…tastes just like glitter mixed with rock 'n' roll.
I don't know why I thought it would be a good idea to buy a house. I'm barely hanging on financially – I had to turn in my car to the lender because I can't afford the car payment and the increase in my mortgage (they didn't take out enough for taxes, so it went up by $130 a month). I got a $900 beater and now that's making noises that sound like serious brake work is needed. My dishwasher doesn't work. The overhead light in my living room doesn't work. And tonight, the garbage disposal died.
I don't know why I thought I'd be able to manage a house and kids and a full time job. I can't do it. We're going to be sleeping in my car pretty soon if this keeps up.
I'm exhausted. I'm sick of being on this planet.


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MDC eyes permit hikes for nonresident hunters and anglers and trout fishing
Public input is being sought before Missouri Department of Conservation hikes for trout fishing and nonresident hunters and anglers go into effect.
MDC eyes permit hikes for nonresident hunters and anglers and trout fishing Public input is being sought before Missouri Department of Conservation hikes for trout fishing and nonresident hunters and anglers go into effect. Check out this story on news-leader.com: https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2019/05/29/mo-dept-of-conservation-permit-increases-trout-fishing-nonresident-hunters-anglers/1271851001/
Wes Johnson, Springfield News-Leader Published 7:00 p.m. CT May 29, 2019
Mike Luttrell holds the 6.65 pound rainbow trout he caught during opening day of trout season at Roaring River State Park on Friday, Mar. 1, 2019. (Photo: Andrew Jansen/News-Leader)
It soon could be more costly to catch trout in Missouri — or to fish and hunt in the state if you're a visitor from elsewhere.
Here's your chance to have a say about that.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking public input on several proposed permit fee increases, with a decision likely to be made at the Missouri Conservation Commission meeting in August. If approved, the permit increases would go into effect on Feb. 29, 2020.
According to MDC, the trout permit increases are needed to better cover its costs of running the five trout hatcheries that raise and release more than 1.7 million trout each year for public fishing.
If the price increases are implemented, starting in 2020 the cost of an annual trout permit will go from $7 to $10 for anglers 16 years of age and older and from $3.50 to $5 for anglers ages 15 and younger.
The cost of a daily trout tag to fish at Missouri's four trout parks — Maramec Spring Park, Bennett Spring State Park, Montauk State Park, and Roaring River State Park — will go from $3 to $4 for adults and from $2 to $3 for those 15 years of age and younger.
Bennett Spring is stocked with thousands of rainbow and brown trout. (Photo: File photo)
A trout permit is required to possess trout, except in trout parks, where a daily trout fishing tag is required during the catch-and-keep season. Trout can be caught in some areas that aren't affiliated with the trout parks, like Table Rock Lake and Crane Creek.
In addition, a trout permit is required for winter fishing in trout parks during the catch-and-release season and for fishing year-round in Lake Taneycomo upstream from the U.S. 65 bridge. To fish for trout, you must also have a fishing permit or qualify for an exemption.
"The Conservation Department has not increased these permit prices in nearly two decades," said MDC Director Sara Parker Pauley. "We are adjusting these permit prices — which were set in 1999 — to make them more in line with today's real costs of the work we do. The price increases will help MDC meet the pressures of increased management costs at our hatcheries and help meet the increased demand for trout fishing around the state."
Anglers cast their lines from atop the dam at Bennett Spring State Park during the opening day of trout fishing season on Thursday, March 1, 2018. (Photo: Nathan Papes/News-Leader)
MDC says costs are rising
According to MDC, the annual cost of fish food and staff labor to raise a trout in 2003 was about $1 per fish. The annual cost in 2017 had jumped to nearly twice that amount.
The five fish hatcheries — Bennett Spring, Montauk, Shepherd of the Hills, Roaring River, and Maramec Spring Park — also require regular maintenance, and several have been damaged numerous times in recent years by spring flooding. MDC has spent more than $11 million over the past decade on repairs and improvements to the hatcheries.
MDC also reports that utility costs for the five hatcheries have increased by more than 25% since 2008.
According to MDC, the average Missourian pays about $19 annually for conservation efforts through the department's dedicated sales tax revenue. MDC receives no funds from property taxes, tickets or citations (which go to local school districts), or the state's general revenue budget.
The proposed price increases for annual trout permits and daily trout tags were given initial approval by the Missouri Conservation Commission at its May 23 meeting.
As part of the rule-making process, MDC is asking for public comments on the changes during July and early August at short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To comment on proposed price increases for trout permits, refer to "3 CSR 10-5.430 Trout Permit." For daily trout tags, refer to "3 CSR 10-5.250 Daily Hunting or Fishing Tags."
The commission will consider input received and make a final decision to move forward, modify, or withdraw the changes during its Aug. 23 meeting. If approved, the anticipated effective date of the changes would be Feb. 29, 2020.
A white-tailed deer buck pauses momentarily while keeping its eyes alert for danger during a winter month at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in Mound City. (Photo: Noppadol Paothong/MDC)
Nonresident permit increases
MDC also is proposing price increases for some nonresident hunting and fishing permits. According to MDC, permit prices have not been raised in over a decade, and adjustments are needed to help keep up with increasing costs of providing conservation work and services around the state.
MDC is also proposing discounted deer and turkey permits for nonresident landowners with 75 acres or more to show appreciation for wildlife habitat work completed on their Missouri properties. The discount for nonresident landowners is similar to a past regulation that was in effect until 2009.
MDC eliminated the offering during its last round of permit changes in 2008.
"We commonly hear from many Missourians that our nonresident permit prices are too low compared to other states," said Parker Pauley. "Increasing prices for nonresident hunting and fishing permits will address this. It will also add needed revenue to help with our ever-rising costs of managing the fish, forests, and wildlife of Missouri."
While some MDC permit prices have remained the same since 1999 and others for about a decade, MDC's costs for goods and services have increased, according to the agency.
MDC is proposing price increases for the nonresident permits listed below. The listing shows current MDC prices for the permits, proposed increased permit prices, and the average prices of similar permits from surrounding states.
MDC based its permit price increases on information from the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index related to cost-of-living increases from 2008 to 2018.
The proposed increases range from an extra $1 for a one-day daily fishing permit (currently $7, compared to about $15 in neighboring states, according to MDC) to as much as $62 more for a permit to hunt or trap furbearers (up from the current $130, the proposed $192 permit compares to $257 in neighboring states, per MDC).
These hefty rainbow trout in the 10- to 12-pound range will be temporarily moved from the Roaring River spring pool during a major renovation of the Roaring River Hatchery. (Photo: Wes Johnson/News-Leader)
A one-day, daily small game permit could increase from $11 to $14, while various deer hunting permits would increase from $225 to $265.
Nonresidents account for almost all of the daily fishing small-game hunting permits purchased, according to MDC, which also is proposing to sell only one- and three-day permits, eliminating current permit options that go up to seven days.
Along with the price increases, MDC also is proposing permit discounts for nonresident landowners with a minimum of 75 acres. Those hunters could actually see lower costs overall — under the proposal, a spring turkey permit that currently costs $190, and is slated to increase to $224, would be available to nonresident landowners for just $165.
The proposed changes were given initial approval by the Missouri Conservation Commission at its May 23 meeting. As part of the rulemaking process, MDC is asking for public comment on the changes during July and early August at short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49.
Like with the trout permit changes the commission will consider public input and make a final decision to move forward, modify, or withdraw the changes during its Aug. 23 meeting. If approved, the anticipated effective date of the changes would be Feb. 29, 2020.
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Okay, so as far as the WRITING of this goes, I'm about 40% done now. Not a HUGE increase, but I've been doing a lot of editing and additional work to the chapters I already have. Originally, I was playing around with this idea of a 3rd person perspective where the narration changes, depending on who is present. Meaning, if Bishamon is in the scene, then the narration is semi-omniscient. If it's Hitori and the usual party, then it would be more normal and unaware. It sounded like a neat idea, but in practice I felt it was too confusing and I couldn't think of a solid way to transition from one to the other without stating outright that I was doing this.
I want the book to flow, so the reader gets so lost in the story that they forget how it's written and hits their brain like a dream. Those are my favorite kind of stories. That's why I don't overly describe anything that a normal human being should already know. If you don't know what a park looks like, go outside. I also don't overly describe the characters. I'll give you hair color, clothing and any unique feature.
Dixie is a tall woman with shoulder length curly, dark hair and purple bangs. The rest: her skin color, lip size, ears, mouth, etc...I leave that up to the reader. To me, none of that stuff matters to the character. Dixie having pouty lips and tiny ears doesn't make her less of a goofball, but the purple bangs do mean something. It's an indicator, one of those first impression visuals we see everyday that sheds a light on her personality.
I like stories that engage me, that guide me down a path, but don't instruct me every step of the way. I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I'm betting the people who are big in to action, chaos and humor are more like me than not. In case you're wondering, I'm not directing this at anyone, but this sort of thing has been brought up a couple times now and I thought I should respond.


