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Peter Freuchen - the colonial adventurer and his legacy
A young Peter Freuchen, picture possibly take by Knud Rasmussen
In Denmark, there is a chapter of The Adventurers' Club, an early 20th Century gathering of
male 'explorers' who travelled the world. One might think that such a thing is an old relic,
which reeks of male exclusivity and colonial exploits. And in thinking so, one would not be
Nevertheless, the founder of the club is a beloved character in Danish history – and his
aftermath, perhaps more than anything, represents a variety of aspects of the Danish-
Greenlandic (colonial) relationship.
The name is Peter Freuchen. He participated in numerous Danish arctic expeditions, often
alongside Denmark's perhaps most famous of explorers, Knud Rasmussen. He was a stoker, polar explorer, cartographer, zoologist, filmmaker, trade manager, journalist, author and even, at one point, the leader of the Danish Professional Boxing Federation.
Peter Freuchen was born in 1886. He studied study medicine at the University of Copenhagen in 1904 but dropped out after participating in his first polar adventure, the Denmark Expedition, which departed from Copenhagen in 1906 and went on for two years. Here, he learned meteorology and cartography and stayed for 6 months in a 'mouldy, disgusting hut' far from the other participants. Even so, he never regretted going to Greenland for one moment. Quite the opposite, he found a sense of belonging and excelling. And his talents for Arctic living and exploring caught the eye of Knud Rasmussen, a man of mixed Danish and Inuit descent who had grown up in Greenland.
Rasmussen had plans to establish a trading station in what was then known as the Cape York District in north-western Greenland and he brought Freuchen along to manage it. They set up shop in 1910 and named the station Thule, after the mythical northern location at the end of the world.
But they had not come to uninhabited lands. Thule was founded next to the Inuit settlement of Uummannaq and gave Freuchen a change to witness first-hands the colonial meeting between Greenland and Denmark. He disliked the missionaries for not practicing what they preached, as well as the schooling that they were also tasked with giving Greenlandic children.
He became further on the outs with the Danish church when he became romantically involved and lived with an Inuit woman, Navarana, without getting married in the Christian church – his new partner even refused to convert to Christianity, which was quite the scandal in clerical circles. Having himself witness the missionaries chasing after local women, Freuchen took this lightly and perhaps even found it a little comical. In 1936, he wrote: 'In general, missionaries will go straight to the sixth commandment. Sexual issues are the favourite topic of the Christian church.(…) However, a little sad and ridiculous for the poor heathens that no missionary has ever had success in teaching his own compatriots to live up to the Christian demands."
Map of Greenland with intended route outlined by Rasmussen (1916)
But even if Freuchen thus ridiculed Danish colonial efforts in Greenland, he was inextricably part of them himself. He was managing a Danish trading station and participating in several of Knud Rasmussen's Thule Expeditions, which all served the purpose of 'exploring' and 'discovering' the Arctic regions and its peoples. These were undeniably colonial endeavours, even if done without the bloodshed and harsh methods employed elsewhere. And Knud Rasmussen who ran the operation, was part of the ethnically mixed colonial 'aristocracy' in Greenland, which was viewed – from a Danish point of view – as being on a higher developmental stage than Inuit people proper. Hence, even if Rasmussen spoke the Inuit language and knew all about handling a pack of sled dogs, and even if Freuchen lived as a heathen with a local woman, both of them were fundamentally a part of, and represented Danish colonial rule, and this fact could not, in the end, escape neither them or the area in which they had set up their operation.
In 1919, Freuchen was sent back to Denmark and took with him Navarana and their two children, but the stay was unsuccessful: they both longed to go back to Greenland. Upon returning, however, their happiness was cut short. In the summer of 1921, the Spanish flu ravaged the West coast of Greenland and eventually took Navarana's life. Peter Freuchen went on Knud Rasmussen's 5th Thule expedition, hoping to take his mind off the grief. But in 1924, on their way back across Arctic America, an incident occurred that was to have a decisive influence on the rest of Freuchen's life: he took shelter from a snowstorm and spent the night in sub-zero temperatures as low as -54°C. From this, he suffered frostbite in his left foot to a degree which necessitated the amputation of the lower part of his leg in 1926. This prevented him from participating in more Arctic expeditions.
Freuchen thus moved back to Denmark. During Second World War, however, he was forced to flee to Sweden, because he had been helping people hide from the German occupation force. From here on, he moved to the US where he settled and re-married.
Peter Freuchen with wife Dagmar Cohn
From the US, the explorer continued to take an interest in Greenland, which was formally de-colonized in 1953, but remained part of the Danish Kingdom under a rule which was still quite colonial in practice, if not formally. In the meantime, however, the location of Freuchen's old trading station, Thule, was to be the site of one of the darker chapters of Danish colonial history in Greenland, namely the forcible removal of people of Ummannaq to Qaanaaq 130 km north, to make way for the American Thule Air Base. In 1999, the Danish government issued an official apology for the forced relocation.
In 1957 radio and TV producer Lowell Thomas asked Freuchen to travel to Thule and the North Pole with two other former Arctic explorers for a TV series. He accepted gladly, but never completed the trip: on their way the participants and crew stopped over in Anchorage, Alaska, where Freuchen died at the age of 71.
Freuchen was cremated, and his ashes scattered around Thule, the place which, in many ways, had shaped his life and given purpose, and at least one of whose inhabitants he had loved dearly – but also the place which, as a consequence of his very presence ended up being the site of a particularly distressing colonial crime.
Freuchen with friends on Island of Enehøje (Nakskov Fjord)
PS. Oh, the Danish branch of the Adventurers Club? He founded that in 1938, while living in Denmark and having been admitted as a corresponding member of the club in the US. To this day, the initiation ceremony features a knocking sound said to be coming from his wooden leg.
Iben Bjørnsson holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Copenhagen and specialises in contemporary history and politics with an emphasis on the Nordic countries. She is a curator at the Stevnsfort Cold War Museum in Denmark.

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Posted by Stuart Wren on October 28, 2019
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Tom Hopper, Diego Boneta, Brett Azar
Written by: Billy Ray, (also story) David Goyer, Justin Rhodes, (story only) Charles H. Eglee, Josh Friedman, (story and based on characters created) James Cameron and (based on characters created) Gale Anne Hurd.
Cert: 15
Release date: 23rd October 2019
1984 and a low-budget sci-fi thriller took the box office by storm and made the lead with the impossibly long surname a household name. 1991 and the makers of that original film were given a bigger budget, brought back its two lead actors and thus, one of the best sequels was made. Sadly, the longing for more has led to three more sequels, each one as unmemorable as the next. Now we have a sixth film that tells us to forget the past three films, this is the sequel to the original sequel. At last, we finally have a film that is worthy of carrying the name Terminator.
1997 and Judgment Day never happened thanks to Sarah Connor changing the future. However, a new Terminator, Rev-9, has arrived in Mexico and is looking for Dani Ramos, a woman leading a simple life, working in a factory with her brother. When saved from the Terminator by Grace, a super-enhanced soldier from the future, the two women go on the run and come face-to-face with Sarah Connor. Being chased by an indestructible Terminator, it may need a face from Sarah past to help stop them.
Original creator and director James Cameron is back on board, as a producer, and it shows. Remembering that the first film was nothing more than a chase film with time travel to excite the sci-fi fans, this takes those same principals and delivers nothing more, nothing less. Forget intricate plotting about the future or trying to fox the audience with twists, this is a two-hour, non-stop action flick which moves effortlessly from set-piece to set-piece.
Gone are the 12A antics that the previous sequels were rewarded with, the action is violent, brutal and nail-biting. The new Terminator, a mix of molten metal and old school, come from a new future called Legion. Gone is Skylab but this new threat can shape-shift and pull itself away from the skeleton robot, so Sarah, Grace and Dani have to battle not one but two killing machines.
With double the threat, Deadpool director Tim Miller piles on the stunts and set pieces, bringing moments of genuine thrills and peril. What makes this a unique movie, is that the three main protagonists are female, each one able to stand up to the continuous onslaught that is the Rev-9. Only when the film gets half-way through does, a familiar face reappears: old, wiser but still firing the classic one-liners.
It's great to see Linda Hamilton returning to the role that made her a star. Old age has never slowed her down. In fact, she is more robust, more focused and almost carefree with her attitude towards the Terminator. It's a first-rate performance as she carries the horrors of her past, practically etched in her face. Mackenzie Davis as Grace is a high-kicking super-soldier who brings memories of Sarah in T2, while Natalia Reyes makes up the trio of females as she is the one who could change the future. Finally, Arnold Schwarzenegger turns up as T-800 or Carl as he is called and brings a level of well-needed humour.
Terminator: Dark Fate is the best in the series since Terminator 2. It might not hold the same magic as the first film did, but on a par with other action franchises, it hits the spot with its impressive action sequences and decent characterisations. Thankfully, this entry does wash away the memory of Genisys, which almost killed the series dead. This brings hope that this can move forward.
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Q: How can I map based on objects? I have two kinds of objects in @results (i.e. @results = @videos + @artists).
I'm trying to do, pseudo code:
@results.map(&:title || &:first_name)

A video has a title column, but artist does not. How do I make this work?
I could go into an each loop, but looking for a better way to go about this.

