text:
When senior Matthew Eckerberg was in his fourth period blue day class, he realized that it would be the last time he would ever sit in those desks. He realized that high school is ending and his last few days were upon him.
"The fact that high school is ending didn't finally hit me until Friday when I realized it was our last four blue class ever," Eckerberg said. "It was a really special class to everyone in it."
While graduation is nonetheless exciting, but also rather scarly, the seniors are are also seeing it as a great achievement. Salma Silva has been looking forward to graduating since she started high school.
"I feel extremely relieved and happy that I'm graduating," Silva said. "I also feel really proud of myself for getting here."
Silva thinks that graduation is an important thing that everyone should celebrate. As high school has its peaks and valleys, graduation marks it as a poignant moment in everyone's lives; a reminder of all that hard work.
"I think graduation is important to celebrate because getting through high school is not easy for everyone. It takes a lot of work and patience to make it through all the way and do well."
Graduation is a bittersweet time for many of these seniors. While many are excited to leave, they also feel bitter about leaving their school and their friends.
"That's definitely what I'm most afraid of while graduating," Eckerberg said. "While most closest friends still plan to do weekly gaming sessions or something just to stay in touch, there are a lot of people that you get to interact with in high school, but not enough to want to stay in touch with them once they leave. It's sad to think that the one kid you always said 'hi' to in the hall but not much else is someone you're not gonna ever see again." Eckerberg is attending the University of Wyoming while planning on studying Computer Engineering and Music.
Ava Marez would agree with this feeling.
"I'm so excited to leave and experience new things with new people, but at the same time, this school and my peers have been good to me, so it's kind of sad to see it end." Marez said.
Marez thinks that the idea of not being around her friends as much will be sad, but she's rather hopeful for getting an opportunity to see them again.
"I'm so close with my friends, but I'm also ready to meet new people and luckily, most of my friends are going to UNL so they'll still be close if we ever want to do something." Marez is attending Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Amongst Marez, many of these seniors are hoping to have new experiences and try new things while in college. Silva is planning on going to the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and majoring in Psychology.
"I know that everyone, including myself, has so much in store for them when they finally leave for college," Silva said. "I'll be happy that I get to meet new people and have new experiences."
The correlation between mental illness and creativity


text:
/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
*/
package javax.faces.component.html;

import javax.faces.component.UIInput;

/**
 * see Javadoc of JSF Specification
 *
 * @author Thomas Spiegl (latest modification by $Author: grantsmith $)
 * @version $Revision: 472555 $ $Date: 2006-11-08 18:30:58 +0100 (Mi, 08 Nov 2006) $
 */
public class HtmlInputHidden extends UIInput
{
    //------------------ GENERATED CODE BEGIN (do not modify!) --------------------

    public static final String COMPONENT_TYPE = "javax.faces.HtmlInputHidden";
    private static final String DEFAULT_RENDERER_TYPE = "javax.faces.Hidden";

    public HtmlInputHidden()
    {
        setRendererType(DEFAULT_RENDERER_TYPE);
    }

    //------------------ GENERATED CODE END ---------------------------------------
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The ultimate undetectable ghost immobiliser, no leds, no transponders and no fob. The Autowatch Ghost immobiliser protects your car from key-cloning, hacking, and even key theft. The only way a thief could take a Ghost protected car is by physically towing it away, even then they will never be able to drive it!
The Ghost is a unique, next generation device that secures your vehicle without the need for cutting wires or after market key fobs. The unique keyless ghost immobiliser uses the buttons in your vehicle such as those on the steering wheel, door panels or centre console, to allow you to make a unique, changeable, PIN code sequence that must first be entered before you can drive your car. Without the correct PIN the car will not start. The Autowatch Ghost Immobiliser system cannot be over-riden via the OBD port.
We fit across the South Wales region from West Wales to Monmouthshire. We never use sub-contractors and all our engineers are fully trained and have many years of experience. We pride ourselves on our products and services and that's reflected in our many testimonials.


text:
Q: QuickBooks (Mac) Chart of Accounts has an empty column with a blue ball heading QuickBooks 2014 (Mac)
I'm simply looking for an explanation of an empty column in my Chart of Accounts.  Its header is nothing but a blue ball.  Hovering and clicking this column heading reveals nothing.  Googling leads nowhere except extreme frustration.
Please explain what this empty column is supposed to represent.  Thank-you.

A: According to the Intuit user forum, this column would indicate which account(s) are setup for online banking.
IMO, a good GUI would automatically hide this column when no accounts are setup with online banking, or at the very least, show a tooltip when hovering over the heading.
EDIT:  After activating the "guide me" function, and waiting a bit of time, a tooltip eventually shows up and explains this column.  However, there doesn't seem to be a way to remove the empty column.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


For sale is the acceptable condition Nikon Laboratory 8X - 40X Objective Stereo Zoom Binocular Microscope. This microscope works and all the knobs are smooth to turn.
There are some dusts inside the glasses but no mold in the glasses. This microscope is well used so it has sign and wear and paint loss here and there. We are NOT claim it as "mint" or "excellent" condition.
Please refer to the listing pictures for detail condition. This is a metal solid microscope and it weights around 9-10Ibs. The sale comes with the microscope only. Everything in the 1st and 2nd listing pictures are included, anything not in the 1st or 2nd listing pictures is NOT included. The item "Nikon Laboratory 8X 40X Objective Stereo Zoom Binocular Microscope" is in sale since Thursday, July 27, 2017. This item is in the category "Business & Industrial\Healthcare, Lab & Life Science\Lab Equipment\Microscopes".seller" and is located in California.


CDK Global, Inc. (NASDAQ) surged 1.79% yesterday to close its trading session at $56.24. The company has 1 year Price Target of $67. CDK Global, Inc. has 52-Week high of $71.71 and 52-Week Low of $44.01. The stock touched its 52-Week High on 71.71 and 52-Week Low on 44.01. The stock traded with the volume of 1.43 Million shares yesterday. The firm shows the market capitalization of $7.13 Billion.
CDK Global, Inc. (NASDAQ) reported its last quarterly earnings on 9/29/2018 where the firm reported its Actual EPS of $0.89/share against the analyst consensus estimate of $0.88/share. The difference between the actual and expected EPS is $0.01 a share with a surprise factor of 1.1%.
The firm is trading with SMA20 of 9.72 Percent, SMA50 of 13.81 Percent and SMA200 of -3.98 percent. CDK Global, Inc. has P/S value of 3.11 while its P/B value stands at 0. Similarly, the company has Return on Assets of 12.7 percent, Return on Equity of -105.2 percent and Return on Investment of 20.1 Percent. The company shows Gross Margin and Operating Margin of 48.7 percent and 27.4 percent respectively.
The 5 analysts offering 12-month price forecasts for CDK Global Inc have a median target of 67.00, with a high estimate of 80.00 and a low estimate of 55.00. The median estimate represents a +19.13% increase from the last price of 56.24.
Bottomline Technologies (de) & Inc. provides collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company's solutions are used to streamline, automate and manage processes involving payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and transactional documents. It's Paymode-X settlement network as a technology solution to expand the banks' treasury management offerings both domestically and around the globe. Paymode-X enables financial institutions to offer comprehensive payables solutions for their corporate customers to convert their paper-based payments to electronic payments quickly and easily. Bottomline Technologies (de) & Inc. deep experience in cyber fraud risk management solutions to launch a new payment fraud solution for members of the SWIFT payment network.
The 8 analysts offering 12-month price forecasts for Bottomline Technologies (DE) Inc have a median target of 59.50, with a high estimate of 88.00 and a low estimate of 47.00. The median estimate represents a +27.14% increase from the last price of 46.80.
According to Zacks Investment Research, Bottomline Technologies, Inc. has a Consensus Recommendation of 2.13. (The Scale is from 1-5 where 1 means Strong Buy and 5 means Strong Sell).
The Stock surged 2.93% and closed its last trading session at $46.8. The company has the market capitalization of $1.92 Billion. The stock has 52-week high of $74.05 and 52-Week low of $35.53. The firm touched its 52-Week high on 74.05 and 52-Week low on 35.49. The company has volume of 508254 shares. The company has a total of 41.09 Million shares outstanding.
Bottomline Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ) in the last quarter reported its actual EPS of $0.35/share where the analyst estimated EPS was $0.35/share. The difference between the actual and Estimated EPS is $0. This shows a surprise factor of 0 percent.
The company has YTD performance of -2.5 percent. Beta for Bottomline Technologies, Inc. stands at 0.98 while its ATR (average true range) is 2.28. The company has Weekly Volatility of 4.56%% and Monthly Volatility of 3.96%%.
Bottomline Technologies, Inc. has distance from 20-day Simple Moving Average (SMA20) of -1.49%, Distance from 50-Day Simple Moving Average of -3.38 percent and Distance from 200-Day Simple Moving Average of -14.71%.
The Company currently has ROA (Return on Assets) of 1.5 percent, Return on Equity (ROE) of 3 Percent and Return on Investment (ROI) of 1.3% with Gross margin of 56.2 percent and Operating & Profit margin of 1.4% and 2.2% respectively.


Congratulations to our 2017 Preceptor of the Year Award winners!
The Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy received a tremendous amount of feedback from both its first- and second-year cohorts. The Office of Experiential Education collected dozens of nominations for Preceptor of the Year, and it was an exciting challenge for the Awards Committee to make its final decision.
There were many spectacular candidates, and this year, the committee selected four recipients representative of the different types of pharmacy practice experiences that the students had over the course of the year – Community Chain, Institutional, Community Independent and Specialty/LTC.
The Office of Experiential Education, along with the students who nominated the award recipients, presented the Preceptor of the Year Awards at the Preceptor Appreciation Dinner. The celebration took place in The Greenhouse at The Grove, one of Tyler's hottest new venues. It was an incredible evening of food, live music, and networking with friends and colleagues.
Dr. Nic Garner is the pharmacist-in-charge at the CVS Store on South Broadway in Tyler. Photographed alongside Dr. Garner is P2 student, Mr. Cody Gill.
Dr. Tina Collins is a staff pharmacist at Longview Regional Medical Center in Longview. Photographed alongside Dr. Collins is P1 student, Mrs. Lindsey Bell.
Mr. Stacy Cody is the owner and pharmacy manager of Cody Drug in Sulphur Springs. Photographed alongside Mr. Cody are P1 students, Mr. Oneill Niyomugabo, Ms. Enelize Perez and Mrs. Lindsey Bell (from left to right).
Mr. Ray Haley, Jr. is pharmacist-in-charge at PharmScript of Texas North in Tyler. Photographed alongside Mr. Haley are P2 students, Mr. Jesse Chavez, Ms. Meri Tesfay, and Ms. Carley Johnson (from left to right).


