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Each year the Bibendum Wine Training Team (shortlisted Wine Educators of the year) travel to a different wine producing region to gain a deeper understanding of their vines, wines and winemakers.
It's mid June 2013 and the English summer is in full swing, so it's around 12 degrees when I drive through the dreary grey to Luton airport. This year's destination is Tuscany where the temperatures were already hitting the low 30s. This was going to be tough (!).
We packed an incredible amount into 48 hours, so I'll break this blog into (at least) five sections.
A blissfully short flight sees us touch down in Pisa in just over an hour and a half. A slightly less relaxing two hours follows as I embark on my maiden voyage driving on what I firmly believe is the wrong side of the road. Eventually we leave the motorway behind us and wind our way into the twisting, undulating roads of Chianti. The peaks and valleys become more pronounced as we enter the historical centre of the region, Chianti Classico, making the difference between the appellations immediately obvious.
Upon arrival at the delightfully rustic Hotel Colombaio (to which I firmly intend to return) we are met by Loredana Stegaru from Castellare, who drives us down to their vineyards and breathtaking tasting room - within a converted 13th century church.
We are joined by Alessandro Cellai, the winemaker not only for Castellare here in Tuscany, but also Rocca Di Frassinello in Sicily. This is an honour indeed - he has flown here from Vinexpo in Bordeaux just to meet us and flies straight back the following morning (if you read this Alessandro, thank you so much!).
By the time we arrive in the vineyards it is approaching 7pm. Conifers and olive trees cast long shadows over the rocky soils which make the wines produced here so distinctive. There are 25 acres planted here, of which the majority is of course Sangiovese - around 90% (actually, a clone known as Sangioveto, of which more later). There are also 2,500 olive trees which are used to produce an olive oil in the estate which I would happily drink by the glass.
Alessandro explains that there are two fundamentals which underpin the philosophy for Castellare: their respect for nature and their respect for tradition. As such, they operate all of their vineyards entirely organically - no pesticides, or chemical fertilizers. The label of each vintage is decorated with a painting of a different native bird, a nod to this obsession with getting the best out of nature.
Their traditional approach is most evident inside the bottles. Though they have some international varieties of excellent quality (Wine Advocate listed their Merlot in the top 5 Merlots in the world), Alessandro refuses to include these into his traditional Chianti Classico (and Reserva) blends. Instead he leads with their own three unique clones of Sangioveto which are exclusive to Castellare and found nowhere else in the world. Added to these are small components of Caniolo.
In what we would learn is becoming a trend in Tuscany, there is also a belief that complexity in wine should not come at the expense of refreshing 'drinkability'. As such, it is imperative to the style that a crisp acidity is retained throughout the harvest and winemaking process. It's fair to say that Alessandro achieves this with considerable style since all his wines have a signature freshness which it's hard to imagine coming from any other country.
As if we hadn't yet been spoiled enough, we were then served dinner inside the church! Now I'm no food blogger, but this really does deserve a mention. The chef had produced some wonderfully delicate flavours using vegetables all grown on the estate. It goes without saying that the wines were all matched impeccably to the food.
I'm not going to write out my tasting notes for every wine here (you should really get hold of some of them and try yourself), but there was one wine in particular which had me captivated: I Sodi di San Niccolo.
As a literal translation, I'm told this translates to 'strong soil', a description of the terroir surrounding us in the vineyards.
I Sodi di San Niccolo - Stunning!
This blend of Sangioveto and Malvesia Nera must be tried to be believed. It's an absolutely explosive wine with hugely concentrated, complex flavours from bright, fresh cherry through to dark, vegetal tertiary notes. It has become one of Italy's most awarded wines, and it's easy to see why.
Our meal wrapped up with a tiny taste of vin santo, another unexpected delight. More on that in part two.
The sun slipped out of sight behind the Tuscan hills, signalling the end of our first day in Tuscany. A fantastic start to the trip, it's a genuine worry that we may have peaked too soon!


Characterizing denitrification rates in aquatic ecosystems is essential to understanding how systems may respond to increased nutrient loading. Thus, it is important to ensure the precision and accuracy of the methods employed for measuring denitrification rates. The acetylene (C2H2) inhibition method is a simple technique for estimating denitrification. However, potential problems, such as inhibition of nitrification and incomplete inhibition of nitrous oxide reduction, may influence rate estimates. Recently, membrane inlet mass spectrometry (MIMS) has been used to measure denitrification in aquatic systems. Comparable results were obtained with MIMS and C2H2 inhibition methods when chloramphenicol was added to C2H2 inhibition assay mixtures to inhibit new synthesis of denitrifying enzymes. Dissolved-oxygen profiles indicated that surface layers of sediment cores subjected to the MIMS flowthrough incubation remained oxic whereas cores incubated using the C2H2 inhibition methods did not. Analysis of the microbial assemblages before and after incubations indicated significant changes in the sediment surface populations during the long flowthrough incubation for MIMS analysis but not during the shorter incubation used for the C2H2 inhibition method. However, bacterial community changes were also small in MIMS cores at the oxygen transition zone where denitrification occurs. The C2H2 inhibition method with chloramphenicol addition, conducted over short incubation intervals, provides a cost-effective method for estimating denitrification, and rate estimates are comparable to those obtained by the MIMS method.


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A Comic a Day in May – Day 7: Occulus #1
Broadcast Comics already impressed with the opening issue of their Diamond title so I was always going to keep an eye out for what they released next – cue Occulus.
It tells the story of Esme Eldritch, one of the greatest sorceresses in England and the titular Occulus, as she is visited by a man on the run by what appears to be a demon dog. The battle goes down with as many spells & incantations she can fire from memory but this makes her initial swagger begin to fade ever so slightly as there's an air of guesswork about her approach.
That becomes even more of a reality as her latest illusion fades around them both to reveal the real Esme and there's a ton of explaining to do before they can figure out just what is happening. The origin of her power is discussed as she opens up to her new "friend" and just when you think you know where this is going to go it pulls the rug from under you with a slick double-cross that leads to an even bigger spell battle once Esme's powers have recharged a bit.
Co-writers Matt Hardy & Kieren Stevens make a formidable team as they piece together a new world to explore and with a seemingly innocent central character that's stumbled upon magic at it's core there's an honesty about her attempts to do good with her newly discovered powers. The high paced opening is a great way to get us hooked and with the detailed world behind Esme/Occulus that unravels before us, it's clear that there are some big plans for where this might go. The art from Guillermo Villareal matches the scale of those plans and the energy that's injected into the magic itself there's a definite polished look to this opener that screams "mainstream" That team is rounded off by Rob Jones on lettering who has a lot to do with the narrated origin story and the resulting dialogue but he manages to keep things moving exceptionally well.
It's another slick opener from Broadcast Comics and the fact that it exists in the same universe as their previous release only helps show how big the plans are for their releases. It's hard not to invoke comparisons with existing characters when heading down that superhero road but the whole team has managed to make this feel fresh and exciting with more than enough potential to leave you hoping for more from them as soon as possible.
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Aria (Russian: Ария) is a Russian heavy metal band that was formed in 1985 in Moscow. Although it was not the first Soviet band to play heavy music, Aria was the first to break through to mainstream media and commercial success. Their sound resembled that of NWOBHM bands and they have released their 13th and latest album, Curse of the Seas on November 13th 2018.
Singing in their traditional Russian language, it's the only clue that you would have that Aria aren't part of the original NWOBHM wave of bands and you somehow missed them. Everything else about them is pure head-banging metal built on wailing riffs, powerful vocals and meaty beats.
Race for Glory is a crowd-pleaser ticking all the right boxes for the old-school heavy metal fan and sets the stage for an album that is glorious in the rollicking riffing it gives out overall.
Then we have the likes of Lucifer with its foot-tapping rhythm, Let it Be's epic ballad-ness and Alive's inventive and lengthy take on modern metal infused with an old-school sound. The latter of the trio's gunfire riffs is very appealing.
Perhaps the highlight of the album though, Kill the Dragon's upbeat tempo and whining guitars that sit behind the main beat is a killer track. This is Aria at their best, exciting and fun to listen too while paying homage to the NWOBHM and still sounding completely like their own thing.
Aria are certainly Russia's hidden secret and it beggars belief that they would have so many albums under their belts playing a style of music that is directly influenced by British metal and they're barely known on these shores. Hopefully that will change with this release as they have talent by the bucket load.