A: Instead of trying to find the right method, I would create a common interface which I can call from anywhere.
Example(I'm using a method called "name", but you may choose another name):
The Video class will have the "name" method, like this:
class Video
  def name
    self.title
  end
end

And with the Artist class, I would do the same, but with the "first_name" method:
class Artist
  def name
    self.first_name
  end
end

Them, you can use the same method(name) on the map block:
@results.map(&:name)

A: @results.map{|x|
  x.title if x.respond_to?('title')
  x.first_name if x.respond_to?('first_name')
}

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Hospitals & Diagnostics
Karnataka: Dubai Health Authority inaugurates Multi-organ Transplant and Reproductive Sciences Division
By Medical Dialogues Bureau Published On 8 Dec 2019 3:45 AM GMT | Updated On 8 Dec 2019 3:45 AM GMT
Karnataka: Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Director General recently inaugurated Multiorgan Transplant and Reproductive Sciences Division at B R Life SSNMC Hospital.
Earlier a high-level delegation of DHA led by Humaid Al Qutami was received by Dr B R Shetty, Chairman, BRS ventures, Mr Binay Shetty, Vice Chairman and Group CEO, BRS Ventures and Col Hemraj Singh Parmar, Group CEO, BR Life, according to a release here on Wednesday. The delegation was provided an overview of the services at the hospital. BR Life made its foray in India in 2013 and currently operates and manages close to 1,600 beds across locations in Bangalore, Trivandrum, Bhubaneshwar, Udupi and Raipur. The group plans to create a strong network of hospitals in India and the Indian subcontinent in the coming years.
Speaking on the occasion, Al Qutami said, ''In line with the vision of the leadership of Dubai, we are keen to foster and promote collaborations with leading institutions in the world in the health sector with an aim to provide high-quality care to our patients and visitors. Through our collaborations we will forge new partnerships and share experiences and expertise with the aim to further enhance the health sector in Dubai and provide world-class medical care.''
Read Also: Vrindavan gets a 300 bedded Hospital , President inaugurates block
Dr Shetty said, ''This visit from the Dubai Health Authority to explore a collaborative medical exchange program is a proud moment for all of us at BR Life. We are keen to enhance healthcare collaboration between India and UAE. ''With highly skilled doctors and clinical expertise. We look forward to a long-standing relationship with Dubai Health Authority wherein we work closely with each other to create a unique value proposition.''
Read Also: Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates LINAC services, AMRIT pharmacy, auditorium at National Cancer Institute, AIIMS Jhajjar campus
B R Life SSNMC Hospital BR Life DHA Dr. B. R. Shetty Dubai Health Authority inaugurated Multiorgan Transplant Multi Organ Transplant


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Q: How to pass windows authentication from asp.net application to TFS 2017 I'm creating a asp.net web application which uses AD authentication to login.
This application provides some services which call TFS RestApi that uses AD authentication as well.
I need to pass login information to TFS and I don't want to keep username/password at all after signing.
Is there any way just to pass for example a current session token or identity to TFS Rest Api?
Somehow similar to SSO?
Thanks

A: You could try below ways to do this:

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*Using ASP.NET impersonation

*Store the TFS credential in a database or secure place and use
TFS impersonation in code to connect to TFS

*Create a WCF service that runs under the security of the TFS
credentials. This WCF service will make the TFS query. From your web
application you can call this WCF service.

Note:

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*For way 1, have a look at this tutorial: Setting up impersonation
for ASP.NET TFS API apps

*For way 2, this also requires TFS Admin to make some
    settings(impersonate of TFS)

A: As @PatrickLu mentioned we need to enable impersonation in web.config.
Another thing, if you use HttpClient since it's async it's not gonna work:
var client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler() { UseDefaultCredentials=true})
HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync("your-tfs-url").Result;

So it's better to use WebClient
 WebClient wc = new WebClient();
 wc.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
 wc.Headers.Add(System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.ContentType, "application/json;
 charset=utf-8");
 var result=wc.DownloadString("http://yourtfs-url");


• The act is sold as providing a voluntary patient choice, but doesn't even have a requirement of voluntariness, capability or consent when the lethal dose is administered.
• People who ask about the act will lose their right to informed consent: They will lose the right to be told about alternatives for cure.
• The claim that self-administration is required is not true. The act says that a patient "may" self-administer the lethal dose. There is no language that administration "must" be by self-administration.
• The death certificate is required to list a terminal disease as the cause of death. The significance is that prosecution will not be possible, no matter what the facts. The death will be a terminal disease (not murder) as a matter of law.
• Enactment will create the perfect crime to put older people in the crosshairs of their heirs and other predators.


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Q: Does code run faster in functions.php than in different theme templates? For example I have this code which gets the post title:
function baracuda_sinlge_post_title(){ // Single Post Title
        $post_title = single_post_title('','0');
        return $post_title;
    }

Where do you think it would run faster, in functions.php or direcly in the template I need it to be like this:
$post_title = single_post_title('','0');

A: It doesn't matter. I know you think it matters, but it doesn't. The reason it doesn't matter has nothing to do with which one is actually faster. The speed of your website will NEVER be influenced by the placement of this function. Theoretically, sure, but in practice you'll never see it. The only two places to spend time are the front end bandwidth and back end DB calls. That's it. The front end will be too heavy, have too many http requests, errors, and a plethora of other front end issues. And the database is typically the biggest bottleneck on a website.
If you're not spending time in these two areas, you're wasting time.


