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LONDON — It was another in a string of unusually sunny and hot days in London this past Thursday when the women's tour hosted a "WTA Tennis on the Thames" event that featured a day-long fan village on the banks of the Thames River and an evening cocktail party.
The pre-Wimbledon extravaganza offered two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova a chance first meeting with one of her heroes, former champion Monica Seles.
Not surprisingly, Seles served as a source of encouragement during a recent dark period in Kvitova's life. The two share a bond no one would want to have experienced in their lives. They both were stabbed by knife-wielding assailants during their careers.
The eighth-seeded Kvitova's incident took place in the Czech Republic in December 2016 when an intruder attacked her in her apartment. She successfully fought off the man — a suspect was arrested in the attack just last month — but the battle left her with viciously sliced fingers on her left hand that required extensive surgery.
The 28-year-old's career hung in the balance, but determination got Kvitova back on the court by the 2017 French Open in May. Since her comeback she's won six titles, including back-to-back victories at the Wimbledon tune-up tournament in Birmingham, England.
Seles was a 19-year-old and ranked No. 1 in the world in April 1993 when a fan of her rival, Steffi Graf, stabbed her in the shoulder during a changeover while playing a match in Hamburg, Germany. She would take over two years to return to the game, and would win the last of her nine Grand Slam trophies at the 1996 Australian Open.
"When (I was stabbed) I couldn't really think about the tennis," said Kvitova, who posted a picture of herself with Seles from the Thursday meeting on her social media accounts. "But when the time came I could play tennis again, of course, she was one of the inspirations that I had. We both had a very tough time to come back to play tennis. It was just great to meet her. … It was just great to see someone who came (from a) similar situation as me."
Kvitova, the 2011 and '14 Wimbledon champion, is being touted to potentially win a third Wimbledon title this year in what is considered a wide open women's draw. Kvitova sees it differently, however, and insists, "I don't really feel as a favorite of Wimbledon."
There's no denying Kvitova's ability to physically and mentally recover so quickly from such a harrowing experience is impressive. But while she's returned to winning tennis, Kvitova still bears some physical effects from the attack.
"It's not 100 percent, will never be 100 percent," Kvitova said. "I do have some limitation. I'm just trying not to think negatively, but still saying I'm happy I do have my fingers. I probably wish it's a bit better. Overall, I'm very happy."
Kvitova will open her campaign for a third title Tuesday against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus, although there's no guarantee she'll be scheduled to play on her preferred court.
"If I have a favorite spot here (at Wimbledon) It's the Centre Court probably," she said. "You feel very special to be out there, that the people came to watch you. It's just amazing to be in kind of a historic place as Centre Court is."
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Enthusiasts who feel British enamel advertising signs are becoming overpriced may spare a thought for collectors in the US.
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Musgo Gasoline sign – $1.35m (£1.2m) at Richmond Auctions.
At Richmond Auctions in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 27 a record was set for any 'porcelain' sign sold at auction when a 4ft (1.2m) double-sided Musgo Gasoline sign in remarkable condition took $1.35m (£1.2m). The buyer, one of three bidders prepared to spend over $1m, was a US private collector paying $1,552,500 including the 15% buyer's premium.
Musgo, a petrochemical firm located in Muskegon, Michigan, is thought to have traded for a matter of months in the late 1920s. Although the company logo, centred by a Native American chief, is much reproduced there are only an estimated 20 original signs known to exist.
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The story goes that when the firm went out of business around the time of the Depression, a plumber bought the warehouse building and all the inventory inside. Most of the signs (which carry the name of the maker Veribrite Signs Chicago and the date 1929) found a practical use as serviceable septic tank lids, something that causes at least one side to decay.
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In a rising market, a number of British signs have made five-figure sums. The auction record is the £28,000 bid at Canterbury Auction Galleries in 2005 for the BP The Winner sign.
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Bob Boughner is a retired NHL player who won two Memorial Cups as Head Coach of the Windsor Spitfires.
Boughner was born on March 8, 1971 in Windsor.
A product of Windsor Minor Hockey, Boughner played three seasons for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League under by the former NHL player and coach Ted Nolan. The Detroit Red Wings drafted Boughner in the second round (32nd overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.
After spending four years in the Red Wings' farm system, Boughner signed with the Florida Panthers as a free agent. While he played well for the Panthers' International Hockey League and American Hockey League affiliates, he never appeared for the NHL club.
Boughner was acquired by the Buffalo Sabres in early 1996 and immediately promoted to the NHL. In Buffalo, he protected Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek for three seasons. After leaving Buffalo in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft, Boughner went on to spend two years each with the Nashville Predators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Calgary Flames, where he was so highly respected that he was named team captain. Boughner then played one year with the Carolina Hurricanes before spending the last two years of his career with the Colorado Avalanche.
Boughner retired as a player in 2006. In 630 career NHL games, he scored 15 goals and added 57 assists for 72 total points. He accumulated 1382 penalty minutes. He added 12 assists and 67 penalty minutes in 65 career postseason games. During his playing career, Boughner was actively involved with the NHL Players' Association.
Although he is inducted here as an athlete, Boughner's coaching resume is impressive. He is currently the majority owner of the Windsor Spitfires, where he serves as Head Coach, President, and CEO. Boughner won two consecutive Memorial Cups with the Spits. He spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach with the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets before returning to his role with the Spitfires.
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Q: Scrapy: unclear if crawlspider is following pagination correctly Set-up
I am scraping housing ads with scrapy following the example presented here.
In my case, I follow links to housing ad pages instead of author pages, and subsequently scrape the housing ad page for information.
My spider correctly scrapes information from the ads on a page and follows the pagination links to the next page.

Problem
There is only one start url used in the example, but I want to 'start' from a large number of urls, which are all located on one page. To obtain these urls I switched to a crawlspider.
The crawlspider obtains the urls, but is (seemingly) randomly mixing between following the pagination link and scraping housing ads.

Code so far
class RoomsSpider(CrawlSpider):
    name = 'rooms'
    allowed_domains = ['spareroom.co.uk']
    start_urls = ['https://www.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/london']

    # rules obtains the 'starting' urls
    rules = [Rule(LinkExtractor(restrict_xpaths=(
        '//*[@id="spareroom"]/div[2]/aside[2]/ul/li/a',
        ),),callback='parse_page')]

    def parse_page(self, response):
        # follow links to ad pages
        for href in response.xpath(
               '//*[@id="maincontent"]/ul/li/article/header[1]',
               ).css('a::attr(href)').extract():
            yield scrapy.Request(response.urljoin(href),
                             callback=self.parse_ad)

        # follow pagination links
        next_page = response.xpath(
               '//*[@id="maincontent"]/div[2]/ul[2]/li/strong/a/@href',
               ).extract_first()
        if next_page is not None:
             next_page = response.urljoin(next_page)
             yield scrapy.Request(next_page, callback=self.parse_page)

     def parse_ad(self, response):
     # code extracting ad information follows here,
     # finalising the code with a yield function.