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The county was formed on March 25, 1853, from a large portion of Contra Costa County and a smaller portion of Santa Clara County.
The Spanish word alameda means "a place where poplar trees grow," A name originally given to the Arroyo de la Alameda (Poplar Grove Creek). The willow and sycamore trees along the banks of the river reminded the early explorers of a road lined with trees, also known as an alameda.
The county seat at the time it was formed was located at Alvarado; it was moved to San Leandro in 1856 where the county courthouse was destroyed by the devastating 1868 quake on the Hayward Fault. The county seat was then re-established in the town of Brooklyn from 1872-1875. Brooklyn is now part of Oakland, which has been the county seat since 1873.
Much of what is now considered an intensively urban region, with major cities, was developed as a trolley car suburb of San Francisco in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The historical progression from Native American tribal lands to Spanish, then Mexican ranches, then to farms, ranches, and orchards, then multiple city centers and suburbs, is shared with the adjacent and closely associated Contra Costa County.
State Historical Landmarks
#45: Site of College of California
#46: Vallejo Flour Mill
#107: Joaquin Miller Home
#241: Livermore Memorial Monument
#246: Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant)
#279: Estudillo Home
#285: Peralta Home
#299: Camino of Rancho San Antonio
#334: Mission San Jose
#335: Site of Shell Mound
#440: Alameda Terminal of the First Transcontinental Railroad
#503: Site of First County Courthouse
#510: Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe
#586: Cresta Blanca Winery
#641: Concanno Vineyard
#642: Leland Stanford Winery
#676: Site of Saint Mary's College
#694: Church of St. James The Apostle
#768: Site of Nation's First Successful Beet Sugar Factor
#776: Site of First Public School in Castro Valley
#849: Mills Hall
#884: Paramount Theatre
#896: First Unitarian Church of Oakland
#908: Berkeley City Club
#925: Peralta Hacienda Site
#946: University of California, Berkeley Campus
#954: Croll Building
#957: Wente Bros. Winery
#962: Site of Blossom Rock Navigation Trees
#968: Site of the China Clipper Flight Departure
#970: Rainbow Trout Species Identified
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#1025: Ukrania, Site of Agapius Honcharnenko Farmstead
#1027: Pardee Home
#1029: USS Hornet
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An exploration of the non-local self in the coming world crisis in boundaries.
Both Intuition and Spirituality involve paradox, or a challenge to boundaries. Intuition suggests you can know the world outside by looking within, thus challenging the inner/outer boundary. Spirituality implies that something beyond oneself can be found within oneself, or an opening of oneself to something greater, in either case, challenging the boundaries of the status quo.
We are entering a period with a crisis in boundaries. Ecology, Economics, the Global Village, the E-World, and other developments are eroding our normal conception of boundaries. As ESP is accepted as a reality, as the concept of the non-local self is accepted, the normal concept of the boundary that defines an individual will undergo a crisis.
This project is devoted to research on how to navigate this crisis in boundaries in the most gracious manner, in a way that will help individuals come to develop a better relationship with Creative Spirit so that they can contribute their own individuality to the oneness we are.
Articles in our Research Archives on "No Boundaries"
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Lifting the Veil: Rapture or Rupture? Henry Reed, Ph.D.
Crisis in Boundaries by Henry Reed, Ph.D.
There's No hiding from those Who Love You: ESP and Family Secrets by Henry Reed, Ph.D.
Getting Steamed: Psychic Invasion or Co-Dependent Affinity? by Henry Reed, Ph.D.
Battered Boundaries: Transpersonal Counseling for People with Intrusive Psychic Experiences by Henry Reed, Ph.D.
Boundaries In The Mind And Interpersonal Psi , by Douglas G. Richards, Ph.D.


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In this article I would like to give you a brief introduction to Pandas, one of the most important toolkits Python provides for data cleaning and processing. I will show you some examples on how Pandas can be used to extract, explore and manipulate data.
You will learn how to read data into a DataFrame, how to query these structures, and how to write a DataFrame to a CSV file.
Python is the fastest developing language for data science. With it's ever growing technological stack, it has some very strong data science libraries, including SciPy ecosystem and numerous packages for Machine Learning like XGboost or TensorFlow.
Unlike R and other languages, Python is not just a statistical language, but also has full capabilities for data collection, cleaning, high performance computing and building production ready models that can be easily integrated with our applications.
The Pandas is an open source library created by Wes McKinney in 2008 and currently it is probably the most fundamental tool for almost every data scientist using Python. It provides a named vector and matrix-like structures, that help us see data in a tabular form, much like in Excel spreadsheets or in SQL databases. A concept of a DataFrame in Pandas is similar to a table in relational theory, so with some background in databases, you'll find Pandas fairly easy to work with.
Because it's open source and openly accessible, Pandas have very strong community, which drives the project forward and serves as an excellence point of reference. There are a couple of places you should consider visiting when looking for help with Pandas. Pandas documentation is a comprehensive source of information in the first place. However, often the best resource is simply Stack Overflow. It is used broadly within the Pandas community to post questions about this toolkit. Quiet often it happens, that questions tagged Pandas related are being answered by actual Pandas developer.
Ok. So now let's dig into Pandas.
Before we start, we need to set up a virtual environment and install a few packages. For our convenience we will use Jupyter notebook, an open-source web based application that allows to work interactively with code and save the work in a form of notebooks.
As soon as jupyter is running and we've created a new notebook we can start writing code.
Pandas toolkit introduces two very useful data structures: Series and DataFrame.
Series is a one-dimensional labeled array, capable of holding any data type (integers, strings, floating point numbers, Python objects, etc.). The axis labels are collectively referred to as the index.
DataFrame is a 2-dimensional labeled data structure with columns of potentially different types. You can think of it like a spreadsheet or SQL table, or a dict of Series objects. It is generally the most commonly used Pandas object.
This time we will be working mainly with DataFrames.
To get insights into the data we can use two useful functions: info and describe.
Pandasql (and also pysqldf) allows you to query pandas DataFrames using SQL syntax. It works similarly to sqldf in R. Pandasql seeks to provide a more familiar way of manipulating and cleaning data for people new to Python or pandas.
#Specifying locals() or globals() can get tedious. You can defined a short helper function to fix this.
#Run a SQL query.It will insert given DF to SQLight DB in memory and then perform pd.from_sql() function.
and returns it as mean values in a dataframe.