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This Week's Hot Moments in Anime [05/23/2017]
12:15 AM May 24, 2017
Honey's Anime Pickup,
This week is
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Yesssssss! It is about time that we talk about the anime from the past week!
We have passed the halfway point! I cannot believe it.
I am in love with Sagiri-chhan. She is an excellent waifu.
ReCREATORS was so good!!! I hope someone talks about it!
Contains Spoilers
Did Kazuya Just Get... Oh.
Title: Tsugumomo Ep. 8
I do have to confess that watching Tsugumomo has been a guilty pleasure of mine this season. The characters, while quite odd in each of their own ways, come together to make what is essentially a retelling of Tenchi Muyo just slightly more raunchy and less spacey. While it is all good and fun, the first half of this episode is one of these weird, probably an homage to old movies, episodes where no one actually really speaks.
Moving beyond that though, the second half is about this classmate of Kazuya's who has some cologne that he can wear that will make him irresistible to women. So, he douses himself in it and is drowning in his harem. This is still it becomes too much and the other guys begin hunting him down for the cologne. After a mishap, Kazuya gets doused in it, but safely makes it home to wash it off. Everything seems fine till his sister, Kiriha, Kukuri, Kokuyou, and Chisato all let themselves into the bath to wash him. They then very clearly umm… help him finish three times before deciding to use rock scissors paper to determine who gets to deflower him. I don't know about you, but I was howling at this point with laughter. It's always the other way around with the girl crying about this kind of thing, so to see Kazuya be terrified about the same situation is not only hilarious, but also slightly refreshing. It's good to see that, while normally yes, this situation is not okay, studios have not forgotten what it was like to have a slightly shy or timid main character. Week after week too, this series is really turning into a Neo Tenchi Muyo and I cannot wait to see what next week will do.
Get outta here Kazuya. You gotta take these aggressive females one by one like a man. I know all about being a mang and being manly. I man so much that other men wish they could man as hard as I do. Yeah. Man stuff dude.
Poorly or Porn?
Title: Room Mate Ep. 6
Ellyn Barnes
As someone who struggled to get through the first few four-minute episodes of One Room, I was surprised (okay, not that surprised) to find myself enjoying the guy version. I've discovered that this is most likely because it gets more suggestive every week, without a whiny female protag getting in the way of all the pretty boys. Which really helps me overlook the fact that it's basically just pure trope wrapped up in mediocre animation.
If you've ever seen that "Anime or Porn" noises video, episode six of Room Mate basically gave off a similar impression, making it quite literally the hottest moment for me. Hot guy gets sick. Hot guy has a fever that gives him a flushed face. Hot guy makes panting and moaning sounds while lying on a bed. Hot guy makes embarrassed face at being fed rice porridge from an undeniably phallic spoon followed by more moaning. It's all brilliant. Especially when their clothes all disappear in the end credits. I just wish there was a hentai version like with Souryo to Majiwaru Shikiyoku no Yoru ni...
I would pay gooood money to watch an 18+ of this show. Then anyone could be the protag. You, another guy… The porn possibilities are endless~
Entrapment?!
Title: Warau Salesman NEW Ep. 7
Jenangelx3
Alright my moment of the week is Warau Salesman's first story arc in episode 7. The salesman gives a rather routine and mundane salaryman the ability to disguise himself as someone else entirely and live an adventurous life. Isobe, the salaryman, relishes in his new freedom and goes out to hostess clubs and izakaya. It is a little strange that he had never indulged in any of those practices before, especially the izakaya. Then the salesman gives Isobe a new apartment to go with his life where a wife and children live. How is that even possible?! Then the salesman makes a comment about how if Isobe gets tired of his second life and then retire to his first life.
What is the point of that? Isobe now has a magical second family that gives him grief while he left his happy family behind! Ah, what a mockery to the family dynamic. Yeah, I feel like the salesman trapped Isobe in this hell hole and he's just going to have to resign his life to his old life to be happy and get out of the trap he is currently in. Jeez. To think he didn't ask for anything at the beginning at all.
Uhhhhhh... Moguro-san?
Title: sin Nanatsu no Taizai Ep. 5
Rod Locksley
Curiously enough, my pick of the week is an anime that I'm not a fan of. I needed a change of pace, so I gave Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai a try, and I don't know if it's good or bad, but I enjoyed this musical thong… I mean, thing. Episode 5 is purely a fight between Lucifer and Astaroth, but it's more enjoyable overall, even if you're not here just to see voluptuous women fighting with little or no clothing.
At first, I thought Astaroth talking by rapping will go through the whole episode, but the moment I said "ok, this will be fun" she just started to talk normally. For me, this is an unfair war between a girl who definitely can rap and make music and a powerful wannabe driven by envy. Like, literally, because my girl Leviathan —Demon Lord of Envy— is her #1 supporter. Another thing we can note is that it seems that producing top-notch videos gets easier if you're a demon, but anxiety can still affect you. The final moments of the episode was this show were suddenly they're not rivals anymore and give us a wonderful crossover on stage. From rap to synth pop and your typical idol music, Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai explored music in a cool way. Can I have more of this, already?
Who cares about who sings better? I love the ecchi scenes!!
And that is it for this week! Thank you for staying with us until the end. What did you think? Did you see any of the moments that are discussed here? Let us know below!!
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Cities have become a focal point for efforts to transition towards a more sustainable, low-carbon society, with many municipal agencies championing 'eco city' initiatives of one kind or another. And yet, national policy initiatives frequently play an important – if sometimes overlooked – role, too. This chapters provides comparative perspectives on four recent national sustainable city programmes from France, India, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The analysis reveals two key insights: first, national policy is found to exercise a strong shaping role in what sustainable development for future cities is understood to be, which helps explain the considerable differences in priorities and approaches across countries. Second, beyond articulating strategic priorities, national policy may exercise a 'soft' governance function by incentivising and facilitating wider, voluntary governance networks in the effort to implement sustainable city projects locally. This innovative role, however, depends on the ability of national policy to produce resonance among societal actors and on its effective interaction with formal planning processes.


Shane & Rahndi: I know I know!!!
As you can see Levi progressed from anticipation, complete panic, leading to unsure, and finally full excitement. Levi loves to swim. After each lesson the instructors had to remove Levi from the water because he would not come out willingly. We have signed him up for swimming lessons again in May, I only hope that they are just as successful.


Tune in here for updates on Cool Cats & Hot Dogs, The Hundreds' Summer Warehouse Sale and BBQ. Read more about the festivities here.
If you weren't sleeping, you realized that today is the beginning of Cool Cats & Hot Dogs 2014, The Hundreds' 2-day Summer Warehouse Sale and BBQ at The Hundreds Homebase. If you were sleeping, wake up, and come down to our Vernon HQ for the festivities, featuring games, snow cones, face painting, hot dogs, music, and an exclusive chance to taste Taco Bell's Quesarito before it releases.
Catch the photos as the day progresses below.
As usual, the pack turned out and turned up in The Hundreds warehouse's loading bay.
Those lucky enough to find a Golden Ticket were generously rewarded with all varieties of highly sought after and limited goods. These handsome folks won some extremely rare foot coverage courtesy of Taco Bell.
Red Bull was cool enough to sponsor the event with tasty bevos and a lounge area for all of the lazy folk.
This dude won the ultra limited "The Hundreds X Tapatío" T-shirt and 10oz bottle.
There's always a few stand-outs looking to bring Ben and Bobby a gift. Today was no exception. This dude made his mark.
It's only been a few hours in the first day, and we've given out 6 golden tickets. Despite this dude trying to look super un-stoked, he won the "The Hundreds X Shadow Conspiracy" BMX bike. His somewhat more enthused confidants copped the The Hundreds Summer 2014 magazine. Good choice.
AQUAhydrate was on-deck with that fancy water.
DJ Dyer was perfect coiffed as always, poised to deliver a recurring onslaught of summer beats.
The craziness was real when the gates were opened. The Hundreds doesn't play games when it comes to our annual warehouse sale.


I will hear your voice no more.
someone so precious had to die.
That came when I lost you.
I'm here again, a thousand miles away from you. A broken mess, just scattered pieces of who I am.
I was always afraid to lose you, now i lost you there's nothing I can do but do me. Since i lost you, I lost myself.
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Choose from Narrow or tapered legline, skinny, bootcut or straight leglines.
Wear pants with Flap pockets, cuffs or any other design detail, turn ups, wash embellishments, side pockets, and breast pockets and pleats to add volume.
Wear high or low waisted styles.
Wear tops that add volume, like, empire line, yoke line, layering, wrap tops, padded tops. Add layers to add volume.
Wear details like patterns such as horizontal lines, dots or floral, bold belts, stripes, yokes and epaulets are great to add volume.
Wearing different colors on top and bottom will break up your thinner body.
Wear flared and gathered skirts are great.
A Lines, flip, bias cut or wrap styles.
Wear princess line with curved darts and details, empire line and wrap style dresses.
Wear unfitted jackets which slope to the waist.
Look for details such as pockets, shoulder details, vent, Shoulder pads will give extra width and illusion of waist.
Look for bulky or highly textured fabric like knits and tweeds to add volume.
Wear any form that will give volume to your arms, batman, dropped, flared, cuffed, /4th sleeve, loose short sleeve.
You can wear very flexible necklines. Great choices are ruffles, cowl, necktie, collars, turtle neck, and scoop neck. They will give you roundness. Avoid square necklines.
Avoid shapeless jackets, loose or droopy styles that hang from your shoulders.
Avoid too tight or too baggy clothes.
Avoid bulky texture on tummy.
Scarves and shawls are great.
Wear kitten or medium heels, ankle straps and boots, ballerinas, ugg boots, cowboy boots, or any other boot with calf details such as straps, buckles. Opt for rounded toe in your footwear.
Choose rounded shaped bags with soft edges, clutch bags of petite to medium size.
Wear push up bras. Padded styles are perfect. Use patterned two pieces to emphasize your bust and hips. Vertical lines on 1 piece will give illusion of shape.