Ideally, per starting url the spider follows its ad links, scrapes its ads and follows its pagination links until there are no more pagination links.
Perhaps I should add a Rule to obtain the pagination links, and eliminate the # follow pagination links part? I am not sure what to do.

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The pictures are also recorded on the internal chip.
I will be later setting up an FTP server on the Fritzbox.
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There seems to be no App for an iPad.
Installation software could be delivered with the unit for Windows and Apple IOS integrating all needed software.
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http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/
Best Treatments (England)
This site from the British Medical Journal Publishing Group aims to help patients and doctors work together by providing them both with the best research evidence about treatments.
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Rachel Evavold (110) and Hailey Heeringa (103) both joined the 100 hit club earlier this week and Marissa Vanden Berg moved into 18th all-time in hits with her 125th hit last week and she is two shy of Mandy Visser and Michal Huizenga with 127.
With her win on Wednesday over Dakota Wesleyan Tianna Soodsma earned her 42nd win and is 3rd all-time to Ruth Draayer (1985-88) in 2nd with 47 and Dawn Van Kley (2000-03) is on top of the list with 60.
The Defenders beat the Flames last season on April 12, 2018 by scores of 3-1 and 6-0 in Omaha. Rachel Evavold was the winner in game one with three hits allowed and six strikeouts and Hailey Heeringa had a homerun. Tianna Soodsma pitched a four-hit shutout in game two with three strikeouts and issued one walk Midland won the April 4 games 2-1 and 3-0 and then the Warriors took a 3-1 and 0-3 pair of wins in post-season play on May 5 to advance to the GPAC Championship Series. Evavold and De Roin had three and two hits respectively with De Roin had three runs batted in.
The Defenders will host Morningside on Monday, April 16 beginning at 4:00.


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A Groundbreaking Study of 5,000 Top Performers Identifies 3 Tactics Used by Great Communicators
A five-year study by an influential UC Berkeley business professor reveals the communication secrets that separate great leaders from average ones.
By Carmine Gallo, Keynote speaker and author, 'Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get From Good to Great'@carminegallo
In a groundbreaking study of 5,000 successful employees and managers over a five-year period, UC Berkeley management professor Morten T. Hansen found that top performers have an extraordinary ability to persuade other people to buy in to their ideas.
I visited Hansen recently at UC Berkeley, where he teaches management. Hansen co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Great By Choice with leadership guru Jim Collins.
In his new book Great at Work, Hansen identifies skills, attributes, and habits that separate top performers from the majority of professionals in the workplace. Hansen discovered that those leaders who rise to the top of an organization are skilled at persuasion.
"Think about today's modern workplace. It's no longer a hierarchy where you can command someone to do something and they do it. It requires that we work across departments, geographies, and companies," Hansen told me. "You need to work with people over whom you have no formal authority. You need to be able to communicate with them, persuade them, and excite them."
Hansen's research has identified three ways top performers convince people to buy in to their ideas.
1. Make them upset--and excited.
Inspiring others requires touching people on an emotional level. One way to create such a connection is to create both negative and positive emotions--in that order. Give your audience something to be mad about in the present (a frustration they share, a fear they have) followed by a sense of relief and joy that your product, idea, or service will resolve the problem.
Hansen's observation is consistent with my research into the communication skills of Steve Jobs. In 2007, Jobs introduced the iPhone. Before he unveiled the product itself, he built up the tension by focusing on the frustration consumers were having at the time with the smartphones on the market. Once the audience was sufficiently upset at the present, Jobs unveiled the hero, the product that would make their life more joyful.
2. Show it (don't just tell it).
Top performers use photos, props, artifacts, videos, and demonstrations to dramatize their arguments and stir up emotions, says Hansen. He's right. I've rarely seen a mesmerizing presenter who sticks to slides alone.
For example, you might have heard of one of the most memorable TED Talks of all time--the day Bill Gates released the mosquitoes. In 2009, Gates was talking about his foundation's health care efforts to stop the spread of malaria. "Malaria is, of course, transmitted by mosquitoes. I brought some here, just so you could experience this," Gates said as he opened a jar of mosquitoes to let roam around the auditorium.
Before everyone panicked, Gates reassured the audience that the insects were not infected. The prop was a hit and even made the national news that evening. The audience loved it so much that Gates started bringing props to more presentations and interviews, although he leaves the mosquitoes behind.
3. Make them feel purpose.
In Hansen's research, he found that inspiring leaders infuse their words with purpose. Most people want to feel a sense of purpose about their work. Hansen says leaders who connect their employees' daily tasks to a grander purpose stand apart from average leaders.
This communication technique reminds me of a meeting I once had with then-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. In our two-hour discussion, I was the first person to bring up the word coffee. Schultz responded, "Coffee is what we sell as a product, but it's not the business we're in."
Schultz saw his company as having a higher purpose. In his mind, Starbucks stood for community, the famous "third place between work and home."
Working "smarter" doesn't necessarily mean working longer hours. It means working better. Improving your communication skills might be the smartest thing you can ever do.


