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Exclusive talks with US power companies on EU gas supply in Russia-Ukraine conflict – source Reuters
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By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Ron Bousso, Simon Lewis and Timothy Gardner
LONDON / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US government has spoken to several international energy companies about plans to supply Europe with a Russian-Ukrainian conflict that would cut off Russian supplies, two US officials and two industry sources told Reuters on Friday.
The United States is concerned that Russia is preparing for a new military offensive against the country that invaded Russia in 2014. Russia denies plans to attack Ukraine.
The European Union is dependent on Russia for about a third of its gas supply, and the United States may suspend its supply as a result of any conflict.
Russia's shutdown of gas supplies to Europe would exacerbate the energy crisis caused by low fuel prices. Record prices have raised energy consumption bills and business costs and sparked protests in some countries.
State Department officials approached the companies to ask where additional supplies might come from if needed, two industry sources familiar with the dispute told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity over the sensitivity of the issue.
The companies told U.S. government officials that the global gas supply is tight and that there is little gas to replace large volumes from Russia, industry sources said.
The State Department's discussions with energy companies were led by Amos Hochstein, the chief energy security adviser, who also spoke on condition of anonymity to a senior U.S. State Department official. The State Department did not ask the companies to increase production, the official added.
"We have discussed a number of contingencies and talked about everything we are doing with our state members and allies," the source said.
"We've done it with the European Commission, but we've also done it with energy companies. It's fair to say we've talked to them about our concerns and we've talked about a range of contingencies, but it's been there." There is no question about production. "
In addition to asking companies about their ability to collect supplies, U.S. officials questioned whether the companies had the power to increase exports and delay field maintenance if necessary, sources said.
It was unclear which U.S. officials contacted the company. Royal Dutch Shell (LON :), ConocoPhillips (NYSE 🙂 and Exxon (NYSE 🙂 declined to comment on whether they were contacted. Chevron Corp (NYSE :), Total, Equinor and Qatar Energy did not immediately respond to the request for comment.
A second industry source said his company was asked if it had the capacity to delay maintenance in gas fields if necessary.
A spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council did not comment on talks with U.S. power companies, but confirmed that emergency planning is underway.
"Assessing potential emissions and exploring ways to reduce those emissions is good governance and standard practice," the spokesperson said.
"All the details that reach the public in this regard only show the broad detail and seriousness that we are discussing and we are ready to implement significant measures with our allies and partners."
Moscow has plagued the West in the past two months by gathering troops near Ukraine after taking over the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine in 2014 and supporting separatists fighting troops in Kiev in eastern Ukraine.
Biden has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that a new Russian move on Ukraine will impose sanctions and increase the US presence in Europe.
Russia denies any intention to attack Ukraine and says it has the right to move its troops.
"In the event of a shortage of energy due to the conflict or sanctions that the US promised to turn its back on Europe," a second industry source said.
"Amos will go to major LNG companies and countries like Qatar to see if they can help the United States," he added, referring to Hochstein.
If the supply of pipelines from Russia to Europe is reduced, European buyers would have to look for loads of supercooled gas to compensate.
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will rise this year to become the world's largest supplier of LNG. It is competing for LNG supply from suppliers such as Europe, the United States and Qatar with major consumers in China and Japan, who are also facing an energy crisis.
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2018 Round-up: a look at The Student's favourite records of the year
By Rob bazaral
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Arguably 2018 was one of the best years for music in recent memory, yielding lots of bold and beautiful statements from a variety of artists.
9. Noname – Room 25
One of the most interesting fusions of hip-hop and R&B came from the talented Noname with this breakout record chronicling injustice, insecurities, and growing into oneself in a changing world. Its sound is so unique and gorgeous; Noname's flows and lyrics soar over this minimalist, yet powerful project.
8. Against All Logic (A.A.L.) – 2012-2017
Earlier this year, Nicolas Jaar quietly dropped this compilation of songs without his name attached, perhaps not expecting for it to be his most acclaimed record to date. Despite not having as grandiose visions as other Jaar records, it is the most chilling and interesting. A reinvention of house music and a reminder of the electronic music's possibilities, 2012-2017 is much more than a compilation: it is an unmissable experience.
7. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
Be the Cowboy sees Mitski growing from simply a talented and outspoken young artist, into one with a true voice and mature presence. Despite their brevity, each song presents unique ideas and experiences and paints a bold portrait of Mitski as an artist growing up and accepting the unromantic aspects of life, while still longing for her place in it. Easily her most well-developed and powerful work, this is her finest statement to date.
6. SOPHIE – OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES
SOPHIE has been the producer behind some great singles, but her debut solo LP sees her presenting her own voice. Maximalist, angry, and insanely glitzy, no album sounds like this and this is the most unique album of 2018. Going from emotional ballads to angry noise anthems, SOPHIE redefines what production can be and is a powerful statement for trans musicians everywhere as to how production and voice modulation blurs the lines of gender and sexuality just as much as music.
5. Daughters – You Won't Get What You Want
Speaking of angry, maximalist albums, the noise-rock gurus Daughters reunited to put out a similarly bold and intense album this year. Passionate and experimental, Daughters push their sound to new heights with tight, noisy hooks, incredible production and some of the best, honest songwriting I have ever heard. It is an incredible experience, though maybe not for
those who want their music a little lighter.
4. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
Earl Sweatshirt has long stood out to me as the most withdrawn talent of Odd Future, and despite dropping personal, raw projects in the past, Some Rap Songs is his first where he seems to have realized his potential. Harkening back to classics like Madvillainy, this album is short, utilizes obscure samples, and is a powerful vision of who Earl is and the depression that plagues him. It's brutal and experimental, yet a bold artistic statement not to be missed.
3. Beach House – 7
For years, Beach House have put out great singles, yet this may be the first album of theirs which is consistent as a full album experience. Front to back, 7 is an instant classic, featuring their best production, and atmospheric, trippy songs that flow into each other all with fantastic melodies and ideas. It's a haunting experience to listen to and easily the group's finest statement as if all their work has been building to this.
2. Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy
Though this album has been longadmired in its original Bandcamp state, Will Toledo's reinterpretation of Twin Fantasy transforms the charming original into a masterpiece. An incredible journey through love and growth in adolescence, it is the sound of youth and it is beautiful to see the shaggy fragments I had sung along to through high school transformed into grand, orchestral masterpieces without losing their passionate and honest origins of a kid falling in love.
1. Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts
Kanye West is an asshole, but he's a human like all of us and nowhere is that expressed better on the brief, yet incredible Kids See Ghosts. In 24 minutes the album discusses freedom and the search for stability in life through some of the best performances both Cudi and Kanye have ever given. It has been incredibly cathartic and important to me and many in trying to find happiness and to move forward, a haunting and beautiful expression of what life is and where we're going in it and has become arguably the best album of the year.
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Slipers are pleased to invite you on Thursday for a special night marked by two local talents: Sean Doron and Kadosh.
Behind the stand we will host Shawn Doron – one of the most busy producers and DJs in the country – the man behind the successful Monochrome party line and who made his way to Ibiza last summer when he became Guy Garber's rumored cousin who breathed new life into the party island and returned to its former glory.
Next to him will be Kadosh – one of the most active local producers in the past year: Behind him are a number of hot relays that have come out in labels such as Planet 74, Malyss Smile and Not Force supported by DJs like Marco Carola and Richie Hotin, "And you'll pick up at the historic party that brought down Des Moos here.


