This series just keeps getting better and better. I loved the addition of Cress, Jacin, and Winter to the story. They're all very different characters and I definitely had mixed feelings for Jacin but I absolutely loved Cress and Winter.
Cress is awkward and shy and a little dorky, which can be expected of someone who's been kept in a satellite for most of her life. She's madly in love with Thorne even though she doesn't really know him and found that very relatable. It was so cute and fun to read, especially because Thorne is so naturally cocky and didn't fully understand Cress' love proclamations for him were coming from a very real place.
This book had a lot of plot going on and the introduction of new characters could've made this a mess but Marissa Meyer did a good job of keeping everything together. It was great to see Cinder coming into her role as leader more. I also liked how everyone seemed like a team in this book, even when they were separated.
I also really enjoyed the couples in this novel. Scarlet and Wolf broke my heart in the best way possible; Cress and Thorne had such an interesting dynamic that I absolutely loved it; and, of course, my faves, Cinder and Kai did not disappoint.
Overall, the only thing I didn't like about this book was that it's so close to the end of the series and I never want these books to end. Sadly, all good things must come to an end at some point.
Make sure to keep an eye out for my review of Winter on Thursday. All the feels!


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Seventeen of SD83's Youth Work in Trades students (formerly known as secondary school apprenticeships) will soon be receiving a $1,000 scholarship!
Congratulations to Stanley Pinyon (Recreation Vehicle Service Technician), Tyrus Waite (Welder), Austin-James Martindale (Welder), Kyona Bruns (Dairy Production Technician), Nikita Chapman (Hairstylist), Alex Muir (Carpenter), Selina Madore (Hairstylist), Katelynn-Marie Webster (Hairstylist), Cameron Watson (Aircraft Maintenance Technician), Bryce Roberge (Motorcycle Mechanic), Daniel Danley (Motor Vehicle Body Repairer), Marshall Wiersema (Metal Fabricator-Fitter), Byryn Pitnoczko (Truck and Transport Mechanic), Margaret Lowe (Hairstylist), Kordell Bennett (Metal Fabricator-Fitter), Kyle Lessard (Heavy Equipment Operator), and Gavin Dwornik (Metal Fabricator (Fitter) and Welder).
Career Education Supervisor Reid Findlay explains students who are registered youth apprentices earn the scholarship by completing and reporting at least 900 hours in an apprentice hours to the ITA by December 31 of the year the student turns 19, graduate with a Grade 12 Dogwood or Adult Dogwood, successfully completed WRK 11A, 11B, 12A and 12B, and have a C+ average or better in their grade 12 courses.
For more information on how to be part of this valuable program, students please contact any of the SD83's high school career counsellors. Employers if you are interested in apprenticing a student please contact Jessica Landau, the S83 Youth WORK in Trades Community Liaison. Landau can outline the benefits of being part of the program, including provincial and federal tax credits for employers who hire apprentices registered in Industry Training Authority (ITA) apprenticeship programs.


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Does business belong on Twitter?
by Liz | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog
Home > Blog > Does business belong on Twitter?
Every business and their grandma is on Twitter, and it can often feel like you're just tweeting out into the abyss – so, is it worth it?
Twitter plays host to a lot of different things – from political views to people live-Tweeting commentary to their favourite TV shows. If you ever tried to browse Twitter while Love Island was on, you know what I mean. However, it also plays host to a massive array of brands and businesses trying to make their mark on their target audience while they scroll through their feeds. But is this their place?
Twitter has long been a place where brands can make a positive impact on their customers. Previous stats have found that around 47% of people who follow a brand on Twitter are more likely to visit that company's website, showing the power that a social presence can have on increasing referral traffic.
And while Twitter has started to see a decline in the past year for the first time, it can still offer businesses a lot of opportunities when it comes to engaging directly with their users. Three-quarters of companies who have an online presence are now said to be using Twitter for marketing purposes, showing that the platform definitely isn't dead just yet.
One of the key areas where Twitter allows businesses to make a positive mark is through great customer service. Some of the brands really succeeding on the platform are doing so by providing a place where users can turn to ask questions, voice concerns, or give feedback – and know that they're going to get a response. As a company, you can take advantage of this by committing to responding to comments and mentions and using this opportunity to show users that the brand really cares about each person's experience – and wants to do more to ensure that they're happy. If you're a brand that likes to be human, friendly, approachable or any of the other lovely heart-warming adjectives out there, then boosting your customer-facing profile on Twitter is a great way to put your money where your mouth is.
There's a lot of value in taking this customer-first approach, too. One survey found that 96% of people who had a positive customer service experience on a brand's Twitter would make another purchase from that brand, which means if you're looking for loyal customers (and you probably should be) then Twitter could give you a helping hand.
Think of the engagement
With over 330 million monthly active users on Twitter, brands have access to a wealth of super engaged, digital-savvy customers just waiting to engage with their content. However, to make the most of this, you have to be doing things right.
Online users aren't stupid, and if they spot a brand whose entire profile is just trying to flog them products, they're going to run a mile. To make sure you avoid this, keep a personal feel across your brand channels, and make sure that it's a two-way street. Sure, you're allowed to promote the odd product if it's relevant, and you certainly can shout about the great content that you're writing, but also make sure that you're engaging in conversations. Chat with people, offer advice or opinions, and generally just try and ensure that you're not just a lone profile talking about itself over…and over….and over again.
The increased character count in Tweets – up from 140 to 280 – can also give brands more scope to be engaging. Data has shown that despite some initial reluctance following the move, these longer length posts typically generate more engagement – so use them to your advantage. Just don't overdo it if you don't need to – no one likes watered down content.
Ultimately, Twitter is all about community, and the businesses making their mark on the platform know this.
If you're a business on Twitter, then there's are tons of things you can do to add value to your customer's lives. Decide what you want your profile to stand for – and then put those goals into action. Whether you're going to set up a dedicated customer response profile, like Sky, or create a portal to share your brand voice in a funny and engaging way, like Innocent, choose what your good at and what you want to be in order to succeed.
While you can mix and match, offering a blend of humour, product pushes and customer responses, picking a style and bringing value to the Twitter community is a sure-fire way to make your company's social presence a hit on this valuable platform.
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Q: How to edit a list item html/css I am trying to make a header:

Home

About

Contact

CSS:
#umenu {
    list-style-type: none;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
}

#umenu li {
    float:left;
    display:block;
    width:100px;
    background-color:#dddddd;
    font-size: 30px;
}
#lihome {
    text-decoration: none;
}
#liabout {
    background-color: #0BE0E0;
    text-decoration: none;
}
#licontact {
    background-color: #1DE00B;
    text-decoration: none;
}

But when I use that, it just shows purple and blue words (text-decoration) and a grey background (from the
#umenu li {
    float:left;
    display:block;
    width:100px;
    background-color:#dddddd;
    font-size: 30px;

What can I do so that I can make my header with more style?

A: Try this,

Home

About

Contact

#umenu {
    list-style-type: none;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
}

#umenu li {
    float:left;
    display:block;
    width:100px;
    background-color:#dddddd;
    font-size: 30px;
}
#lihome {
    text-decoration: none;
}
#liabout {
    background-color: #0BE0E0;
    text-decoration: none;
}
#licontact {
    background-color: #1DE00B;
    text-decoration: none;
}

The basic structure  of a list is as folows

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For more detail validate your code using W3C Markup Validator will produce
Element a not allowed as child of element ul in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

A: first of, it is required that you put the a inside li.
Then, in CSS, you can style your links with li a {}. Here's my suggestion:
li a {
  display:block;
  width:100px;
  background-color:#ddd;
  color: darkgrey;
  font-size:30;
  text-decoration:none;
}

li a:visited {
color: black;
text-decoration:none;
}

Notice that this makes your current li and id's statement unnecessary.
Here's the result