Yesterday I opened my email to see that I had my receipt for my subscription to CB, and it got me to wondering as to why I support this site.
Now wondering and thinking are never top of my €œTo do€ list, but I did force myself to sit and ponder what it is that draws me here.
First and foremost this site offers me a safe haven from the day to day worries I face. I can come here, close the door and just rest in the presence of others who think as I do (ohhhh poor you), and love the Lord as I do.
I like that I don't have to be on the defensive all the time. I appreciate that I can hunt out someone to pray with me, and for me, and there is always someone willing to hold my hand and pray and laugh or cry with me.
I would liken CB to a staff room. Most of us here in CB work in our churches, some of us work outside our churches in missions and in reaching out to certain sections of the community. I for one work with kids with moderate to severe learning difficulties on an outreach basis, I work and sit along side teenage girls, some who sail through life and some, well, some who don't.
But when I come here, I can breathe easy. I can recharge my batteries, and know that the outside world won't disturb me or come knocking when the staff room door is closed.
I am safe here. No one is going to come and make fun of my belief (and if they do, they get short shift). No one is going to condemn me or judge me here.
I honestly believe that CB is the best Christian site there is. I believe with all my heart that it is a wonderful tool for us to make use of, to rest, play, pray, study and learn.
So why do I support this site? Why the answer to that is quite simple, I can't afford not to.
This blog was published on April 21, 2010 at 12:25pm by Joyce Bethy Ferguson .
how thankful i am for U!!!
as Vettie said Thanks for all you do and who you are!
That is exactly how I feel, Bethy!
One of the reasons why I keep coming back in Cb is YOU. Seriously.
when i shared my predicament w/ regards to my health.
Cb is more than a Christian website..
a safe haven, as you have said..
where we could be who we really are..
not afraid of being judged.
Yes, sister bethy, you are right. This is a great blogsite for christians, even though we do not know each other well, and are from different countires, yet it is the common belief , and the common Faith that we have in our Lord Jesus that breaks down all barriers, binds us together in one Spirit, cares for each other's needs and prayer requests. It is actually a little church, you know. You can get your spiritual feedings here too, PTL.
Before I joined CB, I have visited some other christian blogsites. There is no movements at all, no comments, no prayer request , no activities. TOTAL SILENCE.
Here I see christians praying for each other, guiding , helping , encouraging each other, even get to read beautiful poems, have Sunday sermons, many different thoughts, many different views, many different experiences , and all because of our Lord Jesus who binds us as one.
Let us all carry on the good work that has begun here, and let it grows and grows and grows.
As Silverpen said, this is a church. I appreciate you all. Thank you.
Love the little smiley's running in a circle, following. A circle of friendship and Christian fellowship right here at CB.


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Sunseeker Range and Evolution
5th Dec 2017 by Samantha Wilson
If ever there was a pioneer of the pleasure boat, then Sunseeker must be that icon. With their characteristic sleek lines and roaring power, Sunseekers grace the yachting playgrounds of the world. With their very latest range, the Yacht, they are major players within the superyacht market.
Yet their fun, sporty and luxurious personality extends throughout both their current ranges and their previous models, making Sunseeker the ultimate choice for both those looking to enter the superyacht click as much as those in search of a head-turning weekend sports boat.
Take a look at used Sunseeker boats or request details on the range of brand new Sunseeker boats on offer on Rightboat.com
A New Dawn of Pleasure Boats
Sunseeker may today be one of yachting's royalty, with over 2,000 highly skilled designers, engineers and master craftsmen working to craft hundreds of boats a year. Yet their story began with just one man and his vision of a new kind of boat. The date is 1969 and Robert Braithwaite had a dream not just to revolutionise the pleasure boat industry, but to launch it. The birth of the Sovereign 17 in 1971, which was followed soon after by the Sovereign 20, was forward-thinking, deliciously indulgent, and proudly British-built. Robert's younger brother John joined the fledgling company, and today he maintains his position as Product Development Manager, anchoring the globally successful company in the family values in which it began.
Throughout the following three decades Sunseeker exploded onto the yachting scene with a flair not seen previously. Indeed, when they sailed their Renegade 60 into the Southampton Boat Show in 1990, it was met to rapturous applause by their counterparts. The boat itself was jaw-dropping, and Sunseeker has fused the style and speed for which they had become renowned, with twin jet drives, enhanced performance and unparalleled manoeuvrability.
An Evolution
The current range of Sunseekers are the culmination of past iconic boats combined with ever-advancing technology and futuristic styling. From the classic and much-loved 15.74 metre weekender, the San Remo, which won Best Sportscruiser in the over 45ft (13m) category in the Motor Boat Awards 2014, to the ground-breaking 47.25 metre 155 Yacht, the largest in the Yacht series and the most advanced vessel every produced by Sunseeker.
In the late 80s, the Portofino 31 saw another major shift in the way Sunseeker envisaged pleasure boating. The move towards larger cockpits which could host groups of people was twinned with that all-encompassing power and wind-in-the-hair fun. The much-loved Tomahawk 37 was also born in this era, and today both models are highly sought-after.
The Predator first turned heads in 1999 when the 19 metre Predator 60 speedster roared onto the scene and, almost two decades later remains one of the company's flagship ranges. The Predator 80 joined the echelons of Sunseeker greats when it was subsequently launched with innovative triple Arneson surface drives. Current Predator models, which range from the 16metre Predator 50 to the 23metre Predator 74, are evolutions of these earlier successes, with ever more suave interiors, up to 44 knots of speed, and room for up to eight guests and three crew. The silhouettes are unmistakable. Blink though, and you'll miss it.
The Manhattan too is classic Sunseeker, with its aerodynamic lines and practical luxury. First launched in the early 90s, the range is the ideal weekend yacht. With the flybridge as its centrepiece the Manhattan is designed for leisure, with spacious sun decks, social areas filled with light, and elegant styling. The current models, the 52 and the 66, are set to be as popular as they're predecessors. See the current range of Sunseeker models for sale on Rightboat.com.
The figures speak for themselves of Sunseeker's success; in 2015 the Poole-based company celebrated the production of their 100th luxury performance motor yacht in the 100ft+ (30m+) superyacht category, and it is today the largest UK-based superyacht manufacturer. There is little doubt that Sunseeker is here to stay, their iconic boats not only mainstays in marinas, harbours and yachting playgrounds across the globe, but some enjoying starring roles in The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and, most recently, Quantum Solace. So embrace your inner James Bond, and start searching for your next new or used on Sunseeker on Rightboat.com.
Written By: Samantha Wilson
Samantha Wilson has spent her entire life on and around boats, from tiny sailing dinghies all the way up to superyachts. She writes for many boating and yachting publications, top charter agencies, and some of the largest travel businesses in the industry, combining her knowledge and passion of boating, travel and writing to create topical, useful and engaging content.
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Discuss The House on Mango Street.
Due tomorrow: Brainstorm THIS PROMPT #3 and turn in your work to turnitin.com. Remember, you should be using the same prompt brainstorming document you have been using this whole time! However, if you have lost it, look through the postings and redownload it!
Due Wednesday: Read "The First Job"--"What Sally Said". You will have a reading check quiz over this, but not on Wednesday. Check the calendar!
Reading Check Quiz over "Those Who Don't"--"Hips"
Reading Check Quiz over "The House on Mango Street"--"Marin".
Discuss structure of Cisneros's work and the introduction written by Cisneros in 2008. Let me know if you need a copy of the introduction. If you have the teal book with the rust colored building on it, you already have the introduction in your book! If not, come and pick up a copy from me.
Read the vignettes "The House on Mango Street" through "Marin" (meaning stopping at the end of "Marin"). Use THESE GUIDING QUESTIONS (also under quick links) to help you prepare for a reading check quiz over the material.
Prompt Brainstorming #2 using THIS (PROMPT #2). Turn in your brainstorming to turnitin.com. Please use the same document that you used for Brainstorming #1. You are just adding to it!
Bring your copy of The House on Mango Street to class next class period (Monday). This is for a small grade, but a grade nonetheless.
Complete prompt brainstorming for this Prompt #1. Turn in your brainstorming to turnitin.com!
Discuss body paragraphs using the structure document.
Complete two body paragraphs supporting your thesis (for tomorrow). Bring these on your paper document or on a separate sheet of paper.
Complete introductory paragraph with your thesis.
Begin working through this Structure of an Expository Essay Packet as a class. If you miss, please ask either myself or a peer for class notes.
Complete the brainstorming and thesis development of the packet above. This would be page three. DO NOT go on any further.
So sorry that I cannot be with you today. I have come down with a rather nasty bug and don't want to expose any of you to it, nor risk the health of anyone else involved! Today, I am asking that you follow the directions below. Once you are done, you may work on assignments for another class as long as you do so quietly and do not disturb others.
Read these additional example essays from last year's AP Lang expository prompt. The first will look familiar (as we read this in class yesterday) but the remainder should be new to you. Consider the grade explanations at the end. Based on your knowledge of the AP rubric, can you see why these were given the grade that they received? Discuss this with a partner or your table mates.
None. Get everything else for other classes done this weekend so it isn't a shock when I start giving you homework next week!