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Armagh GAA speeds ahead with Northgate Vehicle Hire
July 20th, 2014 | Senior Football
Northgate Vehicle Hire in Ireland has announced an exciting new partnership with The Armagh County Board of The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), through the provision of a free of charge vehicle to be used to broadcast as many Armagh GAA games as possible live across the world on Linwoods Armagh TV.
With Gaelic football being the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of attendance, and following the team's success this season, Northgate's support will allow even more people to be able to watch the games throughout the 2014 season.
PICTURED ABOVE: Kevin Fox (IT Officer and head of Linwood's Armagh TV), Darren McKinney (Northgate Sales Manager Northern Ireland) and Kieran McGeeney (Assistant Manager of the Armagh County football team)
Darren McKinney, Sales Manager Northern Ireland, commented:
"Here at Northgate Vehicle Hire we are always looking at ways to support local businesses and talent, and are very excited about this new partnership. Gaelic football is causing a real buzz across Ireland and we're looking forward to the season ahead!"
Brian Smyth, Development Officer at Armagh GAA, commented:
"We are delighted to have partnered with Northgate Vehicle Hire for the 2014 season. Having a well-known and valued company such as Northgate on board will help to further raise our profile with the Gaelic football audience."
He continued:
"Through the help of the market leader in flexible vehicle hire, fans across Ireland will be able to watch these fantastic games. On behalf of the whole team I'd like to thank Northgate for its support and look forward to what the new season has in store."
Northgate has sites across five locations in Ireland with its head office in Dublin. For further information please visit www.northgatevehiclehire.co.uk. Follow Northgate on Twitter at http://twitter.com/northgatevhire.


In recent years, health care and insurance coverage have seen considerable shakeups. Particularly with the current administration working to roll back coverage requirements and the individual mandate penalty associated with the Affordable Care Act, the health care, insurance and human resources sectors have a lot to keep up with.
One of the most recent changes here comes in the form the Choose Medicare Act, a newly proposed bill introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) with the support of 11 other Congressional Democrats.
What changes would the Choose Medicare Act bring?
As HealthPayer Intelligence contributor Thomas Beaton reported, the Choose Medicare Act would establish a Medicare health plan that is available to individuals of all ages and which would be offered in state and federal health exchanges, in addition to the employer-sponsored coverage market.
By leveraging $2 billion of initial funding, the newly proposed act would establish a Medicare E plan, which would offer any consumer comparable medical coverage, prescription benefits and provider networks as those offered in Medicare A and B plans. In this way, the scope and availability of Medicare coverage would be accessible to all regardless of age or other standards.
The Choose Medicare Act would also enable Medicare representatives to negotiate prescription drug prices. This particular part of the Act has seen support from both sides of the aisle, JDSUPRA reported, as it could lead to lower drug costs across the board.
"Every American deserves the promise of access to a popular, affordable, high-quality health care option," Merkey said. "Fortunately, we already have exactly such an option – and it's called Medicare. The Choose Medicare Act creates a Medicare option for all, putting consumers and businesses in the driver's seat on the pathway to universal health care."
The Choose Medicare Act would establish Medicare Part E plans, accessible to individuals of all ages.
The act would enable employers to provide another coverage option for workers, in addition to existing employment-based health insurance. Employees could opt for employer coverage, or select the Medicare Part E plan, which mandates the coverage of all essential health benefits, as well as the other services and benefits offered by Medicare Part A and B plans.
What's more, the act also expands the eligibility of premium tax credits to middle-income earners who did not qualify for such credits in the past. If the bill passes, employers will need to take this change into account, particularly around tax time, to ensure that employees receive the proper credits according to their chosen coverage.
With so many changes taking place in the health care and benefits sectors, it's important that employers have the tools they need to keep benefits administration and eligibility organized and compliant. Solutions like Secova's Benefits Administration Services and Eligibility Audit Services help ensure that the proper benefits are supported for each employee, and that your organization is compliant when it comes to eligible dependents.


In light of the new reward system, the illogical down & out cause of death has become even more useless and annoying. If someone bleeds out behind a tree after being downed by your KAR, it should register as an SR kill, which is actually the cause of his death.
Unless a downed person was finished by the blue line or by another weapon, the normal bleed out should register as a kill with the original weapon that downed him. Especially considering the daily missions now.
Not that the Down&Out cause of death ever made much sense anyway.
Does anyone know why Steam randomly starts and stops downloading? As far as I know, there's no solution for it.
I feel like there's a surprising lack of PvP WQs for the expansion based on war.


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Irene Goergens, née le , est une terroriste allemande, membre de la première génération de la Fraction armée rouge.

Biographie

Le , elle participe  à l'évasion d'Andreas Baader. Le , elle est arrêtée avec Brigitte Asdonk, Horst Mahler, Ingrid Schubert et Monika Berberich. Tous sont emprisonnés en isolement total. Irene Goergens est libérée en 1977 et n'a depuis plus d'activité en rapport avec la RAF.

Bibliographie
 Stefan Aust, Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex., Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg, 2005
 Wolfgang Kraushaar (Hrsg.), Die RAF und der linke Terrorismus, Edition Hamburg, Hamburg, 2006
 Butz Peters, RAF - Terrorismus in Deutschland, Droemer Knaur, München, 1993
 Butz Peters, Tödlicher Irrtum. Die Geschichte der RAF, Argon-Verlag, Berlin, 2004

Naissance en avril 1951
Membre de la Fraction armée rouge
Lieu de naissance inconnu

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This soon to be Momma is sleeeeepy my friends!! With having to get up to go to the bathroom so often and get comfy with my growing belly I find it harder to get a restful night's sleep (ehhhmm- I know, I know- this is nothing in comparison in what's to come, right? All in training?) 🙂 But with that said, a gal can try, right? I have been trying to be more conscious about my bedtime routine, not doing as many emails before bed, drinking some chamomile tea, and now using my nifty pillow spray!! I crafted up this concotion after seeing some overpriced sleepy mist at the natural health store. My "I can do it" mentality couldn't help but reside when I saw the simple ingredients. This aromatherapy technique will not only smell amazing but assist in creating a routine smell and ambiance when it comes to bed time. This is safe and great for kiddos too!
First add your distilled water and then witch hazel. If you don't have witch hazel you can use vodka or rubbing alcohol as well. I know vodka sounds crazy, but basically you want a carrier agent that is alcohol based so that you are not ruining your fabric, plus the vodka will evaporate quickly to avoid staining or damaging fabric- not to worry!
Cedarwood essential oil is known to help with soothing and calming the mind (umm hello sign me up!!) as well as relieving tensions and anxiety. Add 15 drops to your container.
Lavender essential oil, probably one of the most common calming oils, relaxes the mind and body giving a calming nature and smelling amazing! Add 15 drops to the spray bottle as well and give the bottle a shake.
Be sure to store in a darker place for longer shelf life and get some sleep zesters!!


United Kingdom Sotheby's International Realty sells and lets homes across London and the rest of the UK. Established in 1998, the company has a number of experienced specialists in all divisions, including residential sales, lettings, development sales, investment and international sales.
Since the founding of the auction house in 1744, the Sotheby's name has become renowned for handling the sale of many of the world's most valuable and prestigious possessions. Sotheby's International Realty® was founded on the same reputation in 1976 and benefits from a shared position of attracting the world's wealthiest individuals, who appreciate, art, antiques, jewelry, and other collectibles of which property plays a key part. Together, our companies are able to collaborate to provide a unique and exclusive experience to a coveted and influential audience.
Our ever-expanding network currently has approximately 20,000 sales associates, located in approximately 870 offices across 70 countries, giving it one of the most expansive reaches of any real estate company worldwide.


Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall Saturday night called on the judiciary not to bow to political pressure by assigning a case to another judge because Attorney General, Basil Williams does not want to apologise to High Court Judge, Franklin Holder.
"In short, they now want to choose their own judge to hear their own case. A classic exhibition of authoritarianism. This strikes at the heart of the doctrine of separation of powers," Nandlall said in response to a release of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo's petition to Williams.
Nandlall warned that if the Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards gives into Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo's petition through Williams on the grounds that there would not be a fair hearing by Justice Holder, public confidence may be eroded.
"My only hope is that the judiciary will not disappoint the people of this country and will stand firm like the rock of Gibraltar and will maintain its independence and its dignity. If it does not, the hemorrhage of public confidence which will flow may be irreparable," said Nandlall who is representing Carville Duncan in a legal challenge to his removal from the Public, Judicial and Police Service Commissions because of outstanding fraud charges against him at the time.
Nandlall observed that the judge opted to write to Williams' superior, lodging a complaint against the Attorney General's conduct and rightfully asserted that he will not hear the Attorney General unless he apologizes for his despicable conduct. The AG, whose ego is larger than the administration of justice, decides that he will not apologize.
The former Minister of Legal Affairs described the Prime Minister's letter as "nothing short of the most comical and clumsy conspiracy hatched between the AG and the Prime Minister to avoid the AG apologizing to Justice Franklyn Holder.
The Prime Minister's request that the case be heard by another Judge was made on the grounds that the judge had the power to handle the alleged incident between himself and the State's Attorney General amicably in Court instead of retiring to his Chambers without the formal rising of the Court, the petition to Madame Chancellor required the State's Attorney General to compulsorily apologise in open court before the Court's continuation of the State's matter and forwarding by the Honourable Chancellor of the petition aforesaid to the President who is a party to the Suit.
However, Attorney-at-Law Nandlall insisted that his successor was contemptuous of the court, while at the same time he credited Justice Holder with exercising commendable restraint and magnanimously exited the bench, rather than cite the AG for contempt and call upon him to show cause why he should not be imprisoned.
"It is that factual matrix which produces this bizarre letter which seeks to convert the judge, who is the victim of the abuse, into a villain! This can happen in no civilized country where is there is rule of law a system of democracy." he said.


Woman's silk damask shoes with buckles, 1740-1750, England. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.81.71.1a-b.
Shoe buckles are fashion accessories worn by men and women from the mid-17th century through the 18th century. Shoe buckles were made of a variety of materials including brass, steel, silver or silver gilt, and buckles for formal wear were set with diamonds, quartz or imitation jewels.
Buckled shoes began to replace tied shoes in the mid-17th century: Samuel Pepys wrote in his Diary for 22 January 1660 "This day I began to put on buckles to my shoes, which I have bought yesterday of Mr. Wotton." Separate buckles remained fashionable until they were abandoned along with high-heeled footwear and other aristocratic fashions in the years after the French Revolution, although they were retained as part of ceremonial and court dress until well into the 20th century.
Man's steel and gilt wire shoe buckles, England, c. 1777–1785 LACMA M.80.92.6a-b.
Man's shoe buckles with case. Paste stones with gilded-copper-alloy trim on silver and steel, France, c. 1785. LACMA M.2007.211.829a-b.
Man's cut steel shoe buckles, United States, 1780s. LACMA 42.16.23a-b.
^ "The Diary of Samuel Pepys". Retrieved 16 April 2011.
^ "Victoria and Albert Museum: Shoe Buckles". Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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How discipline and a call to service propelled veteran Cynthia LaRocca's successful career at Northwell Health
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Serving country and community always came naturally to Cynthia LaRocca, director of clinical professional development at Plainview and Syosset Hospitals.
As a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, Cynthia served in a variety of roles including pharmacy technician and field medic. Her military path led to jobs at VA hospitals in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Nebraska—experiences where "I found nursing and nursing found me."
Cynthia's transition to a civilian career at Northwell was eased by lessons learned during her eight years in the reserve. "Discipline is a skill that I have learned from the military and that serves me well at Northwell because it means seeing something through from beginning to end."
In addition, the teamwork skills she acquired in the military translated easily to the Northwell Health value of being Truly Together: whether serving the country or serving the community, she says, "without your colleagues you cannot achieve your ultimate goals or complete your mission."
Today, Cynthia manages the clinical professional development of orientations, annual training skills, new equipment and professional acumen for the clinical nursing staff at both Plainview and Syosset Hospitals. And by embodying the Northwell Health value of Truly Ambitious, she has seized opportunities to spread her wings and redefine what it means to work in health care, reaching career goals and achieving credentials including registered nurse (RN), registered nurse–board certified (RNBC) and doctor of nursing practice (DNP).
Work excites Cynthia every day because "I know what I am doing is helping others," and appreciates that Northwell prioritizes ensuring all military employees feel supported, whether they continue to serve while on the job or are veterans who have completed their service: "The support Northwell gives to those who serve cannot be understated."
Apply the lessons you learned in the military toward a Northwell Health career. Discover a career well cared for.
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Moped klass I, en så kallad EU-moped, kallas i Sverige ett motorfordon som får köra högst 45 km/h (men får ändå inte framföras på motorväg eller motortrafikled) och som har

 två hjul samt
 om det drivs av en motor som bygger på inre förbränning, denna har en slagvolym av högst 50 kubikcentimeter, eller
 om det drivs av en elektrisk motor, denna har en kontinuerlig märkeffekt av högst 4 kilowatt,
 tre hjul samt
 om det drivs av en förbränningsmotor med tändsystem, denna har en slagvolym av högst 50 kubikcentimeter,
 om det drivs av någon annan typ av motor som bygger på inre förbränning, denna har en nettoeffekt på högst 4 kilowatt.
 om det drivs av en elektrisk motor, denna har en kontinuerlig märkeffekt av högst 4 kilowatt.
om det har en vikt i körklart skick ej överstigande 270 kg
fyra hjul samt
 om det drivs av en förbränningsmotor med tändsystem, denna har en slagvolym av högst 50 kubikcentimeter,
 om det drivs av någon annan typ av motor som bygger på inre förbränning, denna har en nettoeffekt på högst 4 kilowatt.
 om det drivs av en elektrisk motor, denna har en kontinuerlig märkeffekt av högst 4 kilowatt.
om det har en vikt i körklart skick ej överstigande 425 kg
fyra hjul och kaross samt
 om det drivs av en förbränningsmotor med tändsystem, denna har en slagvolym av högst 50 kubikcentimeter,
 om det drivs av någon annan typ av motor som bygger på inre förbränning, denna har en nettoeffekt på högst 6 kilowatt.
 om det drivs av en elektrisk motor, denna har en kontinuerlig märkeffekt av högst 6 kilowatt.
om det har en vikt i körklart skick ej överstigande 425 kg

Om mopeden har fyra hjul får vikten utan last vara högst 425 kg. Vid beräkningen av en fyrhjulig mopeds vikt skall i fråga om ett eldrivet fordon batterierna inte räknas in. En fyrhjulig moped med kupé kallas mopedbil.

För att få köra moped klass I måste man ha körkort AM, A eller B, traktorkort (utfärdat före 1 oktober 2009) eller förarbevis för moped klass I (utfärdat före 1 oktober 2009). Förarbevisen ges inte längre ut, och istället behövs körkort med behörigheten AM.

I trafiken gäller regler liknande de för motorcykel, vilket bland annat innebär att dessa mopeder inte får köras på cykelfält eller cykelbanor eller parkeras i cykelställ. Moped klass I ska vara registrerat i bilregistret och ha registreringsskylt (MC-modell). Fordonstypen är skattebefriad.

Man måste ha fyllt 15 år för att ta körkort i moped klass I. För att en elev ska få övningsköra med moped klass 1 måste man ha ett körkortstillstånd som är giltigt och utfärdat av svenska staten. Man får inte övningsköra privat utan måste gå på en körskola med en utbildad lärare. Den som är under 15 och har ett giltigt körkortstillstånd får ta teorilektion och göra uppkörningen, men för att kunna skriva provet hos trafikverket måste man ha fyllt 15 år.

Se även
 Moped klass II
 Moped

Externa länkar
 Moped klass I på Transportstyrelsens webbplats

Mopeder


(1) Electrical properties: Solids are classified into following classes depending on the extent of conducting nature.
(i) Conductors: The solids which allow the electric current to pass through them are called conductors. These are further of two types; Metallic conductors and electrolytic conductors. The electrical conductivity of these solids is high in the range . Their conductance decrease with increase in temperature.
(ii) Insulators: The solids which do not allow the current to pass through them are called insulators. e.g., rubber, wood and plastic etc. the electrical conductivity of these solids is very low i.e., .
(iii) Semiconductors: The solids whose electrical conductivity lies between those of conductors and insulators are called semiconductors. The conductivity of these solid is due to the presence of impurities. e.g. Silicon and Germanium. Their conductance increase with increase in temperature. The electrical conductivity of these solids is increased by adding impurity. This is called Doping. When silicon is doped with P (or As, group 5th elements), we get n-type semiconductor. This is because P has five valence electrons. It forms 4 covalent bonds with silicon and the fifth electron remains free and is loosely bound. This give rise to n-type semiconductor because current is carried by electrons when silicon is doped with Ga (or in In/Al, group 3rd elements) we get p-type semiconductors.


