Peterborough Trading Standards is warning residents to be on their guard following a spate of complaints regarding doorstep sellers offering loft insulation.
The cold callers often claim that it will "add substantial value to the house and save you a great deal of money".
The prices quoted are very high, often in excess of £3,000.
Helen O'Driscoll, police community safety officer in Peterborough, said: "We strongly advise that residents say "NO" to all doorstep cold callers - if no sales are made in the area they are less likely to return.
. Use your door-chain or door-bar when answering the door and install a door viewer and an outside light. If you have a video doorbell then make sure you check and remember you can speak to any caller via the audio function.
. Ask to see the caller's identity card and check it thoroughly. If you feel unsure ask the caller to wait on the doorstep while you phone the company to check. It is good to have a list of key contact numbers (utility companies) by the phone so you can check out callers using reliable contact numbers for them.
. Lock the door whilst you go and phone (don't forget the back door also) and don't open the door until you are totally convinced. Anyone who is genuine will not mind you doing this.
. Don't let callers put pressure on you to let them in. Call a neighbour or the police (via 101) if you are suspicious of them.
. If in doubt - keep them out.
Cold callers have in the past attempted to trick their way into people's homes with the intention of stealing money or property. These people often work in teams of two or more and they usually prey on people who are elderly or vulnerable.
Bogus callers can be anyone and use many different guises to gain entry to your home, often pretending to be council officials, workmen from the gas or water board, or even the police.
If a crime is happening or someone refuses to leave your home, always call 999 immediately.
If you would like any further information or advice on cold callers or think you may have been a victim of a rogue trader then email helen.odriscoll@cambs.pnn.police.uk or contact Helen via 101.
For information on the Peterborough Neighbourhood Watch Association, email info@peterboroughnhw.uk or go to www.peterboroughnhw.co.uk.


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Marie Laetitia Calmeyn (* 6. September 1975 in Brüssel) ist eine belgische römisch-katholische Theologin.

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Laetitia Calmeyn war nach einer Ausbildung in Krankenpflege zunächst von 1996 bis 1999 als Krankenschwester in Palliativmedizin in der Deux–Alice–Klinik in Brüssel tätig. Sie graduierte 2002 in Theologie und 2004 in kanonischem Recht am Institut für Theologische Studien in Brüssel. Am Päpstlichen Institut Johannes Paul II. für Studien zu Ehe und Familie in Rom wurde sie 2009 mit der Dissertation "Das Wort in der Geschichte und die Symbolik der Handlung. Essay über die theologischen Prinzipien und Grundlagen der Moral nach dem Werk von Pater Albert Chapelle SJ" in Theologie mit Auszeichnung promoviert.

Von 2009 bis 2018 lehrte Laetitia Calmeyn am Collège des Bernardins in Paris und war Außerordentliche Professorin für theologische Anthropologie und grundlegende Moraltheologie an der Fakultät Notre Dame.

2018 wurde sie von Papst Franziskus zur Konsultorin der Kongregation für die Glaubenslehre ernannt, ebenso wie Michelina Tenace und Linda Ghisoni.

Laetitia Calmeyn steht im Stand einer Geweihten Jungfrau in der Diözese von Paris; die Weihe in Notre-Dame-des-Victoires fand am 23. Juni 2013 statt.

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Ab 1998 engagierte sie sich bei der Gemeinschaft von La Viale («Communauté de La Viale»), einem Projekt der Jesuiten, für die Organisation von Exerzitien für Jugendliche (1998–2001) und unterrichtete Katholische Religion an der Europäischen Schule in Brüssel (1999–2000). Calmeyn gab zwischen 1998 und 2009 verschiedene Kurse, beispielsweise der Enzykliken Veritatis splendor und Evangelium vitae für Nachwuchsmanager, ein Seminar über das Johannesevangelium für die Klarissen im Kloster in Malonne bei Namur und moraltheologische Kurse für die Gemeinschaften von Jerusalem in Brüssel.

Sie hat zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Arbeiten veröffentlicht.

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 Webseite Laetitia Calmeyn (Collège des Bernardins) (französisch)

