Betsson comes from Sweden and is one of veterans in the gambling industry. Betsson AB was established in 1963 and in the meantime was listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic Mid Cap stock exchange. On that year two founders had opened a company that provided slot machines to restaurants in Sweden. Later on, the company grew thanks to number of mergers. The brightest moment in its history took place in 2000 when Cherry, which used to make slot machines, acquired a majority share in Betsson, after which it made an incredible progress.
Betsafe was acquired in 2011, Nordic Gaming Group become part of Betsson in 2012, while Swedish brand Automaten was brought in 2013.
We need to add to this introduction that Betsson is one of largest, most serious and experienced bookmakers on the market. The bookmaker won multiple awards for best bookmaker of the year. Regardless is it about sports betting, poker or Casino games, Betsson operates at very high level.
Betsson offers Sign Up Offer for the first deposit and is such that if you make the first deposit up to €75 the same amount will be transferred to your Betsson account. Procedure to earn the bonus is quite straightforward. You need to open an account and make the first deposit. Minimal deposit is €10. When you loose your Bonus, you can get another 100€ on your second deposit up to 50€.
In order to withdraw the bonus it is necessary to turn it at least 10 times in 30-day period with minimal odds of 1.50. Customers from certain countries are ineligible for the Welcome Bonus due to different rules and promotions, so you need to pay attention to country specific rules.
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The offer is very good but cannot parry to those of top bookmakers. In reality it means that Betsson doesn't offer some amateur leagues or their equivalents, while the offer is still very wide. The odds are fairly good and in this segment Betsson is among Top 10 bookmakers in the world.
The best proof of what we have said for the odds was odds value for Champions League matches. It is enough to say that the bookmaker profit for these matches was just 2%, which was one of best values at the moment. When comparing this with others we can see that the lowest profit was 1.6%. Besides having good odds Betsson is fast to refresh them and set new ones, and we all know how much that can be useful.
Besides classic sports betting there is of course live-betting that Betsson introduced in 2007. Number of available sport events is very high and you can bet on single selection, combined and system bets, where complete statistic is available during the course of selected event. It is important to stress that Betsson offers Cash Out option, which has become very popular among those who prefer early payout.
It can be seen through very wide offer of Casino games that Betsson's background is in slot machines. Casino is offered in two networks, which is very good for customers as there are far more available games. Besides standard poker, an extra fast variant is also offered.
Betsson uses very fast and simple form for opening a new account. It contains all what you have already seen when registering with any other Internet service. It is important to correctly type in all information in order to prevent problem with verification of your identity or withdrawal.
The following table shows all possible means for deposit and withdrawal available for customers coming from the Balkans. As it can be seen the minimal deposit is €10 and there is no upper limit. It is very important to say that banking services like EntroPay, Visa and MasterCard impose surcharge of 2.5% when making deposit and instead we suggest using Neteller, bank transfer or Skrill.
The surcharge is not present when withdrawing.
Safety is Betsson's paramount. Betsson has switched on SSL encryption a long time ago, which makes communication between the webpage and user more than secure.
We have to notice that Betsson has very good licences. Of course, the most important one is one issued in Malta. Besides this very important licence Betsson has other international licences like those from Great Britain, Italy, Denmark and Germany. As we can see, it is well regulated company that is present at large number of markets.
User support is well organised. All three popular options are available; Live-chat, e-mail and phone. Support is available 24/7, while communication with customers from the Balkans countries is limited on English. To use the most popular support option, which is Live-chat you need to fill-in the standard form where is mandatory to choose one of pre-selected topics as it directs your inquiry to an appropriate operator.
Betsson website has very likable design and is very simple to navigate. Of course, very good translation to Serbian makes things much easier as we know several bookmakers whose translation weren't up to task. The offer is divided on the most popular events, which then branches out to sports by countries and leagues.
What is different from most other bookmakers is that the home page displays selection of on-going matches that are available for live-betting. Right hand part of the webpage is standardly reserved for display of finished events and managing your bet slip.
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Under this we would put mobile offer as it is very good. There is mobile version of the webpage as well as the app for both mobile phone platforms.
The most interesting is the overall package of games, meaning there are very few bookmakers which offer such large choice of games. If you are a passionate game player than Betsson is the right place for you. Still, fans of classic bets and poker can definitely find something for themselves.
Betsson is not any bookmaker but the leading company in the Scandinavian market. The bookmaker is definitely worth of checking as it has one of most complete offer of games.
Betsson makes no mistakes. Other bookmakers get additional points only on not so important things. All in all, this is 100% serious bookmakers that doesn't even charge taxes for customers from certain countries and is definitely worth of trying.


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[Video] EMA Explores The Future's Void
Our new documentary on EMA's new, technology-confronting album.
by The Creators Project
05 May 2014, 2:00pm
Genre-sliding musician EMA is self-aware: she knows, for instance, that her new album The Future's Void could hit a little too close to home for certain listeners. While her last record, Past Life Martyred Saints, touched upon themes of drug use, self mutilation, school shootings and domestic violence, none of that has been as polarizing as her new record's use of words like "millennial" and "interwebs." The Midwest-born musician's new ten-track sophomore LP brazenly confronts digital themes so relevant, they almost feel like they're too soon. But confronting subjects that others have been afraid to talk about has always been a specialty of Erika M. Anderson.
"I didn't set out to make a topical album about the internet and technology," the musician told The Creators Project in our documentary on her new album (above). "It felt really taboo and weird and I felt embarrassed about it... It's kind of weird to use this Internet language in songs. But then I realized that if I was having an actual reaction to it, then others would too." Indeed, her willingness to embrace new and contentious language and themes seems to owe more to contemporary and net art than typical rock lyric cliches. Her radical honesty may make you squirm, but it will also make you think.
That's not to say The Future's Void doesn't rip on its own, either. With songs like the Hole-friendly "So Blonde" and the hook-filled "Satellites," EMA has created a very modern album that meshes a myriad of influences and styles into a cohesive and delicious listen, not unlike the omnipresent cultural collages that exist on the web itself.
In our video piece on the making of the album, EMA and collaborator Leif Shackelford talk about the DIY technology employed in both the recording process of this album and its current live tour, which includes a homemade LED light board and a mixture of analog instruments and digital distortion.
EMA's DIY focus on building immersive experiences and "smart" stage lighting systems has led to conversations with Intel Labs, and Intel's recently formed New Devices Group, about bringing intelligence to their live stage sets with simple and cost effective technologies, like the Intel® Edison Development Board. Though the future is always uncertain, EMA is the type of innovator who dives head-first into what's just beyond—challenging our ears and making them feel good at the same time.
For more on EMA and The Future's Void, please visit: www.thefuturesvoid.net
The Future's Void is out now on Matador (US) / City Slang (EU) - buy the album on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TheFuturesVoid_i
Photos Courtesy of Erika M. Anderson, Leif Shackelford, Matador Records
Text by @zachsokol
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Beyond Dreams: Arcade FIre's New Music Video For "Afterlife"
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DAF: Delivered At Frontier - One of the thirteen Incoterms and one of five 'D' terms.
The seller is obliged to deliver the goods at the frontier before the customs border of the adjoining contry. The goods should be made available and cleared for export. The seller must also provide documents to enable the buyer to take delivery such as the document of transport or warehouse warrant.
Dangerous Goods: Articles or substance capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property, and that ordinarily require special attention when being transported.
Date Draft: Draft that matures in a specified number of days after the date it is issued, without regard to the date of Acceptance. See Draft.
DCA: Department of Civil Aviation. Commonly used term to denote the government department of any foreign country that is responsible for aviation regulation and granting traffic rights.
DDP: Delivered duty paid. Also known as "free domicile."
DDU: Delivered duty unpaid. Reflects the emergence of "door-to-door" intermodal or courier contracts or carriage where only the destination customs duty and taxes (if any) are paid by consignee.
Dead Freight: Is freight charges paid by the charterer of vessel for the contracted space, which is left partially unoccupied.
Dead Leg: Is a sector flown without payload.
Deck Cargo: Is cargo carried on deck rather than stowed under deck. On deck carriage is required for certain commodities, such as explosives.
Deferred Payment Credit: Type of letter of credit providing for payment some time after presentation of shipping documents by exporter.
Deferred Rebate: The return of a portion of the freight charges by a carrier or a conference shipper in exchange for the shipper giving all or most of his shipments to the carrier or conference over a specified period of time (usually 6 months). Payment of the rate is deferred for a further similar period, during which the shipper must continue to give all or most of his shipments to the rebating carrier or conference. The shipper thus earns a further rebate which will not, however, be paid without an additional period of exclusive or almost exclusive patronage with the carrier of conference. In this way, the shipper becomes tied to the rebating carrier or conference. Although, the deferred rebate system is illegal in U.S. foreign commerce, it generally is accepted in the ocean trade between foreign countries.
Demurrage: A penalty for exceeding free time allowed for loading or unloading at a pier or freight terminal. Also a charge for undue detention of transportation equipment or carriers in port while loading or unloading.
Density: Density means pounds per cubic foot. The cubage of loose articles or pieces, or packaged articles of a rectangular, elliptical or square shape on one plane shall be determined by multiplying the greatest straight line dimensions of length, width and depth in inches, including all projections, and dividing the total by 1728 (to obtain cubic feet). The density is the weight of the article divided by the cubic feet thus obtained.
DEQ: Delivered Ex Quay (Duty Paid) - One of the thirteen Incoterms and one of five 'D' terms.
The seller is obliged to deliver the goods on the quay at the port of destination, cleared for importation. The seller must pay unloading costs and provide import clearance such as import licences, pay duties, taxes and fees. The buyer simply takes delivery of the goods.
DES: Delivered Ex Ship - One of the thirteen Incoterms and one of five 'D' terms.
The seller is obliged to deliver the goods on board the ship at the port of destination, uncleared for importation.
The seller must provide documents to enable the buyer to take delivery of the goods ie the bill of lading.
The buyer must pay unloading costs and provide import clearance ie duties, taxes & fees.
Destination Control Statement: Any of various statements that the U.S. government requires to be displayed on export shipments and that specify the destination for which export of the shipment has been authorized.
Dim Weight: (Dimensionalized Weight) Determined by calculating length x width x height and dividing by 166. Charged when actual weight is less than the dim. weight.
Disbursement: Sums paid out by a ship's agent at a port on behalf of the owner.
Discharging: Removing goods from a ship.
Documents Against Acceptance (D/A): Instructions given by a shipper to a bank indicating that documents transferring title goods should be delivered to the buyer (or drawee) only upon the buyer's acceptance of the attached draft.
Draft (or Bill of Exchange): An unconditional order in writing from one person (the drawer) to another (the drawee), directing the Drawee to pay a specified amount to a named Drawer at a fixed or determinable future date.
Draft: Widely used alternative spelling of draught. Depth to which a ship is immersed in the water. This depth varies according to the design of the ship and will be greater or lesser depending not only on the weight of the ship and everything on board, but also on the density of the water in which the ship is lying.
Drawback: A U.S. customs law that permits an American exporter to recover duties paid on imported foreign raw materials or components included in products that are subsequently exported out of the United States.
Dry Lease: The rental of a "clean" aircraft without crew, ground staff or supporting equipment.
Dry Van: A basic 20/40ft container.
DST: The acronym meaning "double stack train" service, which is the transport rail between two points of a trainload of containers with two containers, one on top of the other, per chassis.
Dunnage: Materials of various types, often timber or matting, placed among the cargo for separation, and hence protection from damage, for ventilation and, in the case of certain cargoes, to provide a space in which the tynes of a forklift truck may be inserted.
DWT: Deadweight: Weight of cargo, stores and water, i.e. the difference between lightship and loaded displacement.