GREE Forum > Forums > Modern War > General > Faction vs faction leaderboard not working again!
View Full Version : Faction vs faction leaderboard not working again!
The Gree fail train keeps on rolling.
How long does it take to fix this?
Please quit exaggerating, every other event, How about every event.
We are on it folks! Should be fixed shortly!
Does the leader board really matter before Monday? ?
It's not like this has happened before is it,so they would check it,like before releasing it DOH!
It should be fixed now folks!


1. Heat the chicken broth to boil, add chopped potatoes.
2. Peel and chop the apples, leeks and celeriac and add to the already boiling potatoes. Boil until all the vegetables are soft.
3. Add the orange juice and cream cheese.
4. Puree everything until smooth.
5. Toast the barley bread and serve with the soup.


« Is Nicholas Carr making sense?
We ask our leaders to be decisive. Perhaps, instead, we should ask them to be wise.
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We think of our forefathers as wise, while we don't apply that characteristic to our current leaders. Is this due to the benefit of time to evaluate their decisions, romanticiizing about a bygone era or in fact true?
It is hard to judge the impact of decisions without the benefit of time, seeing the impact, and reflecting on options. I don't think you're being romantic. Today's leaders seem to focus with too much negative energy.
Wisdom is knowing and understanding the nature of people and things.


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Rockwell Collins and Edgewater demonstrate networking technology
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, August 30, 2006
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA and OTTAWA, ON (August 30, 2006) - Rockwell Collins and Edgewater Computer Systems have successfully demonstrated Edgewater's Mil-Std 1553B Notice 5 compliant networking technology referred to by Edgewater as Extended 1553™ (E1553™) in a Rockwell Collins simulated operational environment. E1553 was proven by Rockwell Collins to provide significantly higher throughput over legacy 1553 bus transfers with no degradation of legacy 1553 application data and messages.
"The E1553 technology enables cost-effective, incremental upgrades of aging aircraft, provides substantially improved performance, and enables Network Centric Operation (NCO) capabilities required to support today's warfighter," said Woody Hogle, vice president and general manager, Integrated Systems for Rockwell Collins.
In March 2006, the United States Air Force announced an updated military standard for data bus networking in avionics. Known as Mil-Std 1553B Notice 5, the standard was developed by Edgewater in support of the U.S. Government. Mil-Std 1553B Notice 5 increases the data throughput on the 1553 bus 200 times over legacy 1553B without the need for rewiring or changing the existing infrastructure of the platform. This delivers a cost-effective approach to incremental aircraft network upgrades while eliminating the proliferation of multiple, disconnected networking interfaces. Furthermore, changes to existing operational flight programs (OFPs) are minimized, substantially reducing costly software development and verification cycles associated with the addition of new networks within the platform.
"The deployment of Mil-Std 1553B Notice 5 is strategically important to the United States Air Force," said William Urschel, U.S Air Force, Aeronautical Systems Chief Architect, Wright-Patterson A.F.B. "Rockwell Collins independent validation of the technology is an impressive and important step in support of this effort."
In June 2006, Rockwell Collins and Edgewater entered into an agreement to validate the functionality of Edgewater's E1553 hardware in a simulated operational environment. Rockwell Collins and Edgewater chose a C-130 System Integration Lab (SIL), which replicates the C-130's avionics and data busses, to perform the testing.
"Edgewater is pleased to be working with Rockwell Collins to validate E1553 technology with real-world applications in operational environments," said Edgewater president Duane Anderson. "Rockwell Collins continues to demonstrate why it is one of the pre-eminent leaders in communications and aviation electronics solutions by its leadership role in technology development and evaluation."
Rockwell Collins integrated Edgewater's E1553 hardware with an avionics cockpit display and a Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) radio. The TTNT waveform, which has been selected as the Airborne Networking Waveform by the United States Air Force, provides a high-bandwidth, reliable, ad-hoc network required to connect forces at the tactical edge.
A data throughput in excess of 50 mbps was required to support the demonstrated applications. Edgewater's E1553 supported this requirement with no degradation to the legacy 1553 which ran concurrently at its maximum rate of approximately 700 kbps. The demonstration was performed with a hardware implementation of the standard developed several years ago by Edgewater for proof of concept purposes.
"The U.S. Navy is committed to the cost-savings, capabilities and advantages enabled by Mil-Std 1553B Notice 5," according to Larry Hollingsworth, Director, Avionics Department, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). "We applaud the efforts of Edgewater and Rockwell Collins and will watch with keen interest as they continue their integration and validation of the technology within real-world, military tactical systems."
Rockwell Collins and Edgewater will work together to further demonstrate and validate the increased performance capabilities of Edgewater's current Mil-Std 1553 Notice 5 compliant hardware, which will complement ongoing activities underway for the integration and flight test of Mil-Std 1553B Notice 5 technology in F-16, F-18, C-17 and other platforms.
About Edgewater
Edgewater Computer Systems Inc. is a privately-held provider of advanced computer and communications technology products for enterprise and embedded computing applications. Founded in 1988, Edgewater has an extensive background developing real-time high-performance multiprocessor systems for military, government, and commercial organizations. The company currently has two distinct product lines: multi-channel wireless communications and wired data communications. For more information, please visit www.edgewater.ca.
About Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) is a pioneer in the development and deployment of innovative communication and aviation electronics solutions for both commercial and government applications. Our expertise in flight deck avionics, cabin electronics, mission communications and information management is strengthened by 17,000 employees, and a global service and support network that crosses 27 countries. To find out more, please visit www.rockwellcollins.com.
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April 28, 2015 | Published By Bandini
Oddisee's The Good Fight Battles To Be Among 2015's Best (Album Stream)
Today (April 28), Oddisee released his seventh solo studio album, The Good Fight. The Mello Music Group release includes 12 tracks, featuring the Washington, D.C. native's verses, melodies, and production.
The Diamond District member follows up 2013's Tangible Dream with an album, that based on its early singles, videos, and public streams is garnering some very warm responses.
The Good Fight by Oddisee
Is Oddy rivaling Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly and others as an early nod for one of 2015's most cohesive, rich listens?
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Louth Social Enterprises urged to apply for Start Up Fund
Dundalk Chamber President Sean Farrell
Michelle O'Keeffe
Rethink Ireland has announced the opening of The Social Enterprise Start-up Fund.
The €800,000 fund will be delivered over two years: 2021 – 2022 and has been created by Rethink Ireland in partnership with the Department of Rural and Community Development via the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Dundalk Chamber of Commerce President Sean Farrell said: "The fund seeks to support social enterprises at the start-up / early stage of their life cycle and will provide critical support to the most innovative and impactful start-up social enterprises."
A social enterprise is a business that works primarily to improve the lives of people. Social enterprises are at the heart of facing the greatest social challenges in Ireland.
The money they make from their work is used to grow what they do so that they can reach all the people in society who need their help.
In 2021, the fund offers up to 25 awardees cash grants, a place on the Accelerator Programmeand business supports.
Applications from social enterprises that are at an early stage of their development and are looking to fully establish themselves in the market can apply.
Applications are open from July 15th until 1pm on Tuesday, August 3rd.
All queries relation to the fund should be sent to socialenterprise@rethinkireland.ie
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Ardee Concert Band welcome funding from Government and Council after a year of fundraising standstill
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Surfing behind an airplane: using a wingboard, you can now surf behind an airplane – otherwise known as "winging".
We are familiar with wakeboarding on the water – but soon you will be able to do the same thing in the air. Instead of skimming across the waves behind a boat, you will be able to slice through the clouds behind a plane! Standing on a wing-like panel, holding a trapeze in your hand, you give the pilot a wave – and off you go. The connoisseur can glide gently along and simply enjoy the view, while adrenaline junkies will feel truly alive doing a wing-over – provided the names of tricks in this sport carry over.
Development and testing are currently underway and phase two of three has already been successfully completed. The final revision of safety measures is due to be finished in the coming months. Then, at last, it will be time for the real test flight. The wingboarder will stand on a lightweight wing construction, approximately three meters wide, which will be connected to the airplane by a rope. For flight license purposes, the wingboard will be classed as a paraglider. The wingboarder will land either on the runway or using a parachute.
One thing is for certain: with the advent of the wingboard, we are witnessing the birth of another breathtaking extreme sport. By spring of next year it should be well on its way – we'll keep you up to date with further developments!


