A regular monthly meeting of the Pickens County Registration & Elections Commission will be held Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 4:30pm in their office inside the Pickens County Administration Facility.
1). Consider moving the 116 Mountain View Precinct from the current Mountain View Church (336 Mountain View Church RD Six Mile, SC), which is outside of the Mountain View Precinct, to the Mile Creek Baptist Church (104 Lakeside DR Six Mile, SC), which is in the center of the 116 Mountain View Precinct. This would affect approximately 1,096 registered voters.
2). Consider moving the 142 Crestview Precinct from the Presbyterian Home (205 Bud Nalley DR Easley, SC) to Smithfields Country Club (100 Pine Ridge DR Easley, SC). This would affect approximately 1,118 registered voters.
3). Consider moving the 142 Crestview Precinct from the Presbyterian Home (205 Bud Nalley DR Easley, SC) to St Michaels Episopal Church (1200 Powdersville RD Easley, SC). This would affect approximately 1,118 registered voters.
4). Consider moving the 143 Sitton Precinct from the St. Michaels Episcopal Church (1200 Powdersville RD Easley, SC) to the Presbyterian Home (205 Bud Nalley DR Easley, SC). The Presbyterian Home is inside of the Sitton Precinct and is the current voting location of the 142 Crestview Precinct. This move would allow residents of the Presbyterian Home to vote at the Presbyterian Home instead of driving to St Michaels Episcopal Church. This would affect approximately 1,137 registered voters.
5). Consider moving the 129 West Liberty Precinct from the Liberty First Baptist Church (403 Edgemont Ave Liberty SC), which is outside the 129 West Liberty Precinct, to Calumet Baptist Church (400 S Peachtree ST Liberty, SC), which is inside the West Liberty Precinct. This would affect approximately 1,062 registered voters.
6). Consider moving the 128 Rices Creek Precinct from the Former Liberty Middle School (now a county owned building – 310 W Main ST Liberty, SC), which is outside the 128 Rices Creek Precicnt, to the Liberty First Baptist Church (403 Edgemont AVE Liberty, SC), which is inside the 128 Rices Creek Precinct. This would affect approximately 1,071 registered voters.
1). Consider recommending to the Pickens County Legislative Delegation changes to the SC Act 489 of 1998 (Pickens County Veterans Affairs Officer Advisory Election) so as to require only one voting location (the Office of the Pickens County Registration & Elections Commission) due to the low volume of participants and expense of opening the currently required 5-locations.


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SOURCE_TEMPLATE = """
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"""

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        <parameter name="GLAT" scale="1.0" value="{glat:.5f}" min="-90" max="90" free="0"/>
        <parameter name="Sigma" scale="1.0" value="{sigma:.5f}" min="0.01" max="10"  free="1"/>
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SPECTRUM_TEMPLATE = """\
    <spectrum type="LogParabola">
        <parameter name="Prefactor" scale="1e-20" value="{norm:5g}"  min="1e-07" max="10000.0" free="1"/>
        <parameter name="Index"     scale="-1"    value="{index:.5f}"  min="0.0"   max="+5.0"   free="1"/>
        <parameter name="Curvature" scale="-1"    value="{curvature:.5f}"  min="-5.0"   max="+5.0"   free="1"/>
        <parameter name="PivotEnergy" scale="1e6"   value="{energy:.1f}" min="0.01"  max="1000.0" free="0"/>
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"""

def make_pwn_xml(table):
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            index=row['spec_alpha'],
            curvature=row['spec_beta'],
            energy=1.0,
        )

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            glat=row['GLAT'],
            sigma=row['sigma'],
        )

        source_name = row['source_name']

        xml_source = SOURCE_TEMPLATE.format(
            source_name=source_name,
            xml_spectral=xml_spectral,
            xml_spatial=xml_spatial,
        )

        xml_sources += xml_source

    return SOURCE_LIBRARY_TEMPLATE.format(xml_sources=xml_sources)

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    print('Reading {}'.format(filename))
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    xml = make_pwn_xml(table)

    filename = 'ctadc_skymodel_gps_sources_pwn.xml'
    print('Writing {}'.format(filename))
    print(Path(filename))

