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Sheer driving and riding pleasure at the BMW Xpo 2017; Urban G/S finally unveiled
Date posted on September 19, 2017
Manila, Philippines. Celebrating its passion for creating unparalleled experiences, Asian Carmakers Corporation (ACC), the official importer and distributor of BMW in the Philippines, hosted the BMW Xpo 2017 from September 15 to 17 at the BMW Pavilion, 9th Ave. corner 30th St., Bonfiacio Global City (BGC). Valued BMW clientele, enthusiasts, and the general motoring public got the chance to discover pure exhilaration and bear witness to the much anticipated annual showcase of the brand's latest automobiles and activities for adults and children alike.
"BMW has consistently led unique and exciting customer experiences, pushing boundaries through daring and visionary creations that do not compromise the ultimate goal: Sheer Driving Pleasure. This event demonstrates our dedication to delivering premium mobility that allows us to be the pioneer of Joy," said ACC President Maricar Parco. "There's no better way to share our journey and vision than through the BMW Xpo 2017, with no less than our customers and industry partners."
Under the theme "Experience Sheer Driving Pleasure," this year's BMW Xpo reflected the brand's strengthened drive to create memorable individual journeys with not only its segment-leading vehicles, but also activities that helped develop a better understanding of the heart of the BMW brand –Joy. The event featured 3 exhibitions of BMW's core values that deliver the brand's commitment to bring Joy in every aspect of mobility: Visionary, Precious, and Thrilling.
BMW's constant pursuit for automotive excellence, passion for innovation, and vision for the future of automobile was in full display, with the latest generation of BMW's most-successful business sedan, the all-new BMW 5 Series, leading the roster. Other featured vehicles represented the brand's ground-breaking concepts for the mobility of tomorrow along with a fascinating augmented reality experience with the Vision Next 100 Concept Car and BMW 5 Series through the BMW Vision Gate.
Precious.
BMW's most precious pieces, embodying timeless elegance and pure adrenaline, came together to form a truly delightful experience. The epitome of contemporary luxury, the BMW 7 Series, was displayed together with the newest collection of BMW Lifestyle. Curated modern apparel and accessories to match every individual with a discerning palate were also presented by Hugo Boss.
Even the smallest of BMW fans enjoyed limitless pleasure as the event included a Junior Drivers' Course and Kiddie Dome with arts and crafts activities for the young and young at heart, making the event a family affair.
Thrilling.
The most powerful letter in the world, M, took guests to where too much is just right. Visitors feasted their eyes on the first-ever BMW M2, the intensified BMW M4 in Competition Package, and select vehicles in the exclusive M Sport trim. Adrenaline pumping activities such as a digital experience in which guests created their own BMW M Statement image and became part of the M movement.
Guests even immersed in the thrill of making life a ride with BMW Motorrad. The growing Heritage Line, including the pure riding machine BMW R nineT Urban G/S that embodies the quality and tradition of the BMW Motorrad brand, was showcased together with motorcycles from the Adventure and Sport Lines. Also recognized at the BMW Motorrad area were the first owners of the Urban G/S led by Mr. Opoy Gaw. Also, it was a time to recognize the achievers from BMW Motorrad team – Aris Cuevas, Lawrence Macalinao, and of course defending PSBK Champ and birthdayboy Marvin Mangulabnan.
The Perfect Time to Drive a BMW is Now.
Apart from the interactive highlights, participants also got to test-drive the latest BMW vehicles and received vouchers from Hugo Boss and Petron, while aspiring BMW owners chose from a wide range of certified pre-owned vehicles or BMW Premium Selection at special prices.
During the 3-day fête, brand-new BMW vehicles were made available at exclusive rates along with an exciting treat. Customers can look forward to 5 years of free BMW Service Inclusive for every purchase of a brand-new automobile. The program covers maintenance and repair of original BMW parts in all authorized BMW Service Centers to take customers' mind off the unexpected costs of regular automotive upkeep.
Truly, it was the perfect time to take advantage of limited offers and get your dream BMW at the Xpo 2017. Beginning October of this year, BMW will adjust its pricing to further reflect the unmatched value of innovative mobility and take Sheer Driving Pleasure to a new level.
"With all of these thrilling activities and world-class display of premium automobiles, the BMW Xpo 2017 represents our strengthened commitment to delivering Sheer Driving Pleasure today and the years to come," concluded Parco.


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Through installation, hybrid object-paintings, video and tableaus, Janet Loren Hill magnifies her fantasies, experiences of censorship and feminist observations through historical objects meant to constrain, portraiture and the domestic sphere. Her work oscillates between the personal as political and the political as personal.
Hill received her BFA from University of Washington and her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has exhibited at numerous galleries nationally including Field Projects Gallery (NY, NY), Blindfold Gallery (Seattle, WA), Stone Gallery's 2017 exhibition of "Boston Young Contemporaries", UMAss Boston's University Hall Gallery's group show, HARD: Subversive Representation, Space One Two One's solo show "Lurking Behind My Teeth" and many others. Elisabeth Sherman, Assistant Curator at Whitney Museum of Art, selected and highlighted Hill's work in New American Painting's 2017 MFA Annual edition. Hill has attended multiple residencies internationally including Vermont Studio Center, Wassaic Project and was recently an Artist-In-Residence at the Beijing Royal School in China.
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David Beckham: The Man Who Changed Premiership Football Into An Explosive Global Phenomenon
by Dinesh V May 17, 2013, 8:19 am
David Beckham's extraordinary global media appeal made him the definitive megastar of his generation. But his abilities as a footballer have been unfairly overlooked
It had been a solid performance from Manchester United, nothing more. Goals from Eric Cantona and Denis Irwin had United 2-0 up against a poor Wimbledon side on a late summer's day at Selhurst Park in 1996. But then a young upstart from the club's academy scored from the halfway line and football changed for good. That was the real beginning of David Beckham's career. There had been plenty of first team appearances and a loan spell at Preston North End, but that goal and its celebration – the arms held aloft, the wide, boyish grin – announced the arrival of the world's first truly global superstar of the modern footballing age. 17 years and £165 million later, it is at an end.
About time, some might argue. Beckham's appearances for Paris Saint-Germain have been sporadic, for some confirming suspicions that the palava surrounding his recruitment was a publicity stunt and the extension of Beckham's career merely an afterthought to the club's primary objective of media ubiquity and European domination. But this is how it has been since he left Manchester United. Beckham's seemingly insatiable appetite to keep playing the game has been matched, step for step, by the world's equally ravenous desire to consume his astonishing marketability. Until his departure to Real Madrid, Beckham's ability had not been questioned. He formed part of what remains one of the best midfield units the game has seen, playing alongside Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs in United's treble winning season of 1999.
His peerless passing, crossing and free-kick prowess came to define him as a player, despite his longing for a more active role in central midfield. But even by this point, Beckham's contributions on the field were being overshadowed by his celebrity status and his manager was unimpressed. "He was never a problem until he got married," said Ferguson in 2007.
By 2001 the Spice Girl wife, the never-ending endorsements and the haircuts were beginning to grate with the man who had told Beckham to "come back to where people love you" after he was sent off against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup. Beckham, like Paul Ince before him, had become too big for his boots in the manager's eyes. But Beckham, in reality, had already become more than just a footballer. Ferguson was right: he had become bigger than Manchester United, a global superstar adored and idolised by millions – a cult of personality in the truest sense. Signed by Real Madrid as much for his celebrity as he was for his football he was nevertheless loved by Madrid fans for his dedication to the game, a quality of the man that is sometimes forgotten.
When it came to his England career in particular, Beckham was tireless, thinking nothing of showing up to sit on the bench for meaningless friendlies. "I feel that now is the right time to retire from football at the highest level," said Beckham in his statement. Many would argue, however, that his move to Los Angeles Galaxy marked the end of his play at the highest level. Perhaps, in truth, he knew this and his loan spells at AC Milan felt like a final throw of the dice and at the time, an attempt to prove to Fabio Capello that he could still cut it. He did, in fact, make decent contribution in Italy despite a distinct lack of pace. His time at PSG can safely be called a non-starter, though his decision to donate his wages to charity should be applauded nonetheless.
This, of course, is also why Beckham has become such an icon. Despite the money that has surrounded him – the astronomical contracts, the management by Simon Fuller, the endless advertising – Beckham has remained a pin-up of family wholesomeness. His management know this of course and his niceness has been as marketable as any other element of his career.
Yes, the question of how much anyone can actually know a man without meeting him is certainly debatable, but it would be tough to contend that Beckham appears anything other a decent man. If Beckham can be accused of following the money in the latter stages of his career, the money has also followed him. He is the first modern-day footballer to combine a graceful talent on the pitch with astonishingly astute sense of business. He turned Premiership football into an explosive global phenomenon setting the stage for the multi-billion pound takeovers that have come to define the current makeup of European football. He remains the world's biggest sports personality and that is what we will bombarded with for the next week. But at his peak, he was one of most naturally gifted footballers this country has produced and that, ultimately, is how his career should be remembered.
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Papua Special Autonomic Fund Management Strategies in Sustainable Development Perspective in Papua
Eddy Way Center for National Sustainable Development Studies, Indonesia
Keywords: Implementation; management of special autonomy funds; sustainable development
This article describes the implementation of special autonomy (Ots) policies in Papua through the management of the Special Autonomy Fund by formulating a strategic plan for sustainable development. Strategic Planning Program and Other Programs for Sustainable Development to Initiate and Promote Development in Papua. The purpose of this study is to analyze and understand the procedures for managing the Special Autonomy Fund. The method used is qualitative by studying, interpreting, explaining, analyzing, and interpreting various forms of procedures for managing the Special Autonomy Fund for Papua's Sustainable Development. As a result, it appears that the Papua Special Autonomy Fund's operations are weak, community participation is small, and the budget is ineffective. When the Special Autonomy Fund was implemented, there were no irregularities in its use. However, Papuans feel that there is a lack of funds for special autonomy compared to the many demands and expectations of the people in this area. Therefore, the management of these funds must be transparent and honest, and the community must also be involved in the preparation of Papua's sustainable development programs.
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Ichsan, R. et al. (2021). Determinant of Sharia Bank's Financial Performance during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal). P. 298-309.
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Trijono, Lambang. (2013). Development as Peace: Post-Conflict Indonesia Reconstruction, Jakarta: Indonesia Torch Foundation Law Number 21 of 2001 concerning Special Autonomy for Papua
Widjojo, Disciple, et al. (2009). Papua Road Map Negotiating the Past, Improving the Present, and Securing the Future, Jakarta: Indonesia Obor Foundation
Winarno Budi. (2012). Public Policy: Theory, Process, and Case Studies, Yogyakarta: CAPS http://www.scribd.com/doc/201465956/20130131073026-Evaluasi-Otsus-PapuaDan-Papua-Barat# Accessed January 10, 2016
Eddy Way. (2021). Papua Special Autonomic Fund Management Strategies in Sustainable Development Perspective in Papua. Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi Dan Perubahan Sosial, 8(4), 283-292. https://doi.org/10.33258/konfrontasi2.v8i4.165