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Q: How to exit IntelliSense suggestions in VSCode, and/or add suggestions? I'm working in Visual Studio Code, and I would like to know how to exit out of IntelliSense suggestions. Whenever I press enter, the first suggestion is automatically selected, and this is causing me problems, so I would like to know of a way to exit IntelliSense before pressing enter. I know I could change the settings to not automatically select when I press enter, but I prefer using enter for most things so I'd rather not if possible.
My biggest problem is, I'm using Haxe and VSCode keeps automatically correcting "else", in an else statement, to the variable "elapsed". So if there's a way to add "else" to the list of suggestions that would probably work too.

A: The default keybinding to exit IntelliSense is esc
This is bound to the hideSuggestWidget command. You can change the keybinding as described here

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Markets and Companies
Wed 25 Jul 2007 11:50 PM
Kingdom Holding shares to trade Sunday
Capital Markets Authority says shares of Alwaleed's Kingdom will start trading on the Saudi bourse this Sunday.
Shares of Kingdom Holding, controlled by billionaire Prince Alwaleed, will start trading on Saudi Arabia's bourse on Sunday, the Capital Markets Authority said on Wednesday.
Kingdom Holding raised 3.23 billion riyals ($861 million) in an initial public offering which closed 164 percent oversubscribed last week.
It sold a 5 percent stake at 10.25 riyals in the IPO, which was open to Saudi nationals only.
Saudi investors took no heed of religious edicts which warned the company's investments in hotels and banks violated Islam's ban on usury and alcohol.
Kingdom's IPO priced its shares at around 67 times 2006 earnings, more than five times the average for the Saudi bourse, on which it will be the fifth-largest stock.
The grandson of Saudia Arabia's founder took his company public after a stock market crash halved the value of the Saudi bourse last year and diminished the appetite for initial public offerings in the world's biggest oil-exporting region.
The Saudi stock index dropped 52.5% last year and is off about 6% in 2007, making it the worst performer among 13 Arab benchmarks tracked by Reuters.
Four of the 13 markets fell more than 35% last year, making more companies reluctant to sell shares to the public and investors more cautious about buying them.
Prince Alwaleed's stake in Kingdom, which had $24 billion in assets at the end of 2006, will fall to 93.5% after the sale.
Alwaleed is Citigroup Inc.'s largest individual shareholder. Kingdom Holding's portfolio also includes shares of Time Warner Inc., Apple Computer Inc., Motorola Inc. and News Corporation Inc. as well as Savola Group, the Gulf's largest food company by market value.
Gulf markets review - July 25
Stocks to watch - July 25
Syrian stock exchange set for launch
Gulf firms to raise $250bn in securities by 2010


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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — More than 450 people enjoyed the fun and free food at an annual holiday party thrown by a 100-year-old Vermont resident.
Anthony Pomerleau says he pays for the entire party each year in Burlington, with this year"s bill costing around $13,000. He tells WPTZ-TV he doesn"t mind the cost because he "was brought up the hard way" and wants to help the less fortunate with his money.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders helped kick off the first party 37 years ago when Pomerleau asked the independent senator, then mayor of Burlington, if he could throw a holiday dinner. Pomerleau says the party has fed at least 40,000 under-privileged children.