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How many sessions are offered at Evaluation 2011?
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What are my obligations if my presentation is accepted? If your presentation is accepted, you will be notified on or before Friday, July 8, 2011 via email. At that point, you will need to a) review the online listing for your presentation, and b) confirm the listing's accuracy and your intent to present. Once that is done, you - and all other presenters represented on your proposal - should register for the conference. Please note that there is no discount on conference registration for presenters and that every person attending the conference must register and pay. We work to keep the conference registration fees low for all attendees. Finally, you should prepare your presentation including handouts, visual aids, and a well-developed exploration of the topic. It is important to practice your presentation multiple times in order to be sure that it is clear, concise, and fits within the time allocated.
Session chairs will not be counted. Secondary authors who are not participating as presenters will not be counted.
Who should attend the conference? Evaluation 2011 will have content that spans the breadth and depth of the field of evaluation - from exploring traditional and emerging methodologies, to addressing issues related to working internationally and cross-culturally, to delving into applications of evaluation to a range of disciplines. Attendees are welcome that are just beginning their work in the field - from students to those who have found evaluation a new part of their work expectations. You will also find the most senior practitioners and theorists represented among the attendees, including the authors of most of the well-known books and texts in the field. We usually have significant representation from government and NGOs, academia, foundations, and the private and non-profit sectors. If your job description includes evaluation, if you contract for evaluations, if you are studying evaluation, or if you are just interested in learning more about the field, we welcome you to consider attending Evaluation 2011.
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Quiz #1
Tiffany K.
The primary relationships studied by sociologists are the ones between
A. the state and society
B. individuals and society
C. societies
D. corporations and society
___________________ is most likely closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination.
A. Émile Durkheim
B. Max Weber
C. Karl Marx
D. Wright Mills
Divorce, unemployment, and rising gas prices all can be viewed as
A. private troubles
B. public issues
C. neither private troubles or public issues
D. both private troubles and public issues
One of the main tasks of sociology is to reveal and report the degree of:
A. social inequality
B. individual inferiority
C. genetic influences
D. mental disturbance
Fields of study that explore various features of the ways in which humans interact and change often are considered
A. natural sciences
B. social sciences
C. typologies
D. psychological categories
Sociologists argue that, unlike scientific knowledge, commonsense conclusions are:
A. not published
B. not reliable
C. not politically correct
D. easily disseminated
Émile Durkheim's study of suicide related suicide rates to:
A. personal depression
B. personal stress
C. the extent to which people were integrated into the group life of a society
D. climatic conditions (e.g., oppressive heat, heavy rain, cold winters)
Which of the following is true about Harriet Martineau?
A. introduced the significance of inequality and power into the discipline of sociology
B. believed scholars should be activists and not just commentators
C. both of the answers are correct
D. neither of the answers is correct
In Karl Marx's analysis, social inequality is determined by:
A. men and women who clash in pursuit of their own interests
B. ownerships, or lack thereof, of key material resources
C. blacks and whites who clash in pursuit of their own racial interests
D. the religious and the non-religious who clash in pursuit of their own interests
Which of the following sociologists carried out engaged and sustained research on the lives of African Americans?
A. Max Weber
B. Jane Addams
C. W.E.B. DuBois
D. C. Wright Mills
Which sociological perspective would argue that the laws reinforce the positions of those in power?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
The worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas is known as:
A. modernization
B. globalization
C. internationalism
D. None of the answers is correct
Which of the following terms is used to describe a systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem?
A. scientific method
B. social science
C. experiment
D. value neutrality
A testable statement about the relationship between two or more variables is known as a
A. correlation
B. hypothesis
C. sample
D. research design
The race of a criminal offender is associated with the frequency with which capital punishment is administered. In this example, capital punishment would be considered the
A. hypothesis
B. independent variable
C. dependent variable
D. index
A study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire that provides researchers with information about how people think and act is known as
A. observation
B. a survey
C. secondary analysis
D. an experiment
The number calculated by adding a series of valus and then dividing by the number of values is referred to as the
A. mean
B. mode
C. median
D. percentage
A sociologist decides to study the interaction among students in the college's computer center. When the students realize they are under observation, they become shy and reserved in their interactions. This is an example of
A. replication
B. secondary analysis
C. the Hawthorne effect
Erving Goffman's pioneering exploration of how advertisements portray woman as dependent upon men is an example of
A. survey research
B. content analysis
C. media analysis
D. none of the answers are correct
According to value neutrality, investigators have an ethical obligation to accept research findings even when the data run counter to
A. their own personal views
B. theoretically based explanations
C. widely accepted beliefs
D. all of the answers are correct
The totality of our shared language, knowledge, material objects, and behavior is known as
A. culture
B. society
C. socialization
D. social structure
In his research, George Murdock determined which of the following to be cultural universal?
A. war
B. astronomy
C. funeral ceremonies
In practice, globalization has led to
A. the cultural domination of developing nations by developed nations
B. people in developing nations often discarding their traditional values
C. native cultures being threatened by Western popular culture
D. all of the above
Collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable, and proper (or bad, undesirable, and improper) are known as:
A. values
B. folkways
C. mores
D. sanctions
In surveys of first-year college students over the last 40 years, which value has shown the strongest gain in popularity?
A. being very well-off financially
B. developing a meaningful life
C. achieving fame
D. finding true love
Mores are:
A. norms governing everyday social behavior, the violation of which raises comparatively little concern
B. norms that are deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society
C. enforced by the state
Within the traditional Buddhist areas of Southeast Asia, which of the following is a folkway that reinforces patterns of male dominance?
A. In the sleeping cars of trains, women do not sleep in upper berths, above ment
B. Hospitals that house men on the first floor do not place female patients on the second floor
C. On clotheslines, women's attire is hung lower than that of men
Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm are known as
A. folkways
B. mores
C. values
A dominant ideology is a
A. set of cultural beliefs and practices that legitimates existing powerful social, economic, and political interests
B. subculture that rejects societal norms and values and seeks an alternative lifestyle
C. specialized language used by members of a group or subculture
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism?
A. People from many African cultures being surprised at the racial antagonisms in the United States
B. People from India being repelled by the common American practice of living in the same household with dogs and cats
C. People from the United States being surprised by the social welfare programs in Europe
When individuals, either alone or in groups, question, challenge, resist, cope with, and sometimes, change social structures and institutions. The concept of human agency confirms the fact that individuals are not helpless in the face of social structures
Global Apartheid
An international system of minority rule whose attributes include: differential access to basic human rights; wealth and power structured by race and place; structural racism, embedded in global economic processes,, political institutions and cultural assumptions; and the international practice of double standards that assume inferior rights to be appropriate for certain "others," defined by location, origin, race, or gender
Liberation Sociology
The use of knowledge obtained from the study of society to challenge social structures which deny equal rights and opportunities to members of socially oppressed groups
Social Location
One's position in society based on family background, race, socioeconomic status (SES), religion, and other relevant social characteristics
Social structures are the underlying regularities in how people behave and interrelate with one another. Structure refers to those aspects of social life that appear to be beyond our control; outside contraints
the ability to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society
The scientific study of society: the scholarly discipline concerned with the systematic study of human social relations, groups, organization, and societies; the study of group life and those aspects of individual lives that are affected by social interaction
Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions
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In 1726 a cathedral bearing the name of the Apostles Peter and Paul was built on the spot where one made of wood had been constructed in the middle of the 16th century. People nicknamed the cathedral the Hanging Gardens of Kazan because of the large amount of stone-like plasterwork adorning its walls. This outstanding example of Baroque architecture was made thanks to merchant Ivan Mikhlyayev, whose house (now Kazan's oldest civil building) is located nearby.
Parishioners financed the repair of the cathedral several times following a number of fires. The cathedral was in a seriously dilapidated condition when it was renovated between 1888 and 1890. Plasterwork was repaired and the foundation was raised. Its present-day appearance is what has been preserved since then.
After the 1917 Revolution the cathedral became the center of the Orthodox community and relics and church items from different closed churches were collected here. In 1938 it was decided to turn the cathedral into an anti-religion museum and lecture hall. However, instead of this, the party archives were housed here. It later was used as a planetarium and also as restoration workshops. It was only in 1989 that liturgical services began again.