TORONTO, November 10, 2018 – She's the Berries didn't have the greatest of starts, but the daughter of Badge of Silver finished with a flourish to take Saturday's $100,000 La Prevoyante Stakes, at Woodbine.
Trained by Mark Casse, the bay arrived at the 1 1/16-mile main track event for Ontario-sired sophomore fillies off a fourth-place finish at the same distance, same surface and same racetrack on September 19.
In the La Prevoyante, She's the Berries, bred and owned by Brereton Jones, was away last after the gates opened, as her main rivals got the jump on her early.
But it would be a much different story by the end of the 8-1/2 furlongs.
It was outsider Red Rita who called the shots as the field entered the first turn, as Stormy Summer and Zestina kept close tabs on the pacesetter through an opening quarter-mile timed in :25.11.
Red Rita was still on top after a half-mile reached in :48.83, as Zestina claimed second spot, 1-1/2 lengths ahead of Stormy Summer. She's the Berries, with Woodbine's leading rider Eurico Rosa da Silva aboard, had improved one placing to eighth spot in the nine-horse field.
Fourth at the three-quarters pole, She's the Berries was 1-1/2 lengths in command at Robert Geller's stretch call, going on to win her first added-money event by a comfortable 2-1/4 lengths, in a final time of 1:44.08.
Bear Paw rallied to take runner-up honours, while Zestina held on gamely for third, a neck ahead of slight mutuel favourite Line of Vision.
The win was the third from 12 career races and second score in the last three starts for She's the Berries, who finished fourth in last year's Nandi Stakes and South Ocean Stakes, while also taking third in the 2017 edition of the Victorian Queen Stakes.
While the less-than-stellar start might have been a concern to those who backed her, da Silva believed She's the Berries would be at her best when it counted the most.
After an up-and-down campaign, one that's yielded two wins and a second from seven starts, She's the Berries was able to finally add a stakes triumph to her racing resumé.
"On the turn, she was running so easily," offered da Silva.
She's the Berries paid $8.80, $4.80 and $3.30, combining with Bear Paw ($7.60, $4.40) for a $70.10 (6-9) exactor. A 6-9-7 triactor (Zestina, $3.50 to show) was worth $374.10, while a $1 superfecta [6-9-7-5 (Line of Vision)] came back $546.45.
Live racing resumes tomorrow with first post at 1 p.m. Sunday's feature is the Glorious Song Stakes.


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Блеквотер () — місто () в США, в окрузі Купер штату Міссурі. Населення — 162 особи (2010).

Географія
Блеквотер розташований за координатами  (38.979195, -92.991967).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 0,85 км², уся площа — суходіл.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкали 162 особи в 64 домогосподарствах у складі 45 родин. Густота населення становила 191 особа/км².  Було 87 помешкань (103/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 2,5 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 1,9 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 25,3 % — особи молодші 18 років, 59,9 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 14,8 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 38,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 92,9 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 98,4 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долари США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 36,4 % осіб, у тому числі 52,0 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 18,2 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 47 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: транспорт — 27,7 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 23,4 %, виробництво — 10,6 %, роздрібна торгівля — 8,5 %.

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Complete genome sequences of Vibrio cholera: specific bacteriophages 24 and X29
Bhandare, Sudhakar Ganapati and Warry, Andrew and Emes, Richard D. and Hooton, Steven P.T. and Barrow, Paul A. and Atterbury, Robert J. (2017) Complete genome sequences of Vibrio cholera: specific bacteriophages 24 and X29. Genome Announcements, 5 (46). e01013/1-e01013/2. ISSN 2169-8287
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01013-17
The complete genomes of two Vibrio cholerae bacteriophages of potential interest for cholera bacteriophage (phage) therapy were sequenced and annotated. The genome size of phage 24 is 44,395 bp encoding 71 putative proteins, and that of phage X29 is 41,569 bp encoding 68 putative proteins.
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North central Morocco was where we have been based for the last few days touring the medieval city of Fez and nearby Chefchaouen, Meknes and Volubilis and we were mesmerized by each city's unique character. To cap our Moroccan holiday, our last destination and our point of exit would be Marrakesh. We hired the same travel guide that took us around north central Morocco for our road trip to Marrakesh stopping for a night in steamy Casablanca. If Chefchaouen evokes the shade of blue, if Fez sparkles gold and if Casablanca emits its polluted gray, Marrakesh surely explodes brightly in red.
We entered Marrakesh on a stunningly sunny day and we immediately understood why it is called the "Red City". Almost every building we saw were built using the signature red bricks.
…..the red bricks were a construction staple.
It was red all over.
Okay, I am exaggerating. Probably except for the Royal Theater pictured here and a few other buildings, everything we saw were made of red bricks.
With so many excellent choices of hotels and riads in Marrakesh, from the ultra opulent to the less swanky, the Mogador Palace Agdal was our choice as base. It is a very affordable yet a seemingly palatial choice. This hotel is located in the center of the new tourist zone, and faces the Atlas Mountains, the ancient wall of the Royal Palace and Marrakesh's Gardens of Agdal.
Considering the vast layout of the hotel comprising of 750 rooms spread out in a sprawling complex, we found it quite a long but interesting walk from the lobby to our room passing through intricately-designed hallways.
Another reason we chose this hotel was its stunning pool views. We liked best the hotel room balcony overlooking the pool.
Yes, we had this amazing view from our room!
We spent some time in and around the pool.
My wife and I were actually 32 weeks pregnant so in a way our activities in Morocco were quite limited. In Marrakesh, our last leg of the tour, we were already content taking our selfie in this magnificent hotel by wrapping my DSRL's strap around a palm tree and voila, we had our first wedding anniversary memoir. I stopped carrying my heavy professional camera stand a few years back.
Here are more photos at the pool side.
Myself at the amazing poolside.
Another shot of myself at the amazing poolside.
Relaxing at the hotel pool side feasting on some local food is one of the more relaxing activities we had in the red city.
One of the best things to do in Marrakesh is to experience the frenzy at its main square, Jemaa El Fnaa, from sunset to late. You can still visit it during the day and there would be restaurants and other establishments that would be open but the square would be mostly empty.
We arrived at the square less than an hour before sunset and the crowd was starting to fill in the huge square.
We thought this would be an experience like we never had before.
The Marrakesh International Film Festival was also ongoing and some activities in the square were related to the festival.
We took selfies at the square while we waited for the sunset.
As we watched one of the shows pictured, there would be someone who would go around with the tip box who would easily spot visitors and acknowledge their presence and then nicely but persistently ask for tips in return.
Games abound and so do musical performances and acrobatics!
As the sun had set for the day, the fruit stands and food kiosks started to entice both locals and visitors.
When we left the square, it was really filled with a crazy combination of locals and tourists. Many are saying that Jemaa El Fnaa is the happiest place in Morocco!
Other activities that are interesting to do in Marrakesh are camel trekking at the city's palm grove or…….
….visiting the newest mall in the area, Menara Mall, to rub shoulders with mostly locals which we did on our last day in Marrakesh or…….
…..checking out if you know someone who is visiting the city too! Through Facebook we learned that a friend from Portugal whom I previously met in the Philippines as we traveled to Palawan was staying just next to our hotel and we visited her and her boyfriend from Ireland. The world is indeed small.
Surely, our stay in Marrakesh was limited and we would have loved to venture further to Essaouira too or come back again when the Atlas Mountains would be capped by snow. As our Norwegian flight took off to bring us back to Oslo, we looked down and saw the red city (yes, fiery red) for one last time. We promised we would be back in a different time and in a different season.