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WWE SmackDown June 20, 2008 Results
Post author By Cassidy Haslett
The 462'nd edition of WWE SmackDown came to you from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA.
Non-Title: Matt Hardy (SmackDown) def. Bam Neely (with Chavo Guerrero) (ECW) by pin following the Twist of Fate.
Michelle McCool (SmackDown) def. Layla (ECW) by submission to the McHook.
Vladimir Kozlov def. Jamie Noble by pin following the Russian Ram Headbutt.
Non-Title: Kane (ECW) def. MVP (SmackDown) by intentional Count-Out.
The Great Khali def. Charles Robinson by submission to the Khali Vise Grip.
Jesse & Festus def. Deuce N' Domino by Festus pinning Domino following the Festus Flip.
Finlay (with Hornswoggle) (SmackDown) def. The Miz (with John Morrison) (ECW) by pin following the Celtic Cross.
Special Guest Referee- Edge: Chavo Guerrero (with La Familia) (ECW) def. Batista (SmackDown) by fast Count-Out.
Match Quality
Batista Vs. Chavo Guerrero
The Great Khali Vs. Charles Robinson
Finlay Vs. The Miz
Kane Vs. MVP
Matt Hardy Vs. Bam Neely
Jesse & Festus Vs. Deuce N' Domino
Jamie Noble Vs. Vladimir Kozlov
Layla Vs. Michelle McCool
The following is taken from my "Week In Review" Article for the TWO Newsletter. It explains everything that happened with La Familia, Batista, MVP, & Charles Robinson:
Friday Night SmackDown saw a new level of favoritism by SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero to her fiance and World Heavyweight Champion Edge, as well as the rest of La Familia. The night started off with The VIP Lounge and MVP voicing his opinions on getting drafted to either RAW or ECW come Monday's Draft. He reiterated that he was being underutilized on SmackDown and that the "management" may be more focused on "personal issues" like getting married than using MVP to his full potential. Vickie Guerrero responded to this by placing MVP in a match against ECW Champion Kane. Kane would get the win over the former United States Champion after "Franchise Player" got himself intentionally counted out. There was no rest for the Big Red Machine, however, as Mark Henry made his way towards the ring and proceeded to demolish Kane and leave him laying in the middle of the ring.
However, things got worse from there. The opening match of the night saw United States Champion Matt Hardy take on Chavo Guerrero's bodyguard, Bam Neely. Matt Hardy got the duke over the self-proclaimed "One Man Fence", but that wasn't the big story of the match. At one point during the match, the #1 Contender for the United States Title at Night of Champions, Chavo Guerrero, distracted Matt Hardy long enough for Bam Neely to get the upper hand by throwing Matt from the top turnbuckle. Referee Charles Robinson saw this transpire and ejected Chavo Guerrero from ringside. The distraction gave Matt the opportunity he needed to get the win over Bam Neely.
Chavo would address the World Heavyweight Champion Edge about the situation, stating that he didn't do anything and Charles Robinson ejected him for no reason. Edge told Chavo that Vickie Guerrero will take care of Charles Robinson and that, next week on SmackDown, he will personally take care of Matt Hardy, but only if Chavo Guerrero takes care of the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Title at Night of Champions, Batista. Edge promised his best man that he would have his back. It turns out that "taking care" of SmackDown Referee Charles Robinson was forcing him to compete in a one-on-one match with The Great Khali. Robinson tried to escape from the get-go, but was assaulted and dragged back and thrown into the ring. Khali demolished 130 lbs. Charles Robinson and finished it off with the skull-crushing Khali Vise Grip. Robinson was taken to a nearby medical facility. With Charles Robinson unable to fulfill his refereeing duty for the main event of the night between Batista and Chavo Guerrero. SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero announced that she assigned a special guest referee for the match- none other than the World Heavyweight Champion Edge. Vickie also added the stipulation that if Batista lays his hands on Edge during the match that Batista would lose his opportunity at the World Heavyweight Title at Night of Champions. Edge delivered on his promise to back up Chavo Guerrero, as Special Referee Edge tripped Batista, allowed interference, fast counted for Chavo, and everything in between. In the end it was Batista getting pulled out of the ring by Bam Neely and Edge made a lightning quick count of 10 to count-out "The Animal". With the match over, Batista would re-enter the ring and lay out Chavo Guerrero before setting his sights on Edge. Just as the #1 Contender got his hands on the champion, backup arrived in the form of Bam Neely, Curt Hawkins, & Zack Ryder. The trio stopped the impending assault and when joined by Chavo Guerrero & Edge, La Familia left Batista laying in the ring, much to the delight of the General Manager.
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A liberal-education distribution course focusing on the nature of business and its historical, philosophical, and current role in today's world. Key issues include what a business is and how profit sustains that existence. Personal and organizational values and ethics are discussed in an environment of competing and complementary rights and monetary goals. Course addresses specific activities of a business (i.e., accounting, finance, marketing, production, and human resource management). Readings of a classical nature are presented to underscore the timeless nature of business and the relevancy of great works to today's business environment. Approach is pragmatic, with an emphasis on self discovery complimenting occasional lectures. Course is designed for students considering an undergraduate degree in business, for those pursuing the business minor, and for those who wish to use the course to satisfy a liberal-education distribution requirement.


A Critical vulnerability affects Mozilla Bugzilla bug-tracking software could be exploited to access details of non-public vulnerabilities stored in its database.
The open source Bugzilla bug-tracking system is used hundreds of thousands of software organizations that track the evolution of software bugs discovered in their applications.
Development team urge to upgrade Bugzilla bug tracking system to fix the critical flaws, last version available for the popular application is the 5.0.1, 4.4.10, or 4.2.15.
The bug in Bugzilla is considered critical due to the sensitive data are managed by such kind of application, a data breach could expose information on non-public vulnerability to the hackers that could use them in cyber attacks.
The experts at PerimeterX security firm which disclosed the vulnerability, coded as CVE-2015-4499, explained that the flaw resides in the Bugzilla's email-based permissions process that could allow an attacker to gain high-level permissions on the popular Bugzilla bug-tracking software.
"The implications of this vulnerability are severe – it could allow an attacker to access undisclosed security vulnerabilities in hundreds of products, in a manner similar to the Mozilla major data leak in August this year, only multiplied by the thousands of publicly available Bugzilla deployments. Imagine the hundreds or thousands of zero-days and other security vulnerabilities that could potentially be exposed!"
An attacker can easily breach unpatched Bugzilla database, among the illustrious organizations that use the bug tracking system there are the Apache Project, Red Hat and LibreOffice.
The researchers explained that the vulnerability is "extremely easy to exploit," the attackers just need to register for a regular account via email and trick the system into believing that the attacker is part of a privileged domain which allow it to gain domain-specific permissions.
The researchers tested the flaw on Mozilla's Bugzilla.mozilla.org and found that all Perl-based Bugzilla versions, including 2.0 to 4.2.14, 4.3.1 to 4.4.9, 4.5.1 to 5.0, were vulnerable.
-the Bugzilla for the Mozilla Foundation. Upon successful exploitation of the vulnerability we were granted permissions that would have potentially allowed us to view confidential data (see screen capture below). " states the post.