Whether it's your Nonna's Italian rainbow cookies or your Bubby's rugelach, holiday cookies are heavy on comfort, but they're not always the healthiest thing you'll make all year. While it's definitely time to celebrate with a special occasion cookie, we love these healthier holiday cookie recipes: they feature natural ingredients for tasty cookies you'll be proud to share.
These gingerbread men get richness (and protein) from organic SunButter. Classic spices like ginger and cloves, rich molasses, and just the right amount of cocoa powder unite to make this a new classic. Be sure to opt for an organic corn syrup like this one from Wholesome to keep your cookies glyphosate-free.
These raw vegan linzer cookies are rich and sweet thanks to a combination of walnuts, almond flour, dates, maple syrup, and coconut oil. Cut them out using your favorite holiday cookie cutters, and spread with a homemade raw raspberry jam made with chia seeds.
Thumbprint cookies are a super fun recipe to get even the littlest kitchen helpers involved in the holiday festivities. This vegan dough packs a protein punch with almond butter and a secret ingredient: chickpeas. Don't worry, though – once you've added the vanilla, maple syrup, and coconut palm sugar, the chickpea flavor doesn't come through in the final cookie. Fill them with whatever jam or vegan chocolate spread you like.
These paleo-friendly cookies are made with a combo of coconut, pecans, raw cocoa, and pumpkin purée. Sweetened with raw organic honey and just a touch of vanilla and cinnamon, they're positively perfect for the holidays. (Leave a few out for Santa and see how quickly they disappear!
Kamut brand khorasan wheat is an organically grown cousin of conventional wheat that's more nutritious and easier to digest. Along with chopped mixed nuts, Kamut is the topping for this simple, rich shortbread recipe. Use grass-fed butter for the healthiest, most delicious results.
In a medium size bowl stir together the softened butter and ⅓ cup of sugar until well combined. Stir in the vanilla then add flour and mix with your hands until a dough forms. Transfer dough to the baking sheet and form an even 8" circle. Score into eight sections and sprinkle nuts and Kracklin Kamut evenly over the dough, pressing down to help them adhere.
Sprinkle with the remaining tablespoon of sugar and bake until shortbread is deep golden in color, 25-30 minutes.
Cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes and cut into eight sections.


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Auschwitz-Birkenau is the general term for the network of Nazi concentration and labor camps, established near the Polish city of Oswiecim. Together this complex was the largest of all the Nazi death camps across Europe and could hold upwards of 150,000 inmates at any given time.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp.
Auschwitz-Birkenau (Wikipedia)
"Auschwitz" redirects here. For the modern settlement, see Oświęcim. For other uses, see Auschwitz (disambiguation).
Konzentrationslager Auschwitz
Nazi concentration and extermination camp (1940–1945)
Top: Gate to Auschwitz I with its Arbeit macht frei sign ("work sets you free")
Bottom: Auschwitz II-Birkenau gatehouse; the train track, in operation May–October 1944, led directly to the gas chambers.
50°02′09″N 19°10′42″E / 50.03583°N 19.17833°E / 50.03583; 19.17833Coordinates: 50°02′09″N 19°10′42″E / 50.03583°N 19.17833°E / 50.03583; 19.17833
German-occupied Poland
Nazi Germany and the Schutzstaffel
Rudolf Höss
Original use
Army barracks
May 1940 – January 1945
Mainly Jews, Poles, Romani, Soviet prisoners of war
Number of inmates
At least 1.3 million
Liberated by
Soviet Union, 27 January 1945
Notable inmates
Auschwitz prisoners: Adolf Burger, Anne Frank, Viktor Frankl, Imre Kertész, Maximilian Kolbe, Primo Levi, Fritz Löhner-Beda, Irène Némirovsky, Witold Pilecki, Liliana Segre, Edith Stein, Simone Veil, Rudolf Vrba, Alfréd Wetzler, Elie Wiesel, Else Ury, Eddie Jaku
Notable books
Man's Search for Meaning (1946)
If This Is a Man (1947)
Night (1960)
Maus (1980–1991)
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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Auschwitz Birkenau, German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940–1945)
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Auschwitz concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Auschwitz (pronounced [kɔntsɛntʁaˈtsi̯oːnsˌlaːɡɐ ˈʔaʊʃvɪts] ( listen)); also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas chambers; Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labor camp for the chemical conglomerate IG Farben; and dozens of subcamps. The camps became a major site of the Nazis' Final Solution to the Jewish Question.
After Germany sparked World War II by invading Poland in September 1939, the Schutzstaffel (SS) converted Auschwitz I, an army barracks, into a prisoner-of-war camp.
The initial transport of political detainees to Auschwitz consisted nearly solely of Poles to whom the camp was initially established. The bulk of inmates were Polish for the first two years.
In May 1940, German criminals brought to the camp as functionaries, established the camp's reputation for sadism. Prisoners were beaten, tortured, and executed for the most trivial reasons. The first gassings—of Soviet and Polish prisoners—took place in block 11 of Auschwitz I around August 1941. Construction of Auschwitz II began the following month, and from 1942 until late 1944 freight trains delivered Jews from all over German-occupied Europe to its gas chambers. Of the 1.3 million people sent to Auschwitz, 1.1 million were murdered. The number of victims includes 960,000 Jews (865,000 of whom were gassed on arrival), 74,000 ethnic Poles, 21,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and up to 15,000 other Europeans. Those not gassed were murdered via starvation, exhaustion, disease, individual executions, or beatings. Others were killed during medical experiments.
At least 802 prisoners tried to escape, 144 successfully, and on 7 October 1944 two Sonderkommando units, consisting of prisoners who operated the gas chambers, launched an unsuccessful uprising. Only 789 Schutzstaffel personnel (no more than 15 percent) ever stood trial after the Holocaust ended; several were executed, including camp commandant Rudolf Höss. The Allies' failure to act on early reports of atrocities by bombing the camp or its railways remains controversial.
As the Soviet Red Army approached Auschwitz in January 1945, toward the end of the war, the SS sent most of the camp's population west on a death march to camps inside Germany and Austria. Soviet troops entered the camp on 27 January 1945, a day commemorated since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In the decades after the war, survivors such as Primo Levi, Viktor Frankl, and Elie Wiesel wrote memoirs of their experiences, and the camp became a dominant symbol of the Holocaust. In 1947, Poland founded the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum on the site of Auschwitz I and II, and in 1979 it was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Mr. Yukihiko Matsumura has been serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Information Officer and Representative Director in Marubeni Corporation since June 2018. He joined the Company in April 1980. His previous titles include Executive Officer, Managing Executive Officer, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance in the Company. He used to work for a subsidiary, Marubeni America Corporation. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from Hitotsubashi University in March 1980.