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The difference in earned and realized has to do with some sites that require a certain level to cash out or money that is owed to me that has a slower turn around.
Selling ad space on your blog is a personal preference. It happens to be my #1 revenue earner at this point in time. So how do you get into selling ads?
Believe it or not my ad spaces sold because I asked. When I decided to monetize my blog I decided I would sell a few ad spaces. The great thing about designing your own blog is you can also design your ad spaces. I can pretty much sell any size I would like.
*Let advertisers know you have space to sell by placing ad markers on your blog. You will see I have spaces in the upper right hand corner of my blog that I have carved out so that advertisers can see that I do indeed sell ad space.
*Let pr firms, clients, companies, etc that you work with know you have ad space. I decided to run a special on ad space to kick off my campaign that included a rate for one month, 3 months, 6 months and a year. With discount breaks with the longer they purchased. HOWEVER: since that time I've decided to get rid of the one year and I prefer to sell ads in smaller blocks – again a personal preference.
*What I did was send out an email to everyone I had worked with in the past couple months announcing my special rates for advertising for the month of January. Act fast before the spaces were gone type of thing. With that email I secured two ad spaces, my first two.
*In addition to image ad space you can also sell space for text link ads. Accepting text links is personal preference. I have "heard through the grapevine" that text links are not good when it comes to assessing Google Page Rank. I have no research or basis for this and it may be something you want to research on your own. I personally do not mind them. A text link is basically just words linked to where ever your advertiser would like them linked.
*When working with a company, in your conversation you can always mention that you sell ad space. When I work with companies doing reviews and giveaways I usually follow up with them at the end with my winners information. I usually mention if I enjoyed their product and working with them. At this time I may ask them to keep me in mind for future promotions and let them know that I have ad space to sell if they are interested and give them my rates.
*LinkWorth – Linkworth is a site in which you join and are contacted to place ad or text links on your blog. Honestly I have been signed up for a while and have not yet received an offer so I can't vouch for them personally. I am still learning the ropes with this one. However I know bloggers that earn monthly revenue from LinkWorth. So I did want to share this company with you. I'm hoping as my blog continues to grow I will eventually receive some offers.
The bottom line with selling ad space is to promote it and don't be afraid to value your blog. Take ads you are comfortable with at a price you feel is fair. Don't accept low rates because you want the money if you think your blog deserves more, then make sure you have a minimum in mind and don't accept lower. Don't wait for them to come to you, promote yourself. You can also find forums that allow you to pitch to advertisers.
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Just read through all the posts – thank you for putting it all out there! I'm not ready to do this yet, but hopefully in a couple months. Getting my re-design first, then adding content, and then I should be operating at a good pace!
I have trouble feeling like I have anything to offer companies when trying to sell ad space. I'm so embarrassed to admit that! No one has approached me, so I just assume no one is interested.
Another good article. Not sure my blog is ready for this but I'm glad to know all of it. Thanks for the help!
Keep it cimnog, writers, this is good stuff.


Here's a line a transcribed off of Keith Jarrett's Quartet record Bop-Be. I've always been a fan of the standards trio with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette. Keith's approach to standards is so invigorating and fresh that I always am getting something new from his improvising. Even after hundreds of listens, I still have months where I don't even take Whisper Not or Live @ the Blue Note out of my CD player.
1) Work out solid fingerings for each key if you are having trouble with certain chromatic passages. Don't be afraid to change them, but once you find one that works try to stick with it.
2) Play the right hand melody with simple root-third or root-seventh shell voicings. If you are having trouble, just play the root of each chord instead.
3) Always practice with a metronome. No one is judging you for playing slow. Speed up the tempo when you can play it effortlessly.
4) The last step is memorization. If you've been working slowly and thoughtfully you might have already achieved this. If not, try singing the melodies or visualizing the notes on the keyboard away from the piano.
I plan on making some practice tips videos later on. For now, enjoy the free lesson!


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Трифон Джонев е български актьор. Роден е на 14 февруари 1928 г. в село Карабунар, Пазарджишко. Легендарният комик е кръстен на чичо си Трифон, загинал при Одрин през 1913 г.

Починал на 24 февруари 2013 г. в София.

Театър
Трифон Джонев повече от 40 години присъства на сцената на Национален музикален театър "Стефан Македонски". Там една от най-успешните му роли е в "Българи от старо време" (1973), където изпълнява ролята на Бай Либен. Участва и в "Хубавата Елена" а последната му роля е в "Цигулар на покрива".

Трифон Джонев е един от основателите на световноизвестния КВАРТЕТ БУФОСИНХРОНИСТИ. Негови колеги са Щилян Кунев (бащата на Меглена Кунева), Христо Руков (ректор на НАТФИЗ до смъртта си) и под ръководството на Константин (Тити) Хаджикостов, съпруг на оперетната прима Лиляна Кисьова. Този състав съществува повече от 30 години и се изявява в 39 страни по света. И до днес Трифон Джонев е известен с визията си на "бебето" от този състав, който няма аналог в съвременната естрада.

ТВ МЮЗИКЪЛ
 "Зех тъ, Радке, зех тъ!" (1976) (Сава Доброплодни), мюзикъл - Драган - Събюв слуга

Национален състезател по шахмат на "Спартак" (София).

Филмография

Външни препратки

 Трифон Джонев в КиноПоиск

Български актьори и актриси
Хора от област Пловдив
Починали в София

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LOS ANGELES—Touting the upcoming film as a significant visual leap forward from the previous ones in the series, producers of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom told reporters Wednesday that their production includes a more scientifically accurate Jeff Goldblum. "Thanks to advances in cinematic technology and digital imaging, as well as real-life biological and morphological discoveries made during the years of studying Jeff Goldblum since his appearance in the original Jurassic Park films, the Jeff Goldblum in Fallen Kingdom will be the most authentic-looking representation of Jeff Goldblum to ever appear on a movie screen," said executive producer Colin Trevorrow, explaining that the filmmakers invited UCLA blumologists to Industrial Light & Magic to ensure that Jeff Goldblum's features, musculature, coloration, and gait were all realistic down to the last detail. "We've always prided ourselves on making movies that look and feel lifelike, and it's safe to say that Fallen Kingdom filmgoers will be wowed by how real Jeff Goldblum appears in this one. Visual effects have come so far from previous, less natural depictions of Jeff Goldblum, such as in the original Jurassic Park in which Steven Spielberg used two men in a Jeff Goldblum costume. At the same time, exciting finds by experts have enabled us to recreate Jeff Goldblum as he really lived—for example, until recently, we had no idea that he was covered in feathers." Treverrow also hinted that producers were already planning a Jurassic World sequel featuring a realistic depiction of a genetically modified half-human, half-Jeff Goldblum hybrid.


Each year in December, Bray arts organizes a raffle to raise funds in aid of the homeless in our community. The situation at this time of the year is heartbreaking, frustrating and really unfair. Please bring prizes to contribute and be prepared to buy tickets and go home with vouchers, arts and crafts, wine, and more, you choose your prize from the lot!
Anne Fitzgerald was raised in Sandycove, County Dublin. She is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and Queen's University, Belfast. Her poetry collections are Swimming Lessons (Wales, Stonebridge, 2001), The Map of Everything (Dublin, Forty Foot, 2006) and Beyond the Sea (Co. Clare, Salmon Poetry, 2012).
In 2006 Anne founded Forty Foot Press, in addition to two School Publishing Houses, Monkstown Educate Together Press (MET Press, 2003) and Loreto Abbey Dalkey Press (LAD Press, 2004). She is a recipient of the Ireland Fund of Monaco Writer-in-Residence bursary at The Princess Grace Irish Library, Monaco. She teaches Creative Writing in Ireland and North America. Anne lives in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.
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This bronze sculpture, at Corinth Contraband Camp, is known as "Farmer." The bronze figures in the park all depict some facet of daily life, from when the camp was active. This photograph shows the left side of the farmer. The farmer's trousers are tucked into his boots.


This 16" X 20" limited edition lithograph is signed and numbered to 500 by sports artist Michael Mellett. It is printed on an 80lb Howard Linen Cover Stock. This lithograph is from an off-set printer, printed from a plate, it is not from a printer or copy machine.


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Q: How to move activity from one display to another Android started to support Multi-display from Android 8.0, The document described as below:

If an activity supports multi-window mode and is running on a device with multiple displays, users can move the activity from one display to another.
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/oreo/android-8.0#mds

I've tried to start an activity withe the flag "Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCH_ADJACENT", and "setLaunchDisplayId" with secondary display. The activity I started is shown on the secondary display, but how can I move the activity from the secondary display to my phone?