For people living in Toronto and surrounding areas, we offer professional over-the-air (OTA) HD TV antenna installation.
FREE local HD TV channels for life!
As TV service providers and telecom companies charge ever higher fees, Canadians are paying more and more for their monthly packages. You can choose to do nothing and continue to pay these fees, or you can choose to get an over-the-air antenna to receive free HD channels. This is the first step towards total freedom from monthly bills, hidden fees, poor service, and restrictive contracts. The choice is yours.
Note: There is an extra fuel charge for addresses outside of the City of Toronto, Brampton, Markham, Mississauga, and Vaughan. This is calculated at the rate of $0.50 per kilometre from our postal code, M3K 2A2.
Greater Toronto and surrounding areas, including Ajax, Aurora, Bolton, Bowmanville, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Brampton, Brock, Burlington, Caledon, Claremont, Clarington, Concord, Dundas, East Gwillimbury, East York, Etobicoke, Georgina, Goodwood, Gormley, Grimsby, Halton Hills, Hamilton, Hornby, King, Kleinburg, Maple, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Mono, New Castle, New Tecumseh, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, Nobleton, North York, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering, Richmond Hilh, Scarborough, Scugog, St. Catharines, Stoney Creek, Thornhill, Uxbridge, Vaughan, Whitby, Whitechurch-Stouffville, Woodbridge, York.


Pinnacle Employee Services provides Franchise Payroll Service to a number of franchises. We help reduce the cost of managing a business and increase profitability for franchise owners. Just like them, you will be impressed by how smoothly your payroll functions will run when they are handled by Pinnacle Employee Services.
Pinnacle Employee Services has significant knowledge of what it takes to help franchise owners run their businesses more efficiently and save money. Our franchise payroll services program for franchise owners is simple, easy to set-up and priced for savings! No matter how many employees you have, we can help you lower expenses and increase profitability.
Client service is our main focus and our goal is to be an extension of your staff. Our franchise payroll service will allow you to lower your expenses and increase your efficiencies. We sit down and listen to what your specific requirements are so we can offer the right payroll program to improve business operations.
We deliver high-quality, affordable franchise payroll services which incorporate the expertise of a payroll specialist who is dedicated to your business. There is no better way to deliver services than to have one specialist who understands your payroll, learns the needs of your business and assists you with any questions you have-each and every pay period!
We provide our clients with accuracy, attention to detail and data security for their franchise payroll service. Our payroll service can be integrated with our HR services, time & attendance and workers' comp insurance. Our payroll service is web-based and accessible 24/7/365, which allows you to access your payroll data, reports and tax returns. We pride ourselves on our customer service and we are always here to assist you with any payroll questions you might have. You will have the peace of mind knowing that your payroll and business data is secure and that your data is backed-up to a secure off-site location.
Save time, money and frustration by choosing a quality payroll and business services provider that stands by their commitment to get it right the first time.
We proved franchise payroll service to all 50 states.
To start having your franchise using Pinnacle Employee Services Franchsie Payroll service, fill out form or contact us at 888-353-2976.


The budget for the coming financial year 19/20 has been set along with the precept for the Village.
At the moment, the planned Verge and Footway Parking restrictions are NOT in force, even though NELC has put up signs for the village as a whole.
Currently, NELC is looking at 'exempt' areas before putting the final part of the scheme into place and it becomes enforceable.
The Parish Council has started building the new extension to Wendover Hall within Wendover Paddock.


text:
Saudi Human Rights
Thousands protest cleric death sentence in Saudi Arabia as cross-sect solidarity flickers
Thousands in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province protest Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr's death sentence
A Bahraini women holds up a portrait of Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr during clashes with riot police following a solidarity protest with Al-Nimr near Manama on Wednesday (AFP)
Rori Donaghy
Published date: 13 February 2015 02:30 UTC | Last update: 4 years 11 months ago
Thousands of people took to the streets of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province on Wednesday evening to protest a death sentence handed down earlier in the day against leading anti-government Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Activists told MEE the protest in Qatif province was peaceful and said another rally was planned for Thursday evening.
"When Sheikh Nimr was arrested in 2012, thousands of people took part in the biggest protest Qatif had ever seen," said Ali Dubaisy, a Saudi human rights activist from the Eastern Province. "The protest on Wednesday against his death sentence can now be considered the second biggest – thousands of people were on the streets."
(Twitter/@dr_davidson)
There have been sporadic protests in the mainly Shiite Eastern Province for many years but they radically increased at the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011, often leading to violent clashes with the security forces.
The Shiite community make up 10 to 15 percent of the country's 28mn population and have long argued that the government discriminates against them and violates their human rights.
In 2009, Human Rights Watch released a watershed report which said authorities "systematically discriminate against its Shia citizens", citing poor access to public education and government employment alongside unequal treatment in the justice system. The government denies this and has banned protests in the oil-rich Qatif province that they say are violent. The government has also accused demonstrators of having a "foreign agenda" and threatening national security.
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was a key leader of those protests, known for his firebrand speeches calling for the fall of the al-Saud monarchy and equality for the country's Shiite community. He was arrested in June 2012 after being shot and wounded by police officers.
On Wednesday, he was convicted of numerous charges, including disobeying the king and calling for the collapse of the state, and sentenced to death – a punishment usually carried out by beheading. Fifty-nine people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year, according to Human Rights Watch.
Analysts cautioned that it is unlikely authorities will carry out the death sentence due to the unrest it would almost certainly cause.
"The last Shiite political prisoner was executed in 1988. Authorities prefer to keep these people in prison and use them as bargaining chips – to keep detainees' families quiet for example," said Toby Matthiesen, a Gulf expert at the University of Cambridge.
"If Sheikh Nimr were to be executed it could very well spawn a new uprising, but this is exactly why I think Saudi authorities will not carry out the death sentence."
Matthiesen said it is probable Shiekh Nimr will be sentenced to a lengthy term in prison, potentially even for life, and although the cleric may not be executed this has not dampened anger among his supporters.
"People believe Sheikh Nimr is in danger," said Dubaisy, the human rights activist. "If he is executed, protesters will stop covering their faces and have no fear for their lives. The young people will not be frightened of being sent to prison or run from the bullets of the security services."
Dubaisy said there are three legal stages left before Sheikh Nimr's sentence is confirmed. The first is an appeal process, the second confirmation of sentence by the high court, and third the king must sign off on the punishment.
"This sentence was decided on by an individual judge – another one might have made a different decision. There is no specific penal code that determines what the punishment should be in this instance," he said.
News of Wednesday's provisional judgement was communicated by Sheikh Nimr's brother Mohammed, who was later arrested and held in police custody. Dubaisy said he believed he was arrested in relation to his "media activities".
Matthiesen said Mohammed al-Nimr played an important role as a bridge between the government and Shiite community.
"It is serious that Mohammed al-Nimr has been arrested. He is an important figure – he has been a key interlocutor between the Shiites and the government. He has been meeting senior royals for two decades, arresting him is a very worrying sign," he said. "Authorities would have seen the Nimr family statement as an insult."
'Repression is extremely fierce'
Protests have died down in the Eastern Province in recent months, after a severe crackdown by security forces saw 22 people killed.
"Many of the protest leaders have been killed by the security forces," said Matthiesen. "Repression is extremely fierce. Hundreds of people have been given lengthy prison sentences."
"Protesters in the Eastern Province have tried for decades to gain more rights but they have failed so far. And violence hasn't worked in that context either – it has been tried before by different groups but has only led to more repression. They are in a very tricky situation," he said.
While Sheikh Nimr is known as a Shiite cleric, he has called for the fall of regimes across the Middle East – including that of Bashar al-Assad in Syria who is an Alawite, which is an offshoot of Shiism. Despite this, Matthiesen said, he is unlikely to receive much support from among Saudi Arabia's Sunni community.
"Most people in Saudi Arabia don't like him, the Sunnis see him in negative terms. If authorities did execute him, the decision would receive some support from across the country. That's the awful thing about it."
For some Saudi activists, however, they see hope in the country's youth. They told MEE of emerging solidarity with Sheikh Nimr from young Sunnis in the country.
"We have a new generation in Saudi Arabia. The young people are using their brain, they don't just follow what the government wants them to think. The government is always trying to split the Sunni and Shia but our young people are beginning to reject this narrative. The government use a sectarian narrative to keep the people divided," said Dubaisy. "I have many Sunni friends through social media."
Yahya Assiri, head of the Sunni-run ALQST human rights group, pointed to social media as evidence of cross-sect rejection of Sheikh Nimr's death sentence.
"From what I have seen on social media a lot of Sunnis are angry with the death sentence and do not accept it. People are wiser than in the past, they see beyond the government narrative. There is a big campaign on Twitter, with many Sunnis taking part, protesting the decision against Sheikh Nimr," he said.
"I am a Sunni and I have received lots of calls from others Sunnis asking me: should we participate in the protests with the Shia or not? There are lots of Sunnis who want to take part in the protests."
With more protests expected in Qatif in the coming days, Assiri urged restraint from the country's security services.
"The security forces must remember the protesters are citizens just like the rest of us. They must not be violent in dealing with the protests. We should accept the protesters, they are angry at the government and it is true authorities have not respected the rights of these people. The police must accept that."
The atmosphere is tense in the Eastern Province and the people are angry. The future too looks anything but positive with Matthiesen saying little has changed throughout decades of protest by the Shiite community.
"While there is the potential for organised violence should Sheikh Nimr be executed, the Saudi state is powerful and has more military force than any insurrection can have. We don't know what will happen five, 10 years from now and this is certainly a conflict that looks set to continue."
"Nothing has been resolved in the Eastern Province."
Did Mohammed bin Salman hack Amazon's CEO himself?
Foreign nationals comprise majority executed by Saudi Arabia in 2019, says report
Saudi scholar Salman Odah denied self-defence in court, says son
Saudi jails Qatif protesters for flag 'insult'
Qatif protester sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
American shot dead in Saudi capital, another wounded

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Created from an age old perfumer's technique with the modern man in mind, this light scent is best used as a refreshing wake-up for the face and garb. Midday meetings and post-work occasions call for this scented spray and its rich rustic notes and cooling aftereffect. The formula is safe for clothing and all skin-types and will bring back your pre-day freshness, even at midnight.


