


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Mysterious black substance washes up on Ortley Beach
Thursday, July 12, 2018 6:36 PM EDT
ORTLEY BEACH -
A mysterious black substance has shown up on one beach at the Jersey Shore.
Visitors to Ortley beach said that the substance looks like black rocks and pebbles, but it crumbles easily.
"It looks like we are looking at an oil spill that has coagulated," said Joe Sanosi.
Matthew Kane said, "We really don't' know what it is. We're thinking it's tar."
The substance began washing up on the beach Wednesday, not long after the Army Corps of Engineers started dredging off the coast. It is part of the beach replenishment project.
But now some residents said that they want to know more about the project and what effects, if any, it could have on the environment, wildlife and people.
"Our concerns are for…the effects on human people if they go in [the ocean]," said grandmother Monica Simpson, who was not letting her grandkids swim.
"Yesterday you could see clearly on the bottom how far you were out. Now it's black," said Matthew Kane.
Other beachgoers said that the substance is showing up on their bathing suits and skin when they get out of the water.
"We may ask for a refund because this is gross," said Megan Kane.
The beach remains open, and people are allowed to swim.
News 12 New Jersey attempted to reach the Army Corps and Ortley Beach officials for comment but did not hear back.


London – Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has launched a People and Organisation Change service line in Europe to help corporates organise and lead change with their staff during times of disruption. Peter Blausten has been appointed as Managing Director to lead the new European offer, which will work with senior business leaders throughout Europe to deliver sustainable change, from targeted performance improvement to enterprise-wide transformation projects.
The launch forms part of the expansion of A&M's performance improvement proposition to companies in need of pragmatic solutions, at speed. Across Europe, multiple business sectors face structural challenges, from digital disruption and the rise of e-commerce to the struggle for growth in mature markets. As businesses seek to address these issues, there is increasing demand for advice and support around change leadership and identifying and sustaining performance improvement.
A&M's expanded offer also reflects tighter regulatory requirements in relation to audit conflicts, that are giving rise to major corporates increasingly turning to non-audit based consulting firms for high quality, senior-led performance improvement and turnaround support.
Mr. Blausten brings more than 30 years of experience in human resource and organisation change management. As the Group HR Director of a FTSE 30 international plc, he supported a company-wide organisation review with the CEO, and the implementation of a new operating model and leadership framework. His sector experience in both HR management and consulting roles includes consumer, aviation, manufacturing & engineering, financial services, infrastructure, aerospace & defence, healthcare, scientific services, and real estate.


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namespace Animals
{
	//todo: interface example
	public interface ILandAnimal
	{
		string Greet();
	}
}


The singer is dating a youth pastor and motivational speaker.
Michelle Williams rarely shares much about her personal life, but over the weekend fans found out that she's dating someone special and they're going strong.
The former Destiny's Child singer's new boyfriend is Chad Johnson, chaplain for the Pittsburgh Steelers and LA Dodgers. Johnson revealed their love by posting a sweet photo of them together accompanied by a very telling caption.
"She is special!!! And in her words..."I'm all the way here for it!," the youth paster and motivational speaker wrote.
To confirm the news of the relationship, The Shade Room not only captured Michelle's comment beneath the photo but also spotted a comment from one of her famous friends who is rooting for their love.
"And there it is. *drops mic* God bless y'all," wrote singer LeToya Luckett.
It's unclear just how long the couple has been together, but now that they've gone public, we're officially on baewatch.