Crowd funding with a business and academic blend 1551_ 6/1/14 -" We're excited about the prospect of using crowd funding to jumpstart promising projects developed by students, faculty and staff," said Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. "For our initial pilot we looked for projects across a range of academic and research disciplines, as well as for projects that provide outreach.
A few weeks ago I had one of those particularly interesting days – I happened across a site built by a much larger company that I'm familiar with that appears to be attempting to copy a large piece of what we're doing at Whimseybox. When this happens, and it's happened to us before although this one takes the cake, it kind of steals my breath away for a second.
Computer Coding Meetup for Women slated for June 26 By Diana Sproul InnovatioNews Correspondent The national non-profit "Girl Develop It" (GDI) was organized to empower and assist women who want to get involved in technology. GDI has a successful Meetup.com group in Boulder that's one year old with 500+ members. Its classes teach developer best practices with practical coding applications.
ENGLEWOOD – DISH announced it will become the largest company to accept Bitcoin payments from its customers beginning in the third quarter.
DISH is also the first subscription model pay-TV provider to make the move to Bitcoin acceptance.
"We always want to deliver choice and convenience for our customers and that includes the method they use to pay their bills," said Bernie Han, DISH executive VP and COO.
WESTMINSTER – Datalogix, a company connecting online ads to in-store sales, announced it closed on a $45 million equity financing round led by Wellington Management Company LLP, a global asset management firm with nearly $870 billion under management.
Existing investor Institutional Venture Partners joined the round, which is incremental to a recently announced investment in Datalogix by Breyer Capital, the company said.
BOULDER – SendGrid, a leading global email delivery service, announced it launched its email Template Engine that enables seamless collaboration between marketers, developers and designers to allow each to work within SendGrid's user interface to edit and create email templates for all of their transactional emails.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dish Network Corp. says it will become the largest company yet to accept payment in bitcoin.
The satellite TV company says it will begin accepting the digital coins through payment processor Coinbase by September. Coinbase will instantly convert the bitcoins into cash, eliminating the risk of price fluctuations to Dish.
Dish's chief operating officer, Bernie Han, says the idea came from company employees who had become avid bitcoin users.
Google Inc. is pushing hard to bring cars driven by computers — not people — to market. To do so, the Silicon Valley giant first had to persuade states including California to pass laws legalizing the still-emerging technology. After all, a basic premise of driving is that a person controls the vehicle.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — About four years ago, the Google team trying to develop cars driven by computers — not people — became convinced that sooner than later, the technology would be ready for the masses. There was one big problem: Driverless cars were almost certainly illegal.
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk took the wraps Thursday off a new spacecraft designed to ferry up to seven astronauts to the International Space Station.
The unveiling of the cone-headed craft dubbed Dragon V2 took place at the Southern California headquarters of Musk's company, SpaceX.
Musk calls the new spacecraft a big leap forward in technology.
Denver-based adtech company Datalogix raised another huge round yesterday, this one totaling $45 million. The Series C funding led by Wellington Management Company brings Datalogix total funding to $86.5 million.
Westminster, Colorado-based Datalogix said Wednesday that it had raised $45M in a equity financing round, for the company's technology for connecting digital advertising to offline sales. The funding was led by Wellington Management Company, LLP, and also included Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), which Datalogix made the point of saying invested more than its pro-rata share. Datalogix is led by Eric Rosa. The company says its annual revenues grew by more than 50 percent last year.