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Römisch-katholischer Theologe (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Paris)
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Belgier
Geboren 1975
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Daniel Ladinsky s stunning interpretations of 365 soul nurturing poems one for each day of the year by treasured Persian lyric poet Hafiz The poems of Hafiz are masterpieces of sacred poetry that nurture the heart, soul, and mind With learned insight and a delicate hand, Daniel Ladinsky explores the many emotions addressed in these verses His renderings, presented here iDaniel Ladinsky s stunning interpretations of 365 soul nurturing poems one for each day of the year by treasured Persian lyric poet Hafiz The poems of Hafiz are masterpieces of sacred poetry that nurture the heart, soul, and mind With learned insight and a delicate hand, Daniel Ladinsky explores the many emotions addressed in these verses His renderings, presented here in 365 poignant poems including a section based on the translations of Hafiz by Ralph Waldo Emerson capture the compelling wisdom of one of the most revered Sufi poets Intimate and often spiritual, these poems are beautifully sensuous, playful, wacky, and profound, and provide guidance for everyday life, as well as deep wisdom to savor through a lifetime.
When I first bought this I had no idea that the author had taken liberties with the translations to try and make them more hip and contemporary. Batting averages and prom queens do not belong in Hafiz poems. Just, no.
The author states in the introduction that there are many paths to Hafiz, as in the many ways this Persian poet's work can be interpreted and translated. Hafiz's wonderful poetry contains double meanings and Daniel Ladinsky's take on it is superb. Ladinsky himself resides in the pages along with Hafiz himself. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this clever poetry written with a slight edge and an off-the-wall wit. This was my second Hafiz book, having read "The Gift". I am planning on a third.
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Unequal Access Rankles Tenants
Posted on May 4, 2014	by Daniel Fitzsimmons
Another Upper West Side building denying rent-regulated tenants access to amenities. This story was originally published May 4 in the West Side Spirit.
In another example of high-end buildings giving some low-rate renters short shrift, rent-regulated tenants at 845 West End Avenue recently told the West Side Spirit they do not have access to the building's fitness center like their market-rate co-op owning counterparts do.
Gloria Zicht was born in the building, and after moving around in the years following college returned in the 1960s to her family's rent-regulated apartment, living there ever since. About five years ago, many of the building's 90 or so units were converted into co-ops, and tenants who did not have any rent protection were pushed out. Those that do have protections said they've been barred access to amenities that have recently been built, including a fitness center and a children's playroom.
"It's in the building, it shouldn't be something that's just set aside for condo owners," said Zicht. "You have to have a card or a key or something."
Zicht said both she and her daughter, who lives with her, would use the gym if they were allowed to.
Zicht showed a reporter down to the basement where, behind a locked door that appeared to open only with keycard access, several treadmills and weight machines could be seen through a square window at eye-level. Next to the fitness center was a playroom that had the same locking mechanism located next to the door.
The prewar building, at 103rd Street and West End Avenue, is managed by Atlas Capital Management, who did not return requests for comment. Zicht said she approached a managing agent about opening up the fitness center to all the tenants but so far has seen no indication that they would do so.
"It just has a nasty feel to it, to set it up this way," said Zicht.
Rent-regulated tenant Phyllis Dolgin said even though she goes to a nearby gym for free, it's the principle that she disagrees with.
"I'm just finding out about it now," said Dolgin, who called the policy unfair. "I'd like management to be more open about it."
A rent-controlled tenant named Moncef Bensedrine confirmed that neither he nor his children are allowed access to the fitness center. When asked if the policy is upsetting to him, Bensedrine said, "very much so."
"Of course I'm not happy, my kids also," he said. "I live in the building and other people use the facilities and I can't."
Bensedrine said he thinks the gym facility should be free for all the tenants to use. "The rent's high enough already," he said.
A fourth tenant confirmed the practice to the West Side Spirit. "It's a fact, I'm one of them," said the tenant, who declined to give his name, when asked if he had heard of the policy.
"It sort of separates out the people in the building," he said. "I've only been in this building for about 10 years but when I moved in there was a real friendship and spirit among people in the building, and then they booted out all the people that weren't regulated. Now, people don't talk to each other in the elevator, it's strange."
Eight-forty-five West End Avenue is the latest building on the Upper West Side where rent-regulated tenants said they're treated differently than market-rate tenants. Last summer, it was revealed that a 270+ unit project being pursued by Extel Development at 40 Riverside Boulevard would include a separate entrance for tenants of the 55 affordable units that were to be included in the deal.
Building owners sometimes use amenities such as pools, gyms and gardens to lure market-rate tenants, preventing regulated tenants from enjoying the same luxuries as their neighbors. Critics say such practices amount to segregation and have no place in New York's housing market.
Stonehenge Village, an apartment building on West 97th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, also bars rent-regulated tenants from its gym, as does Lincoln Towers at 142 West End Avenue.
Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal recently lent her support to a 1,189-unit apartment building on West 57th Street, provided that tenants in the 200 rent-regulated units have equal access to all the amenities offered in the building, among other concessions agreed to by developer TF Cornerstone.
"Every single resident regardless of how much they pay in rent should have access to amenities in a building," said Rosenthal.
Rosenthal told the West Side Spirit that she and fellow council member Mark Levine are also exploring legislative options to prevent such practices.
Do you live in a building with unequal access to amenities for rent-regulated tenants? What's your opinion on such policies? Email news@strausnews.com and your letter could appear in the West Side Spirit.
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama was in Dallas recently for one of the stops on her "Becoming" book tour and just before her appearance at the American Airlines Center on Monday night, she gave a group of Texas High School Girls a surprise they will never forget.
According to KWTX News 10's Julie Hays, Obama surprised the group of teens who gathered at the first young women's leadership conference held at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas by stopping by and talking with them about everything from learning to tune out the negative on social media, to life in the public eye.
The small group of girls were having a breakout session during the conference and they had read Obama's memoir "Becoming" but had no idea that the former First Lady would surprise them with her presence. Obama would later address the full group of 150 students in attendance from 9 schools in the Dallas area and gave them tickets to her 8:00 PM appearance in Dallas Monday night.