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Egypt's Giza Zoo Goes Cageless Following Major Renovations
Egypt's most infamous zoo and the first modern zoo in the African region is set to shut down for a little over a year due to an upcoming renovation in the Giza zoo, and the Orman Garden.
The Government announced the renovation process to begin in January 2023; they plan to turn the previously caged zoo into an open sanctuary for animals. Designated visiting trails will protect the zoo and its animals.
The substantial project will be led by the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, Land Reclamation, and The National Military Production.
These upcoming constructions will also include the botanical Omran garden close by, which will be connected to the zoo through a direct gondola lift between both parks. This will commemorate their historic link when they were first built and inaugurated simultaneously by Khedive Ismail.
The popular family attraction is expected to reopen after 12-18 months.
Dollar prices stable at Egypt's major banks at early Tuesday's transactions
Africa could make €1 trillion of Green Hydrogen a year, EIB says


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Strategos History
Simon Vincent
Christianity, Britain & the Slave Trade
Slavery has, unfortunately, been an ingrained part of human society throughout history. Virtually every civilization in the past has featured the institution of slavery. The crucial question is therefore not "what society had slavery", but rather, "what society abolished it, and on what grounds?"
This question brings us to Christianity and the British Empire. Contrary to modern assumptions, the Christian religion – with its message of equal worth – lay the ideological foundations for anti-slavery thinking. In the 17th century, Christian groups fought tirelessly to abolish the trade they rightfully called evil, and, with the help of the British Empire, finally succeeded in ending the infamous trade. The British Empire, acknowledging the evil it had helped create, went to great lengths to regret it, and abolish it.
Anti-slavery has always been an underlying sentiment in the Christian religion. It stems from the core Judeo-Christian idea that all humans are born in the image and likeness of God (as stated in the Book of Genesis in the Bible), and thus have equal worth. In the slave-built Roman Empire, St. Paul urged Christians to break with the Roman view of slaves as degraded, and exhorted slave owners to treat their slaves in love, as brothers. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female; for ye are all One in Christ Jesus," St. Paul writes in Galations 3:28 (KJV). Other early Christians were also deeply sceptical and repulsed by the institution. St. Augustine (354 - 430 A.D) described it as evidence of mankind's fall from grace. St. John Chrysostom (347 - 407 A.D) called it "the fruit of covetousness, of degradation, of savagery…the fruit of sin, of rebellion against…our True Father." Other "Church Fathers" (4th century) argued strongly for the emancipation of slaves, and some, like St. Eligius (6th century), spent their wealth on buying, then freeing, vast scores of slaves.
St. John Chrysostom (347 - 407 A.D) called it "the fruit of covetousness, of degradation, of savagery…the fruit of sin, of rebellion against…our True Father."
St. John Chrysostom confronting Aelia Eudoxia by Jean-Paul Laurens.
When Christianity was legalised in the Roman Empire in the 4th century, Emperor Constantine already made liberalising reforms for slaves to promote the idea of equal worth. The Middle Ages saw theologians and statesmen wrestle with how to restructure society to become slave-free, and around 1102, slavery was officially banned in England and most of Europe.
However, the rise of globalised trade in the 15th century revived Europe's involvement in slavery. Labour demand in the commodity plantations in the Americas was high, so merchants began buying slaves from African tribes and kingdoms and ship them to the plantations across the Atlantic. This was legally possible because the slave trade occurred outside Europe, not within it, thereby not violating the anti-slavery laws of the Middle Ages.
Thus, in the so-called Enlightenment Era (16th-18th century), this Atlantic Slave Trade boomed, and millions were shipped over, doomed to a lifetime of forced labour. Racist dehumanisation, mixed with legal loopholes and distorted interpretations of science and religion, helped Europeans quell their conscience in the interest of business.
The Quakers – a Protestant, anti-institutional denomination – were vehemently opposed of slavery and fought consistently against it in the 17th century, notably founding schools of liberated African children. They spread awareness of the outrageous maltreatment of slaves and the sinful nature of it, and soon inspired scores of other Christians and Evangelicals to join their cause. Most notable were Charles Spurgeon (whose sermons were often burned for their disdain of slavery), preacher John Wesley, and John Newton, a former slave trader and composer of the hymn Amazing Grace. Many African abolitionists, like Olaudah Equiano, wrote books and pamphlets describing the horrid conditions and raising awareness.
Published by S.W. Fores in 1792 to spread awareness of the horrific abuses.
In 1787, these Evangelicals formed an Abolitionist pressure group, sometimes known as the Clapham Saints or Clapham Sect. Coming to their aid was MP William Wilberforce, a fellow Christian who managed to translate their abolitionist ideas into political form in the British Parliament. They printed leaflets and held speeches to educate the public of the abuses of slavery, then gathered petitions and resorted to various political tactics to sway the Parliament to abolish it.
Soon, MP Wilberforce managed to persuade the Parliament of the evil it had helped create. In 1807, at the height of the Napoleonic wars, the Slave Trade Act was passed, officially prohibiting the slave trade across the Empire. Four years later, in 1811, the Empire made slave smuggling an Imperial felony – across the entire world. In other words, London decided that slave trade was illegal for everyone, not just the British. They gave the Royal Navy mandate to patrol and seize any ship they suspected was smuggling slaves. If found, the slaves were liberated, and the shipowner trialled. The Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, operating out of Freetown (a town for freed Africans), seized 1600 ships and freed over 150,000 Africans between the years 1808 and 1860.
Abolitionist Oulaudah Equiano.
The British prohibited other nations from engaging in the slave trade as well. They seized foreign ships carrying slaves, and pressured European nations and African kingdoms into signing treaties that made them vow to end the buying and selling of humans. The use of slaves in plantations, however, continued – but was also declared illegal in 1833 with the Slavery Abolition Act, initiating a gradual process of emancipation and government compensation. By 1840, all slaves across the Empire and in all colonies were free men and women.
What began with a little "sect" of Christian abolitionists, ended in changing the world – and ending the institution that had characterised human society in all history. They had been deeply repulsed by what they witnessed and passionately re-communicated the ancient Christian sentiment towards slavery and racism. The racism that surged during the slave trade was fiercely combatted by the universal Christian message of "neither Gentile nor Jew" – the idea that all humans are children of God, and therefore of equal worth. Much thanks to William Wilbeforce's political acumen, they helped London finally realise the abhorrent immorality of slave trading, and, with the muscles of the Empire, prohibit the institution across the world. The "the fruit of covetousness, of degradation, of savagery" was picked and thrown away.
What began with a little "sect" of Christian abolitionists, ended in changing the world – and ending the institution that had characterised human society in all history.
However, slavery continued to thrive in other parts of the world, especially in the Middle East and North African regions, and in East Asia. The Ottoman Empire finally rid itself of slavery in 1924 through the rise of Ataturk. This came a decade after China, in 1910, had also made slavery illegal. Iran made it illegal in 1929, and Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 1962.
MP William Wilberforce, portrait by John Rising in 1790.
Nevertheless, the battle for abolitionism has not ended. While it has been officially banned, it is far from eradicated altogether. Human trafficking and modern slavery is a $150 billion business according to Forbes, with more than 40.3 million humans held captive as slaves per 2016 (according to Global Slavery Index and International Labour Organisation). Please visit Global Slavery Index for more information and join the fight against modern slavery. Let us finish the work started by the Clapham Sect.
Global Slavery Index: https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/2019/findings/foreword/
Recommendation: Watch the movie "Amazing Grace". A brilliant film that tells MP Wilberforce's story and the political struggle for the Slave Trade Act of 1807.
Design of the inhumane: design of a slave ship.
Cracking the 150 billion business of human trafficking by Forbes. 2020.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carmenniethammer/2020/02/02/cracking-the-150-billion-business-of-human-trafficking/#a1a417341427
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Hansard, 2020. Slave trade abolition bill. Access at: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1807/feb/10/slave-trade-abolition-bill
Royal Navy Museum, 2020. Chasing Freedom Information Sheet. Accessed at: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230848/http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/visit_see_victory_cfexhibition_infosheet.htm
University of York, 2020. Quakers and Slavery. Access at: https://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/holdings/guides/research-guides/race/quakers-and-slavery/
Lee, Adam, 2009. Did Christianity abolish the slave trade? Patheos.com. Accessed at: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2009/11/did-christianity-abolish-slavery/
Boersma, Hans. 2013. Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa. OUP Oxford. Access at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=awm7M4ALQuEC&source=gbs_navlinks_s
NewAdvent. 2020. Homily 22 on Ephesians. NewAdvent. Access at: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/230122.htm
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Webarchive.org. 2020. Abolition Movement. Access at: https://web.archive.org/web/20100112204130/http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/5913/Abolition-Movement.html
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Michael Kors went shoe shopping and has bought Jimmy Choo luxury shoe maker for USD$1.2 billion.
Michael Kors said this week it has agreed to purchase the luxury shoemaker for approximately $1.2 billion, adding a coveted global brand to the U.S. retailer's stable as its own handbag and accessories sales suffer.
Michael Kors is in the process of closing 100 to 125 of its standalone stores, renovating another 100-plus stores and doubling down on more innovative designs.
In a goal to be a more exclusive brand, Michael Kors is also pulling its bags from department stores and lowering stock offerings.
The purchase of Jimmy Choo adds well to the brands luxury side and give it a good foothold in the high-fashion shoe market place.
Jimmy Choo will continue to be run by CEO Pierre Denis, who has held the top job since 2012. The shoe retailer has over 150 independent standalone stores, which will continue to operate as usual under the new management.
The move comes on the heels of Coach's $2.4 billion acquisition of Kate Spade, which was another bid by a U.S. retailer to accelerate growth by picking up a likable brand with a younger following.
Coach had also put in a bid earlier on for the luxury shoe retailer, but was outbid by Michael Kors early into the sale stages.
Shares of Michael Kors edged up one percent in pre-market trading, while shares of Jimmy Choo surged 17 percent in London.