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Naomi Osaka, 2020 U.S. Open Female Singles Champion
NEW YORK (AP) — After one errant forehand in the first set of the U.S. Open final, Naomi Osaka looked at her coach in the mostly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium stands with palms up, as if to say, "What the heck is happening?"
In response to another wayward forehand against Victoria Azarenka seconds later, Osaka chucked her racket. It spun a bit and rattled against the court.
Surprisingly off-kilter in the early going Saturday, Osaka kept missing shots and digging herself a deficit. Until, suddenly, she lifted her game, and Azarenka couldn't sustain her start. By the end, Osaka pulled away to a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 comeback victory for her second U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam title overall.
"For me, I just thought," said Osaka, who trailed by a set and a break, "it would be very embarrassing to lose this in an under an hour."
This, then, is what she told herself with a white towel draped over her head at a changeover when things looked bleakest: "I just have to try as hard as I can and stop having a really bad attitude."
It worked. A quarter-century had passed since a woman who lost the first set of a U.S. Open final wound up winning: In 1994, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario did it against Steffi Graf.
Osaka, a 22-year-old born in Japan and now based in the United States, arrived for Saturday's match wearing a mask with the name of Tamir Rice, a Black 12-year-old boy killed by police in Ohio in 2014. Calling attention to racial injustice, Osaka honored other Black victims of violence throughout the U.S. Open with masks honoring Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Philando Castile.
"The point," Osaka explained, "is to make people start talking."
Last month, Osaka refused to compete after the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, in Wisconsin — she said she would withdraw from her semifinal at the Western & Southern Open, although decided to play after the tournament took a full day off in solidarity.
Osaka and her coach, Wim Fissette — who used to work with Azarenka — have said they think the off-court activism has helped her energy and mindset in matches.
So perhaps it was no coincidence that this win over Azarenka, a 31-year-old from Belarus also seeking a third Grand Slam title but first in 7½ years, made Osaka 11-0 since tennis resumed after its hiatus because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Osaka added to her trophies from the 2018 U.S. Open — earned with a brilliant performance in a memorably chaotic and controversial final against Serena Williams — and 2019 Australian Open.
Azarenka carried an 11-match winning streak of her own into Saturday, including a stirring three-set victory over Williams in the semifinals Thursday, stopping the American's bid for a 24th Grand Slam singles title.
Azarenka won the 2012 and 2013 Australian Opens and lost to Williams in the U.S. Open finals each of those years.
"I thought the third time was the charm," Azarenka said, "but I guess I'll have to try again."
This one was a back-and-forth affair. Even after Osaka surged ahead 4-1 in the third set, the outcome was unclear. She held four break points in the next game — convert any of those, and she would have served for the win at 5-1 — but Azarenka didn't flinch.
Azarenka held there, somehow, and broke to get to 4-3, then stood and stretched during the ensuing changeover.
"Had a little bit of a energy dip," Azarenka said.
Osaka regained control, then covered her face when the final was over.
"I actually don't want to play you in more finals," a smiling Osaka told Azarenka afterward. "I didn't enjoy that."
The 23,000-plus seats in the main arena at Flushing Meadows were not entirely unclaimed, just mostly so — while fans were not allowed to attend because of the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of people who worked at the tournament attended — and the cavernous place was not entirely silent, just mostly so. One of the lucky few in the house: Osaka's boyfriend, rapper YBN Cordae.
"It's not easy times in the world right now, so I'm very grateful for the opportunity to play in front of millions of people watching on TV," Azarenka said. "Unfortunately, they're not here."
Certainly no thunderous applause or the cacophony of yells that normally would reverberate over and over and over again through the course of a Grand Slam final, accompanying the players' introductions or preceding the first point or after the greatest of shots.
Instead, a polite smattering of claps from several hands marked such moments.
She led early against Osaka, thanks to terrific returning and let-no-ball-by defense, stretching points until Osaka missed. And repeatedly miss, she did. The first set was over in a blink.
Azarenka broke early in the second set, too, to lead 2-0. The question shifted from "Who will win?" to "Might this be the most lopsided women's final at the U.S. Open since the professional era began in 1968?"
No, Osaka quickly determined.
She broke back to get on even terms, then again to go ahead 4-3 in the second set when Azarenka's increasing miscues led to a wide backhand.
Here's how Osaka transformed the match: She stepped closer to the baseline, redirecting shots more immediately and forcefully. It didn't help Azarenka that she didn't maintain her form from the first set — who could have? — and began hitting the ball less stridently.
So much of this was about Osaka's transformation from shaky to sure-footed. She had just five winners in the first set, 16 in the second. And talk about cleaning up her act: She went from 13 unforced errors to merely five.
In the third, Azarenka was the unsettled one, double-faulting to set up break points, then netting a forehand to close a 17-stroke exchange to fall behind 3-1.
She would not go quietly, but it was Osaka who would take the title.
"I'm not necessarily disappointed," Azarenka said. "It's just painful. It's painful to lose."
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The hunger strike on Manus Island is now in its tenth day. For ten days, over 700 asylum seekers have maintained the most desperate protest against the brutality of Australia's offshore detention regime.
Detention centre operators Transfield and the Immigration Department have used the most savage repression in an attempt to break the protest.
Over 200 people in Delta Compound were deprived of drinking water for 24 hours before scores of Australian guards and Wilson's Emergency Response Team broke into the barricaded compound to arrest supposed ringleaders.
Over the next few days, there was a witch-hunt through all the compounds, to arrest more ringleaders. Being accused of sending messages or photos was enough to be arrested. Up to 100 asylum seekers and refugees are now in Lorengau Prison or being held in the detention centre's notorious Chauka isolation unit.
Tony Abbott declared that a "major challenge to the policy of the government had been defeated". But, the day after the arrests, more people defiantly joined the hunger strike.
The hunger strike has managed to prevent the proposed 22 January forced removal of refugees to insecure, temporary housing in the Lorengau settlement on Manus that triggered the protest. But the cost has been high.
Around 40 people have stitched their lips together. Hundreds of asylum seekers have been treated for dehydration and the number of more serious self-harm, and attempted suicide, incidents are increasing. On the ninth day of the hunger strike, two people attempted to hang themselves, two swallowed razor blades and one swallowed a pair of nail clippers. Earlier on, two people had to be medivacced to Port Moresby, one after swallowing razor blades, another washing powder.
Even though footage and messages of the protest were pouring out of Manus Island, for two days, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton denied there even was a protest. The Australian government has gone to great lengths to make it seem that Papua New Guinea is in control of the detention centre. When Transfield guards broke into Delta compound, they even had the PNG chief migration officer Mataio Rabura on hand. But they couldn't get the story straight.
At first, the media was told the chief officer negotiated a peaceful resolution. The next day, Dutton admitted that force had been used.
The day after, a PNG government spokesperson told the ABC, that "asylum seekers did not use weapons during the intervention [into Delta compound]".
When the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris was attacked, Abbott proclaimed, "I believe in free speech —I absolutely believe in free speech." But not on Manus Island.
The asylum seekers on Manus Island have suffered the most stark discrimination. Firstly they were arbitrarily singled out for removal to Manus when they arrived on Christmas Island. Thousands who arrived with them on Christmas Island will now be processed and resettled in Australia.
The brutality on display on Manus Island is the inevitable result of the war that first Labor and now the Coalition have declared on refugees.
They have been kept in appalling conditions over the past 18 months. In that time, there have been just 71 positive refugee determinations. And no one has been resettled.
One year ago, Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati was killed and scores of others suffered savage injuries when PNG police and local detention staff attacked the detention centre. In September, Hamid Khazaie died as a result of medical neglect. That reality hangs like a nightmare over Manus Island.
Any more deaths on Manus will also lie at the feet of the Abbott government. There will be no justice for the asylum seekers until Manus Island (and Nauru) are closed.


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Blemiji (starogrško , Blémmies, latinsko ) so bili ljudstvo v Vzhodni piščavi, omenjano v pisnih virih od 7. stoletja pr. n. št. do 8. stoletja n. št. V poznem 4. stoletju so zasedli Spodnjo Nubijo in ustanovili svoje kraljestvo. V napisi v Izidinem templju v Filah je veliko podatkov o strukturi blemijske države. Blemiji se običajno prištevajo med ljudstva iz arheološke kulture X, ki je cvetela v pozni antiki. Njihovo istovetenje z ljudstvom Beja, naseljenem na istem ozemlju do srednjega veka, je na splošno sprejeto.