A: I don't have enough rep to comment, I don't have an answer for you but I've come across some good reading material for multiple display.
https://source.android.com/devices/tech/display/multi_display
This link here indicates that as of Android 10 (API 29) that users can move activities on a device that is running multiple displays.
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/foldables#multi-display


The Washington County Commissioners will meet with the Hagerstown City Council in the next several weeks to create a plan to open a central booking facility for area police agencies, commissioners President Gregory I. Snook said Friday.
The meeting was prompted by a request from Sheriff Charles F. Mades that the County Commissioners support a state bond bill that would pay for the facility, which would be at the Washington County Detention Center.
Snook said that before the commissioners could support the bond bill, they would need more details on how much the facility would cost to build and operate.
"We need to have a full plan in place before we start asking for money," Snook said at the meeting.
The request for the bond bill would be made to the Washington County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly.
Area police agencies support a central booking facility, which they say would speed up the arrest process and get officers back on the streets faster.
The Detention Center would have to be renovated and eight correctional officers hired, officials have said. The correctional employees would process the arrests, freeing law enforcement officers from that duty.
Snook said Friday he thought the facility would cost less than $2 million.
n Joining Hagerstown in seeking a $500,000 grant for a new parking deck on South Potomac Street to serve the Arts & Entertainment District and University System of Maryland Hagerstown Education System.
n Having $8 million in state aid for the Hagerstown Regional Airport runway extension broken down in increments to lessen the cost of financing for the project. Under the county proposal, $3 million would be distributed in fiscal year 2004, $3 million in fiscal year 2005 and $2 million in fiscal year 2006.
n Hiring a fifth Washington County Circuit Court judge.
Snook said this week the commissioners would have to hear more details from the city before deciding whether to support the parking deck proposal.
Commissioner John C. Munson said there's enough parking downtown, and he wouldn't support a grant for the new deck.
"I would never go along with that," Munson said. "After a while, you're going to have so much parking downtown you're not going to have room for buildings."


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General Jaruzelski
April 9, 1984 | Warsaw
Leader of a troubled nation states his case QUESTION: Has the time not come when it is more important to consider the damage done (by sanctions), both to the Polish economy and to bilateral relations with the United States? Is Poland prepared to take the initiative to meet objections from the other side - for example, on the problem of imprisoned persons (such as former members of Solidarity or the dissident workers' Self-Defense Committee) - if the other side shows readiness for mutual accommodations?
Answer: Sanctions in international relations can be instituted only by the United Nations Security Council in strictly specified cases, defined in Article 39 of the UN Charter. Due to the US veto, sanctions have, for example, never been applied against South Africa. Thus, the use of economic weapons by the government of the US against Poland in no way means sanctions, but unilateral restrictions inconsistent with international law.
(At this point the general alluded to an extensive survey just issued by the government here on ''the policy of the United States of America with regard to Poland in the light of facts and documents 1980-83.'' He described it as ''a sort of unofficial white book of the 'biggest sins' committed by the US against our country.'')
Today's abnormal relations (the general continued) are inconsistent with the interests of both countries.
At the same time, the United States, by ''evacuating itself'' from Poland, is losing more and more - whereas Poland, by employing its own reserves, by integrating herself tighter with the allies, is losing less and less. It was not Poland which brought about such an abrupt deterioration of relations. (Nor was it) because of our intentions and acts that they have fallen to such a low level.
Once we approached with confidence the will for stabilized, long-term cooperation declared by the US. Today, we have to pay a high price for such credulity. The government of the US, by its treatment of Poland as an instrument of its policy, by the breaking of binding interstate agreements, has inflicted and inflicts considerable harm to our country's economy, and thus, to the Polish people as well.
Notwithstanding this, we are able to see real, not pretended, positive facts. We feel traditional, friendly sentiments to the great American people. We are for normalization of relations. But the notion of normalization must find support in concrete moves, otherwise it would be just an empty phrase.
Life has its rights, and this makes me confident that a realistic way of thinking will sooner or later prevail on the American side. But how can one speak about normalization when all the basic restrictions against Poland still remain in force and official statements by representatives of the US administration reaffirm this constantly? Only this really counts.
Poland is a sovereign country. History, also that of the recent past, has taught us a painful lesson of caution. I have an impression that in Washington and in some other Western capitals they still count on Polish naivete or negligence.
This is wrong thinking. There is but one Poland, situated in the center of Europe, socialist, allied with the Soviet Union and socialist states. Any calculations that any other Poland could be ''imagined,'' or that it could be freely manipulated, are but an illusion.
No foreign government has the right to interfere in our internal affairs. Putting forth conditions, conditioning economic and political contacts on these or other internal solutions in Poland, is pointless. We firmly denounced such an interference in the past and we shall do so with equal firmness in the future. Each time we hear lessons on human rights, we think that it would be much better , much more moral, to see to their realization in countries geographically and sociopolitically closer to the United States.
On prisoners: As regards persons deprived of liberty for offenses committed against the state . . . the provisions of Polish law should and shall be binding here. We never wanted, and we do not want to have, political prisoners. However today, social order, stabilization, and national reconciliation are of particular importance for Poland. The persons who both in the past and in the present opposed these goals cannot and shall not be given opportunity for exercising destructive activity.
I am really surprised it takes so long in Washington to realize the total ineffectiveness of the policy of boycott and restrictions against Poland. It is also worth stressing that time does not play in favor of the US.
Question: Could mutual agreement to restore diplomatic representation to ambassadorial level become a first step toward exploring possible areas of relaxation helpful to normalization of relations?
Answer: It is hard indeed to call the present state of affairs normal . . . when one government, while maintaining diplomatic relations with another government, airs uninterruptedly, round-the-clock, instigative broadcasts against that other government . . . when it spends millions of dollars for
propaganda tuned at destabilization of a country with regard to which it formally declared its sympathies. Not to mention falsifications, frequently abusive language, as well as the use of American stations to broadcast instructions for antistate groups.
It is hard to believe that strengthening the staffing of diplomatic missions can change all that. Protocol is important, but policy, economic relations - i.e., facts - are more important.
We would gladly allow ourselves to be convinced about the change of the US government's intentions with regard to Poland, if meaningful and measurable facts were created. Then there will be no obstacles impeding the taking of also this step on the road toward the normalization of mutual relations.
Question: The new trade unions grow in numbers, but recent differences of view between them and the authorities suggest that rapport between unions and government is still to be built. Can the unions be developed on an industry-by-industry, national basis to function as a bona fide, independent partner for the authorities?
Answer: So far in the US, opinions have been stubbornly disseminated that these unions are ''government-controlled, regime-run'' - that they only deserved condemnation and boycott. The fact is that trade unions are steadily growing. They already affiliate over 4.3 million working people. . . .
What is most characteristic is that these new, reborn unions unite representatives of all the previously functioning labor trends, most of them being former Solidarity members.
The law on trade unions . . . guarantees their independence and self-management, granting extensive rights much broader than ever before in Polish labor legislation. We consider the labor movement an authentic, serious partner. By their nature, the unions are a great school of civic education, and a constructive force that makes us sensitive to evil - since trade unions are the first to notice and signal the things disliked by the working class.
This is the lesson we draw from the recent past. Differences of opinion do occur. They are discussed by both sides with total seriousness and responsibility.
On Polish youth: Young people, like all Poles, have been deeply affected by the internal shocks our country suffered in recent years. It takes time to regain full balance. There are also specific youth problems. (But) our youth is patriotic and in its majority deeply committed to such ideals of socialism as social justice, the right of equal opportunities, the sense of responsibility for the motherland. Poland simply needs the young - her hope and biggest reserve , above all, her future.
On the deadlock in East-West relations: Our country lost over 6 million people and about 40 percent of its national wealth in World War II. It took us a quarter of a century to recuperate from the heaviest wounds. Demographic statistics indicate that Polish families will feel the war's imprint until the second decade of the next century.
The interests of Poland's national existence are inseparably linked . . . with the lasting nature of the military equilibrium, which for almost four decades has secured peace in the European continent and which 10 years ago made it possible to sign the CSCE (1975 Helsinki) Final Act. This balance has been undermined as a result of the missile decisions of the United States (that is, the deployment of cruise and Pershing II nuclear missiles in Western Europe). The situation is additionally aggravated and confidence undermined by the publicly voiced anticommunist crusade and confrontational doctrine.
There are still possibilities to break this deadlock and moving away from standstill. But there is one condition on which all progress depends: the principle of equal security of all the parties concerned, preservation of balance in the military sphere, departure from the policy of destabilization and confrontation.
Wojciech Jaruzelski remembered as last Communist leader in Poland
Poland aims to be a more assertive power player in Europe
Poland's Lech Walesa again accused of Communist collaboration
https://www.csmonitor.com/1984/0409/040915.html