The Council is the executive body and governing authority of the University and comprises the Vice-Chancellor, who is the ex-officio Chairman, the Deans of Faculties, two elected representatives of the Senate and persons of distinction in educational, professional, commercial, industrial, scientific or administrative spheres appointed by the University Grants Commission in such numbers as to exceed the aforementioned membership from the University by one.
The senate of University of Kelaniya comprises a group of dynamic scholars who possess tremendous capabilities in shouldering the giant task of administering the university system. Inclusive in the Senate of University of Kelaniya are nearly 160+ members representing each and every department of the 6 faculties and 3 institutes.


The Doctors have changed lives for 10 seasons and many of those whose lives have been transformed are stars of your favorite reality shows.
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    method_list = self.list_instance_methods.collect {|objects_method|
      method_object = nil
      begin
        method_object = self.method(objects_method)
      rescue
      end

      location = "<location unknown>"
      method_argument_list = []

      begin
        unless method_object.nil?
          params = method_object.parameters

          unless params.empty?
            method_argument_list = params.collect{|arg_info|
              argument_display = ""
              case arg_info[0]
              when :req
                argument_display = arg_info[1]
              when :opt
                argument_display = "#{arg_info[1]}=default"
              when :rest
                arg_name = arg_info[1]
                arg_name = 'args' if arg_name.nil?
                argument_display = "*#{arg_name}"
              when :keyreq
                argument_display = arg_info[1].inspect
              when :key
                argument_display = "#{arg_info[1].inspect}=default"
              when :keyrest
                arg_name = arg_info[1]
                arg_name = 'named_args' if arg_name.nil?
                argument_display = "**#{arg_name}"
              when :block
                arg_name = arg_info[1]
                arg_name = 'block' if arg_name.nil?
                argument_display = "&#{arg_info[1]}"
              else
                argument_display = "<unknown-arg-type?#{arg_info.inspect}?unknown-arg-type>"
              end

              argument_display
            }
          end
          location = method_object.source_location.join(":") unless method_object.source_location.nil?
        end
      rescue Exception => e
      end

      "#{objects_method}(#{method_argument_list.join(", ")}) -- #{location}"
    }

    %/
#{self.class.pretty_class_info}

Identification:
  id   - #{self.object_id}
  hash - #{self.hash}

Instance Methods:
     #{method_list.join("\n     ")}

Instance Variables:
     #{var_list.join("\n\n     ")}
/
  end

  def before(method_symbol, &block)
    originial_method = self.instance_method(method_symbol)

    define_method(method_symbol) do |*args, &inner_block|
      self.instance_exec(*args, &block)
      originial_method.bind(self).call(*args, &inner_block)
    end
  end

  def after(method_symbol, &block)
    originial_method = self.instance_method(method_symbol)

    define_method(method_symbol) do |*args, &inner_block|
      originial_method.bind(self).call(*args, &inner_block)
      self.instance_exec(*args, &block)
    end
  end

  def deep_to_hash
    yaml_dump = YAML::dump(self)

    converted = StringIO.new
    lines = yaml_dump.split("\n")

    for index in 1..lines.length-1
      line = lines[index]

      if line =~ /\!ruby\/object:/ and !lines[index + 1].nil?
        current_lines_prefix_space = line[/^(\s+)/,1]
        next_lines_prefix_space = lines[index + 1][/^(\s+)/,1]

        if (current_lines_prefix_space.nil? and !next_lines_prefix_space.nil?) or (!current_lines_prefix_space.nil? and !next_lines_prefix_space.nil? and next_lines_prefix_space.length > current_lines_prefix_space.length)
          line.gsub!(/\s+\!ruby\/object:.*/, '')
        end
      end

      line.gsub!(/\!ruby\/object:(.*)/, "'ruby/object:\\1'")
      line.gsub!(/\!ruby\/class '(.*)'/, 'ruby/class:\\1')
      converted.puts line
    end

    yaml = converted.string

    YAML::load(yaml)
  end

  def class_const
    Object.const_get(self.inspect)
  end

  def with(*args, &block)
    instance_exec(*args, &block)
  end

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  def time_bomb(datetime, message = 'you wanted to address this by now!', *args, &block)
    timebomb_armed = false
    unless ENV['TIME_BOMB_ARM'].nil?
      raise "Valid values for the env var TIME_BOMB_ARM are 'true' or 'false'; not '#{ENV['TIME_BOMB_ARM']}'" unless %q{true false}.include?(ENV['TIME_BOMB_ARM'])
      timebomb_armed = eval(ENV['TIME_BOMB_ARM'])
    end

    datetime = DateTime.strptime("#{datetime} -05:00", '%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p %:z') if datetime.is_a?(String)
    datetime = datetime.to_datetime if datetime.is_a?(Date)
    location = caller[0]
    if caller[0].split(':')[2] == "in `todo'"
      location = caller[1]
    end
    fail %/

      Message:\t\t#{message}
      Detonate on:\t#{datetime}
      Now:\t\t#{DateTime.now}
      Location:\t\t#{location}
    / if timebomb_armed && datetime < DateTime.now