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The opening shot of the original Rocky – and the series – begins with a painting of Jesus overlooking the dark, dirty boxing ring where we're introduced to club fighter Rocky Balboa, battling with opponent Spider Rico. Fourteen years later, Rocky (and Sylvester Stallone) returned to this location to film one of Tommy Gunn's fights for Rocky V.
These scenes were shot on location in East Los Angeles at the old Resurrection Gym, where boxer Oscar De La Hoya trained as a kid in the early 1980's. Resurrection first opened in 1924 as a church, eventually ditching its pews and morphing into a boxing gym. In the mid-1990's, it was purchased and renovated by De La Hoya who transformed it into the Oscar De La Hoya Youth Center whose aim is to help keep inner-city kids out of gangs.
An article at the time states: "The champion plans to refurbish the gym while keeping its quaint, "Requiem for a Heavyweight" appearance, including the old wooden beams that hold up the pitched roof. He plans to buy new equipment and install air conditioning and coed lockers and showers."
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Cranley, Portune divvy up lots bordering Paul Brown Stadium in private meeting
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Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune took a break from accusing each other of obstruction Saturday and negotiated an agreement meant to facilitate the long-delayed construction of a music venue at the Banks.
According to a summary of the agreement released Tuesday afternoon, its primary concerns are the use of four riverside parking lots lots near the Bengals' Paul Brown Stadium.
The county will gain exclusive development rights to Lots 24 and 25, both of which sit directly across Elm Street from Paul Brown Stadium. The city will get the same rights for Lots 1 and 13, which sit on the other side of West Pete Rose Way.
Why involve the Bengals and Paul Brown Stadium at all in an ostensibly music-oriented project? Like everything else surrounding the venue, it's complicated.
SO COMPLICATED YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST READ THIS: Cranley says Banks concert venue deal doesn't pass smell test. Others say he's being obstructive.
Because the music venue is slated to go up near Paul Brown Stadium, the Bengals will lose existing parking and tailgating space once construction begins. When Hamilton County signed a new lease with the team, it agreed to provide 3,200 surface parking spots.
Cranley objected frequently and publicly. Although Hamilton County and the city of Cincinnati co-own the Banks development, Cranley argued the county's agreement was unfair to the city and gave the Bengals too much control over the Banks' future.
Portune, in turn, accused Cranley of obstruction and of setting Cincinnati up for an economic loss against Newport, Kentucky, which has its own plans for a music venue.
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The agreement doesn't completely clear the way for the venue, which missed its October groundbreaking deadline, but does represent a turn toward friendlier city-county relations. Holly Stutz Smith, a spokesperson for the mayor's office, wrote in a news release that the Cranley expected it to "advance future development at the Banks."


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World Premiere Of Peaky Blinders Season 5 Will Be Held On July 18th In Birmingham
It seems like we've been waiting for season 5 of Peaky Blinders for almost two years now – and that's because we have – but it looks like the wait is almost over as it was today announced that the world premiere of season 5 would be going down in Birmingham on July 18th.
Whilst this is only the world premiere and probably means that the series itself won't be coming to our screens straight away, it pretty much implies that it won't be far off because it's finally all finished. So hopefully not too long before Tommy, Arthur, Polly and the rest of the gang are back on our screens for some more sex, violence and backstabbing.
Creator Steven Knight said the following about holding the premiere at Birmingham's Town Hall:
Birmingham is of course my first choice for the world premiere, the cast and crew love it here.
Birmingham is the epicentre for the show and it means so much to me to come back here year after year and start the series with a bang.
This year we're at the Town Hall, which is a great venue, with more fans than ever before able to see the programme.
I can't wait to see everyone's reactions on the night.
Well, only a couple of weeks to wait there Steve so try and contain yourself until then. If you want to be in with a chance of attending the premiere yourself, then all you have to do is enter a ballot here – but bear in mind everyone in the country is probably going to be trying out for that so you haven't got that much chance. Could always show up for the red carpet event to see all the stars though if that's the kind of thing you enjoy.
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Sold by Mycah the Sporeggar Quartermaster as of patch 2.4.3.
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Anyone know the price on the pattern?
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As far as I can tell this item was not put in-game in the last patch.
The pattern for this bag is not in his inventory as of today, July 5 2008. My rep with sporegarr is Friendly. It may be that he doesn't even show it to you until revered, I am working on rep with them and will post again what I find, but I haven't seen one of these bags in game yet.
Why on earth is it BoP??
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Bald Eagle Creek is a  tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River mostly in Centre County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Bald Eagle Creek runs through the Bald Eagle Valley at the foot of the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge to Lock Haven.

A shorter Bald Eagle Creek runs south in the valley from the same headlands near the Blair County/Centre County line, terminating in the Little Juniata River in Tyrone.

The main line of the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad short line runs along the full length of both Bald Eagle creeks. Interstate 80 crosses the creek between Snow Shoe and Bellefonte, and U.S. Route 322 crosses between Port Matilda and State College. Much of the Nittany Valley drains to the creek through water gaps in the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge.

Located along the creek in Unionville is the Fisher Farm site, a significant archaeological site.