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The Greatest films of all time:69. Network (1976) (USA)
Another great film from Sydney Lumet after his masterpieces of "12 Angry Men" of 1957, and "Dog Day Afternoon " of 1975, comes a year later "Network " in 1976. Like his other two great works that are explosive in content, discussion and arguments, this film is the ultimate of any outrageous film in exposing the capitalist system and its spokes agent, the television. As Lumet has believed himself that a movie should be beyond just entertainment, to enlighten and move audience, "Network" did more than any of his films and any others' films to the point of shock and surprise. The film is a harsh critic of the capitalist system, lack of freedom of thoughts and speech, all brain washed in the American people's mind by the media and on the top by television networks to this very day.
Lumet, a director actor who started off the Broadway, directed almost any great American and international actors from Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Strasberg, Christopher Plummer, Sophia Loran, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani, Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, James mason, Walter Matthau, Simone Signoret, Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Anouk Aimee, Al Pacino, Anthony Perkins, Susan Sarandon, Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Caine, Paul Newman, Anne Bancroft, Gene Hackman, Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Melanie Griffith, Jack Warden, Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, George C. Scott, Glenn Close, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke, to name some. He pulled out of Peter Finch, a not very popular actor who acted on the screen since 1930's, the best of his life career that unfortunately did not last due to his premature death just a year later in 1977.
Network: A Film that will never happen on screen again
Howard Beale (Peter Finch), a news reporter of the TV network UBS is fired after 25 years of hard work due to his lower rating. He has become an alcoholic and after getting the news of his career ending in two weeks, he tells his old friend and the head of the news department, Max Schumacher (William Holden) one evening when drinking together that he is going to kill himself right on his TV show. His friend doesn't take him seriously, but when he announces his intention the next evening during his live show, that he is going to blow his head off right in front everyone in his show a week later, it shocks all in the studio. Beale is fired on the spot by the network, but Schumacher intervenes so him to have a dignified farewell, if he apologizes on live television. The next evening, Beale goes on live again and this time while he explains that the night before he was in a state of madness, in another rant, he describes his life and life in general being bullshit. This unexpected use of foul language and open criticism of the American life and television that has always been accommodating the system again enrages the network heads, including Frank Hackett (Robert Duval) who fires both Beale and Schumacher as well, for letting Howard go back on live TV.
Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway), an eager but impersonal UBS producer from another department who is after making any show at any cost and already planning filming a communist guerrilla group in action of their bank robbery and terrorist attacks, notices Beale's photos on the front page of any newspapers and that the network's rating that had been declining recently, has spiked overnight due to his outspoken show. She offers Schumacher to help him with the Beale's show and make it number one, and the network one of the top ones in the country. To achieve her ambitious plan, after Schumacher rejects her offer, she tempts him into a personal extramarital affair. At the same time she also convinces Hackett to give her Howard's show to run as he has become the spokesperson of all frustrated and despair people of America, disclosing the hypocrisy of the system.
Hackett in his turn convinces the other heads of the network that since their TV is already in debt and struggling against competitors to approve Diana's proposal and let Howard go on with his bullshit spreading show. But after a few shows, Howard's novelty wears off and the show and network rating slides back down. Until one evening when Howard is late for his show and nobody knows of his whereabouts, he walks in the last minute into the studio, drenched from the rain in his pajama covered by a raincoat. He goes on live like that and starts screaming "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore". He asks all the viewers to get off their seats, raise their hands and go to their windows screaming out that they are mad as hell and they cannot take it anymore. To the shock of everyone and the excitement of Diana, who out of joy calls him "son of a bitch", people respond to Howard's suggestion and scream their anger and despair out in the air throughout their windows all over the city and the country.
From now on Howard's show becomes the most popular and a live show with the audience in the studio. With his popularity and power on TV, Howard takes all the control in his own hands. Coming up with another novelty, he announces live that he has heard a voice like a messiah's telling him to reveal the truth to the people. Schumacher who believes Beale is now really insane and needs psychiatric treatment suggests to take him off the show, but Diana steps in again to take advantage of the situation. She justifies that a messenger or not, Howard holds now a spiritual power over the viewers and he should be left on as long as his show is good for the business.
From here on, through Howard and justification of Diana, Sydney Lumet unleashes the freedom of speech in the film on the screen in a country that such liberty has long been lost. Instead of other messengers who are usually religious and spiritual, delivering God's messages to people, Howard like a modern prophet discloses all the lies and crimes of capitalism under the cover of fake democracy. He goes on and discloses why people losing their jobs and "the air is unfit to breath and people just passively sitting and watching TV" and don't do nothing about their depression. He blows the lids off all the big corporations who just care about the profits and not the people. He discloses how the United States of America is in the hands of Arabs for their wealth.
Meanwhile Diana is also working on her other live TV show of the terrorist group to rob and kill on live television for the sake of profit and raising the network ranking. At the same time Howard continues with his open criticism of the system and also attacks the media and TV networks that they do not tell people the truth, but illusions and in another rant asking people to turn off their television sets even as he speaks. Then as his late usual at the end of his show, he faints and falls on the floor right in front of the live audience in the studio.
Schumacher has left his wife and children at the cost of his wife's depression, living with Diana who has him only on the side, and mostly is still pursuing her ambitious business plans. Schumacher slowly realizes this bitter fact and protests to Diana that he has left all his life for her love, and their love is not a script, but she breaks to him that she does not know how to love. Finally he packs and leaves her, telling her that he feels sorry for her as he was the only real thing between her illusions and her nothingness.
Meanwhile Beale continues with his disclosure of the reality of American system and its democracy that how much Saudi Arabia holds the shares and controls many US corporations, lands, banks and even cities in the United States of America. The owner of the UBS, Arthur Jensen (Ned Beatty) in rage with frankness of Howard who has gone beyond his limit, not only putting his network and all the media at risk, but the system as a whole. He calls Howard in for a face to face meeting, taking him to his conference room, have him sitting on a chair at the end of a long desk. Shutting the blind, making the room only lit by the lights above the chairs of the long desk, himself standing at the top end, this time he goes on a rant attacking and disclosing the fact of the system like a messiah to Howard. He shouts at him that there are no nations, no Americans or Arabs, it's only one international echo system of corporations of IBM, ITT, AT&T, DuPont, Exon, etc. There's no democracy, it's all business and dollars that run the world and it's been always like that and will be always like this. He orders Howard that he has to disclose this fact to the people, but Howard in a bewildered trancelike surprise asks him why him. Mr. Jensen, like the other messiah who came to Howard before, reminds him "because you're on TV dummy"!
Howard goes back on TV and like a manifesto announcement telling people that the United States and its wealth is not finished, but its original idea of freedom and democracy has finished. He reveals that the freedom and the ides of the individual has finished, "you, me and all are finished…We are not humans anymore but humanoids looking like humans, with no control or freedom". Mr. Jensen is not willing to fire Howard, but the rest of the heads of the UBS, perceive him as a dangerous risk for the network and the whole media and the system, specially since his attack on Arabs who have invested billions of dollars in their business. So they all decide to wipe him out, and the heartless Diana comes up again with another TV script to kill him by her terrorist group live on the studio during his show. In the final evening and at the end of the film, as usual Howard is announced to go on live in front of a packed audience that two terrorist militias shoot him with several bullets, end his life, his show and his legacy of freedom of speech on TV.
In an America in the aftermath of the Vietnam War affected them gravely for 20 years (1955-1975) for nothing, but loss of many lives on both sides, Sydney Lumet after his outrageous film of "Dog Day Afternoon" that touches on the reality of his country, in "Network" he unleashes through his character Howard, disclosing the American system and its spokes agent, the media. In fact and at the time, Lumet while he was perhaps the only one in Hollywood, he was not the only one in the other media, as Christine Chubbuck, a TV news reporter in Florida had shot herself during a live broadcast of her show in a suicide attempt, two years before this film in 1974. A nation shocked by this live event, explained it as a conclusion to Christine's suffering from depression and to this day her suicide footage has been locked up from the public viewing. But two recent films in 2016, a feature "Christine" starring Rebecca Hall as her by Antonio Campos, and a documentary "Kate Plays Christine" have relived her memory. As political and general as "Network" or not, Christine before her live suicide had mentioned "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts and in living color, you are going to see another first attempted suicide", then she draws a revolver and shooting herself in the right side of her head. Despite the disclaims of Lumet and the screenwriter, Paddy Chayefsky, about any adaptation of the film from the actual live event of Christine Chubbuck's suicide, that was the reality of the American society in the 70's that Hollywood until Sydney Lumet and his film acted in denial.
"Network" is not an exemplary Hollywood film for being so outspoken and outrageous going against its own system, it is one of the rare cinematic experience that had not happened before and perhaps will not happen again on the screen. The film is explosive without any real explosion or even shooting except at the end. It is all explosion of rage and frustration against a system that kills freedom of thoughts, speech and individuals for rating and profit. In a Hollywood era of mafia and gangster films of Godfather's like, then science fiction films of Star War's like, "Network" is a rare achievement that its legacy will remain in the history of cinema for ever. Although nominated for 10 academy awards, including the best picture and best directing, the film won only the awards for the best acting for Peter Finch who did not live to see the appreciation of his achievement. The film also won the best actress award for Faye Dunaway, best supporting actress for Beatrice Straight playing Schumacher's wife, Louise, and the best original screenplay for Paddy Chayefsky. Sydney Lumet won the best directing award from Golden Globe along with Finch (won British film Institute award as well), Dunaway and Chayefsky who won again.
In closing remarks "Network" one more time will be redefined based on the following criteria:
Originality: "Network" is the only original film that in a way made its own genre of a TV film with outrageous criticism of the media and the whole system at large, suicide attempt and assassination of a showman during live broadcast. This genre has not been repeated yet and probably will never be repeated on the screen again.
Technicality: The technicality of "Network" is in its special script, thoughtful and masterful direction, and above all in its exceptional and explosive performance of Peter finch who did not live to see his only great achievement after a life career in acting.
Impact Factor: The influence of "Network" could be seen in many aspects in the popular media from its famous quote of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore" to other direct and indirect adaptations in one way or another. Unfortunately the film did not sell at the box office as did "Dog Day Afternoon" that sold $50 million from a budget of $1.8 million a year before, while "Network" sold $23.7 million from a budget of $3.8 million, that could be related to the American people's interest still in action than a reality, political and eye opening film.
Survival: "Network" has survived well to this very day for its realism rare seen in American cinema. It is still enlightening and eye opening and exemplary of a committed filmmaking to the social cause and not just for entertainment as Sydney Lumet believed.