1. Financial crises may cause the collapse of the currency of a country, as was previously seen in Greece and Latin American countries; however, this could happen only when the banking system and particularly the central bank of a country lacks sufficient foreign exchange reserves to intervene and maintain the value of its own local currency, and when a country fails to adopt corrective policies. In Lebanon, the BDL balance sheet shows that the BDL has acquired $43 billion in net foreign assets and $12 billion in gold (see BDL website) by the end of October 2017. It's true that local bank deposits in foreign currencies at the BDL are the main source of BDL's foreign exchange assets, but these deposits are considered domestic liabilities rather than foreign liabilities and have long-term maturities ranging from seven to thirty years. It's a serious misinterpretation to consider, as some analysts do, that these bank deposits are foreign liabilities rather than domestic liabilities in foreign currency, by overlooking the maturity period of these deposits. This distinction is important to make, and it is made by all international financial institutions and credit assessment agencies as it follows International Monetary Fund accepted classification of assets and liabilities.
Banks obtain most of their foreign currency assets from customer deposits in foreign currencies. These resident deposits in foreign currencies are considered domestic liabilities rather than foreign liabilities. Banks in turn deposit some of these accounts at BDL which are also considered domestic liabilities in foreign currencies in the balance sheet of the BDL, and not foreign liabilities. Confusing domestic liabilities in foreign currencies with foreign liabilities is a very serious error which leads to the wrong conclusion that the BDL does not have sufficient net foreign assets to intervene in the market to maintain the value of the Lebanese Lira. While the contrary is true, central banks, except in oil producing countries, procure their foreign reserves from the domestic banking sector. Therefore, net foreign assets of BDL are quite substantial to comfortably intervene in the foreign exchange market to maintain the stability of the Lira.
2. Assessing Lebanon's need for foreign currencies and the extent of its availability to complete external transactions are also important, and can be done by evaluating the balance of payments performance. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, the balance of payments has recorded annual deficits averaging $1.8 billion over the past five years. If the situation persists as is, BDL would have sufficient liquidity to cover the balance of payments through its foreign assets for another 24 years without even resorting to the use of its gold reserves. Additionally, commercial banks possess about $21 billion in foreign assets, which permits them to finance the balance of payments for another 12 years. Therefore, the banking system has an abundance of foreign assets to finance the balance of payments and maintain the value of the Lebanese Lira.
3. The question that could be raised is what might cause Lebanon to have a financial crisis and experience a forced currency collapse. This can only happen if citizens and local institutions lose confidence in the Lebanese economy and banks at a large and unprecedented scale, which ultimately leads to massive outflow of foreign exchange and a "meltdown" of the banking system. Is this possible? This scenario is very imaginative and requires the loss of most of the foreign assets currently in the banking system, and is surely unrealistic when we consider Lebanon to be a country that attracts foreign capital worth 10 to 13 billion US dollars annually.
4. Another question that arises relates to where the Lebanese will transfer the foreign currency funds they have deposited in Lebanese banks. To Western banks? The investor finds that the return on his/her investments in advanced Western markets is much lower than the rate of return in Lebanon by about 4 percent. This is the investor's choice, but he/she finds Lebanon to be a lucrative option. The high interest rate differential is a magnet for the inflow of capital and other transfers into Lebanon and has been taking place for decades. It's only during the peak of the civil war years that Lebanon suffered a severe devaluation as the government lost control over all of its revenue sources, and relied largely on printing Lebanese pounds to finance its spending on all sectors (education, the army and police, health, etc.). Financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund have been supportive of the governments pegged exchange rate policy. Only a major security threat could destabilize the exchange rate, one that's even larger than the impact of the 2006 War.
5. Rather than reflecting the monetary policy of Banque du Liban, the high yield (interest on deposits) in Lebanon has several other prime reasons: The high fiscal deficit which led to the accumulation of debt and the need for financing since the early '90s; the adoption of a fixed exchange rate (a governmental decision) which requires high interest rates to attract inflows of foreign capital and create reserves to maintain the fixed currency peg; and the unstable political and security situation due to the Syrian crisis, the closure of borders, and internal disputes. These factors combined raise the risk of investing in the Lebanese market and raised the domestic interest rates on all financial assets and liabilities, resulting from the normal risk valuation. This is typical of similar cases such as Turkey and other countries with a higher risk profile, especially political risk.
6. Another recurring question is whether the $78 billion gross public debt (equivalent to 145 percent of the 2017 domestic income) could lead the country into a fiscal crisis that could lower the value of the Lebanese Lira. Lebanon experienced in the past a much higher public debt ratio that reached 180 percent of the national income in previous years. Lebanon did not undergo a monetary crisis then. The Lebanese economy has both the ability and willingness to finance and refinance debt, which in turn signifies market confidence in government bonds. Additionally, 95 percent of Lebanon's public debt is local debt and the remaining 5 percent is funded externally, mostly from international and regional financial institutions, and from bilateral official country sources. Countries that had financial crises historically had substantial foreign debt.
7. Is the current fiscal deficit, estimated at about $4.5 billion in 2017, a possible cause of financial collapse? State revenues have been exceeding primary expenditures (expenditure less interest payments – debt service) for the past four years. Had there been no debt service, a surplus in the budget could have been recorded ranging between 1 and 2 percent of income. This is an important indicator showing that the current fiscal situation is healthy hadn't the country accumulated debt in previous years. Furthermore, the fiscal outcome in Lebanon can easily be improved if we were to solve the electricity crisis and the fiscal subsidy burden behind it. A number of other sources of overspending can be fixed , which could improve the fiscal outlook. These include mismanagement of other subsidies, serious over-employment in many public agencies, and corruption at many levels and in public procurement in particular.
Finally, I call for avoiding hasty conclusions about Lebanon's risk of plunging into a financial crisis, a conclusion that stems from the apparent lack of comprehension of factors affecting financial markets. The Lebanese financial situation is not the same as that of Greece, as some believe. Greece lost its reserves and defaulted on its debts to European banks. The Lebanese debt is mostly local and more than half of it (61 percent) is in Lebanese Liras issued by Banque du Liban. While this does not mean that we do not require reforms in several areas, there is a difference between the need for reform and being at the brink of a monetary crisis that will impoverish the Lebanese citizens. Improving the fiscal situation is urgent and fundamental, as is addressing the shortcomings in all public services, the electricity sector in particular, which also makes increasing tax revenues necessary to maintain and strengthen financial solvency.