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Q: Cocos 2d application structure I am new to cocos2d and want to know some thing about the cocos2d application structure.
Here is code in appdidfinishlaunching function in the default template.
- (void) applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication*)application
{
    // Init the window
    window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];

    // Try to use CADisplayLink director
    // if it fails (SDK < 3.1) use the default director
    if( ! [CCDirector setDirectorType:kCCDirectorTypeDisplayLink] )
        [CCDirector setDirectorType:kCCDirectorTypeDefault];

    CCDirector *director = [CCDirector sharedDirector];

    // Init the View Controller
    viewController = [[RootViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    viewController.wantsFullScreenLayout = YES;

    //
    // Create the EAGLView manually
    //  1. Create a RGB565 format. Alternative: RGBA8
    //  2. depth format of 0 bit. Use 16 or 24 bit for 3d effects, like CCPageTurnTransition
    //
    //
    EAGLView *glView = [EAGLView viewWithFrame:[window bounds]
                                   pixelFormat:kEAGLColorFormatRGB565   // kEAGLColorFormatRGBA8
                                   depthFormat:0                        // GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT16_OES
                        ];

    // attach the openglView to the director
    [director setOpenGLView:glView];

//  // Enables High Res mode (Retina Display) on iPhone 4 and maintains low res on all other devices
//  if( ! [director enableRetinaDisplay:YES] )
//      CCLOG(@"Retina Display Not supported");

    //
    // VERY IMPORTANT:
    // If the rotation is going to be controlled by a UIViewController
    // then the device orientation should be "Portrait".
    //
    // IMPORTANT:
    // By default, this template only supports Landscape orientations.
    // Edit the RootViewController.m file to edit the supported orientations.
    //
#if GAME_AUTOROTATION == kGameAutorotationUIViewController
    [director setDeviceOrientation:kCCDeviceOrientationPortrait];
#else
    [director setDeviceOrientation:kCCDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft];
#endif

    [director setAnimationInterval:1.0/60];
    [director setDisplayFPS:YES];

    // make the OpenGLView a child of the view controller
    [viewController setView:glView];

    // make the View Controller a child of the main window
    [window addSubview: viewController.view];

    [window makeKeyAndVisible];

    // Default texture format for PNG/BMP/TIFF/JPEG/GIF images
    // It can be RGBA8888, RGBA4444, RGB5_A1, RGB565
    // You can change anytime.
    [CCTexture2D setDefaultAlphaPixelFormat:kCCTexture2DPixelFormat_RGBA8888];

    // Removes the startup flicker
    [self removeStartupFlicker];

    // Run the intro Scene
    [[CCDirector sharedDirector] runWithScene: [HelloWorld scene]];
}

My question is when we add some child to CCDirector how this thing can be shown on the screen when CCDirector director is never added on the window.view
we have the following lines of code
// make the OpenGLView a child of the view controller
    [viewController setView:glView];
This will set the view of RootViewController to glView and before that we are setting
[director setOpenGLView:glView];
means openglView of director is set to glView.
Do we dont have to add the director to the viewcontroller assuming the it can be added so that whatever we add something to the Director it will be visible on the screen.
My question is that how the scene should be visible on the iphone screen when we have never added CCDirector on the RootViewController.

A: CCDirector is setting glView as a view of RootViewController. All next drawing is made using opengl. In the glView. So cocos2d classes like CCLayer, CCNode, CCSprite and so on have nothing with UIView or UIViewController


I recently uninstalled than re-installed Kinveoa 0.8.27. It was working fine before with two IDS 3140cp's, now I am getting only black screens for the cameras. Both camera parameters set by the IDS manager have not changed.
Also I am unable to open both cameras simultaneously without Kinovea crashing.
Things to test: right click on the camera thumbnail and do "Forget custom settings".
If that doesn't work, go to Help > Open log folder then go in CameraProfiles and IDS and delete the file there.
Did you plug them back in the same USB ports? It's best to use ports that are on different USB root controllers so each can have the full bandwidth and power.
I was able to narrow down the problem. The camera works fine when setting the resolution to the cameras max in IDS then saving it to the camera's parameters.(I delete profiles in between these steps). The errors occur when the camera parameters are set to a lower resolution through IDS then saved to the cameras parameter set.
The issue is now that the camera that previously worked is using the same profile set under IDS is only showing black. I know the profile worked because it was what I used to record the video in the original post. Now I see either black image or kinovea completely crashes.
Im trying to capture golf ball impact, if its any help for you.
I was able to get it working but now have another issue. The Delay feature makes the video jutter.


The F21 is a relatively new torpedo being fielded by the French Navy. It can swim at speeds of 25-50 knots for an hour while searching for an enemy sub. Since it uses a quiet electric battery to power itself through the water, it allows French subs to fire at the enemy without giving up their own position.
The Mk. 54 lightweight torpedo.
The Shkval is a Russian weapon that moves under the surface like a torpedo, but is generally referred to as a missile or rocket because it creates a pocket of air to move through in the water.
This reduces friction and allows it to fly through the water at speeds of over 230 mph. A 463-pound warhead then detonates after a set time, destroying nearby enemy submarines or incoming torpedoes. There's speculation in the West that it would also destroy the submarine that fired it.
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin launches an RUM-139 VL-ASROC anti-submarine rocket during a live-fire exercise off Guam.
Anti-submarine rockets are fired from a Navy ship into the water where the missile then deploys a torpedo. This allows the torpedo to start chasing the sub from relatively close, reducing enemy reaction time. It also allows ships to fire torpedoes from much greater range than would normally be possible.
Currently, U.S. Navy anti-submarine rockets carry the Mk 54 torpedo described above. Some ships used to carry rockets with the Mk 45 nuclear torpedo described below.
Anti-submarine mortars and grenades are the shotgun of anti-submarine warfare. A few dozen rounds are fired at once and sink through the water, detonating against the submarine hull with a contact fuse.
They're lethal in short-range fights that could occur in a fjord or sea channel, but their limited range means an enemy submarine would have the advantage in a long-range fight where the sub's missiles and torpedoes could be launched.
During the Cold War, both the U.S. and Russia developed nuclear torpedoes. While they aren't in service today they're still some of the most effective weapons for killing an enemy submarine. They could also kill the firing sub, so they're not great weapons, just effective.
The Russian T-5 in the video above carried a 3.5 kt nuclear warhead. The U.S. Mark 45 had an 11 kt nuclear warhead. Both torpedoes were steered into position and detonated via a command wire between the torpedo and launching submarine.