Filmed over the course of a year from June 2006 through June 2007, My Name is Noémi follows teacher and Holocause survivor Noémi Ban as she shares her story with audiences of all ages. Noémi opens her home, introduces us to her family, and revisits the Buchenwald sub-camp, Munchmuhle. Sharing her story for the first time in the Hungarian language, Noémi returns home to Debrecen, Hungary. This is the city she called home in 1944, from which she was taken to Auschwitz II: Birkenau where she was a prisoner from July through October of 1944.


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Sbebank, Magna To Acquire Majority Stake In GM's Opel
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General Motors Co. said Thursday that a consortium of Canada's Magna International Inc. and Russian lender Sberbank would acquire a majority stake in its European subsidiary Opel.
The deal was cheered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who saw it as a jobs saver ahead of Sept. 27 national elections.
The Opel Trust has given its approval for the sale. Fred Irwin, who chairs the government-backed trust set up to oversee Opel before GM's bankruptcy, had final say on the deal because it holds 65 percent the company whose brands include Britain's Vauxhall; GM held the other 35 percent.
GM said key issues — including support from labor unions and a financing package from the German government — would have to be finalized, but it expected the deal to close in the "next few months."
Magna and Sberbank will purchase a 55-percent stake in Adam Opel Gmbh and GM will hold 35 percent. The remaining 10 percent will go to workers.
"This is what the government wished," Merkel said. "Opel still has a difficult way ahead of it, but I trust the workers will take on the task."
Merkel said talks would be held with other countries where Opel has locations would be held in the coming weeks to ensure the burdens of restructuring could be share fairly. Germany's lead role in pushing the Magna deal led to fears it would seek to protect its workers first.
"It's possible now that GM and Opel will find a new way in Europe," she said. "We've taken a big step on the way ahead. We can have a new beginning."
Merkel's government favored the Canadian-Russian consortium's bid and offered $2.2 billion in bridge financing in May to keep Opel afloat. Magna has promised to keep all of Opel's German plants open.
GM has been trying to unload Ruesselsheim, Germany-based Opel since it ran into severe financial trouble earlier this year. Industry analysts say the unit has too many employees and too much factory capacity for its sales level and its costs are too high.
But Opel and its engineers are also highly integrated into GM's global product development system, designing the underpinnings for its next generation of small and midsize cars.
The announcement came after months of wrangling over who was best suited to take on Adam Opel GmbH, a Germany-based automaker with factories in Poland, Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Britain, where it makes the Vauxhall brand.
"The hard work over the past two weeks to clarify open issues and resolve details in the German financial package brought GM and its board of directors to recommend Magna and Sberbank," said Fritz Henderson, GM's chief executive said.
"We thank all parties involved in the intensive process of the last few months — especially the German government — for their continued support that enables this new venture."
Henderson said GM will continue to work with Opel and Vauxhall to develop and produce cars, keeping Opel and Vauxhall as a part of GM's product development organization, "allowing all parties to benefit from the exchange of technology and engineering resources.
"The current portfolio of Opel and Vauxhall cars and the models in the pipeline are a strong basis for future success."
"Participating in GM's global technology development and purchasing organizations secures important economies of scale for Opel and Vauxhall and other GM brands," the statement said.
(From Associated Press)
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Rift Between ANA Rivers And Organizers May Mar Garden City(Port Harcourt) Literary Festival
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The rift between Association Of Nigerian Authors, Rivers State branch, also known as ANA Rivers and the Rainbow book club Port Harcourt, organizers of the annual garden city literary festival expected to take place from September 23rd to 26th, 2009 may mar the success of this year's event, chidi opara reports have reliably learnt.
The rift according to ANA Rivers and Rainbow book Club insiders started last year when Mrs. Koko Kolango, the founder of the book Club and facilitator of the festival against advice from ANA Rivers executives, scheduled the event to coincide with a programme planned by the Authors' body to honour one of its patrons, rtd. Captain Elechi Amadi during his 75th birthday anniversary, both events took place at the University Of Port Harcourt and had the governor of Rivers State, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as guest of honour. ANA Rivers we gathered was listed as collaborators in the festival without being consulted. "Mrs. Kolango have not forgiven our chairman whom she accused of diverting her important guests to our own event", an ANA Rivers insider confided in chidi opara reports.
Further investigations reveal that Mrs. Koko Kolango, at the prompting of the Rivers State governor and ANA President, Dr. Wale Okediran made efforts recently to settle the rift, "so that ANA Rivers will also be listed as part of this year's festival atleast for the sake of credibility". We gathered also that Elechi Amadi was approached to reach out to ANA Rivers leadership, he consequently convened a meeting between the ANA Rivers chairman, Mr. Miesoinuma Minima and Mrs. Kolango at the Le' Meridian hotel Port Harcourt, in which both were advised to settle their differences and find ways to work together. "It was after that meeting that Madam instructed that we should reach ANA Rivers to find out where they can fit into this year's festival", a contact close to the Rainbow book Club founder informed chidi opara reports.
Even though there have been correspondences between the festival organizers and ANA Rivers in the past weeks, information at our disposal has it that ANA Rivers leadership is still not happy that the Rivers State government have been channelling all funds for the festival to the organizers leaving it out. ANA Rivers according to insider information is insisting on being paid a huge amount as "consultancy fee" in lieu of participation. We have not been able so far to confirm the exact amount. "All of these are as a result of personality clash between the ANA Rivers chairman and the book club woman. it is all about money", a top official of Rivers State Ministry of Culture And Tourism complained to one of our network members.
The festival organizers through one Iso Bassey told chidi opara reports that "ANA Rivers would also be part of this year's event". The statement also denied any rift with ANA or any of its branches.
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