Izvor
Okoli leta 1000 pr. n. št. se je skupina ljudstev, v arheoloških besedilih omenjana kot "skupina C", preselila iz Spodnje Nubije med sedanjim Asuanom in vadijem Halfa v Gornjo Nubijo v dolino Nila severno od Dongole v Sudanu in približno po letu 750 pr. n. št. ustanovila svoje kraljestvo. Kraljestvo je kot Petindvajseta dinastija vladalo tudi v Egiptu. Vzporedno z njimi so cvetele tudi druge arheološke kulture. V pisnih virih so se omenjali kot Medžaji. Z njimi povezana najdišča so odkrili Khor Arba'atu in Erkovitu v osrčju sedanje Bedže.  Najdbe kažejo, da je v dolini Nila živela samo manjšina Medžajev v majhnih enklavah med Egipčani in ljudstvi iz skupine C. Občasno so bili puščavski izvidniki, vojaki ali rudniški delavci. Večino ljudstva so tvorili puščavski nomadi, ki so vzrejali osle, ovce in koze. Po letu 600 pr. n. št. je Naptanska dinastija iz sjupine C izgubila oblast v Egiptu in takrat opustošeno Spodnjo Nubijo. Slednja je nato štiri stoletja ostala bolj ali manj brez stalnih naselij. Glavna razlaga, ki jo ponuja znanost za premor v stalni naseljenosti Spodnje Nubije, je izsušitev tega dela doline Nila, ki je otežila poljedelstvo. Zaradi podnebnih sprememb se je gladina Nila znižala do te mere, da je bilo ponovno namakanje zemlje mogoče šele na začetku  1. stoletja n. št., ko so izumili vodno kolo. Do takrat so na tem ozemlju živeli samo puščavski nomadi. Politično je bilo nikogaršnje ozemlje, na katerem so bile karavane brez močnega oboroženega spremstva izpostavljene napadom roparjev.

Zgodovina
Ljudstvo, ki se v grških besedilih omenja kot Blemmies, je morda najzgodnejša omembma Blemijev, ki so kot Bwrꜣhꜣyw omenjeni na kušitski Anlamanijevi ustolitveni steli iz Kave iz  poznega 7. stoletja pr. n. št. Brhrm v pritožbi El Hibe stoletje kasneje, ki lahko izhajal iz istega besednega korena. Podobni izrazi se v egipčanskih virih ponavljajo tudi v  kasnejših stoletjih in vedno bolj zanesljivo ustrezajo grškemu etimonu Blemmies. Koptski naziv  Ⲃⲁⲗⲛⲉⲙⲙⲱⲟⲩⲓ, Balnemmōui, je splošno sprejet kot ekvivalent grškega Blémmuēs.

Ta grški izraz se je prvi pojavil v 3. stoletju pr. n. št. v eni od Teokritovih pesnitev in Eratostenovem sklicu na Strabonovo Geografijo (1. stoletje pr. n. št.). Eratosten opisuje Blemije kot ljudstvo, ki živi skupaj z Megabaroji na ozemlju med Nilom in Rdečim morjem severno od Meroje. Strabon sam jih je umestil na ozemlje južno od Sirene (Asuan). Opisal jih je kot nebojevite puščavske roparje. V kasnejših besedilih so opisani stereotipsko kot barbari, ki živijo južno od Egipta. Pomponij Mela in Plinij starejši jih opisujeta kot brezglava bitja z obrazi na prsih.

Kulturna in vojaška oč Blemijev je do leta 193 zrasla do te mere, da je  Pescenij Niger prosil kralja Blemijev v Tebah za pomoč v bitki proti rimskemu cesarju Septimiju Severju. Leta 250 pr. n. št. je rimski cesar Decij vložil veliko naporov, da je porazil napadalsko blemijsko vojsko. Nekaj let kasneje, leta 253, so Blemiji ponovno napadli Gornji Egipt, vendar so bili kmalu poraženi. Leta 265 jih je ponovno porazil rimski prefekt Firm, ki se je leta 273 s pomočjo Blemijev uprl Egiptu in palmirski kraljici Zenobiji. Blemiji so se kasneje pridružili Palmircem v bitki proti Rimljanom pri Palmiri leta 273.

Rimski vojskovodja Mark Avrelij Prob si je vzel nekaj časa, da je s svojimi zavezniki premagal uzurpatorje, vendar ni mogel preprečiti, da bi Blemiji zasedli Gornji Egipt. Zasedba je sprožila novo vojno (279-280) in uničenje skoraj cele blemijske vojske.

Med Dioklecijanovim vladanjem so provinco Gornji Egipt ponovno zasedli Blemiji. Cesar je leta 298 sklenil mit z Nobatijo in blemijskimi plemeni in pristal, da se rimska vojska umakne na mejo severno od File (južni Egipt južno od Asusana) in obema plemenoma plačuje letni davek.

Jezik
Številni raziskovalci so predlagali, da je bil jezik Blemijev prednik sodobnega bedžanskega jezika. Francis Llewellyn Griffit je trdil, da je napis na črepinji, najdeni v Sakari, verjetno pisan v blemijskem jeziku.  Nubiolog Gerald M. Browne in jezikoslovec Klaus Wedekind sta poskušala dokazati, da je ta jezik prednik bedžanščine. Oba sta menila, da je besedilo na črepinji del Psalma 30.

Egiptolog Helmut Satzinger je analiziral blemijska imena v  egipčanskih, grških in koptskih virih. Tudi on je zaključil, da je bemijski jezik prednik bedžanskega.

Meroiticist in arheolog Claude Rilly se z njima strinja in trdi, da je bemijski jezik tako soroden sodobni bedžanščini, da je bil verjetno samo zgodnje narečje sodobnega jezika. V tem primeru bi lahko Blemije  obravnavali kot posebno pleme Medžajev.

Kultura

Blemiji so bili naseljeni na obsežnem ozemlju v današnjem Sudanu. Imeli so  več pomembnih mest, kot so Faras, Kalabša, Balana in Aniba. Vsa so imela obzidje z obrambnimi stolpi, ki so bili mešanica egipčanskih, helenskih, rimskih in nubijskih elementov. Njihova prestolnica je bila Kalabša. Na kulturo Blemijev je vplivala tudi meroitska kultura, njihova glavna verska središča pa so bili templji v Kalabši in Filah. Tempelj v Kalabši je bil ogromna  lokalna arhitekturna mojstrovina, kjer so častili boga sonca Mandulisa,  podobnega levu. File so bile kraj množičnega romanja s templji Izide, Mandulisa in Anhurja. V mestu sta nove templje, trge in monumentalne zgradbe zgradila tudi rimska cesarja Avgust in Trajan.

Vera
Večina podatkov o verovanjih Blemijev izvira iz napisov v templjih v Filah in Kalabši ter rimskih in egipčanskih zapisov o čaščenju Izide v Filah. V Kalabši so častili Mandulisa. Drugi kulti so bili posvečeni bogovom Abene, Amati in Hopan. Po Prokopiju so Blemiji častili tudi egipčanska bogova Ozirisa in Priapa. Prokopij omenja tudi žrtvovanje ljudi soncu.

Pisma iz Gebeleina iz zgodnjega 6. stoletja kažejo, de se je  del Blemijev spreobrnil v krščanstvo.

