No, having someone scare you won't stop them.
Hiccups that just won't quit are almost as annoying as being stuck in traffic for hours — with no air conditioning. We may be exaggerating here, but this mysterious bodily function is just as strange as it is irritating. So what exactly is going on when you hiccup — and how can you stop them?
"Hiccups occur when there is a sudden, involuntary contraction of the diaphragm, a muscle that lies just below the lungs and separates the chest cavity from the abdomen," said Dr. Andrea Paul, chief medical officer at BoardVitals.com, a website for health care professionals. "As the diaphragm contracts very quickly it causes air to be sucked in very quickly, which snaps the vocal cord shut and makes the 'hiccup' sound."
Recent research has found that hiccups are likely caused by a little-known reflex arc involving the brain stem.
"There's a motor pathway, a network of several nerves that lead to this reflex arc. There are phrenic and vagal nerves that then goes into a portion of the brain that regulates all of this," said Dr. Alexandra Kejner, an otolaryngologist at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine (also known an ear, nose and throat doctor).
Once this reflex arc is activated, a cascade of small events cause hiccups to happen, including a sudden contraction of the diaphragm and closing of the vocal cords.
What exactly causes this reflex arc to start? Some say eating or drinking too much, inhaling an irritant like smoke and drinking alcohol or even stress could be the culprit.
The cure for hiccups is pretty simple: Increase the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in your bloodstream, both Paul and Kejner said. Kejner suggested breathing into a paper bag for 10 to 20 seconds.
In addition, Paul said you could try drinking a glass of water without taking a breath or jogging in place or do jumping jacks for 30 seconds.
"Usually, one of those will do the trick," she added.
Here's the science behind it: Taking a deep breath in and holding it will keep you from ridding your body of the carbon dioxide waste; each time you breathe into a paper bag, your body is taking back in the CO2 you just exhaled; and a brief bout of exercise works because, as you take in more oxygen and it combines with other nutrients in your body for energy, your body produces more CO2 as a result.
For more prolonged cases of the hiccups, there are medicines available such as chlorpromazine, but you should consult your doctor first beforehand.
"In very rare cases, chronic, long-lasting hiccups can be a sign of something more serious, but before you run out to see your health care provider, give your hiccups time to go away on their own," said Barb Dehn, a nurse practitioner in San Francisco.
Usually hiccups last anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. If your hiccups last for more than 48 hours, or are getting in the way of your ability to breathe, eat, drink or sleep, see your doctor, Dehn advised.
This is an updated version with additional reporting of a previously published article.