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No Season 2 for the cheerleading drama.
It is being reported that Dare Me has been cancelled by USA Network after just one season. The sad news comes just under two months after the cheerleading drama aired its freshman finale on the cable network.
The series takes place in the world of competitive high school cheerleading, following two best friends whose relationship is fractured by the arrival of a new coach and a shocking crime rocks their small Midwestern town.
While the series is a co-production with Netflix, it does not appear the streaming giant is interested in taking the series over for future seasons. It is being reported, however, that producer Universal Content Productions will be shopping the series to other platforms.
@Aethn
Ahem..the main girl was the black girl from a humble background, the rich girl with daddy issues was the supporting character...just saying...
Becky Pouliot
I cam understand why it was cancelled. The acting was horrible. It could have stood a chance with better actors and writing. Oh well, on to the next show.
Aethn
Easily one of the worst shows for last year. The main girl was a boring, drunk, bi-polar rich girl with daddy issues. Oh yeah that was exciting. The Coach was a ex-cheerleader cheating on her husband with the EX-Quarterback and the other main Cheerleader could not figure out if she was a lesbian in love with her coach or wanted to kill her coach.
TERRIBLE SHOW !!!
C'mon Netflix, give it a go. Season 2 please
Trent Carter
I'm glad! I watched up until episode 4 and this show was all over the place! So they can keep it! It's no need for a second season nor for them to be shopping it around to other networks! We're GOOD! Without it!
Roger G
I watched the first five minutes of episode one, and I barely kept myself from sticking my dinner fork in my eye. I'm sure some people liked it, but I would have rather bathed in battery acid and broken glass than watch five more minutes. I'm not surprised at all by the news that it was canceled.
I would appreciate one final episode to wrap up. I loved it to start but it got way too farfetched. Still the way the season ended it needed a second season or at least a last episode to tie up loose ends.
floridal
I liked this show a lot and since I haven't seen the last episode yet I was kind of wondering how they would have made a second season out of it anyway. I saw this as an event series instead of a renewable resource. The background music was really captivating most of the time and the acting was definitely up to par for a bunch of new actors I have not seen before. I really won't miss it but I'm glad to have experienced it as a one and done.
Critical Critic
A loud flushing sound was heard as another turd departs the bowl.
Brenda Anderson
Good. It is nice to see a garbage crap show go.