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Generational handover at Blue Water
Founder Kurt Skov takes the next step towards the generational handover of Blue Water – and transfers large shareholding to his daughter Anne Skov
Kurt and Anne Skov at Blue Waters HQ in Esbjerg, Denmark
Since Kurt Skov established Blue Water Shipping as a small local freight forwarding company in Esbjerg back in 1972, the company has grown significantly. Today Blue Water has more than 1600 employees at 58 offices.
Throughout the years, Kurt Skov's visions have been all-important: that Blue Water shall never be sold, that the headquarters shall remain in Esbjerg, and that the company's identity, values and the many jobs shall be safeguarded.
In 2007, he therefore decided to take a big step towards the continued existence of his life's work – also after his passing. He established the commercial foundation: The Blue Water Foundation, the purpose of which is to contribute to securing the continued existence and development of Blue Water. 75 percent of the shares – which is the controlling interest in the Blue Water Group - were transferred to the foundation. The remaining 25 percent of the shares are owned by Kurt Skov's own holding company, Kurt Skov Holding A/S, of which a large shareholding will now be transferred to Anne Skov.
Essential part of Blue Water
Kurt and Gyrithe Skov – and their daughter Anne Skov – have since the establishment of the foundation in 2007 formed part of the Blue Water Foundation Board which has six members in total.
Anne Skov, who for several years has filled an executive position in Blue Water's Oil & Energy Division, became a member of the operational board at the annual general meeting in 2018.
"Blue Water is my life's work, and therefore it means a lot to me that the next generation has joined the ownership and the executive board. It is important to me to have this phase of the generational handover in place, and I am happy at the same time to indicate to the employees, customers, partners as well as the rest of the outside world that Anne already now is – and in particular in the future will be – an essential part of Blue Water as owner and as a member of the foundation and operational boards", says Kurt Skov.
Maintaining the spirit
In February 2018, Kurt Skov stepped down and handed over the chief executive position to Soren Norgaard Thomsen. Kurt Skov has since felt comfortable in his position of Chairman of the Board – a little farther away from the daily operation.
Anne, who is 43 years old, has been working in the company for 20 years and built comprehensive knowledge of the business and of Blue Water.
"I am happy that my father and I share the core values of Blue Water. And these values we shall maintain and strengthen now and in the future in Blue Water. I will in the executive committees and in my daily work contribute to upholding and maintaining Blue Water's spirit and culture", says Anne Skov.
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import com.optimuscode.core.common.compiler.CompilerService;
import com.optimuscode.core.common.model.CompilationUnit;
import com.optimuscode.core.common.model.JavaProject;
import com.optimuscode.core.common.model.Project;
import com.optimuscode.core.java.compiler.JavaCompilerServiceImpl;
import com.optimuscode.core.java.metrics.MetricsService;
import com.optimuscode.core.java.testrunner.GradleTestRunnerService;
import com.optimuscode.core.java.testrunner.TestRunnerService;
import com.optimuscode.core.utils.CommonUtils;
import com.optimuscode.core.utils.SupportedLanguage;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;

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public class JavaProjectTest {
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    TestRunnerService testRunner;

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Why Was Scarlett Johansson's Short Film Cut From New York, I Love You?
By Lane Brown
Oh no! Serious director Scarlett Johansson has had her first-ever behind-the-camera effort cut from New York, I Love You, the upcoming ensemble movie consisting of eleven ten-minute NYC-centric love stories shot by acclaimed auteurs like Natalie Portman and Brett Ratner. Why was hers left on the editing-room floor? Please allow producer Emmanuel Benbihy to try to explain:
"Scarlett presented me with an extremely compelling, albeit unconventional, narrative that appeared as though it would not necessarily conform to the overall approach of the entire collective … However, I was very much moved by her vision and I did not want to pass on the opportunity to help her develop it. All that matters to me is the genuine movie language of the author … Scarlett and I nonetheless agreed that a final determination of its appropriateness in the context of the other contributions and the overall story would be best made in the editorial process. And after months of editing … I had to admit that there were editorial decisions to be made in the interest of serving the overall narrative and composition that resulted in previously filmed scenes and footage not getting used."
That is certainly one theory! But let's see if the Post's anonymous "insider" can't explain it better using fewer words:
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2017 KROC FlyerKROC is our final running event at the OC Fairgrounds. The OC Marathon runs the event, which hosted about 7,000 students last year. In order for your child to receive their medal, they must be registered for KROC. This registration opens in spring and is an additional registration with the OC Marathon (approximately $30).
By the end of the Mustang Milers program, each student will have accumulated the equivalent of 25.2 miles of fun activity, and will be ready to finish their own Marathon by completing their final mile at the Kids Run the OC held in conjunction with The OC Marathon finish line events at the OC Fair and Event Center on Saturday, May 6th.
In 2015, we had over 6200 participants from 92 schools in 18 Orange County School Districts in the program and could not have done it without the amazing support of our volunteer coaches at each school and their supportive principals and staff. In 2016, we had 7000 participants from 100 schools and agencies in 20 Orange County School Districts.