President Trump's challenge to Congress last week to pursue bipartisan immigration reform seemed at first glance like a presumptuous request from a president whose hard-line campaign rhetoric left little room for compromise.
But the move reflects the underlying aims of Trump and his top aides to more broadly remake U.S. immigration policy to match a nationalist ideology that views large numbers of foreigners as harmful to U.S. society. The pathway to reform, Trump told lawmakers, is a legislative overhaul of the legal immigration system toward a "merit-based" approach — a move that, if enacted, could significantly reshape the nation's demographics and have long-lasting economic implications.
To Trump, the goal is to protect American workers by slashing immigration levels and limiting competitors he views as taking jobs and suppressing wages. To his opponents, the president is pursuing restrictionist polices that could harm an economy that relies on robust immigration for growth.
For half a century, U.S. immigration laws have favored family reunification, allowing immigrants who gain legal permanent residence to bring over their children, spouses, parents and siblings. Critics of the process have argued that "chain migration" has — along with an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants — fostered an influx of those who are competing with native-born Americans for low-wage, low-skilled jobs.
In Trump's view, a new immigration system would curtail entry to the country among foreigners who cannot "support themselves financially," although he did not define what that means.
"It will save countless dollars, raise workers' wages and help struggling families — including immigrant families — enter the middle class," Trump said in his address to a joint session of Congress.
If Trump pushes forward, his gambit will be fraught with political land mines — and the odds are stacked against him. Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush were unsuccessful in enacting comprehensive immigration bills, which included much more limited aspects of the ideas Trump is proposing.
Trump seems to be an unlikely candidate to succeed where they failed, given that he has opened his presidency by angering Democrats with sweeping new measures to try to ramp up deportations and ban refugees.
The ideology underlying Trump's approach is rooted in the worldviews of White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon and senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, as well as Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the former Republican senator from Alabama who was one of the fiercest opponents of comprehensive immigration reform efforts during the Obama administration.
All three have pushed restrictionist measures to sharply reduce legal immigration, arguing that foreign workers present a direct threat to Americans in blue-collar industries — the types of people who voted for Trump in large numbers.
Of the 1 million foreigners granted permanent legal residence in 2014, 647,000 — about two-thirds — received green cards based on family ties, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Just 152,000 permanent arrivals were employment-based.
In addition, 134,000 refugees and asylum seekers received green cards, 54,000 more of which were distributed in an annual diversity lottery for underrepresented countries, many in Africa.
"As a matter of federal policy — which can be adjusted at any time — millions of low-wage foreign workers are legally made available to substitute for higher-paid Americans," Sessions wrote in a 2015 op-ed for The Washington Post.
Immigration restrictionist groups have called on Congress to slash the number of green cards by up to half. Their preferences were reflected in legislation introduced last month by Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) that would bar immigrants from sponsoring siblings, adult children or other extended family members.
That bill also would end the diversity lottery and cap the number of green cards available to refugees at 50,000 per year, down from 120,000 in 2015 — something Trump has already attempted to do through an executive order.
Pro-immigration groups view such measures as anathema to the history of the country and its diverse character. Obama often referred to the United States as a "nation of immigrants," cautioning the public against policies that shut U.S. borders even as European countries bucked against a wave of refugees and migrants, largely from the Middle East.
Businesses also generally have supported high levels of legal immigrants to help bolster both low- and high-skilled industries.
"I think legal labor migration has been a huge boon to the economy and the American spirit," said Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, a small-business organization.
To immigrant rights groups, Trump's talk of a merit system is code for slashing legal pathways into the country and focusing them on highly educated immigrants from advanced nations — a strategy that harks back to a 1920s backlash against a wave of immigrants who entered the country during the Second Industrial Revolution.
Immigration rates plummeted after Congress restricted European Jews, Africans and Asians, rising again only after Congress implemented the family-oriented system in 1965.
"Their biggest goal is to end family immigration," said Leon Fresco, a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) who helped write a comprehensive immigration bill approved by the Senate in 2013. The package died in the House amid widespread objections from conservative Republicans.
"What they're trying to do is use this [merit-based system] to curtail the overall number of immigrants in a way that does not appear entirely draconian," said Fresco, now an immigration lawyer in Washington.
The 2013 immigration bill included similar measures to reduce green cards for families and create more slots for high-skilled workers, who would have been ranked on a point system based on education level, language ability and other factors. Yet that bill also included a path to citizenship for the majority of the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, appealing to Democrats and some moderate Republicans.
The question is whether Trump would be willing to endorse a similar compromise to broaden support for a merit system. During a private lunch with television news anchors ahead of his speech to Congress, the president said he was considering publicly declaring support for legal status for "dreamers," who came to the country illegally as children.
Trump's comments drew immediate headlines, but he did not mention such a proposal during his hour-long address.
In all, there are more than 1.5 million dreamers, and legalizing them would probably engender strong opposition from conservative Republicans and some of Trump's base — and still might not win over enough supporters to pass a comprehensive bill through Congress.
Cristina Jiménez, executive director of United We Dream, the largest advocacy group for dreamers, scoffed at Trump's call for a bipartisan reform effort.
"It's outrageous that he's saying it's time for a compromise on immigration reform when over the last 20 years Republicans have blocked it every single time," she said.
Besides, Jiménez said, her organization would not support a deal that protects dreamers but leaves their parents and other undocumented immigrants to the whims of Trump's deportation efforts.
"We would never negotiate against ourselves and our community," she said.