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BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Vowing to change the direction of the country and "write the next great chapter of America's history," Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts accepted the Democratic presidential nomination before cheering delegates at Boston's FleetCenter.
"I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty," the Massachusetts senator said Thursday night while saluting the cheering crowd of Democratic delegates that packed Boston's FleetCenter.
Kerry's speech, in which he accepted his party's presidential nomination, focused mainly on the economy and the war in Iraq. (Key points)
Kerry called the coming presidential contest "the most important election of our lifetime."
"America can do better, and help is on the way," he said repeatedly.
In an attempt to appeal to middle-class workers, he said that "wages are falling, health care costs are rising" under the Bush administration, and then promised steps to reverse that.
"I will cut middle class taxes. I will reduce the tax burden on small business. And I will roll back the tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals, who make over $200,000 a year, so we can invest in job creation, health care and education."
He also vowed to neither privatize Social Security nor cut the benefits.
But with polls showing Americans have more trust in President Bush than Kerry on national security matters, defense and security made up much of Kerry's speech.
"I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president," he said after being introduced by former Sen. Max Cleland of Georgia, a fellow Vietnam veteran, who lost both legs and an arm in the war.
"I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response," Kerry vowed. "I will never give any nation or international institution a veto over our national security.
"I will be a commander in chief who will never mislead us into war."
Kerry said that by building a stronger military and stronger alliances around the world, America will be able to tell terrorists: "You will lose and we will win."
He also said he would add more active duty troops and "end the backdoor draft of National Guard and reservists," referring to the extended tours those troops are serving.
Kerry's address -- the finale of the convention -- was enthusiastically received by the delegates, who interrupted him with more than two dozen standing ovations.
"I called my wife back home and told her, 'I think we found a president,'" said Michael Najarian, a delegate from Binghamton, New York.
Carol Summerlyn, a delegate from Portsmouth, Virginia, pronounced it "fantastic."
"I think it's clear we're all unified," she said. "This country is going to change."
On Friday, Kerry and running mate Sen. John Edwards will embark on a two-week, 21-state, coast-to-coast campaign journey that will begin with stops in three key battleground states -- Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. The Democratic National Committee will also launch a new ad campaign on their behalf.
Answering critics
In his speech, Kerry said his opponents should not call him a pessimist for offering new ideas. He also said the Republicans do not have a monopoly on the flag and patriotism.
Kerry, a Catholic, declared that though he doesn't wear his faith on his sleeve, it has shaped his life.
"I don't want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side."
In critiquing Kerry's speech, Terry Neal of WashingtonPost.com said the often stiff-appearing Kerry looked "like a normal guy."
"I thought his delivery was almost as effective as the message," Neal said.
Joe Klein of Time magazine described Kerry's "call for civility and unity in the campaign" as a gauntlet thrown down to President Bush, who has "put his name on about $80 million in negative ads."
But CNN's Jeff Greenfield was surprised by something that was almost missing in Kerry's speech.
"I really have never heard an acceptance speech where 20 years of a guy's life in the U.S. Senate is kissed off in three sentences," Greenfield said.
Kerry and running mate John Edwards acknowledge cheering delegates as the convention ends.
Those three sentences were:
"When I came to the Senate, I broke with many in my own party to vote for a balanced budget, because I thought it was the right thing to do. I fought to put 100,000 cops on the street," Kerry said.
"And then I reached across the aisle to work with John McCain, to find the truth about our POWs and missing in action, and to finally make peace with Vietnam."
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It was a family affair for Kerry in his hometown.
His "band of brothers," crewmates on his swift boat in Vietnam, spoke of his courage in battle.
Jim Rassmann, a soldier who served with Kerry, said he wasn't asked to appear at the convention Thursday night, rather, he volunteered. He said it wasn't because Kerry saved his life during the war, but because he had witnessed Kerry's "bravery and leadership under fire."
"Any one of these 12 guys will tell you, in a tight situation, when your whole future -- your whole life -- depends on the decisions of one man, you can count on John Kerry," Rassmann said.
Kerry's two daughters, Vanessa and Alexandra, and his stepson Andre Heinz, spoke of the qualities the four-term senator possesses that they said will make him a good president.
They also introduced a biographical film on the Democratic presidential nominee, narrated by actor Morgan Freeman and made with the advice of Steven Spielberg.
The convention theme "Stronger at Home, Respected in the World," was stressed in speeches from foreign policy experts, including former presidential hopeful and NATO Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark, and Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Special Report: America Votes 2004)
Biden said he believed history would judge the Bush administration "harshly for the mistakes it has made" and opportunities it has "squandered" by not enlisting the help of U.S. allies.
Clark said he respected Kerry as a fellow soldier who went to war and as a veteran who returned home to fight for peace.
He also warned delegates, "Anyone who tells you that one political party has a monopoly on the best defense of our nation is committing a fraud on the American people." (Full story)
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Kerry would "use intelligence to shape policy, not twist intelligence to justify policy."
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Analysts predict a convention bounce for Kerry but say this week represents just one step in a long campaign -- and that a lot can happen before November. (Full story)
Protesters outside the Democratic National Convention skirmished briefly with police Thursday. Police reported four arrests, but not all were related to that clash. (Full story)
After lying low during the Democratic convention, President Bush will go back on the campaign trail Friday, unveiling the broad themes of his agenda for the next four years at stops in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio, all crucial battleground states, a senior aide told CNN. (Full story)
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There is still a long way to go before the British public stops judging people by their looks, the broadcaster Fiona Bruce has said, as she unveils a new portrait of war veteran Simon Weston.
Humans are a visual species, stereoscopic and colour vision etc. Why should we stop thinking about things on hte basis of what they look like? It's rather what we're built to do…..
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So Much for Subtlety March 21, 2014 at 9:27 am
So Ms Bruce is trying to hide her panic at her fading looks (and hence the interest of men) behind a wounded war veteran?
I do not see the two cases are remotely connected. A soldier was terribly injured protecting us all. We should be ashamed to feel what is almost certainly an instinctive response to his wounds. Ms Bruce is a poppet who has made a career out of being a poppet and she pops no longer. I fail to see why anyone should care.
Ironman March 21, 2014 at 9:50 am
SMFS
Agree entirely. Give it 15 years and that piece with the legs on Coutdown will start complaining about women being judged by their looks.
And for the women reading this: no, I'm not a sexist, I work alongside female colleagues who I judge completely on their merits. But then, my colleagues haven't obtained their jobs through their looks. They are professional, they each have their charms as women, their abilities as professionals and put each in their rightful place.
As for Fiona Bruce: smile sweetly dear; I'm looking at a valued antique.
The Meissen Bison March 21, 2014 at 10:13 am
There is still a long way to go…
Yes there is. Precisely the same distance that there's always been and always will be. Fiona Bruce is mistaken in thinking that anything has changed, as her statement seems to suggest.
james p March 21, 2014 at 10:48 am
And how did Ms Bruce get her job in the first place..?
Bloke in Oxfordshire March 21, 2014 at 11:04 am
Woman Who Got Her Job on Her Looks Complains That Society Cares About Looks Now Her Looks are Fading
See also: Cameron Diaz and Sharon Stone (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2582693/Cameron-Diaz-41-rails-against-obsession-defying-nature-Oprah-Winfrey.html).
Dave March 21, 2014 at 11:37 am
"Why should we stop thinking about things on hte basis of what they look like? It's rather what we're built to do…"
Because thinking things through rather than reacting animalistically is the difference between being homo sapiens or some lower life form like Ritchie. We're 'built' to eat tasty food when we're hungry, but if we're walking past a baker's shop and smell some tasty bread baking, then realise we've left our wallets at home, we won't storm the shop and steal the bread.
Interested March 21, 2014 at 11:49 am
Dave, no-one is suggesting raping Fiona Bruce because she's fit – only that she looks quite nice on the telly. It's analogous to smelling the bread, not eating it.
So Much for Subtlety March 21, 2014 at 11:55 am
Just in passing, let's admire the intellectual genius of La Bruce:
"The contradictions are still there [in society] which is why I think feminism is still very relevant for me and it's just such a shame that it's become a byword for mustachioed, man-hating women from Lebanon."
Although I do warm to any women who allows an article to be written about her called "I'm no Career B!tch"
Dave March 21, 2014 at 12:12 pm
Interested>
"no-one is suggesting raping Fiona Bruce because she's fit"
Including me. So that makes your point, what, a straw-man takedown?
Just as we don't go from 'bread smells tasty' to 'eat bread' without any thought, so we shouldn't go from 'Fiona Bruce looks tasty' to 'give Fiona a little Brucey bonus' based purely on an endocrine response.
Anyway, the whole point kind of falls down on the fact that Bruce is a five or six at best, so clearly didn't get her jobs based on looks. Or, to put it in terms of the analogy, she's just not that tasty.
With as much money spent on slap, expensive haircuts, and designer jeans, the majority of women out there would look at least as good as Bruce.
BraveFart March 21, 2014 at 12:27 pm
In most cases, newsreaders are essentially luvvies and their opinions should be treated in exactly the same way: ie – in most cases – roundly ignored.
She's not a two-bagger, that's for sure, but distinctly average in the looks department.
Tim Newman March 21, 2014 at 12:48 pm
a byword for mustachioed, man-hating women from Lebanon
Feminists in Lebanon? WTF? Has she been there? I've never seen so much plastic surgery and superficial gold-digging in my life!
sam March 21, 2014 at 1:37 pm
The only distinction is between people who will admit to judging people on their looks and those that won't..
And yes, the Weston thing isn't really relevant to the Bruce thing. We feel horror at Weston's injuries because, in part, they are horrific injuries. They are also slightly frightening, but once people have gone through the atavistic moment of fright they will also feel slightly guilty at their own reaction (doubly so if they know how the injuries were sustained).
But as for the other, for myself, ceteris paribus, I prefer pretty girls to ugly ones. If anyone wants to disagree that's fine, but I'll probably think they're a bit odd. Happily we all have different tastes, coz that's what makes horse races, ain't it?
Interested March 21, 2014 at 1:51 pm
@Dave 'Including me. So that makes your point, what, a straw-man takedown?'
The straw man was yours, old bean – so in that sense, yes, I was taking down your straw man.
Tim wrote:
Because thinking things through rather than reacting animalistically is the difference between being homo sapiens or some lower life form
and employed the following example:
'We're 'built' to eat tasty food when we're hungry, but if we're walking past a baker's shop and smell some tasty bread baking, then realise we've left our wallets at home, we won't storm the shop and steal the bread.'
But Tim was not suggesting that it was natural for people to – if you prefer – 'storm' Fiona Bruce, but to enjoy her in a sensory capacity ('looking at her').
That is analogous to your 'smelling bread'.
It wasn't particularly complex.
Yes, we've established you can't understand at least one of basic English and basic logic. The link you're pretending exists just isn't there. Hence it's a straw man you've erected.
Sam>
"(doubly so if they know how the injuries were sustained)."
So, not bobbing for chips, then?
Dave, you're an idiot.
So Much for Subtlety March 21, 2014 at 7:54 pm
Tim Newman – "Feminists in Lebanon? WTF? Has she been there? I've never seen so much plastic surgery and superficial gold-digging in my life!"
It took me a while, but I assume she confused Lesbos with Lebanon. Easily done. I am sure there is plenty of plastic surgery and superficial gold-digging on Lesbos too. They are, after all, all Ottomans.
Bloke in Costa Rica March 22, 2014 at 3:59 am
If she'd said moustachioed man-hating feminists from Uganda, on the other hand, she be describing Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to a T.
Bloke in Costa Rica – "If she'd said moustachioed man-hating feminists from Uganda, on the other hand, she be describing Yasmin Alibhai-Brown to a T."
I don't think that is fair. Ms Alibhai-Brown is too dumb to hate anyone. Instead she got a job as a fairly non-threatening non-White face, who was not going to call for Whitey to be slaughtered in his sleep while on the BBC, who could be relied on to churn out predictably banal copy on the fairly moderate evils of Whites, men and especially White men.
If the path to success involved defending purda, the nikaab and female genital mutilation, I have no doubt she would have no problems producing endless articles praising all three. Because she is just not bright enough to have any ideas of her own.