    instance_exec(*args, &block) if block_given?
  end
end

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Adventure Books for Kids
The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun
Adventures of Tintin (Paperback)
By (author) Herge Herge
US$9.92 US$13.99 You save US$4.07
The classic graphic novel. Tintin discovers that one of the last Incan descendants has kidnapped his missing friend, Professor Calculus. Tintin and Captain Haddock follow the kidnapper to Peru--can they save Calculus?
Publication date 30 Sep 1975
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Imprint Little, Brown Young Readers
Publication City/Country New York, United States
Edition Statement American
Illustrations note col. comics
The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon
Herge Herge
The Adventures of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
The Adventures of Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney
The Adventures of Tintin: Explorers on the Moon
The Adventures of Tintin: The Shooting Star
The Adventures of Tintin: The Red Sea Sharks
The Adventures of Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls
Red Rackham's Treasure
The Adventures of Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws
The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in America
The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin and Alph-Art
The Adventures of Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald
Tintin and the Picaros
Tintin in America
The Adventures of Tintin: The Broken Ear
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
The Adventures of Tintin: The Calculus Affair
About Herge Herge
Herg , one of the most famous Belgians in the world, was a comics writer and artist. The internationally successful Adventures of Tintin are his most well-known and beloved works. They have been translated into 38 different languages and have inspired such legends as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He wrote and illustrated for The Adventures of Tintin until his death in 1983.
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What a Difference Quality Care Makes!
For anyone who has relied on hired staff to provide care for a loved one, you've probably heard that "it's a crap shoot!"
When Steve came home from the hospital in July, he required 24-hour-a-day care. (He still does.) We called an agency that could provide Certified Nurse's Assistants. The agency sent two highly qualified young men, both wholly committed to their work, kind to Steve, and respectful.
The cost, however, was prohibitive. We were exhausting our savings, and nibbling at retirement accounts.
We hired another agency - at a lesser cost. One of the women the new agency sent was personable and patient with Steve. She insisted on his getting enough watermelon to keep his digestive system working smoothly. She had a sweet disposition, and we all felt safe.
The other woman, however, was - frankly - frightening. Her judgement was curious, her decisions inconsistent. She would do tasks that were not requested - like cleaning our stovetop, and omit the required duties - like oral care and giving Steve medications from his Mediset. Worse, when called on anything, she became defensive. There was always a reason for her omissions - but they weren't her fault!
The day this odd little woman arrived on a non-scheduled day and locked her keys in her car, I had it. It was time for a change. This woman was simply takng too much work!
Now, we've heard of the nightmare situations where caregivers steal, or treat patients in an abusive manner. Thankfully, we've had none of these horrors.
I went back to the first agency, and begged. Working with fewer hours, we could shave the cost a bit - plus we could rely more heavily on family members.
Meeting the two new caregivers was like a breath of fresh air - accompanied by a sense of deep relief!
So, in this chapter, we learned that:
You get what you pay for.
Asking a total stranger into your home is a terriby vulnerable position - particularly when your loved one is so medically tenuous.
English skills are critical. Most of the caregivers we have met have learned English as a second language. Their ability to speak English is a tribute to their intelligence. But, when a patient is very ill, or doesn't hear well, I wonder what gets lost in the shuffle.
It pays to be creative, and keep looking til you find a good match.
A Hospital "Holiday"
When Steve and I went to sleep on Sunday night, we thought the rugged weekend was behind us. Not so fast!
Steve awoke, stating, "I'm sweating; check my blood sugar!"
His suspicions were correct; his blood sugar was only 31! His body was profoundly diaphoretic. I've seen Steve's glucose dip as low as 30. And I had one patient in the E.R. who had a blood sugar of only 8! That patient was unconscious. I didn't want to find out how low Steve's blood sugar could drop.
It wasn't clear to me exactly what was happening. We knew we were using high amounts of sugar in Steve's dialysate solution - so that could have accounted for high sugars he had off and on through the weekend. And that, of course prompted our use of more insulin. Had we overshot, giving him more insulin than necessary? Possibly so, though the pattern was inconsistent.
Arriving in the E.R., Steve looked sick. His responsiveness waxed and waned. At one point, he simply didn't answer our questions. A couple of slugs of IV Dextrose solved that immediately, with Steve returning to lucidity.
While Steve's medical fragility was clear, his capacity for resilience was also demonstrated once again.
And, once again, I felt immensely relieved to hand Steve off to someone else to be responsible! I remember feeling that way three years ago in the same Emergency Room. Steve had just been diagnosed with Acute-on-Chronic Renal Failure. His creatinine rocketed up from his abnormal 4 to a startling 10 in only two weeks. He looked pale, twitchy, and mentally loopy.
I was so relieved to have someone else take the responsibility then, as I was at 3 a.m. Monday morning.
Over the day, Steve looked better. Our mysteries were not all solved; many of my questions remained unanswered. But that sick-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach sense of maybe losing him passed once again. Will it return? Of course. I'm optimistic, but not naive. This is not a pleasure trip. This is real life, and real love.
By the way, Steve and I just celebrated our third wedding anniversary. We recognize the significance of this milestone, and, yes, it seems like we've been partners for many more years than seven!
Happy Anniversary, Stephen...my "raisin" (as in "raison d'etre")! I love you with all my heart.
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Fluid Overload Scraps our Date and Brings Back Temporary Hemodialysis
If there's anything that Steve and I look forward to, it's our Sunday outing for a movie and dinner - courtesy of the Metro Access Bus, of course.
But today, our date was cancelled; we had too much medical management to attend to. Specifically, Steve has been accumulating fluid - a lot of fluid - in his torso.
Peritoneal Dialysis adds fluid into the abdomen, contributing to a fullness in the belly that can be uncomfortable.
But this was much more than discomfort. Somehow, Steve was kilos behind on eliminating fluid. While we usually yielded 1500 cc/day, Friday saw only 180 cc! The rest was left to accumulate not only in the belly, but in Steve's neck and back. His breathing was labored. And where movement has been difficult for Steve since his diagnosis of Critical Illness Myopathy, the extra pounds made movement that much harder. Additionally, it was becoming harder for me to move and care for Steve - now about 20-30 pounds over his normal weight, and over a period of just one to two weeks.
The answer - at least for the short term - is additional dialysis. Not only did we add extra Peritoneal Dialysis Treatments; we added a Home Hemodialysis treatment as well!
Steve was a trooper as I sunk the fifteen gauge needles without xylocaine. But the extra treatment probably kept Steve out of the hospital, at least for today.
We understand there are a variety of tricks we can try with Peritoneal Dialysis as Steve equilibrates - and as we understand the kinetics of his peritoneal membrane.
Additionally, we are tangling with the variabilities in blood sugar - made more tricky by the fact that the dialysis solution that pulls off the most fluid is the one with the highest sugar concentration!
Today's blood sugar low was 31! And we treated it with juice - the fluid volume of the juice partly negating the gains we'd made with dialysis.
But, tomorrow is a new day - hopefully, a better day. Hospitalization is not out of the question, as we take this process one day at a time. We are grateful for the coaching of Angela, the on-call PD Nurse, and that of Steve's nephrologist, Dr. Thakur.