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NFL Free Agency: 3 Moves That Make Sense, 3 Moves That Don't, and 3 Moves We Must Wait to See
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The first round of NFL Free Agency has come and gone. Some teams immediately improved. Other teams didn't improve at all while the jury is still out on the moves that a few teams made. I decided to break it down into the free agency moves that are home runs for both the player and teams, the free agency moves that are most likely to end in disaster, and the free agency moves that could end up being disasters or home runs.
Keep reading for my 3 NFL Free Agency moves that make sense, 3 NFL free agency moves that don't, and 3 NFL free agency moves that we must wait to see.
NFL Free Agency Moves That Make Sense, Moves That Don't, and Moves We Must Wait to See
3 Moves that Made Sense
QB Drew Brees Resigns with the New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints provided the most important move during free agency by resigning their best player that's ever put on a set of Saints' pads. Drew Brees is a first ballot hall of famer. He's already won a Super Bowl. He might be one of the Top 5 greatest quarterbacks to ever play. Another Super Bowl ring could all but assure that.
New Orleans, obviously, had a reason to resign the brilliant Brees. The Saints were a freak play away from heading to the NFC Championship versus the Philadelphia Eagles. New Orleans has an excellent rushing attack and a great defense. Why wouldn't they want their superstar QB back?
Drew Brees had an incentive to resign with the Saints. Although there's a rumor that either the New York Jets or Minnesota Vikings offered Brees a $60 million two-year contract, Brees decided to resign with the Saints at a 2-year $50 million contract. He doesn't want to go anywhere else. Would you?
OG Andrew Norwell Signs with the Jacksonville Jaguars
Norwell made the smart move by signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jags' offensive line was great last season. Jacksonville averaged 141.4 rushing yards per game. That ranked first in the NFL. Norwell won't have to carry the Jaguars' offensive line.
Norwell should help the Jaguars rush up the middle even better this season than they did last season. Rookie RB Leonard Fournette can get the edge and run through blockers. Think about what the Jaguars just did by signing Norwell. How the heck is any defense going to stop the Jaguars from rushing the football?
Jags could be Super Bowl bound after signing Norwell.
DT Sheldon Richardson Signs with the Minnesota Vikings
I'm not as in love with the Kirk Cousins signing as I am with this signing. By adding Sheldon Richardson, the Vikings have built upon what was already the best defense in the NFL. Minnesota allowed 275.9 total yards per game. Of those 275.9 total yards, the Vikings gave up around 192 passing yards and 83.6 rushing yards. Opponents averaged 15.8 points per game versus the Vikings.
Richardson only has 2.5 sacks in his last 30 games. Who cares? Offensive lines must double-team Richardson on every play. That's why he doesn't get the sacks. What he does do is open things up for other rushers to get sacks. Forget about running the football against Sheldon Richardson.
The Vikings made a brilliant move. So did Richardson. He landed on the best defense in the NFL.
3 Moves That Don't Make Sense
San Francisco 49'ers Sign CB Richard Sherman
The 49'ers signed Sherman to a deal worth $39 million. That's a lot of money for a cornerback that most likely lost a step. Sherman may, or may not, have the same man-to-man coverage skills he displayed while a Seattle Seahawk. The reason I write that is because Seattle often played zone coverage while Richard was there.
This is great for Sherman. I don't see it working out for the San Francisco 49'ers
Green Bay Packers Sign Jimmy Graham…and Let Jordy Nelson Walk
This feels like a "I'm going to prove everyone wrong" signing. For some reason, Mike McCarthy and the Green Bay Packers have struggled the past couple of seasons to get a pro bowl caliber tight-end to play at a pro bowl level in Green Bay. Martellus Bennett failed miserably. Will Graham do much better? Nobody really knows. Not only that, but the Packers let Jordy Nelson walk.
Nelson, the past few years, has been QB Aaron Rodgers' favorite target. Was adding Graham really worth destroying the chemistry between Nelson and Rodgers?
San Francisco 49'ers Sign Jerrick McKinnon…and Let Carlos Hyde Walk
I believe Carlos Hyde has some football left to play. I like Jerrick McKinnon as a player. However, he's best utilized as lightning to a separate players' thunder. In Atlanta, Kyle Shanahan had both Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman. Now, he's got Jerrick McKinnon. I don't see McKinnon carrying the football 20 times a game. I definitely don't feel he's a better all-around running back than Carlos Hyde.
3 Moves That We Must Wait and See
Minnesota Vikings Sign QB Kirk Cousins
Don't get me wrong. I, like everyone else, had Kirk Cousins as the top player in free agency. It's rare when you get a chance to sign a QB of Cousins' caliber. He's got all the making of being one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.
But, that's the problem. He isn't one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL yet. Handing over $85 million in guaranteed money to a player that isn't in the Top 3 at the most important position on the football field is a risky move. I also have other questions:
If Minnesota wanted Brees at $60 million for two-years, that means Cousins was their second choice.
Is Kirk Cousins, outside of stats, that much better than Case Keenum? It takes more to win a Super Bowl as a QB than putting up great stats.
Minnesota's philosophy is to run the football and lean on it's defense. Are the Vikings planning on changing that philosophy? If so, why?
I'm not saying Cousins fails. I'm just saying that we'll have to see if the money was worth it. It's Super Bowl or bust at the contract they gave him.
Chicago Bears Sign WR Allen Robinson
It's difficult to know how good of a player Allen Robinson is. For his entire career, he's caught passes from Jacksonville Jaguar quarterbacks. Robinson missed out on the Jags' resurgence last season because he got hurt early and missed the entire season.
Robinson could tear it up in Chicago. Or, because he's playing with a second-year pro quarterback in Mitch Trubisky, Robinson could have a terrible season. It's always difficult counting on a guy who goes to your team off an injury. Robinson's that guy. I truly hope he excels in Chicago navy blue because I think he deserves some luck after spending so much time with the Jaguars during Jacksonville's lean years.
Kansas City Chiefs Sign WR Sammy Watkins
To me, this is sort of an odd signing. Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs are breaking in Patrick Mahomes as their starting QB this season. I get that. What I don't understand is exactly what KC is looking to get out of Watkins. They already have one of the very best young wide receivers in the NFL in Tyreek Hill. Hill can stretch the defense versus any QB in the NFL.
Not only that, but Andy Reid has stated that he's throwing the football more this season to RB Kareem Hunt. Also, the best tight-end in football, Travis Kelce, plays for the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm just not sure why the Chiefs signed Sammy Watkins.
We'll see what happens with Watkins, Robinson, and Cousins. For now, the home runs appear to be Richardson to the Vikings, Brees resigning with the Saints, and Norwell to the Jaguars. The Vikings, Jaguars, and Saints helped themselves the most to secure a berth in Super Bowl 53.
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Ecological Implications of Hummingbird Feeding Mechanisms
Rubega, Margaret Rico-Guevara, Alejandro
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
Search 5 grants from Margaret Rubega
Search grants from Alejandro Rico-Guevara
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Since all life depends on water, the movement of fluids is profoundly important in both natural and engineered systems. The physics of flow in large volumes of fluids is fairly well understood, but we know less about how to move very small volumes of liquid efficiently. Rico-Guevara and Rubega recently showed that hummingbirds use a previously unknown method to move tiny volumes of fluids very rapidly while feeding. Hummingbirds eat more than twice their body weight in nectar daily. Thus, hummingbirds are a premier natural example to mimic in engineering effective fluid-moving devices for biomedical and other purposes. Rico-Guevara and Rubega's previous work generated predictions about how much fluid can be collected and transported in a second. This project will use high-speed camera traps to test those predictions by measuring actual rates of nectar extraction (in microliters/second) for hummingbirds feeding at wild flowers. The results will have two benefits: 1) They will confirm a model of the physics of a method of fluid transport that has potential for the engineering of microfluidic devices; and 2) will provide insight into how the limits on how fast birds can feed on nectar have shaped the behavior, distribution, ecology and evolution of hummingbirds. The project will contribute to the professional development of four students (Hispanics) from one of the most underrepresented groups in science. The project is already engaging members of the public through a database of bird-plant interactions called "Hummingbirds and flowers" on iNaturalist.org (see www.inaturalist.org/projects/hummingbirds-and-flowers), making behavioral and ecological data publicly available.
Hummingbirds are fascinating, charismatic creatures that fuel their high-speed lifestyles with flower nectar. However, flowers only provide tiny amounts of nectar at a time. So, hummingbirds need to visit hundreds of flowers a day, and get the nectar out of each as fast as possible. Although scientists have been studying hummingbirds for the last hundred years, no one had yet obtained direct evidence that showed exactly how hummingbirds used their tongues to remove tiny amounts of nectar from flowers. We used high speed video cameras to film hummingbirds drinking nectar at feeders to reveal how the tongue picks up the nectar, how the nectar fills the tongue, how hummingbirds get the nectar off the tongue into their mouths, and how they move nectar up their long bills so that they can swallow it. In order to be sure that what we saw when hummingbirds were at feeders is what happens when wild birds are feeding at actual flowers, in this project we studied the mechanics, and measured the speed and efficiency of feeding of hummingbirds feeding at wild flowers. Hummingbirds have very long, forked tongues that are rolled into two tubes that run most of the length of the tongue. Historically, scientists thought that hummingbirds collected nectar from flowers by dipping the tips of their tongue into nectar, and that the nectar filled the tubes in the same way that liquid rises up a capillary tube. Our research has shown that this is not true. Our high speed videos show that a hummingbird's tongue unrolls and spreads open at the tips when it touches nectar. When the bird pulls its tongue back in, the edges of the tongue roll back up, which keeps the nectar on the tongue, a process we call fluid trapping. The tubes on the parts of the tongue that remain outside the nectar are squeezed flat by the bird while it was pushing the tongue out through its bill tips. These tubes are then filled with nectar by forces created by the re-expansion of the tubes, which recover their cylindrical shape when they contact the nectar. We call this process expansive filling. Since capillarity is not the reason nectar moves onto hummingbird tongues, we needed to recalculate how much nectar hummingbirds could pick up, and how fast. Our new understanding of fluid trapping and expansive filling means that we can predict how hummingbirds should behave and feed in the wild, if we understand correctly how much energy they need. By using high speed video to film hummingbirds in the wild, we were able to test how, and how fast, hummingbirds actually extract nectar from real flowers. Hummingbirds are so fast while licking nectar and so quick when visiting a flower, that studying their feeding behavior in the wild with the naked eye is impractical. Therefore, we developed a system of high-speed camera traps that remotely videotaped every hummingbird visit. We also devised macro, backlit-filming techniques to visualize and measure the amount of liquid inside the nectar chamber of the flowers, and even to track the bill and tongue inside the flower. Through this combination of macro, high-speed, and backlit videography, we were able to observe what was previously unobservable – live, wild hummingbirds depleting the nectar inside the flowers. We filmed 11 pecies of hummingbirds in the Colombian Andes, and collected data on hundreds of visits. We found that about half of the time only a very thin layer of nectar was available on any given visit to a flower. The realization that hummingbirds are collecting nectar in such thin layers supports our hypothesis that hummingbirds employ fluid trapping rather than capillarity, since capillarity would not work in very thin fluid layers. Instead of placing the tip of the tongue in the nectar and waiting for capillarity to draw the nectar up the tongue, we observed the hummingbirds mopping the inside of the flowers with their tongue tips. The other half of the time the nectar pool is deep enough for the hummingbirds to dip their tongues in the nectar. We calculated licking and nectar uptake rates and found that the speed at which the birds extracted the nectar was too fast to be explained by capillarity, and instead matched the predictions of expansive filling. Our results offer potential engineering applications (e.g. microfluidics, or movements of tiny amounts of fluid), and the development and testing of field-ready devices to study wild animals (i.e. low-cost and versatile "high-speed camera traps"). We have made this research available to the public through talking with the media (e.g. interviews and documentaries) and directly via public presentations and websites. Finally, we have incorporated citizen science through a project called "Hummingbirds and flowers" on the iNaturalist.org platform, where interested citizens are entering geographic records of their observations of hummingbirds at flowers.
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The Medical Sales Representative will be responsible for achieving sales objectives by cultivating new and existing referral sources. These sources include physicians, institutions (hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, etc.) and allied health professionals, who participate in the provision of prosthetic and orthotic products. This position will service the territory assigned under the direction of the local Area Vice President in collaboration with the Vice President of Sales.
· Possesses and consistently demonstrates a thorough knowledge of all policies and procedures of the company.
· Achieve overall territory revenue objectives and prosthetic objectives.
· Build collaborative and consultative relationships with clinicians and administrative personnel.
· Construct Sales/Business Development Focus Plan for each assigned area with the territory through the collaboration of the clinical team and area vice president.
· Achieve new referral source sales objectives as determined by the company.
· Conduct extensive new referral source development program to include; in services, cold calls, drop-ins, relationship development, etc. to create an ample pipeline of potential new referral prospects.
· Connect clinicians to potential referral source through formal presentations, educational events, etc.
· Close sales transaction and monitor business via a structured reporting process. Follow up as necessary to secure and maintain business.
· Coordinate any contract/agreement as necessary in accordance with contracting process.
· Ensure existing referral source maintenance and expansion objectives through follow-up and recognition practices.
· Complete a weekly report that measures and monitors business flow from key referral sources through the Futura System.
· Determine an Upsell/Resell plan for referral sources that are not fully penetrated.
· Complete a regular review of current referral sources looking for drops in business flow.
· Conduct referral source follow up after patient delivery.
· Facilitate relationship management between referral source and practitioner.
· Become a partner to the VP of Prosthetics and assisting in growing this area of focus by heightening awareness to referral sources within the market.
· Performs other duties or special projects as assigned.
· Work with marketing to provide information/stories that can be used to enhance our company awareness; improving website, marketing collaterals and giveaways based on what is being communicated.
· Knowledge of medical community.
· Knowledge of prosthetic and orthotic products.
· Ability to operate independently in a self-directed manner.
· Ability to sell and market to the referral sources of this industry.
· Ability to cultivate and maintain customer relations.
· Ability to communicate persuasively both orally and in writing.
· Strong interpersonal skills and persuasive skill set.
· Reliable transportation, and the ability to travel to client locations.
· Proficient computer skills including Windows based office technologies, email, and automated billing systems.
· Ability to use all necessary office equipment, scanner, facsimile machines, calculators, postage machines, copiers, etc.
· Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage tasks.
· Proficiency with basic math and accounting skills.
· BS/BA or equivalent combination of education and experience.
· Non revoked, valid passenger vehicle driver's license.
· Minimum two to four years in medical sales.
· Experience in orthotics and prosthetics preferred.