Hope you had a great first month of the year and you started thinking about those resolutions you had in mind for 2019.
If one of those was to exercise more, your friend here has some tips for you.
Here are my tips, they're just small steps for you to enjoy more to do several activities, until you'll decide you want to go next level.
1.Leave your car at home and take the public transport. Moreover, get off the bus a stop before your usual stop, to make sure you will walk more.
People underestimate walking, but that's a very good cardio exercise. You can start at an easy pace for the first minutes and then pick up the pace. It is considered to be a moderate exercise when you reach aprox 3miles/h. Imagine there is a delicious cup of coffee in the office that is waiting for you but it's getting colder. Hurry up to make sure you'll drink it warm. It doesn't cost anything and you will get a lot of benefits, if you're doing it regularly.
Ok, this one sounds really strange and maybe it's more available for women, than guys. We like to spend hours going from a shop to another and buy some nice items. If they're on sale, even better. Imagine the number of steps just walking in a shopping mall. The thing is, fashion changes all the time and if you wanted to know how the new items, the latest trend look on you, now is the time. To make sure you won't spend every penny on clothes and eat just bread with tea after :)) , I advise you to take just a certain amount of money and leave your card at home.
I know usually elevators have a good light for selfies, but your legs and booty will be more grateful for your decision to take the stairs.
Everyone is crazy about Netfilx nowadays and I'm sure you're already crazy about some series. You can choose to watch it in your living room where you have more space and connect it to your TV so you make sure you can still see while you're moving. One thing I learned at work? You need to be able to do more things in the same time. My favourite exercise to do while watching a movie? Squats. At least 3 series of 30. You could strike for 100 though. Round and nice number.
I could tell you to just replace the activity of watching one episode with exercising, but let's say this is a way to do them both. And it's better than not doing anything. Imagine if you're watching Netfilx every day. 100 squats/day it's always better than zero.
I'm sure you are curious to try new things so why not go crazy and book some sessions of climbing, dance lessons, box, paintball, skating? You never know what you would like if you never try. Just google for the activity you want in your city and book a session. Take a friend if you are shy to go alone and prepare to laugh like crazy. Either you will like it and be sorry you haven't discovered it earlier or you will realize it's not for you, but you still had fun trying it.
One thing that everyone is afraid I think, it's to have regrets for not experiencing more activities.
You can also travel to a different city, take your backpack, your favourite snacks and start walking to visit the surroundings.
And as a last tip, listen to more music while you are at home. I bet there are some songs that will make you stand up from the sofa and perform a little dance. Even for 10 minutes.


text:
NEW Seventh Appellate Opinion Analyzing Recently Enacted Penal Code section 1473.7
On September 14, 2018, the California Court of Appeal certified for publication a new appellate opinion analyzing issues pertaining to Penal Code section 1473.7.[1]
In 2015, the defendant in People v. Cruz-Lopez, 2018 Cal. App. LEXIS 823, out of the Superior Court of Marin County, admitted to allegations contained in a motion filed by the district attorney to revoke probation for being found in possession of methamphetamine for sale, as well as possession of marijuana, resisting arrest, and attempting to destroy evidence. For his admission to the probation violations, Mr. Cruz-Lopez was sentenced to state prison for three years, execution of sentence suspended, and he was placed on probation for five years.
In March of 2017, Mr. Cruz-Lopez filed a motion pursuant to Penal Code section 1473.7 seeking to vacate his admission to a violation of probation in 2015. In his motion, the defendant argued that he did not recall discussing the immigration consequences of the underlying case at the time of his plea.
At the hearing on the motion, the defendant called an immigration attorney to testify. The immigration attorney, Christopher Todd, testified that Mr. Cruz-Lopez' sentence imposed on the probation violation made the previous crime an aggravated felony, rendering a permanent resident removable and ineligible for almost all relief under the INS laws. Todd further testified that the ESS sentence becomes an issue with INS whereas an ISS sentence would not. The trial court denied the motion.
In its opinion, the appellate court stated that Penal Code section 1473.7 provides standing to challenge a conviction for persons unable to assert habeas or Section 1016.5 relief. In order to obtain relief under this statute, the appellate court clarified that the individual cannot be in custody or under restraint. A person currently under a probationary grant is under constructive custody and Section 1473.7 is not applicable to a person under probation at the time the motion is presented.
The appellate court further noted that the defendant's Section 1473.7 motion alleges that he did not understanding the immigration consequences of his probation violation admission, not the consequences of the underlying guilty plea. The court determined that this aspect of criminal proceedings is not covered by Section 1473.7 and a revocation of probation does not encompass the admonitions required in a guilty plea.
Mr. Cruz-Lopez also alleged his trial counsel was deficient in failing to advise him of the immigration consequences at the time of his probation violation. This contention was dismissed by the appellate court.
Ultimately, the appellate court held that Mr. Cruz-Lopez is not a person entitled to relief under Section 1473.7 since he is currently on probation and he failed to establish any Strickland error with trial counsel.
[1] Penal Code section 1473.7 became effective on January 1, 2017 and states, in pertinent part, as follows:
(a) A person no longer imprisoned or restrained may prosecute a motion to vacate a conviction or sentence for either of the following reasons:
(1) The conviction or sentence is legally invalid due to a prejudicial error damaging the moving party's ability to meaningfully understand, defend against, or knowingly accept the actual or potential adverse immigration consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
(2) Newly discovered evidence of actual innocence exists that requires vacation of the conviction or sentence as a matter of law or in the interests of justice.
(b) A motion pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be filed with reasonable diligence after the later of the following:
(1) The date the moving party receives a notice to appear in immigration court or other notice from immigration authorities that asserts the conviction or sentence as a basis for removal.
(2) The date a removal order against the moving party, based on the existence of the conviction or sentence, becomes final.
(c) A motion pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall be filed without undue delay from the date the moving party discovered, or could have discovered with the exercise of due diligence, the evidence that provides a basis for relief under this section.


Eva Stenram, lecturer in Fine Art, Digital Photography and Video Art at the University of Bedfordshire presented her ideas about the use of image manipulation within fine art photography.
Eva works extensively with photographic image manipulation, investigating how manipulated imagery interacts with our desires and memories. For her talk she will discuss how image-editing software enables people to engage with issues of photographic truth, fiction and fantasy on an everyday basis.


Hands are one of the most visible attributes of beauty. A smooth and well-groomed hand is a showcase of every elegant woman. Unfortunately, very rarely do we devote much attention to them and yet appropriate and systematic hand care is the secret of their beauty and good health. The skin of our hand needs intensive moisturizing and regeneration because it is very delicate and more often than other parts of the body, it is exposed to water, detergents and harmful external factors. With age, it loses elasticity and is not as smooth as it once was. As a result of hormonal changes or excessive sun exposure, it may stain and undergo discoloration.
Healing treatment for damaged hands and arms using lactic acid and highly concentrated vitamin A. It beautifully softens, smoothens and brightens the skin. It is perfect for rough, dry and thin skin as well as for solar spots.
Zaffiro treatment significantly improves the appearance of a hands, giving the effect of firming and brightening the skin.


text:
Hellings Mwakasungula (né le  à Lilongwe au Malawi) est un joueur de football international malawite, qui évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain.

Biographie

Carrière en club

Carrière en sélection
Il reçoit 28 sélections en équipe du Malawi, inscrivant trois buts, entre 2004 et 2011.

Il participe avec l'équipe du Malawi à la Coupe COSAFA en 2009. Le Malawi atteint les quarts de finale de cette compétition, en étant battu par le Mozambique.

Il participe ensuite avec l'équipe du Malawi à la Coupe d'Afrique des nations 2010 organisée en Angola. Lors de cette compétition, il joue trois matchs : contre l'Algérie, l'Angola, et le Mali.

Le , il inscrit un but lors d'un match contre le Togo, rentrant dans le cadre des qualifications à la Coupe d'Afrique des nations 2012.

Il dispute quatre matchs comptant pour les éliminatoires du mondial 2006, et 14 matchs comptant pour les éliminatoires du mondial 2010, avec pour résultats quatre victoires, deux nuls et huit défaites.

Palmarès
 Silver Strikers
 Championnat du Malawi (4) :
 Champion : 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13 et 2013.

 Coupe du Malawi (2) :
 Vainqueur : 2007 et 2014.
 Finaliste : 2012 et 2013.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Naissance à Lilongwe
Naissance en mai 1980
Footballeur international malawite
Joueur du Moroka Swallows FC
Joueur de Mpumalanga Black Aces