Steve and I will schedule that date for next Sunday.
Peritoneal Dialysis Begins With a Few Hitches
Last week, Steve and I went to Peritoneal Dialysis Training at the Northwest Kidney Centers' Seattle location. Steve's Home Hemodialysis fistula had been barely limping along; we'd been running into repeated high pressure alarms suggestive of a critically narrowed vessel. I'm certain we made the switch to PD in the nick of time. After all, Steve has no sites available for central line back-up. With no access, there's no dialysis; without dialysis, there's no Steve!
We met with the ever-patient RN Rebecca, who walked us through the nuances of the procedure. Just as with our Home Hemodialysis training, if you read the directions - and don't "freelance," it all goes pretty smoothly. Rather than the five weeks of daily training we had for Hemodialysis, our PD training took only four days - plus a number of phone calls to the on-call nurses afterwards.
We ran into a few hitches along the way:
1. On the first day, Seattle was deluged by a blizzard just as our session was ending. I made it from the central area to Lake Forest Park in forty minutes in my Suburu. Steve, in the Access Bus, didn't get home for several hours. And then, the bus couldn't make it up the snowy driveway. What to do? Call the Fire Department, of course. Digging a path in the snow, a good-humored fire crew hovered over Steve and his power wheelchair as he chugged safely up our slippery hill.
2. At first, our PD formula didn't remove enough fluid. Steve accumulated over 8 pounds in the first 3 days. A change in the recipe resulted in generous fluid removal - but the more concentrated dextrose solution played havoc with Steve's blood sugar.
3. In a single day, Steve's blood sugar ranged from a high of 374 to a low of 41. Daughter Brita managed the hypoglycemic episode with me on the phone, feeding her dad oranges and sugar water.
4. Then, I committed a protocol error in connecting Steve to the machine. And while I really don't think I contaminated the site, the nurses felt it was safest to give Steve a course of intraperitoneal Vancomycin. All because of my venial sin - one that I'll never repeat! Nobody wants to chance peritonitis from an error in technique.
So how does Steve like the new modality? So far, he says, it's too early to tell. But he quickly adds that he doesn't miss the 15 gauge needles, or the sensation of the needles in his arm.
While the treatments are much simpler to do than Hemodialysis, the treatments take longer, and must be done every day.
Steve isn't too keen on the Buddha belly look he has with two liters of extra fluid in his abdomen. He gets bloated and uncomfortable - it's a work in progress.
From my perspective as the CarePartner, PD is less stressful. Blood flowing at 400 ml/minute can be intimidating. After all, that's practically the blood flow velocity of the human placenta. I delivered babies for years, and I've been on the receiving end of several post-partum hemorrhages. That's a lot of blood pouring out at incredible speed!.
As for Steve, it's yet one more adjustment in the process of his renal failure. Hopefully, we'll work out the bugs in the system, Steve will equilibrate, and life will go on. We can already see the greater ease of travel that might be possible with PD. And living in places where power failures are common, we like the fact that PD can be done entirely without electricity.
As with Hemodialysis, Steve and I are in awe of the medical engineering genius involved in dialysis in general, and the further wonder of being able to adapt this technology to home use.
Hemodialysis for the Last Time?
Last night as I took Steve off "the hose," i.e. our NxStage Home Hemodialysis machine, we both commented,
"Is tomorrow's treatment our last time for Home Hemodialysis?"
Steve has been on Hemodialysis since September of 2007, and we've been doing Home Hemo since January of 2008. We've had a few breaks, of course, with Steve's various hospitalizations - when he'd get dialyzed in the hospital.
We remember so poignantly the last time we thought we were performing our last Home Hemodialysis treatment: it was in February, 2009 - the evening before Steve's kidney transplant.
How expectant we were! And why not? We had a living donor kidney from Steve's neice Teresa - a perfect match. Steve was in reasonably good health - "all things considered," as he says so frequently.
We remember the chilly pre-dawn ferry ride from Bainbridge Island en route to the University of Washington Medical Center, meeting the whole family in the hospital lobby as we all waited for what we thought would be Steve's life-changing miracle.
Of course, we had signed the Informed Consent for Surgery. Many things could go wrong; Steve could die. But the odds were so overwhelmingly good. And infomed as we all were, you simply cannot believe that calamities will occur to you or your loved one.
It wasn't til that afternoon, while I was waiting for Steve to come out of surgery that I knew in my gut something was terribly wrong. It was simply taking too long, and Teresa was already in her hospital room, recovering from her blessed donation.
The surgeon walked into the Surgery Waiting Room, and led me into a small consultation area.
"His blood pressure went down very low for about a half hour," he explained. He went on to say that Steve was "stable," but that the new kidney hadn't "awakened yet."
Steve had had a mild heart attack during the surgery, and went on to have a couple more during his hospitalization. The blood flow to the transplanted kidney had never been perfect. And an attempt to improve it led to a disaster: bleeding from the renal artery into the abdomen!
I will never forget the most heartbreaking night of my life: the night Steve was taken for emergent surgery because of the bleeding - and Teresa's kidney was removed forever, serving nobody.
Steve recovered, as Steve seems to do - conquering the odds and rebounding as few could ever do. But, it was back to Hemodialysis. Our "last Home Hemodialysis" would then be followed by two years of Home Dialysis - with hospital interruptions, of course.
This time, we are moving from Home Hemodialysis to Home Peritoneal Dialysis - the compelling reason being that Steve is fast running out of blood vessel sites. We have to do something.
On Tuesday of this week, we begin our Home Training. It should be easier this time; we are expecting four days of training rather than five weeks. And there's no question about it, Home Dialysis is always preferable to the soul-sucking environment of any kidney center - no matter how nice the location or how wonderful the staff.
So, we begin a new journey - with hope. As for another kidney transplant? Steve still wants one dearly. Our hope is that he can recover enough to become ambulatory again and wow the next Transplant Team for another try.
Steve and Linda Make New Year's Resolutions
We're not terribly big on New Year's Resolutions in our family. My mother, who turns 93 this month, resolves, "Just get up everyday!"
When I asked Steve for his resolutions, his answer was simple,
"I want to walk. I don't care if it's with a walker or other equipment; I just want to walk."
Not such a simple request. With his new electric wheelchair, Steve is undeniably faster at scooting around during our weekly "dates" for dinner and a movie via Access Bus. But the truth is that he still has only one good limb - his right arm. His lower legs have a girth similar to my wrists - and these were the powerful calves that used to push 600 pounds on the leg press! His left arm was injured as a result of a fistula surgery, though it seems to be coming back little by little.
But walking means a better chance of survival and recovery from a Kidney Transplant surgery - and that is Steve's ultimate goal.
Steve asked me for my resolutions.
"Simple," I said, "I want to sleep in a big bed with you."
Since March of last year, Steve has been confined to a hospital bed. It's a requirement, given his mobility constraints and nursing care practicalities.
And while I logically recognize the necessity of the hospital bed, I miss the basic intimacy of sleeping with my life partner.
Next week brings another challenge: learning Peritoneal Dialysis. Because of Steve's limited fistula access - and the absolute lack of central line back-up sites, a new plan is critical. During our last few Home Hemodialysis runs, we've struggled with high venous pressure alarms.
We have only three or four runs to go before starting with the Peritoneal Dialysis training. I think we can limp along until next week.
So, it's a new year with new perspectives. We are grateful for the gifts we have.
Fluid Overload Scraps our Date and Brings Back Tem...