Diario is a project that search for everyday objects from all around Mexico.
Mexico has a lot of tradition in making fabrics and that is why Moisés decide to travel to Oaxaca, there he met Felipe and José, they are two of four brothers that has the business of making fabrics since they were kids, he met them in their workshop in a lonely neighborhood.
The lamps consist of plant fibre and mushroom-mycelium. The lamps are grown into the shape during a period of 2 weeks, where the mushroom eats and grows together the plant fibres into a flexible and soft living textile.
KonneKt is a game which allows isolated children in child hospitals to play with their peers. It transforms the window between their isolation rooms and the hallways from a barrier into a canvas for play.
Diario is a social, cultural, curatorial and design project of Mexican objects. Moisés Hernándes traveling around Mexico looking and understanding the stories behind those objects and at the same time he rediscover places, people, materials, techniques, textures and colors.
Project is taking inspiration from sediment layers and from effects of erosive processes in nature as well as from traditional shoe making techniques. Special construction method has been developed and used across the collection.
"Olla" is the diploma project of Cesare Bizzotto, a young italian designer recently graduated in the Master program at ECAL.
Graft is a series of disposable tableware made of bioplastic PLA revealing its sources materials – the plants.
With this project Benjamin Muzzin wanted to explore the notion of the third dimension, with the desire to try to get out of the usual frame of a flat screen.
Hank recently finished his Masters in Architecture at the University of Minnesota, and converted the bus as his Master's Final Project.
A five-piece cavity nesting box for new build instillation; designed for the conservation of House Sparrows, and manufactured using a traditional brick-making process.
Else is a project dealing with the gaps between craft and design. The aim of this project was to create different and authentic ceramic surfaces. By creating a different working technique that does not require molds she was able to design free forms that are not restricted by parting lines and pouring points, she was also able to get different and diverse surfaces. By using sponge models and dipping them into especially composed porcelain mix the mold was eliminated from the process and a new kind of surface was created.
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Anderson police are investigating the homicide of a 19-year-old found dead in a car at the Anderson Crossing Apartments.
The Anderson Police Department has arrested the suspect in a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in a parked car at an Anderson apartment complex.
Jaleel Terrance Moore, 26, was arrested on Friday and charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, according to an arrest notice posted on the City of Anderson Police Department Twitter page.
Moore is being held at the Anderson County Detention Center and is being arraigned Saturday morning at the Anderson Police Department.
Hunter E. Sizemore was found dead in a Hyundai Genesis Thursday morning, Chief Jim Stewart said.
A resident of the apartments called in around 8:30 a.m. Thursday saying someone was "slumped" over the steering wheel in a parked car, police said. The responding officer realized Sizemore was "cold to the touch" when they arrived, Stewart said.
Sizemore died of a gunshot wound to the chest, Deputy Coroner Don McCown said.
Some residents said they were surprised by the death in what they've always known to be a quiet and safe community.
Samantha Wooten lives in a nearby building and has been living in the community on and off since 2012. She heard what she said sounded like a "gunshot and a car pull off" around 2:30 a.m. while watching a movie.
"I've always felt comfortable here, safe here, so hearing that that happened kind of freaked me out a little bit," Wooten said. "It was scary."
Sizemore didn't live at Anderson Crossing, but he was an Anderson County resident.
Stewart doesn't know what Sizemore was doing at the apartment complex.
Stewart also said neighbors shouldn't be concerned.
"This is a very isolated incident," he said. "That is a very safe area of town, in fact we haven't had shootings in general there."
April 13, 2019, 8:43 a.m.


We dropped Sam off at college last weekend. It's a day I've been equally anticipating and dreading for a number of years. I am excited for all that lies ahead for him – the independence and the adventure – but I also worry. I'm not worried that he won't get up for class on time, or that he won't do his homework, or that he won't find friends, or that he will be bored. I worry that he will get pulled into the wrong crowd. I speak from experience, because when I went to college I wanted to fit in and I made a lot of bad choices.
My very simple interpretation of this passage is that the father is warning his son to remember all the good things he learned at home, and not to fall in with the "bad crowd" because no good will come of it. It's a warning to fight the temptation – in this case, of "easy money" – because there will be repercussions down the road.
Interestingly, we often think of this passage in terms of our children, because it literally opens with a father talking to his son. But couldn't we easily take the place of the son, with God in the role of the Father?
I can only imagine that as God looks down on us, that he prays the same prayers for us that I pray for Sam – that we will be aware of our choices and take a course of action that will honor Him.
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As merger and acquisition activity accelerates across the cannabis industry, many companies are discovering they don't need a for-sale sign in the window to be a takeover target.
The flurry of M&A activity, which is on pace to double in the marijuana industry this year, is giving more company founders a chance to cash out at an attractive price after years of working 24/7 to build their businesses.
It also can provide a founder with a hefty pot of cash to launch their next venture.
That plan changed after the company was approached by VividGro, a Rhode Island lighting solutions firm that had been using the WeGrow platform for its customers and wanted the technology for its own use.
After months of negotiating, legal work and financial audits, Levy and business partner Rodolfo Ramirez sold to VividGro for an undisclosed price.
As more companies become potential acquisition targets, here are some things businesses and their founders should consider before a buyer comes knocking on the doors.