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Notification No. 24/2003, Dated 25th Mar, 2003
Notification No. 24 /2003 - Central Excise (N.T.)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Excise Rules, 2002, namely:-
These rules may be called the Central Excise (Third Amendment) Rules, 2003.
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
In the Central Excise Rules, 2002,-
in rule 4,-
the proviso and Explanation to sub-rule (1) shall be omitted;
sub-rule (3) shall be omitted;
in rule 5, sub-rule (3) shall be omitted;
in rule 11, in sub rule (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely,-
"Provided that a manufacturer of yarns or fabrics falling under Chapter 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58 or 60 or readymade garments falling under Chapter 61 or 62 of First Schedule to the Tariff Act may remove the said goods under a proforma invoice signed by him or his authorised agent. The provisions of sub-rules (2) to (5) shall apply to the proforma invoice except that the said invoice shall not contain the details of the duty payable. The manufacturer shall, within five working days from the issuance of the proforma invoice prepare the invoice in terms of this rule after making adjustments in respect of the goods rejected and returned by the buyer. The proforma invoice and the invoice issued in terms of this sub-rule shall have cross reference to each other by way of their serial numbers.";
(iv)
in rule 12, for the proviso, the following shall be substituted, namely,-
"Provided further that where an assessee is,-
availing the exemption under a notification based on value of clearances in a financial year; or
manufacturing processed yarn, unprocessed fabrics falling under Chapter 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58 or 60 of First Schedule to the Tariff Act; or
manufacturing ready made garments falling under Chapter 61 or 62 of First Schedule to the Tariff Act, which prior to 1st day of April, 2003 were eligible for an exemption under a notification based on value of clearances in a financial year,
he shall file a quarterly return in the form specified by notification be the Board, of production and removal of goods and other relevant particulars, within twenty days after the close of the quarter to which the return relates.";
after rule 12A, the following rule shall be inserted, namely,-
"12B. Job work in textiles and textile articles;-
Notwithstanding any thing contained in these rules, every person (not being an export-oriented unit or a unit located in special economic zone) who gets yarns or fabrics falling under Chapter 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58 or 60 or readymade garments falling under Chapter 61 or 62 of First Schedule to the Tariff Act, produced or manufactured on his account, on job work (herein after referred to as '"the said person") shall obtain registration, maintain accounts, pay duty leviable on such goods and comply with all the relevant provisions of these rules, as if he is an assessee:
Provided that the job worker may, at his option, agree to obtain registration, maintain accounts, pay the duty leviable on such goods, prepare the invoice and comply with the other provisions of these rules. In such a case the provisions of these rules shall not apply to the said person. The job worker, may, at his option, authorize the said person to, on his behalf as his agent, maintain accounts, pay duty, prepare invoice and comply with any of the provisions of these rule except that of rule 9:
Provided further that the job worker may make an option to undertake the activities mentioned in this sub-rule as an agent or person authorized by the said person and in such a case, the said job worker shall be deemed to be the said person.
If the said person desires clearance of excisable goods for home consumption or for exports from the premises of the job worker, he shall pay duty on such excisable goods and prepare an invoice, in the manner referred to in rules 8 and 11 respectively except for mentioning the date and time of removal of goods on such invoice. The original and the duplicate copy of the invoice so prepared shall be sent by him to the job worker from whose premises the excisable goods after completion of job work are intended to be cleared, before the goods are cleared from the premises of the job worker. The job worker shall fill up the particulars of date and time of removal of goods before the clearance of goods.After such clearance the job worker shall intimate to the said person, the date and time of the clearance of goods for completion of the particulars by the said person in the triplicate copy of the invoice.
The said person may supply or cause to supply to a job worker, the following goods, namely,-
inputs in respect of which he may or may not have availed CENVAT credit in terms of the CENVAT Credit Rules. 2002, without reversal of the credit thereon; or
goods manufactured in the factory of the said person without payment of duty;
under a challan, consignment note or any other document (herein after referred to as 'document") as described in sub- rule (4), duly signed by the him or his authorized agent.
The document shall be in duplicate, in printed (including computer printed) format, having printed running serial numbers on a financial year basis. The document, before it is issued shall be signed by the sender, of the goods referred to in sub-rule (3) or his authorized representative, as the case may be.
The document for the movement of goods from the said person to the job worker shall contain the following information, -
the name, address and registration number of the said person;
the Range, Division and the Commissionerate with whom the said person is registered;
the description, quantity (in terms of kg. /m/ Sq. m) and the value of the goods being sent for the job work;
the date of dispatch of such goods; and
the name and address of the job worker.
The document pertaining to movement of goods from a job worker to another job worker or from a job worker to the said person shall contain, -
the name and address of the job worker (the sender).
the description and quantity (in terms of kg. /m/ Sq. m) of the goods being sent.
the date of dispatch of such goods.
the name and address of the job worker/the said person to whom the goods are being sent ( the receiver).
The responsibility in respect of accountably of the goods, referred to in sub-rule (3) shall lie on the said person.
The job worker, on receipt of the goods mentioned in sub-rule (3) or, as the case may be, from another job worker sent by him in terms of clause (ii) to sub-rule (7), shall duly acknowledge the receipt of the goods on the said document.
Notwithstanding any thing contained in these rules, the job worker shall not be required to get himself registered or shall not be required to maintain any record evidencing the processes under taken for the sole purposes of undertaking job work under these rules unless he has exercised his option in terms of the first or the second proviso to sub-rule (1).
The job worker, with or without completing the job work, may,-
return the goods without payment of duty to the said person; or
send the goods without payment of duty to another job worker; or
clear the goods for home consumption or for exports
subject to receipt of an invoice from the said person, as mentioned in sub-rule (2). The job worker shall clear the goods after filling in the time and date of removal and authenticating such details. The rate of duty on such goods shall be rate in force on date of removal of such goods from the premises of the job worker. No excisable goods shall be removed except under an invoice:
Provided that the goods may be sent under a proforma invoice in terms of proviso to sub rule (1) of rule 11.
The provisions of this rule, mutatis mutandis, be applicable to the goods in the nature of the waste, by-products or like goods arising during the course of manufacture of the goods mentioned in sub-rule (1).
Nothing contained in these rules shall apply to the goods sent from or to an export oriented unit or a unit located in a special economic zone.
Explanation 1. - For the purposes of this rule, "job worker" means a person engaged in manufacture or processing on behalf and under the instructions of the said person from any inputs or goods supplied by the said person or by another job worker or by any other person authorized by the said person, so as to complete a part or whole of the process resulting ultimately in manufacture of yarns or fabrics falling under Chapter 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58 or 60 or readymade garments falling under Chapter 61 or 62 of First Schedule to the Tariff Act and the term "job work" shall be construed accordingly.
Explanation 2.- For the removal of doubt, it is clarified that if any goods or part thereof is lost, destroyed, found short at any time before the clearance of yarn or fabrics falling under Chapter 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58 or 60 or readymade garments falling under Chapter 61 or 62 of First Schedule to the Tariff Act or waste, by-products or like goods arising during the course of manufacture of such goods, the said person shall be liable to pay duty thereon as if the such goods were cleared for home consumption.'.
Alok Shukla
F.No. B3/1/2003-TRU
Footnote.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide notification No. 4/2002-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 1st March, 2002, vide number GSR 143 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002, and were last amended vide notification No. 12/2003-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 1st March, 2003, vide number GSR 102 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002.


A Year of Being Here: Patricia Campbell Carlson: "Vessel"
Each day i'm a little crazier with missing you.
leaving me wildly aware of the way clay shatters?
"Vessel" by Patricia Campbell Carlson. Published online by Gratefulness.org. © Patricia Campbell Carlson.
Image credit: Untitled artwork by Cindy Ewing, included in a blog post entitled "Jar of Clay" (originally color).
Beautiful poem. So sad. Thank you!
The image credit ("untitled artwork by unknown artist") goes to Cindy Ewing.
Thanks, Patricia, for supplying the art credit, and for writing this beautiful poem. I'll put Cindy's name in the credits right away. Be well!


text:
Q: Burgers vortex: finding the angular velocity I'm trying to solve exercise 5.19 from Elementary Fluid Dynamics by D. J. Acheson. The exercise is as follows:
Seek an exact, steady solution to the Navier-Stokes equations of the form
$$
\mathbf{u} = -\frac{1}{2}\alpha r \mathbf{e}_r + u_\theta (r) \mathbf{e}_{\theta} + \alpha z \mathbf{e}_z
$$
where $\alpha$ is a positive constant. Note that $\boldsymbol{\omega} = \omega \mathbf{e}_z$, where
$$
\omega = \frac{1}{r}\frac{d}{dr}(ru_{\theta})
$$
Verify that $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{u} = 0$, and show that the equations of motion imply
$$
-\frac{1}{2}\alpha r \omega = \nu \frac{d \omega}{d r}
$$
Deduce that
$$
u_{\theta} = \frac{\Gamma}{2\pi r}\left(1 - e^{-\alpha r^2 / 4\nu}\right)
$$
where $\Gamma$ is an arbitrary constant.
So, here's what I've done so far. It's easy enough to verify that $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{u} = 0$. The divergence in cylindrical coordinates is:
$$
\nabla \cdot \mathbf{u} = \frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial}{\partial r}(ru_r) + \frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial u_{\theta}}{\partial \theta} + \frac{\partial u_z}{\partial z}
$$
Inserting the velocity components I get:
$$
\nabla \cdot \mathbf{u} = \frac{1}{r}(-\alpha r) + \alpha = 0
$$
To show that $-\frac{1}{2}\alpha r \omega = \nu \frac{d \omega}{d r}$ I insert the velocity components into the momentum equation of the $\theta$-component:
$$
\frac{\partial u_{\theta}}{\partial t} + u_r \frac{\partial u_{\theta}}{\partial r} + \frac{u_{\theta}}{r} \frac{\partial u_{\theta}}{\partial \theta} + u_z\frac{\partial u_{\theta}}{\partial z} + \frac{u_r u_{\theta}}{r} = -\frac{1}{\rho r}\frac{\partial P}{\partial \theta} + \nu \left[ \frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial}{\partial r}\left( r \frac{\partial u_{\theta}}{\partial r} \right) + \frac{1}{r^2} \frac{\partial^2 u_{\theta}}{\partial \theta^2} - \frac{u_{\theta}}{r^2} + \frac{2}{r^2}\frac{\partial u_r}{\partial \theta} \right]
$$
The pressure term on the right side equals zero since the pressure doesn't vary in the $\theta$-component. Inserting for the velocity components yields:
$$
-\frac{\alpha r}{2} \left[ \frac{\partial u_{\theta}(r)}{\partial r} + \frac{1}{r} u_{\theta}(r) \right] = \nu \left[ \frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial u_{\theta}(r)}{\partial r} + \frac{\partial^2 u_{\theta}(r)}{\partial r^2} - \frac{1}{r^2}u_{\theta}(r) \right]
$$
Since
$$
\omega = \frac{1}{r}\frac{d}{dr}(ru_{\theta}) = \frac{u_{\theta}}{r} + \frac{\partial u_{\theta} (r)}{\partial r}
$$
$$
\frac{d \omega}{d r} = -\frac{1}{r^2}u_{\theta}(r) + \frac{1}{r}\frac{\partial u_{\theta}(r)}{\partial r} + \frac{\partial^2 u_{\theta}(r)}{\partial r^2}
$$
we have that
$$
-\frac{1}{2}\alpha r \omega = \nu \frac{d \omega}{d r}
$$
What I need help with figuring out is how to get the following expression for the $\theta$-component velocity:
$$
u_{\theta} = \frac{\Gamma}{2\pi r}\left(1 - e^{-\alpha r^2 / 4\nu}\right)
$$

A: The vorticity is obtained by solving  $\,\,\displaystyle \nu \frac{d \omega}{dr} = -\frac{\alpha }{2} r \omega$. This is a first-order linear differential equation that can be solved using seperation of variables
$$\frac{d \omega}{\omega} = -\frac{\alpha }{2\nu} r \, dr,$$
to obtain $\omega = C_1e ^{- \alpha r^2/4 \nu}$ where $C_1$ is a constant of integration.
Next solve for $u_\theta$ using $\displaystyle \frac{1}{r}\frac{d}{dr}(ru_{\theta}) = \omega$.
We have
$$\frac{d}{dr}(ru_{\theta}) = r\omega = C_1 r e ^{- \alpha r^2/4 \nu}$$
Integrating both sides we get (introducing another integration constant $C_2$)
$$r u_\theta = C_2 - \frac{2\nu C_1}{\alpha}e^{- \alpha r^2/4 \nu},$$
which can be rewritten in terms of arbitrary constants $\Gamma$ and $B$ as
$$u_\theta = \frac{\Gamma}{2\pi r}\left(1 - B e^{- \alpha r^2/4 \nu} \right)$$
In order that $u_\theta$ remain finite as $r \to 0$ we require $B= 1$.