While I am banned from the country for the crime of noting — correctly — that Islam has doctrines of warfare against unbelievers, Britain has a steadily lengthening record of admitting jihad preachers without a moment of hesitation. Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri's preaching of hatred and jihad violence was so hardline that he was banned from preaching in Pakistan, but the UK Home Office welcomed him into Britain.
An Islamic State-inspired man from north London was "just days away" from launching a bomb and knife attack on 10 Downing Street, aiming to "take the head off" Theresa May.


* I really like the headsculpt on this version of the Joker. It's a bit stylized but it captures all of the standard comic inspired Joker beats: Crazy eyebrows, a terrifying gaze, and a wickedly large grin. The paint work is quite strong here and really helps sell the figure.
* The articulation scheme for this line seems to be to give the upper body pretty decent articulation while the lower body is pretty basic. The arms feature swivel/hinge joints at the shoulders, elbows, and wrists which allows for some fun posing and play. Again, these are totally designed for kids but I suspect that many collectors will work these in with their other Mattel DC lines, like DCUC and Multiverse.
* To match his purple trenchcoat the Joker includes a bright purple fedora. I love Joker figures with removable hats as it reminds me of my original Toy Biz Joker from their 1989 Batman line. It fits well and looks pretty good on the Joker's head.
* Perhaps inspired by The Killing Joke, the Joker includes a camera. Whether he's taking disturbing pictures or just sightseeing, it's a pretty cool accessory that easily fits over around his neck.
* The coolest part of this figure is the little spurt of translucent green acid that can be plugged into the camera lens. It turns out that this is a trick camera that can spray acid at the Joker's victims. To quote the title of an R.L. Stine book: Say Cheese and Die!
* The Joker's fourth accessory is a briefcase that has a Joker card sticking out of it (very nicely rendered too, I must say) and a pink flower poking out of the side. My guess is that this innocent looking briefcase actually is intended to spray Joker gas out of the side. Wicked, indeed.
* I gotta admit that while I like the colors and the headsculpt of this figure, I really just do not like the mixture of the purple trenchcoat with the more casual looking black shirt. It's just...odd. Some buttons on the shirt or a collar would have been OK, but they overall appearance just seems really off.
While I don't like the look of this figure overall as much as I like Harley Quinn, the pretty generous number of cool accessories absolutely give the Joker a bit of an edge. I just wish the Joker's shirt looked a bit classier rather than just looking like a t-shirt. Other than that, this is a pretty cool Joker figure that is really quite fun to play with, particularly due to the acid spraying camera. I'm really excited to see if Mattel can keep this line going for a bit and can continue to dive deeper into the Batman roster. If so, they could have a pretty solid line on their hands.
I've reviewed so many action figures of the Joker that he has his own review archive! Check out The Joker's Funhouse for more reviews!
No problem. Good luck finding him!
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Map Series 4
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Map Series 4
Descriptive text to Geological map of Greenland, 1:500000, Dove Bugt, Sheet 10
Niels Henriksen & A.K. Higgins
The Dove Bugt map sheet, printed in 1997, displays the central region of the Caledonian fold belt in North-East Greenland, and includes small areas of post-Caledonian sedimentary rocks and Palaeogene basalts exposed in the south-east corner of the map area. The rocks in the Caledonian orogenic belt are divided into several westwards-directed thrust sheets displaced against the foreland that occurs at the rim of the Inland Ice. The thrust sheets comprise units of composite pre-Caledonian and Caledonian origin, including Palaeoproterozoic gneisses, Mesoproterozoic supracrustal schists and gneisses, and in the south a succession of Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Eleonore Bay Supergroup.
Since the map was compiled, geological mapping of adjacent regions in East Greenland has led to a new understanding of the general structure of the Caledonian orogen. The map sheet description has therefore been presented in a form which is in agreement with modern interpretations, with extensive reference to the newer literature.
Post-Caledonian sedimentary and igneous units comprise Carboniferous sandstones preserved in small down-faulted outcrops, Jurassic–Cretaceous sedimentary rocks outcropping in coastal regions, and Palaeogene basaltic flows and sills found in the south-eastern corner of the map area.
The Dove Bugt 1:500 000 scale geological map sheet covers a segment of the East Greenland
Caledonian orogen extending between latitudes 75°–78°N and longitudes 16°–29°W. The region was mapped in the summers of 1988–1990 as part of a regional Survey mapping programme, and the map sheet was printed in 1997.
The region covered by the Dove Bugt map sheet is dominated by Palaeoproterozoic gneiss complexes, with smaller amounts of Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks, and isolated strips of Palaeoproterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks. All these rock units have been reworked to a varying degree during the Caledonian orogeny. Post-Caledonian sedimentary rocks occur in the south-east corner of the map sheet area and as narrow, fault-bounded enclaves elsewhere, while Palaeogene basaltic lavas and sills crop out on the island of Shannon.
The rocks of the Caledonian orogen form a number of major thrust domains. The most extensive and structurally lowest is the Nørreland thrust sheet which is characterised by lenses and layers of medium-temperature, high-pressure eclogites. The Western thrust belt occupies a broad zone of eastern Dronning Louise Land that comprises Palaeoproterozoic gneiss complexes interleaved with Palaeoproterozoic and Palaeozoic metasedimentary rocks. This thrust domain is separated from the foreland rocks of western Dronning Louise Land by the Imbricate thrust zone. In the south-west part of the map sheet the highest structural domain, the Hagar Bjerg thrust sheet comprises three rock sequences: crystalline gneisses, the Mesoproterozoic Smallefjord sequence and the Neoproterozoic Eleonore Bay Supergroup.
The crystalline gneiss complexes that dominate the map sheet area and make up a significant proportion of the different Caledonian thrust domains have all yielded protolith ages of c . 2 Ga. They are attributed to a major period of crust formation in the Palaeoproterozoic. The gneisses have been variably affected by Caledonian deformation and metamorphism.
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KIP WINGER: 'Solo Box Set Collection' Due In March
PRIMAL FEAR In The Studio Working On 'Apocalypse' Album
DEVILDRIVER Guitarist Thinks It's 'Silly' When Metal Bands Cover Metal Songs
CAST THE STONE Feat. Members of MISERY INDEX, CATTLE DECAPITATION: 'As The Dead Lie' Lyric Video
KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS Says PANTERA's 'Vulgar Display Of Power' Made Him Want To Create Heavy Music
Track Premiere: Destroyer of Light – 'Nyx'
Legendary Drummer Brothers CARMINE And VINNY APPICE: 'Monsters And Heroes' Video
Watch IN THIS MOMENT Perform In Fort Lauderdale
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Watch New Teaser For PANTERA's Long-Awaited Fourth Home Video
W.E.T. Feat. JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Behind-The-Scenes Look At Making Of 'Earthrage' Album
Video: GEOFF TATE Joined By TOBIAS SAMMET For QUEENSRŸCHE's 'Jet City Woman' In Aschaffenburg, Germany
TESTAMENT's GENE HOGLAN Is Filling In For ANTHRAX's CHARLIE BENANTE For Next Few Shows (Video)
REVERTIGO Feat. CANDLEMASS, TREAT Members: 'False Flag' Lyric Video
KHÔRADA Feat. Former AGALLOCH, GIANT SQUID Members: Listen To New Song 'Glacial Gold'
QUEENSRŸCHE: Drummer SCOTT ROCKENFIELD 'Has Not Quit The Band'
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MYLES KENNEDY Says 'There Aren't A Lot Of Epic Journeys' On SLASH's New Album, 'Living The Dream'
SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will release a new album titled "Living The Dream" on September 21 via Slash's own label, Snakepit Records, in partnership with Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2014's "World On Fire" is Slash's fourth solo album, and third with his band THE CONSPIRATORS, which features Myles Kennedy on vocals, Brent Fitz on drums, Todd Kerns on bass and Frank Sidoris on guitar.
Asked by "The Classic Metal Show" if "Living The Dream" is musically similar to the last Slash disc, Myles said (hear audio below): "Yeah, it definitely has those sonic hallmarks, I think, that started to evolve on 'Apocalyptic Love' [2012]. It's 12 songs, and there aren't a lot of epic journeys. We had more of the epic side of things on the 'World Of Fire' record; these are very concise, and there's an uptempo quality to a lot of the tracks that I think bode well for this band. So, yeah, we're excited to put it out there and do some touring on it. It should be fun."
SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will support the collection by embarking on a fall tour of the U.S. and Canada, beginning on September 13 in Los Angeles and running as of now through October 14 at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California. Myles told "The Classic Metal Show" that he is "sure there'll be more" shows to come after the fall tour. "It's still in the works," he said. "They're trying to get all that stuff sorted out for next year. There are just a lot of moving parts — ALTER BRIDGE is reconvening next year, and we'll see what happens with the GN'R camp. So there's a lot of things to juggle, but they'll make something happen."
After Slash and the CONSPIRATORS toured "World On Fire", rumors about the long-awaited GUNS N' ROSES reunion tour began to circulate and were confirmed in early 2016.
The current GUNS trek — which features Slash and fellow original members Axl Rose and Duff McKagan — launched in April 2016 and has since grossed close to $500 million, with more dates coming this summer and fall.
Asked if there was ever a point where he wondered if Slash would ever return to making music and touring with THE CONSPIRATORS, Kennedy told "The Classic Metal Show": "I wasn't sure, to be honest. I knew he loved making music in this context, but, obviously, that thing's [referring to the GN'R tour] been so successful to where he was… People would always ask me during interviews, 'So what's gonna happen with SMKC?' And it just got to the point where I would say, 'Time will tell. Anything is possible.' But, obviously, with the success of that machine, it was just impossible to know what was gonna come about as far as the future for this band. So somehow we managed to get another record in."
For "Living The Dream", Slash and his band re-teamed with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette (ALTER BRIDGE, IGGY POP, INCUBUS).
Kennedy's debut solo album, "Year Of The Tiger", was released on March 9 via Napalm Records.