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Anushay Qaiser November 23, 2014 Film Festival Features Oculus Rift Headset2014-11-23T19:07:11+00:00 Oculus Rift No Comment
Everyone wants to try the new Oculus Rift virtual reality headset but sadly, they're still not available for commercial use. On the plus side, RIDM – The Montreal documentary film festival – is featuring the Oculus Rift headset this year.
The Montreal documentary film festival is giving viewers and fans a chance to experience the virtual reality headset at the festival later this year. The Oculus Rift headset will be available for two sessions in the film festival: one showing the documentary 'Clouds' and the other one showing 'Assent'. Both are completely immersive 3D experiences and give the viewers a breathtaking chance that is not to be missed. Assent has been directed by the talented Oscar Raby and the catalogue has described the film as such: "Chile, September 1973. The army takes power in a bloody coup. To maintain a reign of terror, the Caravan of Death patrols the country, executing people in military detention. Four decades later, this dark period in the country's history continues to reverberate throughout Chile. This immersive autobiographical documentary confronts us, powerfully, with the despair felt by the director's father, who in 1973 was an army officer in northern Chile. The Caravan of Death had visited his regiment."
The second film Clouds has been directed by James George and Jonathan Minard. It appears to be a cross between sci-fi and fantasy and appears to be an extremely exciting film to watch through the new Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. The first part, viewers claimed, had a hint of Star Trek in the way that the film moves into warp speed and the universe goes swiftly by with stars passing the viewers left and right. The most fascinating part is where a shape appears as on object in one second and then changes its appearance in the next. Sounds pretty strange but also very interesting! Viewers have reported that there were snow capped mountains in the film which then somehow changed into waves crashing over the majestic ocean. Voices have been added to the documentary, which talk about life, the world in general and work. Some of these talkers have been made visible, other times you just hear a disembodied voice speaking but no figure attached to it.
Virtual Reality Times will keep checking back with the goings on at The Montreal documentary film festival and how viewers have perceived the brand new Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
For more information on RIDM featuring Oculus Rift, please visit the following links:
http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/cine-files-try-the-oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-at-ridm
http://vrfocus.com/archives/8869/oculus-rift-featured-2014-montreal-international-documentary-festival/
http://catimes.net/regional/montreal/oculus-rift-gets-test-run-at-montreal-international-documentary-festival/
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A search for clarity in the initial Open Payments experience.
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During a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah welcomed the liberation of Mosul and said that the Iraqi Army was the main force in the battle. He said that America only participated in the battle in order to take credit for the victory and that the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama created ISIS.
"The victory in Mosul is major," said Nasrallah. "It's as clear as the sun that the Obama administration established ISIS and there is proof of this within the American government." Nasrallah said that a senior White House official confirmed the claim and added that the U.S. is providing ISIS with assistance.
Mosul was liberated by the Iraqi forces after a nine-month battle against ISIS. At the moment, the city is dealing with a serious humanitarian crisis. During the battle, almost 200,000 residents fled the horrors of the terrorist organization. However, they are now discovering that their homes and a lot of the city's infrastructure were destroyed while they were in the various refugee camps.


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CSMT To Become A World Class Station With Heritage Intact
August 25, 2020 by Arun Kumar Das
The iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, a World Heritage Site, will be redeveloped with upgraded amenities for passengers at an estimated cost of Rs 1642 cr.
The 130-year-old majestic building, one of the busiest terminals of Indian Railways, constructed in Victorian Gothic style, houses the Central Railways headquarters and also platforms of the suburban and long distance trains.
The redevelopment plan of CSMT station includes an airport-like makeover of the railway station building, including a user development fee from passengers.
Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC), a railways PSU, on August 20 invited the Request For Qualification (RFQ) for the redevelopment of the UNESCO recognised heritage station through the public private partnership (PPP) model.
The selected bidder at the RFP stage shall take up the redevelopment of the Railway station and commercial development of the surrounding railway land on leasehold basis upto 60 years for commercial development and upto 99 years for residential development on selected plots, along with operation and maintenance of the station for 60 years on concession basis.
"Since it is a heritage structure, the first important element is to restore its heritage. We will restore the heritage to the earlier level," ISRDC Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sanjeev Kumar Lohia said in a virtual presser.
The redevelopment of the structure will be done on a DBFOT (design, build, finance, operate and transfer) basis. The bidding process will be done in two stages- RFQ and Request for Proposal (RFP). The user charge will be another continuous source of revenue to the concessioner which will be available just after the Commercial Operation Date (COD) of the station.
Lohia said the redevelopment of the CSMT in south Mumbai would not only be limited to improving the facade of the station.
Under the project, authorities have planned to demolish some existing buildings in the CSMT premises and shift some railway offices to Byculla and Wadi Bunder yards, to create more pedestrian area on the southern end of the station.
Even the existing taxi stand will be shifted close to the boundary wall adjoining the Saint George Hospital.
Also, the Harbour line, which connects south Mumbai with western suburbs and Navi Mumbai, will be shifted to the P D'mello Road side on east of the main line station on an elevated level, they said.
The ambitious project has received in principle approval of the public private partnership appraisal committee (PPPAC). The project cost is Rs 1,642 crore, including the construction cost of Rs 1,231 crore and financing cost of Rs 328 crore.
According to IRSDC, the stations will have an access control system and the passengers will have to pay a user fee, which the railway board will decide in future.
The station was designed in 1878 by British architect F W Stevens in Victorian style, well aided with traditional Indian themes.
Originally named as the Victoria Terminus, it was built at a cost of around Rs 16 lakh. The structure, which took nearly 10 years to be constructed, gave the 19th century Mumbai its gothic city look.
The CMST station will be divyang-friendly and similar to airports, the arrival and departure areas will be kept separate. "We will improve passenger areas. Now, instead of waiting for trains on platforms, passengers will spend time on the concourse. The revamped CSMT station will be a net zero energy building," Lohia said.
According to the MD, the charges could be connected to the wholesale price index. Besides, he also said that the user development fee will be weaved into the private developer's business model, instead of only relying on the monetization of land to fund the exercise. The fee would be charged from passengers on boarding and alighting at the station.
The CSMT railway station will be refurbished and modernized without disturbing its heritage value.
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Awwwww! How many guys will have the guts to thanks their girlfriends like this IAS topper ? Super cute!
For the first time UPSC topper thanked his girlfriend publicly before media and his parents.
Kanishak kataria, a BTech from IIT Bombay, has topped the civil service examination. While he is still not believing that he is UPSC topper. Kanishak Kataria also thanked his girlfriend for his grand success.
"It's very surprising moment. I never expected to get the 1st rank. I thank my parents, sister and my girl friend for their help and moral support. People will expect me to be a good administrator & that's exactly my intention." Kanishak Katatria, an IIT Bombay student, told news agency ANI.


In this project, my primary intention is to upgrade Mapknitter to Rails 6. Other small features are increasing test coverage and improving CI.
Test Coverage - Tests are important since they will show specific errors and guide us to what is exactly wrong and where the code is failing. If we don't have tests covering a breaking change, it will take more time to track and understand the change, thus wasting time. (Relevant issue: #304) Currently, we have some basic unit and functional tests. The test coverage for mapknitter is currently at around 60%. I would aim to reach around 80% coverage before starting the upgrade.
CI improvements - I shall set up Codeclimate which is really useful for code review and integrate it with travis. I will follow the Codeclimate documentation for this. I will also fix Dangerbot for code and PR review.(Relevent PR: https://github.com/publiclab/mapknitter/pull/306). I shall follow the documentation for this as well.
Rails upgrade workflow - The idea is to roll out upgrades in as small pull requests as possible. We should upgrade rails to the closest target version each time for minimum conflicts and errors.
Upgrade Rails: First of all we should upgrade the rails gem to the closest target version.
Update rails config: Once all the dependencies are installed and compatible with each other, we need to start updating the code. I will start by first fixing the config files. For this, we can use RailsDiff which shows the configuration changes between rails versions.
Fix errors in test: Due to change in rails version, there is a possibility that the tests will encounter syntax and other kinds of errors. This needs to be fixed before running the tests.
Run tests: Tests will be my primary way of finding out breaking points in the code. I will be fixing the code until all the tests pass. Useful reference guides during this process will be the Upgrade Guidesand Release Notes., which are amazingly documented.
Finding and fixing bugs not covered by tests: Since our tests suite might not cover everything, It is possible to encounter unexpected bugs. For this we can implement the upgrade to the unstable branch for testing before merging it to main. We can take help from the community for testing the upgrade. I will write tests for any such bugs found and then proceed to fix them.
Community Bonding Period (May 6 - May 27): During this time, and prior to this,I will be performing the prerequisites for the Rails upgrade mentioned above.
Week 2: Upgrade to Rails 4.2 - Fix tests, Fix deprecation warnings and other bugs.
Week 3: Upgrade to Rails 4.2 - Fix tests, Fix deprecation warnings and other bugs.
Week 6: Upgrade to Rails 5 - Fix tests, Fix deprecation warnings and other bugs.
I have been working on Ruby on Rails for around a year and a half (Check out my github repos!).
Also I have been working as a backend developer with a startup for around 9 months. Currently, most of the medical records in India are handwritten and thus decentralized. We aim to provide a platform that used technology to make healthcare in India easier. i have gathered considerable skill in the Rails, Docker, and Devops while working here.
Contribution Tracker- I made this project for Zense as a kind of scoreboard for tracking contributions. It uses the github api to track commits, prs and issues to the organization.
Twitter Clone- Twitter implemented using Django as part of my semester project with 2 other classmates.
I'm an active part of our college developers' club Zense. Zense tries to promote learning through team projects and sessions. We use software to try and fix problems in our college and society. Here's a link to our github page.
I'm really interested in Public Lab. The thing that amazes me the most about this organization is how welcoming and empowering this community is! I'd love to work with Public Lab and help the Open Source Community grow.
My project is targeted towards the entire publiclab community. Upgrading rails will ensure rolling out new features will be less time consuming and easier. Upgrading rails is a great benefit for everyone!
I understand that it is a serious commitment and I shall be spending around 5-6 hours of work daily for this project.
Hey @warren here's my first draft of the proposal. It would be great if you could review it! Also, I'm a bit skeptical about the timeline. I think 3 months might be too much for the upgrade? Should I add a few small subprojects as well? Thanks!
Actually the biggest advice I could give is to look through @souravirus's posts and work over the last summer's SoC -- taking the plots2 project from Rails 3.x to Rails 5.x!
These may include other upgrades such as further work on Yarn, changing the asset pipeline setup, all kinds of things. Thanks for a great proposal!!!