Kristin is from Phoenix, AZ and joined Fellowship Square – Historic Mesa in October of 2017. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and a Master of Business Administration in Global Management from University of Phoenix. Kristin is also a Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR). During her human resources career she has worked in the fields of healthcare, communications, and consulting. She is passionate about continuous improvement, servant leadership, and helping others to realize their full potential. Kristin loves the culture that exists within Fellowship Square - Historic Mesa.


NBC 5 hears from a lot of consumers who say they were ripped off at a local auto shops in North Texas, and it seems women may be getting the worst of it.
According to a new study by RepairPal, one in four shops in Dallas could be overcharging women for repairs. Now, two North Texas gals are hopping in the driver's seat to give women what they deserve.
Robin Mainer and Kimera Shepler were fed up by the way they were being treated at local auto shops. They allowed their frustration to be the driving force behind a new business that treats everyone fairly.
Feisty and fearless, these ladies are rolling up their sleeves, ready to give women exactly what they've been asking for.
"We can't find people to respect us, to treat us honestly and explain what they're doing to our car, then it's time to change," Mainer said.
Mainer and Shepler have visited their fair share of shops in the DFW area, and some of their experiences have been anything but pleasant.
They say it all boils down to respect, or the lack thereof.
Women are overcharged by an average of eight percent compared to men nationwide, according to the RepairPal study. Women are often denied over-the-phone estimates, quoted higher rates on luxury cars and stereotyped, the study said.
After several unsatisfied trips to the auto shop, the ladies decided to put their insurance backgrounds to the side to start their own repair business. With the help of family and friends they opened Honest-1 Auto Care North Texas.
They say they've hired the best in the business to make their customers feel at ease.
In a field dominated by men, they say a woman's touch might just be what North Texas drivers need.
"It's kind of like Cheers you know, where everyone knows your name, that's what we want to be with Auto Repair," said Mainer.
Honest-1 Auto Care North Texas is located at 4740 Windhaven Parkway in Lewisville.


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by Kevin Drum July 29, 2008 January 9, 2022
KIRKUK….The New York Times account of the bombing in Kirkuk on Monday is devastating:
Just after 11 a.m., a suicide bomber blew herself up, killing at least 17 demonstrators and wounding 47 others, according to Iraqi security officials.
No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, which bore the hallmarks of Sunni Arab extremists. Nonetheless, many in the crowd blamed Turkmen extremists for the attack, and within minutes a mob of enraged Kurds began attacking Turkmen political offices and setting their buildings ablaze.
….One element fueling the Kurds' rampage was the widespread belief that Turkmens had fired on Kurdish demonstrators dashing away from the bomb blast.
….Farouk Abdullah, a senior Turkmen politician, said that offices of every Turkmen party had been attacked and that Kurdish rioters had destroyed a number of other Turkmen buildings. "We don't know why they attacked us," he said. "We did not have anything to do with the explosion."
By the end of the day, the riot and violence by Kurds against Turkmens had become one of the most severe ethnic skirmishes in Kirkuk since the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The city has long been considered a tinderbox because of its volatile mix of Kurds, Turkmens and Arabs.
The suicide bombing was bad enough on its own. The fact that it immediately led to a Kurdish rampage is worse. Everyone who follows Iraqi politics has been waiting on pins and needles for years for Kirkuk to erupt, and pretty much everyone seems to think that this kind of thing could be all it takes to turn Kirkuk's long-simmering ethnic feuds into all-out war. So far it hasn't, though, and the good news is that the Sunni extremists who were probably responsible for this attack are likely to have a limited supply of female suicide bombers. That may be a thin reed, but at least it's a reed.
Turkey and the Kurds
Apocalypse Not
In "Magazine"