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Unveiled on 23 August 1913, 'The Little Mermaid' was a gift from Danish brewer Carl Jacobsen to the City of Copenhagen. The sculpture is made of bronze and granite and was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a mermaid who gives up everything to be united with a young, handsome prince on land. Every morning and evening she swims to the surface from the bottom of the sea and, perched on her rock in the water, she stares longingly towards the shore hoping to catch a glimpse of her beloved prince.
Carl Jacobsen fell in love with the character after watching a ballet performance based on the fairy tale at the Royal Danish Theatre. The brewer was so captivated by both the fairy tale and the ballet that he commissioned the sculptor Edvard Eriksen to create a sculpture of the mermaid. Eriksen's wife, Eline Eriksen, posed for the sculpture.
Please note that you have to ask for permission to use photos of The Little Mermaid. Please e-mail information to eriksen@mermaidsculpture.dk. Find more information here: http://www.mermaidsculpture.dk.
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MBTA Proposes Service Changes Following Decreased Ridership Due to COVID-19
by Lauren Bennett • November 19, 2020 • 0 Comments
As part of its "Forging Ahead" program in response to ridership changes, the MBTA announced on November 9 several proposed changes to service, and is looking for feedback from riders.
MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said at the MBTA Fiscal & Management Control Board meeting on Monday that for next year, there is nearly a $580 million budget gap. He said the T is "in this position because of a tremendous loss in fare revenue as ridership has decreased," and there is "very low ridership on certain services." He added that "the service reductions are not intended to be a permanent shrinkage of MBTA services."
Changes are proposed across the range of services offered by the MBTA, from rapid transit to ferry to the commuter rail to bus service. Starting this week, the MBTA will be engaging the public through virtual community meetings and a public hearing to gather feedback about the proposed changes to service. There is also an online comment form for riders to provide questions and comments.
"The MBTA's fare revenue, while above the lowest levels seen at the beginning of the pandemic, has remained at unprecedentedly low levels and the ongoing impact of COVID-19 in Massachusetts is likely to limit our path to recovery," Poftak said in a video posted on the MBTA's Forging Ahead webpage.
He said that the T is currently still only running about 330,000 trips during an average weekday, but is running about the same level of service as it did to have 1.26 million trips before the pandemic hit.
"This level of service delivery, along with the loss in revenue, is not sustainable," Poftak said.
He said that since August, ridership, along with fare revenue trends, have been monitored by the MBTA, and he said that the MBTA is "taking steps to control costs," which includes "implementing a head count freeze, pausing executive pay increases," and "updating our savings projection" from the RIDE service because of lower ridership.
Poftak reported that commuter rail ridership is currently around 12 percent of what it was prior to the pandemic, and the MBTA is proposing to end all weekday service by 9pm and eliminate all weekend service. Additionally, there would be a reduction in service levels to reduce the amount of service at peak hours as well as eliminate some midday service that would "result in a reduction of trains from 505 daily trips to 430," Poftak said.
"This is a significant drop, but we are not ceasing service on any lines and we will still be running multiple trains in the peak," he added.
Ferry service also remains at about 12 percent, which is about seven passengers per trip, Poftak said. The MBTA is proposing to eliminate all ferry service "until ridership returns," Poftak said. For commuters who rely on the Charlestown ferry, alternative service will be provided by the 93 bus.
Poftak said that a 20 percent reduction in frequency of rapid transit trains is proposed, and would be achieved by extending headways by about a minute.
"These changes are well within the service delivery policy that was passed in 2017," he said, though he added that it is "obviously a reduction in service."
Another large change proposed for rapid transit trains would stop service at midnight instead of 1am, and for the E Line to end at Brigham Circle, where passengers can transfer to the 39 bus for continued service to Heath Street.
Poftak said that bus service "remains among our most durable services in terms of ridership," but changes are still being proposed including reducing the number of routes run as well as "consolidating and restructuring certain routes," Poftak said. Some routes will also be eliminated. He said that 80 routes have been deemed "essential," and 60 have been deemed "non-essential," which could face a drop in frequency by 20 percent. Essential routes could see an aggregate drop in frequency by five percent, "but it will not be an across the board cut," Poftak said, as crowding will continue to be monitored on bus routes and service can be adjusted accordingly.
Many riders are concerned about these proposed changes, and have spoken out in opposition. A coalition of "business, labor, transportation, and environmental justice organizations" has banded together to form a campaign called Transit is Essential. The campaign "will underscore the importance of keeping the T accessible and affordable to all," according to a press release.
""A reliable public transportation system is essential to keeping businesses operating safely, efficiently, and profitably during and after the pandemic," Chenelle Brown of the Alliance for Business Leadership's Board of Directors and CMBG3 Law said in a statement. "We cannot allow public transportation, the lifeline of Greater Boston, to become a casualty of COVID-19. Pulling the rug out from under the MBTA now will put us further behind in meeting the long-term infrastructure and service improvement goals that are key to making Massachusetts a desirable and affordable place to do business."
City Councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu has advocated for accessible and free public transportation throughout her tenure as a councilor. She tweeted on Monday, "How many more times do we need to say it?? It's unacceptable & dangerous to cut public transit service—aka crowd people into more limited spaces—during a pandemic. @BOSCityCouncil voted to stand w 500+ people who sent in testimony opposing this at today's @MBTA board mtg."
City Councilor Kenzie Bok also spoke out against the cuts, tweeting "This is wildly unacceptable—#TransitIsEssential! The ppl who build their whole lives around @MBTA dependability are our essential workers, our elders, our communities of color…everyone hit hardest! As we need more PPE & food during COVID-19, we need more T, not less! #mapoli"
A "Save Our Trolley" rally was also held by local elected officials on Wednesday at the Heath St. T stop to protest the proposed cuts.
The cuts are not yet set in stone, and the public is encouraged to provide feedback about the changes. A vote on the changes is expected by the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control on December 7. For more information on the proposals and to submit comments, visit https://www.mbta.com/forging-ahead.
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Industry é uma cidade localizada no estado norte-americano de Texas, no Condado de Austin.

Demografia
Segundo o censo norte-americano de 2000, a sua população era de 304 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 336, um aumento de 32 (10.5%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
2,8 km², dos quais 2,7 km² cobertos por terra e 0,1 km² cobertos por água. Industry localiza-se a aproximadamente 95 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 28 km ao redor de Industry.