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The Santry Community Garden is a 4 ½ acre Victorian Walled Garden situated in the grounds of the Santry Demesne public park (in the heart of Santry Village, on the Old Swords Road, D9).
The Santry Community Garden group was formed in 2010 and since then we have completely transformed the plot turning it into a wonderful amenity for the whole neighbourhood, providing training, tea and lots of laughs for our visitors and members.
The garden is split into 3 sections. The back section is the kitchen garden – which houses a shed, composting area, wildlife plot (with pond), polytunnel, herb garden, fruit trees and vegetable beds.The middle section is our Heritage Orchard which is planted with a wide range of heritage variety fruit trees and bushes. We run a tree sponsorship scheme to help fund this and so far have planted over 140 trees.The front section of the garden is being developed as an ornamental garden, suitable for picnics and events. It's still a work in progress but we're getting there.
Our garden is sustainable, inclusive, sympathetic to the historic nature of the site and we garden as organically as possible.We would love more people to become part of this great adventure so why not come and see the garden when it's open (times below). You can sign up there and then. All are welcome – including children and dogs (on lead).
Where: Walled garden, Santry Demesne, Santry, Dublin 9 (see map on website). We are tucked away at the rear of the park so not easy to find; entrance to the garden is through the small side gate, which is to the top righthand side of the garden as you are looking at it, with the Morton Stadium behind you.
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Above left, Charles County NAACP Branch President Dyotha Sweat smiles and looks into the audience while giving the occasion on Saturday during the branch's 32nd annual freedom fund gala at Middleton Hall in Waldorf. The event was emceed by second second vice president Joe Sampson, pictured far right. Above right, Bryantown native Mary Louise Booth Webb, 95, receives a standing ovation after being called to the stage to receive the Unsung Freedom Fighter Award. Webb currently serves as vice president of the African American Heritage Society of Charles County and is the author of "Life on the Farm with Grandma and Grandpa."
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Bryantown native Mary Louise Booth Webb, 95, receives a standing ovation after being called to the stage to receive the Unsung Freedom Fighter Award. Webb currently serves as vice president of the African American Heritage Society of Charles County and is the author of "Life on the Farm with Grandma and Grandpa."
The Arnold House co-founders Arline and Clarence Arnold, Pomonkey High School Alumni Association and Phi Alpha Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. were among the community empowerment honorees inducted into the NAACP branch's 2019 Hall of Fame.
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Freedom fighters inducted into NAACP branch's hall of fame
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"When We Fight, We Win!" was the theme of the Charles County NAACP's 32nd annual Freedom Fund Gala held Saturday at Middleton Hall in Waldorf, where several community members were inducted into the branch's 2019 hall of fame during a ceremony to celebrate 110 years of national civil rights history.
"Because of you, this is a success," branch president Dyotha Sweat said in front of several hundred guests, emphasizing the need for younger and older generations to be game changers and take action. "When we fight together, we win. We are very resilient, as a people, regardless of what comes before us. There is nothing that we cannot overcome if we put our minds to it."
The ceremony, emceed by branch second vice president Joe Sampson, featured a catered dinner prepared by Chef Kendall Selby, live music and dancing. Among the dignitaries that took part in the celebration was Wandra Ashley Williams from the NAACP National Board of Directors, who serves as a regional representative for Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Williams said the "NAACP's agenda is still essential today as it was 110 years ago," which entails advocating for basic elements like excellent education for children, affordable health care, living wage jobs, a fair justice system and clean environment. However, given such "challenging times in America," members of the black community are "faced with a government intended on stripping away" their rights and thus, "encountered with the threat of access to those basic elements," she said.
Because most "Americans of color" have to endure "discrimination based on race," Williams said it's important that the NAACP and its local units continue to "ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights." She encouraged those in the audience to volunteer and help the organization pursue its vision.
"When we come together, we win," said Williams. "It's so important that we continue to fight especially in these times. … We're not [too far beyond] the '60s, unfortunately. We're having to deal with some of the same issues over and over. We need you because we cannot do this alone."
The award categories included youth, community and business empowerment as well as the Unsung Freedom Fighter award which was bestowed on 95-year-old Mary Louise Booth Webb, a Bryantown native who currently serves as vice president of the African American Heritage Society of Charles County.
Other residents and local groups recognized for their contributions to the county, and throughout Maryland, were Krystle Johnson, North Point High School alumna Kristinee Tate, Maurice J. McDonough High School junior Caleb Wiggins, The Arnold House co-founders Arline and Clarence Arnold, Pomonkey High School Alumni Association, Phi Alpha Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. and Affordable A-1 Printing. Each honoree received an award plaque in addition to proclamations from county and state government leaders including Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles) and Del. Edith Patterson (D-Charles).
As a "minority-majority" agency dedicated to carrying out "the business of the organization" in the county, Sweat said fighting for equality and diversity is part of its long history that is "not going to stop" on her watch.
"We are here to honor some wonderful people that have done some wonderful and great things here in Charles County," Sweat said. "This is a celebration. I want that to resonate — when we fight together, we win."
Webb, author of "Life on the Farm with Grandma and Grandpa," received a standing ovation while she made her way to the stage. She also took the podium to express her gratitude after receiving her award.
"Ms. Webb is the embodiment of a life of service," said Sampson, having interviewed her during a recent episode of the NAACP branch's "African American Voices of Charles County" series on YouTube. "And at 95, she is determined to never stop learning."
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In 1858, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. The ideas put forth by Darwin in this book were not particularly new—other scientists had already introduced the idea of natural selection and evolution before him. What Darwin brought to the table was evidence and the ability to unify these concepts into a streamlined theory of evolution. Nowadays, the idea of evolution through natural selection is widely known—but what does it actually mean, and is it still happening today?
In its most basic definition, natural selection can be defined as "survival of the fittest." It's easy to think of how this definition applies to a single individual—a person can be fit and they can survive to an old age. But that's not exactly what natural selection is referring to. In practice, survival of the fittest applies to DNA and its ability to be passed onto subsequent generations.
The most common example of natural selection is that of the peppered moth. Prior to the industrial revolution, moths in the United Kingdom had a gene that caused them to be lighter in color1,2. Occasionally, a moth would be born with a change in the DNA that caused them to be darker, but these darker moths were less common. However, once industrial pollution deposited large amounts of soot in the environment, white moths became less common as the dark moth population soared1.
Natural selection isn't the only force acting on the human genome. Another factor at play is known as the founder effect. Among other things, the founder effect explains how a family in Kentucky came to have blueish color to their skin. Learn more about the Blue People of Kentucky here.
In this example, the genes that make moths dark were present in the moth population all along, but it was a disadvantage for them to be dark because they stood out to predators. As a result, black moths were less likely to survive to adulthood and reproduce, meaning the dark versions of these genes were less fit and less likely to survive. Once the industrial revolution took place, it became advantageous for moths to be dark. Now, moths that were born with darker coloration were more likely to survive and reproduce—passing on the "dark" version of their genes to their offspring—while the white moths were less likely to survive and pass on their unique set of genes1,2.
What's important to note here is that individual moths couldn't change their color. Once they were born with the light or dark colored genes, they were stuck with them. What changed was the population frequency. Based on the environment, the moths that were born with a darker color were more likely to survive and pass the darker color (and their genes) to their offspring. After multiple generations of this pattern, the genes that resulted in a dark color and allowed the moths to survive became more common in the population, and thus the peppered moth species evolved to have darker coloration.
Natural selection also applies to humans. We know that the ability to digest milk as adults became common in some populations due to pressure from natural selection3. At one point in time, few people could digest a sugar in milk known as lactose. If an adult did drink milk, they would likely experience gastrointestinal issues that, in more primitive times, could have been lethal4. By chance, some people inherited a variant in their DNA that helped allowed them to digest lactose as adults. When we started domesticating cattle, the ability to consume dairy products may have provided them a survival advantage. As a result, there's evidence that in some parts of the world, people who could digest milk were more likely to produce children with the same ability3,4. This is one reason why many people today can comfortably eat and drink dairy products while others cannot.
Natural selection is just one of the evolutionary forces that have molded the human genome. Other factors include population bottlenecks, founder events, and genetic drift. Typically we look at natural selection and these other forces as pressures that shaped our past. While we can't know what the future will bring, it's clear that natural selection will continue to act on us and shape the way we grow as a species over time.
1Cook, L M, and I J Saccheri. "The Peppered Moth and Industrial Melanism: Evolution of a Natural Selection Case Study." Heredity 110.3 (2013): 207–212. PMC. Web. 14 Sept. 2018.
2Walton, Olivia C., and Martin Stevens. "Avian Vision Models and Field Experiments Determine the Survival Value of Peppered Moth Camouflage." Communications Biology, vol. 1, no. 1, 2018, doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0126-3.
3Gerbault, Pascale et al. "Evolution of Lactase Persistence: An Example of Human Niche Construction." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366.1566 (2011): 863–877. PMC. Web. 11 Sep. 2018.
4Curry, Andrew. "Archaeology: The milk revolution." Nature, vol. 500, no. 7460, 2013, pp. 20–22., doi:10.1038/500020a.