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The Whole World Was Watching
an oral history of 1968
Rick Wilson III
Interview and story by: Keith Traver
This story is based on one of a series of interviews conducted by South Kingstown (RI) High School students in the Spring of 1998. All of the interviews were focused on recollections of the year 1968. In addition to the student's edited story below, you can find on this site the electronic transcript of the interview and a quicktime recording of the encounter , as well as a table of cues and contents .
Helicopter Pilot Extraordinaire
World War II had just begun its devastating spiral as I was starting out life. As it turns out, both were action packed. I grew up quick, but not a moment of my childhood was lost. My father was the publisher of the Narragansett Times. I learned a lot from him, more so on life than factual knowledge, although being around a newspaper for most of my childhood gave me exposure to a wide range of knowledge. My father and mother were very outgoing. Both of my parents were pilots. In fact, my mother was the first woman pilot in Rhode Island. This allowed me to get my pilot's license at the age of 16. I loved to fly. I flew every chance I could get. I wanted to join the ROTC because I wanted to fly. Not just any kind of aircraft, mind you, but only the latest and most advanced high performance aircraft.
After I graduated high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin and was first in my freshman class. If I was not studying, I was playing sports. That was my main extra-curricular activity. I played football, hockey, baseball, and I was on the rifle team. I was very good at all of them. I was the best shot on the rifle team and have the awards to prove it. I also worked on the school paper The Daily Cardinal, not to mention the ROTC, which I was involved with. I will say one thing about the kids at my campus. They all dressed on the conservative side. I, being from the East and prep schools, wore a tie and jacket.
I did not see much antiwar protests when I was there mostly because that did not start until 1968 or so, and I graduated in 1965. It all just started to build and swell until the people just started protesting everything. Mostly, it was the war and the draft. I could understand that people did not want to be drafted, but when they acted out in a violent manner, they lost credibility and meaning. Now they were just breaking the law.
ROTC was a very big part of my life. I really wanted to fly in the Marines and I knew that if you wanted to fly, you had to be an officer. I was shipped off to boot camp, which actually turned out to be a piece of cake for me. It required only a few things from a person. One needed to be physically fit. I was. A soldier needed to be mentally tough. I was. One had to follow orders. I did. It was not that hard for me. I just kept my nose clean and got through it all. In addition, I was one of the best shots that they had, so that helped me out.
Officer Training School was like twelve weeks of hell. We got very little sleep, very little time to eat, and very stressful situations. At boot camp, they try to make a person feel good about being a Marine and being in the armed forces. However, at Officer Training, they pushed soldiers to the limit and then over the limit repeatedly in order to weed out all those who could not handle the pressure. It was one of the hardest times in my life, but I made it through.
I was living life as usual. I did not intend to get married. I planned to go into the service and have a good time; however, life sometimes throws a curve ball. I was visiting a local Catholic girls' school, when I met Sharon Colleen McCarthy. As soon as I saw her, I knew that I wanted to marry her. We dated a lot through graduate school,and when I came back [from flight training in Pensacola], we got married.
Most of the time I served in the north of Vietnam. I served about 120 miles south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), and also right along the DMZ. The DMZ was one of the most active places in Vietnam. There was a lot of combat and activity. For about seven months, I was aboard a DMZ ship patrolling the area. Then I spent the last six months in Quang Tri. Basically, my entire service was spent flying med-evac, recon, and re-supply missions. The helicopters that I was flying could carry about fifteen people, but in Vietnam, we carried about eight. I also did some search and rescue of pilots along the DMZ. By the end of my service, I had accumulated over a thousand hours in combat. Pretty impressive, if I do say so myself.
Being a med-evac pilot, I saw a lot of action. I had a lot of fun doing it though. I have always loved to fly and when one is in a combat situation, restrictions aren't a concern. I flew hard core, to the max, all out every time. The times when you need a med-evac helicopter is when there are sick or wounded men or men who need to retreat out of a given area. I was shot at every time I went out there. I feel very lucky, though, because I was only shot down three times and I never received any injuries from them. I had men who were injured, but I never was. I also never had any deaths on any of my crashes.
I loved my time over there. Some of my best friends were ones that I met in Vietnam. There really was not a lot of racism or discrimination among the guys there. It was a time of war and you could not afford to be fighting among yourselves while fighting the enemy as well. The men were a close knit group because each person had a job that was vital to the success of the unit. You had the responsibility of someone's life in your hands. If you were a mechanic and you were boozing and goofing off, and something broke because of you, you could be responsible for many deaths. People drank, but it was all in moderation. If you had to do a job, you did it with the clearest mind and sharpest wit.
I felt the women had a rough time [in Vietnam]. The only ones we came across were nurses but, even still, it was rough, and that is not just from a medical standpoint. The living conditions were harsh and rugged. One of the main problems they had was a lack of privacy. They were women trying to live in a man's world over there, and it was a tough job for them. I felt as if they were able to bring together all of their courage and strength and do their job.
Looking back now at my whole military experience, I really loved it. Being in the military taught me many skills -- leadership, duty, honor, pride, responsibility, respect, and self-dependency. I was the youngest major in the Marine Corps and one of the most highly decorated Marine Corps pilots. I had a great and promising career ahead of me and I would have stayed in except my wife died. The only thing I missed in Vietnam was my wife and child. The thought that kept me going was that I knew that I was doing something positive and saving lives. I felt as if my talents as a pilot were put to good use. Several hundred Marines owe me their lives. If I had to make a decision whether or not I would do it all over again, I still would.
I felt that we were right to be in Vietnam. What we were doing there was good. The war was conducted in a lousy manner. The problem was that all the wrong people were making all the decisions. If they had just stood back and let the military fight, it would have been over a lot quicker. They would not let us use the weapons that we had. We won the war if you look at it from a personnel standpoint, or a body count standpoint, or from an economic standpoint, but they won it politically.
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In 2016, the Board required Health + Hospital's Correctional Health Services (CHS) produce an access report in order to monitor compliance with Minimum Standards on Health Care and Mental Health Care and identify strengths of the system as well as major barriers to care. The Board of Correction worked closely with CHS to develop a series of access to care metrics.
In April 2016, CHS started producing monthly access reports using data from its electronic health records. The report monitors each month's approximately 55,000 scheduled health and mental health visits, 10,000 sick call visits, 4,000 health intakes, 600+ mental health referrals, and various other health encounters. The report looks at metrics at each of the twelve facilities and overall. Nationally, this is the most comprehensive real-time reporting on health and mental health care access in jails.
With these metrics, the Board, CHS, and the Department of Correction (DOC) are now better equipped to monitor access and intervene where necessary. CHS and DOC have developed an associated action plan that will guide their collaborative work to improve access.
In the spring of 2017, the Board and CHS reviewed and updated the access report to include:
description of a wider range of services, including nursing, social work, dental;
new data on medical intakes;
detailed data on unscheduled services, including emergencies, injury evaluations, and non-intake lab collections; and
more accurate reasons for missed visits, allowing for better identification of underlying barriers to access
The new report format, implemented in May 2017, will be further updated as the Board continues to work with CHS and DOC to add information on substance use services, the number of people requesting sick call, and details on why individuals were not produced by DOC for scheduled services.
In 2019, CHS migrated to a new electronic health record system. CHS suspended its production of access reports from June to March 2020. In March 2020, CHS resumed production of its monthly access reports, with updates and changes to metrics and metric description. The report is now provided quarterly, broken out by month. For more details, please read CHS' March 2020 memo detailing revision to the access report.
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What makes you think you can teach us how to lead?
That is the question a student asks his college professor on the first day of the leadership course. A fair and brave question to ask of the experienced teacher standing in front of the lecture hall. If you were the professor, how would you respond?
Today I read an article (Who Can Teach Leadership?) in the Harvard Business Review by Gianpiero Petriglieri, a college professor in Organizational Development. In the article he does admit that indeed no student ever asked this question. Yet he is insightful to imagine such a question and how he would respond.
I too have taught leadership. We sat in a conference room for days reviewing theory, best practices and assessments detailing our leadership style. We were in pursuit of the ideal and I was the fool standing in front of the room. Honestly I do not know how I would have answered that question years ago standing in front of that workshop group. Today I would be excited to hear such a question, much like the author of this article.
How do we learn about leadership? By leading. By following.
By gaining one experience after another.
Yet there is more. We learn by our exposure to others who lead and yet are different from us. Their style is different. Their approach is different. Their results are different. This exposure allows us to check our own leadership practices and critically test ourselves. A good leader-in-training is a skeptic. He or she questions knowledge and beliefs as presented. What is true for me? What is my unique expression of leadership?
By the way, we are all leaders-in-training. This skepticism should stay with us for life. As the article points out, while skepticism is useful, cynicism is not. Be critical and evaluate. Do not prejudge and assume the worse.
What makes me think I can teach you about leadership? Here is my story … the path I have taken. What can you take from it? I work to earn your trust and I listen to your story. I commit to broaden your experience and then help you to pause, think and decide on your next step. I walk this path with you.
I do not teach leadership. We learn together.
Thanks Lou. I appreciate you reading.