Ligações externas

Cidades do Texas

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Glenn Joseph Lea | Technical Writer
"Everything is Analog, in the end"
I'm a Canadian technical writer based in Berlin, Germany. I write about topics such as technology, usability, creative writing and Canadian history. I tweet at @glennjlea. Read more about me here or at LinkedIn.
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The three oracles of good design - simplicity, usability and quality
John E. Karlin, the father of usability
Human Factors Principles
Beauty and usability in balance
The Usability Genius of Quonset Huts
Human Factors at the University of Waterloo
Non-continuous status "Dead Zones"
Securing access to a Windows 10 account
Basic markdown cheatsheet
Basic Git Commands
Finding Hidden Dialogs in Windows 10
Deleting partitions on external hard disks
The origins of technical writing in ancient Babylon - the iClay
Learning to Love Markup Languages
John Ware, Canada's Legendary Cowboy (1845-1905)
Writing in Canada
Designing usable products use Human factors principles. Here is a summary of the key principles. Good design ensures the users are always informed about the current status in the product. The user should be familiar with the terms and phrases used in the product. The user should always be in control, not the system. Everything should be consistent in the system - don't change the meaning or function of a task in another part of the product. Errors should be clearly described in error messages. User's shouldn't have to remember information from one dialog to the next. Tasks should be as efficent as possible. User's shouldn't have to deal with noise, just the information. Finally, provide help to users.
Recently at the Tekom yearly conference in Stuttgart, I heard a great presentation on the design principles around which SAP builds its products. These principles are encapsulated in the SAP Flori Design. It was not delivered by a UX or UI designer, as one would expect, but by a technical writer working for SAP. I heard plenty of talks that week but only this one had any significant impact on me. Unfortunately, I can't recall the name of the presenter, but she was from Montreal. The key takeaway from the presentation was that SAP's new design principles came about as the result of a courageous decision on the part of the company. SAP realized the UI design of SAP applications sucked! SAP knew about it and wanted to change it. So, they brought in an expert designer to completely rethink and redesign SAP UIs. The result was SAP Flori.
The Quanset Hut is a genius invention and shows what can be done when you combine a pressing need with good, sound engineering and documentation. You've probably seen them in movies about World War II or seen them used as garages on farms. The Quonset Hut was used with great effect during World War II for military housing, storage, and general use. It was the greatest assemble-yourself product long before IKEA came up with the idea. And it had better documentation. A small group of soldiers with little building experience could assemble a Quonset Hut in a very short time and when required, take it apart and box it ready for assembly at the next location. It was a brilliant invention and many a soldier or airman thanked the designers for their relative comfort these huts afforded them.
Did you know technical writing may have had its origin in the ancient city of Babylon! Well, not really! But you never know. In Babylon, Technical Writers were a highly skilled professional just as they are today. To be considered a professional, these specialists required many years of training and experience in the many skills associated with producing high quality documentation. They were also a very valuable asset to any ancient organization whether run by a ruthless dictatorial king or managed by a sympathetic local governor.
This markdown cheatsheet is not comprehensive and you can probably find much more details cheatsheets available elsewhere. But this is just the basic markdown, at least the markdown I use most frequently. I will add to it, eventually.
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A concert with Igmar Jenner (violin), Cynthia Liao (viola), Bernie Mallinger (violin) and Sophie Abraham (cello) is bound to be full of surprises.
These musicians are bold and inquisitive venturers who have consequently aligned their compass with the borderland between classical music, jazz, rock and pop. Their special enthusiasm for fusion music of the 70s cannot be overheard, it paved the way for the quartet's break-through with the album "Celebrating the Mahavishnu Orchestra" (2007) Mahavishnu mastermind John McLaughlin was enthusiastic about the reinterpretations.
Internationally the radio.string.quartet take their place directly next to the US-pioneers of Kronos Quartet and the Turtle Island Quartet.
The radio.string.quartet played at renowned festivals and venues, such as the Philharmonic Luxembourg, Jazzfestival Basel, Belgrad Jazzfestival, Movimentos Wolfsburg, Winterzauber Bad Kissingen, Paris Jazz Festival, Pori Jazz Festival, Musikverein Wien, Traumzeit Festival and the Göteborg Concert Hall.
Internationally the radio.string.quartet take its place directly next to the US-pioneers of Kronos Quartet.
These musicians are bold and inquisitive venturers traveling the borderland between classical music, jazz, rock and pop.
"a timely miniture masterpiece…" – Guardian (cd radiodream)
"What a super group! I'm so proud. Thank you!" – John McLaughlin (cd Celebrating the Mahavishnu Orchestra)
"the string players sculpting nimble arrangements that never settle for postmodern cuteness…" – Sunday Times
(cd Calling You with Rigmor Gustavsson)
Composition Les Coleurs Du Feu
with Munich Symphony Orchestra
"in between silence" – FULL CONCERT
"The world according to Hugo and Jun"
Live from Flagey/ Brussels 2016
Repertoire from In Between Silence 2017
Live from Red Bull Studio Berlin 2016
Posting Joe – Celebrating Weather Report (2013)
The r.s.q. released their new album, "Posting Joe" on ACT Music, paying homage to the great composer Joe Zawinul.
"Joe Zawinul would surely have adored these hugely imaginative settings of Birdland et al." – Sunday Times.
London Sunday Times elected Posting Joe as #2 jazz album of the year 2013.
Radiodream (2011)
Their album "Radiodream" on ACT Music marks a new chapter in the bands history: Imagining an emotional journey through the night, the album contains music from Franz Liszt to Billie Holiday and Radiohead.
At the same time it is the most independent work of the quartet containing a huge percentage of their own compositions, which easily show the various musical and cultural backgrounds of the band members, which are naturally and easily entangled.
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Momsiecle is short for Momsie's Circle. When I was 17, a lil' cute boy started to call me Momsie, as I acted as his mom while his Mama was away. From then on, my nieces and my nephews started calling me Momsie until I decided to use it in my blog.
momsiecle.com became my official blog site in March 2012. It was not actually my first blog, I created my first blog on a free blogging platform in 2006 as a just-for-fun blog. Back then, I would write about my personal life experiences or opinion about different things. When our family started a new chapter in Winnipeg in 2009, I started to write about my challenges and triumphs in Canada as an immigrant, until I decided to dedicate Momsie's Circle to creating posts that are not only about myself or my family. Making my blog site a place to come for immigrants in Canada became my passion. Just like other "new immigrants," I also felt that starting a new life and settling in a foreign land is one of the HARDEST and most challenging parts of moving to another country, I experienced a certain level of culture shock. These motivated me to write about my Canadian immigrant journey, so that any achievement that I may have may inspire fellow immigrants and any challenge that I will overcome will make them feel that we are all on the same boat.
Through the years, opened different doors for me. I made new friends virtually and personally. I got invited to different community events and got featured in articles that talks about bloggers.
The people I met, the places I've been and even the food that I ate made me realize that there are so much things that I can write about and share in my blog.
Canada Living are information about everyday life in Canada and how to come to Canada. From time to time, I post updates from Citizenship and Immigration Canada regarding new rules on coming and immigrating to Canada andposts about useful information and resources for newcomers in Canada. While Immigrant Journeyis stories and experiences of other immigrants that I meet.
Momsie's Circle is all about my personal views and experiences, it could be about my immigration story, about my job, my friends, my mommy moments, my love for charm bracelets, my addiction with purses, an advise or tip, it could just be anything.
I also have Stories & More section, this part of my blog attempts to share not just current and trending news and stories. It isthat part of my blog where I attempt to share my experiences in the places I visited, a movie or show that I saw, the food I tasted or even an inspiring story that I read.
You will repeatedly read in all corners of this blog site that I was born and raised in the Philippines, you will for sure understand why I have All Things Filipino section.
Enjoy your stay and thank you for visiting!!!
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Hola not Working For Netflix – What to do
Unfortunately, Hola no longer actually works to unblock International versions of Netflix. But the good news is that Netflix's VPN ban isn't absolute, and there are a few viable alternative methods. That will allow you to consistently and also securely unblock Netflix, no matter where you are in the world actually. In this article, we are going to talk about How to Fix Hola not Working For Netflix. Let's begin!
Nowadays, it's a rare gem of a VPN that gives consistent access to Netflix's many geo-restricted content catalogs. Unfortunately, Hola is not one of them actually. If you are traveling or living abroad, odds are you guys haven't lost your appetite for a good old fashioned binge-streaming of your favorite TV shows and also movies from back home.
To make sure, Hola is not so much a VPN as it is a basic proxy service. In recent years, Netflix has caught wise to both types of service and has also taken steps to blacklist the IP addresses associated along with them in order to enforce geoblocks actually. Well, there is no silver bullet that helps you to bypass this block–you've got to switch to a dedicated, high-quality VPN. However, as we said before, reliable Netflix-ready VPNs are themselves few and far between, so how do you select?
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The provider's contracts with content owners, also including the major movie studios and television networks as well. All need separate licensing agreements for each country Netflix is available in. This means that your favorite movie or television show might not be available everywhere actually.
Netflix is really good to detect and block VPN servers that many VPN services have simply give up on unblocking the streaming service altogether. Additionally, most of the VPNs that still claim to offer access are slow to respond whenever their servers are blocked actually.
Luckily for all of us, the ExpressVPN is still willing to fight the good fight whenever it comes to Netflix access actually.
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There are hundreds of VPNs out there, however, how many of them can actually unblock Netflix? With any one of our recommended providers, you'll have access to not only your favorite streaming sites but the free and also open Internet as a whole as well.
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ExpressVPN is actually the best VPN provider to offer reliable access to Netflix. The company's resources allow them to easily counter whenever Netflix blocks a server. Acting quickly through establishing new servers and IP addresses actually.
If you don't mind paying a few extra dollars a month, then ExpressVPN is a great choice. It's my VPN of choice to watch US Netflix through my Amazon Fire TV Stick (the best way to watch Netflix using a VPN on an actual TV). I spoke to the marketing manager at ExpressVPN in order to find out how they combatted the Netflix VPN ban and was told they have a dedicated team that constantly monitors its servers and their connections to US Netflix actually.