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of a battery-powered watch, keeping and doing time.
rehearsed like a second chair violinist aiming for first.
that comprise the repertoire of wrens and crows.
when haughty critics and ignorant crowds have gone away.
with Dizzy and Monk, after hours, shows what he can do.


We had the best time in Mexico City and Puebla during the Dias de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival with Tom & Paige! What a great city! Here is just a small sample of the images we got. Huge thanks to Paige's amazing driving skills so we could get to so many different areas! Let us know where you want to do your engagement session!
She said she wanted snow on her wedding day…Even with the snow and the cold (close to 0 most of the day) we ended up having an AMAZING day! Cheers to Andrew and Holly! This perfect wedding day was made possible by an incredible group of people including: Hair by Salon Avalon and The Brooklyn, Dress by Chic Parisien, Flowers by Gainan's Flowers and Garden Center, Decor by Party Solutions, Catering by Abby's Catering, Cake by Dancing Oven Bakery, Coordinator Patricia Clark Weddings, Video by Justin Hutchinson Videography, Alterations and Personal Attendant Geri Brown Elite Couture Sewing and Alterations.
We have been excited for this wedding ever since we met Brandon & Erin about a year ago. Everything about it was perfect! We couldn't have asked for better November weather and the decor by Better to Gather Events was spot on!
Our first visit to the great state of Indiana and we got to spend the day with Jordan & Marinda at The Loft at Walnut Hill Farm! It was a beautiful fall day and we had a great time!
Absolutely beautiful wedding at The Billings Depot. Wes & Lauren were so much fun to work with!


Meet our talented local artists!
We craft custom terrariums for special events, gifts, and for home. Our range includes both enclosed and open terrariums. We love to add a personal touch, often including small figurines or particular shades of colour to reflect your style or the person you are giving it to. Terrariums make an excellent choice for the home or office as they require minimal care and watering.
We are a husband and wife team, running our business from home. The business was borne out of a desire to find gentle and nourishing products to use in the family home, specifically to help manage some particularly sensitive skin for our young family. We make a variety of handmade, all natural and chemical free products which are nourishing for the skin, good for the soul and gentle on the environment.
We love creating gorgeous handcrafted jewellery in unique designs. We are a small business working from home and you can often find us at local markets and fetes. Our other designs also include wooden beaded necklaces, bracelets and cabochon stud earrings.
I believe discovering what brings you peace is an art in itself and I am truly blessed to share my animal designs with everyone. The intricate detailing is there to create not only shadings but also feelings of joy upon close inspection. Animals, drawing and flowers has been a lifelong passion that I'm now bringing all together.
Deeva creations express the intrinsic love for nature within us all. Endeavouring to awaken a sense of playfulness and magic with our sweet creations. Deeva is located in East Gippsland, where the magic and beauty of nature abounds. You are invited to be involved with these creations, to love, to play, to be inspired and moved to action.
I'm Laura, wife, mum and proud Gippslandian. I'm passionate about educating and empowering all households to rely on a more sustainable way to keep food fresher for longer. Little Bumble beeswax wraps are a sustainable and natural alternative to plastic wrap. Simply wrap food to keep it fresher for longer then rinse and reuse! Lovingly hand made with local and natural ingredients in Gippsland. You can even make your own with our DIY kit with our scientifically developed recipe.
Each of my pieces are unique; I choose to allow the rope to take me where it shall, rather than decide on a pattern or direction and try to fit the rope to my plans. The versatility and simple repetition of Macramé allows for such an approach; as knots can always be untied and patterns can always be started over.
A penchant for simple pleasures -beautiful healthy skin, a fine cup of tea and a warm bath – inspired the business. Her range of herbal teas, soaps, skincare and body products have been developed and manufactured in Gippsland from locally wild harvested, Australian and imported ingredients. I am a qualified Herbalist and have sourced the cleanest, greenest and most sustainable materials to bring a superior freshness to the entire collection. Soaps without palm oil or animal fats, cruelty free natural skincare and essential oils throughout means your little indulgences won't cost the planet.
We are a mother and daughter creative team from Drouin that just love to create. We meet together one day a week to "work" on our creations and just spend time together. We love to try new things and have turned our hands to many different crafts including soft sculptures, dioramas, leather journals and home décor items. We are inspired by nature and love to include natural elements and colours in our creations. Our "work" is usually done around the kitchen table amid lots of coffee and laughter!


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Pat Whidden
The Little Peddler
May 10, 2021 by Pat Whidden
…that a 16-year-old peddler, Lion Lundore, was murdered by his older fellow peddler in 1902 in Tenecape, Hants County. His murderer apparently confessed to jealousy as the motive, as the younger man was making more sales. Lion Lundore is buried in the Moose Brook Cemetery. His murderer was hanged in Windsor.
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Jeremiah Fowler Woodworth and Annie Bathsheba (Cook) Woodworth
November 11, 2020 by Pat Whidden
My Nova Scotia Ancestors' Going Away" Story by Nancy Hursh Bagley, Seattle, Washington, USA My grandparents, Jeremiah Fowler Woodworth (1852-1933) and Annie Bathsheba Cook (1856-1924), were married at Cook's Brook, Nova Scotia, in 1879. Their first child, William Norman, was born there in 1880. My grandfather is descended from Thomas Woodworth, who was born in … Read more
Elizabeth (Johnston) Copeland (née O'Brien)
September 15, 2020 September 15, 2020 by Pat Whidden
Elizabeth (Johnston) Copeland (née O'Brien) (1835-1876) Missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) by Donald L. Forbes Elizabeth O'Brien, born 4 Aug 1835 in Noel, was the daughter of William O'Brien[1] and Margaret Davison. Her eldest sibling, Osmond (1828-1906), went on to found the O'Brien shipping business, which built four brigantines, 11 barques, … Read more
Family of Rufus and Bertha Casey
September 5, 2020 August 30, 2020 by Pat Whidden
Staying In Touch with the Family Who Went "Up to the States" by Joy Morash This story begins with my great-grandparents Rufus and Bertha (Mosher) Casey who resided in Mosherville, West Hants, NS., circa 1890. The Mosher family was among the Planter settlers coming from New England to Nova Scotia in the 1760s, … Read more
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W. D. Lawrence
…that the largest wooden sailing ship ever built in Canada was built here in Maitland, Hants County, NS? The W. D. Lawrence, named after its builder and owner, was built right outside Lawrence's house. He could look out the window of his office on the second floor and watch the construction process.
About The East Hants Historical Society
The East Hants Historical Society, established in 1967, is a volunteer, non-profit organization devoted to the promotion and preservation of history within East Hants, NS, Canada.
Lower Selma Museum & Heritage Cemetery
Open June-September, 10am-5pm daily. Guided tours; archive available. Free admission. Located at 6971 Highway 215, Lower Selma, Hants Co., NS.
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As part of announcing that the Otherplace event was going to occur in Sorgenfri, I got help from Sveta Suvorina(Unsworn Industries) and Thom Kiraly(Spelkultur i Skåne) to pull off a performance at the Malmö festival. Thom and I had first created a small game idea that would lure people out to the abandoned industrial area.
I wanted the audience to come up on stage to go through tests, and get a custom made adventure based on the results. Thom prepared an epic poem with beautiful and mysterious ramblings, and I put all the pieces together to be able to involve the audience in the activity and enable the adventure creation.
One of the main purposes of pulling off the performance was to both spread information about the event coming up, but also to give them some incentive to actually go to the old industrial area where it took place.
For the stage, I prepared forms, Rocharch inspired signs, and different items that would be part of the game. Depending on what Sveta and Thom checked on the forms, I would pack the kits with the approperiate content before I handed them over to participants as they had passed the stations. The people who seemed the 'most playful' received slightly bigger and more complex adventures, while the others who did not seem as dedicated and were not likely to invest themselves in something bigger got smaller ones. The main challenge was to solve parts of Thoms cryptic poetry in combination with a variety of puzzles based on letters and numbers that I added. The solutions would take them to the next place. The ones with the bigger adventures got a magic item that they had to exchange at a place they had to figure out through solving the cyphers. As they did this, they found their way to a local book shop where I had dropped off more cryptic material. This took them to the place of the Otherplace event at the time when it opened.