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Summer Reads: True To You by Becky Wade
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Earlier this spring I downloaded a new novella by Becky Wade. Then Came You is written in a fun format–epistolary (no, I can't pronounce it!), which is all letters, journal entries, texts and phone calls–and I loved it! It's a prequel to Becky's new Bradford Sisters series. So when True to You, the first book in the series came out in late May, I was all over it…until life intervened. Between baseball, deadlines, family stuff and an upper respiratory infection, I struggled with time.
Last weekend, however, I read True to You, and it's a great summer read! Becky's books are warm, witty and emotional. I laugh. I cry. I fall in love. This book is no exception. The late twist and emotional ending will leave you satisfied. I highly recommend reading the prequel novella, Then Came You, either before or after book one because it gives you valuable insight into the family as a whole and to the sisters' history. Best of all, the novella is free (Click HERE if you're interested)! Here's a little bit about True to You.
After a devastating heartbreak three years ago, genealogist and historical village owner Nora Bradford decided that burying her nose in her work and her books is far safer than romance in the here and now.
Unlike Nora, former Navy SEAL John Lawson is a modern-day man, usually 100 percent focused on the present. However, when John, an adoptee, is diagnosed with an inherited condition, he's forced to dig into the secrets of his ancestry.
John enlists Nora's help to uncover the identity of his birth mother, and as they work side-by-side, this pair of opposites begins to suspect that they just might be a perfect match. But can their hope for a future survive their wounds from the past?
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Becky's a California native who attended Baylor University, met and married a Texan, and settled in Dallas. She published historical romances for the general market before putting her career on hold for several years to care for her three children. When God called her back to writing, Becky knew He meant for her to turn her attention to Christian fiction. She loves writing funny, modern, and inspirational contemporary romance! She's the Carol Award, INSPY Award, and Inspirational Reader's Choice Award winning author of My Stubborn Heart, the Porter Family series, and the Bradford Sisters Romance series.
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A Temporary Father
When he becomes guardian to his friend's troubled ten-year-old boy, firefighter Drew Gannon knows he needs help. But before he can get former social worker Lauren Pierce to agree, he's got to prove he's changed from the sports jock who gave her a hard time back in high school. Returning home, Lauren wants no part of her old profession. She only wants to forget the unspeakable tragedy she left behind. She can't take responsibility for another child. Or a reunion with Drew—no matter how generous he's become. But a desperate boy and his handsome guardian may be more than Lauren can resist…
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Kings of the Sun is a 1963 DeLuxe Color film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes filmed in Mazatlán and Chichen Itza. The film marks the second project Thompson completed with Yul Brynner within a year — the other being Taras Bulba.

Plot
Balam (George Chakiris) is the son of the ruler of a Mayan city-state whose people use wooden swords (with obsidian edges). His father is killed in battle against metal-blade armed rivals led by Hunac Ceel (Leo Gordon). Balam succeeds to the throne, but is convinced by his advisers, including the head priest, to lead his followers away from the Yucatán, sail to the American Gulf Coast region, so they might regain their strength and fight again another day.

Balam's party comes to a coastal settlement with many boats. Balam wants the population of the settlement to join him with their boats. The settlement's chief agrees if Balam agrees to marry his daughter, Ixchel (Shirley Anne Field), and make her Queen. Balam agrees.

The new land they arrive in across the Gulf is a province occupied by a Native American tribe led by Black Eagle (Yul Brynner). They are none too pleased about these strange, uninvited immigrants. In a small raid to capture one of the Mayans, Black Eagle is wounded and taken captive to the Mayans' fortified settlement. Balam's love interest Ixchel tends to the Indian's wounds and gains an interested suitor, one who is more forthcoming with his love for her.

Balam is under pressure to resume their custom of human sacrifice by sacrificing Black Eagle. Balam has always been against the policy of human sacrifice and sets Black Eagle free.

Eventually, the two leaders agree to coexist in peace. However, due to jealousy, they quarrel over Ixchel and the Native Americans depart, just as Hunac Ceel finds Balam and his people. Hunac Ceel's army mounts a furious attack, but is eventually defeated by the united front of Indians and the transplanted Mayans. Black Eagle is killed in the fighting, resolving the love triangle.

Cast
 Yul Brynner as Chief Black Eagle
 George Chakiris as Balam
 Shirley Anne Field as Ixchel
 Richard Basehart as Ah Min
 Brad Dexter as Ah Haleb
 Barry Morse as Ah Zok
 Armando Silvestre as Isatai
 Leo Gordon as Hunac Ceel
 Victoria Vetri as Ixzubin
 Rudy Solari as Pitz
 Ford Rainey as The chief

Production
The Mirisch brothers, United Artists and Yul Brynner had enjoyed a success collaborating on The Magnificent Seven and signed a three picture film deal in 1961. Walter Mirisch wrote in his memoirs that Kings of the Sun began when Arnold Picker of United Artists read an article about Mound builders of Mexico. Since Seven had been set in Mexico, he thought Brynner would be ideal for a film about the Mexican Indians and Brynner was enthusiastic. Mirisch commissioned an original treatment for a film from Elliott Arnold which theorised about what happened to the Mayan civilisation and who built the mounds in the present-day USA specifically as a vehicle for Brynner. It supposes that over a thousand years ago the Mayans fled to the area of present-day Texas where they exchanged technology with the local Indians.