ExpressVPN also has an excellent live chat feature on its site where you can quickly speak to a support agent 24/7.
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Well, NordVPN is considerably cheaper than ExpressVPN and its service is every bit as good. The one feature that actually holds it back is the lack of an official Fire TV Stick app. You can still install NordVPN on the Fire TV Stick, however, it's kind of a faff and it's not perfect. That said, the connection on each and every other device (Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android) is great.
NordVPN also has a technical team that actually monitors its server's connections to US Netflix to make sure it gives the maximum amount of uptime. There's also an excellent support page on the website where you guys can see a live list of the servers that are also working along with US Netflix. If you need further assistance, then live chat service is also available 24/7.
New offer: For $70/year you can now buy a dedicated IP along with NordVPN. This is a little more expensive than PureVPN's dedicated IP, however, with NordVPN the dedicated IP works across all of its apps. Mac, Windows, iOS, and also Android. Whereas PureVPN's dedicated IP depends on customers manually entering their server information into their Android or iOS's (built-in) VPN settings actually.
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PureVPN is a top-quality VPN service that offers strong features that are ideally suited for Netflix users actually. First, PureVPN has one of the most impressive server networks in the industry, along with 2,000+ distributed among 140 countries. This gives you a wide range of IP addresses to select from, granting you access to virtually every Netflix catalog out there. Furthermore, each and every single PureVPN subscription comes with unlimited bandwidth, speed, and server switching as well.
If you want to watch one episode of your favorite TV show or have a film stream in the background for many hours. PureVPN has got you covered with a reliable, secure connection. In addition to the basic nodes, the provider also has dedicated servers that are available for streaming, specifically. This also makes PureVPN one of the best choices for Netflix – no buffering, no delays, or slowdowns; just quality streaming with no interruptions as well.
The PureVPN app proper also offers a working connection to Netflix as well. But, this is only when you use the Windows or Mac app actually. With the iOS or Android-based PureVPN app has a much lower success rate with US Netflix. PureVPN is now working on a fix for this, so watch this space.
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CyberGhost is actually a great choice for the users who want to get started with Netflix content without any hassle. Unlike many other services, CyberGhost needs no complicated setup or previous knowledge. You have the option to select from six different pre-configured profiles. These also include "unblock streaming" and "browse anonymously", both of which employ settings useful for bypassing Netflix blocks actually.
CyberGhost also has you covered along with top-of-the-line privacy features. First of all, the provider uses military-grade 256-bit AES encryption, which would take the world's strongest supercomputer millions of years to crack. Plus, you have one of the industry's best zero-logging policies shielding your activity from identity as well. Extra security features also include an in-built DNS leak protection and an automatic kill switch as well.
The latter will also act as your online safeguard – should you ever get disconnected, your internet will be instantly shut down. Last but not least, CyberGhost offers users its huge network consisting of 3,173+ nodes in almost 60 countries. This also allows you to gain access to almost any Netflix library in the world if you are looking to stream Bollywood films or French drama. CyberGhost is available on all of the major operating systems, that includes Mac OS, Windows, and Linux.
PrivateVPN, true to its name, is basically one of the most secure services on the market. Boasting AES-256 encryption over OpenVPN, you guys will have no trouble to bypass firewalls and staying anonymous even in the face of dedicated cracking attempts actually. PrivateVPN has refined this encryption process to decrease bandwidth overhead. Thus speeding up your connection. And also speaking of performance, this provider offers a lean-but-mean server network of 150 servers in up to 60+ countries.
Among these servers are those especially suited to unblock Netflix–PrivateVPN even had the decency to clearly label these. So you can also get back to your binge-watching ASAP. Even if you are located in a country along with harsh internet laws, like China or UAE, then you have the option to create a censorship-busting SOCKS5 proxy within your app settings.
Software is available on all of the major platforms, also includes Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, and even routers. Regardless of the operating system, you can protect more than 6 devices with a single PrivateVPN subscription. This wide utility is further bolstered by a complete lack of restrictions on bandwidth, speed, file type, and also server switching. PrivateVPN is also a great all-rounder that just begs for daily use actually.
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The methodology behind Netflix's VPN ban pretty is easy to understand. Free and/or VPNs have large numbers of users and really smaller numbers of servers. This also creates a bottleneck as users from all over the globe connect to VPN servers in America in order to watch US Netflix.
This also makes a VPN easy to spot on Netflix's side as it will see tens/hundreds/thousands of connections that are coming from the same IP address. Keep in mind that an IP address is the equivalent of a single internet connection, so a normal IP address connecting to Netflix would be an average household actually. That means no more than 1-5 simultaneous connections to Netflix at the same time as well.
Whenever Netflix detects an abnormally large number of connections coming from the same IP address (like a VPN server) it blacklists it. And whenever this happens you guy will see the "Whoops, something went wrong… Proxy Detected – You seem to be using an unblocker or proxy. Please turn these off and then try again." error message actually.
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Our recommended VPNs do exactly what they say they will–that is a great deal more than Hola–and nothing more actually. That means no hidden agenda in order to harvest your personal data or bandwidth for ill-gotten gain. Rather, a good VPN is a 100% value town. Let's see why:
Continually updated server networks
Good VPNs basically offer a multitude of servers, however, the best providers are dedicated to expanding their network. This has the advantage of creating whole new batches of shared IP addresses that can be employed in order to sneak past Netflix blacklists. Plus, they are periodically rotating out IPs that are attached to their existing infrastructure. That will make sure each and every server always offers relevant utility. The few VPNs that do not play the sheer-numbers game mostly have other novel tactics in order to unblock Netflix, such as static IP addresses.
Readily available customer support
You guys having trouble unblocking Netflix with your VPN? No problem, just reach out to the live support line in order to start troubleshooting fast. A team that stands by their product won't be afraid to charge a monthly fee–it pays the wages for dedicated agents in order to help customers get the most out of their VPN actually.
Preservation of natural connection speed
As a free service, Hola has no obligation in order to deliver amazing connection speeds. In light of the botnet scandal that is referred to above, you guys can actually expect your bandwidth to get siphoned away from you actually. Thus slowing downloads to a crawl, and yielding the dreaded Netflix buffer screen actually. A reputable VPN, on the other hand, continually refines its encryption and also tunneling processes to decrease bandwidth overhead and latency throughout its network actually. This basically leads to seamless streaming experiences in Netflix or any other similar site as well.
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I found this interesting because it seems to be the natural reaction of so many people to turn on the TV if the room is quiet.
TV is very often used as background noise, but why? I suspect that it provides comfort, a connection to the outside world, something to fill the deadly silence. Because many people seem to be uncomfortable with silence, as it leaves them alone with their chattering minds.
If only people knew how sacred silence could be. If only people were brave enough to delve deep into themselves and resolve the issues that they have suppressed. But as long as the TV stays on in the background, as long as people find ways to distract themselves, then this may not happen.
Perhaps it is people's thinking in this modern age that you do not have a functioning home unless the television is on. Perhaps watching television is now just as natural as breathing, along with shopping in a great big warehouse and taking selfies on your mobile phone. But does this technology enhance our human experience or take away from it? I suppose it depends on how these devices are used, but everyone will have a different answer to that question.
How does technology affect your life? Do you turn on the television just for background noise? Do you find yourself avoiding silence at all costs?
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Revelation pt. 5 – The Beast
Revelation has a couple of important characters and we have already introduced the harlot, but there are a couple more that we must be introduced and one of them is the beast. This guy comes on the stage in Revelation. 13:1.
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy." (Rev. 13:1).
The beast has a characteristic that I know many fear even today, 666. If anyone has a little fun of "tagging" some people as "the beast", there are others who are more in earnest and are serious enough. Many politicians and prominent people have unfortunately been tagged as the animal; Ronald Reagan, Michael Gorbatjov, the Rothschild family, Putin, the Pope(s) plus many more, although it has been proven to be none of them.
I think we need to stop labeling people as "the beast" of revelation, even if someone were to behave like an animal. The beast described in Revelation is the Roman Empire, and Nero, or more specifically, the animal is collective the Roman Empire and specific Nero, the Roman ruler. The "beast" in Revelation is something that has been.
We must not forget what time John was in when he wrote the revelation and to whom he wrote to, which I explain in "Revelation Part 1." We see that the time of the Roman Empire and Nero, as the beast, fits into that time frame, but are these the beast? Let's look at this. first the location.
The location of the beast, I would say also fits well. John "stands upon the sand of the sea" (Revelation 13:1) in a vision, which means that he is standing on a beach. The beast will probably emerge from the sea at the most favorable place for an attack on Jerusalem and the temple, which is precisely the shores of the Mediterranean. Rome, which is the seat of the Roman Empire, is located northwest of Israel, just across the Mediterranean. The argument here is that it was not any other threat to Israel from any other area, when most of the surrounding areas were under the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire also had a great political power, which John describes that the animal had horns "… having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns on,…" (Rev. 13:1).
This is a image language that you can find in OT. Horn of animals is often illustrated as a political force or military force. Let's look at some:
"His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh." (Deut. 33:17) (Other is: Ezek. 34:21, Dan. 7:7 og Lev. 24:8)
Mount Esquiline, Viminale mountain Caelian mountain, Mount Aventine, Qurinal mountain, Mount Palatine and Capitol mountain.
In Rev. 17:9-10 we will find more information that indicates that the beast is Rome and the Roman Empire. We read:
"And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth." (Rev. 17:9).