Principal towns on Bald Eagle Creek

From southwest to northeast, downstream along the longer Bald Eagle Creek:
Port Matilda
Julian
Unionville
Milesburg
Howard
Beech Creek
Mill Hall
Flemington
Lock Haven

See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
Fishing Creek (Bald Eagle Creek)
Beech Creek (Pennsylvania)
Spring Creek (Bald Eagle Creek)
Wallace Run (Bald Eagle Creek)

References

EPA Bald Eagle Watershed Profile

External links
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations

Tributaries of the West Branch Susquehanna River
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Bald Eagle Valley
Rivers of Centre County, Pennsylvania

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Born on St. Cecillia's Day, the British counter-tenor Ryland Angel has built an international reputation on both the opera and concert stage, in repertoire ranging from the Baroque to new operatic commissions at major opera houses, concert halls, andfestivals throughout Europe and the USA.
Recent operatic engagements include Radamisto at St. Louis Opera Theater, Agrippina for New York City Opera, Tolomeo with Muziektheater Transparant, Semele with Cologne Opera, Rodelinda at the Carre Theatre in Amsterdam, Julius Caesar at Utah Opera and Opera Colerado, Il Sant Alessio on tour with Les Arts Florissants at the Lincoln Center New York, Cité de la Musique in Paris and the Barbican Centre in London, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria for Toulouse Opera with Christophe Rousset (also in Paris and Lepizig), Theodora with Graeme Jenkins at Dallas Opera, Handel's La Resurrezione with Ars Lyrica, Monteverdi's Orfeo with Boston Early Music Festival, the title role in Stradellas' San Giovanni Battista at The Italian Academy in New York with Artek, Israel in Egypt with Princeton Glee Club, Acis and Galatea at Hobby Center Houston and Doux Mensonges at the Opéra National de Paris Palais Garnier with William Christie.
He has also performed at English National Opera in London (Monteverdi's Orfeo, Purcell's The Fairy Queen and the world premiere of Gavin Bryars' Doctor Ox's Experiment), the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona (The Fairy Queen), Flanders Opera (Venus and Adonis), Opéra Comique, Paris (Dido and Aeneas), Opéra Normandie (Peri's Euridice), Geneva Opera (Ballet Comique de la Royne), Koblenz (Gluck's Orfeo), Karslruhe Handel Festival (Amadigi), Spoleto Festival, Italy (The Play of Daniel), and Florentine and Lyric Opera of Kansas City (A Midsummer Night's Dream).
On the concert platform Ryland Angel has performed Carmina Buranae at the Lincoln Center in New York and Southbank Centre in London, St. John Passion with St. Thomas' Church, Houston Bach Society and Boulder Bach Society, The Messiah with the Händel and Haydn Society of Boston, St. Thomas' Church, Worcester Chorus, Masterworks Chorus, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall.
He has performed with many acclaimed conductors and early music ensembles including William Christie, Rene Jacobs, Ivor Bolton, Nicholas McGegan, Roy Goodman, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Coin, Gabriel Garrido, Cantus Koln, Le Concert Spirituel, Le Parlement de Musique, the Ensemble of Early Music of New York, Ensemble La Fenice, Les Folies Françaises, and the Philharmonia Baroque of San Francisco.
Ryland Angel has created roles in many world premieres including most recently Spears' Wolf in Skins (Philadelphia), the title role in Tesla in New York written by Phil Kline and the film director Jim Jarmusch at Hopkins Center, Dartmouth and new work by Tarik O'Regan and Gregory Spears' for a project with Opera New Jersey/American Opera Projects.
In 2006 Ryland Angel received a Grammy® nomination. He has performed on over 50 recordings including music by Charpentier, Scarlatti, Stradella, Lorenzani, Peri, Händel, Monteverdi, Beaujoyeux, Purcell, Bach, Spears, Rosenmuller, Bobby Mcferrin (EMI, Universal, Sony, K317, Koch, Virgin Classics).
New recordings include Freud und Lust (Buxtehude/Bach), Rosenmuller Cantatas with Artek, The Colonna Vespers with Houston Chamber choir, Heart and Soul (Krieger and Erlebach) with Ars Lyrica, A Grateful Tail by Steven Mercurio based on the poem by Eugene O'Neill and The Flaming Fire (16th century music from Scotland and England) with the viol consort Parthenia.
Ryland Angel composed the score and sang the title track of the forthcoming Warner Bros documentary film The Mystery of Dante. He also features on the film soundtracks of Le Petit Prince, La Peau, Henry 4th, Machete and the PBS TV special Heavenly Voices.
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Q: Am I saving myself from sql injections? Am I doing this right? Will this help avoid sql injections?
$deleteid = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags(mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['listid'])));

mysql_send("DELETE FROM stage where listid='$deleteid'");

A: It may prevent SQL injection attacks, but its a poor way to approach it. Use prepared queries instead.
Since your comment says you're systematically making changes to your whole site, go with the better approach. While you're at it, you may want to move to a non-MySQL-specific database API, in case you want to switch to another backend later.

A: Apart from the mentioned suggestions (only mysql_real_escape_string but even better prepared statements), I would like to add that it is always useful to analyse exactly the value you are trying to clean / make safe.
If your ID is supposed to be an integer, I would simply use intval($_POST['listid']) to make sure the result is an integer and reserve mysql_real_escape_string for strings (although I personally would use prepared statements / PDO).

A: Yes, using mysql_real_escape_string on values that are intended to be used in string declarations in MySQL statements will prevent you from SQL injections. That's the exact purpose of that function.
But you don't need the other two functions strip_tags and htmlspecialchars. Because these functions are used to either remove (HTML) tags and replace the HTML special characters by character references respectively. They are not intended to protect you against SQL injections.
In fact, using strip_tags and/or htmlspecialchars after mysql_real_escape_string could break the escaping under some certain instances (e.g. when using non-US-ASCII based character sets, see also addslashes() Versus mysql_real_escape_string()). So make sure that you use that function right before inserting its returned value into the SQL statement.
Apart from encoding the output using mysql_real_escape_string you could also validate the input using ctype_digit:
if (ctype_digit($_POST['listid'])) {
    mysql_send("DELETE FROM stage where listid='".$_POST['listid']."'");
} else {
    // invalid value
}

This validation ensures that only (positive) integer values are used in the query that don't need to be escaped.

A: No.
You should call nothing but mysql_real_escape_string.
The htmlspecialchars and strip_tags functions are used to encode strings to be displayed as HTML.
They should not be used with SQL

A: I always use a database helper class on all my projects.. that way I don't have to use mysql_real_escape_string keeping code clean and easy to read you'll be safe from injections if you forget to use it.
Below is an example the one I use...
<?php
    final class DatabaseException extends Exception {
        function __construct($strErrMessage, $intErrCode) {
            parent::__construct($strErrMessage, $intErrCode);
        }
    }

    class Database {
        protected $host     = ""; //database server
        protected $user     = ""; //database login name
        protected $pass     = ""; //database login password
        protected $database = ""; //database name
        protected $prefix   = ""; //table prefix
        protected $connected = false;
        protected $db = null;
        protected $record = array();
        protected $error = "";
        protected $errno = 0;

                //table name affected by SQL query
        protected $field_table= "";

        //number of rows affected by SQL query
        protected $affected_rows = 0;

        protected $link_id = 0;
        protected $query_id = array();

        function __construct($server, $user, $pass, $database, $pre='') {
            $this->connected = false;
            $this->host = $server;
            $this->user = $user;
            $this->pass = $pass;
            $this->database = $database;
            $this->prefix = $pre;
            $this->connect();
        }

        function __destruct() {
            //mysql_close($this->link_id);
        }

        public function connect() {
            if ($this->link_id > 0 && $this->connected && mysql_ping($this->link_id)) { return; }