I would appreciate any contributions of any scriptures you can make.
"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things".
Let all of His children give Him all honor,glory,and praise!
The Apostles had lived with Jesus on a daily basis during the time of His earthly ministry. These men who came from different backgrounds learned many things about the Kingdom of God. Primarily they learned how to live life as Kingdom citizens.
These followers of Christ returned to Jerusalem and waited for this Promise of the Father.
Immediately the man was healed and began walking, and leaping, and praising God. Because of this notable miracle about four thousand men came to Christ that day. In just two days about six thousand people from many different countries were saved and began to follow Christ and be taught by the Apostles.
God immediately set up His Kingdom Economy through the Apostles Doctrine on the day of Pentecost when the Apostles, along with about three thousand souls, received the Promise of the Father.
What was this "Apostles Doctrine?" Could this doctrine the Apostles taught what they had learned from Christ during His earthly ministry? Could it possibly be what He taught them for those forty days after His resurrection? The things that pertain to the Kingdom of God?
Acts Chapter 2 states that all who believed were steadfast in praying, breaking bread, and sharing their plurality with one another. Because of their new belief in the Messiah and His Kingdom these people possibly had been marginalized by the Temple authorities. However somehow under God's Kingdom Economy or the Apostles Doctrine all the believers had their needs met and their numbers immediately began to increase.
From then on we see in the Book of Acts various places where these followers of the Way, "sold their properties and houses" with some of profits for the advancement of the Kingdom.
Today as we seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness we may begin to see a clearer vision of what Jesus meant about the life style of the more abundant life of the Kingdom of God which Jesus came to introduce to mankind.
Christ did not come to spread His gospel by forming a regimented military type of operation. He did not tell His followers to hole up in some remote wait for the end of the world? To the contrary Christ told them to "Go Ye into all the world and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God." He came to make available for his followers and all who would believe in His name the more than abundant life style of Kingdom Living.
For those who have ears to hear and eyes to see it is evident that there is a battle going on today between God's Kingdom and the kingdoms of this world.
The victory will be ours, but for now this battle rages between good and evil.
Jesus came to usher into this world the Kingdom of God.
He said that the Kingdom of God is at hand.
He also instructed His followers that the first thing we should be doing is to be seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Where today is the preaching of this glorious Kingdom?
Where are the preachers of the gospel of the Kingdom?
Do we even know what the gospel of the Kingdom is?
How much do we really know and practice Kingdom Living?
In the first century as recorded in the book of Acts the followers of Christ were Kingdom minded.
In Acts 2:42-47 God set up His Kingdom Economy and the new followes of Christ had all their needs me.
Jesus taught His disciples about how to live in the Kingdom of God. He did this not only by word but by deed also.
The Four Gospel tell the story of how Jesus ushered in the Kingdom of God. Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah basically taught this way of living to the Twelve Apostles so they could later, after they were empowered by the Holy spirit, teach this Kingdom Living to others also.
The book of Acts, which covered about 38 years, is full of signs miracles and wonders because the followers of Christ were seriously living in the Apostles Doctrine which is the gospel of the Kingdom.
So then the Gospels teach us about this wonderful Kingdom of God Jesus introduced to the world and the Church Epistles teach us the particulars that each individual must strive for to be a part of this Kingdom Living.


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Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast
by socialtern | Sep 16, 2020 | All News Louisville | 0 comments
Hurricane Sally, a plodding storm with winds of 85 mph, crept toward the northern Gulf Coast Tuesday as forecasters warned of potentially deadly storm surges and flash floods with up to 28 inches of rain and the possibility of tornadoes.Above video: Storm surge ahead of Hurricane SallyForecasters stressed "significant" uncertainty as to where the storm's eye would make landfall. But they kept nudging the predicted track eastward, easing fears in New Orleans, which was once in Sally's crosshairs.By early Tuesday, hurricane warnings stretched from the mouth of the Pearl River at the Louisiana-Mississippi line to Navarre, Florida, and forecasters said Sally should reach land near the Alabama-Mississippi state line by late Tuesday or early Wednesday.Stacy Stewart, a senior specialist with the National Hurricane Center, said Tuesday that people should continue to take the storm seriously since "devastating" rainfall is expected in large areas. People could drown in the flooding, he said."This is going to be historic flooding along with the historic rainfall," Stewart said. "If people live near rivers, small streams and creeks, they need to evacuate and go somewhere else."The storm was moving at only 2 mph late Tuesday night, centered about 65 miles south-southeast of Mobile, Alabama, and 60 miles southwest of the Pensacola, Florida.Forecasters expect Sally to turn northward Tuesday afternoon, moving near the coast of southeastern Louisiana later in the day, and then travel slowly north-northeastward through Wednesday, remaining a Category 1 hurricane until it comes ashore.After making landfall, Sally was forecast to cause flash floods and minor to moderate river flooding across inland portions of Mississippi, Alabama, northern Georgia and the western Carolinas through the rest of the week.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared an emergency in the Panhandle's westernmost counties, which were being pummeled by rain from Sally's outer bands early Tuesday. The threat of heavy rain and storm surge was exacerbated by the storm's slow movement.President Donald Trump issued emergency declarations for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Monday, and tweeted that residents should listen to state and local leaders.Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought the presidential declaration after the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama, warned of the increasing likelihood of "dangerous and potentially historic flooding," with waters rising as much as 9 feet (2.7 meters) above ground in parts of the Mobile metro area.It all seemed a distant threat Monday afternoon in Waveland, Mississippi, as a shirtless, barefooted Trevor Claunch, of nearby Bay St. Louis, got in some last-minute beach time. But there were signs of trouble coming. Claunch marveled at how the Gulf waters had already crept over swaths of sandy shore and infiltrated bike paths and parking lots."Without any rain, and it's already all the way up — I honestly want to stick around and see where it goes," said Claunch.But he wasn't taking any chances."We're going to go inland," he said.Click here for watches and warningsSally achieved hurricane strength Monday and quickly intensified to a Category 2 storm with 100 mph (161 kph) winds. Its maximum sustained winds dwindled to a Category 1 by early Tuesday, and forecasters did not predict further strengthening.While the threat to Louisiana appeared to be easing, flood control authorities remained on guard, closing gates along networks of waterways that could be pushed over their banks by the possible surge from the Gulf.The southwestern part of the state was pummeled by Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27 and an estimated 2,000 evacuees from that storm were sheltered in New Orleans, mostly in hotels.Monday marked only the second time on record, forecasters said, that five tropical cyclones swirled simultaneously in the Atlantic basin. The last time that happened was in 1971. None of the others were expected to threaten the U.S. this week, if at all, and one was downgraded to a low pressure trough Monday evening.The extraordinarily busy hurricane season — like the catastrophic wildfire season on the West Coast — has focused attention on the role of climate change.Scientists say global warming is making the strongest of hurricanes, those with wind speeds of 110 mph or more, even stronger. Also, warmer air holds more moisture, making storms rainier, and rising seas from global warming make storm surges higher and more damaging.In addition, scientists have been seeing tropical storms and hurricanes slow down once they hit the United States by about 17% since 1900, and that gives them the opportunity to unload more rain over one place, as 2017's Hurricane Harvey did in Houston.People along the coast appeared to be taking the storm seriously even as it remained offshore. Coastal casinos shut down under orders from the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Motorists filled a convenience store parking lot in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, as they topped off gas tanks and stocked up on ice, beer and snacks."It's second nature to us. It would have already been done but I had to work," Zale Stratakos said as she helped her mother, Kimberly Stratakos, fill three plastic gasoline cans. ___Martin reported from Marietta, Georgia. Associated Press reporters Rebecca Santana and Janet McConnaughey in New Orleans; Seth Borenstein in Kensington, Maryland; Emily Wagster Pettus and Leah Willingham, in Jackson, Mississippi; and Kim Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama, contributed to this report.
Hurricane Sally, a plodding storm with winds of 85 mph, crept toward the northern Gulf Coast Tuesday as forecasters warned of potentially deadly storm surges and flash floods with up to 28 inches of rain and the possibility of tornadoes.
Above video: Storm surge ahead of Hurricane Sally
Forecasters stressed "significant" uncertainty as to where the storm's eye would make landfall. But they kept nudging the predicted track eastward, easing fears in New Orleans, which was once in Sally's crosshairs.
By early Tuesday, hurricane warnings stretched from the mouth of the Pearl River at the Louisiana-Mississippi line to Navarre, Florida, and forecasters said Sally should reach land near the Alabama-Mississippi state line by late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
Stacy Stewart, a senior specialist with the National Hurricane Center, said Tuesday that people should continue to take the storm seriously since "devastating" rainfall is expected in large areas. People could drown in the flooding, he said.
"This is going to be historic flooding along with the historic rainfall," Stewart said. "If people live near rivers, small streams and creeks, they need to evacuate and go somewhere else."
The storm was moving at only 2 mph late Tuesday night, centered about 65 miles south-southeast of Mobile, Alabama, and 60 miles southwest of the Pensacola, Florida.
Forecasters expect Sally to turn northward Tuesday afternoon, moving near the coast of southeastern Louisiana later in the day, and then travel slowly north-northeastward through Wednesday, remaining a Category 1 hurricane until it comes ashore.
After making landfall, Sally was forecast to cause flash floods and minor to moderate river flooding across inland portions of Mississippi, Alabama, northern Georgia and the western Carolinas through the rest of the week.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared an emergency in the Panhandle's westernmost counties, which were being pummeled by rain from Sally's outer bands early Tuesday. The threat of heavy rain and storm surge was exacerbated by the storm's slow movement.
President Donald Trump issued emergency declarations for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Monday, and tweeted that residents should listen to state and local leaders.
My team and I are closely monitoring extremely dangerous Hurricane Sally. We are fully engaged with State & Local Leaders to assist the great people of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Be ready and listen to State and Local Leaders! @GovernorKayIvey @LouisianaGov @TateReeves
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought the presidential declaration after the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama, warned of the increasing likelihood of "dangerous and potentially historic flooding," with waters rising as much as 9 feet (2.7 meters) above ground in parts of the Mobile metro area.
It all seemed a distant threat Monday afternoon in Waveland, Mississippi, as a shirtless, barefooted Trevor Claunch, of nearby Bay St. Louis, got in some last-minute beach time. But there were signs of trouble coming. Claunch marveled at how the Gulf waters had already crept over swaths of sandy shore and infiltrated bike paths and parking lots.
"Without any rain, and it's already all the way up — I honestly want to stick around and see where it goes," said Claunch.
But he wasn't taking any chances.
"We're going to go inland," he said.
Click here for watches and warnings
Sally achieved hurricane strength Monday and quickly intensified to a Category 2 storm with 100 mph (161 kph) winds. Its maximum sustained winds dwindled to a Category 1 by early Tuesday, and forecasters did not predict further strengthening.
While the threat to Louisiana appeared to be easing, flood control authorities remained on guard, closing gates along networks of waterways that could be pushed over their banks by the possible surge from the Gulf.
The southwestern part of the state was pummeled by Hurricane Laura on Aug. 27 and an estimated 2,000 evacuees from that storm were sheltered in New Orleans, mostly in hotels.
Monday marked only the second time on record, forecasters said, that five tropical cyclones swirled simultaneously in the Atlantic basin. The last time that happened was in 1971. None of the others were expected to threaten the U.S. this week, if at all, and one was downgraded to a low pressure trough Monday evening.
The extraordinarily busy hurricane season — like the catastrophic wildfire season on the West Coast — has focused attention on the role of climate change.
Scientists say global warming is making the strongest of hurricanes, those with wind speeds of 110 mph or more, even stronger. Also, warmer air holds more moisture, making storms rainier, and rising seas from global warming make storm surges higher and more damaging.
In addition, scientists have been seeing tropical storms and hurricanes slow down once they hit the United States by about 17% since 1900, and that gives them the opportunity to unload more rain over one place, as 2017's Hurricane Harvey did in Houston.
People along the coast appeared to be taking the storm seriously even as it remained offshore. Coastal casinos shut down under orders from the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Motorists filled a convenience store parking lot in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, as they topped off gas tanks and stocked up on ice, beer and snacks.
"It's second nature to us. It would have already been done but I had to work," Zale Stratakos said as she helped her mother, Kimberly Stratakos, fill three plastic gasoline cans.
Martin reported from Marietta, Georgia. Associated Press reporters Rebecca Santana and Janet McConnaughey in New Orleans; Seth Borenstein in Kensington, Maryland; Emily Wagster Pettus and Leah Willingham, in Jackson, Mississippi; and Kim Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama, contributed to this report.


My sister Rosel (in pink) has been diagnosed with a tumor (myoma) in her uterus. It is not malignant but it is causing her so much pain so needs an immediate surgery. She will be having the surgery soon and it is worrying me. I am very stressed because I already experienced a losing one of my siblings and this is making me paranoid. She is asking for financial help because they couldn't afford the surgery. They have three kids and her husband 's salary as a maintenance crew at Tesda isn't enough.
"When it rains, it pours." I say that because my Mom needs financial aid too for another issue and it is making me insane right now. I have no job here and blogging is certainly down at this time so I am stressing out. MY husband is always willing to help but since we are not rich and we have bills to pay every month, we certainly don't have savings for extra emergencies like this.
I thought of making a fund-raising campaign but hubby did not want me to do that. I dunno what to do but pray that I could come up with something so I could send the amount they need. It is so hard.
I have never done this before but I am reaching out for your help, financially and spiritually (prayers). I have to come up with $600 to help my sister but I only got $90 in my paypal as of now so if you could please donate any amount (even just a dollar), it would be greatly appreciated! You may send it to my paypal - cutiestfriend@yahoo.com. Thank you very much in advance and God bless you for your generosity and caring hearts!
UPDATE: Earlier this week, I talked to my sister and her surgery was scheduled on the 11th of November but today, she was admitted to the hospital as her condition is getting worse and her surgery was re-scheduled at an earlier date - November 4, was moved again to October 29th. Please continue to keep her in your prayers, thank you so much!


This years Reykjavík Arts Festival focuses on gender issues in the arts, as well as censorship and rights struggle. This week, we're talking to prominent women in the Reykjavík arts scene about the festival's history, and about equality in the arts.
Yesterday we spoke to artist Ragnheiður Harpa Liefsdóttir, and today it's Katrín Jakobsdóttir, a member of the Alþingi and former Culture Minister of Iceland (2009-2013).
How long have you been going to Reykjavík Art Festival / how has it developed in that time?
My first memory of the Reykjavík Art Festival are the concerts of Fine Young Cannibals and Madness in the 80s – then I was too young to attend, but how I longed for it! I started attending event in the 90s.
The giantess that walked the streets of Reykjavík in 2007, Víkingur Heiðar playing the piano in 2009, the flying acrobats over Austurvöllur in 2011… so many good memories.
What do you think Reykjavík Arts festival brings to the life of the city?
The arts and culture are an important factor in every society and maybe you can best feel it when a community lacks arts and culture. The Reykjavík Arts Festival has contributed greatly to the arts and culture scene in Reykjavík, bringing the arts to the people, and making all our lives a little more interesting.
Absolutely! Not least because the Reykjavík Arts Festival is organised so people can participate out on the streets (not everybody can afford to pay for the tickets).
Find out more about the festival at artsfest.is.