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Full Lyrics of Blinding Lights - Top #1 song of 2020
Chau Polly February 27, 2021 | 16:58
"Blinding Lights", one of the most famous songs performed by the Canadian singer, the Weeknd, was ranked No.1 as the biggest Billboard Hot 100 chart hit of 2020, after spending over one full year on the list.
"Blinding Lights" officially became the biggest Billboard Hot 100 of the century (Photo: HipHop-N-More)
The song has followed you around for the last year and a bit, and it was the highlight of The Weeknd's Super Bowl Halftime Performance. "Blinding Lights" has also officially been crowned the biggest Billboard Hot 100 chart hit of the century.
The Canadian singer-songwriter's mega hit racked up 2.2 million chart sales to top the end-of-year chart, made up of 195,000 downloads and 250 million streams. Blinding Lights spent eight weeks at Number 1 between February and April and features on his fourth studio album After Hours, which topped the Official Albums Chart last March.
Spending over one full year on the Billboard Hot 100, with many weeks in the Top 10 as the artist threatened to take the #1 position, "Blinding Lights" has been named the biggest chart hit of the century. Passing other popular songs like "Old Town Road", "Blinding Lights" has continued to reign as one of the best songs in the world, with another sales boost following The Weeknd's performance this weekend.
According to Chart Data, the song returned to the #1 position on iTunes during his performance on Sunday night, marking a huge uptick in streams as well. They are recognizing the track as the biggest of the last twenty-one years, which is a huge feat for any artist to accomplish. Congratulations to The Weeknd.
Full lyrics of "Blinding Lights" of the Weeknd
I've been tryin' to call
I've been on my own for long enough
Maybe you can show me how to love, maybe
I'm going through withdrawals
You don't even have to do too much
You can turn me on with just a touch, baby
I look around and
Sin City's cold and empty (oh)
No one's around to judge me (oh)
I can't see clearly when you're gone
And I said, ooh, I'm blinded by the lights
No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch
I said, ooh, I'm drowning in the night
Oh, when I'm like this, you're the one I trust
(Hey, hey, hey)
I'm running out of time
'Cause I can see the sun light up the sky
So I hit the road in overdrive, baby, oh
The city's cold and empty (oh)
"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd
"Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd, recorded for his fourth studio album After Hours. It was released on November 29, 2019 as the second single from the album, two days after the release of "Heartless". The Weeknd wrote and produced the song with Max Martin and Oscar Holter, with Belly and Jason Quenneville receiving additional credits.
"Blinding Lights" peaked at number one in thirty-four countries, including the United States and Canada, where it became the Weeknd's fifth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100 for four and seven weeks, respectively. It also became his first number one single in Germany for ten weeks, the United Kingdom for eight weeks, and Australia for eleven weeks. It is his most successful single worldwide to date and currently holds the record for most weeks spent in the top 5 and top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.
"Blinding Lights" has three official remixes: one by electronic band Chromatics, one by electronic dance music group Major Lazer, and one featuring singer-songwriter Rosalía.
When asked exactly what the storyline was behind this heist-y looking, high speed video, The Weekend gave a little insight into what his hit is about. "'Blinding Lights' [is about] how you want to see someone at night, and you're intoxicated, and you're driving to this person and you're just blinded by streetlights," he explains in the profile. "But nothing could stop you from trying to go see that person, because you're so lonely. I don't want to ever promote drunk driving, but that's what the dark undertone is."
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Trump reportedly told Border Patrol agents to violate the law
Trump's lawyer reverses administration's longstanding position of keeping White House-Congress disputes out of courts
Last Friday in Calexico, California, President Trump said publicly that the country is "full," and "we can't handle any more" migration. But when the cameras were off, Trump told border agents to simply not let migrants into the country, no matter what the law says, CNN reported Monday, citing two people who witnessed the events. Tell the migrants and asylum seekers "we don't have the capacity," the sources paraphrased Trump saying. "If judges give you trouble, say, 'Sorry, judge, I can't do it. We don't have the room.'" The border agents got a second opinion, CNN reports:
After the president left the room, agents sought further advice from their leaders, who told them they were not giving them that direction and if they did what the president said they would take on personal liability. You have to follow the law, they were told. [CNN]
Trump is now embarking on what one senior administration official called a "near-systematic purge" of DHS leadership. On CNN Monday evening, Jake Tapper noted that Trump has said similar things on camera before, and conservative commentator Bill Kristol said Congress needs to find these witnesses and tease out whether Trump was seriously ordering government officials to break the law.
"At the end of the day," a senior administration official told CNN, "the president refuses to understand that the Department of Homeland Security is constrained by the laws." Jonathan Chait argues at New York that it's not that Trump doesn't understand this, he just doesn't care. "One reason Trump has abandoned his pretext of simply following the law is that the immigration crisis is not related to breaking immigration laws," he writes. "The surge at the border is migrants seeking asylum. They are not sneaking in, but presenting themselves at crossing points legally." Peter Weber
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Jay Sekulow apparently missed a few memos from the Trump administration.
Sekulow, who is serving as President Trump's outside lawyer in the Senate's impeachment trial, argued Tuesday that disputes between the White House and Congress are "why we have courts." But as the Department of Justice has repeatedly argued, including as recently as last month, that's not what this administration believes.
Arguments began Tuesday in the impeachment trial of Trump, during which House impeachment managers and Trump's defense team debated Republican-back rules for the trial. That's when Sekulow took shots at House Democrats who brought the charges against Trump, saying they should've let the courts rule on their subpoenas for documents and testimony from Trump administration officials before moving forward with impeachment. If they took issue with Trump claiming executive privilege to block those subpoenas, well, "it is why we have courts," Sekulow said.
Yet in December court filing regarding a House lawsuit against former White House Counsel Don McGahn, the Trump administration argued the opposite is true. Asking the court to "weigh in" on the subpoena "when political tensions are at their highest levels" reveals "why this sort of interbranch dispute is not one that has 'traditionally thought to be capable of resolution through the judicial process,'" the DOJ wrote.
Sekulow also alleged the Mueller report cleared Trump of collusion, which isn't a crime and not something former Special Counsel Robert Mueller even investigated. And as for Sekulow's claim that House Republicans weren't allowed into closed-door impeachment hearings, well, 48 of them were. Kathryn Krawczyk


One of the things I have been thinking about recently, alongside, 'will my baby ever shift this runny nose?' and 'how the heck am I going to deal with pick-ups and drop offs this week?' is whether the skills I picked up whilst on maternity leave have helped me with my day job.
Before I embarked on maternity leave, I just assumed my mind would go to mush whilst being away from my career and that I would come back to work needing to re-learn all the everything I used to do as a standard. However, I couldn't have been more wrong. In fact, I learnt some vital skills whilst being off and I believe these skills have made me notably better at my job.
First and foremost, I feel I have become far more empathetic, both in terms of dealing with my team, but also my clients. One of my colleagues recently confided in me that I had become more 'human' at work, and I have to agree with her. I guess I didn't quite realise my game face was that obvious pre-baby. Likewise, I have learnt to be far more efficient with my time, however limited or pressured it might be. I think this is partly due to the fact that I had to learn to be really efficient and productive with my time whilst off on maternity leave. For example, when Amelia went down for a nap, I was able to bash out a blog, hoover the whole house (rarely let's be honest) or get a workout in. I feel I can prioritise and focus my time better now, and likewise the tasks that I do need to carry out, I do quickly and without getting side tracked.
Lianne Marie Freeman, a blogger from AnkleBitersAdventures said that her organisational skills dramatically improved when off on maternity leave and that she has been able to plan for every eventuality since becoming a mum. Given one minute your baby could be chatting away and the next you could be calling 111, I feel like I know this all too well.
EarningByTheSea blogger, Kaya La Roche, told me that she was able to complete a home study course in digital marketing whilst she was on maternity leave. She said it was always something she wanted to learn and because it was all online it fit in perfectly with her regime with a new baby. I've also considered similar courses and heard plenty of people speak highly of them. Take a look @DigitalMumsHQ for their #DigitalRetox class and @TechPixies if you haven't done so already.
Jeannette Cripps from Autism Mumma said that for her it was all about time management. She explained, "time management really comes into its own returning to work after a baby, knowing that you have a set period of time and that you need to be somewhere before the out of hour rates kick in with childcare". She pointed out this makes you work faster and smarter.
Welshmum, Christy Bruckner, recommended new parents to learn first aid as a new skill. Not only will this help them with their new baby, but it will be a great skill to take back to the workforce. She also said the following to me, "most of all I learnt how to be more patient and how to deal with someone even when I am tired and frustrated." This is a great point. We all have that challenging client or team member, so being able to keep your cool in any situation is a great asset.
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It may surprise divorced parents to learn that they may be legally required to pay for their children's college expenses. Parents' contribution to college costs in New Jersey has been the subject of many court cases over the years. One landmark case was Nebel v. Nebel. The Nebel court held that a divorced parent may have to contribute toward the college expenses of a child. After Nebel, the question became under what circumstances a parent would be required to contribute, and in what amounts.
Newburgh v. Arrigo Factors
The New Jersey Supreme Court case Newburgh v. Arrigo, is arguably the most influential case regarding parents' contribution to college costs in New Jersey. The case established several factors that courts must consider when deciding if and how much parents should contribute to the costs of their child's higher education. The court listed a total of 12 factors, including the parent's ability to pay for higher education and the state of the relationship between the child and the parent. In determining parents' contribution to college costs in New Jersey, a court must weigh all of the Newburgh factors. Later cases have provided guidance on how the factors should be weighed and what parents can expect regarding the obligation to pay college costs.
"Rutgers Rule"
Another holding of the Nebel case was that the father's college expense obligation was limited to the approximate cost of a New Jersey resident student at a New Jersey state college. This became known as the "Rutgers Rule". After Nebel, Finger v. Zenn clarified the Rutgers Rule. In that case the issue was whether a divorced spouse could be required to pay for an expensive private college when a less expensive option existed. The father argued that the Rutgers Rule should apply, and he should only be required to pay a sum in the amount of fifty percent of the cost of Rutgers tuition, rather than fifty percent of the much more expensive private university his son chose to attend. The court disagreed with the father and distinguished the case from the Nebel case. The court noted that the defendant's income and assets were more than adequate for a fifty percent contribution to the tuition at the private university his son decided to attend, and therefore, he would be required to pay for half of the actual tuition.
In 2006, the Supreme Court of New Jersey considered parents' contribution to college costs in New Jersey when there is no relationship between the parent and the child. In Gac v. Gac, a child sought to have her estranged father pay her college loans. The court examined the Newburgh factors and held that under the circumstances, the parent did not have to pay the child's college loans. This was a fact intensive analysis and should not stand for the general proposition that in any estranged relationship, the noncustodial parent will not have to pay for a higher education. While the court clearly reinforced that a relationship between the parent and child was not necessary for the court to order that the estranged parent pay for higher education, in this case the parent was relieved of his obligation because he was never asked to pay for college until after the expense had been incurred and he was never consulted about his daughter's decisions to pursue higher education. The lessons from the Gac case for children or parents requesting contribution are then: 1) a child or his/her parent should make the request of the noncustodial parent for contribution before incurring college debt; 2) the parent or child should discuss with the other parent the choice to pursue higher education; and 3) the issue should be brought before the court prior to incurring the debt.
Black v. Black
The 2014 case Black v. Black dealt with three interesting legal issues. First, the court again held that parents' contribution to college costs in New Jersey is not dependent on a positive parent/child relationship. The court was generally concerned that a parent not be able to get out of paying for college by intentionally avoiding any relationship with his/her child. In this case particularly, it was the child who did not want a relationship with the father. Noting that the parents had previously agreed that father and son would attend counseling together so that they could work on their relationship, and that they did not in fact attend counseling sessions, the court ordered that the father's contribution obligation was contingent on the son's obligation to attend joint counseling sessions with his father.
Next the court turned to the issue of the parents' ability to pay for college. The court held that it is proper for courts to consider whether higher education is available at a school that is less expensive than the school that may be the child's top choice. The court may consider the availability of state colleges and private colleges at a substantially reduced tuition. This is another fact-sensitive analysis to be done on a case-by-case basis. The court noted that just like intact families, divorced families must consider the cost of tuition when making decisions about a child's education and parents should not have to pay higher tuition than they can afford.
Finally, the court took into consideration that there were younger siblings who would probably go to college and whether that would factor into the analysis of the contributions the parents make toward the education of the eldest child. The court held that although this factor was not specifically addressed in the Newburgh decision, it was an equitable factor that should be considered. When there are younger siblings who will likely go to college who are close in age to the eldest child, the court should also consider that parents will eventually be expected to contribute to the younger siblings' educations. In so doing, the court determined how much the parents could afford to pay per year and then allocated that amount between the three children. The court acknowledged that the funds so divided may not be enough to pay the full tuition for any of the children, but the allocation was fair and reasonable assistance to subsidize the children's college costs. Considering this factor may also prevent future applications to the court when the younger siblings are preparing to go off to college.
Parents' contribution to college costs in New Jersey is based on a fact-intensive inquiry and will be handled on a case by case basis. Many of the parents in the cases discussed above may have avoided costly litigation by examining all of the facts ahead of time and providing the framework for how contributions will be made up front in the marital settlement agreement. Peter Van Aulen is an attorney experienced in drafting comprehensive marital settlement agreements. You can contact the Law Offices of Peter Van Aulen at 201-845-7400 for a free consultation.
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Scammers are now calling people, pretending to be telemarketers, and trying to get them to say "yes" to something, usually the the question: can you hear me?
The bottom line: just don't talk to people you don't know or answer calls from numbers you don't recognize. Because scammers and telemarketers want to make us a less polite (though safer) society.
please tell me that this is an internet hoax.
If this sort of ingenuity was put towards good, and not evil, the world would be a far better place.
bad commercial. bad scam. thx for the tip.
i doubt anyone can do any real damage to you with a verbal consent. it just might be a pain to reverse everything. still, another reason to be extra careful. what iOS the world coming too.
Who would've thought that answering the phone could be as dangerous as using 123456 as your password.
Crazy times indeed. But better than dealing with highway men.


Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp s. Kenins was appointed full professor in 1973, and served as co-ordinator of the composition division between 1977-79. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less. Andrews Latvian Lutheran Church in Toronto. Ingrida Zemzare, was published by Gara Pupa Editions in Latvia. In 1959, he founded the Toronto Latvian Concert Association, and for many years he was a member of the Canadian League of Composers and its president from 1973 to 1974.
There are no library stamps, labels, or markings. His father, Atis-a lawyer, educator, diplomat, politician, minister of Education and Justice-was also a poet and translator, while his mother, Anna, was a noted writer and journalist. Talivaldis Kenins Born in Liepaja, Latvia in 1919, Talivaldis Kenins was a child of parents eminent in the cultural and political life of that country. In 1995 he was named Officer of the National Three-Star Order of the Republic of Latvia a national award conferred in recognition of outstanding civil merit in the service of Latvia. There may be a remainder mark on an outside edge, but only about 10% of my books have that. That year Hermann Scherchen conducted his Septet at the Darmstadt New Music Festival.
Paul Rapoport is currently working on an English-language book on Talivaldis Kenins. Upon graduating in 1950, he won the Grand Prix Laureate for his talent as a composer. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Eglinton, just east of the Don Valley Parkway. Ķeniņš graduated in 1950, winning First Prize in composition. About this Item: Oxford University Press.
In addition to his academic duties, Kenins had been very active in Canada's professional musical life. About this Item: Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1992. It was Kenins' enjoyment of lean, wiry counterpoint, of the interplay of melodic lines and instrumental colour — often driven forward by powerful ostinato rhythms — that blurred the borders between genres. His music was beginning to attract international attention: that same year the Unesco International Music Council awarded him a scholarship which allowed him a year's post-graduate work, and his Septet of 1949 was performed at that hotbed of modernism, the Darmstadt Ferienkurse für neue Musik, conducted by no less a figure than Hermann Scherchen. In 1952, he began teaching at the , where he taught for 32 years.
He returned to France, and in 1945 entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris, where his teachers included Simone Plé-Caussade, Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen. Contents: Talivaldis Kenins talks with Eric McLean, music critic for the Montreal Gazette -- Talivaldis Kenins accorde une interview à Henri Bergeron, animateur d'émissions musicales à Radio Canada -- Septuor Toronto Repertory Ensemble ; Milton Barnes, conductor -- Suite concertante Desmond Hoebig, violoncello ; Andrew Tunis, piano -- Quartet no. Latvian television presented a documentary on him in 1990. From 1977 to 1979 he was director of the composition department. Light edge and corner wear with a short crease on the upper right of the front cover and a faintly creased spine; previous owner's name inside.
In 1989, as the Soviet Union lessened its grip, he made the first of three return visits to his homeland and was awarded an honorary professorship of the Riga Conservatory. Kenins fled, making his way with extraordinary difficulty through Germany to France, and in 1945 he enrolled at the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris, where his teachers included Olivier Messiaen. About this Item: Oxford University Press. Binding is tight, spine fully intact. His music has been included on numerous national and international festivals and he has been the recipient of many honours. Ingrida Zemzare, was published by Gara Pupa Editions in Latvia.
Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp s. Among his students were Tomas Dusatko, , Walter Kemp, , , Arturs Ozoliņš, , , and Ronald Bruce Smith. Kenins found exile in North America, becoming a valued feature of Canadian musical life. Among his many talented students are Edward Laufer, Walter Kemp, Bruce Mather, Imant Raminsh, and Arthur Ozolins as well as younger composers Tomas Dusatko, James Rolfe and Ronald Smith. Along with his educational work, the composer was actively involved in Canadian musical life. The Canadian Encyclopedia, 16 December 2013, Historica Canada. Having studied piano and composition in France and Latvia, Talivaldis Kenins was a scholarship student at the Conservatoire in Paris from 1945 to 1951, where his teachers included Olivier Messiaen.
His father, Atis Ķeniņš, was a , educator, diplomat, poet, translator, and politician who served as a government official and his mother, Anna, was a and writer. Talivaldis Kenins, composer, professor b at Liepäja, Latvia 23 April 1919, d at Toronto 20 January 2008. He was one of the best and most prolific Canadian composers of the 20th century. He began to study music with Lūcija Garūta, then, having moved to France with his parents, he studied in Grenoble with Henri Miller. His music has received great recognition, and has been performed at many festivals and concerts, particularly in Canada. Program notes on the music are accompanied by a list of works and a translation in French or English of the interview or documentary. Ķeniņš was born in to parents who held prominent positions in Latvian cultural and political life.
Among his many talented students are Edward Laufer, Walter Kemp, Bruce Mather, Imant Raminsh, and Arthur Ozolins as well as younger composers Tomas Dusatko, James Rolfe and Ronald Smith. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!. In tribute to Kenins on his 75th anniversary, a major biography of the composer, written by Dr. Invested with the Champollion Silver Medal Grenoble , created Officer of the National Three-Star Order of the Republic of Latvia, named Professor Emeritus by the University of Toronto after 32 years of distinguished teaching, appointed an Honourary Professor by the Music Academy of Latvia, Talivaldis Kenins became the subject of a film documentary prepared in 1990 by the Latvian Radio and Television Services. He joined the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto the following year, teaching composition and contrapuntal techniques. He managed to stick to his academic guns, though, and graduated in 1950 with a Grand Prix, one of a number of student prizes he now had to his name. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges.