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The Bride's Baby of Shame
Satisfyingly Spicy
He knows the bride's secret…
… she's carrying his baby!
Dutiful heiress Sophie has never challenged her gilded existence, even agreeing to a convenient marriage at her father's command. Until she meets ruthless Sicilian Renzo – one carnal night awakens unimaginable desires, and leaves her pregnant! When Renzo uncovers her secret, he'll stop at nothing to legitimise his child—including storming Sophie's wedding and stealing her as his own bride!
This is book two in the exciting Stolen Brides duet with Jane Porter!
Mistaken Identity, Sicilian Hero, Friends as Family, Good Girl/Bad Boy, High Society, Italian Hero, Kidnapped Heroine, Lovers Reunited!, Marriage of Convenience, Meddling Relatives?, Playboy Hero, Pregnant Heroine, Revenge, Scandal!, Virgin Heroine
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Sicilian Hero
Friends as Family
Kidnapped Heroine
Marriage of Convenience
Playboy Hero
Pregnant Heroine
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RENZO CRISANTI LOATHED ENGLAND.
He was no fan of great, sprawling London, choking on commuters and tourists and lumbering red buses wherever he turned. He disliked the countryside, oppressively green and ever damp.
He preferred his native Sicily, its mountains and sweeping Mediterranean views. England was too dour and grim for a man who had gone from the colorful streets of his hometown to a career racing impossibly fast cars all over the planet.
He might have retired from racing, but that didn't change the fact that he was a Sicilian. In his opinion, that made him the best of Italy plus that little bit extra—and it meant he was fundamentally unsuited to what the English called their summer.
Even on an evening like tonight in late June, the English sky was wringing itself out, much colder and rainier than it ought to have been in Renzo's estimation.
He preferred his own small village in the mountains outside Taormina at this time of year. A warmer sea in the distance and a happier sun to go along with the sweep of all that history, with Mount Etna rising in all her glory above it all.
Instead, he found himself just outside Winchester, England, winding in and around rolling hills so far out into the countryside that there was hardly any light. There had been a towering cathedral rising up over the medieval city, but still, Renzo preferred the battered, ageless wilderness of the Sicilian countryside to all this manicured charm. He'd felt hemmed in as he'd driven through the Winchester city center before heading out to the surrounding fields.
He wished he'd followed his initial knee-jerk reaction to this whole situation weeks ago.
Because Renzo had known Sophie Carmichael-Jones was nothing but trouble the moment he'd laid eyes on her.
Steer clear, something had whispered inside him the moment he'd seen her, like a kick in the gut.
But he'd paid that foreboding voice no mind.
Renzo had been in Monaco for the annual motor race, though not as a driver. He'd stopped racing while he was ahead and still in one piece several years back, and had channeled his notoriety into a line of clubs, a few select hotels dotted around Europe, and a vineyard back in Sicily. And where better than Monaco to advertise to the very high-class, European clientele he hoped to serve? He'd been enjoying a drink with some friends when he'd happened to look up and see her.
She had glowed. That was the first thing he'd noticed, as if she'd walloped him with all that shine. She'd worn a metallic gown that had been perfectly demure on its own, but that hadn't been the source of all that light. That had come straight from her.
Renzo was no stranger to beautiful women. They flocked to him and he, in turn, considered himself something of a connoisseur. But this one... Her dark hair had been pulled back with a certain insouciance, only a few tendrils escaping and showing the faintest hint of a deep copper beneath the lights. Her lips had been painted siren red, her brows were dark, and she'd worn large, gleaming earrings that Renzo had known in an instant were real despite their size. She'd looked elegant. Chic. Endless legs that suggested a certain coltishness and that lovely, inescapably aristocratic face.
But her eyes, brown and shot through with gold, had been so sad.
Their gazes had collided, there on the floor of the Casino de Monte Carlo. Renzo had lost his train of thought. Not something that often happened to a man who'd made his name and his first fortune thanks to his singular focus and steady hands.
He'd stood up from his table, crossed the floor, and found himself standing before her without knowing he'd meant to move.
He had been aware of everything about her, there in the middle of a crowd that he'd hardly noticed. She'd caught her breath. He'd seen color high on her cheeks. And he'd known that the chemistry he could feel, electric and intense, was affecting her, too.
It was insanity.
"You must tell me two things," he'd told her, feeling as if they were all alone when he knew full well that they were not. That half of Europe stood arrayed around them. He couldn't seem to bring himself to care. "One, your name. And two, why you are so sad. This is Monte Carlo, cara. Nothing but joy is permitted."
"I'm not sad at all," she'd said after a moment, and somehow, he hadn't been surprised that she was English, though she'd spoken to him in the same Italian he'd used. Just with that unmistakable accent. "That would require far more emotion than the situation warrants. A better description is resigned."
"You are far too young and much too beautiful for resignation."
Her lovely lips had curved, and Renzo had wanted nothing more than to taste that red-slicked smile. Then, there. He wasn't fussy.
"While you strike me as far too sophisticated for such idle flattery," she'd replied.
Renzo had been in the grip of a fever. Looking back, that was the only explanation. He'd reached over and taken her hand in his—
And they'd both breathed a little heavily at the contact.
He'd been aware of his own heartbeat, intense and demanding. He'd seen her pulse, there in the column of her neck, drumming out the same insistent rhythm. He would never know how he had restrained himself from leaning over and covering it with his mouth.
It had been as if they'd made lightning between them, such wild electricity he marveled the whole of Monaco didn't burst into flames. It was as if their skin could scarcely contain it.
Renzo had known then and there that he would be inside this beautiful stranger within the hour.
Or die trying.
"Let me try this, then," he had said, casting aside his customary charm for the urgency the moment appeared to warrant. "I need you, cara. I don't care who you are or what you had planned tonight. I want you. I want to taste every part of you again and again, until I would know you in the blackest night. I want to taste you in my mouth. I want everything—and then I want to do it again. And again. Until there's nothing left of either one of us."
"I don't believe in immolation," she'd said, though her voice was hoarse.
She had shuddered. She had swayed slightly on her feet. She shot a look over her shoulder, somewhere through the crowd, then had returned her attention to him.
He could read her need and better yet, her surrender, all over her face.
Renzo had wasted no time. He took her hand in his and led her to the private exit, where he could retrieve his car without any interference from fans or photographers. In moments, they'd been speeding away, up into the hills toward the villa he maintained far above glittering Monaco and the Côte d'Azur spread out below.
"I am Renzo Crisanti," he had told her, because there was something in him that needed her to know him, whatever that meant. Whatever came next. "And, bellissima, you still haven't told me your name."
She had shifted beside him, all sleek lines and the quiet, humming intensity of her considerable beauty—so much like the cars he loved and handled the same way he intended to handle her.
With all his skill and focus. With all the acute ferocity that had propelled him to the top of his profession.
There was a reason Renzo had never had a crash. And he didn't plan to change his record that night, not even for this mysterious woman who'd already had him tight and hard and greedy when all he'd had of her was a brief touch of her hand.
It was as if he'd never had another woman in his life.
"You can call me Elizabeth," she'd said.
It was the first lie she'd told him, Renzo thought now, trying to tamp down his temper. But it was nowhere near the last.
He pulled his car over to the side of the road, near what looked like an abandoned old croft—or whatever it was they called their falling-down sheds in this part of England. He cut the engine and unfolded himself from the low-slung sports car, adjusting the ends of the driving gloves he wore out of habit as he stood there beside the vehicle and attempted to access his usual, legendary calm. The motor made its noises, as if protesting that he'd cut the drive short. The summer rain had let off, but the night was still cool. Renzo flipped up the collar of his leather jacket against the pervasive damp and checked his watch, impatient.
And perhaps something a good deal more intense than merely impatient, if he was honest.
Because he had a score to settle with the woman he was meeting here, off in the middle of nowhere, so late at night in a foreign country.
As if he was answering a summons. As if he, Renzo Crisanti, were so malleable and easily led he would travel across the whole of Europe for a woman he had already bedded.
His fingers stung and he released them, unaware he'd clenched his hands into fists at his sides.
At first he thought it was just a shadow, moving rapidly down the hill from one of England's grand old houses in the distance. The directions she'd sent had been explicit. This country lane to that little byway, skirting around the edges of stately manors and rolling fields lined in hedgerows. But the more he watched, his eyes adjusting to the inky dark, the more he recognized the figure approaching him as Sophie.
Sophie, who'd given Renzo her innocence without thinking to warn him.
Sophie, who had called herself Elizabeth on that long, hot, and impossibly carnal night in Monaco.
Sophie, who had lied to him. To him.
Sophie, who had sneaked away while he slept, leaving him with nothing—not even her real name—until she'd chosen to reveal it in the most humiliating way possible, in a hastily mailed newspaper clipping.
Of Sophie Elizabeth Carmichael-Jones, daughter of a wealthy and titled British family, who was engaged to marry an earl.
Sophie, his Sophie, who would be another man's wife in the morning.
Renzo's jaw ached. He forced himself to unclench his teeth, and his fists again, while he was at it. He was a man known far and wide for the boneless, lazy manner with which he conducted both his business and his pleasure. It was his trademark.
It was a mask he had carefully cultivated to hide the truth—that he was a true Sicilian in every sense of the term, especially when it came to the volcanic temper he'd spent his life learning to keep under strict control.
This woman made him a stranger to himself.
She skidded a bit on the wet grass at the bottom of the hill, then righted herself. And her swift, indrawn breath as she started toward him seemed to crack through him like thunder.
There were no lights out here, lost somewhere in England's greenest hills, for his sins—but Renzo could see her perfectly. He'd meant what he'd told her in Monte Carlo.
He would know her if he was blind.
Her stride. Her scent. The particular way she held her head. The little sound of erotic distress she made in the back of her throat when he—
But this was not the time for such things. Not when there was so much to discuss, and her with the wedding of the year in the morning.
She was wearing a simple pair of leggings tucked into high boots and what looked like long-sleeved shirts, layered one on top of the other. Her clothes molded themselves to her trim figure and showed off the sleek, sweet curve of her behind and those long, long legs he'd had wrapped around his shoulders while he'd thrust deep inside her and made them both groan. Her dark chestnut hair fell down all around her, looking like a soft black curtain in the darkness.
She stopped before him, and for a moment, all he could think about was that night. She'd been sitting naked in his bed, laughing at something he'd said while she'd piled her hair on the top of her head and had tied it in a knot.
So simple. So unconsciously alluring. Then, and now when he knew better.
So devious, he reminded himself harshly.
But what he remembered most was that he'd had her three times by then.
It was a hunger he couldn't contain, couldn't reason away, couldn't even douse afterward when he'd wanted to think of other things. It had been weeks and yet here it was again, as voracious and as greedy as it had been that night in Monaco.
Worse, perhaps, because he had tasted her. Because he knew exactly what he was missing.
Renzo thought he likely vibrated with his need for her, only now it made him as darkly furious as it did hard.
"Renzo..."
She said his name quietly, tipping her head back so she could look him in the eye.
And if her eyes were sad, or resigned, or anything else at all, he told himself he didn't care.
"How nice to see you again, Sophie," he said in English, a language they had never spoken to each other.
He saw her shudder at the sound, but he forged on, unwilling to permit himself to do anything but what he'd come here to do.
Which was make her pay.
"Please accept my deepest congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I read all about it in the papers," he drawled, flint and rage and no mask to hide it. "Tomorrow, is it not?"
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Biografia
Ex studente dell'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts di Parigi e della École des Ponts ParisTech, Édouard François è architetto e urbanista dal 1986. Ha creato la sua agenzia di architettura, urbanistica e design nel 1998, e in particolare ha progettato L'Immeuble qui Push, consegnato nel 2000 a Montpellier, e la Tower-Flower, consegnata a Parigi nel 2004.