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Cavell Johnson and Promitheas part ways
Cavell Johnson and Promitheas part ways. The 31 years old American agreed terms with the newly promoted team in August, and played eight games for the Basket League Greece. Johnson got a leg injury at the game against Trikala, but besides that he informed the club that he wants to return to the USA due to family problems. Johnson averages 6.63 points, 4.13 rebounds, and 1.38 blocks per game. His best performance was against Apollon Patras, with 19 points and 3 blocks.
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Just before IETF 101 in London in March, the MAMI project hosted an invitation-only MAMI Management and Measurement Summit (M3S), bringing together researchers, engineers, and vendors for a focused discussion on how to meet the challenges posed to network measurement and network management by the increasing deployment of strong encryption and the extension of encryption down the stack. Today, we release "Challenges in Network Management of Encrypted Traffic", a white paper covering the discussions and distilling the recommendations that came out of the meeting.
Protocols and networks must provide for independent measurability of important metrics when these measurements may be contested: one outcome of increasing encryption is that existing independent passive measurement techniques will become less effective.
Future secure protocols should support different security associations at different layers: approaches that integrate transport and application-layer security (such as QUIC) make limited or no provision for network management that need to interact with the transport protocol while not breaking application layer security, in contrast to the TLS-over-TCP status quo.
Transparent middleboxes should be replaced with middlebox transparency: the dominant architectural pattern for in-network functions today is that of the "transparent middlebox", which attempts to the extent possible to be undetectable to the endpoint(s). While this has benefits for initial deployment, it makes it impossible to build cooperative protocols, where the middlebox and its functions are visible to the endpoints, and the endpoints have some control over how their traffic is treated by the network (in the last instance by detecting a middlebox with which they do not wish to cooperate, and cease using the path).