In September 2018, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,200.5 billion yuan, up by 9.2 percent year-on-year nominal growth rate (the real growth rate was up by 6.4 percent after adjusting for inflation). The follows are nominal growth rates if there?¡¥s no additional explanation). Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods of units above designated size was 1,276.2 billion yuan, increased 5.7 percent.
From January to September, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 27,429.9 billion yuan, up by 9.3 percent year-on-year. Of the total, the retail sales of consumer goods of units above designated size was 10,479.2 billion yuan, increased 6.9 percent.
In terms of different areas, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,706.9 billion yuan in September, up by 9.0 percent year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 493.6 billion yuan, up by 10.5 percent year-on-year. From January to September, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 23,471.7 billion yuan, up by 9.1 percent year-on-year; while that in rural areas was 3,958.2 billion yuan, up by 10.4 percent.
In terms of different consumption patterns, the catering services in September gained 344.7 billion yuan, up by 9.4 percent, year-on-year. The retail sales of goods gained 2,855.8 billion yuan, up by 9.2 percent. From January to September, the catering services gained 2,976.3 billion yuan, up by 9.8 percent, year-on-year; the retail sales of goods gained 24,453.6 billion yuan, up by 9.2 percent.
The retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size in September was 1,196.2 billion yuan, up by 5.6 percent year-on-year. From January to September, the retail sales amount of goods of units above designated size was 9,809.9 billion yuan, up by 6.9 percent year-on-year.
From January to September, the national online retail sales of goods and services was 6,278.5 billion yuan, increased 27.0 percent year-on-year. Of which, the online retail sales of physical goods was 4,793.8 billion yuan, increased 27.7 percent, accounting for 17.5 percent of the total retail sales of consumer goods; of the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and other commodities went up by 43.8, 23.3 and 27.7 percent respectively.
From January to September, among the Retail Sales of the Enterprises (units) above Designated Size, supermarket, department store, professional shop, specialty store went up by 7.3, 4.6, 8.6 and 4.4 percent respectively.