Ha insegnato alla Architectural Association School of Architecture di Londra, alla École Spéciale d'Architecture di Parigi e alla Design Academy Eindhoven. Il suo lavoro è esposto a livello internazionale, in particolare al Canadian Centre for Architecture di Montréal, al Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum di New York, al Victoria and Albert Museum di Londra, alla Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, ma anche in Germania, Belgio, Libano, India, Brasile e Cina. Ha ricevuto il premio dell'International Forum of Young Architects, assegnato nel 2008 a Sofia. Nel 2011 è stato eletto designer dell'anno e il Royal Institute of British Architects lo ha nominato membro onorario internazionale per il suo contributo all'architettura. Nel 2012 gli è stato conferito il grado di Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres dal Ministero della Cultura e della Comunicazione.

Nel 2012 la sua agenzia è diventata Maison Edouard François.

Opere principali
 1996: Alloggi rurali a Jupilles
 1998: L'edificio che cresce a Montpellier
 2004: Torre-Fiore a Parigi
 2006: Hotel Fouquet's Barrière a Parigi
 2009: Eden Bio a Parigi
 2010: Il coming out a Grenoble
 2012: Collage urbano a Champigny-sur-Marne
 2013: Ingresso alla città "l'Orange de Ris" Ris-Orangis
 2016: M6B2 Tour della biodiversità a Parigi
 2017: Le Python, ZAC Presqu'Île a Grenoble
 2017: Les Collines de Honfleur, Centro commerciale, Honfleur

Premi e riconoscimenti
 Membro dell'Accademia di Architettura, dal 2016
 Cavaliere dell'Ordine delle arti e delle lettere, 2012
 Eletto membro internazionale del Royal Institute of British Architects, Londra, 2011
 Eletto Creatore dell'anno, fiera Maison et Objet, 2011
 Nominato per il Brickaward, Germania, 2010
 Silver Square Award, nominato nel 2000 e nel 2009
 Primo premio, classifica nazionale eco-distretto, 2009
 Primo premio, premio habitat sostenibile, 2008
 Globes de cristal, nominato miglior artista contemporaneo dell'anno 2006
 Medaglia d'argento, Accademia di Architettura, Fondazione Le Soufraché, 2002
 Mies Van der Rohe Awards, nominato nel 2000 e nel 2009
 Primo premio al Forum Internazionale dei Giovani Architetti, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997

Opere
 Édouard François, La Hauteur pour tous,, L'occhio d'oro, 2014
 Édouard François, L'Immeuble qui pousse,, Edizioni Jean-Michel Place, 2000

Note

Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni

 Sito web di Édouard François
 Eden Bio

Cavalieri dell'Ordine delle arti e delle lettere
Studenti dell'École des Ponts ParisTech

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Why does the Star of David feature on these African coins from 20th century?
Why does the Star of David feature on these African coins from 1936 and 1959?
british-empire africa numismatics
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The answer is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagram#Usage_by_the_Abrahamic_religions – Alex Sep 1 '15 at 18:27
Chapter: "Usage by Muslims" in this article. – Alex Sep 1 '15 at 18:28
@Alex I found the same link but I think that the relationship is weak enough that additional sources are needed; it is accepted as a religious symbol in Islam but it does not appear to be that important to be the only symbol in coinage – SJuan76 Sep 1 '15 at 18:48
The link shows you pictures of similar coins, including ancient ones, minted in Muslim countries. The Hexagram, like other simple and nice geometric configurations (like the Pentagram, Swastika, etc.) were discovered in many civilizations, and widely used as symbols, what else do you want to know? – Alex Sep 1 '15 at 22:40
@Alex. Wrong. The only coin pictured was not minted in a Muslim kingdom; if you look for the data of the only photo of a coin it explains it was minted by the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem (which explains the importance given to a symbol linked to King David). As you said, many symbols have been reinvented / reused with different meanings by different cultures, so claiming that Nigerians use it because they are Muslims may be too much of a stretch (are you sure that symbol does not mean someone else in the context of Nigeria history/culture?) – SJuan76 Sep 2 '15 at 7:25
The hexagram already appeared on the historical flag of nigeria (british colony and protectorate). Both coins date from that time, since Nigeria got independent in 1960. So, i think the question should be why the hexagram was associated with Nigeria during the epoch before 1960. Extensive information regarding this question can be found at http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ng-gb.html. According to that page, it may be due to jewish influence transmitted by the ethnic group of Igbo (Ibo), and/or it's a "traditional Ibo/Igbo symbol". To be honest, i can't judge if this explanation is accurate...
Anyway, since the hexagram was used to distinguish the colony of Nigeria by British authorities, it seems quite natural to use such a distinct and "easy-to-draw" symbol to distinguish coins from pre-1960 Nigeria from those coined in other British colonies in Africa.
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Tudor Parfitt has researched African communities practicing some form of Judaism and investigated genetic origins for anyone interested. He's a respectable academic not a crank. – TheMathemagician Sep 2 '15 at 13:11
@TheMathemagician - I saw a special about his work a couple of decades ago. It is indeed very interesting, but it is also about a specific people in far SE Africa who had historical trading links with the levant down the east coast of Africa. Nigeria in NW Africa is a whole different kettle of fish. – T.E.D.♦ Sep 3 '15 at 14:46
First of all this is NOT the Star of David, it's the Seal of Solomon.
The seal of Solomon has interlaced triangles unlike the so called star of David.
Secondly, the Hexagram is a very ancient symbol used throughout the world BEFORE Hebrews and Zionists.
Thirdly, the so called star of David was adopted quite late - no earlier than the 11th century as a Jewish symbol.
There are West African populations - Yoruba for example - with Canaanite roots which could serve as an explanation for the appearance of the seal on the coin.
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This answer would be improved by sources. – Mark C. Wallace♦ Apr 27 '17 at 16:03
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Q: Exception handling in aws-lambda functions While trying to implement a DNSRequest, I also needed to do some exception handling and noticed something weird. The following code is able to catch DNS request timeouts
def lambda_handler(event, context):

    hostname = "google.de"
    dnsIpAddresses = event['dnsIpAddresses']
    dnsResolver = dns.resolver.Resolver()
    dnsResolver.lifetime = 1.0
    result = {}

    for dnsIpAddress in dnsIpAddresses:
        dnsResolver.nameservers = [dnsIpAddress]

        try:
           myAnswers = dnsResolver.query(hostname, "A")
           print(myAnswers)
           result[dnsIpAddress] = "SUCCESS"
        except dns.resolver.Timeout:
           print("caught Timeout exception")
           result[dnsIpAddress] = "FAILURE"
        except dns.exception.DNSException:
           print("caught DNSException exception")
           result[dnsIpAddress] = "FAILURE"
        except:
           result[dnsIpAddress] = "FAILURE"
           print("caught general exception")

    return result

Now, if I removed the Timeout block, and assuming that a Timeout would occur, on a DNSException the message

caught DNSException exception

will never be shown.
Now, if I removed the DNSException block, and assuming that a Timeout would occur, the message

caught general exception

will never be shown.
But the Timeout extends the DNSException and the DNSException extends Exception. I had the expectation that at least the general expect block should work.
What am I missing?