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According to source KVOA, news organizations have referred to the University of Arizona as simply UA. But on Monday, school officials announced that the school will be going by a new name.
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To help distinguish the University of Arizona from other national and international entities, the Tucson-based college announced that they will now be referred as UArizona in headlines and on second reference, oppose to the abbreviated, UA.
According to UArizona officials, this new abbreviation will help improve search engine optimization, which will, in theory, make it easier for the public to find the University of Arizona related content more quickly, effectively and efficiently.
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Having visited Newquay quite frequently, Lewinnick lodge has become one of our favourite restaurants not just because it has gluten free options. Set on the Pentire peninsula, it's a little romantic haven away from the hustle and bustle of Newquay town and the view is spectacular. All their menu is made with local ingredients and the specials changes twice daily for lunch and dinner. If you haven't booked a table you can also order from the menu in the bar area.
On this particular Saturday me and Blake had the same starter of seafood bisque and I had slow cooked beef with potato gratin and Blake had mussels and fries for main. Dessert was an easy one for Blake as they had a flour-less chocolate brownie for dessert. All the menu's are marked with a GF symbol next to the dishes and if you have any queries the staff are on hand to help.
With many awards already under their belt, this new and hip coffee place doesn't just serve amazing coffee and brunch but they also offer gluten free bread! Inside the cafe is lovely and quaint with a relaxed vibe. Check out their instagram for the best coffee and brunch pictures!
From the outside, you can't miss this cool place to eat and drink in Newquay town and once you step inside the decor is very boho and the staff are super lovely. The beached lamb cafe, serves not only gluten free options but vegan too. Their menu is endless with smoothies, salads, sandwiches and the best breakfast. We went for a toasted muffin topped with bacon, eggs and hash browns! It tasted as good as it looks.
As I have been staying in Cornwall since I was young, I have always visited the Smugglers Den Inn for dinner. They serve pub grub at its best with an extensive menu and a specials board. Although it doesn't say gluten free on the menu my boyfriend asked for GF bread and they were happy to provide it plus the staff are so lovely they would be happy to answer any of your allergy questions. I would always recommend booking ahead to get a table because it's super popular.
Recently celebrating 10 years, we have never come across this place before in St Ives but we're so glad we did! The Raw Chocolate Pie company not only sells little bars of chocolate pie in various flavours but Raw Fudge too. I recommend the caramel!
These products are all dairy free, gluten free, soya free and contain no refined sugar. They are not only suitable for coeliacs but also diabetics, anyone suffering with a lactose intolerance, vegans and vegetarians. The best thing is you don't have to go all the way to Cornwall to get your hands on some because they sell online too, here.
Situated in front of the stunning St Ives harbour, The Searoom has been our favourite gluten free restaurant because nearly everything on the menu can be made gluten free! On this occasion my boyfriend went for eggs benedict with gluten free scones and I had bacon, scrambled eggs (the best ever), hash browns and bread. If you miss breakfast don't worry they serve lunch and dinner too!
You may of heard of chef Rick Stein off the TV but he also has a big presence in Cornwall with six restaurants in Padstow alone and also one in Porthleven and now Fistral Beach, Newquay, you will guarantee to come across one of them. We have previously ate at his fish and chip restaurant in Padstow so already knew they did gluten free batter but we didn't realise he had opened one overlooking Fistral beach, even better that it was a 10 minute walk from the airbnb where we were staying. Perfect fish and chips with a sea view!
Every year we pay a visit to Healeys Cyder Farm because that's where they create the best cider... RATTLER, which you are sure to come across in every pub in Cornwall. The farm itself not only has the distillery where they make the cider but also farm animals and a restaurant with gluten free scones! We did ring ahead because they are all made from fresh so wanted to make sure they had some.
If you're ever in the South West of England there are plenty of other beautiful places to visit in Cornwall.
Yum this made me so hungry! Amazing looking food! Gluten free doesn't mean sacrificing flavor!
Those restaurants look great even for those who aren't gluten free. Love rick stein's food and love, love, love newquay it reminds me of being young and reckless!!!
These all looked super yummy. It looks so beautiful over there! I'm from florida and we don't see really anything that looks like that over here.
This all look so good! I love that more place have gluten free options!


You'll never see Nicole Kidman in an epic revenge movie.
In her recent Glamour cover interview, she explained why she's more interested in characters who pick themselves back up when they're knocked down than those who respond to mistreatment by getting even.
She practices these values in her own life, she said. To stop her from getting discouraged in an emotionally difficult job, her husband Keith Urban gives her a safe space to vent her feelings. "I don't even think of the risks, I just go, 'This is totally going to work.' Exercising those muscles gives you resilience. And I'm fascinated by resilience in human beings — what people endure and somehow survive. I just bow down to that," she said. "Keith always says to me, 'You stay raw and sensitive, and I'll buffer things for you,' which is a beautiful offering. He is always told, 'You're so tough.' And he says, 'That's not what I want for you, Nicole. You don't need to get a thick skin.'"
This prevents her from becoming bitter when life is hard on her, she explained. "That way, I can actually go back open and curious and willing. And at times scarred and a little damaged, but not with a sword like, 'I'm seeking revenge.' Because that just doesn't interest me. I actually never choose films that are about revenge."
Kidman recently won an Emmy Award for her performance as Celeste Wright, a woman in an abusive relationship, on the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies. She was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the adoptive mother of a boy searching for his birth family in the movie Lion, which she's called a "love letter" to her own adopted kids. As she said in her Glamour interview, she likes to play "women who somehow find their way through."


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Francoise Vachell, född i början av 1670-talet i Reading i Berkshire i England, död 1728 i Sverige, var en engelskfödd svensk adelsdam.

Francoise Vachell var dotter till Thomas Vachell och Anne Taylor (skrivningen Tailleur förekommer). Släkten Vachell ägde bland annat godset Coley Park i Reading i Berkshire.

En av hennes bröder, Tanfield Vachell, var parlamentsledamot för Reading och medlem i den så kallade Svenska klubben i London, där även Christoffer Leijoncrona, Francoises make, var medlem.

Francoise blev styvdotter till den svenske diplomaten i London Johan Barkman Leijonbergh när denne som änkeman, förmodligen på 1670-talet, gifte sig med Francoises mor, änkefru Anne Vachell.

År 1688 gifte sig Francoise med Leijonberghs efterträdare på diplomatposten i London, Christoffer Leijoncrona. Paret Leijoncrona fick åtta barn, fyra söner och fyra döttrar. Alla sönerna dog tidigt och Christoffer Leijoncrona dog i maj 1710. Francoise flyttade med sina fyra döttrar till släktgodset Kråkerum i Mönsterås socken, där hon levde till sin död i augusti eller början av september 1728.

De tre döttrar, som nådde vuxen ålder, gifte in sig i släkterna Rappe, Rudebeck och Lilliehorn.

Ett porträtt av Francoise Leijoncrona, målat av den svenske konstnären Michael Dahl, finns på Nationalmuseum i Stockholm.

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Peyre (gaskonsko Pèira) je naselje in občina v francoskem departmaju Landes regije Akvitanije. Naselje je leta 2009 imelo 197 prebivalcev.

Geografija
Kraj leži v pokrajini Gaskonji 41 km južno od Mont-de-Marsana in 42 km severno od Pauja.

Uprava
Občina Peyre skupaj s sosednjimi občinami Aubagnan, Castelner, Cazalis, Hagetmau, Horsarrieu, Labastide-Chalosse, Lacrabe, Mant, Momuy, Monget, Monségur, Morganx, Poudenx, Sainte-Colombe, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Serres-Gaston in Serreslous-et-Arribans sestavlja kanton Hagetmau s sedežem v Hagetmauu. Kanton je sestavni del okrožja Mont-de-Marsan.

Zanimivosti
 cerkev Marijinega Vnebovzetja;