Need more polytape to reach that distant post?
Our Zareba® ½ Inch Poly Tape End allows you to connect one polytape to another so you can reach all of your electric fence posts!
Zareba® Systems electric fence poly tape provides even greater visibility than poly wire or poly rope. Reinforced, rip-stop edges also help protect the tape from wear and tear.
The open weave design allows wind to pass through, reducing wear and increasing the longevity of the fence line.
Splicing poly tape is easy using specially designed splicer buckles. Use a poly tape tensioner to maintain tape tension as needed.
For best results, energize poly tape fence lines with a low impedance fence charger. Poly tape should not be used with a continuous output charger.
The height and spacing of the wires will vary with the animal you are containing. Position one electrified wire at animal's shoulder height; this will cause it to hit the fence with its nose, making it back up.
Use poly tape for horse fencing or in rotational grazing since the animals can easily see this highly visible electric fence wire. Splice poly tape with splicer buckles specially designed for easy splicing and repairing of poly tape.
Q: Why is poly tape better for use with horses than regular wire?
A: It's a matter of visiblity. Horses can see the tape more readily than wire. Remember, electric fencing is a psychological barrier: after a horse has met up with a poly tape electric fence and has felt the shock, when it sees the poly tape again, it will remember the shock and stay away from the fence.
Q: Why should I place one wire at the animal's shoulder?
A: Positioning one electrified wire at animal's shoulder height will cause the animal to hit the fence with its nose, making the animal back up. See illustration below.
Q: Won't poly tape succumb to wear and tear?
A: Poly tape is designed to withstand wear and tear. The open-weave design allows wind to pass through it, reducing wear and increasing longevity of the fence. However. logically poly tape will not last as long as steel wire.
Q: What kind of fence wire do I need?
A: Generally, use the most highly visible fence wire you can afford -- for the simple reason that animals can't avoid a fence they don't see. For horses, many owners prefer polytape in conjunction with steel wire. For other animals, yellow and black poly wire may do. And high tensile systems require high tensile steel wire.


Steeda UK are launching a new series of feature cars on our "Speed Matters" blog to show the great work some of our customers and distributors are doing with their fast Ford's to inspire you and to share their fantastic cars. If you believe your car can show "the Steeda Difference" get in touch, and maybe your car can feature too.
First up is one of our Ford Fair 2017 show cars, Paul's GT S550 Mustang.
Paul concentrated on getting his car to look the way he imagined it and his journey is nearing completion looks wise. Of course he certainly hasn't ignored performance either, but even there the first things done were those that added to the sound and appearance at the same time, such as the engine bay upgrades featuring Steeda Pro Flow intake and Strut Tower brace, and fabulous quad titanium tipped Milltek exhaust, both improving sounds, looks and performance. Win, win, win!
To optimise all those hardware modifications he added a Steeda "Tunes for Life" tune as well via an SCT X4 handset.
The amazing stance on Pauls car is achieved with some Eibach lowering springs and a gorgeous set of Velgen VMB5s in 19" which sit perfectly and allowed Paul to continue using his OEM tyres for now too.
Now that the car is looking killer Paul is looking to tweak the ride a bit and next on the list is the Steeda IRS base pack.
"For sure the exhaust, the wheels and the clutch spring! It might only be £15 but it transformed the way I drive the car! I couldn't believe it would make such a difference..."
Ade Brannan Photography for the cracking images!