A: In your last block try making the print line come before result[dnsIpAddress] = "FAILURE"
My guess is either there is more code than what is shown here or the line before the print statement causes a different exception.

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OH, WHAT A 'NIGHT'
By Paulanne Simmons
The Waterloo Bridge Theatre Company's recently acquired performance space in Park Slope is smaller than many people's living rooms. The stage has only a few overhead lights and does not have a curtain. Yet it is in this tiny theater that some of the liveliest and most innovative Shakespeare you have ever seen is being performed. Comment
THE SUNDANCE KIDS
By Marian Masone
The gift shop in the Salt Lake City airport is called West of Brooklyn. Did the owner know that there would be so many Brooklyn-based filmmakers attending this year's Sundance Film Festival, down the road in Park City? Comment
WHAT'S INSIDE THAT COUNTS
Some restaurants open like Athena popping forth from Zeus' head - fully formed and ready for battle. Others, like Grand Central, a restaurant and bar in Williamsburg, take longer to evolve. Comment
You don't have to convince Jay D. Meetze of the worthiness of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Comment
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company celebrates its 20th anniversary beginning Feb. 3 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with a rare look back consisting of four repertory works and three New York premieres, including a new solo performed by Jones, "Chaconne." Comment
Instead of parking yourself in front of your TV on Superbowl Sunday with a slice of mediocre pizza and a beer, why not go to 200 Fifth in Park Slope where you can park yourself in front of 10 TVs and enjoy an all-night open bar, the camaraderie of your fellow Brooklynites and an all-you-can-eat buffet for $40? Comment
Brooklyn's identity safe without the 'Jersey Nets
The Dodgers didn't make Brooklyn, Brooklyn made the Dodgers. The characteristics that defined the borough's beloved baseball team came not from the players alone but from their interaction with Brooklynites — the spirit, the grit, the work ethic and sense of humor (not to mention accent) unique to this borough. Comment
Hoop dream a nightmare for residents, businesses in path of Ratner project
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Atlantic Yards: Mike Leonardos has been serving hot coffee and two-egg specials at the Silver Spoon diner on Flatbush Avenue for more than 20 years. Comment
Nets arena at the Atlantic Yards could end Coney's Sportsplex dream
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Atlantic Yards: Developer Bruce Ratner's plan to bring the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn could jeopardize plans to build a Coney Island amateur athletics arena, known as Sportsplex, which had recently gained new life as a possible venue for volleyball in the city's bid to host the 2012 summer Olympics. Comment
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Atlantic Yards: As Brooklyn residents and elected and appointed officials digest the news that developer Bruce Ratner wants to build a colossal, $2.5 billion residential and commercial complex at Atlantic Terminal that would house his newly acquired New Jersey Nets, a far less publicized major rezoning plan that would pack Downtown Brooklyn with sweeping skyscrapers is rolling full steam ahead. Comment
NOT JUST NETS
Atlantic Yards: It's the most exciting Brooklyn news in five decades. Comment


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Simple school search, a simple flask application to demonstrate using registers.

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Use make to run a local copy of the demo
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    $ mkvirtualenv -p python3 school-demo
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    $ make init

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Q: How can i pass this Javascript Dictionary Key and Value Into A Function? This Dictionary called dict has the Table Id Selectors as the Keys and "Hellos" as the Values.
How can I pass this Dictionary into this function called applyDictionary that takes in the tableId key and value "Hellos" from the dictionary??
This function doesn't take in the jQuery Selectors IDs as Parameters as in I cannot pass Dictionary Table Keys with the #.
For Example I cannot pass applyDictionary(#tbl, 'hello');
Only applyDictionary(tbl, 'hello');
var dict = {
  '#tbl': 'hello',
  '#tbl1': 'hello1',
  '#tbl2': 'hello2',
  '#tbl3': 'hello3',
};
applyDictionary(table_ID, value);

A: Get the entries of the object first, and for each entry, apply the function with the id and the value, and then get rid of the first character of the id.
Object.entries(dict).map(([id, value]) => applyDictionary(id.slice(1), value))

Explained:
Object.entries(dict) // Get entries of the object as 2-items arrays with the key and the value
  .map(([id, value]) => // destructure every item
    applyDictionary(
      id.slice(1), // Get rid of the first character and pass it as first argument to applyDictonary
      value, // Pass the value as 2nd argument
    )
  )

A: You could use Object.entries()
Example:
var tblnsnsearchresults_tooltips  = {
    '#tblnsnsearchresults_uoicd': 'hello',
    '#tblnsnsearchresults_nsnid': 'hello1',
    '#tblnsnsearchresults_fsccd': 'hello2',
    '#tblnsnsearchresults_nsndescription': 'hello3',
};

let applycolumnheadertooltips = entries =>
    entries.forEach(([gridId, tooltips])=>console.log(`${gridId} => ${tooltips}`));

    applycolumnheadertooltips(Object.entries(tblnsnsearchresults_tooltips ));

See https://developer.mozilla.org/es/docs/Web/JavaScript/Referencia/Objetos_globales/Object/entries


text: b u s i n e s s t r a v e l e r u s a c o m D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 8 J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 5 8 Discover the remnants of empires and the seeds of independence in Indias most populous city 1 Sassoon Dock Once known as the Seven Islands of Bombay the city of Mumbai occupies a peninsula that lies on the west coast of India Its an economic hub of the country and home to a major port on the Arabian Sea Stretching down the southernmost part of Mumbais peninsula is Colaba an area where you could spend a day exploring If time is limited start with Sassoon Dock one of the oldest docks in Mumbai It will give you a glimpse of the city at its most real and quite honestly smelly The fish market opens early so by the time you arrive they will probably be finishing up sorting out shrimps in the warehouses on either side It may look halfderelict but a working fleet brings its catch in here daily and many five star hotels and reputable restaurants buy their fish at this market 2 Gateway of India Designed by George Wittet in 1924 this huge basalt arch with Indo Saracenic and Muslim influences on the port side of south Mumbai commemorates the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911 At 85 feet high it was built as a symbol of British rule but when India gained independence in 1947 the gateway was used in ceremonies for the last of the British troops departing the country Today its an icon of the city making it a popular tourist area not least because boats leave here for Elephanta Island one of Mumbais three UNESCO World Heritage sites others include Art Deco style buildings and the Victorian era Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus But if you ignore the street vendors and satisfy yourself with a few pictures its the one distinctive image of Mumbai that everyone will recognize 3 St Thomas Cathedral Mumbai has religious buildings of every variety from stunning Jain temples which you will pass later on your way up Walkeshwar Road on Malabar Hill to the 1884 built Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue St Thomas on Veer Nariman Road is one of the oldest British buildings in the city and one of the oldest churches in India Its construction began in 1676 but took forty years to complete It was finally consecrated for divine services on Christmas Day 1718 Since that day it has continuously been in use as a working and worshipping cathedral In 2004 the church underwent a major restoration Check out the memorials inside and the myriad fates that befell the colonials in India including war pestilence or just plain exhaustion Mumbai W O R D S T O M O T L E Y 1


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Dr. Shayna Sheinfeld
Complicating your notions of Judaism & Christianity in Antiquity
Public Scholarship
Pedagogy: Courses & Articles
I am currently a Research Fellow at the Frankel Institute for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. I am broadly trained in Biblical Studies and the afterlives of the Bible, with a focus on Second Temple (including New Testament/Early Christianity) and early Rabbinic periods. My work emphasizes the vast diversity of Judaism in the ancient world, including ancient constructions of gender.
Current & Recent Projects:
At the Frankel Center, my current project is a monograph on the Diversity in Jewish Leadership in the 1st–3rd centuries CE. Using both normative, elite evidence and underused literary and material sources in the reconstruction of late Second Temple and early Rabbinic Judaism, this research highlights the instability and diversity of leadership in this period, especially in terms of gender and status. My work contributes to disrupting the notion of an easy segue between Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism and helps complicate the so-called Parting of the Ways between Judaism and Christianity.
In December 2021, the textbook Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World (Routledge, 2021) will be released. This collaboration, with Dr Meredith Warren [Sheffield] and Dr Sara Parks [Dublin], examines ancient Jewish, Christian, Greek, and Roman religious communities and practices. This textbook teaches students how to 1) uncover the voices of women in antiquity, 2) reconstruct "real" women based on materials predominantly written by and for men, and 3) examine portrayals of women as well as gendered expectations. To do this, we utilize a variety of interpretive methods (e.g. feminist, queer, post-colonial) while also challenging the scholarly compartmentalization of ancient Mediterranean religions and cultures.
I research and teach on gender theory and women and gender studies. My recently published co-edited book, Gender & Second-Temple Judaism, (Lexington/Fortress 2020) brings together upcoming and established scholars in gender and Second Temple Judaism. Following up this collection will be a volume with Kathy Ehrensperger on Constructions of Gender in Late Antiquity (expected fall 2022).
In addition, I work with the afterlives of biblical and apocryphal narratives. For example, see my recent article on Mono- and Polytheistic tensions in Battlestar Galactica and ancient Jewish biblical interpretation (JIBS 2021). I am especially interested in the (re)use of end time narratives in contemporary popular culture.
Work Summary:
I have served as visiting assistant professor of religion at Centre College and as visiting instructor of Jewish Studies/Religion at Colgate University; I have also taught at McGill University, the University of Kentucky, and Butler University. My courses have covered Judaism/Jewish Studies, Ancient Scripture (both canons and non-canonical literature), and Religion in Antiquity, with a broad array of upper-level courses and graduate courses. In my teaching I use high-impact practices based on research, which I also write about, and I have mentored and supervised student research. I have administrative experience in community-based learning and volunteering for college students and served as the liaison between students, college, and larger community for these positions at Earlham College. In addition I was the faculty advisor to the Jewish Students' Organization, where, in addition advising their activities, I brought in speakers on topics such as anti-semitism and I organized and led the Centre College Passover Seder.
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Bocu ist ein rumänischer Familienname; Namensträger sind:
 Florian Bocu (* 1994), rumänischer Eishockeyspieler
 Marilena Bocu (um 1930), rumänische Bürgermeisterin
 Sever Bocu (1874–1951), rumänischer Journalist und Politiker

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Q: javascript inheritance. How to extend a class I'm working on a chess game. I want to make an abstract piece class, which then can be extended by pawn/knight/rook/etc. Let's say my piece class looks like this:
"use strict";
function Piece(color) {
    this.color = color;
    this.type = "Abstract";
}
Piece.prototype.sayName = function sayName(){
    alert(this.type);
}
Piece.prototype.movePiece(oldPosition, newPosition){
};

I'd instantiate it like so:
var abstractPiece = new Piece("Black");

Now let's say I want to make a Pawn class that I'd like to instantiate as follows.
var pawnOne = new Pawn("Black");

I want Pawn to have the same sayName function, but I want it to have a different movePiece function, because Pawns have their own unique way of moving. How would I make Pawn, such that it extends Piece, and has overwritten Piece's movePiece function?

A: I'd define a piece slightly differently to make it more extendable.
var Piece = function(color) {
    return {
        color : color,
        type : "Abstract",
        sayName : function sayName(){
            alert(this.type);
        },
        movePiece : function(oldPosition, newPosition){
        }
    };
}

var Pawn = function(color) {
    var pawn = Piece("Black");
    pawn.movePiece = function(oldPosition, newPosition) {
        // pawn move here
    };
    return pawn;
}

You can then create a piece or a pawn by doing Piece("Black") or Pawn("Black").

A: This is another solution for that,
As another generic solution, I attached a function to the default javascript super Function. Then it will be applied for the all javascript instances.
Function.prototype.extend=function(superClass){
    for (var property in superClass.prototype){
        if(property!='extend' && property!='type' && !this.prototype[property]){
            this.prototype[property] = superClass.prototype[property];
        }
    }
}

Above code should be applied very first before load any javascript.
Then you can use it like this.
//Super class constructor
function Collection(){
    this.type = 'Collection';
}

//sub class
function HashSet(){
    this.type='HashSet';
    HashSet.extend(Collection);
}

A: To add to Matt's answer, I would also have each specific type call the 'base' logic of movePiece by simply providing a different name, as show below:
var Pawn = function(color) {
    var pawn = Piece("Black");
    pawn.movePawn = function(oldPosition, newPosition) {
        // special pawn-specific logic for moving here
        // now call 'base' logic to actually move piece to the new position
        pawn.prototype.movePiece(oldPosition, newPosition);
    };
    return pawn;
}

This will allow all pieces to share the same logic for actually moving to a new spot on the board, but also allow for custom logic depending on the type of piece.

A: When you extend classes in Coffeescript, the compiler generates code that "extends" one JS class with another. I got this:
var Animal, Dog, _ref,
  __hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty,
  __extends = function(child, parent) {
     // This function takes a child class and extends it with all
     // attributes that are included in the parent class.
     for (var key in parent) {
         // Need to check that this property was actually a key of the parent.
         // The Coffeescript compiler was defensive here against changes to
         // the hasOwnProperty function, but you can probably get by with
         // parent.hasOwnProperty(key).
         if (__hasProp.call(parent, key))
             child[key] = parent[key];
     }
     function ctor() {
         this.constructor = child;
     }
     // Set the default constructor of the child based on the parents.
     ctor.prototype = parent.prototype;
     child.prototype = new ctor();
     // Make it possible to call the __super__ easily.
     child.__super__ = parent.prototype;
     return child;
 };

Animal = (function() {
  function Animal() {}

  // To add methods to this class, you would do this:
  //   Animal.prototype.foo = function() {...}

  return Animal;

})();

Dog = (function(_super) {
  __extends(Dog, _super);

  function Dog() {
    _ref = Dog.__super__.constructor.apply(this, arguments);
    // This is where you would extend the constructor to add
    // functionality to the subclass.
    return _ref;
  }

  // To add methods to this subclass, or to override base class
  // methods, you would do this:
  //   Dog.prototype.bar = function() {...}

  return Dog;

})(Animal);

by typing
class Animal

class Dog extends Animal

into the compiler at http://coffeescript.org/, and then commenting the result.


bim revolution: Thanks for a successful event!
Thanks for a successful event!
A big thank you to all the attendees, presenters and exhibitors who took part in the 2007 Technology Symposium, Feb 15th at the Pasadena Confention Center.
We are preparing a short survey for our attendees to help with our planning for next year's event, but if you have any comments, please do add them to this post. We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any suggestions for next year or are interested in participating in the planning committee, we would welcome your help.
In addition, we are in the process of reviewing the recordings we made of several presentations, which will be released as podcasts in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned, or contact us with any questions.
This blog details the planning of and promotes the Pasadena & Foothill Chapter of the AIA's Annual Technology Symposium: BIM Revolution.
The event is designed as a practical and balanced examination of the issues and opportunities that virtual building design and construction provides to the architecture and construction industry.


We asked for this on the basis of your survey results and the deep statistical data from programs like the Seattle Landlord Liaison Project.
After 12 months with no insurance claims or disputes, the tenant would receive $2,500 cash.
Do our readers like these changes? In a word, no. As of October 21, we had received feedback from over 155 landlords.
That's a very positive result! It means that a program like the Seattle Landlord Liaison Project should be equally effective in Massachusetts at helping homeless families. By definition, they have unstable housing histories, and they tend to have minor CORI's as well.
Large caps are a critical enticement to getting landlord participation.
The Seattle Landlord Liaison Project has data from the last five years of operating a program like this. They average $80,000 per year paid to an average of 12 landlords per year. That's $6,667 per claim. How can they operate such a program?
The key is that they make use of a landlord-focused advisor who can intervene before problems get to the point of costing money. They have housed over 1,500 families and 96% of them have not caused any losses whatsoever. Overall, the few large claims have been far cheaper than housing all these families in shelter.
Having a landlord-focused advisor in a new office is essential to the success of any landlord-tenant guarantee program.
Our recommendation would be to do what Seattle already does, and to offer a security deposit for the next apartment if there are no claims. That avoids a "bright finish line" at the twelve month mark. The tenant may wish to remain in the rented premises, but the landlord would feel exposed with the reward having already been paid out.
The guarantee must last two years. This is what Seattle does, and it seems so non-controversial that we didn't even ask about it in the first survey. We were surprised it was dropped from the compromise.
The guarantee cannot pay the tenant until they are definitely moving on to their next apartment, and then, it makes sense to limit to the payment to what is actually required for a security deposit.
The landlord adviser must be a new, independent position outside of the regionals (just like in Seattle and Oregon).


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Burgum declares statewide fire emergency; National Guard helicopters deployed to help fight Billings County blaze
<< All News Friday, April 2, 2021
Gov. Doug Burgum today declared a statewide wildfire emergency, enabling the North Dakota National Guard to deploy two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to help fight a Billings County wildfire that has prompted the evacuation of the city of Medora.
The U.S. Forest Service, in cooperation with the North Dakota Forest Service, requested the National Guard helicopters with water buckets to help fight the fire southwest of Medora. Local, state and federal agencies are responding, including the North Dakota Highway Patrol, North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, and a National Guard ground support crew.
The public is asked to stay away from the area and use caution if passing through due to smoke reducing visibility on roadways, including Interstate 94, which was temporarily closed by the North Dakota Department of Transportation.
The governor's emergency declaration can be viewed here.
Earlier Thursday, Burgum had placed the Guard on standby to provide help if additional resources were needed to respond to a growing number of wildfires in North Dakota as extreme drought conditions continue to spread across the state.
"North Dakota must be prepared to respond to wildland fires during periods of ongoing dry conditions and drought patterns. At this time, North Dakota has an elevated spring and summer fire potential; a significant number of fires have occurred to date," Burgum stated in a notice to Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard. "To prepare to support local and tribal firefighting efforts, assist federal fire partners, and respond to fire emergencies across the State, we must have firefighting resources available on short notice. The North Dakota National Guard has the resources we may need to support those firefighting efforts."
Today's National Drought Mitigation Center report shows 47% of North Dakota in extreme drought – up from 27% last week – with 38% in severe drought and 15% in moderate drought.
So far this year, the North Dakota Forest Service has received reports of more than 140 wildfires that have burned over 30,000 acres in total. By comparison, 9,205 acres were burned in 518 wildfires reported to the Forest Service during all of 2020.
With the emergency declaration, National Guard members are now able to support local, tribal, federal and state efforts in fire emergencies.
Not all wildfires are reported to the state. Local fire departments are asked to report wildfires through the Forest Service's Emergency Reporting System. This information is essential to assist with decision-making for prepositioning resources and to increase federal grant support to the state through formula funding. Fire departments also should work with their county emergency managers to report wildfires to the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services' WebEOC incident management tool.
"The North Dakota Forest Service will continue to provide resources to assist volunteer fire departments and tribes, which includes prepositioning wildland fire engines in areas of concern and providing fire suppression when fires exceed mutual aid capacity," State Forester Tom Claeys said. "In addition, through a state-to-state Wildland Fire Compact Request, Colorado is currently providing two wildland fire engines to add much-needed capacity. A Fire Prevention Team also has been ordered to help enhance prevention messaging across the entire state."
For information on how to prevent wildfires, or to view maps showing current burn ban restrictions and fire danger levels, visit www.ndresponse.gov.
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Blind: We deserved a point
Posted by admin on October 11th, 2016 10:05 AM | News, Oranje
Netherlands boss Danny Blind believes his side deserved at least a point in their 1-0 defeat to France on Monday.
By Michael Bell
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Netherlands now face an uphill struggle to top their World Cup qualifying group after Paul Pogba's first-half strike was enough to earn France a 1-0 win in Amsterdam. The defeat moves Netherlands from top of group A to third and three points behind both Sweden and France.
After the game, Danny Blind spoke to NOS and stated he feels his side should have got at least a draw, "This is very disappointing, because we deserved a point. We were well organised against a team with more quality than us. This difference we had to compensate with a good organisation and strong will. We did."
Just like the draw in Sweden, Netherlands failed to take the chances they created and Blind admitted he is growing tired of his side shooting themselves in the foot, "I'm sick of it, but Sweden-away felt worse. That match was often in my mind in recent days. We had six points from two games to start this competition. Then all iwe did today was a bonus. "
However, the coach is refusing to give up hope on finishing top of the group, "The group is still open. It is up to us to win the next match against Luxembourg, "
Tags: 2018 World Cup, Danny Blind, France, netherlands, Oranje
13 Responses to "Blind: We deserved a point"
Amr says:
please wake up blind you are coaching the Netherlands one of the best team in football history to say we deserved a point in our hometown means that you dont know who you are coaching we are not a team from the second row we must win every game
you are ruining the team and the dutch history too
Blind, Please leave Netherlands alone. You always try to find excuses for unacceptable appearance. You are talking about the Dutch team who was close to win world cup in the last 2 competitions. Stop saying we deserve, almost, or we were close to. This is soccer almost, close, we deserve don't count in soccer. You can't bring better result so you don't deserve to be the Dutch coach. LEAVE NOW.
Loy says:
Should have start de vrig instead of bruma !!!
Kuls says:
This Netherlands team is crap but unfortunately the selection process is complete shambles. Why on earth is the manager selecting players who are not playing regular football for their clubs? Depay and Vincent Janssen, they have been warming the benches for their club team in EPL. If you are not playing regularly for your club you should not get selected for the national side but we see complete contradiction from Blind (Bag of POO). Why do Dutch players and managers give such a high status to players playing in EPL and every young Dutch player (potential to be a great) wants to leave Netherlands at such an early age (between 18 – 24)?
Dutch football is in real crisis, all the youngsters who coming through e.g. Depay are made to believe they are the next Dutch legend (LMAO). The only way players will become great is if they play their football in the Dutch league and don't leave until they are 25. In this way, it will help them to build the Dutch way playing and ingrain the thought process on how technical Dutch football works. Presently, the Dutch does not have any outstanding players in their team, few good players and remaining are just your average fart.
Football pundits still admire Dutch club youth system and label it as some of the best youth football development in the world but the problem is youngsters are leaving too early before their development is finished. What do you get? Players like Ryan Babel, Memphis Depay and many more.
Well there is an upside to all this, Dutch team can do circus show around the world. THE FAMOUS CLOWNS IN ORANGE. They surely are not going to be playing in a World cup in 2018.
Johnny Dutch says:
Sometimes, I think he's watching another game!
Sometimes, I think he's watching another game! Play to your strengths! Stop putting players in positions that they are seeing for the first time or haven't played since they were eight years old. I know what position they play and where they appear to be strong and I bet there are a lot more people on here that know that as well. If you were Blind what would your starting XI be and in what formation?
The Biggest Mistake that Netherlands made is to let Bert van Marwijk go. Just look at what Bert van Marwijk is doing now to Saudi Arabia national team he took the team who failed to reach world cup last 3 times 2006, 2010, and 2014 and made them on the top of their qualifying group with not even 1 defeat in the last 12 matches since qualifying matches to wroldcup 2018 has started. Bert van Marwijk can make the changes but poor Danny Blind doesn't have the needed skills for the Netherlands.
I don't know what to say but this team has turned into a disaster!!! I'm a huge fan of Oranje yet this is the worst…..
We ain't lack of talents but that unexperienced lame manager simply downgrades them….
I can't believe KNVB still entrust the team to him after series of shame he has brought…
oranje fan 4eva says:
A point is not enough at this crisis time. You are on borrowed time. Please resign before be sacked.
Sadly we have a problem that has always been there with the national team. There is more pride in looking good than winning. When Bert van Marwijk and Louis van Gaal had the courage to do what they had to do in order to play for the result, they were criticized. Even in 2010 when we made the World Cup Final, the team was criticized for not playing beautiful enough.
I agree completely with the notion that our players are leaving too early. Memphis was well on his way to greatness, but he needed 3 more years at PSV. Look no further than a player like Luuk de Jong, who is only doing well again after coming back to the Eredivisie at 24 (2 years ago) after leaving at 22 to score 6 times for Mönchengladbach and Newcastle over 2 years.
Maybe he KNVB needs a rule similar to how the Italians used to not call you up to the national team if you played abroad. Obviously we cannot go that far, but we need something to encourage our players to stay longer because they would rather take the money than proper development as players these days.
RickL says:
All the comments made here of Oranje make sense. Hopefully Blind & company are reading this and taking some of these comments into consideration. The team lacks leadership! Robben, Sneijder injured, so Blind needs to call another veteran player to help guide these guys. Van Persie or Huntelaar, yes are older but they won big games for Holland. Rinus said once, u don't win games if u don't score. JAMMER!
Van Persie doesn't exactly scream "Leadership" and Huntelaar would be great in there as well, we have Stekelenburg. The thing is you need more than one or two and when two of them are injured, well it doesn't leave us with much. It's time for the newer vets to step up, we have long relied Sneijder, Robben, van Persie and Huntelaar. Step up new Oranje generation!
Yes true. . We could use Nigel. Just sad that Holland is enduring this. Or shall I say us fans!
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It felt like my Family all went to bed early last night as I found myself up alone, in front of the fire finishing off Block 5 of my Once Upon a Time BOM, Thumbelina.
Miss L loves the "Birdie flying" on this block.
It's almost the end of the month so I am looking forward to getting the next block later this week. The look on Miss L's face when I show her every block and her saying "my quilt" with her beautiful smile and big blue eyes is what is keeping me "up to date" on this project.
Enjoy the start to your week. The sun is out again here today, not your typical winter weather that's for sure, and I am looking forward to getting outside with Miss L.
You are making amazing progress with all your quilts, this block is very cute. I love the Scandinavian Christmas!


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Call of Duty: WWII & Destiny 2 the Top Selling Console Games in America Based on Revenue, COD: WWII Tops $1 Billion in Global Sales
by Alex Co
December 20, 2017 8:18 am in News
Well, it seems 2017 has been a very good year for Activision, as the publisher just sent out a press release announcing that Call of Duty: WWII and Destiny 2 are the two top selling console games in North America!
For COD: WWII, Activision has announced that the Sledgehammer Games-developed title is the biggest console digital launch in Activision publishing history, and is the top selling console game of 2017 in North America! COD: WWII has already surpassed $1 billion in sell-through (sold, not shipped) worldwide since its launch on November 3, 2017.
Destiny 2 isn't too far behind as Activision has announced that Destiny 2 has outsold the first Destiny and is the biggest PC launch in Activision's publishing history.
To put the cherry on top, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has also been a huge success, as Activision claims it's the no. 1 remastered collection in PS4 history!
Check out an excerpt from the press release below.
Activision has delivered the No. 1 and No. 2 top selling console video games in North America this year (based on revenues), continuing a string of chart-topping title releases in 2017. At No. 1, Call of Duty®: WWII, which has already surpassed $1 billion in sell-through worldwide since its launch last month, is the top selling console video game of the year in North America, extending Call of Duty®'s run as the No. 1 top selling console video game franchise in North America for nine consecutive years, based on revenue. Developed by Bungie, Destiny 2 secured its status as the No. 2 highest selling console video game in North America for the year, based on revenue, while also becoming the biggest PC launch in Activision Publishing history, based on units. Additionally, Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy, is the No. 1 top selling remastered collection in PS4 history. (i)¹
I gather a congratulations are in order, but I doubt Activision will be able to hear us over the piles of money dropping on them, no?
Tags: Activision Call of Duty: WWII Destiny 2 Sledgehammer Games
Project Cars 2 DLC "Fun Pack" Set for Release in Winter 2017, Here's the Trailer
Original Battlefield: Bad Company Now Available on Xbox One via EA Access


Do you think you could be a writer and want to give writing a try?
Do you have some experience and want to write more?
Would you like to meet other writers and share your writing?
Each week you will have the opportunity to read, listen to readings of other writers, then spend time freewriting with fun prompts, creative exercises and supportive guidance provided by Christie. Suggestions for few hours of writing on your own each week will be given.
This is an 8 week series. Attending all meetings is recommended, but is not a requirement. We will complete the series with an optional public reading, on the evening of March 2nd, to celebrate the writers who complete the series.
REGISTRATION: The series is voluntary and drop-in, but to give Christie an idea of how many people will be showing up, we ask that participants register either at the library Circulation Desk or by sending an email to deifert(at)hampton.lib.nh.us.
Jazz up your Holidays & lose your Humbug Blues in a special family Holiday kickoff Concert to help the Hampton Food Pantry featuring award winning musicians TJ Wheeler & Ayan Imai- Hall on Thursday, Dec. 10 from 6:30 – 7:30 PM at the Lane Library. The concert is free, but audience members are asked to bring a non-perishable food item or a free will donation to support the Hampton food pantry.
Think you've heard every possible variation of the Holiday classics? Think again. Tj & Ayan have their own distinct Jazz & Blues interpretations of a wide diversity of classic songs which is both a visual as well as an audio treat. Ayan Imai-Hall at 22 is a nationally respected tap dancer, and Tj Wheeler is an internationally respected Blues & Jazz Guitarist / vocalist / educator. As well as old chestnuts (so to speak) like The Christmas Song, sing-alongs like an Otis Redding infused version of Deck the Halls, or a Louis Armstrong Christmas Time in New Orleans, they will also include more recent favorites from the Polar Express. We hope that entire families will attend this concert, as it is truly an ALL-ages event.
The two performers are also celebrating their 10th year of musical partnerships. Ayan started performing with TJ when he was only 12 years old, and Wheeler was ...well let's just say old & wise enough to know a rising talent when he saw one. Three years ago the two received and completed a yearlong grant in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Award category from the NH State Council on the Arts . During that period as well as working on new perspectives for tap improvisations, they concentrated on creating a additional ensemble role for tap as a supportive percussionist. Ayan commented on the process "The traditional role of the Jazz tap dancer; only being featured for a number or two and then leave the stage to the rest of the musicians, in a way marginalized taps musicality as well as its versatility" Wheeler added "When I'm soloing, or simply stating the melody vocally or instrumentally, Ayan is backing me up as I do for him when he's being featured. He's on stage with me at all times just as a drummer would be." Another heightened characteristic that the two employ to its full advantage is improvised, and imaginative interplay. That interplay is in the moment and never quite the same way twice, which gives each performance its own unique place in time.
Ayan has performed at many area festivals include NE Tap in the Boston Beantown Festival, Tappy Holidays and Tap City in New York, Something to Tap About, Tapped, and Boston Celebrates Tap. Within those four years, Ayan gained opportunities to travel to major cities such as NYC and Washington D.C. in order to study with some of the greatest tap dancers today including Jason Samuels Smith, Michelle Dorrance, Derick Grant, and Cartier Williams. In 2011 Ayan joined the Boston Tap Company under the direction of Sean Fielder and performed at the D.C. Tap Festival. Later that same year, Ayan became a member of the nationally touring company Tap Kids, performing from California to Canada in major cities throughout North America. Just a few months before his graduation from high school, he toured with the Irish step dancer Brian Cunningham in Atlantic Steps, a brand new show that integrates the old fashioned Irish step dancing of Sean Nós, with North American native tap dancing. Ayan has had plenty of influences in his life that shapes his tap dance, and he's quickly tapping his way into his own unique style, while keeping the traditions stepping forward.
TJ Wheeler is a two time winner of the prestigious, NH State Arts Council outstanding Individual Artist Award, the Granite State Award from the University of NH, the "Keeping the Blues Alive Award" from the International Blues Foundation, and the Paul Robeson Diversity award from the United State Post Office. The 2015 -16 school year marks the 25th anniversary of his concert/ workshop in the school program "Hope. Heroes' & the Blues." The program has reached over 500,000 students across 5 continents. He recently returned from a 6 week concert/ workshop tour of Missouri.
Have a cool yule and head down for this family event!
Please join us on Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 PM as we host a reception for Hampton artist Elizabeth Barcomb, who loves to talk about her lifelong passion for doing needlework. She has explored many different styles, but her most favorite is crewel embroidery because of the amount of individuality it allows in terms of shading and color nuances. She derives her inspiration from Mother Nature and other still life compositions, such as her own flower arrangements.
Her love of doing needlework began as a child and has continued throughout her life. She was first taught by her mother and then continued this pursuit under the tutelage of the sisters of the Academie Villa Augustina in Goffstown. In the past Elizabeth has conducted classes and passed on her love of this art form, attracting students and teaching on an individual basis.
Elizabeth considers her time spent doing needlework as her peaceful time. It allows for introspection, contemplation and meditation. Many a concern has been resolved during this time!
Elizabeth's creativity does not stop with her needlework. She is a professionally trained singer who has performed in New York City, Boston and the Lake George Opera. These days you may hear her at weddings or doing solo work at various churches during the summer. She is an active and integral member of the music program at the Hampton United Methodist Church.
Join us once again on Thursday, October 15th at 6:30 PM for a free concert in the downstairs Lane Room as the popular Edinburgh-based Scottish Folk band North Sea Gas makes a return visit to the Lane Library!
Who is North Sea Gas? They are Ronnie MacDonald, Grant Simpson and Dave Gilfillan, performing for over thirty years and stronger than ever! One of Scotland's most popular folk bands with great vocals and tremendous three part harmonies. Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki, Whistles, Bodhrans, Banjo and good humour are all part of the entertainment.
They have recorded 16 albums and are constantly adding new material to their show. Their latest album, "The Fire and the Passion of Scotland" won the 2013 Album of the Year award from Celtic Radio in the U.S. as well as first place in the "Jigs and Reels" category for the set of tunes on the album. Celtic Radio says, "The band displays an attachment and a reverence for their roots from the very start. The music feels genuine, unpretentious and spontaneous, with a fondness for storytelling and beautiful harmonies." Their prior album, "Tak a Dram Afore Ye Go" continues to be very popular with fans all over the world and Alasdair Maclean (The Scots Magazine) said of "Edinburgh Toon," "The album is offered in the spirit of enjoyment, and in that it succeeds superbly."
A prior album "Rosslyn" received wonderful reviews from folk magazines, newspapers etc. including Dirty Linen (USA), the Scots Magazine, and The Living Tradition. Their show consists of traditional, contemporary and self-penned material all put together in a style of their own . This proves popular during their regular tours of Scotland, America, Canada, Germany, Austria, and many other destinations every year as well as in TV and Radio appearances on both sides of the Atlantic including "Late Night Saturday," "Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour" (one of the biggest radio shows of its kind), and "Song of the Mountains" shown on select PBSTV stations in the U.S.
In 2008, they recorded for Chinese television with an estimated audience of 800 million; A highlight of any band's career!
December 2009 saw the band playing in Istanbul, Turkey, for the British Consulate St Andrews Ball and they have been invited back in 2010.
We could say more but put simply "North Sea Gas" are a highly entertaining Scottish folk band who have an ever-growing fan base ranging through all age groups thus giving the "Gas" show a wonderful atmosphere.
Hampton author and humorist Gary Patton will be at the library on Wednesday, September 23 at 6:30 PM to read from his new satirical novel Stealing Mt. Washington. Originally from the mid-west, Gary and his wife Lenore retired to New England and and have lived in New Hampshire for the past 18 years, giving him a unique 'outsider' view of the foibles and follies of Granite State residents.
Selling Mt. Washington revolves around an attempt to pass a bill through the New Hampshire state legislature which would sell Mt. Washington State Park and allow wind turbines to be installed on it. Joe Tanner has struck a deal with his state party chairman. The chair will see to it that Joe is named state attorney general, if Joe can find a candidate for a vacant state senate seat, elect that candidate, and make sure that person votes to defeat a bill to put wind turbines on blustery Mt. Washington.
Granite Staters proudly claim that 6,288 foot high Mt. Washington has the worst weather in the world, with an average of 311 inches of snow accumulating from September to June, temperatures that have never risen above 72 degrees Fahrenheit, and hurricane-force winds that once set a record at 231 mph. Fog obscures the view at the peak 300 days a year.
Joe's problem is that no one wants the Senate job. It pays only $100 per year and his party is such an underdog that his candidate stands virtually no chance of winning the seat. No one wants it , that is, but a bumpkin and "outtastatah" (out-of-stater) named Charlie Beezer. Joe's girl friend, Ann Katz, loathes Charlie Beezer, considering him to be an oaf and a clod. But Joe has no choice but to run Charlie as his candidate.
And there the pandemonium begins. Will Beezer win the state senate seat? Will he vote against the wind turbine bill? Will wind turbines despoil the majesty and grandeur of Mt. Washington? Will Joe Tanner become state attorney general? Will Ann Katz's distaste for Charlie Beezer ruin her romance with Joe? As they say, "stay tuned."
Sylvia Larsen, Past President of the New Hampshire State Senate, writes, "Author Gary Patton offers up a comedic romp through the twisted paths of New Hampshire politics. With tongue-in-cheek humor, we gain real insights into the inner workings of the Granite State's byzantine political system."
The event is open to all, with light refreshments and time after Gary's talk for book signings.
"My Book Covers," a creative challenge for the photographers of All About Paper Photo Enthusiasts Group, will be shown in our Weston Gallery at the Lane Memorial Library during the month of August.
The photographers created three book covers with their photos, adding a title and their name to each photo as if they were real books. A reception will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 11 for members of the public to meet and greet the creative minds behind this fun project.
Come out and meet the photographers, ask questions and get inspired. The event is free and open to all. Please contact Catherine Pagano at 603-380-3702 for information about AAPPEG.
Make plans to join us on Wednesday, April 15th at 6:30 PM for an evening of poetry readings and discussion with Muriel Angelil, our current artist exhibiting in the Weston Gallery. Currently living in Amesbury, MA, Muriel Angelil started to write in the 1980's encouraged by her late husband Joseph Godwin who also was a writer. She has written poetry, children's stories, a journal and technical articles on Expressive Art Therapy. As a way to understand her own life's journey, Angelil published a memoir Back to the Past, A Daughter of the Nile which described her life in Alexandria, Egypt and her reasons for leaving and settling in the USA.
Recently she started to attend an Open Mic in Newburyport and her journey as a poet was launched. In a year, she has written over one hundred poems describing her relationships with family members, lovers and friends and her personal thoughts on death, love, dance and travels.
Muriel Angelil is also an artist and has been exhibiting her paintings, monotypes and sculptures for the last thirty years. Her artworks show abstracted figurative shapes inspired by her life: including dancers, horses, little girls, women, and men. Other works are simply abstracts inspired by her love of music and especially jazz. Fluid strokes and color are predominant in her abstract and encaustic (wax) paintings, serving to express visually a world of action and mystery. In her monotypes one can see a bold graphic quality a simple use of color and a fluidity of expression.
For all who have wondered about the story behind the hulking ruin known as "The Castle" glimpsed across the water on the Portsmouth Naval Base, the library is delighted to present an evening with filmmaker Neil Novello, who has created a unique documentary on the Portsmouth Naval Prison.
He will join us on Monday evening, February 23 at 6:30 PM in the downstairs Lane Room to unfold the history behind this closed-to-the-public military institution. The video documentary covers three different time periods of the Naval prison's history from the end of World War I up through World War II and into the Vietnam War era.
Those who attend will see photos and hear commentary on the construction of the prison in 1908, see some of the early commanders of the Naval Prison including the civilian reformist Thomas Mott Osborne, and view some rarely seen footage filmed in May 1945 of captured German U-Boat crews escorted to the Naval prison.
Mr. Novello will also screen extended video clips from "The Castle" where he used a Navy produced documentary, along with interviews of local residents who served in the Marines and Navy, to tell the story of the prison during the Vietnam war era.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about one of the Seacost area's most interesting slices of military and local history!
John LeCours is a New Hampshire based painter who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology. John takes inspiration from the natural beauty of his native new England and often takes Master classes to improve his craft and learn new techniques. John most often works in oils and acrylic.
His central goal in painting is to create beautiful imagery. John's creative process centers on a direct spiritual response to nature in the tradition of George Inness, JMW Turner and in harmony with the essays and ideas of Henry David Thoreau.
When he is not painting, John works as a Project Manager at Applied Graphics in Amesbury, MA. He lives in Danville, NH.
We invite the public to welcom John and learn more about his work at a reception in his honor on Saturday, December 20th at 3 PM.