Zunanje povezave

 Peyre na INSEE

Naselja departmaja Landes


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Suit seeks to split Texas' 38 electoral votes as part of national fight
myStatesman Mar 9, 2018
Federal lawsuits filed simultaneously in Texas and three other states are seeking to end the system that awards every electoral vote to the winning presidential candidate in each state.
The lawsuits argue that the winner-take-all system violates voting rights by discarding ballots cast in support of losing candidates in the four states, particularly Democrats in the GOP strongholds of Texas and South Carolina, and Republicans in Democratic California and Massachusetts.
The winner-take-all system — a standard for more than 180 years that is used by almost every state — not only violates the "one person, one vote" principle, but it has turned democracy on its head, allowing presidential candidates to ignore millions of voters while focusing on the handful of competitive "battleground" states where the outcome is not preordained, the lawsuits argue.
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The Eag potassium channel as a new prognostic marker in ovarian cancer.
Asher, Viren; Khan, Raheela; Warren, Averil; Shaw, Robert; Schalkwyk, Gerhard V.; Bali, Anish; Sowter, Heidi M.; Royal Derby Hospital, School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University of Derby (2010)
Ovarian cancer is the second most common cancer of the female genital tract in the United Kingdom (UK), accounting for 6% of female deaths due to cancer. This cancer is associated with poor survival and there is a need for new treatments in addition to existing chemotherapy to improve survival. Potassium (K+) channels have been shown to be overexpressed in various cancers where they appear to play a role in cell proliferation and progression.
Microcell-mediated chromosome transfer identifies EPB41L3 as a functional suppressor of epithelial ovarian cancers.
Dafou, Dimitra; Grun, Barbara; Sinclair, Jonathan; Lawrenson, Kate; Benjamin, Elizabeth C.; Hogdall, Estrid; Kruger-Kjaer, Susanne; Christensen, Lise; Sowter, Heidi M.; Al-Attar, Ahmed; et al. (2010-07)
We used a functional complementation approach to identify tumor-suppressor genes and putative therapeutic targets for ovarian cancer. Microcell-mediated transfer of chromosome 18 in the ovarian cancer cell line TOV21G induced in vitro and in vivo neoplastic suppression. Gene expression microarray profiling in TOV21G(+18) hybrids identified 14 candidate genes on chromosome 18 that were significantly overexpressed and therefore associated with neoplastic suppression. Further analysis of messenger RNA and protein expression for these genes in additional ovarian cancer cell lines indicated that EPB41L3 (erythrocyte membrane protein band 4.1-like 3, alternative names DAL-1 and 4.1B) was a candidate ovarian cancer-suppressor gene. Immunoblot analysis showed that EPB41L3 was activated in TOV21G(+18) hybrids, expressed in normal ovarian epithelial cell lines, but was absent in 15 (78%) of 19 ovarian cancer cell lines. Using immunohistochemistry, 66% of 794 invasive ovarian tumors showed no EPB41L3 expression compared with only 24% of benign ovarian tumors and 0% of normal ovarian epithelial tissues. EPB41L3 was extensively methylated in ovarian cancer cell lines and primary ovarian tumors compared with normal tissues (P = .00004), suggesting this may be the mechanism of gene inactivation in ovarian cancers. Constitutive reexpression of EPB41L3 in a three-dimensional multicellular spheroid model of ovarian cancer caused significant growth suppression and induced apoptosis. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy demonstrated many similarities between EPB41L3-expressing cells and chromosome 18 donor-recipient hybrids, suggesting that EPB41L3 is the gene responsible for neoplastic suppression after chromosome 18 transfer. Finally, an inducible model of EPB41L3 expression in three-dimensional spheroids confirmed that reexpression of EPB41L3 induces extensive apoptotic cell death in ovarian cancers.


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Mayor Meets with Constituents in Q&A Session
Posted on June 18, 2014 by Munjoy Hill News
Mayor Michael Brennan at Yesterday's Constituent Meeting.
Yesterday Mayor Michael Brennan met with constituents in the second of a series of meetings since he took office – called Meet the Mayor – at City Hall.
The Mayor announced that on Monday, July 21st, at 5:30 pm, the City Council will take up issues surrounding the recent victory at the polls by the Friends of Congress Square Park and its oversight. The Council will "work through issues" brought up by this vote. The city's corporation counsel will present a "roadmap" of options that the city council can pursue. Does the City Council want to put the issue of the sale of Congress Square to RockBridge to a referendum – it so, that would likely come in November.
The Old Port House of Jerky received its business license yesterday afternoon. It came about because the co-owners, Jeff Gagne and Matt DiBenedetto, agreed to a plan to implement a fire sprinkler system in their jerky store at 13 Exchange Street in Portland's Old Port. The jerky store had expected to open last month, but because the landlord, Joe Soley, was not in compliance with the city's fire sprinkler ordinance, the business was unable to open. But, just before Memorial Day, the store did open – illegally – to take advantage of the increased foot traffic in the Old Port. Apparently, the city worked out a deal with the House of Jerky that did not include landlord Joe Soley. Huh?
The Mayor also announced that the City of Portland will continue to pay General Assistance to undocumented immigrants against the instructions of Governor Paul LePage in Augusta. There are various cities in Maine with a large immigrant community. Portland is one of them. The others include Lewiston, Westbrook, and Augusta. Bangor is not as affected by this ruling as the aforementioned places because of a smaller immigrant community. Mayor Robert MacDonald, of Lewiston, is in agreement with the Governor's decision, however. Depending on whether or not the Attorney General rules that this policy change is constitutional, the City could institute a lawsuit against the policy, the Mayor said.
One Portland resident at the meeting with the Mayor expressed concern about the noise from motorcycles. City Councilor Ed Suslovic, chair of the Public Safety Committee, offered to put the matter on his agenda for a July meeting. A man said to be representing Joe Soley asked the Mayor if the city would be interested in installing LED lights in the Old Port and sharing the cost with Soley. Soley believes it would cut down on the amount of criminal activity in the area. He was referred to the Public Services Department.
The Mayor said he will hold another similar meeting, but no date has been set for it.