text:
KOLOBOK.
February 24, 2009 by languagehat 50 Comments
The Russian equivalent of the story of the Gingerbread Man is Kolobok (Колобок). Literally, a kolobók is a small, round loaf of bread, but it's indelibly associated with the story in which a fresh-baked kolobok runs away, evades a rabbit, wolf, and bear, but falls prey to a clever fox (you can see an illustrated version here). Mandelstam uses it as a symbol for the poetic word in his remarkable 1922 poem "Как растет хлебов опара." I don't understand the poem well enough to try discussing the whole thing (a literal translation is below the cut), but I wanted to point to the complex imagery of the third stanza, which centers on two bread-related words, припек [pripyok], which I translated "surplus" as a shortcut but which means 'the excess weight of a baked loaf over the weight of the flour used to make it,' and kolobok, the loaf that ran away. I'm not sure why time is a regal herdsboy or who the stale stepson of the ages is, but the image of the word as a baked cathedral with a magical surplus that has to be chased down is pretty amazing.
How the leavened dough of the loaves rises,
good-looking from the start,
and the housewifely soul
raves from the heat!
Like [Hagia] Sophias made of bread,
from the cherubim's table
cupolas rise
filled with round ardor.
By force or kindness
to lure out the wondrous surplus,
time—the regal herdsboy—
tries to catch the word-kolobok.
And the stale stepson of the ages
finds his place—
a drying-out makeweight
for loaves pulled out before.
Jonathan Cohen says
Hat, it might be time to get yourself a comment spam filter.
slawkenbergius says
Hmm, I'm not sure it's that difficult to understand. "Опара" is a yeasty batter that is used like a sourdough starter–the other ingredients are added into it afterwards to make dough. So the beginning of the creative process at first overwhelms the domestic soul with its heat. Then the rounds of dough grow into their perfection as they rise–a perfection that calls to mind the cherubim's table (because rising bread is so round and even that this is what one thinks about). But it is necessary to put in lots of effort to carry the project to its conclusion, to create something more that oneself. So time, who is the servant of the baker (perhaps the baker is also a shepherd? This is a part I'm unsure about), catches the wily word-колобок and puts it to use. The Internet tells me that originally the колобок was baked in hungry times using all available scraps and remnants of different kinds of flour and leavening–this sense seems apropos here. And then the rejected, passed-over, coarse elements of past creative endeavors, which didn't quite fit and were sold as makeweight, become part of this bricolage as well. If there's another interpretation, I'd like to see it.
I've mentioned "The Wheaten Loaf" before, and I think that thie is the book I mean. It was an illustrated children's story in English from Bulgaria, and when the wheaten loaf escapes from the home, he rolls to the wheatfield and warns the sprouts sleeping underground (winter wheat I guess) that they will all be made into wheaten loaves. It sounded pretty grim and subversive, and was my favorite children's book among those I read to my son. Presumably it's a version of the same story.
slawkenbergius: Well, sure, it's about the creative endeavor, and in general my interpretation accords with yours, but I don't feel I understand a poem until I can make at least provisional sense of all its details (as somebody said, nothing in a M. poem is there "просто так," "just because"), and like I said, I don't really get the regal herdsboy and the stale stepson of the ages. In your interpretation of the latter, "the rejected, passed-over, coarse elements of past creative endeavors" get stuck into the next loaf, but you can't use stale chunks of bread to make a new loaf.
Though you can make French toast from them.
"French toast" in French is called pain perdu, "lost" or "wasted" bread.
About the "kolobok":
I had heard of "the gingerbread man" but had never read the folk story. It looks like it is an adaptation of the kolobok tale (a running piece of pastry is not believable unless it is anthropomorphic). But that tale itself, concerning a round object, reminds me of a well-known motif in some Amerindian mythology: the "rolling head", which cannot be caught and wreaks havoc as it goes. The rolling kolobok could be a watered-down version of this motif (since the kolobok is not doing any actual harm).
It might seem far-fetched to relate bits of Amerindian and European folklore, but there are many other similarities between native cultures on the two sides of the North Pacific (a topic I have long been interested in), and there is also much Siberian influence in Russian culture.
The Wheaten Loaf was described as rolling from place to place. It sounded fun to be able to do that.
mab says
Where's Victor Sonkin when you need him?
With Mandelshtam any image I don't understand is probably from antiquity. The "regal herdsman" is царственный подпасок — more like the King's Herdsman. The only thing I can think of is the herdsman who found Romulus and Remus, who went on to found Rome. From there we go to Hagia Sophia in the Second Rome, and then we come to the Third Rome? Dunno. Why didn't my brain retain all that Greek drama and poetry I read in college?
Пасынок is also an outcast, but I can't remember any Greek outcasts. Or maybe that's the poet? The grammar is not clear — the stale outcast/stepchild of the ages — [is] the drying makeweight/of loaves already pulled out [of the oven].
No, царственный подпасок is "regal herdsboy," as Hat has it–царственный denotes a kinglike bearing, for instance, but there is not necessarily any actual king. And подпасок is specifically "herdsboy" or "herdsman's assistant." The word is unusual enough that the difference seems somehow important.
The Norwegian version is about a pancake. Alarmed by the begging of the children it jumps out of the pan to flee from the wife, the old man and seven hungry children. Then it escapes a man and a number of animals, one by one, until it meets its destiny in the shape of a helpful pig.
The fairytale is repetitive, first with all the children topping eachother in begging their mother for the treat, and then with the pancake rhyme-naming the increasing number of followers at every new encounter. I imagine it being told while cooking, as a ritual to keep the hungry children entertained.
Yes, I was stretching a bit — I'm looking for the reference. I also realize I'm imposing what I know about Mandelshtam in general — the notion of continuity with transformation from antiquity to Russia (although St Petersburg was usually his Third Rome). Why is time like a shepherd boy with regal bearing? It seems to me that this is an allusion and an image. I'm not sure — but the image is creating these wonderous new bread domed churches — and I want to say in Rome, the Second Rome and the Third Rome — out of caught (and chosen) bread words.
dimrub says
Here's another interesting "food preparation surplus" related post:
http://community.livejournal.com/ru_lingualatina/199142.html
Bill Walderman says
I'm not sure this helps to solve the puzzle, but Paris, the son of Priam, was raised by Priam's herdsman and was tending cattle when called on to judge the beauty contest among Hera, Aphrodite and Athena.
Maybe M. is describing how an idea that comes to a poet in the course of writing one poem but that ultimately is rejected for inclusion in that poem escapes extinction and lives on to form the kernel of another poem later.
Nijma says
Might it be a religious instead of a classical reference, especially with the church imagery in the second stanza? Google translate says царственный подпасок can be "regal shepherd". What could be more royal than a branch from the root of Jesse (the lineage of Jesus from King David's father) and what other ageless shephard was raised by a stepfather (Joseph). Would this be odd for Mandelstam?
Since everyone seems stuck on the last stanza, here it is rendered by Google translate:
And its location is
Unsympathetic forgotten centuries —
Shrink makeweight
First removed the bread.
vremia — tsarstvennyi podpasok
Maybe this could be translated "time — the sovereign herdsboy." (Nothing to do with Paris.) The passage of time works the transformation of the idea that turned out to be extraneous to the previously completed poem into the genesis of a new poem–the passage of time is described as a boy to reflect the playfulness of the creative process.
The image is a boy tending a flock who keeps all the animals together and keeps them from straying. He catches the stray animal — the idea or the word that would otherwise run away like the kolobok — and the stale idea is corralled into a new poem and finds its appropriate place there.
"Usykhayushchii dovesok prezhde vynutyky khlebov" — not "the dried out makeweight for loaves previously taken out of the oven," but "the dried-out makeweight of (or from) loaves previously taken out of the oven." In the previously completed poem the kolobok-word (or idea) was just a stale makeweight and had to be removed, but it becomes integral to the new poem.
"the passage of time is described as a boy to reflect the playfulness of the creative process"
To add to my previous suggestions, this is after all a playful poem, with the wonderfully absurd juxtaposition of the loaf of bread baking in the oven, Hagia Sophia and the childish story of the kolobok.
The passage of time is a playful boy but at the same time royal or sovereign — the creative process at work: sovereign but child-like. (Sorry about the multiple postings–I should have thought this through before sending the post along.)
Google translates the title (and first line) as "How to grow bread opara". If the Опара is sourdough starter for baking the word/Gingerbread boy that takes off and runs on its own, the starter has to be fed with something. Now we have dry yeast to dissolve in warm water and sugar to feed it, but it can also be fed with flour, although it would take longer for the yeast to grow. The leftovers from baking like the flour used to knead dough and keep it from sticking to the surface or from rolling out lefse I usually throw away, but if you were using a liquid starter I suppose you could put them back into the liquid for the next batch of bread.
Time- The last time I did homemade middle eastern labnah I was stingy with the starter yoghurt and as a consequence had to wait an extra day for the yogurt to get solid before draining off the whey. Whether you are waiting for bread to rise or waiting for yogurt culture to permeate a bowl of milk, there is no substitute for time.
For me the same is true of writing. If I leave something to marinate in the word processor overnight, it's much easier to edit the next day. I am amazed at how many posts I have started that are still drafts, but if I look at the half-baked ideas, sometimes it takes very little to finish them.
Boy did I go off in the wrong direction. After all, it's Sophias – the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev, Novgorod — architecture that was transformed in different times and ages, but also Divine Wisdom.
In the Orthodox service, before the Eucharist the priest says: "Wisdom! That being kept always by Thy might, we may scribe glory to Thee, the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages."
Then the priest censes the altar (the table) in preparation for bringing in the bread (which is leavened) and wine. The choir sings the Cherubic Hymn: "Let us, who mystically represent the Cherubim, Chant the thrice-holy hymn to the Life-giving Trinity. Let us lay aside all earthly care."
The Eucharist is Christ – that is, when the priests bring in the bread and wine, they are ushering in Christ the King. (This is called the Great Entrance.)
So at the Cherubic table, the mystery of creation/inspiration/partaking of the divine wisdom occurs.
I think, Bill (if I may) that you are right, and time is like a shepherd boy/servant that chases after wandering words and is also tsarstvenny – that is, regal, sovereign, anointed and divine (it's creating churches of divine wisdom, after all).
And in this creative process, the piece of dough once added to loaves of bread that have already been baked – the dough that was a stepson and outcast – Christ — not legitimate, not fitting in and now old and stale (it's 1922) – finds its own place.
A friend of mine who is studying M says that in his later poetry, things are not just one thing or another. That piece of dough could be an idea or a phrase that didn't fit in at one time in one poem, but now time is chasing after errant words and it finds its place. It's also Christ and the Divine Wisdom that the faithful partake in the mystery of the Eucharist.
ps thanks nijma!
mab, I think you've got it. All the imagery not only makes sense in context but is echt Mandelstam. (A little odd that a nice Jewish boy was so obsessed with Christian religious ritual, but growing up when and where he did and being attracted to literary circles awash in Christian mysticism and symbolism, it was natural. I wonder if his conversion to Lutheranism in 1911 was purely formal, to evade the Jewish quotas, or whether it had deeper meaning for him?) And your friend is certainly right about things not being just one thing or another.
I think this makes sense now. You're right, of course, that M's images were not symbols — that was kind of the point of Acmeism — but still, you need to pick up the allusions before you can make sense of his poetry. IF (big IF and so far not likely) the church could actually run school classes in Orthodoxy that were not proselytizing I'd be for it, since if you don't know Orthodox Christianity you can't understand a lot of Russian lit.
I thought M converted just to avoid the quotas, but I think Nadezhda made a point of calling herself a converted Jew of the 8th generation or something. And Akhmatova was quite religious in her younger years.
There seem to have been a lot of Jews dabbling in Christianity between the World Wars. Werfel and Max Jacob were two others. There was a lot of eclectic spirituality in those days, and as far as I know neither Werfel nor Jacob definitively renounced Judaism. (He did become the most god-awful Catholic. "The Village of St. Bernadette" was his — a reminder that continental sophistication could be as hokey and kitschy as anything indigenously American.)
Begging the pardon of any admirers of Werfel and St. Bernadette here present.
Picking up on mab's reading of this poem in light of religion, could the poem be related to a Jew's conversion to Christianity, with a touch of the convert's anti-semitism–a rejection of the Jewish tradition as the dessicated makeweight of the loaves taken out of the oven previously, a long time ago, and an embrace of the newly baked bread of the Christian cathedral. Could the shepherd's assistant who tries to lure out the surplus of the Jewish tradition by force or enticement be the good shepherd, the son of god, Christianity? Is the stepson of the ages finding his place in the newly baked loaves the Jew who converts and finds his place in Christianity?
I recognize that I'm treading on sensitive ground for many (including myself) and this reading makes me uncomfortable. I believe that Mandelstam later embraced the Jewish tradition or at least the Jewish people, but could this reading be plausible at this stage of his life?
Yes, it certainly could. He did indeed embrace Judaism later on, but at this stage it made him uncomfortable (see "The Judaic Chaos" in his quasi-autobiography The Noise of Time).
Werfel's work is The Song of Bernadette. I double-checked the title on the Wiki page for Bernadette. Incidentally, in her earliest photograph she is wearing a shawl with a distinct crease, rather than a fold, on the shoulder.
Bernadette spoke the Gascon dialect of Occitan and there is a small amount of her dialect quoted (in one case, with a parallel "official" spelling which did not exist in her time). The text says that she referred to the Lady who appeared to her as just Aquero which means "that", true if it was an adjective but here it is a pronoun meaning "that one", in the feminine form (the Montpellier equivalent would be written aquela).
I mix up the song, the movie, and the book. Werfel was one of the exiles who did well in the US.
Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes |here| and |here|.
for loaves pulled out before
You might also say that Christianity (and other religions?) were "pulled out" of Judaism in the same way that Buddhism was pulled out of Hinduism, that is, they depended on the traditions of the earlier religion for their meaning.
@ Bill
That's interesting. It fits with the notion of transformation of the ideas/words/notions/images/myths etc of the past.
Thanks, Hat, for posting the poem.
"It fits with the notion of transformation of the ideas/words/notions/images/myths etc of the past."
There's no reason why there can't be multiple ways to read the poem.
I suspect the real definition of art is that it is able to inspire some emotional connection with the viewer. Looks like Mandelstam is doing that even in translation.
Victor Sonkin says
I found this thread through a vanity search; is there any way to receive updates to a specific thread?
Here's my attempt at translation (I didn't read yours before trying).
[It is] as if bread Sophias
raise cupolas filled with globular heat
from the cherubs' table.
To coax out the wondrous pripyok [bread yield]
by force or flattery,
Time, the regal herdboy,
Catches the word, the kolobok.
And the hardened stepson of ages
finds his place,
the withering makeweight [?]
of breads taken out [of the stove] before.
If pressed, I'd retell it as follows: Christianity entices and enthralls, but becomes increasingly esoteric for an outsider; the only way to penetrate it is through words, which are inherited from an even older tradition; thus, a stepson of that tradition can now find his place in the fold of the new faith.
Far-fetched, I know; but Mandelshtam was actively involved in examining his faith at the moment.
As for the "царственный подпасок", there's a telling (later) quote, when he says "Моя кровь, отягощенная наследством овцеводов, патриархов и царей" – apparently these things, and his Jewishness, were connected in his mind.
Thanks, those are great additions, and I don't think your interpretation is far-fetched at all. I'm afraid I don't know of any way of getting updates to a thread other than bookmarking it and checking every once in a while, but unfortunately because of spammers I generally have to close them after a couple of weeks (though I'm always glad to reopen them if someone writes and tells me they have a comment to add).
And to think it took us two days collectively just to figure out it was about religion. It's great to have a native speaker confirm that we were on the right track.
The second comment in the thread is by a native speaker.
I thought it was his mother.
Lars (the original one) says
The peppernut that rolled to the gates of heaven. (Spoiler: Saint Peter eats it).
The lyrics are by Halfdan Rasmussen, so from around 1950, but there's no reason why he can't have loaned the idea from the folk tale.
GRANNIE, grannie, come tell us the story of the wee bannock.'
'Hout, childer, ye've heard it a hundred times afore. I needn't tell it over again.'
'Ah! but, grannie, it's such a fine one. You must tell it. Just once.'
'Well, well, if ye'll all promise to be good, I'll tell it ye again.'
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/meft/meft15.htm
Fascinating! I wonder what the original source of the story is?
SFReader says
When it was running away, it went by a barn full of thrashers, and they asked it where it was running.
"Oh," says it, "I'm running away from the mouse, the rat, and the little red hen, and from you too if I can."
So they piked away after it with their flails, and it run and it run till it came to a ditch full of ditchers, and they asked it where it was running.
"Oh, I'm running away from the mouse, the rat, and the little red hen, and from a barn full of thrashers, and from you too if I can."
Well they all ran after it along with the rest till it came to a well full of washers, and they asked the same question, and it returned the same answer, and after it they went.
At last it came to a ford where it met with a fox, who asked where it was running.
"Oh, I'm running away from the mouse, the rat, and the little red hen, from a barn full of thrashers, a ditch full of ditchers, a well full of washers, a crumply-horned cow, a saddled-backed sow, and from you too if I can."
The Wonderful Cake, from Patrick Kennedy, The Fireside Stories of Ireland (Dublin: M'Glashan and Gill, 1870), pp. 19-20.
PlasticPaddy says
Here is another link:
https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type2025.html
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. The title character is always on the run because he thinks people want to eat him, but really they just want to get away from his odor. All the stories are kind of mixed: the plot summary at the link is correct, but utterly fails to capture the craziness of the story.
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales was my brother's favorite book when he was about five.