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Algarrobo – miasto w Kolumbii, w departamencie Magdalena.

Miasta w Kolumbii


Huda Beauty gave us some new mini palettes! She is launching two NEW Mini Obsessions Eyeshadow Palettes in Gemstone & Coral Obsessions on Tuesday, 5.01! We've posted about the previously launched Obsessions Palettes as well as the dupes from Bad Habit. These new palettes bring some much needed shimmer to the mix! Our assumption is that these palettes will also be $27 just like the others and available at Sephora.
When these first launched, they were soooooo raved about! It seems like most people were super into the formula and especially the gorgeous, cohesive color stories in each palette! We never ended up grabbing one just because we are kind of exclusively Ulta shoppers and these are only sold at Sephora but we DID grad the Bad Habit After Hours palette which is a dupe for the Mauve Obsession palette from the first launch and OMG we LOVE it! Plus, it's more than half the price of the Huda one sooooo it's totally worth it! But these originals do have a lot going for them – for one, they are SUPER TINY! Like, very mini (the Bad Habit palettes are not nearly as small).
Also, for 9 shadows, I think $27 is a totally fair price. These new color combos are also freaking stunning! I'm mostly eyeing the Gemstone palette only because the warm-toned thing is kind of played out at this point and we basically all have a palette with those shades & tones already. I wonder if Huda will continue to add to this line consistently?! The options are endless, we can't wait to see what else is to come!