The movie was originally known as The Mound Builders. Brynner liked the treatment so much he agreed to make it as the first movie as part of his three-picture deal.

Arnold wrote the original screenplay. Walter Mirisch says he was unhappy with it and got James Webb to write a new draft. Lewis Rachmil was hired to produce.

Anthony Quinn was originally named as Brynner's co-star. Lee Thompson signed to direct as part of a four-picture contract with the Mirisches.

Brynner ended up appearing in Flight from Ashiya for the Mirisches before Kings of the Sun; that film co-starred George Chakiris, who also had a multi-picture contract with the Mirisches, and he would re-team with Brynner on Kings instead of Quinn. Thompson had Shirley Anne Field under personal contract for two films and she was cast as the female lead.

Filming started 3 January 1963 and wound up 5 April.

"The picture has something to say about capital punishment and peaceful co existence", said Brynner shortly after filming completed. "I think it is one of the best jobs Lee ever directed. He doesn't just use thousands of extras; believes audiences don't care any more unless the story is one of relationships among people. And Lee has an extraordinary talent for sweeping from the spectacular to the personal story."

Thomson had previously made a film about capital punishment, Yield to the Night and said Kings of the Sun dealt with a similar theme. "About 98% of those who see the picture will say it is a story about Mayan civilisation and how sacrifice is wrong", predicted Thompson. "Two percent however will say the director is drawing a modern parallel with capital punishment, that he has made another film against capital punishment. And I shall be delighted."

Reception
Walter Mirisch later reflected:
Kings of the Sun was not successful, either critically or commercially. It wasn't made for the right reasons, and that is most often an insuperable handicap. Our creative team lacked passion for what we were doing and its commercial values could not overcome that. Not being enthusiastic about it, I should have taken a position. By just letting the project move from one stage to the next, I allowed it to progress further than it should have. Arnold Picker was enthusiastic and kept pushing it, but the problems of making the film and its content were not his responsibility. I always blamed myself for its failure. I had thought of it as a vehicle for the star power of Yul Brynner, who was an important international star by then. But that was not a good enough reason for doing a film about which I had serious misgivings.

Critical response

Critics tended to receive the film negatively because of its overly ponderous and melodramatic presentation. The New York Times film critic, Bosley Crowther, gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Miss Field seems a pallid specimen among the redskins, but she fares better than poor Richard Basehart. As the high priest of the Mayans, swathed in dirty dresses and adorned with a mountainous gray wig, he looks exactly like the late Maria Ouspenskaya.  J. Lee Thompson, the director who foisted last year's Taras Bulba on unsuspecting Christmas audiences, has done it again."

Novelization
A tie-in paperback novelization of the screenplay, by Harold Calin — a ubiquitous paperback novelist of the era, best known for his novels of men at war — was commissioned by Lancer Books and released to coincide with the release of the film. Its text occupies 122 pages of very small print (typical of the period) and the copyright is © 1963 Mirvish Company. The price on the cover: 40¢.

See also
List of American films of 1963
 Maya warfare
 Whitewashing in film

References

External links

1963 films
1963 adventure films
American adventure films
Films scored by Elmer Bernstein
Films directed by J. Lee Thompson
Films set in Mesoamerica
Films set in Mexico
Films set in pre-Columbian America
Films set in the 13th century
Films set in the United States
Indigenous cinema in Latin America
United Artists films
1960s English-language films
1960s American films