Create amazing cakes with this Milk Chocolate Ready To Roll Icing by Renshaw.
Renowned for their high quality pastes and icings, Renshaw's Milk Chocolate Ready To Roll Icing is a must-have for anyone wanting to create professional standard cakes.
Made with real Belgian chocolate, this ready to roll icing has a luxurious chocolate taste.


Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Top 10 - Popular posts plugin for WordPress - Security Advisories and Insights - Securify B.V.
A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Top 10 - Popular posts WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress Administrator into opening a malicious website.
This issue was successfully tested on Top 10 - Popular posts plugin for WordPress WordPress Plugin version 2.3.0.
This issue is resolved in Top 10 version 2.3.1.
The Top 10 - Popular posts plugin for WordPress WordPress Plugin tracks daily and total visits on blog posts. Display the count as well as popular and trending posts. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Top 10 WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress Administrator into opening a malicious website.
The issue exists in the file class-stats.php and is caused by the lack of output encoding on the page request parameter. The vulnerable code is listed below.
// If this is a search?


text:
Q: MongoDB and dynamic html forms I've been developing product catalog. All my needs fit perfectly with MongoDB but there is one problem:
There are categories with structure like these:
{
 title:"Auto", // for h1 on page
 id: 1,        // for urls
 level: 1,     //
 left: 2,      // nested set implementation
 right:10      //
}

When user goes to url like "www.example.com/category/1" I need to show html forms to filter shown goods. I'm pretty sure it is bad idea to store static definitions for every category on the server(about 300 categories, i'm using Django => 300 form models?)
So my idea is to store meta-information about each category in MongoDB. After some research I found out that I need 3-4 "html widgets" to construct any filter form that I need.
For example:
Range fields will look like this in HTML
<fieldset>
<legend>Price</legend>

from
<input type="text" name="price_from">

to
<input type="text" name="price_to">
</fieldset>

And its MongoDB JSON representation:
{
 name:"price",
 title:"Price",
 type:"range",      // "range" type - 2 inputs with initial values
 categories:[1,2,5],// categories to which this so called "widget" relates
 values:[
   {from: 100},
   {to: 500}
 ]

}
One more example:
Group of selects:
Its HTML version
 <fieldset>
   <legend>Size and color</legend>

   <select name="size">
    <option value="small">Small size</option>
    <option value="medium">Medium size</option>
    <option value="huge">Huge size</option>
   </select>
   <select name="color">
    <option value="white">White color</option>
    <option value="black">Black color</option>
    <option value="purple">Purple color</option>
   </select>
 </fieldset>

And its MongoDB JSON version:
{
  title:"Size and color",
  type:"selectgroup",
  categories:[2,4,6]
  items:[
         {
           name:"size",
           values:["small", "medium", "huge"]
         },
         {
           name:"color",
           values:["white", "black", "purple"]
         }
  ]
}

So the main idea is : fetch all widgets from collection by category_id, parse them and print complete HTML form.
Pros

*

*Easy to add any new type of widget to database

*Easy to add parser for such widget to generate HTML from JSON

*Each widget can relates to many categories => no duplicates

Cons

*

*Collection of widgets has no less or more fixed structure of the document(actually i don't see real problem here)

*Аll values related to widget are embedded.

*Hard validation because fields are dynamic => no corresponding model on server side (right now i don't have any idea how to validate this)

My question is: does anybody know a better way of doing this? Pros of my method are cool, but cons are terrible.
Thanks for help and sorry for bad English.

A: If you only need 3-4 sets of form widgets to display all necessary query forms for the 300+ categories, you should use Django forms to specify the widgets. You do not need 300+ Django forms for that as you can easily use multiple forms in one page.
As a quick example, your
<fieldset>
<legend>Price</legend>

from
<input type="text" name="price_from">

to
<input type="text" name="price_to">
</fieldset>

would become
class PriceForm(forms.Form):
    price_from = forms.IntegerField()
    price_to = forms.IntegerField()

...and of course the template to embed the form into which would provide the <fieldset> and other necessary html document structure.
EDIT:
As it seems that your form labels etc. depend on the category, you still need to have some information about the forms in the category documents in mongodb. However, by using django forms you get a lot of useful functionality for free, such as input validation.
You probably can parametrize the templates in such a way that you give the category-specific values (labels etc.) to the template from mongodb, along with the necessary forms.

A: Technique for constructing dynamic filtered (faceted) search with Map/Reduce: http://ianwarshak.posterous.com/faceted-search-with-mongodb
I have successfully migrated the code to Python (and used it in a Django project).


Description: A vessel without the fallen god's energy. Collect the pieces of energy to make it change.
Description: Strengthens Sauro G2 weapons. *Strengthens the equipped one. *Strengthening may fail.
Description: Strengthens Sauro G1 Weapons. *Strengthens the equipped one. *Strengthening may fail.
Description: Octocur's candy box. There's so much candy. Requires server connection.
Description: Something must be in it. *Requires server connection.
Description: And Available items in Dandamu from among the contents list of the guidance of the Watayuki When you use?
Description: Gives 5 flower nectar when used.


Ed Sheeran made £38.8 million last year through touring, accounts show.
The pop star, 27, earned more than £106,000 a day in 2018 thanks to his Divide world tour, according to newly published accounts for his company, Nathan Cable Touring.
In December, it was revealed Divide was the world's best-selling tour, making an estimated £342 million in 2018.
Sheeran sold 4.9 million tickets, making about £6.5 million per week, according to data compiled by US box office research group Pollstar.
Taylor Swift, 29, came in second place after her Reputation tour grossed £244 million in 2018.
Beyonce and Jay-Z, Bruno Mars and The Rolling Stones were among the artists in the top 10 earners of the year.
Sheeran's previous tour, Multiply, made £119 million in 2014/15, but Divide has already comfortably exceeded that amount with 10 months of touring remaining.
Divide is due to end in Ipswich in August. Sheeran, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, released his first album, Plus, in 2011.
His hits include The A Team, Castle On The Hill and Photograph.


text:
An Iconic Michael Jordan Record that No One But Giannis Antetokounmpo Can Possibly Break at This Moment
Michael Jordan is arguably the greatest player to take to the basketball court. To back that claim, his fans frequently point to his 6 Championships with a 6-nil winning record in the NBA Finals. While he is also one of the few players to win both the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year trophies.
To put it into perspective only Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Kevin Garnett, Hakeem Olajuwon and, Giannis Antetokounmpo have achieved this recognition.
And to further separate them, only MJ, Giannis, and Hakeem completed the double in the same season. However, the Chicago Bulls guard was the first to conquer this previously unheralded feat.
However, Jordan isn't the 'GOAT' in the eyes of most fans for just any reason. He is the only one to average 30 points per game in a season which he did in 1987-88 and still took both the gongs home. While David Robinson came agonizingly close with 29.8 points to his name.
And the 'Greek Freak' could easily have matched MJ as well. When he completed the elusive double last season, he recorded 29.5 points per game. If not for his load management with the Bucks resulting in reduced minutes, he might have emulated Jordan.
Who else in the NBA can equal this unique record held by Michael Jordan?
The league today is dominated by shooting-centric guards who can't defend well. And those who are DPOY candidates are simply not MVP candidates. Except for Giannis, who is proficient on both ends of the floor.
However, chances of him winning the MVP are low until he wins the Championship. So, who else can do it? Probably Joel Embiid.
The Philadelphia 76ers big man is an explosive unit in the paint, much like David Robinson. He just needs to find that consistency in his game.
The 1987-88 season was legendary for Jordan
The very definition of dominance. He averaged 35.0 points per game while also stealing the ball 3.2 times every game. And he started every game too, unlike the load management heavy era of today.
Also taking the plaudits at the All-Star weekend. Firstly, he dueled Dominique Wilkins in what is now a cult Slam Dunk contest in Chicago. Then, he took home the All-Star MVP in front of his home fans. If that doesn't prove who the 'GOAT' is, nothing ever will.
Read More: An Iconic Michael Jordan Record that No One But Giannis Antetokounmpo Can Possibly Break at This Moment
Previous Russell Wilson Could Break this Unique Record held by Tom Brady
Next 'How Much Money Have You Got' – When a 16-Year-Old Conor McGregor Had Dana White's Attention
Rasheeda Frost Flaunts Her Natural Beauty And Impresses Fans