Also a bit of trivia for you dimwitted - redwoods do not burn either.
The implication is that redwoods do not burn because eucalypts do not burn as per the article.
However, this statement deserves the added, "If you're pathetic enough to believe the pathetic article you linked to..." because eucalypts are highly flammable and in Australia are called "gasoline trees"and "can turn a small ground fire into a terrifying, explosive firestorm in a matter of minutes."
Like many plants native to fire-prone regions, eucalyptus trees (aka gum trees in Australia) are adapted to survive — or even thrive — in a wildfire.
Fallen eucalyptus leaves create dense carpets of flammable material, and the trees' bark peels off in long streamers that drop to the ground, providing additional fuel that draws ground fires up into the leaves, creating massive, fast-spreading "crown fires" in the upper story of eucalyptus forests.
Additionally, the eucalyptus oil that gives the trees their characteristic spicy fragrance is a flammable oil: This oil, combined with leaf litter and peeling bark during periods of dry, windy weather, can turn a small ground fire into a terrifying, explosive firestorm in a matter of minutes.
That's why eucalyptus trees — especially the blue gums (Eucalyptus globulus) that are common throughout New South Wales — are sometimes referred to wryly as "gasoline trees."
Angry Little Ant does stupid again.
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Dr. Rainer Nagel (born 20 February 1963) works as a teacher in English and History at Humboldt School Wiesbaden and as a research assistant at the department of English Linguistics at the University of Mainz.
"Verschiedene Interpretationen eines Textes als Grundlage von Übersetzungsstrategien: Die 'alte' und due 'neue' deutsche HdR-Übersetzung"
"'The New One Wants to Assimilate the Alien.' Different Interpretatons of a Source Text as a Reason for Controversy: The 'Old' and the 'New' German Translation of The Lord of the Rings"
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Q: Does git cherry-pick -n and git commit equal to git add and git commit For example, currently in branch master and status is clean:
A:
echo "test" >> README.md
git add README.md && git commit -m "asdf" ## commit id: AAAA

Then CommitDate and AuthorDate is same
B:
git checkout -b asdf
echo "test" >> README.md
git add README.md && git commit -m "asdf" ## commit id: BBBB
git checkout master
sleep 100 && git cherry-pick BBBB

Then CommitDate and AuthorDate is different
Instead of B, if I do C:
C:
git checkout -b asdf
echo "test" >> README.md
git add README.md && git commit -m "asdf" ## commit id: CCCC
git checkout master
sleep 100 && git cherry-pick -n CCCC && git commit -m "asdf"

Then CommitDate and AuthorDate is same
Except the hash id, are A and C same essentially? Is there anyway to figure out a commit is done by A or C??

A: In C you are doing git cherry-pick -n CCCC and then git commit -m "asdf" the -n flag for cherry-pick denotes a no-commit which means that the cherry picked commit from the other branch are not committed but the necessary changes of the commit are made in the current working branch. So a new commit is made when git commit -m "asdf" is done.

-n or
  --no-commit : Usually the command automatically creates a commit. This flag applies the change necessary to cherry-pick the named commit to
  your working tree and the index, but does not make the commit. In
  addition, when this option is used, your index does not have to match
  the HEAD commit. The cherry-pick is done against the beginning state
  of your index.
This is useful when cherry-picking more than one commits' effect to
  your index in a row.

In B you are doing git cherry-pick BBBB without the -n flag and so the commit is automatically made with the commit from A.
So in C, the commit id refers to the commit made by C.
In B, the commit id refers to the commit made by A.

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Posted on August 8, 2017 by Register Herald
Seniors get down at the fair
By Kelsey Kimbler - kkimbler@aimmedianetwork.com
The Grange hosts a Senior Dance every Thursday night, but in celebration of the Preble County Fair's Senior Day, Preble County Council on Aging brought the dance to Rotary Junction on Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Kelsey Kimbler | The Register-Herald
EATON — Preble County Council on Aging has been hosting the Senior Dance at the Fair the past three years. While they hold the ever popular Senior Dance every Thursday night at The Grange, for fair week they hold the dance on Senior Day (when Senior Citizens get into the fair for free), which fell on Wednesday, Aug. 2.
According to Preble County Council on Aging Marketing Manager Holly Steele, the normal Thursday night dance is the biggest activity that happens for seniors on a weekly basis in Preble County. On average, approximately 90-100 participants attend every week. Sometimes there's an attendance of more than 120.
The ages of people who attend, on average, are 23-103 and even older.
The weekly dance has been happening for the past four years. It's inexpensive to attend, with an admission fee of $3 and every menu item only $1.
There is live music every week by the Silvertones.
The Fair Dance simply brought the normal dance to Rotary Junction.
Judy Smith is the President of the Participants Council and has been involved with the Thursday night dance for years. "This dance was started by the Participants Council, which is a group of the senior citizens," Smith said. "We meet once a month and we started it for activities for the seniors – something they could enjoy and relax. We also have homemade food, $1 a portion, at The Grange every Thursday."
"We started out for the benefit — the exercise — of the seniors. What we didn't realize is how much a success it would be," she added. "It's 100 percent of the money that goes back to the Senior Center to go for Meals on Wheels and transportation. Last year we were able to donate over $15,000 from this dance. So, while we started it for recreation and socialization of the seniors, we had no clue at that point we would also we benefiting the Center at the same time. It's a two-fold for us, we love it."
"We are normally on Thursday night, but since it's Senior Day at the Fair, we get in for free and tonight it's a free dance and free transportation," Smith said. "We believed we had a good thing going, as a lot of people do. We wanted to involve a lot more people.
"We love this, we enjoy it. Come out to see us at The Grange — and the Senior Center is the greatest place, you need to come see us!"
http://registerherald.aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/08/web1_1Dance4.jpgThe Grange hosts a Senior Dance every Thursday night, but in celebration of the Preble County Fair's Senior Day, Preble County Council on Aging brought the dance to Rotary Junction on Wednesday, Aug. 8. Kelsey Kimbler | The Register-Herald
http://registerherald.aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/08/web1_1Dance6.jpgKelsey Kimbler | The Register-Herald
kkimbler@aimmedianetwork.com
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