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ELON, N.C. – Elon University senior tight end Doug Warrick will have an opportunity to perform for professional scouts at this weekend's NFL Regional Combine in Baltimore.
During his senior season, Warrick caught 17 passes for 128 yards. He posted a season high in receptions (four) and a career high in receiving yards (41) at New Hampshire in early October. Over the course of his four seasons in the maroon and gold, Warrick caught 71 balls for 512 yards and three touchdowns in 46 games. He set a career high with six receptions for 37 yards and a score against Wofford in 2013.
Stated Elon head coach Rich Skrosky, "I am happy for any of our players who have the opportunity to continue their playing career after Elon. Doug has worked extremely hard, particularly in changing his body, and I wish him the best as he takes on this next challenge."
The Hamilton, N.J., native will participate in one of six NFL Regional Combines. To participate in the combine, players must be eligible for the 2016 NFL Draft and have played collegiate football during the 2015 season. The NFL launched the regional combine program in 2012 to serve as a supplement to the league's National Scouting Combine. Participants are tested and reviewed by experienced NFL scouting personnel. A player's measurements and combine results, including video of their drills, are compiled and entered in to a database accessible to all 32 NFL clubs.
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Apple's new iTV or Apple TV 3 has been hugely anticipated for months now after Steve Jobs biography quoted that he had finally cracked it. The iTV as its now being dubbed has two possible forms, the TV set (actual screen) and a set-up box (like the Apple TV 1 and 2) with the first being more likely. So what's going to be on this thing? What route is Apple going to go on this? Allow me to go over what I think will happen, including the price, release and features.
First the price and possible release. There are going to be three different sizes. One small, one medium and one large. It will be black with a white Apple logo on the bottom and back. The sizes will range from 29-31 inch for low end, 38-40 inch for medium and a 49-52 for a high end. The prices would go from 499 to 999 to 14-1699 respectively. The Apple cinema display will go down significantly in price if it were to even sell at all. Of course these are just educated guesses and they could be higher or lower than that. The product maybe mentioned in the iPad 3 launch keynote but that is unlikely considering Apple likes to keep their keynotes focused on one thing. The fact that it might release this year probably won't happen at all. Apple likes to have it's products released separately from each other so people don't choose one over the other since people can only afford maybe one or two Apple purchases a year depending on the product. There are three ways they can go about releasing it. One, they could announce alongside the iPad 3 since the iPad 3 could indeed be a controller for it. Two, they could have the iPad 3 come out now (which is what's happening anyway) and have the TV be released in Late 2012. Three, they could have iPad 3 come out now and iTV this time next year. I believe that Apple will want to prove it can still kick butt after Steve so it will probably do the second option with iPad 3 come out now, MacBook Pros come out in early summer, maybe as early as April. The OS X Mountain Lion coming out in the summer and the iTV in the Winter. All this and an expected complete refresh of its iPod line. iPhone 5 is also expected. The Mac Pro is also either to be cut or seriously upgraded. Would it be too much to ask for iOS 5.3 by the time all this is done. It certainly sounds like 2012 will be an incredibly busy year for Apple, perhaps their busiest yet. But, I digress, let's get back to the iTV, more specifically the features.
What will it be?: The TV will be an actually TV this time instead of a box like Apple TV. This will prove to be very good choice for Apple considering the features that are not only discussed but are wanted by its customers.
Specs: The iTV will be insanely thin, more than likely one of their most yet. It will have to be about the thickness of the iPad 1. It may be closer to the iPad 2 thickness but don't count on it since the iTV will probably be jam-packed with awesome specs that the thickness of an iPad 2 just couldn't handle, at least not yet. It will have a really good SSD hard drive. It will be able to contain much information, possibly 250-500 GB. It will have a really good processor to able to handle insanely great graphics, possibly retina display capabilities, I know for a fact that that is higher than the current high of 1080p. It is unknown and unforeseeable if Apple will make its own TV service like AT&T or just make a TV that can be used for one of these services. The first option seems a lot more likely than the first.
Siri: First Siri will be put into the TV. It will allow you to search things on safari or youtube, it can also respond to commands like "record The Apprentice" or "tune to the Animal Planet" or simply "Animal Planet". There are two ways to go about doing controlling. A remote control by itself is out of context. Siri will need to be put into the iTV. Apple can either have a touch screen remote that you talk into. The remote transfers what you said to the TV. It can also have no remote, have Siri and another feature like a motion sensor. I personally believe that the second option would be better. Allow me to explain.
Apps and Games: The only gimme of the iTV is that it WILL have an app store for it. These apps will have to be controlled. Siri alone will not be able to this. It could be able to search things on Safari or YouTube, but telling Siri to "move bird directly back at 37 degrees then fire the bird at those pigs". That simply wont work. This is where he motion sensor comes in. The sensor will be able to turned on off with a simple command. A game like fruit ninja already has this kind of ability. I would not expect Call of Duty games to reach the iTV if they are to do this. You'll have to rely on your iPad 3 to mirror to the TV. The iPad 3 just might be able to handle MW2 or 3. Who knows?
iCloud: This is a total gimme since its already on their iOS devices and about to be in all the Macs as well with OS X Mountain Lion. The functionality of iCloud paired with the TV will allow the TV to be able to show photos, play music, play your iTunes movies . It will also sync with the safaris of your Mac and iOS devices to keep your bookmarks across devices.
Internet services: As I mentioned before, there will be a Safari for the iTV. There will also be separate YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter apps. Like iOS it will have Twitter, and probably Facebook in it, allowing you to post what you're watching when you're watching it. It will have its own separate app store. It will have its own iTunes app, allowing you to purchase not only music but movies as well. TV shows will not be necessary. Apple may cut its TV show section of its iTunes store entirely as not to create conflict.
How will Apple get these TV show companies to participate in making yet another TV service? Easy, Apple has an incredible consumer base (it is the most valuable company in the world). TV show producers see that Apple has this base and they will be able to participate. They will do it the way Verizon and AT&T did it, but probably in less time.
If Apple is to make these TVs, they will become their most innovative and creative yet. They will probably become one of Apple's main source of income along with iOS devices. I believe Apple will be able to pull it off and over time it will have the majority of the TV market.
What do you believe Apple will do with their upcoming iTV? What do you think of the ideas mentioned above? Do you think there are other features besides the ones I mentioned? What do you think Apple will do with its future products (New MacBook Pro, iPad 3, it's new line of iPods, Mac Pro etc.)?
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Nico says
These are great ideas apps and Internet would be perfect for it along with the other ideas mentioned. I look forward to seeing what apple is going to do this year.
jguliiani says
I look forward to what they're doing too! It will be interesting to see how well they do without Steve Jobs
Siri alone will not be able to this. It could be able to search things on Safari or YouTube, but telling Siri to "move bird directly back at 37 degrees then fire the bird at those pigs"
I lol'd hard 🙂
This is where the Kinnect-like feature comes in, refer to motion sensor. But, yeah, could you imagine playing angry birds via Siri, just isn't happening, or fruit ninja
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Fast group rides tend to be around three hours at 19+mph with no cafe stop, although this varies according to who turns up. A coffee stop once back in Hertford is a fairly regular occurrence.
The rides are mostly social in nature, but are longer and usually at a more challenging pace than our Sunday Club Runs, so are ideal for training for sportives or other events, as well as just getting out on your bike over the weekend. If you are new to cycling these rides will be a great way to learn about riding in a group from more experienced riders. Routes and destinations are usually decided by consensus on the day, mostly heading North to explore the lanes and cafes of Hertfordshire, although forays East into Essex and West to the Chilterns also do creep onto the agenda, particularly in the summer months.
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Q: ActiveMQ: Not enough cluster members when using LevelDB replication I'm trying to configure ActiveMQ to use a LevelDB with two zookeeper instances on the same machine. Here is the activeMQ configuration:
<persistenceAdapter>