This verse is an explanation that comes with the angel to John when he probably is a bit confused by what the angel had told him earlier regarding the harlot (verse 7). These seven mountains are known as the mountain where the city of Rome is built on, even today. The mountains are: Mount Esquiline, Viminale mountain Caelian mountain, Mount Aventine, Qurinal mountain, Mount Palatine and Capitol mountain.
Seven (7) mountain, it is where the woman sitting on and they also represent seven kings. This series of kings who the angel tells John, is also consistent with the Roman Empire in that time. As it appears, five of them have already fallen. These represent the first five emperors of Rome: Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius. When John wrote Revelation, these emperors was dead, "fell". The sixth king reigns at this time, because he is "the one", Nero Caesar who reigned for over thirteen years. The seventh king has not come yet, and when he enters the scene, only to reign for a short time. Galba was the seventh Roman Emperor who reigned only six months – from June 68 AD to January 69 AD. Up to then the shortest reigning emperor.
The beasts likeness to the Roman Empire is striking, not least the sixth emperor, Nero. Nero was the first emperor who persecuted the Christian church but also the one who gave general Vespasian mission to attack and destroy Jerusalem.
As I mentioned above, we can probably see people as "animals" when we see one that is possessed by an evil character, but here we have the character of the beast in Revelation:
"And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." (Rev. 13:2).
Christians was thrown to the animals.
Today these animals are disturbing enough if we were to meet them but perhaps even more to those who were aware of the Roman arena where men and women were cruelly thrown to the lions and other animals. Nero was a cruel man with an animal-like character. He killed his own mother, brother, aunt and wife. He killed many of the prominent citizens of Rome and he tied slaves to poles, covered himself with lion skins and attacked them.
He was blasphemous as we read in Revelation 13.5-6, 8 He imitated intentionally the sun god Apollo and coined a coin with a picture of his own head which shone rays of the sun. A tribute to him was set in Athens with an inscription: "all mighty Caesar Nero Sebastor, a new Apollo". The king of Armenia, Tiridates faced Nero worshiping as if he were God, this we can read from the historian Dio Cassius.
But what the most famous mark of the beast, as mentioned above, is the number 666.
"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." (Rev. 13:18).
I have some books in my bookcase of great Christian writers and brothers who have tried to calculate the number of the beast. Some come to the same answer and others come up with various "solutions". Some say that the BAR code representing the number, where the code begins with 6, the middle section represents 6 and ending with 6. Others agian are in favor of a chip that is implanted in your hand, and other say Ronald Wilson Reagan's three (3) name represents six letters each, which is quite close but not close enough as we will see.
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There are also people who are afraid of numbers at all; the number on credit cards, ID number and membership numbers.
I do not think John is trying to point out that the animal's mark involves a series of sixes. In the Greek text of Rev. 13:18 is the number written: six hundred sixty and six, (600, 60, 6), and not six and six and six. Many English versions have translated this in letter form and made it easier to see, among others, KJV, NASB, and NRSV.
In those days, they used the letters as a numbering system as well, and considering that John was a Jew and he described the judgment of God upon the Jews, the Revelation is also the most Hebrew book in the NT with many visual images taken from the OT. By transferring the Hebrew imagery to Greek became a bit broken Greek, according to many theologians and historians today. They say that Revelation was written in a "very Hebrew form of Greek." If we use the Hebrew language as a base, we will see that the beasts name was Nrwn Qsr, pronounce Nerone Kaiser, as some archaeological documents from the first century also shows the spelling of Nero. Number valuation of this spelling is as follows:
n = 50 — r = 200 — w = 6 — n = 50 — q = 100 — s = 60 — r = 200
This gives a sum of 666.
The Latin text of Revelation gives us a proof that the Emperor Nero is the beast. The Latin text has the number 616 instead of 666, but in Latin the Néron Kaiser is spelled Nrw Qsr, which provides 616. This confirming that the number points to Nero as the beast in other languages as well.
But what about the animal will force the mark on the people?
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." (Rev. 13:16-17).
This is probably no more literal than that God puts mark on the foreheads of the elect in Rev. 14:1. That the beast requires worship is to show his divine claims and a mark on his right hand and on the forehead is like a negative image of God demands of His law in His own people as we find in the OT.
"And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: …And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes." (Rev. 6:6, 8).
Another thing who confirms Nero as the beast in revelation is his persecution and cruel acts against the Christians. In Rev. 13:5, 7 we read that he was given the power to do so and even speak words of blasphemy, for forty-two (42) months.
"And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. …Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;" (Rev. 13:5, 7).
I have already mentioned it was the Jews who persecuted the Christians and Paul confirms this in many places. He even appeals his case the Jews had against him, to Caesar in Acts. 25:11-12. There was also this time Nero reigned, but this was going to change quickly when Nero was suspicious and leave the responsibility to the Christians of having started the deadly fire that burned down most of Rome in 64 AD. Tacitus writes:
"Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace." (Ann. 15:44).
In this way Nero's persecution fits to the beast, and we shall also see that the pursuit lasted for 42 months. The fire started in Rome 19. July 64 AD., and the rumor was that Nero himself had started it all. After a while, it became hard to stand up to this rumors and he could not afford to wait any longer. Then in November 64 AD the fierce persecution broke out over the innocent Christian community when he accused them of this fire. This went on for some years and also the Peter and Paul were killed during this period (either 67 or 68 AD). The pursuit ended at last by Nero's death, 9. June 68 AD, 42 months or 3.5 years after the persecution began.
Our dear friend, Clemment of Rome, was one who lived in Rome during this time and saw all what happened. He notes that there were many of the saints who paid with their life:
"To these men who spent their lives in the practice of holiness, there is to be added a great multitude of the elect, who, having through envy endured many indignities and tortures, furnished us with a most excellent example." (1. Clem. 6).
It is not just the "mark" that fits with Nero, but also the persecution of Christians and the period of 42 months who was given him.
Now, there will probably be some question whether Nero rose from the dead, because in verse 3 of Revelation 13 says that the deadly wound was healed.
"Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Rev. 13:3).
Here I must refer to what I wrote above, that "the beast" is two-folded and can switch between the Roman Empire as collective and the Roman ruler as specifically.
A few weeks before Nero's death, the Roman civil war broke out, and general Galba was trying to conquer him. Nero takes his life and the empire is now in a complete mess. Again, Tacitus is very helpful with his information about this time and I refer the same from Tacitus as I did in Eschatology in the Bible 4: War and disasters.
"I am entering on the history of a period rich in disasters, frightful in its wars, torn by civil strife, and even in peace full of horrors. Four emperors perished by the sword. There were three civil wars; there were more with foreign enemies; there were often wars that had both characters at once. There was success in the East, and disaster in the West. There were disturbances in Illyricum; Gaul (France, Luxemburg, Belgium and Swiss) wavered in its allegiance; Britain (England) was thoroughly subdued and immediately abandoned; the tribes of the Suevi (Portugal) and the Sarmatae (Area north of the Black sea) rose in concert against us; the Dacians (Big area in and around Romania) had the glory of inflicting as well as suffering defeat; the armies of Parthia (Northeast Iran) were all but set in motion by the cheat of a counterfeit Nero." (Hist. 1:1, Tacitus) (My own explanation in parenthesis).
We can read such passages in several places in Tacitus and also Josephus. The Roman Empire was at the rim, that each area during the Roman empire was restless and weak. After Nero dies by his own sword (wounds), it emerges that the Roman Empire is dying, which John describes as the beast has been inflicted a mortal wound (one of his heads).
What is happening now is that the Roman Empire goes in to the "year of three emperors", all are killed and now Vespasian from the Flavian family emerge. From Flavius Josephus book "Wars of the Jews" we read:
"So upon this confirmation of Vespasian's entire government, which was now settled, and upon the unexpected deliverance of the public affairs of the Romans from ruin, Vespasian turned his thoughts to what remained unsubdued in Judea. However, he himself made haste to go to Rome, as the winter was now almost over, and soon set the affairs of Alexandria in order, but sent his son Titus, with a select part of his army, to destroy Jerusalem." (War. 4:11:5, Josephus).
After a time of painful civil war, the empire wakes up, quite surprising for the world which again goes under the Roman domination.
"Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him." (Rev. 13:3-4).
I do not know how to make this clearer without adding even more pages of historical and biblical facts. Nero/Rome fits like a hand in a glove as the "beast" in Revelation.
Bible verses are taken from the KJV.
War = War of the Jews, Flavius Josephus.
Ann. = Annals, Cornelius Tacitus.
Hist. = History, Cornelius Tacitus.
1.Clem. 6 = Clement of Rome. (from the Early Church Fathers).
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Arizona law provides grandparents certain rights to custody and visitation of grandchildren in some instances depending upon the circumstances. While the majority of the provisions pertain to when grandparents are allowed visitation rights, there are also laws regarding when a grandparent can obtain custody. When both parents are dead or considered "unfit" to raise the child, the grandparent can petition the court for custody. Cases in which a parent may be deemed unfit include those in which the parents have subjected the child to abuse or neglect.
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This festive dessert is perfect for the holiday table. Preparing it on the grill with wood smoke adds a welcome layer of flavor. The molasses, candied ginger, bourbon and spices thoroughly infuse the brioche bread, creating an incredibly tasty dessert. If you would like to eliminate the bourbon from the pudding, simply increase the whole milk to a full cup. Lastly, we whipped up a sweet bourbon sauce to top things off and really amp up the festive flavors.
Prepare the grill for indirect cooking at 325°F, preferably with wood smoke. Pecan wood is an ideal choice. For a Kalamazoo Hybrid Fire Grill, run the ignition burner on MEDIUM and a single main burner on LOW (far left, or far right). Wood smoking envelopes can be placed over the active main burner.
Whisk the eggs and yolks together in a large mixing bowl. Whisk in the brown sugar and molasses. Then add the milk, bourbon, half and half, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg, whisking one last time to thoroughly combine. Stir in the raisins and candied ginger.
Coat a 12 inch cast iron skillet with butter. Place the bread cubes in the skillet. Slowly and evenly pour in the egg mixture, making sure all of the bread is soaked. Top with carefully-placed pecan halves.
Place the pudding on the grill in the indirect zone. Cook with the hood closed until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Remove the pudding from the grill and let cool for 10 minutes. Drizzle with bourbon sauce and enjoy!