Blemijsko kraljestvo
Blemijski napisi v grščini ter grški in rimski zapisi omenjajo, da so Blemiji imeli βασιλισκοι (vasiliskoi) in βασιλῆς (vasilis), se pravi kralje. Slednje se pogosto razlaga, da so imeli tudi kraljestvo. Nekateri znanstveniki so glede tega skeptični. László Török na primer meni, da se na kralje ne sme gledati ozko, ker je malo verjetno, da so Blemiji kdaj imeli centralizirano državo. Bolj verjetno so imeli  več plemenskih 'držav', ki so se razvijale proti nekakšni hierarhični enotnosti.

Blemijski zapisi omenjajo različne dvorne uradnike, ki so bili, kot kaže, organizirani v nekakšno hierarhijo. Pod kraljem so bili filarhi, ki so bili poglavarji posameznih plemen. Med druge uradnike so spadali podnačelniki, sodni uradniki in pisarji. Kralji Blemijev so imeli pooblastilo za pobiranje davkov in odobritev oprostitev od plačevanja ter oblast nad ozemljem.

Iz zgodovinskih zapisov so znani naslednji kralji Blemijev:

 Tamal (zgodnje 4. ali 5. stoletje)
 Isemne
 Degou
 Fonen (okoli 450)
 Pokatimne
 Harahen
 Barahija

Sklici

Bivše afriške monarhije
Staroveška ljudstva


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Ivor Prickett
End of the Caliphate
Ivor Prickett's book End of the Caliphate is the result of months spent on the ground in Iraq and Syria between 2016 and 2018 photographing the battle to defeat ISIS. Working exclusively for the New York Times, Prickett was often embedded with Iraqi and Syrian Kurdish forces as he documented both the fighting and its toll on the civilian population and urban landscape. The battle to defeat ISIS in the region lasted years, resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and ruined vast tracts of cities such as Mosul and Raqqa. Involving some of most brutal urban combat since World War II, the fall of Mosul was key to the downfall of the Islamic State: soon after the remains of the so-called "Caliphate" began to crumble. Prickett focuses on the human struggles of conflict. Taken on the frontline, his pictures legitimately and compellingly record the experience of being "caught in the crossfire," whether as a soldier or non-combatant. He furthermore captures post-war reality while attempting to reconstruct the final weeks of combat: the devastated cities including abandoned corpses of ISIS fighters, and, months later, families searching for missing loved ones, and civilians returning to reclaim their homes and lives.


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Order these cross cookies for a first communion or baptism celebration. You choose the colors.
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What Does the Name Feldman Mean?
In Yiddish or German, a "feld" is a field. When used as a name, it can have prefixes or suffixes. For example, the names Feldman and Rosenfeld, contain "feld".
The name is not attached to any particular person so it is considered an "artificial" name meaning. However, it could mean that the original bearer of this family name lived, or had another connection with the countryside.
This surname is associated with a locality near Klagenfurt, Austria, called Feld.
Feldman was an especially common name among the Jews of Western Ukraine, Eastern Galicia and Bessarabia. These areas, in the early 19th century, had a considerable Jewish rural population
According to Ancestry.com, Feldman is an Ashkenazic "ornamental" extension of Feld and it is also the Americanized spelling of the German Feldmann.
Similar surnames: Felman, Heldman, Fellman, Fieldman, Waldman, Kelman, Folkman, Follman
Our Feldman Beginnings
At this point in time (2019) we know little about our ancestors before they immigrated to the US.
My great-grandfather, Morris Feldman, was from Bessarabia, while his wife, my great-grandmother, came from Odessa. Morris was born about 1872 while Esther was born about 1875.
Morris' parents were Raphael Dov Feldman and Braine Burdman.
Raphael appears as a given name many times in the Prussian database on the Jewish Gen site. That is the only place I found the name Raphael. In that database, Raphael appear several times dating back to the early 1800's. It was common for names to be handed down from grandfather to grandson so my guess is the Raphael I found could have been a grandfather to Morris' father.
I could only find the name Burdman in the listings under Bessarabia.
I found out via my Facebook Genealogy Group "Tracing the Tribe" that Braine was a common Yiddish name in Germany and also in Bessarabia. People often Americanized that name to Bertha.
People did move around a lot so our Feldmans could have originated from Prussia and moved to Bessarabia. However, that is only a conjecture which still needs proving.
We know they had at least 2 children: Morris and a brother
To read what Bessarabia was like when Morris lived there, go to the Bessarabia page. Today, the northern part of Bessarabia is now the independent state of Moldova.
Esther's parents were Herman Sterner and Sarah Vinukur.
We do not know exactly what Esther's last name is. It has shown up on various documents as Stern, Sternerson, Sterner, Stein, Skay
Esther's sister mostly went by the name Stein but on her death certificate it says Stevenson
Esther's brother used Sternonoz when he first arrived in the US.
In the Odessa database in Jewish Gen, Stern shows up as Shtern and Shterin. You can also find those spellings in the Ukranian and Bessarabian databases.
Vinukur does show up as a surname in Odessa and Ukraine.
We know they at least 3 children: Esther, Rose and Samuel
To read what Odessa was like, when Esther lived there, go to the Odessa page.
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=feldman
https://dbs.bh.org.il/familyname/feldman
Jewish Gen https://www.jewishgen.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/tracingthetribe/


The Signal is a tool designed for the outdoorsman and is geared towards general camp duty. Plus it has some added features that could get you out of a pinch if you were put in a survival situation. The tool is a standard butterfly style tool with pliers as the focal point of the design. Closed the Signal is 4.5 inches in length and comes with two methods of carry; a stainless steel pocket clip or a carabiner.
The outside of the tool gives you several different items that you can use to aid you in your camping trip or urban survival. First off we have a one hand opening knife; there are several Leatherman tools that feature an outside opening blade but this one is thicker than on some Leathermans. The blade is what I would call a modified sheepsfoot style with a combo edge that is composed of both a standard edge and a serrated edge. The combination of this blade style and thickness make it good for general utility and it can withstand more stress than most Leatherman blades of this size.
Opposite of the blade the Signal has a wood saw that is accessible from the outside. This saw is great for removing small limbs around camp and works well for its size. The saw is not a bi-directional style but rather this one cuts when the saw is pulled on a draw cut. This style is standard on most Leatherman tools and does not get bound up too easy. I found the works well on green wood as well as dry and could comfortably handle up to 2 inch branches.
On the opposite end of the tool it features a carabiner which also doubles as a bottle opener. Like the MUT this tool also incorporates a hammer. The hammer is not intended to be used for driving nails but could be used to drive tent stakes and other tasks which require a quick tap and a hammer is not handy. The hammer is a backup feature that is there when you have no other tool available. This hammer also incorporates a 1/4 inch and 3/16 hex drivers. The 1/4 came in handy when using an accompanying adapter to accept standard driver bits. Using them in this configuration allows for greater torque when driving screws.
The defining features of this tool are the emergency whistle, ferro rod and diamond sharpener. These tools were designed for a worse case scenario in which a person would be stranded in the woods with little on them to survive. The emergency whistle is released from the handle by a retention spring that is on the inside of one of the handles. The whistle is quite loud and could easily be heard a mile away. It's not as good as some of the other whistles but for what it is it will work in a situation that demands one. On the back side of the whistle is the ferro rod. The ferro rod is rather small and works well for being small. I was able to throw a good amount of sparks using the back of the saw and starting fires was quite easy. The life span of this ferry rod isn't a long one and could get a lot of use on camping trips. Leatherman does offer replacements via their store and they are quite affordable.
The last emergency tool is the diamond sharpener. The sharpener is housed on the outside of the tool and is released by depressing the locking mechanism for the inside tools and sliding the sharpener downwards. This sharpener is small and would only be good when all your chips are down and you have nothing else to sharpen your knife with. It could also be used to sharpen fish hooks and other things in the field if the situation called for it. The sharpener does have a nice shape to it and due to its location makes holding the tool more comfortable when cutting material.
The tools on the inside of the Signal are the bit driver; which uses Leatherman proprietary bits. The bitdriver comes with one double sided bit that has a phillips on one side and a flat on the other. This will get you out of most situations and could be coupled with a bit kit for more versatility. The can opener which does as the name implies and an awl which has an eye for threading material, if you needed to any kind of emergency sewing in the field. The awl I feel isn't as good as some of the other tools Leatherman produces. I felt it wasn't as sharp and didn't bite real well when using it to bore a hole in wood or other soft material.
Finally we have the pliers of the Signal when the tool is fully opened. These are the same pliers that Leatherman is incorporating on their new tools. The head is larger and features replaceable wire cutters that are hardened to resist damage. Being made out of 154CM stainless they are really quite tough and better than carbide bits on other manufacturers tools. I personally like the new head design because the teeth are more pronounced and I feel I get a better grip on objects than the original plier design.
Overall the Signal is a nice addition to the Leatherman lineup and they hit home on a lot of design elements. This could be put to use as an everyday tool or one you carry when your out in the woods. I don't feel the tool is gimmicky and I love the fact Leatherman is making tools for niche markets and not just run of the mill toolbox tools. I look forward to what else Leatherman has up its sleeve.
Excellent blade shape for various tasks.
Built in hammer for times when you need one.
Emergency tools work as advertised and are replaceable.
Handles have wider grip than most Leatherman tools.
Handle design makes it so handle pliers can only be used in one position.
Wish the pocket flip was a deeper.
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Watching sunsets leave mesmerizing impression on your mind. It's simply amazing to view the Sun disappearing in the sky. With its geographical diversities, India offers plenty of exquisite sunsets. Here, given the best Sunset destinations in India.


Apple today released another update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March. Apple designed the Safari Technology Preview to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari.
Apple's goal with Safari Technology Preview is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. Safari Technology Preview can be run side-by-side with the existing Safari browser and while aimed at developers, it does not require a developer account to download.
I am on the macOS PB. I have not noticed any major difference between this and the standard safari that comes with the PB. What if anything is different between the two?
No difference beside the name and the purple icon, that's to be expected since you're getting updated Safari builds in each Sierra beta update. This is more for regular stable macOS builds like El Cap where you won't be getting Safari updates for months at a time, while STP will continue to be updated every two weeks regardless of what macOS build you're using.
Opera is a good choice if you want to get away from Google. It's even based on the same rendering engine.
Depending on the reasons you might want to "get away from Google", something to keep in mind is that most of Opera has been recently sold to a Chinese consortium of sorts.
oh no :( why using well established standards when you can start your own niche solution.
sorry apple, no safari for me. i would love to get away from google. but i am using this tool all day long.
Does safari still shows no favicons in the tab bar?
Not unless you pin the tab.
shame on apple not to let users decide, how they want or need to use a browser.
it would be convenient for me as an iphone/macbook user to switch to safari on MacOS too, but the browser is too slow to use (back and forward gesture ist way slower than chrome, it reloads often) and i really hate the lack of icons in the tabs.
besides that, it would be a nice to lower the input of data sent to google. i use most google services and dont feel so good about all the data they collect from me.
but chinese consortium sounds not better to me.
It is good indeed, but little market share when compared to Google's. Sad all webkit browsers offer a richer user-experience than Safari. In fact, what's the point of releasing this half-baked version of ECMA tweaks when nothing improves the actual surfing experience/interaction? Pixel dimension popover/tooltip on inspector is still not showing up when inspecting elements, no favicon proper use, URL search still lagging, tab management is the worst of all browsers, web inspector still lags, css editing performs poorly. 11 versions of ECMA smoke, another emoji update! great work.


Over the 2013-14 school year, the Health Design Lab (HDL) partnered with Vancouver-based Peregrine Plastics, a custom designer and fabricator of displays, furniture, and architectural features for leading Canadian companies. To encourage the cultivation of fresh, healthy food in densely populated urban areas, the HDL and Peregrine set out to design and prototype an urban greenhouse system. Like many cities, Vancouver is becoming an increasingly vertical environment. With this lack of space, people have lost the ability and luxury to grow fresh produce in their own garden. The goal of the project was to design a garden box that is highly versatile yet elegant and modern.
A survey of existing greenhouses revealed products that were limited by scale or affordability. In order to be successful, the greenhouse would need to be flexible in growing space, be able to scale modularly, and be manufactured for less than $1000.
Students rapidly ideated and tested concepts by sketching prototypes and building scale models of the greenhouse. The concepts aimed to capture the positive visual and material qualities of the plastic to create greenhouses that were not just highly functional but also emotionally and visually pleasing.
The system is appropriate for small outdoor spaces adjoining condominiums or small homes or for indoor use, and will extend the plant and food growing season of our West Coast climate. A range of growing techniques is facilitated to enhance the health and quantity of plants produced and also the ease and pleasure of gardening with this system.
While there are many excellent food projects happening in Vancouver, not enough opportunities to share knowledge and build connections with the wider community exist. Along with the greenhouse, a possible action is to create a directory of key local food initiatives as well as annual events that support and celebrate local food.
*Peregrine is always looking for industrial designers that have a passion for designing and building things. Please email Brian French at bfrench@peregrineplastics.com if you are interested in learning more about potential career opportunities with Peregrine.


1 1. Satisfactorily pass the Red Cross – Water Safety Instructor Trainer or YMCA course equivalent.
This Wiki has a page with instructions and tips for earning the Water Safety Instructor honor.
1. Satisfactorily pass the Red Cross – Water Safety Instructor Trainer or YMCA course equivalent.
This course will teach you to train others in the art of teaching swimming and water safety. This can be a rewarding career and an opportunity to start your own training business. Courses for becoming a trainer of instructors are not commonly found at your local pool. In the US, contact the Training Support Center at 1-800-RED-CROSS or support@redcrosstraining.org In other countries contact the headquarters of the local Red Cross to find out where you can get the required training.


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Q: How to save a html file as a pdf using command line in windows OS? Hi I would like to convert an html file into a pdf using  the command prompt .
I tried
copy abc.html abc.pdf (Did not work)
Please give me some suggestion as to how to do it .