  <replicatedLevelDB zkAddress="localhost:2181,localhost:2182"

      directory="${activemq.data}/leveldb"  replicas="2"

      hostname="localhost"/>

</persistenceAdapter>

On the Zookeeper side, I've configured two servers with the following configurations.
Server 1:
tickTime=2000
initLimit=10
syncLimit=5
dataDir=/home/user1/z1/zookeeper-3.4.6/data
clientPort=2181
server.1=localhost:2888:3888
server.2=localhost:2889:3889

Server 2:
tickTime=2000
initLimit=10
syncLimit=5
dataDir=/home/user1/z2/zookeeper-3.4.6/data
clientPort=2182
server.1=localhost:2888:3888
server.2=localhost:2889:3889

The I've created the file myid under the data folder containing "1" and "2" on each server. Zookeeper starts correclty and from the logs I can see that servers are discovered.
The problem is that ActiveMQ discovers just one node of the two, as indicated by this message:
2015-05-26 22:45:31,938 | INFO  | Session establishment complete on server example.com/127.0.0.1:2182, sessionid = 0x24d91f53ba50000, negotiated timeout = 4000 | org.apache.zookeeper.ClientCnxn | main-SendThread(example.com:2182)
2015-05-26 22:45:32,831 | INFO  | Not enough cluster members connected to elect a master. | org.apache.activemq.leveldb.replicated.MasterElector | main-EventThread

Any help ?

A: I was facing the same issue and found the solution at activemq mailing list
Basically all broker nodes in activemq using zookeeper should have the same broker name.

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Labor Day is a time for all Californians to appreciate the contributions of working people, and ensure that we are doing everything we can so that the next generation of California workers can earn a livable wage and provide for their families.
Jobs and the economy must be at the forefront of our politics, and our state's next set of leaders should be focused on supporting good jobs that offer a pathway to the middle class.
That is particularly true in the Central Valley, which has lagged behind other parts of the state in job creation and growth. Too often, policies made in Sacramento are crafted to benefit coastal communities, while those in the heart of the state are an afterthought, or left behind completely.
The Central Valley's rich history of oil and gas production has helped power our growing economy, enhanced and enriched our lives in ways most don't recognize and provided good, honest careers. Oil production in the San Joaquin Valley accounts for more than 52,000 jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in business sales, according to research conducted by economists at Cal State University, Fresno.
We are on the heels of a dramatic revolution in our society. We are transitioning from the heavily industrial economy of the 20th century to one where the technology and service sectors are dramatically expanding. This shift has created exciting new opportunities, but has also led to division within our society. Too often, those in high-wage tech jobs are able to live by one set of standards, while many new jobs in the expanding service sector barely provide a living wage.
This new economy tends to fracture along regional ethnic lines as well, with Latinos, African Americans and other diverse groups disproportionately stuck with service jobs, and left out of the high-wage tech jobs. While coastal cities are booming, inland areas of California lag behind on everything from job creation to wage growth.
Our industry continues to offer a pathway for many people who do not have college degrees or are otherwise at risk of being left behind in the new economy. It continues to be a way for thousands of workers who are not pursuing higher education to earn a good living wage, have a career and provide for their families.
And as the demographics of California have changed, the make-up of our workforce – unlike some other higher-wage industries – has changed along with it. Nearly one-third of the oil and gas workforce is Latino. For example, in the tech industry, a driver of high-wage jobs, that number is just 7 percent.
Change has also been dramatic in the energy sector. Californians have moved away from coal-based power to new energy sources, including natural gas and renewables. In addition, better technology and workplace practices have allowed us to continue to produce oil in ways that offer unparalleled levels of safety and protection for workers, the environment and our local communities. Through these advances we have rolled back greenhouse gas emissions and sustained our quality of life while growing our economy. We should remember however that every policy proposal delivers benefits and costs, and we cannot dismiss the impact of policies that artificially raise the price of daily necessities on millions of Californians who struggle to make ends meet.
A diverse, local energy supply is central to sustaining a vibrant, inclusive society. We need an economic agenda that rewards workers and promotes their quality of life, as well as the environment. Too often, public policies are made with an all-or-nothing approach. In order to address all or nothing agendas without creating energy poverty, we must work together on a common-sense discussion. One that sustains local energy sources, combined with a local workforce, that benefits all Californians and still enables us to achieve our ambitious environmental goals.
So this Labor Day, and every day, let's focus on California's workers who contribute so much to our economy and society and who are still working to get their piece of the California Dream. Their families deserve the good jobs and the ladder to the middle class that California's oil and gas companies provide.
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Ever been misgendered by a barista? The LOL Word is transforming comedy
This queer collective proves there's a place for comedy that isn't straight or male with a heart-rendingly hilarious Edinburgh show
Cool and charismatic ... Jodie Mitchell in The LOL Word at the Edinburgh festival. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/the Guardian
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Jodie Mitchell is slowly moving around the stage, blowing into a microphone. Playing God, Mitchell puffs heavily, so as to clear an imaginary cloud, before pointing out some of the omnipotent deity's more questionable creations, from the bee sting to the – what's that? Ah, yes, the fragile male ego. Mitchell, cool and charismatic throughout, exhales loudly on to the invisible patriarchal mindset, which responds by crying like a baby. The audience erupts with laughter.
This is the LOL Word, a collective of queer female and non-binary comedians founded at the Edinburgh festival three years ago by five friends who were all bored by the male-dominated comedy industry. Alongside Mitchell, they are Chloe Petts, Chloe Green and comedy duo Shelf (Rachel Watkeys Dowie and Ruby Clyde, who have produced the current show from afar). There's also a changing lineup of special guests. Their name, as many queer women will know, is a play on the infamous TV series The L Word.
The group's sold-out Monday night show is a snapshot of life without patriarchy and queerphobia. Certainly, the explosive success of The LOL Word, which has also been selling out shows in London, points to a lack of inclusive comedy. "Women and non-binary people were craving comedy that wouldn't actively upset them or just be completely unrelatable every single time someone walked on stage," Mitchell tells me.
Refreshing and revitalising ... Chloe Green in The LOL Word. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/the Guardian
It's hilarious, slick and smart, with heart-rending insights into the performers' personal experiences as they put a microscope to the bleak intersection of misogyny and homophobia. This is, explains Mitchell on stage, a way for them to process their trauma.
The audience of mostly lesbian and queer people are left emboldened by the evening. The only person looking slightly uncomfortable is a token male audience member called Andrew, who was bold enough to sit on the front row and is soon ridiculed by Petts and Green. That the collective aren't completely PC is stressed to me before their show, with Mitchell quipping: "We offend people all the time; it's just that it's the straight, white cis guys."
Petts, who is MCing, opens with a heartwarming sketch about her supportive mum, before explaining how embracing her masculinity means that she sometimes gets misgendered in public places such as coffee shops. The howling that meets her story about correcting a barista for calling her "sir" is indicative of how relatable this content is to the crowd. She is confident, laid-back, casual – and very funny.
An ode to queer subcultures ... Chloe Petts in The LOL Word. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/the Guardian
Elsewhere, Green mixes a maverick comedic cocktail that's simultaneously wholesome, witty, insightful, graphic and cutting. Everything she pours out is lapped up, from jokes about being invited to a nude lesbian oil party to her former job running the Labour party's social media channels. At one point, she's reduced to tears when the crowd readily sings Lou Bega's Mambo No 5 at her request, before she embarks on a feminist lyrical analysis of the track, noting how it doesn't pass the Bechdel test. Ironically, she adds, the pornographic film 2 Girls 1 Cup does.
It ends with a special guest: singer-songwriter Grace Petrie, whose well-received political songs map the essence of the show. Her appearance is a reflection of The LOL Word's high standing among LGBTQ+ women and non-binary comics (other guests this fringe include Suzi Ruffell, Sophie Duker and Sarah Keyworth).
The LOL Word kicks back against years of demeaning jokes about women and the LGBTQ+ community. This is all about punching up, not down, as Green tells me after the show. As a lesbian, it's refreshing and revitalising to watch: they are energetic and exciting, oozing with passion. The LOL Word is proof that you don't have to mock the marginalised to be funny. They're an ode to queer subcultures: butch, femme, and whatever else they want, really.
At the Gilded Balloon at Old Tollbooth Market, Edinburgh, until 25 August.
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In deze echte sprintersetappe reden er acht renners op kop: de Belg Olivier Kaisen, de Duitser Dominik Roels, de Italiaan Daniele Pietropolli, de Fransman Alexandre Pichot en de Spanjaarden José Alberto Benitez, Juan Javier Estrada, José Toribio Alcolea en Pablo Urtasun. Op 10 km van de streep werden de acht gegrepen, en in de straten van Salamanca kwam het tot de verwachte spurt, die lichtjes bergop liep. Groene trui Mark Cavendish, die al 2 etappes en de ploegentijdrit op zijn naam schreef, was weer de snelste van het pak, voor Juan José Haedo en Manuel Cardoso. Hij verstevigde zo zijn leidersplaats in het puntenklassement, en won zo zijn 25e etappe in een Grote Ronde. De andere klassementen bleven ongewijzigd.