            $this->link_id = mysql_pconnect($this->host, $this->user, $this->pass);
            if (!$this->link_id) { //open failed
                throw new DatabaseException("mysql_pconnect failed",0);
            }

            if(!@mysql_select_db($this->database, $this->link_id)) {//no database
                throw new DatabaseException("mysql_select_db failed",0);
            }
            $this->server='';
            $this->user='';
            $this->pass='';
            $this->database='';
            $this->connected = true;
            $this->query("SET time_zone = '".Settings::get('db.timezone_offset')."';",TRUE);
        }

        public function escape($string) {
            if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
                $string = stripslashes($string);
            return mysql_real_escape_string($string);
        }

        public function insert($table,$data,$tbl_key='id') {
            $v='';
            $n='';
            foreach($data as $key=>$val) {
                $n.="`$key`, ";
                if(strtolower($val)=='null')
                    $v.="NULL, ";
                elseif(strtolower($val)=='now()')
                    $v.="NOW(), ";
                elseif(strcmp(substr($val,0,7),'**ESC**') == 0)
                    $v .= str_replace('**ESC**','',$val);
                else
                    $v.= "'".$this->escape($val)."', ";
            }

            if ($v=='' || $n=='')
                return false;

            $q  = "INSERT INTO `".$this->prefix.$table."` ";
            $q .= "(". rtrim($n, ', ') .") VALUES (". rtrim($v, ', ') .");";
            if($this->query($q)){
                $id=mysql_insert_id();
                if ($id === 0) {  // The ID generated for an AUTO_INCREMENT column by the previous INSERT query on success,
                                  // 0 if the previous query does not generate an AUTO_INCREMENT value, or FALSE if no MySQL
                                  // connection was established.
                    return TRUE;
                }
                return $id;
            }
            else {
                return false;
            }
        }

        public function replace($table,$data,$tbl_key='id') {
            $v='';
            $n='';
            foreach($data as $key=>$val) {
                $n.="`$key`, ";
                if(strtolower($val)=='null')
                    $v.="NULL, ";
                elseif(strtolower($val)=='now()')
                    $v.="NOW(), ";
                elseif(strcmp(substr($val,0,7),'**ESC**') == 0)
                    $v .= str_replace('**ESC**','',$val);
                else
                    $v.= "'".$this->escape($val)."', ";
            }

            if ($v=='' || $n=='')
                return false;

            $q  = "REPLACE INTO `".$this->prefix.$table."` ";
            $q .= "(". rtrim($n, ', ') .") VALUES (". rtrim($v, ', ') .");";

            if($this->query($q)){
                $id=mysql_insert_id();
                if ($id === 0) {  // The ID generated for an AUTO_INCREMENT column by the previous INSERT query on success,
                                  // 0 if the previous query does not generate an AUTO_INCREMENT value, or FALSE if no MySQL
                                  // connection was established.
                    return TRUE;
                }
                return $id;
            }
            else {
                return false;
            }
        }

        public function update($table,$data,$where='1') {
            $q = "UPDATE `".$this->prefix.$table."` SET ";
            foreach($data as $key=>$val) {
                if(strtolower($val)=='null') $q .= "`$key` = NULL, ";
                elseif(strtolower($val)=='now()') $q .= "`$key` = NOW(), ";
                elseif(strcmp(substr($val,0,7),'**ESC**') == 0) $q .=  "`$key` = ".str_replace('**ESC**','',$val);
                else $q.= "`$key`='".$this->escape($val)."', ";
            }
            $q = rtrim($q, ', ') . ' WHERE '.$where.';';
            $result = $this->query($q);

            if ($result) {
            }
            return $result;
        }

        public function search($table, $field, $value, $exact=FALSE)
        {
                    $value = escape($value);
            if (!$exact) {
                $q = "select * from $table where $field like '%$value%';";
            } else {
                $q = "select * from $table where $field = '$value';";
            }
            return $this->query($q);
        }

        public function delete($table,$where='1') {
            $q  = "DELETE FROM `".$this->prefix.$table."` ";
            $q .= " WHERE ".$where.";";
            $result = $this->query($q);

            if ($result) {
            }
        }

        public function query($sql,$reset=FALSE) {
            //echo "<pre>$sql</pre>";
            $this->connect();
            $command = strtok(trim($sql)," \n\t");
            switch (strtoupper(trim($command))) {
                case "SELECT":
                case "SHOW":
                case "DESCRIBE":
                case "EXPLAIN":
                    if (isset($this->query_id[md5($sql)]) && $reset==FALSE) {
                        $row = mysql_fetch_array($this->query_id[md5($sql)], MYSQL_ASSOC);
                        if ($row == FALSE) {
                            unset($this->query_id[md5($sql)]);
                            return FALSE;
                        } else {
                            return $row;
                        }
                    } else {
                        $this->query_id[md5($sql)] = @mysql_query($sql, $this->link_id);
                        if (!$this->query_id[md5($sql)]) {
                            throw new DatabaseException(mysql_error($this->link_id),mysql_errno($this->link_id));
                        }
                    }
                    $row = mysql_fetch_array($this->query_id[md5($sql)], MYSQL_ASSOC);
                    if ($row == FALSE) {
                        unset($this->query_id[md5($sql)]);
                        return FALSE;
                    } else {
                        return $row;
                    }
                    break;
                default:
                    return @mysql_query($sql, $this->link_id);
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
?>

To create and use the Database Class:
$db = new Database("db.host","db.user","db.pass","db.database");

Getting data from $_POST into your db is super simple if all your form elements are named the same as your table fields.. for example:
$data = $_POST;
$ok = $db->update('mytable', $data, 'something = something_else'); //$ok will be false if something went wrong

A: in this case
mysql_query("DELETE FROM stage WHERE listid=".intval($_POST['listid']));

full reference: dynamical SQL syntax explained

A: use stored procedures and grant execute permissions only to your app db user (plus the myriad of other benefits sprocs bring)


At the RMG, we often get asked about what we do each day, how we got into the crazy museum world and also what skills would be needed to do our jobs. With graduation looming for many college and university students, we will be profiling members of our team to shed some light on what it is we do behind the scenes!
Today we sat down with Education Co-ordinator Jennifer Treleaven to learn more about her daily routine and how she came to the gallery.
Jennifer Treleaven: I find a typical day just sails by with emails, phone calls, tours, meetings, art class/camp registrations. I love having a variety of responsibilities, which translates into a variety of "typical" days. Sometimes, I will tour a group of 60 JK students in the morning, answer phone calls, respond to emails and then tour a group of 10 seniors in the afternoon, and then finish the day with meetings. The next day, I might spend the day working on a database, ordering art supplies and designing a new in-gallery program.
JT: In university, I considered a teaching career but I was unsure if it was truly the direction I wanted to take. At the end of my third year of studies, I heard about a fairly new post grad. program offered at Sir Sandford Fleming College called Museum Management and Curatorship diploma program. My love for history prompted me to apply. One of the courses was geared specifically to Education. That was it. I knew I could combine my desire to work with children with my need to have a creative outlet. Upon completion of the program and the requirements for my degree, I obtained a touring position at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. I was there for about three years and then came to The RMG as the Education Assistant. I have been the Education Coordinator since 2003.
JT: My academic training includes a BA from Trent University and a post-graduate diploma in Museum Management and Curatorship. I think having organizational skills and being able to multi-task responsibilities are invaluable skills to have for my position. Other skills that come immediately to mind include having a flexible presentation styles, being able to think quickly on my feet, being creative, having strong interpersonal skills. I often say that being able to think ten steps ahead is a great way to manage a typical day.
JT: I love working with all ages. I love hearing a student tell me that they remember visiting the Gallery a year ago and can tell me exactly what was on display and where it was displayed. I also enjoy seeing returning summer camp participants and to see their skills develop.
My calendar, as each day there seems to be something new to do.
A clock. Often my days are set by tours and meetings.
My computer. That keeps me organized.
The wonderful staff and volunteers that support me in the work that I do.
Finally, I couldn't live without the children that visit the Gallery. I love the sound of their voices echoing throughout the exhibitions!
JT: As of late, I really enjoy baking and trying out new recipes! My two children really enjoy taste testing them!