A: You can't just copy from one format to another.  With PDF, the easiest way is to print to PDF.  Applications like CutePDF or TotalPDFConverter will do that.
http://www.coolutils.com/CommandLine/TotalPDFConverter
http://www.cutepdf.com/support/faq.asp

A: I've used wkhtmltopdf to a good degree of success.
Chromium derived browsers are able to do this now in headless mode, but in my experience wkhtmltopdf seems to do this with much less overhead.
https://wkhtmltopdf.org/


The Arnold Chamber of Commerce would like to welcome you to discover the beautiful city of Arnold and its neighboring communities of Imperial, Barnhart and Kimmswick. It is the Chamber's hope that you will find this map of great assistance, whether you are just visiting or are in search of a new location for your home or business.
Arnold stands as the largest city in Jefferson County, encompassing a population of more than 20,000 residents who treasure the opportunity to experience country-style living with access to big city amenities. The towns of Imperial, Barnhart and Kimmswick also exude a charming rural small-town essence many have come to cherish in this region of Missouri.
It is truly no wonder why so many people and businesses have chosen to come to this area. With top-rate educational options, an abundance of recreation, a great location near the city of St. Louis and all of its prime attractions and much more, who wouldn't want to take advantage of all the Arnold area has to offer?


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Soubin Shahir (born 12 October 1983) is an Indian actor and director who works in Malayalam cinema. He began his film career as an assistant director in 2003 and worked under several directors. Soubin made his acting debut in 2013 with a supporting role in Annayum Rasoolum. He made his directorial debut with the drama Parava (2017). In 2018, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his leading role in Sudani from Nigeria, the film was also a major commercial success.

Early life

Soubin was born and raised in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India. He has a brother and sister. His father Babu Shahir was an assistant director and production controller who had worked in films such as Manichithrathazhu, Godfather, In Harihar Nagar among others.

Career

Soubin started his film career as an assistant director in the industry with Siddique's Chronic Bachelor (2003). He assisted directors like Fazil, Siddique, Rafi-Mecartin, P. Sukumar, Santhosh Sivan, Rajeev Ravi, and Amal Neerad. He made his acting début in Fazil's Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) while working as an assistant director. He got a breakthrough role with Alphonse Putharen's Premam (2015) where he played the role of a PT teacher. This led to his popularity as an actor in the industry. His popular roles include in films Charlie (2015), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Kali (2016), Darvinte Parinamam (2016), Kammatipaadam (2016), Anuraga Karikkin Vellam (2016), Mayanadhi (2017),  Comrade in America – CIA (2017), and Kumbalangi Nights. His first full lead role was in the film Sudani from Nigeria (2018) for which he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor.S.R. Praveen (27 February 2019). "Kerala State film awards: 'Kanthan...', 'Sudani from Nigeria' win honours". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

Personal life

On 16 December 2017, he married his fiancée Jamia Zaheer. Jamia is a marketing professional, based in Kochi. The couple has a son born in May 2019.

Filmography

As actor

As director

Awards and nominations
Won

2018:Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor (Sudani From Nigeria)
2018: 66th Filmfare Awards South for Best Actor-Critics(Sudani from Nigeria)
2018:Asianet Film Awards for Honorary special award(Parava)
2018:Vanitha Film Awards for Best debut director (Parava)
2017:Asiavision Awards for Best debut director (Parava)
2017:Asianet Comedy Awards -All-rounder award
2015:Asianet Comedy Awards for Best Pair with Vinay Forrt (Premam)

Nominated
2016:1st IIFA Utsavam -Performance in a supporting role (Malayalam) for Chandrettan Evideya
2016:5th South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Comedian (Malayalam) for Premam
2017:6th South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Comedian (Malayalam) for Maheshinte Prathikaaram
2018:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam for Parava
2018:7th South Indian International Movie Awards -Best director (Malayalam) for Parava
2021:9th South Indian International Movie Awards -Best Supporting Actor (Malayalam) for Kumbalangi Nights

References

Sources

External links

Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Indian male film actors
Living people
Male actors from Kochi
21st-century Indian male actors
Film directors from Kochi
Malayalam film directors
1983 births
Indian film actors
Indian film directors
Indian producers


Learning Forward has released a special open-access issue of The Learning Professional. It builds on a vital topic for educators: the use of high-quality instructional materials.
All students deserve access to high-quality content, and all teachers deserve support to implement it well. The message from research is straightforward: instructional materials matter. Good materials in the hands of good teachers lead to student learning.
This issue examines professional learning to help educators choose, use, and thrive with great materials. It shares practical strategies from field leaders, a tool for assessing your faculty's thoughts and concerns about instructional materials, examples of embedding professional learning in curricula, and much more.
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The LEGO Movie was a wonderful expression of the power of imagination and reinforced the idea of play and for adults to embrace their inner child once again. Not only did it embrace creativity with its wholesome story, but it also turned out to be one of the funniest animated movies of 2014. After two spin-offs, The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Emmet and Lucy are finally back with The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. It's not as creative as the first film and has much of the same humor, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's just not as imaginative and is a little too heavy-handed in its message rather than embracing its fun roots.
Master Builders Emmet (Chris Pratt) and Lucy (Elizabeth Banks) might have saved Bricksburg from total destruction at the hands Lord Business, but a new invasion by Duplo aliens has now turned to city into a post-apocalyptic wasteland named Apocalypseburg. These new invaders are attracted to everything cute so all the citizens have become more hardened and gritty, except for Emmet, who still likes to think that everything is awesome. But when the mysterious General Sweet Mayhem (Stephanie Beatriz) comes and kidnaps all of the city's heroes, Emmett finds himself left behind, and it's up to him to save the day...again.
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part gets off to a great start with plenty of humor that is very reminiscent of the original. It's one rapid fire joke after another, and for the most part they all land incredibly well so be prepared for non-stop laughter. It's funny for both kids and adults alike and will often go meta for that extra laugh. The addition of Duplo blocks adds some character to the building blocks and opens the story up for some different humor, although that's where things start to break apart.
Right from the start, The LEGO Movie 2 hammers home the idea of playing well with others. The entire film revolves around this message; in the human world a now older Finn struggles to play nicely with his younger sister Bianca. Unlike the first film, there's nothing subtle about what it's trying to do. Bianca is the "invader" to Finn's world, and he's doing everything he can to "save" the city. It's all very blatant, and I feel that they put more emphasis on tying everything into the real world than just telling an entertaining story.
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part is still a good film, but it's nowhere near as fun or creative as the first part. The humor is funny and the songs are catchy, but the film itself gets too caught up in its own message.