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Q: Generating an alphabetic sequence in oracle I'm looking for a way of generating an alphabetic sequence:
AA, AB, AC, AD, AE, ..., ZZ.
Can anyone suggest a convenient way of doing this in oracle.

A: This seems to work if you want it done in pure SQL:
SELECT CHR(divided+65)||CHR(remainder+65)
  FROM (
  SELECT 0 AS initial_val,
         0 AS divided,
         0 AS remainder
    FROM dual
 UNION
 SELECT LEVEL AS initial_val,
        TRUNC(LEVEL/26) AS divided,
        MOD(LEVEL,26) AS remainder
   FROM dual
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= 675)
ORDER BY initial_val

It builds a list of 676 rows (had to use union as the first record in the hierarchical query starts at 1 rather than 0).
676 is 26 x 26 so it then divides the number to get a number for the leading letter (converted to a letter in the main SELECT) and uses the remainder of that division for the trailing letter.
I then add 65 to get the number up into the ascii region for alphabet letters and there you go.
Hope it helps;

A: Using the SQL MODEL clause to generate the row list:
SELECT s
FROM (select chr(level + 65 - 1) pos1 from dual connect by level <= 26)
MODEL
  DIMENSION BY (pos1 AS x, 'A' as y)
  MEASURES ('--' AS s)
  RULES UPSERT ALL ITERATE (26)
(
 s[any, chr(iteration_number + 65)] = (CV(x) || CV(y))
)
ORDER BY s;

Sample run:
09/12/2015 19:55:26:SQL>     SELECT s
  2      FROM (select chr(level + 65 - 1) pos1 from dual connect by level <= 26)
  3      MODEL
  4        DIMENSION BY (pos1 AS x, 'A' as y)
  5        MEASURES ('--' AS s)
  6        RULES UPSERT ALL ITERATE (26)
  7      (
  8       s[any, chr(iteration_number + 65)] = (CV(x) || CV(y))
  9      )
 10      ORDER BY s;

S
--
AA
AB
AC
AD
AE
etc ...

Then we can run a simple aggregation with LISTAGG as in:
WITH t AS (
SELECT s
FROM (select chr(level + 65 - 1) pos1 from dual connect by level <= 26)
MODEL
  DIMENSION BY (pos1 AS x, 'A' as y)
  MEASURES ('--' AS s)
  RULES UPSERT ALL ITERATE (26)
(
 s[any, chr(iteration_number + 65)] = (CV(x) || CV(y))
)
ORDER BY s)
-- data generated, now aggregate
SELECT listagg(s, ', ') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY s) aggreg_list
  FROM t;

And the results:
09/12/2015 19:52:59:SQL> WITH t AS (
  2  SELECT s
  3  FROM (select chr(level + 65 - 1) pos1 from dual connect by level <= 26)
  4  MODEL
  5    DIMENSION BY (pos1 AS x, 'A' as y)
  6    MEASURES ('--' AS s)
  7    RULES UPSERT ALL ITERATE (26)
  8  (
  9   s[any, chr(iteration_number + 65)] = (CV(x) || CV(y))
 10  )
 11  ORDER BY s)
 12  -- data generated, now aggregate
 13  SELECT listagg(s, ', ') WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY s) aggreg_list
 14    FROM t;

AGGREG_LIST
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AA, AB, AC, AD, AE, AF, AG, AH, AI, AJ, AK, AL, AM, AN, AO, AP, AQ, AR, AS, AT, AU, AV, AW, AX, AY, AZ, BA, BB, BC, BD, BE, BF, BG, BH, BI, BJ, BK, BL, BM, BN, BO, BP, BQ, BR, BS, BT, BU, BV, BW, BX, BY, BZ, CA, CB, CC, CD, CE, CF, CG, CH, CI, CJ, CK, CL, CM, CN, CO, CP, CQ, CR, CS, CT, CU, CV, CW, CX, CY, CZ, DA, DB, DC, DD, DE, DF, DG, DH, DI, DJ, DK, DL, DM, DN, DO, DP, DQ, DR, DS, DT, DU, DV, DW, DX, DY, DZ, EA, EB, EC, ED, EE, EF, EG, EH, EI, EJ, EK, EL, EM, EN, EO, EP, EQ, ER, ES, ET, EU,
EV, EW, EX, EY, EZ, FA, FB, FC, FD, FE, FF, FG, FH, FI, FJ, FK, FL, FM, FN, FO, FP, FQ, FR, FS, FT, FU, FV, FW, FX, FY, FZ, GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, GF, GG, GH, GI, GJ, GK, GL, GM, GN, GO, GP, GQ, GR, GS, GT, GU, GV, GW, GX, GY, GZ, HA, HB, HC, HD, HE, HF, HG, HH, HI, HJ, HK, HL, HM, HN, HO, HP, HQ, HR, HS, HT, HU, HV, HW, HX, HY, HZ, IA, IB, IC, ID, IE, IF, IG, IH, II, IJ, IK, IL, IM, IN, IO, IP, IQ, IR, IS, IT, IU, IV, IW, IX, IY, IZ, JA, JB, JC, JD, JE, JF, JG, JH, JI, JJ, JK, JL, JM, JN, JO, JP,
JQ, JR, JS, JT, JU, JV, JW, JX, JY, JZ, KA, KB, KC, KD, KE, KF, KG, KH, KI, KJ, KK, KL, KM, KN, KO, KP, KQ, KR, KS, KT, KU, KV, KW, KX, KY, KZ, LA, LB, LC, LD, LE, LF, LG, LH, LI, LJ, LK, LL, LM, LN, LO, LP, LQ, LR, LS, LT, LU, LV, LW, LX, LY, LZ, MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, MF, MG, MH, MI, MJ, MK, ML, MM, MN, MO, MP, MQ, MR, MS, MT, MU, MV, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NB, NC, ND, NE, NF, NG, NH, NI, NJ, NK, NL, NM, NN, NO, NP, NQ, NR, NS, NT, NU, NV, NW, NX, NY, NZ, OA, OB, OC, OD, OE, OF, OG, OH, OI, OJ, OK,
OL, OM, ON, OO, OP, OQ, OR, OS, OT, OU, OV, OW, OX, OY, OZ, PA, PB, PC, PD, PE, PF, PG, PH, PI, PJ, PK, PL, PM, PN, PO, PP, PQ, PR, PS, PT, PU, PV, PW, PX, PY, PZ, QA, QB, QC, QD, QE, QF, QG, QH, QI, QJ, QK, QL, QM, QN, QO, QP, QQ, QR, QS, QT, QU, QV, QW, QX, QY, QZ, RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, RG, RH, RI, RJ, RK, RL, RM, RN, RO, RP, RQ, RR, RS, RT, RU, RV, RW, RX, RY, RZ, SA, SB, SC, SD, SE, SF, SG, SH, SI, SJ, SK, SL, SM, SN, SO, SP, SQ, SR, SS, ST, SU, SV, SW, SX, SY, SZ, TA, TB, TC, TD, TE, TF,
TG, TH, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TM, TN, TO, TP, TQ, TR, TS, TT, TU, TV, TW, TX, TY, TZ, UA, UB, UC, UD, UE, UF, UG, UH, UI, UJ, UK, UL, UM, UN, UO, UP, UQ, UR, US, UT, UU, UV, UW, UX, UY, UZ, VA, VB, VC, VD, VE, VF, VG, VH, VI, VJ, VK, VL, VM, VN, VO, VP, VQ, VR, VS, VT, VU, VV, VW, VX, VY, VZ, WA, WB, WC, WD, WE, WF, WG, WH, WI, WJ, WK, WL, WM, WN, WO, WP, WQ, WR, WS, WT, WU, WV, WW, WX, WY, WZ, XA, XB, XC, XD, XE, XF, XG, XH, XI, XJ, XK, XL, XM, XN, XO, XP, XQ, XR, XS, XT, XU, XV, XW, XX, XY, XZ, YA,
YB, YC, YD, YE, YF, YG, YH, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YM, YN, YO, YP, YQ, YR, YS, YT, YU, YV, YW, YX, YY, YZ, ZA, ZB, ZC, ZD, ZE, ZF, ZG, ZH, ZI, ZJ, ZK, ZL, ZM, ZN, ZO, ZP, ZQ, ZR, ZS, ZT, ZU, ZV, ZW, ZX, ZY, ZZ