Luzhniki Stadium (Russian: стадион «Лужники», IPA: [stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi]) is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex. Its total seating capacity of 81,000 makes it the largest football stadium in Russia and one of the largest stadiums in Europe. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, and is located in Khamovniki District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow city. The name Luzhniki derives from the flood meadows in the bend of Moskva River where the stadium was built, translating roughly as "The Meadows".
Luzhniki was the main stadium of the 1980 Olympic Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as some of the competitions, including the final of the football tournament. A UEFA Category 4 stadium, Luzhniki hosted UEFA Cup Final in 1999 and UEFA Champions League Final in 2008. The stadium also hosted such events as 1973 Summer Universiade and 2013 World Championships in Athletics. It was named the main stadium of 2018 FIFA World Cup and hosted 7 matches of the tournament, including the opening match and the final.
In the past its field has been used as the home ground (at various times) for football games played by CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Torpedo Moscow, however, there are currently no clubs based at the stadium. Today it is mainly used as one of the home grounds of the Russian national football team. The stadium is used from time to time for various other sporting events and for concerts. It is also used to host Russian domestic cup finals.
The stadium is located in Khamovniki District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow city, south-west of the city center. The name Luzhniki derives from the flood meadows in the bend of Moskva River where the stadium was built, translating roughly as "The Meadows". It was necessary to find a very large plot of land, preferably in a green area close to the city center that could fit into the transport map of the capital without too much difficulty.
According to one of the architects: "On a sunny spring day of 1954, we, a group of architects and engineers who were tasked with designing the Central stadium, climbed onto a large paved area on the Lenin Hills... the proximity of the river, green mass of clean, fresh air - this circumstance alone mattered to select the area of the future city of sports... In addition, Luzhniki is located relatively close to the city center and convenient access to major transport systems with all parts of the capital".
It was one of the few major European football stadia to use an artificial pitch, having installed a FIFA-approved FieldTurf pitch in 2002. However, a temporary natural grass pitch was installed for the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final.
In August 2016 a permanent hybrid turf was installed, consisting of 95 percent natural grass reinforced with plastic.
On 23 December 1954, the Government of the USSR adopted a resolution on the construction of a stadium in the Luzhniki area in Moscow.
The decision of the Soviet Government was a response to a specific current international situation: By the early 1950s, Soviet athletes took to the world stage for the first time after the Great Patriotic War, participating in the Olympic Games. The 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki brought the Soviet team 71 medals (of which 22 gold) and second place in the unofficial team standings.
It was a major success, but the increased athletic development of the Soviet Union, which was a matter of state policy, required the construction of a new sports complex. The proposed complex was to meet all modern international standards and at the same time serve as a training base for the Olympic team and arena for large domestic and international competitions.
The stadium was built in 1955–56 as the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. Building materials came from Leningrad and the Armenian SSR, electrical and oak beams for the spectator benches from the Ukrainian SSR, furniture from Riga and Kaunas, glass was brought from Minsk, electrical equipment from Podolsk in Moscow Oblast, and larch lumber from Irkutsk in Siberia. It was necessary to demolish a whole area of dilapidated buildings (including the Trinity Church, which is supposed to be restored). Because the soil was heavily waterlogged, almost the entire area of the foundations of the complex had to be raised half a meter. 10,000 piles were hammered into the ground and dredgers reclaimed about 3 million cubic meters of soil.
The stadium was officially opened on 31 July 1956, having been built in just 450 days. It was the national stadium of the Soviet Union, and is now the national stadium of Russia.
The stadium was the chief venue for the 1980 Summer Olympics, the spectator capacity being 103,000 at that time. The events hosted in this stadium were the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Athletics, Football finals, and the Individual Jumping Grand Prix.
On 20 October 1982, disaster struck during a UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem. 66 people died in the stampede, which made it Russia's worst sporting disaster at the time.
In 1992, the stadium was renamed Luzhniki Stadium. An extensive renovation in 1996 saw the construction of a roof over the stands, and the refurbishment of the seating areas, resulting in a decrease in capacity.
The stadium hosted the 1999 UEFA Cup Final in which Parma defeated Marseille in the second UEFA Cup Final to be played as a single fixture.
The Luzhniki Stadium was chosen by UEFA to host the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final won by Manchester United who beat Chelsea in the first all-English Champions League Final on 21 May. The match passed incident-free and a spokesman for the British Embassy in Moscow said, "The security and logistical arrangements put in place by the Russian authorities have been first-rate, as has been their cooperation with their visiting counterparts from the UK."
In August 2013, the stadium hosted the World Athletics Championships.
The original stadium was demolished in 2013 to give a way for the construction of a new stadium. The self-supported cover was retained. The facade wall was retained as well, due to its architectural value, and was later reconnected to a new building. Construction of the new stadium was completed in 2017.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was awarded to Russia and the Luzhniki Stadium was selected by the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid as the venue for the opening match and also the final, which was held on 15 July 2018. The stadium joins Rome's Stadio Olimpico, London's old Wembley Stadium, Berlin's Olympiastadion and Munich's Olympiastadion as the only stadiums to have hosted the finals of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA's European Cup/Champions League and featured as a main stadium of the Summer Olympic Games (Saint Denis' Stade de France is scheduled to become another in 2024).
The stadium's capacity was increased from 78,000 to 81,000 seats, partly caused by the removal of the athletics track around the pitch.
1956 – Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
1957 – Ice Hockey World Championship.
1957 – VI World Festival of Youth and Students.
1959 – II Spartakiad of the People of the USSR.
1960 – Ice Speedway World Championship.
1961 – World Modern Pentathlon Championship.
1962 – World Speed Skating Championship.
1963 – III Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
1967 – IV Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
1971 – V Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
1974 – World Modern Pentathlon Championship.
1975 – VI Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
1979 – VII Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
1980 – Summer Olympic Games, including opening and closing ceremonies.
1984 – Ice Speedway World Championship.
1984 – Friendship Games, including opening and closing ceremonies.
1985 – XII World Festival of Youth and Students.
1986 – Goodwill Games, including the opening ceremony.
1997 – Russia vs. FIFA team in honor of the 850th anniversary of Moscow, the 100th anniversary of Russian football and the opening after the reconstruction of the Luzhniki stadium.
1998 – First World Youth Games, including the opening ceremony.
1999 – UEFA Cup Final: Olympique de Marseille (France) vs. Parma (Italy).
2013 – Rugby World Cup Sevens.
2013 – World Championships in Athletics.
2018 – FIFA World Cup, including the final match.
May 1983 – Three-day festival Rock for Peace.
1987 – Festival of Soviet-Indian Friendship.
12–13 August 1989 – The Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at the stadium. Bands such as Bon Jovi, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Skid Row, Mötley Crüe, Cinderella, Gorky Park took part in the event.
24 June 1990 – As part of the festival of the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets, the last concert of Viktor Tsoi and the Kino band took place.
29 June 1991 – As part of the holiday of the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets Oleg Gazmanov took part in the concert. It was the last time the Olympic flame was lit at the stadium.
20 June 1992 – A concert took place in memory of Viktor Tsoi. DDT, Alisa, Nautilus Pompilius, Joanna Stingray, Brigada S, Chaif, Kalinov Most and others took part in the event.
15 September 1993 – A concert by Michael Jackson took place as part of the Dangerous World Tour; this was Jackson's first performance in Russia.
1997 – Performance, dedicated to the 850th anniversary of Moscow.
11 August 1998 – The Rolling Stones performed at the stadium for the first time in Russia.
28 February 2003 – The Agata Kristi band played a concert in honour of its 15th anniversary.
12 September 2006 – Madonna came to Russia and performed at the stadium for the first time, as part of her world Confessions Tour.
18 July 2007 – Metallica played a concert at the stadium for the first time, 16 years after the first arrival in Russia, as part of the Sick of the Studio '07 tour.
26 July 2008 – The holiday "MosKomSport - 85 years" was held. During it a concert took place, in which the bands U-Piter, Chaif, Crematory and others took part.
9 May 2010 – A festive concert dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War took place.
25 August 2010 – A concert of U2 took place as part of the U2 360° Tour.
22 July 2012 – The Red Hot Chili Peppers with the support of Gogol Bordello gave a concert on the stage of the complex.
2011–2013 – A musical competition Factor A was held in the complex.
31 May 2014 – A concert of the Mashina Vremeni band dedicated to its 45th anniversary was held in front of the stadium, which was closed for the renovation.
29 August 2018 – Imagine Dragons will perform at the stadium as part of the Evolve World Tour.
When the Luzhniki Stadium hosted the final game of the 1957 Ice Hockey World Championship between Sweden and the Soviet Union, it was attended by a crowd of 55,000 and set a new world record at the time. On 23 May 1963, Fidel Castro made a historic speech in Luzhniki Stadium during his record 38-day visit to the Soviet Union.
New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, ran a show in 1989. Luzhniki Stadium also makes an appearance in the Russian supernatural thriller film Night Watch (Russian: Ночной дозор, Nochnoy Dozor), during the power shut-down scene when the power station goes into overload. The stadium is seen with a match taking place, and then the lights go out.
In 2008, Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties after a 1–1 draw to win their third European Cup. This was United's third appearance in the final, and Chelsea's first.
Luzhniki Stadium hosted seven games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, including the opening and the final matches.
During the World Cup, Luzhniki had six access control stations with 39 inspection lines, and seven access control points with 427 entrances for fans arriving on foot. The grounds were serviced by 3,000 surveillance cameras and about 900 scanners, monitors, and detectors.
The stadium stands included special observation areas for people with disabilities, which offered space for wheelchairs and accompanying persons. In addition, after the reconstruction, the stadium was equipped with special extra-wide seats for plus-size spectators. Additional services for spectators available at the stadium: navigation assistance from volunteers, storage rooms, registration of children, lost and found office, and audio descriptive commentary for blind or visually impaired fans.
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Player Profile -> Megan Hescock from Greece to Chicago tennis balances her
Players meet Megan Hescock out of the Metro Chicago Tennis League. Megan started to play with us in the Spring of 2012 and has fallen in love with our service. When we awarded Megan the 2nd place 2014 Chicago Player of the Year award she returned this message:
'I can't remember if I ever emailed you back! lol Basically I wanted to express how awesome I think Chitowntennis is. I'm absolutely in love with the program, the management, everything. When I moved to Chicago 4 years ago, I had no idea joining this program would be so fulfilling on so many levels. Playing tennis keeps me balanced in a way I didn't even know I was missing. Thank you for running such a truly excellent programe'
Please let me know there's anything I can do to help you with the Chicago program.
So we asked Megan (ChiTown Tennis Profile) if she can tell the community her Tennis League Network story. Here it is:
As you might not know, I started playing tennis in Greece on a 12-year-old co-ed league when I was about 23. I was living in a tiny town on Rodos, and I had nothing else to do! So I originally learned to keep the score in Greek- and I still do in my head!
I've been a part of the league for 3 seasons. I believe I heard about it by googling tennis programs in Chicago when I moved here 4 years ago. I'm so glad I did!!
Megan with her cousin Jake.
I love the league's structure and management style. The structure gives you total freedom and flexibility in setting up matches, and the management is completely understanding and always responsive if any issues arise. Good management is the most difficult thing to find in ANY organization. I love that we can arrange matches as often as we want to play. It's just a matter of finding people with availability! There are so many priorities people have that trump a tennis match by a mile, and understandably of course- so you end up getting a lot of cancellations. One week I had 5 matches scheduled and 4 cancellations! Which is part of the reason that I set up so many in the first place ;)
A match that really sticks out in my mind was a 10-game pro set I played with a woman who was honestly a lot more skilled than I am- she'd been playing since childhood and was now in her 50's, and was still in amazing shape. While I'd just started playing the previous year (aside from the 2 month stint in Greece), when I bought a Groupon for 6 tennis lessons out in the burbs. The score got up to 0-8. I was sure I was toast! Then somehow. Through some miracle. I came back to WIN at 10-8. I somehow won TEN games in a row. It was truly an inexplicably miraculous come back. She was stunned. And was happy for me bc she could see how hard I worked for it.
The other match that sticks out in my mind was with a woman who just moved to Chicago, and was a brand new player to the league this past summer. She was very skilled, and talked about how she takes lessons, has been playing for a really long time, that I should take lessons to avoid hurting myself, etc. She was really nice. Then as soon as we started playing, she was a different person! She argued about calls, she wouldn't speak to me aside from announcing the score- which she also fought about- and she had me running all over the court chasing balls like a crazy woman, because she was pretty good and I could barely keep up! She was winning for a while, but then her luck changed, and I made a come back! There was ONE more point left to play in the set before I would win (admittedly it could have gone either way, as it always can, and she could have won, too of course). It was her serve. Just before she served the last point, she said "I don't want to play anymore." Just like that! And forfeited the match. It was such an extreme and obvious case of her being afraid to lose that i couldn't even be mad out of sheer ridiculousness! I can see where it will be hard to lose to someone who's only had 6 lessons from a Groupon deal, and a couple months playing with kids in Greece lol.I know this story doesn't highlight the joys of tennis. But it's a real story that reveals the other side of intramural sportsmanship. It happens. Matches don't always end up with a cordial handshake and a cherry on top. And let's not be afraid to talk about it! It's an unfortunate part of life, but it's how you handle these moments that really make the player :)
I believe the league has me ranked at 3.75. But the league's ratings seem pretty "padded" compared to the USTA ratings, where I'm probably closer to a 2.5. Admin Note: Tennis League Network's philosophy is to follow the results as they are reported and get players into the right level as soon as the results dictate. Even during the middle of the season.
I'm the one in work out pants with the terrible Walmart racquet and running shoes from 1997 lol. This was before I reluctantly transitioned to tennis clothes haha. And I basically stopped taking pictures after that. I resisted tennis clothes for like 2 years, insisting on wearing cheerleader shorts and yoga pants, just to make a point. I am one of those people that believes it's not the equipment that makes a player. And I was determined to prove it lol. But tennis clothes are literally designed to hold tennis balls (duh), which is unfortunately really convenient, so I gave in!
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Q: How to upgrade Mate 1.6 to 1.8 in Ubuntu 12.04 I installed Mate using the official directions (http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download) but it installed 1.6 instead of 1.8. How can I upgrade in Ubuntu 12.04?