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What happens when I go for treatment?
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Cosmetic Acupuncture
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About Manjeet Ark
Manjeet Ark
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Email: info@manjeetark.co.uk
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) describes a collection of symptoms, commonly including chronic abdominal pain, bloating, flatulence and altered bowel habits. It is a functional disorder of the intestines, occurring in the absence of visible structural abnormality.
IBS affects up to 22% of people in the UK (Maxwell 1997) and is the most common functional digestive disorder seen by GPs. Women are 2-3 times more likely to develop IBS, and often suffer more symptoms during their periods. The condition often begins in adolescence or early adulthood. Predisposing factors may include a low-fibre diet, emotional stress, use of laxatives or a bout of infectious diarrhoea. It is typically a chronic, recurrent disorder, associated with substantial health, social and economic costs. Pain and impairment from IBS can lead to frequent doctor visits, hospitalizations and workplace absenteeism, and can cause depression.
The cause of IBS is unclear, but it appears that sensory nerves in the bowel are hypersensitive in people with IBS and may overreact when the bowel wall stretches. Intestinal muscles can be hypo- or hyperactive, causing pain, cramping, flatulence, sudden bouts of diarrhea, and/or constipation. The symptoms are usually triggered by stress or eating. Systematic reviews of the research literature suggest that conventional medications are of limited benefit in IBS (Akehurst 2001).
Akehurst R, Kaltenthaler E. Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: a review of randomised controlled trials. Gut. 2001 Feb;48(2):272-82.
Maxwell PR et al. Irritable bowel syndrome. Lancet. 1997 Dec 6;350(9092):1691-5.
How acupuncture can help
Research has shown that acupuncture treatment may benefit IBS symptoms by:
Providing pain relief (Pomeranz 1987).
Regulating the motility of the digestive tract (Yin 2010, Chen 2008).
Raising the sensory threshold of the gut. Various possible mechanisms have been identified, involving spinal nerves and NMDA receptors and a range of neurotransmitters (Xu 2009, Ma 2009, Tian 2008, Tian 2006, Xing 2004). A lowered threshold to bowel pain and distention are hallmarks of IBS.
Increasing parasympathetic tone (Schneider 2007b). Stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, which can stimulate colon spasms, resulting in abdominal discomfort. In people with IBS, the colon can be oversensitive to the smallest amount of conflict or stress. Acupuncture activates the opposing parasympathetic nervous system, which initiates the relaxation or 'rest and digest' response.
Reducing anxiety and depression (Samuels 2008). The distress provoked by IBS symptoms can lead to a vicious cycle of anxiety-pain-anxiety, while the embarrassing nature of the condition can lead to feelings of depression. Acupuncture can alter the brain's mood chemistry, increases production of serotonin and endorphins (Han 2004), helping to combat these negative affective states.
There is consistent evidence that a course of acupuncture improves IBS symptoms and general wellbeing (Anastasi 2009, Trujillo 2008, Reynolds 2008, Schneider 2007b, Xing 2004, Lu 2000), though there are arguments about the extent to which the effect is placebo-related (Lembo 2009, Schneider 2007a, Lim 2006, Forbes 2005). As yet there is no satisfactory placebo/sham intervention for acupuncture so this is still a matter for conjecture. There are plausible physiological explanations for acupuncture's effects (see above) and it can promote mechanisms not seen with sham treatments (Schneider 2007b).
Acupuncture can be safely and effectively combined with Western biomedicine, and other treatments such as relaxation exercises, herbal medicine and psychotherapy. In addition to offering acupuncture and related therapies, acupuncturists will often make suggestions as to dietary and other lifestyle changes that may be helpful in combating IBS symptoms. Working with a supportive therapist can also help people suffering from IBS to change their negative health beliefs and improve their coping mechanisms, which can have a positive influence on both mood and symptoms.
Full details of research studies into traditional acupuncture treatment for IBS can be found overleaf.
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In its role as global economic watchdog, the IMF must continually keep an eye out for illegal activities. Following the events of September 11, 2001, that role took on an even greater urgency. Since then, the organization has launched a global effort to combat money laundering and to cut off funding to terrorist groups.
The need for a new world economic order. In the early 1940s, the world was still reeling from the financial turmoil of the Great Depression. As markets in the United States and around the world collapsed, countries sought to protect their weakened economies by closing their doors to foreign imports and restricting their citizens from making purchases abroad. The result was catastrophic; world trade nearly ground to a halt. In order to protect the world economy from suffering another similar blow, and to hasten financial recovery among war-torn nations, leaders from forty-five countries came together during the summer of 1944; their historic meeting in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, established a new international system of economic collaboration called the IMF. The Bretton Woods Conference also launched the IMF's sister organization, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), or World Bank. On December 27, 1945, representatives from twenty-nine member nations signed the Articles of Agreement, formally bringing the IMF into existence. The initial goals of the organization were to expand international trade, and to protect the stability of international currencies and exchange rates.
The IMF today. The IMF currently has three main responsibilities: surveillance, financial assistance, and technical assistance. The IMF keeps a watchful eye over its member nations throughout the year, monitoring each country's exchange rate and economic policies to protect the stability of the world economy. All member countries are entitled to financial assistance to help them recover from an economic crisis or to pay off foreign debt. By 2003, the IMF had about $88 billion in outstanding loans to eighty-eight nations. Because strategies of the IMF hold that one of the keys to worldwide economic stability is financial self-sufficiency, it has programs in place to teach countries how to plan and implement their own monetary, tax, and exchange rate policies.
With the increasing trend toward globalization (the merging of international markets), the IMF has turned its focus to emerging markets such as Asia and Latin America. By supporting economic growth and fostering the development of stable financial systems in these nations, the IMF hopes to avert an international financial crisis such as the worldwide depression of the late 1920s and 1930s, and to further strengthen the world economy.
Today, the IMF is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and staffed by a team of more than 2,500 people from nearly 140 countries. At the helm is the Board of Governors, composed of banking leaders and ministers of finance from each member country. The Board of Governors comes together once a year at the IMF-World Bank meeting, but much of the substantial operations are carried out by the twenty-four Executive Directors of the Executive Board. The Managing Director of the IMF serves as Chairman of the Executive Board. Corresponding to each Executive Director is one Governor from the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC). This committee meets twice a year to advise the IMF on issues related to the international monetary system.
A country's voting power is based on the size of its economy and on the amount of the quota (subscription fee) it pays when it joins the IMF, however most decisions are based on a member consensus, rather than on a vote. The United States has the largest quota, contributing nearly 18% of the IMF's total funding.
Danaher, Kevin, ed. Fifty Years is Enough: The Case Against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 1994.
Harper, Richard H.R. Inside the IMF. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1998.
Stiglitz, Joseph E. Globalization and its Discontents. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2002.
Garritsen De Vries, Margaret. "The IMF Fifty Years Later." Finance & Development June 1995: 43—47.
The International Monetary Fund. <http://www.imf.org> (January 31, 2003).
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IMF • abbr. International Monetary Fund.
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