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Amitav Ghosh says for some people climate catastrophe has already happened Image: picture-alliance/Eidon/MAXPPP/dpa/D. Giagnori
Nature and Environment
What the West doesn't get about the climate crisis
11/06/2019 November 6, 2019
The new novel by award-winning Indian author Amitav Ghosh, Gun Island, uses climate change as a backdrop. He tells DW about the different perceptions of the climate crisis in the East and West.
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When he was a boy, Amitav Ghosh always knew where pineapples came from. "They came from the garden, I would watch people chopping them up," he says, as if that wasn't anything special.
His garden was in Kolkata, India, whereas my garden was in the suburbs of Manchester, England, and all it had in it was some grass, a tree, and an old football. Yet I still had pineapples — albeit usually chopped up in cans. I hardly ever thought about where they came from.
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It'd take a while to explain how we got onto these fruit memories when I met the Indian author in his kitchen in Brooklyn this September. But that disjunction is one of the things behind The Great Derangement, Ghosh's book-length essay from 2016, subtitled Climate Change and the Unthinkable.
The book starts out by wondering why it is so difficult to get climate change into a modern English-language novel that isn't science fiction. It concludes that Western literature has, in the past 200 years or so, become trapped in a world where human comedy and tragedy is separated from nature. Along the way, Ghosh considers the power dynamics that make the climate debate so different in the Eastern than the Western hemisphere.
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Western novels, he believes, are mainly bound by two constraints: plausibility and human agency. Could this happen? And can our hero fight his way through his moral adventure? In some ways, his new novel, Gun Island, full of freak typhoons and unlikely coincidences, is a conscious attempt to break free of those conventions, and so finds room to use climate change as a backdrop.
Amitav Ghosh says for some people the climate catastrophe has already arrived Image: Getty Images/AFP/U.S. Mishra
Crisis and realization
The Great Derangement is different from the other books about environmental doom that have come out in the last few years. David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth (2019) and Paul Kingsnorth's Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist (2017), for example, are vital books, but they're written by American and British men who have made a terrible realization and are now trying to figure out a way to cope.
But Ghosh, no less aware of the existential threat, seems to be free from their anxiety. This is mainly because he thinks the current predicament says more about the continuities with colonial history than it does about some ruptured future. For some people in the world, the catastrophe has already happened.
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"I have a philosopher friend who says: All projections of the future are fundamentally projections of power," he says. "This is why it's almost always the white guys who make those projections, because they're really projecting a disappearance of power into the future. I don't know anything about the future."
"I come from a part of the world where we didn't have very rosy expectations of the world or the future," says Ghosh. "We knew there would be a lot of upheavals, and we witnessed these upheavals at first hand, so in that sense I think Westerners had a belief in stability and the promise of the future that I didn't share."
The West has also come to rely on what Ghosh calls "an expert discourse" from scientists. The result, he believes, is that science is giving fearful westerners a hope in business-friendly "sustainable development," biofuels, or carbon-capture technology, which they think will save the system before it collapses.
Increased wildfires, flooding, and drought are hitting poorer countries hardest Image: Getty Images
Ghosh says farmers, fishermen, Inuit, indigenous peoples have seen climate change first-handImage: Getty Images/AFP/M. Kiran
The alternative, a massive-scale economic adaptation to a new distribution of resources, is too scary to consider: The end of capitalism would be as bad as the end of the world.
"The people who saw the climate crisis first are at the absolute other end: farmers, fishermen, Inuit, indigenous peoples, forest peoples in India, and they've already had to adapt, mainly by moving, finding new livelihoods," says Ghosh. "And indigenous peoples have already lived through the end of the world and found ways to survive."
Ghosh thinks it's no coincidence that the constraints of the bourgeois novel began to form at the same time as the West began to use fossil fuels to project its power around the world.
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"Climate change is absolutely an aspect of empire," he says. "The British Empire was essentially built on fossil fuels: It was the British mastery of coal that gave it a huge military advantage over the rest of the world."
That's also one reason why renewable energy is a threat to a system that the West has spent centuries building up and defending. "One thing you can be sure of," Ghosh says. "If renewables really were adopted at scale, it would completely shake up the global political order." He argues that oil and gas have to flow through maritime chokepoints controlled by the US, Australia, Britain and Canada, giving them a complete geopolitical advantage.
Ghosh sees climate change as an aspect of empire Image: Getty Images/AFP/A. Dey
Power and justice
Looked at this way, it's no wonder the Western anxiety about climate change is focussed on social collapse and extinction. "I think Western people sense that the entire order is changing in ways that are extremely threatening to them," says Ghosh.
That's also why in the Eastern hemisphere, the issue of historical injustice is central to the issue of climate change. "If you go to any Indonesian, or Indian, or Chinese, even people who are perfectly well aware of the climate threat, and say to them: 'why don't you immediately cut all your emissions?' What will you hear? The answer is always profoundly political, it's: 'The West made this problem, let them give everything up first. This is the terrible dilemma in which we're caught."
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Despite all the devastation that climate change is causing in the developing world, the assumption is that, when an ecological collapse comes, the wealth built up over centuries will provide a cushion.
"We're always told that rich countries will adapt better: I don't think that's actually true. I think countries with very complex systems, like the United States and in Europe, are in many ways much more fragile. Just consider food distribution."
And that's how we got onto pineapples. It's easier to get them if they're in your garden.
Ben Knight Ben Knight is a journalist in Berlin who mainly writes about German politics.@BenWernerKnight
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The beautiful thing about smoothies is that no fancy juice press is needed, only a blender. It also calls for very little clean up, a win-win! For those mornings we find ourselves reaching for the snooze button, a quick and delicious breakfast is much appreciated. It's the ideal spring breakfast, weekend snack or light lunch. This smoothie oozes with vibrant flavors from tart cherries to sweet strawberries. Throw in a few dates at the end to add a caramel touch.
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Ex-caged hens 'destined for slaughter' need rehoming in Essex this weekend
Hens are intelligent and friendly
Mrs Dee is one of the rehomed hens
Hundreds of hens who were destined for slaughter are looking for homes in Essex this weekend.
The British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT) is giving the Essex public the chance to welcome some new feathery additions into their family by adopting some ex-battery hens.
The charity will be hosting the hen collection event, which re-homes laying hens from farms once they reach 18 months old and are no longer deemed commercially viable.
For an average donation of £5 per hen, you must register your details online and book to pick up your new pet.
The charity was founded in 2005 by Jane Howorth MBE, and it now operates from over 40 locations across the UK.
It works to find caring homes for thousands of commercial laying hen who are destined for slaughter each year.
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Jane said: "It comes as no surprise to us that hen keeping is becoming increasingly common as we know better than most what amazing pets they make.
"They're intelligent, friendly and inquisitive and soon find their way into people's hearts. There's something particularly special about re-homing ex-battery hens, as not only have you saved their lives, but you've given them the first chance to really experience what life is all about and it's through that joint experience that gives us lucky people the chance to form special relationships with our hens.
"Just because it's a bit cold outside, don't let that put you off adopting some hens. These resilient pets may come out of their cages missing a few feathers, but they'll soon be sporting a new set of fluffy bloomers and we think a warm cosy coop is the least they deserve after all their diligent egg laying."
The charity has to date re-homed 26,000 hens across the Essex area, one of them being a hen called Mrs Dee.
Bridget Irving from London, re-homed Mrs Dee from Great Totham, she said: "Mrs Dee and her two sisters arrived with missing quite a few feathers and with pale combs. They are now happy, busy girls with a fine set of lovely feathers."
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Jean Gill, Essex Co-ordinator, said: "Re-homing ex-battery hens from the BHWT certainly brings about a touch of the feel-good factor as you give your little flock the chance to enjoy fresh air, sunshine and dust baths. It's the first chance they'll have had to enjoy many of the things that come naturally to a chicken.
"These hardworking little ladies will be coming out of their cages this weekend, so we really hope the Essex public get behind us and give as many of them homes as possible."
How you can re-home a flock of your own?
If you'd like to re-home a flock of your own, the event is taking place in Great Totham on Saturday, November 16 where you can pick them up.
To book simply register your details at www.bhwt.org.uk and then call Hen Central on 01884 860084.
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Cette liste recense les évêques qui se sont succédé sur le siège de Populonia (actuellement frazione de la commune de Piombino) puis de Massa Marittima à partir du , les évêques portant le titre de Massa et Populonia. La cocathédrale saint Antime se trouvant sur la commune de Piombino, le titre du diocèse est changé en 1978 en celui de diocèse de Massa Marittima-Piombino.

Évêques de Populonia
 Asello (495-502)
 Saint Fiorenzo ()
 Saint  (546-574)
 Siège vacant (591)
 Mariniano (mentionné en 649)
 Sereno (mentionné en 680)
 Anonyme (mentionné en 753)
 Ancario (mentionné en 755 et en 759)
 Pietro (mentionné en 769)

Évêques de Massa et Populonia
 Guriperto (mentionné en 826)
 Odalperto (mentionné en 853)
 Paolo (mentionné en 861)
 Giovanni  (mentionné en 877)
 Anonyme (mentionné en 886)
 Unicluso (mentionné en 923)
 Giovanni II (mentionné en 940 ou 945)
 Guido  (?- 979) nommé évêque de Lucques
 Enrico (1015-1050)
 Tegrimo (1057-1061)
 Bernardo (1065-1068)
 Guglielmo  (1074-1080)
 Guglielmo II (mentionné en 1082)
 Giovanni III (mentionné en 1099)
 Lorenzo (mentionné en 1103)
 Rolando (1112-1138)
 Alberto  (1149-1158)
 Giovanni IV (1181-1189)
 Martino (1189-1196)
 Marzucco Gaetani (1211-1213) nommé évêque de Luni
 Alberto II (1217-1230)
 Guglielmo II (1231) évêque élu
 Ildebrando (1231-1236)
 Niccolò  (mentionné en 1254)
 Ruggero Ugurgeri (1256-1268)
 Filippo di Massa (1268-?)
 Rotlando Ugurgeri (1278-1300)
 Lando di Pistoia (1307-?)
 Cristofano Melloni Tolomei, O.P (1310-?)
 Giovanni V (1313-1332)
 Galgano Pagliarecci, O.P (1332-1348)
 Guido da Riparia (1349-?)
 Antonio da Riparia (1361-1380) nommé évêque de Lucques
 Pietro da Fano, O.S.A (1380-1389 nommé évêque de Fano
 Nicola da Salerno, O.F.M (1385-?) antiévêque
 Andrea Galeazzi, O.F.M (1389-1390) nommé évêque d'Assise
 Giovanni Gabrielli (1390-1394) nommé archevêque de Pise
 Niccolò Beruto (1394-1404) nommé archevêque d'Oristano
 Bartolomeo Ghini (1404-1425)
 Antonio Casini (1425-1429)
 Antonio da Massa, O.F.M (1430-1435)
 Riccardo Del Frate, O.S.B.Vall (1435-1438)
 Pier Giovanni Dall'Orto (1439-1467)
 Leonardo Dati (1467-1472)
 Bartolomeo Della Rovere, O.F.M (1472-1474) nommé évêque de Ferrare
 Giovanni Ghianderoni (1474-1483)
 Girolamo Conti (1483-1498)
 Ventura Benassai (1501-1511)
 Alfonso Petrucci (1511-1517) administrateur apostolique
 Giovanni Gregorio Peroschi (1517-1524) nommé évêque de Telese
 Francesco Peroschi (1524-1529)
 Paolo Emilio Cesi (1529-1530) administrateur apostolique
 Girolamo Ghianderoni (1530-1538) nommé évêque d'Ancone et Numana
 Alexandre Farnèse (1538-1547) administrateur apostolique
 Bernardino Maffei (1547-1549) évêque élu
 Miguel da Silva (1549-1556) administrateur apostolique
 Francesco Franchini (1556-1559)
 Ventura Buralini (1560-1570)
 Antonio De Angelis (1570-1579)
 Alberto Bolognetti (1579-1585)
 Vincenzo Casali (1585-1587)
 Achille Sergardi (1587-1601)
 Alessandro Petrucci (1602-1615) nommé archevêque de Sienne
 Fabio Piccolomini (1615-1629)
 Giovanni Battista Malaspina (1629-1655)
 Bandino Accarigi (1656-1670)
 Niccolò dell'Acciaia (1671-1679)
 Polo Pecci (1679-1694)
 Pietro Luigi Malaspina, C.R (1695-1705)
 Ascanio Silvestri (1706-1714) nommé évêque de Pienza
 Niccolò Tolomei (1715 -1718)
 Eusebio Ciani, O.S.B.Cam (1719-1770)
 Pietro Maria Vannucci (1770-1793)
 Francesco Toli (1795-1803) nommé évêque de Pistoia et Prato
 Siège vacant (1803-1818)
 Giuseppe Mancini (1818-1824) nommé archevêque de Sienne
 Giuseppe Maria Traversi (1825-1872)
 Giuseppe Morteo, O.F.M.Cap (1872-1891)
 Giovanni Battista Borachia (1892-1924)
 Giovanni Piccioni (1924-1933)
 Faustino Baldini (1933-1966)
 Siège vacant (1966-1970)
 Lorenzo Vivaldo (1970-1978) nommé évêque de Massa Marittima-Piombino

Évêques de Massa Marittima-Piombino
 Lorenzo Vivaldo (1978-1990)
 Angelo Comastri (1990-1994)
 Gualtiero Bassetti (1994-1998) nommé évêque d'Arezzo-Cortone-Sansepolcro
 Giovanni Santucci (1999-2010) nommé évêque de Massa Carrara-Pontremoli
 Carlo Ciattini (2010- )

Sources
 http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org

Notes et références

Massa Marittima
Massa Marittima
Religion en Toscane
Diocèse de Massa Marittima-Piombino


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El Guayas és un riu situat a la banda occidental de l'Equador, que dona nom a la província del Guayas. És el riu més important d'Amèrica del Sud que desemboca al Pacífic. La seva longitud total, incloent el riu Daule, és de 389 km. A vegades es considera que el Guayas neix estrictament en el punt on es troben els rius Daule i Babahoyo, només a 60 km de la desembocadura.

El Guayas (sempre considerant-lo amb el Daule) neix de les neus del Chimborazo i desemboca al Golf de Guayaquil formant un complex delta, amb multitud de petites illes i una zona pantanosa anomenada Estero Salado. La seva conca és la més gran dels rius sud-americans que desemboquen al Pacífic.