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Phillies take 5-game lead over Braves with Halladay's 20th win
Julia McClatchy (admin) Contributor
September 22, 2010 8:52 AM ET
YOU CAN LOOK up and down the lineups, and pore through the pitching rotations, and strain your eyes in search of that one magic element that separates contender from pretender.
But the simple truth is this: Over the last 2 days, one team has looked like a team that should finish the season with its fourth straight division title, and the other has looked like anything but. One team has made timely hits. The other has made untimely outs. One team has used its defense as a weapon of destruction. The other has just self-destructed.
If there is any doubt about the identity of the best team in the National League East – and for most of this topsy-turvy season, there has been – it is on the verge of being eliminated.
"You look around the clubhouse at the guys we've got, we've got a bunch of guys that rise to the occasion, play good in big situations," said Jayson Werth, whose three-run homer off Mike Minor in the third inning last night helped propel the Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Braves that improved their division lead to five games with 10 remaining. "We've got a whole team of guys like that. So it's no surprise to me that here we are again in middle-to-late September, we're surging, we're making a run at it. We're going for the best record in baseball. Make no mistake about it. Everyone in here feels like we're the best team in baseball, and we're going to go out and prove it."
Two months to the day on which they fell seven games behind Atlanta with a loss in St. Louis, they are now one victory away from a three-game sweep and a six-game lead with nine to play.
Even before it ended, you could hear Charlie Manuel preparing his postgame dampening of enthusiasm.
Full story: Phillies take 5-game lead over Braves with Halladay's 20th win | Philadelphia Daily News | 09/22/2010
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Drought in South India: A Firstpost special series
Written by Contributor, 5th May 2017, 0 Comments
This is the introductory article in Firstpost's nine-part series of ground reports on the ongoing water crisis in south India. The series will cover various aspects of the near-calamitous situation in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, with the onset of blistering heat waves that are putting more pressure on existing water resources.
NOTE: Scroll down to see links to full series
Imran Qureshi, Firstpost
South India is parched — Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are already reeling under severe drought, and Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are on the brink — now the blistering heat waves will probably put more pressure on the existing water resources.
While Kerala and Tamil Nadu are facing an unprecedented drought – the worst ever in over a century, according to experts; Karnataka's northern districts are without water for the third consecutive year.
In October 2016, Andhra Pradesh announced that 245 of its mandals were drought-hit due to a deficiency of 4 percent rainfall. Telangana, a perennially water-starved state, is engaged in water wars with its Telugu-speaking neighbour over allocations of Krishna and Godavari river water.
The situation is grim in the southern-most part of the country. The North East monsoon, which is the main source of water for the state, was deficient by 62 percent last year. The year 2016 was uneventful despite the failed monsoon as the December 2015 floods filled up lakes and water bodies and recharged groundwater, bringing the water table up by 2-3 metres.
But summer has set in full force. Chennai has already experienced three days of heat wave, with temperatures crossing 40 degrees Celsius, a deviance of 3 degrees from the average at this time of the year. Experts warn that the state will reel under severe heat in the coming months, with temperatures expected to cross 50 degrees Celsius in an abnormally hot summer. Drought is adding to the state's woes.
Authorities are at a loss as to what to do for water, considering that the neighbouring states are also reeling under drought. The state's battle over Cauvery water has not come to much – there is hardly any water in the Cauvery for Karnataka to release. Andhra Pradesh yielded to the pleas of the then chief minister O Panneerselvam in February this year, but the 2 tmc-feet of water released was barely enough, even for Chennai. Water levels in the reservoirs of the state are at 5 percent of their total capacity, with the key reservoirs feeding Chennai – Chembarambakkam and Cholavaram – already at dead storage.
The state is now tapping water filled in mines and quarries, water released from Neyveli's thermal power plant and desalination plants to somehow meet the needs of the thirsty population. Groundwater is being drawn at an alarming rate by the civic bodies, citizens and illegal water tankers alike. As a result, groundwater levels have fallen drastically – between 5 and 10 feet – across the state. Water supply has been rationed.
"It is a drought we have not seen in 110 years. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and it is due to global climate change. We may see a repeat of 2015 (floods) next year or the rains may fail again like they did in 2016. We cannot figure the weather out. But we need to ensure that we are prepared," said S Thirunavukkarasu, retired official of the Tamil Nadu Public Works Department which is in-charge of maintaining most of the reservoirs, lakes and rivers in the state.
The rain gods have spurned God's Own Country. The worst drought in the state in 115 years has made the residents very anxious. With the South West monsoon being deficient by 33.7 percent (July to September) and the North East monsoon short by 61 percent (October to December), the state is floundering.
Drought has meant that the power supply too has been hit as Kerala largely depends on hydroelectric power. The Idukki hydroelectric project, which is the largest producer of power in the state, has only enough water to generate 40 percent of its total capacity. While the state annually needs 24,000 Million Units (MU) of power, only 7,100 MU are generated at home while the rest is sourced from outside. The bad news is that as the rains cease and water storage decreases, internal generation will fall to 5,200 MU. This means that close to 2,000 MU of power will have to be again bought from outside. With all the power plants put together in the state, a stock taken on 22 December, 2016, shows that only 1,988 MU of power can be generated against the previous years. While in 2015, it was 2,754 MU; in 2014, it was 3,246 MU taken on the same date.
This year is bound to be tougher because even the Cauvery basin districts in Karnataka have gone so dry that the state might face a gigantic crisis if the South West monsoon fails for the fourth consecutive year, beginning June. The shortage of water and unemployment have already made hundreds, if not thousands, of villagers move to the cities and towns of not only Karnataka but neighbouring states as well. The reservoirs fed by the Cauvery river are at dead storage as cities like Bengaluru thirst for water.
This is because of the heat wave in north Karnataka and the third consecutive year of drought. A rainfall deficit of 35 percent in the Malnad region, the catchment area for many perennial rivers emerging from the Western Ghats, has meant that the river water too has failed the state.
What is concerning experts is the lack of vision and long-term policy and planning by state governments across south India to tackle drought. "Nobody cares about migration," said Professor Narendra Pani of the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bengaluru. "The government is looking for a quick fix. There is a need to set up markets for farmers and we need to have a system of aggregation. You need to bring people together and, perhaps, set up sheds for sericulture to control quality. Unfortunately, we don't even think on the lines that China has succeeded in implementing."
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Andhra Pradesh's groundwater table has dropped to 14.34 metres, following a rainfall deficit of 23 percent last year. Ideal groundwater level should be between 3 and 8 metres, as per government recommendations and the state has begun an ambitious groundwater recharging programme called 'Neeti Samrakshana Udyamam'.
Chronically drought-prone areas like the Rayalaseema districts of Anantapur and Kadapa have become more arid, with crops failing. Andhra has got a drought relief package of Rs 2,816 crores from the Centre.
While Telangana received slightly higher rainfall than the average in 2016, the state is engaged in water wars with Andhra for river water from the Krishna and the Godavari. For now, the water situation is under control in Telangana. But with heat waves predicted in both the Telugu-speaking states, the respective governments are gearing up for the summer months.
Experts are criticising the knee jerk reactions of state governments to drought, rather than planned conservation. Chennai-based economist, Venkatesh Athreya said, "You need to promote sustainable water conservation and newer methods of irrigation. Yes, there has been a collective action in desilting tanks etc. Certainly inspiring but it doesn't absolve the state of its responsibility. It is the scale that matters which only the state can do it."
Drought In South India
Social biases are adding to the trauma of scarcity. Take for instance the illiterate and the socially-backward sections in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery Delta region. The Dalit woman is left empty-handed because the landed gentry understand the problems between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka caused by the dispute over sharing of Cauvery waters.