A: Did you follow the way provided here? If so, try to re-enter the following into terminal. Especially the sudo apt-get update thing.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install mate-archive-keyring
sudo apt-get update
# this installs base packages
sudo apt-get install mate-core
# this installs more packages
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

Then if the package for 12.04LTS is available, it should be updated into 1.8.
Please specify more info on your question (about how did you install the MATE).

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New Updates For Office 365 Will Include Phishing Protection | Incognito IT | IT Support Made Easy | Tri-Cities, WA
Are you an Office 365 user? If so, be aware that Microsoft is adding some powerful new protections to the software suite, designed to make you safer.
Hackers commonly target Office 365 users with a type of attack known as "Consent Phishing." That basically means that the hacker in question will use a variety of social engineering techniques to try and trick a target victim into giving up his or her Office 365 access, usually by way of an app that asks for permissions. If the user grants those permissions, the app can install all manner of malware on the target's device.
The new security upgrades that Microsoft is rolling out makes users safer in three different ways:
First by a general tightening of app consent policies
Second, by placing a greater level of scrutiny on publishers of OAuth apps during the verification process
Third, by changing the rules surrounding user consent when consent is asked for by an unverified publisher
These changes are already in place, and since their initial rollout, Microsoft has verified more than 700 different app publishers and more than 1300 individual apps. Verified apps can be recognized by the small blue badge with a white check mark in its center. Those apps, you can install with confidence.
As a Microsoft representative explained:
"To reduce the risk of malicious applications attempting to trick users into granting them access to your organization's data, we recommend that you allow user consent only for applications that have been published by a verified publisher."
It's good advice, and these are excellent (even if they're somewhat overdue) changes to the company's policies. Kudos to Microsoft for rolling out the upgrades to their processes, and to the legitimate publishers who are already moving to embrace the recent changes. This will help keep users safe, and that's a very good thing.


Basa is a delicious, white fleshed fish, farmed and thus sustainable. It is significantly less expensive than some of the better known species of endangered fish and is becoming extremely popular around the world. One particular problem with basa - at least here in the UK, where it is also called Vietnamese river cobbler - is that although people may well see it in their supermarkets, they don't buy it because they are not sure what it is and are particularly unsure of how to cook it. This recipe sees a basa fillet cut in to goujons and deep fried in batter but you should also check out the link at the end of this article for more delicious ways of cooking basa and basa recipes.
It is important when preparing this recipe to prepare the spicy tomato sauce at least a couple of hours in advance. This is so that the varied flavours may fully infuse. If this presents a problem on the night you intend to eat the dish, simply make it the night before, cool and refrigerate. The sauce can and ideally should be served cold.
Add all the sauce ingredients to a small saucepan and stir well. Heat on a fairly high setting until the sauce begins to simmer. Reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer for twenty to twenty-five minutes, stirring frequently, until a thick, smooth sauce is formed. Taste for seasoning and adjust as required. Turn off the heat, place the lid on the saucepan and leave to cool.
Slice the basa fillet in half lengthwise and each half in half again across the way, as shown. Put the flour in to a flat-bottomed bowl and season with salt. Begin pouring cold water in very slowly from a small jug as you whisk with a fork or hand whisk. You want to achieve the consistency of thick cream.
At this stage, break the broccoli in to florets and add it to a pot of boiling, slightly salted water to simmer for eight minutes only, after which time it should be drained for service.
Bring the oil in your deep frier or deep frying pan up to a fairly high heat. Draw each goujon of basa through the batter one at a time, hold it above the bowl to drain off the excess for a few seconds and carefully lay in the hot oil. Fry for three minutes each side until the batter is beautifully golden.
Remove the basa goujons from the oil and lay them on some kitchen paper to drain. Add the spicy tomato sauce to a ramekin and plate with the broccoli, before laying the goujons alongside. The basil sprig should garnish the spicy tomato sauce.
As mentioned at the beginning of today's post, you can find more tasty basa recipes - such as breadcrumbed and fried basa with chips - via the link below. Enjoy!


Today I am attempting a one-day Juice Cleanse. Wish me luck, I think I'll need it. I'll be blogging about it next week.
So... my jawbone fitness tracker died yesterday. I am so reliant on it that I purchased a Fitbit Flex last night and it should arrive on Saturday (thankyouverymuch Amazon Prime). Now, I just need this cute bracelet to pair with it.
Cheers to the first 3-day weekend of 2016. That is one of my favorite things about being out of Public Accounting -- a holiday in January?!?!? That, and not having to record my time (in six-minute increments).
We finished Making a Murderer last weekend and OMG. Just watch it if you haven't seen it. Crazy stuff.
This Oh Joy for Target collection might just be my favorite Target collab yet (and no, I'm not pregnant).
Have an amazing 3-day weekend... and good luck Seahawks. I hear those Panthers are ruthless.
Oh I like the fitbit bracelet that you can get!! Pretty! I'm jealous of your 3 day weekend!


Although there will be no World Poultry Show, EuroTier 2006 will still be an interesting livestock production exhibition. More than 1,200 exhibitors are registered, among them quite a number in the poultry industry. Special attention will be given to 'BioEnergyEurope' and 'Feed Hygiene'.