A: With this one you can generate sequences of any length:
SQL> with input as (
  2         select 0 as start_position, 3 as strings_length, 35 as sequence_elements, ascii('Z')-ascii('A')+1 as base, ascii('A') as start_val
  3         from dual
  4     )
  5  select sequence_position, listagg(character,'') within group(order by char_level desc) as sequence_value
  6  from (
  7         select inp_sequence.*, format.*, chr(start_val + mod(trunc(sequence_position / power(base, char_level)),base)) as character
  8         from (
  9                 select i.*, start_position + rownum-1 as sequence_position
 10                 from input i
 11                 connect by rownum <= sequence_elements
 12             ) inp_sequence
 13             cross join (
 14                 select rownum-1 as char_level
 15                 from input
 16                 connect by rownum <= strings_length
 17             ) format
 18     )
 19  group by sequence_position
 20  /

SEQUENCE_POSITION SEQUENCE_VALUE
----------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                0 AAA
                1 AAB
                2 AAC
                3 AAD
                4 AAE
                5 AAF
                6 AAG
                7 AAH
                8 AAI
                9 AAJ
               10 AAK
               11 AAL
               12 AAM
               13 AAN
               14 AAO
               15 AAP
               16 AAQ
               17 AAR
               18 AAS
               19 AAT
               20 AAU
               21 AAV
               22 AAW
               23 AAX
               24 AAY
               25 AAZ
               26 ABA
               27 ABB
               28 ABC
               29 ABD
               30 ABE
               31 ABF
               32 ABG
               33 ABH
               34 ABI

35 rows selected

SQL>

Here:

*

*start_position indicates the element you want to start with (0 stands for AA..A)

*strings_length indicates the length of the strings in the sequence

*sequence_elements indicates the number of elements to generate (following start_position)


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Metros, Mumbai
Committee will study prohibition in 3 districts
THE ASIAN AGE. | JOSEPH RAO
Published : Jul 11, 2018, 6:16 am IST
Updated : Jul 11, 2018, 6:16 am IST
Mr Wadettiwar said smuggled liquor worth Rs 90 crore was seized by the authorities.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule
Nagpur: State excise minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday assured the Legislative Assembly of setting up a committee to examine the implementation of prohibition in Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Wardha in Vidarbha as he faced a volley of questions from the Opposition. The committee will submit its findings within a month.
During a calling attention motion moved by deputy leader of Congress Vijay Wadettiwar over prohibition in the three districts, Opposition benches mounted an attack on the excise minister over seizure of huge quantity of liquor, which is banned in the three districts. Besides Mr Wadettiwar, Vire-ndra Jagtap joined in the debate and claimed liquor was being smuggled from MP, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Mr Wadettiwar said smuggled liquor worth Rs 90 crore was seized by the authorities. "If this much is seized, how much worth liquor goes undetected?" he said.
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Ricardo Requejo Retegui (Irún, Guipúzcoa; 10 de junio de 1938 – Irún, Guipúzcoa; 12 de noviembre de 2018) fue un pianista y maestro español.

Trayectoria

Nacido el 10 de junio de 1938 en la calle Eguzkiza de Irún, comienza sus estudios de música en la Academia Municipal de Irún con Primitivo Azpiazu, con quien recibirá clases de solfeo. Ascensión Michelena le hará descubrir el piano, a la par que accede al Conservatorio Municipal de San Sebastián para estudiar oboe con Antonio Cortés, primero, y piano con José María Iraola, después. A los 16 años se alza con el primer premio de piano en el concurso organizado por dicha institución académica.

Completada su primera etapa de formación se desplaza a la capital francesa para continuar bajo la dirección de Vlado Perlemuter en el Conservatorio Nacional de Música de París. También recibirá clases durante estos años de Pierre Pasquier, Gaspar Cassadó, Elsa Barreine, Guido Agosti y la célebre concertista barcelonesa Alicia de Larrocha. Sus éxitos en numerosos concursos de piano y lectura a primera vista le empiezan a colocar en el primer plano de la escena europea.

Tras partir al Conservatorio de Ginebra para continuar sus clases con Louis Hiltbrand obtiene el primer Prix de Virtuosité en 1965 de la ciudad suiza con distinción y por unanimidad. Seguirá estudiando en Portugal con Helena Costa, Alemania con Sandor Vegh y Karl Engel, y Hamburgo junto a Conrad Hansen, siendo asistente de este último.

Docencia y actividad de concierto
Regresa a España para asentarse en su capital desde 1974, ya como docente reconocido, aunque no cesan sus conciertos por todo el panorama internacional. En el Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco (Musikene) será nombrado, también, profesor de piano permanente desde el año 2001.

Destacará, en estas últimas décadas, su faceta como pianista de cámara junto a intérpretes reconocidos como los violinistas Christian Ferras, Salvatore Accardo, el violonchelista Claude Stark o la mezzosoprano Teresa Berganza. También realizará numerosas grabaciones discográficas –recibiendo premios como el Diapason d'Or- junto a la compañía suiza Claves, con obras de Albéniz, Falla, Turina, Padre Donostia, Schumann, Chopin, Moussorgsky, etc. Entre sus alumnos destacan los pianistas Javier San Miguel Moreno, Camino Martín, Esther Mendiburu, Irun Itxaso Aristizabal, Esther Barandiaran o Carmen Díez Quesada.

Discografía selecta

1977 – Cellosonaten (Claves).
1978 – Romantische Kammermusik Für Oboe, Horn Und Klavier (Claves).
1979 – Arie Italiane Barocche. Con Teresa Berganza (Deutsche Grammophon).
1980 – Iberia (Claves).
1982 – R. Schumann: Romanzen Op. 94; Fantasiestücke Op. 73; Märchenbilder Op. 113; Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 (Claves).
1982 – Frauenliebe und -leben; Kinderstube (Claves).
1985 – Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de España Op. 232; Suite española Op. 47 (Claves).
1991 – Sonata para oboe y piano; Sonata para fagot y piano; Sonata para oboe y piano; Trío para piano, oboe y fagot (Claves).
1997 – Jesús Guridi: Diez melodías vascas (Claves).

Referencias

Pianistas de España del siglo XX
Pianistas de España del siglo XXI


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You are here: Home / 2005 / Lee Hartley Wins 2005 Millennium Handicap
Lee Hartley Wins 2005 Millennium Handicap
8 May 2005 by Tony Thomas
MILLENIUM HANDICAP WON UNDER DURESS
from left – Mark Lloyd, Barry Keen, Lee Hartley
Blustery gales were blowing in from the Irish Sea when Chester Croquet Club hosted this year's Millennium Handicap Tournament at Westminster Park on 7/8 May 2005. This was the fifth annual event since the tournament was founded in 2000 and the first to be hosted by Chester now that the club has four full-sized lawns.
Six clubs from the North West Regional Federation, including Bowden, Bury, Fylde, Pendle and Southport as well as Chester, fielded a total of fourteen contestants, each of whom played five three-hour full-lawn matches in a marathon session over the two days.
Tournament Manager and North West Federation Chairman, Barry Keen, described conditions as "playing under duress". Overall winner of the tournament was Lee Hartley from Fylde Croquet Club who won all five games he played having taken up the game only last year. Runner up in second place was Mark Lloyd of Chester who won four games and who was overall winner in 2004. Other competitors from Chester were Alan Clare, David Guyton and Alan Stubbs.
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