Curt McDermott is a birder in Orange County, New York. He has an amazing array of feeders up in his small suburban yard that attracted an amazing bird and flocks of birders this winter. As of this posting the bird is still being seen daily. Curt has been a gracious host to the birding hordes and deserves kudos for not only managing to recognize and identify such a rarity, but for putting the word out and helping make sure other birders got the chance to see the bird. So, if you are ever out in the field and see a rare bird and then run into Curt make sure you let him know, and, if you have to, walk back to where you saw the bird and point it out because he deserves all kinds of good birding karma! Thanks, Curt, for sharing the bird and your story and pictures.
Ken: Hi, how are you today?
Ken: Why, what do you have?
Curt: I have…a need for you to see this bird, when can you be here?
Ken: What do you think it is?
Curt: I think…I want you to see it first because I don't want to call this one alone.
Ken: Ok, I'll be right over.
It was the morning of December 22, 2007, a day that would turn out to be a special day at our home feeders. Dad arrived quickly, seeing the mystery bird almost immediately. "So do you think it's a Hoary?" he asked.
"Well… I think it might be," I replied with some apprehension.
"I think it is!" sounded the reassuring words I had hoped for.
Now it was time for photos and more field guide review. The bird made several more visits to feed that day but was not seen again for the remainder of the year. I really enjoyed giving Dad a "Life Bird" that day, several hundred species more and we will be even.
New Year Day 2008 began with a call up the stairs from Sara, "Look how many birds are at the thistle feeder," she said.
With tired, New Years Day eyes, I looked out to see twenty birds at and beneath the feeder. I focused my binoculars and there were my first three birds of 2008, an American Goldfinch, a Common Redpoll and a Hoary Redpoll. I'll let you guess what order I have counted them in. In all we had nine commons and the one hoary. After showing the bird to Sara and Lacey, it was then time to call Dad again and get back to the photographing, field guides, and Sibley's fourteen pages of notes differentiating the Hoary Redpoll from the Common Redpoll. With a bit of certainty, it was time to get the word out so others could enjoy this great rarity. I first called Tom Burke and Andy Guthrie (members of the New York State Avian Records Committee and all-around top-birders). I like and respect them both very much although there is always a very tense moment for me just before receiving their approval on any bird ID. Fortunately, Tom showed up the next day and gave the bird a thumbs up! Whew! It was then time to notify the Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club and post a notice on the state listserv.
Word of the Hoary Redpoll has spread far beyond what I would have expected at the start of all this. The little five-and-a-half inch wonder has attracted birders from Long Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and all of the state of New York. To date, over 200 birders have visited our feeders. In hindsight, I wish I had kept a sign-in book but who would have guessed it would last this long? I still respond to several e-mails daily as well as the occasional phone call, knowing they will increase as the weekend approaches. I have had the unique opportunity to share this bird with many "Mearnsers" as well as other birders, many of whom have taken the time to show me birds in the past. It has been great fun giving back to this wonderful pastime I have come to enjoy so much.
The Hoary Redpoll has been a new bird for most, even many of the area and state's notable birders and has provided excellent looks for all. Sara and I no longer park in our designated parking spots, as birders continue to appear daily for a chance at a "Lifer" and our spots offer the best vantage point. A typical weekend morning finds ten or so birders in the parking lot before sunrise, with a constant flow continuing throughout the day. I have resorted to bribery in dealing with my neighbors. This morning I cleaned the snow off the car belonging to the woman in unit 13. I share my binoculars with the neighbors in 11 (who were unaware that there was such a large "sub-culture" of people who liked birds) and bought a feeder for the folks in 14. So far so good!
The feeder count in our yard has now grown to eight, five of them being thistle feeders. I have learned a few things about economics through all of this. Supply and demand for example: goldfinches demand that you supply them with thistle. There is a direct correlation between the number of feeders you have and the number of goldfinches you will attract. Thirty goldfinches and four redpolls can eat four to five pounds of thistle a day. Oh yeah, thistle can become an expense! I will be lobbying for a name change the next time the powers that be (American Ornithologists' Union) get together. I will propose that Common Golden Pot-bellied Piglet Finch replace American Goldfinch as they are gluttons with insatiable appetites.
As is my daily ritual, I checked the feeders this morning upon getting up. The bird has become such a constant in my daily routine that it is often difficult to prepare for the day without at least a confirming glimpse or nod from Sara that she has seen the bird. When I see the bird, I am reminded of my Dad, who asks "where were you born little bird" after seeing a rare bird, or a comment made by Dennis Murphy about the nest it was born in, being lined with ptarmigan feathers. Both comments serve as a reminder that this bird is far from its normal beaten path. As I look outside today, February 13th, for the 44th day in succession, I am pleased to report that I have a Hoary Redpoll at my feeders. I hope you have all made or will make the time to see this bird, as I have a feeling it may be some time before the next one appears. Much like a pet owner with an aging animal, I have relished the days with this bird but often think of the day when I will wake up and never see it again. Peace of mind comes when I admit that the bird is not mine, I have never owned it and never will but have been fortunate to have this frosty little visitor at my home, if only for a while.
Did I mention that thistle is expensive even in bulk?! And the Common Golden Pot-bellied Piglet Finches…oh, my goodness!
Man, I have to get up there! Thanks so much for sharing this bird and your story, Curt.
Jealous of the hoary sighting. And I LOVE the new species, the Common Golden Pot-bellied Piglet Finch. I'm so glad it wasn't named after its discoverer – this name is so much more descriptive!! Nice post.


There can be no two opinions that the significance of Turkey's forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24 goes far beyond the country's political economy. The advantage lies with President Recep Erdogan but then he must also win a parliamentary majority.
Turkey's new constitution provides for an executive presidency but the parliament must still provide legislative support. The two institutions are conjoined at the hips. If they pull in different directions, there will be disharmony. But if there is a dominating president, he can be a veritable sultan. Turkey is moving into untested grounds. All this makes the outcome of the June 24 election very consequential.
Erdogan's victory will cause unease in the US and Europe. Israel will feel devastated and the US' Middle Eastern allies will be disappointed. In happier times, the regional capitals used to leave it to Washington to "manage" Turkey. But Washington's leverage is nil today. Even the Pashas won't cooperate. Their last waltz was the failed coup in July 2016, which many Turks suspect to have been a CIA-inspired conspiracy to overthrow Erdogan. It resulted in a slump in the military's reputation, and cemented civilian supremacy.
But then, there could be coups by other means. Such as, for example, causing turmoil in the Turkish economy on the eve of the election with a view to cast the incumbent leader in a poor light. Such attempts are probably under way. The S&P, Moody's and Fitch downgraded Turkey's credit rating in recent months. It is a familiar story. No doubt, Turkey is in need of short-term money and foreign direct investment and its economy is dependent on the EU in terms of trade, investment, and technology.
Meanwhile, western analysts are hyping up the prospects of the opposition candidate Muharrem Ince, a stormy petrel and an archetypal rebel in Turkish politics, gifted with oratorical skills that can match Erdogan's. Inflation in Turkey stands at 12.5%, unemployment is over 10% and the lira has fallen 25% against the dollar this year. Therefore, it is far from clear what emotions Ince could whip up through his speeches laced with razor-sharp wit. In a speech recently, he reportedly said, "We've got the flour, the butter, the sugar, but we cannot make helva (Turks' favorite sweetmeat) because the chef is stealing the flour." The audience roars and Ince doesn't even say who could be the "thief".
Nonetheless, no one expects Ince to receive 50 percent-plus-one vote in the multi-cornered contest in the first round on June 24. The big question is whether he can force Erdogan into a runoff to be held two weeks later. The western analysts are pinning hope on a potential runoff where it will be Erdogan versus Ince with the fragmented opposition rallying behind the latter.
The stakes are very high because if Erdogan remains in power, Turkey's relations with the West will remain problematic and may well deteriorate further. Turkey's ties with the US have been on roller-coaster. An air of unpredictability envelops the relationship. Following the foreign-minister level meeting in Washington on June 4, Ankara wasn't even given a couple of days to celebrate that a road was been agreed upon with regard to the withdrawal of the Kurdish militia to the east of Euphrates and in the northeastern Syrian town of Majib, which has been a pressing Turkish demand. The US state department literally pulled the rug from beneath the feet of the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu no sooner than he left Washington.
The state department spokesperson said harshly on June 5: "The Secretary (Mike Pompeo) endorsed along with the foreign minister of Turkey a general roadmap, I want to be clear that this is going to be conditions based. That means that things can change over time as conditions change on the ground." The snub conveys three things. One, Washington will keep Ankara guessing and hopes to manipulate it like a puppet on a string. Two, the US intends to create new facts on the ground in northern Syria and will keep all options open. The alliance with the Kurds has been not only critical to the American presence in the region but also indispensible in a medium term perspective to keep Erdogan under check.
Three, Washington prefers to put things on hold until the results of the forthcoming Turkish elections get known. Washington seems to be pinning hopes that Ince may pull off an upset victory. The US fears that if Erdogan gets re-elected, he is bound to be a powerful sultan and coercive methods may become necessary to curb him. A situation similar to the provocative and restrictive American moves against Venezuela, involving embargo and sanctions and so on, may become necessary where the Kurdish militants may serve a purpose.
There is no dearth of alibis for Washington – ranging from the anticipated delivery of Russian S-400 missiles to Turkey (and retaliatory sanctions) to delay in the transfer of F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey to even an invocation of the infamous Magnitsky Act to punish Turkey for incarcerating an American pastor in Istanbul facing up to 35 years behind bars for alleged involvement in the 2016 coup d'etat attempt. The stakes have never been so high in a Turkish election.


Home > Baby Shower Games > Ring "Bling" Pop Sweet Candy Treats!
Add fun to your party with the Ring Pop candy that has been around for years!
Give one pre-packaged candy to each of your guests as they enter the door. Have them wear as decoration or make a game of it! The one who makes their ring disappear first (without crunching biting or chewing) is the winner!
Enjoy Ring Bling! PartyScratchers Games while wearing the Ring Pop Candy or just enjoy the sweet taste of these fun treats that we've known since we've been kids.
Each ring pop comes individually wrapped. Flavors are randomly chosen from Blue Raspberry, Cherry, Watermelon, and Strawberry. We will try to accommodate special flavor requests, but may not be able to do so and are limited to stock on hand.
Item: Ring "Bling" Pop Sweet Candy Treats!