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Bountiful bake shop featured in Discovery Channel movie
Dec 09, 2021 08:51AM ● By Tom Haraldsen
Filmmakers used their magic to transform a July afternoon into a December day on the corner of Main and 100 South. Photos courtesy of Ali Regan, Sweet Cake Bake Shop.
BOUNTIFUL—Main Street in downtown Bountiful is always festive at least twice a year – during the Christmas season of course, and usually for a few days in July or August. That's when Hollywood often comes to town, creates fake snow, and begins making Christmas movies.
This year was no exception.
Producers of "Candy Coated Christmas," which began streaming on the Discovery Plus Channel and The Food Network on Nov. 19, set up shop to shoot scenes in and around the Sweet Cake Bake Shop at 96 South Main Street. Owner Ali Regan, who opened her popular gluten-free bakery at that address in September, let crews shoot several interior scenes in her store even while it was under construction. The film stars Molly McCook, Aaron O'Connell and Ree Drummond, perhaps best known as The Pioneer Woman from her popular cooking show.
"The producers began scouting out locations last spring, looking for a cute little 'Main Street USA' type location," Regan said. "When they found out about my bakery, and how much Ree loves to bake, which is what she's known for on Food Channel, the stars more or less aligned."
"As luck would have it, a new bakery was weeks from opening in (Bountiful) where we shot the movie, and the owner let the movie production use the space for several days," Drummond said in a release. "It was decorated so beautifully, it actually gave me some fun ideas for The Merc!" She was referring to The Pioneer Woman Mercantile store she owns in her hometown of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
McCook plays a woman who returns to her late mother's hometown after her plans to start a business get derailed. She comes from a wealthy family but finds herself in a bit of a money predicament that ultimately leads her back to her hometown, called Peppermint Hollow. Once back in the town, she is befriended by Drummond, who owns Bee's Bakery. McCook soon meets eligible bachelor O'Connell, and in true made-for-TV film tradition, romance and some chaos ensues.
Regan handed over her bake shop for a couple of weeks. Producers wanted to use her equipment to create baked goods for the film, but because her bakery is totally gluten-free, "they had to bring in product from outside sources." She said the cast and crew were great to work with, particularly Drummond.
"She was so sweet and so nice," Regan said. "She's exactly the same person that you see on her Food Channel series. She really reflects happiness and positivity."
Local filmmaker T.C. Christensen was cinematographer for the film, which also employed local actors and crew members. Co-producer Ryan Little is well known in Utah for the 2003 film "Saints and Soldiers," a story of a Latter-day Saint serviceman who was part of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. Filming was also done at a country home in Midway.
"Candy Coated Christmas" is the Food Network and Discovery Plus' first scripted original movie.
Arts+Entertainment, News Dec 10, 2021