Students may take 1 – 3 courses from the 3 categories below to earn credits. Although most institutions outside of Korea accept the credits earned at Ewha ISC, students are recommended to check with their academic advisor before applying.
Each course is worth 3 credits (45 hours).
Fee-paying visiting students may opt to take one course at minimum. All exchange students and scholarship recipients must take two or more courses.
After the deadline of the the online application (May 15, 2019), students cannot change the number of courses registered.
Please consult with your academic advisor from your home institute for information about credit transferability.
Courses with enrollment lower than the minimum of 5 registered students can be cancelled without prior notice. Please check your e-mail or the website for any updates on the list of courses.
Korean Language Courses are only offered in the afternoon from 15:30 – 18:00.
Students are required to take the Korean Language Level Test to be placed in the appropriate class.
There are around 300 courses taught in Korean on Humanities, Arts & Sciences, Sociology, Foreign Languages, Architecture, Engineering, Arts & Design, Business, International Studies, Law, Natural Sciences, and more.
If you click the URL above, another window will appear on the screen, asking you to select the year/semester of courses offered. Choose "2018 – 여름계절" and/or "2019 – 여름계절" and you will get an entire list of courses offered during the designated semester.
Some courses are restricted to specific majors only. Therefore, it is important to check beforehand with the professors before registering (see below).
Contacting Professors: When in need of a course syllabus which is not offered on the website, students can contact the professors directly by obtaining their email address and contact number through the search menu at the university's website.


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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his host President Uhuru Kenyatta tour the Port of Mombasa.
A delegation appointed by President Yoweri Museveni to deliver financial assistance to the Government of Mozambique on Thursday handed over $200,000 (about sh740m) to the leadership in Maputo.
The team of three people was led by state minister of defence in charge of veteran affairs, Bright Rwamirama.
The UPDF representative in Parliament, Gen. Ivan Koreta and Uganda's High Commissioner to Tanzania, Bob Kabonero, were the other members that delivered Museveni's message to the leadership of Mozambique.
Ambulances are expected to transport patients in case of emergencies, but a one Goddy Otto just abused the cause and transported bricks in one. As no sin goes unpunished, Otto will receive half salary, on top of other punishments.
Goddy Otto, the driver who used a Ministry of Health ambulance to transport bricks instead of patients has been interdicted by the Omoro District Local Government for illegal use of a government vehicle.
Otto has also been banned from travelling outside the country.
Akera said Otto has been interdicted under the Public Service Standing Orders for misuse of an ambulance by carrying bricks instead of patients.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his host President Uhuru Kenyatta tour the Port of Mombasa. The Port is a major gateway for Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC imports and exports.
He was fresh on the streets until the youth minister threw him back to where he belonged. School!
With just one popular hit, seven-year-old Patrick Ssenyonjo, AKA Fresh Kid, was ordered to stop performing on concerts, and head back to school immediately.
Minister for youth, Nakiwala Kiyingi warned that according to the country's laws that prohibit child labour.
"Anyone who hires out a venue that'll host Fresh kid's concert or any person who hires him, or any reveler found enjoying his performance or any sponsor will be arrested and charged in the courts of law," said the Minister.
Skipping meals makes your body fear starvation, it overcompensates by stubbornly holding on to every calorie you consume.
Your metabolism goes haywire, increasing your body's fat storage and your risk of type 2 diabetes.
The Norwegian has inspired a revival of United's fortunes since taking over from the sacked Jose Mourinho in December, winning 14 of his 19 games and leading the Red Devils to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
"From the first day I arrived, I felt at home at this special club," Solskjaer said in a statement on the club's website. "It was an honour to be a Manchester United player, and then to start my coaching career here.
Acting on a tip they received, the Anti Corruption Unit of State House Uganda was able to arrest an imposter, Steven Mwembe.
The suspect was caught red-handed soliciting for a bribe worth sh3.5m to fast track the handling of a land complaint. Mwembe was impersonating staff of the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters.
Yesterday, acting on a tip we received, an imposter Steven Mwembe was caught red-handed soliciting for a bribe worth UGX. 3,500,000, to fast track the handling of a land complaint.
A military helicopter has crashed in southwestern Kazakhstan, killing all 13 servicemen on board, the defence ministry said Thursday.
The crash involving the Russian-made Mi-8 aircraft occurred on Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement.
"13 servicemen were killed... while performing their military duty," it said.
Kazakhstan's new president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev tweeted that he had ordered an investigation into the crash.
The pacts list some of the notorious porous border points in Busia like Marachi, Sofia, and Alupe that must be watched religiously.
"The Standard Gauge Railway will soon get to Naivasha. The Kenyan government has allowed us to build a dry port there.
They have also built a petroleum port in Kisumu, with a pipeline for general petroleum products and they are now working on one for aviation fuel.
Lake Victoria, which was dormant will now come to life and we transport these fuels across the waters to Uganda," said President Museveni.
The Police have admitted that Ronald Ssebulime was wrongfully killed by their officer after suspecting him of having attempted to assassinate Idah Nantaba, the Information, and Communications Technology state minister.
Chief Magistrate Pamela Lamunu Ocaya on Wednesday remanded Chebet after senior state prosecutor David Bisamunyu informed the court that investigations into the matter are still ongoing.
"The matter is coming up for mention but I pray for another date since inquiries are still ongoing," Bisamunyu requested.
The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror," Joyce Meyer.


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Just when we thought Angelina Jolie couldn't possibly look any better than she usually does, THIS image is released by Disney.
This film will be hitting the screens on May 28th 2014. And while we have no doubt that Ms Jolie will own it as the eponymous 'evil' fairy, she'll be supported by a brilliant roster of castmates, including Juno Temple and Elle Fanning (as Princess Aurora).
Maleficent 2: Will Angelina Jolie return?


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Q: td on click doesn't work and get the value I am building searching input. When user type in that input box, I wanna automatically show the closest object that has same words like user type. Looks Like this :

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When I click td from ajax that has shown, I wanna put td value to input with id="tujuan_cepat", but I Can not.
How I get Value from that td?


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ANNAPOLIS — Department of Natural Resource's (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service (WHS) today announced the details of a new conservation initiative administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Services Agency with technical support from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service and DNR to assist farmers and landowners managing their lands for upland bird habitat.
The practice, called Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds or simply Bobwhite Buffers, is part of the popular USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). The program differs from the conventional CREP program as it specifically targets upland birds such as bobwhite quail.
Enrollment in the Bobwhite Buffers program is completely voluntary and simply requires the establishment of 35-120 foot buffers of planted or native vegetation around the perimeter of enrolled crop fields. In turn, the landowner or farmer receives annual rental payments for the life of the 10-year contract as well as the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping to restore vital wildlife habitat.
Because the Bobwhite Buffers enrollment is capped at 2,100 acres in Maryland, the practice will be focused in areas with the greatest potential to provide for quail habitat needs. It will be limited Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester, Charles, St. Mary's, and Calvert Counties.
Quail populations have declined more than 90% in the past 30 years in Maryland.
Quail thrive in brushy, weedy fields and hedgerows that were common in the middle of the last century, but development, changes in farming practices, and the maturing of our forests have virtually eliminated the type of habitat quail need.
"Bobwhite Buffers, coupled with a variety of other cost-share programs, now gives landowners all the tools they need to make quail conservation a reality," Long added.
For more information on the Bobwhite Buffers initiative, contact DNR's Upland Game Bird Program at 410-221-8838, ext. 106 or blong@dnr.state.md.us.


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