Not that life in the cities is any better. The job-hunter from the village expects to get the most basic requirement — water. But it has become a traumatic experience in his effort to survive the summer. Many in Chennai are forced to pay 10 times the normal amount for a pot of water.
Scarcity of water has reached such levels that even Nandan Nilekani, perhaps, did not realise that the Unique Identity (UID) card called Aadhaar would be used as a tool to ration water. Based on the Aadhaar card, people are given water cards to become eligible for a pot of water in one district of Andhra Pradesh. But, then there is a price to pay after acquiring that water card. The citizen has to pay Rs 5 per pot of water from private water suppliers.
But, the story about scarcity of water or drought in some places is not all about at what price water is sold. It is about the impact that this precious commodity has on society and on all aspects of development for the future. The effort to deal with the problems of climate change has been such that there has been no concrete measures taken by any of the state governments to prepare for the summer months which have been becoming traumatic with each passing year.
For instance, a state like Tamil Nadu has not realised that it has the longest coastline among the Indian states and the consequential adverse situations. Such situations in the future, experts believe, could be even worse than the flood havoc it faced in December 2015. It appears the state is clueless about how to safeguard itself in the future from the ubiquitous climate change. The state has not understood that the changes in the seas impact the inland.
But, it must be said that not all governments are callous about the future. Kerala has adopted a mission mode approach to reclaim dried up lakes, canals, ponds and other water bodies. It is a start but, at least, one state has begun to look at something in a mission mode.
Firstpost brings to you a series on the impact of the harshness of the summer from each of the south Indian states which, incidentally, is the most developed zone of India, along with western India, with a hope that the powers-that-be, not only the government but the powerful civil society as well, will begin to look at initiating measures to provide mission-mode programmes to reduce the agony of summer.
Five states face severe water crisis made worse by the onset of summer
Chennai slum dwellers forced to beg for water, authorities remain helpless
Parched lands in Nagapattinam lead to distress migration
Water crisis in Tamil Nadu is a manifestation of climate change, say experts
As Karnataka reels under severe water crisis, residents brace unofficial rationing
Parched rural Karnataka sees mass migration but officials stay in denial
Kerala's efforts to revive water bodies bear fruit at grassroot level
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh reel under heatwave, but petty politics takes centrestage
Rayachoty one of the worst-hit in Rayalaseema; govts play down water scarcity
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Bolton's Vague Press Release Lays Foundation for Military Attack Against Iran
Monday 6 May 19
According to Bolton's statement, an attack launched by a "proxy" of Iran on not just assets but "interests" of the U.S. in the region or "interests" of a U.S. ally in the region, would now be sufficient to trigger a U.S. attack on Iran, even if Iran itself was not directly responsible.
In a late Sunday press release, National Security Advisor John Bolton announced the deployment of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) and a bomber task force to U.S. Central Command as a "clear and unmistakable message to Iran." The press release claims that the move was made "in response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings," which were left unspecified.
The statement further claims that "any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force" and that, while "the United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime," the Trump administration is "fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces."
Last month, in a move that many viewed as a set-up for a war with Iran — which has long been sought by Bolton as well as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, even prior to their posts in the current administration — the Trump administration labeled the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as a terrorist organization. Iran's government subsequently responded in kind, labeling U.S. soldiers of Central Command as terrorists and designating the U.S. government as a state sponsor of terrorism.
While Bolton framed the latest move as a "warning" to Iran, it turns out that the deployment of the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to U.S. Central Command was actually announced last month with no mention at all of Iran. Indeed, a Navy press releasepublished on April 8 stated that "the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, April 1, for a regularly scheduled deployment." The fleet has already been stationed in the Central Command region since at least April 15, when the U.S. Naval Institute announced that it was anchored off the coast of Spain.
However, the New York Times subsequently clarified that the strike group had been ordered to move from the Mediterranean Sea to the Middle East in relation to Bolton's announcement. The Times also noted that the validity of the "warnings" of an alleged imminent attack on American or allied assets in the region by Iran or its alleged proxies was unknown because, "as of late Friday, military analysts were not tracking any new, imminent or clearly defined Iranian or Iranian-backed threats against Americans in Iraq or the region."
As MintPress has previously reported, Bolton has an extensive record of distorting or falsifying intelligence if it serves his political ends. Given that Bolton has long been an advocate for regime change by force in Iran as well as the pre-emptive bombing of Iran, the intelligence on these alleged "warnings" should be heavily scrutinized. Yet, because there is no permanent secretary of defense or secretary of homeland security, Bolton has more control over national security policy and intelligence now than at any time since he became national security advisor last April. As a result, this much-needed scrutiny is unlikely to materialize.
A sneeze could trigger war
The real danger of Bolton's announcement is not the framing of the deployment of military assets or the validity of the "threats" it cites, but rather its sweeping vagueness. Indeed, Bolton's press release states that any attack "whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces" would justify an aggressive U.S. military response. Thus, an attack launched by a "proxy" of Iran on not just assets but "interests" of the U.S. in the region or "interests" of a U.S. ally in the region, would now be sufficient to trigger a U.S. attack on Iran, even if Iran itself was not directly responsible.
Given that the Trump administration has defined Iranian proxies rather loosely to include any Shia-dominated militia in the entire region — including those that have no provable connection to Iran — it is hard to interpret Bolton's statement as anything other than a set-up for war.
This concern has only been augmented following statements made by Pompeo about Bolton's recent press release. Pompeo told reporters late Sunday that the deployment of the strike group was "something we've been working on for a little while," continuing:
It is absolutely the case that we've seen escalatory action from the Iranians, and it is equally the case that we will hold the Iranians accountable for attacks on American interests. The fact that those actions take place, if they do, by some third-party proxy, whether that's a Shia militia group or the Houthis or Hezbollah, we will hold the Iranians — Iranian leadership — directly accountable for that."
As MintPress and other outlets have previously noted, even the U.S. government's own documents admit that the Houthis in Yemen are not a proxy of Iran and that Iran has no direction over their military actions. In addition, Pompeo's claim that any actions taken by any "Shia militia group" will be blamed on Iran shows that the Trump administration is now building a foundation to attack Iran for actions that include those over which Iran has no control whatsoever.
Furthermore, given the vagueness of the press release, military action may not even be necessary to trigger a response, as the press release says that "any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force." For instance, if Iran makes good on its promise to blockade the Persian Gulf in response to U.S. efforts to place a total embargo on its oil efforts, such a move could now be interpreted as an attack on U.S. interests or those of its regional allies even though it would not expressly involve an offensive attack.
In addition — given that the Trump administration also considers Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, a proxy of Iran — future hostilities between Hamas and Israel, the U.S.' main ally in the region, could also be interpreted as an "attack" on the U.S. or allied (i.e., Israeli) interests launched by an alleged Iranian proxy. However, in the case of Israel and Hamas, an unnamed U.S. official told the New York Times that the recent strike group deployment was unrelated to the conflict between Hamas and Israel, which saw Israel pound the Gaza Strip with airstrikes over the weekend.
Furthermore, it is also worth considering that the execution of a "false flag" operation attributed to any militia even claiming to be Shia against a target deemed important to U.S. or allied interests could be used to justify war with Iran.
The vagueness of Bolton's press release, as well as subsequent statements made by Pompeo, clearly show that the war hawks in the Trump administration are laying the foundation for an aggressive military attack against Iran, one that will inevitably lead to war with the Islamic Republic and likely engulf much of the Middle East — and potentially much of the world.
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