Rius de l'Equador
Rius americans de l'oceà Pacífic
Guayaquil


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Voices of a Massacre: Untold Stories of Life and Death in Iran, 1988 (Hardcover)
By Nasser Mohajer, Angela Davis (Foreword by)
In July 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to bring an end to the brutal eight-year war with Iraq. Over the next two months, under the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, political prisoners around the country were secretly brought before a tribunal panel that would later become known as the Death Commission. They were not told what was happening and did not know that one 'wrong' answer concerning their faith or political affiliation would send them straight to the gallows.
Thousands of men and women were condemned to death, many buried in mass graves in Khavaran Cemetery in the vicinity of Tehran.
Through eyewitness accounts of survivors, research by scholars and memories of children and spouses of the deceased, Voices of a Massacre reconstructs the events of that bloody summer. Over thirty years later, the Iranian government has still not officially acknowledged that they ever took place.
Nasser Mohajer is an independent scholar of modern Iranian history. He has authored many books and written numerous articles on contemporary Iran, including on the prison systems of both the Pahlavi dynasty and the Islamic Republic, women's movements for equal rights and histories of the Iranian left. He currently resides in Paris and works with Noghteh Resources on Iran.
'Powerfully moving testimonies from prisoners who survived the brutal crackdowns in Tehran in 1988 by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini… A wrenching, important work of historical scholarship demanding justice for the victims.'
— Kirkus, starred review
'A multifaceted record of state violence and its astounding impacts… Nasser Mohajer's substantial compilation is a vital contribution to the record of this still-suppressed history.'
— World Literature Today
'Voices of a Massacre is a unique and creative portrayal of [a] tragic reality… International promoters of human rights ought to be grateful to Nasser Mohajer for producing an insightful and invaluable testimony to prove that the Islamic Republic of Iran is guilty of committing crimes against humanity.'
— Mansour Farhang, Center for Human Rights in Iran
'Once again the lesson must be learned that not all massacres are reported and acknowledged as the brutal and systematic killings that they are. What geopolitical reasons are there for having kept the history of the Great Massacre of 1988 in Iran from being told? This indispensable volume, Voices of a Massacre, takes the reader through that history, exposes the well-constructed oblivion to which this history has been consigned, and assembles the testimonies of political prisoners and those who mourn their losses. It documents the various arduous efforts to appeal to the government, the media, and international authorities to recognize and condemn this crime, and weaves together the acts of resistance among those who are fighting for this history to be told and known. This is an urgent and belated book that draws on multiple archives to establish the systematic death-dealing of the late 1980s in Iran, as well as the unforgivable and complicitous silence on this period of lethal violence. That history is established through many voices and genres, all of which constitute a living testimonial, a collective act of mourning, and a resounding call for justice.'
— Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Precarious Life and The Force of Nonviolence
'Nasser Mohajer writes for the same reasons as George Orwell—"desire to see things as they are, to find out true facts and to store them up for the use of posterity". This is an invaluable testimony to the shameful 1988 prison massacres that the authorities denied, regime historians tried to vaporize, and many others either minimized or glossed over its medieval essence. The Inquisition that oversaw the mass executions was not only horrific but also unprecedented in the whole of Iran's long history.'
— Ervand Abrahamian, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Iranian and Middle Eastern history and politics, Baruch College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of A History of Modern Iran
'Voices of a Massacre is a testament to the human capacity to resist, survive, remember, and respond ethically to others—even at the very limit of what a person can bear. It is gut-wrenching and difficult to read, and that is precisely why we must read it, as slowly and carefully as necessary to absorb what has happened and to grasp what must be done. The book is a truly amazing achievement.'
— Lisa Guenther, Queen's National Scholar in Political Philosophy and Critical Prison Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, and author of Solitary Confinement: Social Death and Its Afterlives
'Voices of a Massacre is an unsparing account of Untold Stories of Life and Death, vital for understanding the cruelty of the Islamic Republic of Iran, yet unique in presenting human qualities of resistance, hope, despair, and fear under the condition of imprisonment. Through insightful narrations one can imagine and sense people's desire for survival when pushed to life's extremes. An agonizing, but not-to-be-evaded read.'
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'Voices of a Massacre is a valuable response to the "duty of memory". Through both analysis and testimony, it provides a profound series of reflections on the shocking 1988 mass killing of political prisoners that continues to cast a long shadow on the people of Iran. By surfacing the historical truth, this unique collection helps confront the culture of denial and impunity that stands in the way of a better future built on the supremacy of human rights.'
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Matthew d'Ancona
Forget Ukip, David Cameron and explain what the Government is up to
In its first months, the Cameron-Clegg Coalition Government was superbly effective in communicating its political and economic policies.
The UK Indpendence Party, headed by the colourful Nigel Farage (above), has pulled ahead of the Liberal Democrats in a couple of opinion polls Photo: WARREN ALLOTT
By Matthew d'Ancona
At Wednesday's political Cabinet, the Coalition's most senior ministers were told by Number 10 officials that the relationship between politicians and public is defined not only by results but by perceived motive. It is not enough for the voters to support your policies. They must trust your values, your purpose, your reason for taking action.
If, to take an obvious example, the punters can be persuaded that the top rate of tax is being cut from 50p to 45p to increase revenues (penal rates drive down the tax take) and to encourage growth, all will be well. But if they think that a Tory Chancellor is slashing top taxes just to help the party's rich pals… well, not so much. Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will embark on a round of media appearances in an effort to make sense of the past month and to reassure the public that the Coalition remains committed to a coherent strategy of deficit reduction, radical public service reform and the transformation of the welfare system. "He'll rise above the headlines we've had since the Budget,'' according to one source, "and restore a sense of the big narrative."
Not before time, one might add. Since George Osborne delivered his statement to the Commons a month and a day ago, the Government has been overwhelmed by controversy – some of it real, some of it contrived, but all conspiring to reinforce the sorry impression of an administration whose screen has frozen. In such circumstances, turning the machine off and rebooting is not enough. Cameron's task tomorrow is to convince voters that the Coalition has a powerful operating system and software package, that its actions are part of a well-conceived project for government.
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Mistakes have been made, morale is at a low ebb, the polls are depressing. And look: the UK Independence Party has pulled ahead of the Lib Dems in an opinion poll or two! A couple of unnamed Tory MPs are reported to be considering defection to Ukip! To some Conservative eyes, it seems as though the party's colourful leader, Nigel Farage (interviewed on page 11), has the Big Mo as the local elections on May 3 draw close.
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Only since embracing the centre ground have the Tories come within striking distance of an overall majority. Many Conservatives hate this and get furious when reminded of it. But it's the truth: anyone who thinks that the party will achieve an outright majority by fighting a campaign dominated by Europe, immigration and aggressive small-state conservatism hasn't paid much attention to recent political history. Or to anything else.
Of course Cameron should seek to win back Ukip voters – but not by jeopardising the gains he has made in non-traditional Tory seats. Again, it is a psephological fact that the Conservatives will not win next time unless they make inroads into Labour terrain. At the last election, Ukip secured fewer than one million votes, compared to Gordon Brown's 8.6 million and Nick Clegg's 6.8 million. As a party of Right-wing protest, Mr Farage's gang does well in local and European elections. But it is no accident that they have yet to win a single seat at Westminster. The electorate understands the difference between an opinion poll response and the composition of Parliament.
What about Ukip votes in marginal seats? On this, I defer to the best political scientist in Britain, Professor Tim Bale of Sussex University, who wrote recently on The Spectator's Coffee House blog that "the impact is vastly exaggerated. At best we're talking about no more than a handful of seats — certainly nowhere near enough to mean the difference between the Tories being the biggest party and a comfortable overall majority". Persuaded? You should be.
In April 2006, Cameron called Ukip's members "closet racists". I doubt the PM would go so far today, not least because Mr Farage has worked hard to purge some of the nastier elements from his party's ranks. None the less, the Tory leader is right not to heed those in his party – predominantly at its grassroots – who see the Ukip surge as a terrible warning of electoral disaster ahead. It is no such thing.
The Coalition's greatest defect at present is not the threat from the Eurosceptic Right (still marginal), or dissent between the two governing parties (intrinsic and unavoidable), but the disconnect between action and explanation. In its first months, the Cameron-Clegg Government was superbly effective in its communication of a difficult message – first, that painful action was required to deal with the deficit and second, that it was all Labour's fault.
Since then, the Coalition has embarked upon a programme for government the radicalism of which is matched only by a collective aphasia about that programme's necessity and the fundamental objectives underpinning it. The gap between deed and word has grown dangerously wide.
And to some extent, that is deliberate. "We don't trumpet everything we do," one Cabinet minister said to me recently, "because we don't want people to think it's all part of some scary ideological crusade." That would indeed be a dangerous impression for the public to form. But there is an even greater danger in silence – or, more accurately, mumbling – that allows voters and the Coalition's opponents to fill in the gaps as luridly as they please.
In politics, as in life, purpose is all. Nobody understood that better than the late Labour strategist Philip Gould, whose extraordinarily moving book, When I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone, has just been published posthumously. Gould grasped that everything – even death itself – should be approached strategically. The book is inspiring in its discussion of mortality; but, like everything Gould wrote, it is also a manual for those undertaking any task, political or otherwise, and trying to make sense of it to themselves and to others.
A government stands or falls on its capacity to explain that purpose, especially when it pursues austerity and makes painful demands of those it serves. The last month is not a warning to Cameron to shift trajectory. It is a warning to him that he must better explain the trajectory he is already embarked upon. The brush strokes are there but the frame is barely visible.
Too many voters now look at this Coalition, so focused in its early days, and ask: why? What are they up to? What should be worrying the Prime Minister is not Ukip. It is the rest of us.
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A very underfed one at that. Good chance he'll go over to pellets relatively easily.
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doorwatcher
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## Contributing

So you've got an awesome idea. Great! Please keep the following in mind:

* Please follow the [GitHub Ruby Styleguide](https://github.com/styleguide/ruby)
  when modifying Ruby code.
* Please do your best to submit **small pull requests**. The easier the proposed
  change is to review, the more likely it will be merged.
* When submitting a pull request, please make judicious use of the pull request
  body. A description of what changes were made, the motivations behind the
  changes and [any tasks completed or left to complete](http://git.io/gfm-tasks)
  will also speed up review time.
* Tests would be nice.

## Running Server

Deamonized Thin

`sudo thin -a 10.0.1.101 -p 80 -R config.ru -d --pid thin.pid start`

### Foreman

**Development**

`foreman start -f Procfile.dev`

**Production**

Foreman can export an init script via the following: bluepill, inittab, runit, upstart

For more info on Foreman export formats see:
http://ddollar.github.io/foreman/#EXPORT-FORMATS

## Getting Started

## Have Door Watcher record a .gif from the webcam and send it to the specified e-mail.

`curl http://127.0.0.1:80/door`

## Raspberry Pi setup

`sudo apt-get update`

Install git:

`sudo apt-get install git`

Install ruby:

`sudo apt-get install ruby` #=> ruby 1.9.3, ruby 2 would be better

`sudo apt-get install ruby-dev` #=> provides required libraries

Install bundler:

`sudo gem install bundler`

Clone DoorWatcher:

`git clone https://github.com/CirrusMio/doorwatcher.git`

Bundle gems:

`cd /path/to/doorwatcher && sudo bundle install`

## How to Use

Once you have everything installed, there are two things you want to configure or at least take note of
inside handlers/door_action.

1. Edit line 22 to contain the URL of your still frame captures from your camera.

2. Line 53-59 for email input and 67-72 for email output.

## Explanation of Process
Capture frames -> Add frames to .gif -> attach .gif to email -> send email

## Fun ideas!
In theory you can use any trigger to curl to doorwatcher to get a .gif. You could use it to captures .gifs
of anything you want with a webcam. No need for a door!

(Much borrowed from AinsleyTwo)