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Even though Easter is over, the season of the rabbit is still here. It makes sense after all, I mean what's not to love about fluffy little bunnies? With their adorable twitching noses, soft fluffy ears and gentle disposition. There is just so much to love! That's why this is the busiest season for house rabbit adoption.
And having a rabbit is very rewarding, but there are some things you should know before adopting one of your own. After all, adopting a new pet shouldn't be an impulse buy for the season, you should be ready to give them a forever home.
First you need to to consider is where your rabbit is going to live. They are social animals, so make sure to pick a place that will give them space, but still allow them to be near the family. Setting them up with a puppy pen, a bunny condo, or a large area to call their own is essential.
If they are going to have a free reign area of their own, make sure to bunny-proof that room. Rabbits are natural chewers and will chomp on furniture, rugs, drapes and worst of all, electrical cords. Tuck all cords away far from Bunny's reach. Check out these ideas for rabbit housing from MyHouseRabbit.com Bunnies are social and need lots of exercise. They can't just sit in a cage all day. There are tons of fun chew toys to get them and make sure to spend time with them every day.
What is great about rabbits is that they are great around children and other animals. They are patient and mild mannered. But they can live for 10+ years. If you're buying the pet for you child make sure to think about the future, like going to college, having after school activities or sports. Also, rabbits can get along pretty well with other pets as well. As long as you have another affable pet, then it shouldn't be a problem.
If you're getting a rescue rabbit, chances are that they have already started the process of litter training. However, they can easily forget their training when the environment changes, but with persistence you can help reinforce their good habits. It is often best to start with them in a cage or enclosure. Then, to make cage time a time for learning, put a litter box in the corner for when your rabbit chooses for a "bathroom." As they use box consistently and get used to the home, give them a little more freedom.
As it is with our cats and dogs, it is important to pay and neuter your rabbits as well. I mean, the saying about them did happened for a reason, right? Check out this list for all the places in Durham where you can get your rabbit spayed or neutered.
For more information make sure to check out My House Rabbit. They have all the information you need about owning a rabbit.
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Oh my goodness! I'm tickled to death right now. You have a picture of my blue dwarf rabbit named Binky! If only he knew how famous he was. My gosh. I swear that bun knows he's fabulous. Thanks for taking an interest in my photography! Also, really great rabbit information! Bunny proofing is essential if you plan on keeping headphones or internet. ?


Stuck On You charts the history of football stickers in the UK - those little bundles of self-adhesive joy that have given so much to so many since Panini burst on to the scene in the late 1970s. Featuring interviews with many of the industry's leading historical players and images from some familiar and lesser-known collections, Stuck On You is a must-read for anyone who has ever spent months, if not years, hankering after the St Mirren badge. You can buy this book on Amazon here : Stuck on You: The Rise & Fall... & Rise of Panini Stickers by Greg Lansdowne for only £12.99. This must-read book will be on sale the 2nd march and the same day one of you can win this book on Twitter. A very easy contest next Monday (March 2nd) at 9H30 PM (Paris Local Time, 8h30 PM for London). For win this book you just only have to follow @OldSchoolPanini and to reply one tweet monday night. That's all.


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Karen B. Graubart
Karen Graubart is a historian of colonial Latin America and the Iberian world
La Patrona Collective
Republics of Difference: Racial and Religious Self-Governance in the Iberian Atlantic (under contract with Oxford University Press)
With Our Labor and Sweat: Indigenous Women and the Formation of Colonial Society in Peru, 1550-1700. (Stanford University Press, 2007). Winner of the Ligia Parra Jahn prize from the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (2008)
"On Being Disciplined and Counted in the Early Modern Circum-Caribbean," Hemisphere 27 (2018): 14-18 online here
"Imperial Conviviality: What Medieval Spanish Legal Practice Can Teach Us About Colonial Latin Ameria," MECILA Working Paper Series no. 8 (São Paulo: Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies on the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018) online here
"'Ynuvaciones malas e rreprouadas': Seeking Justice in Early Colonial Pueblos de Indios," in Brian Owensby and Richard Ross, eds., Justice in a New World: Negotiating Legal Intelligibility in British, Iberian, and Indigenous America (NY: NYU Press, 2018): 151-82.
"Containing Law Within the Walls: The Protection of Customary Law in Santiago del Cercado, Peru," in Protection and Empire: A Global History, ed. Bain Attwood, Lauren Benton, and Adam Clulow (UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017): 29-46.
"The Bonds of Inheritance: Afro-Peruvian Women's Legacies in a Slave-holding World," in Mónica Díaz and Rocío Quispe-Agnoli, eds., Uncovering the Colonial Archive: Women's Textual Agency in Spanish America 1500-1800 (NY: Routledge, 2017): 130-150.
"Shifting Landscapes: Heterogeneous Conceptions of Land Use and Tenure in the Lima Valley," Colonial Latin American Review 26:1 (2017): 62-84.
"Competing Spanish and Indigenous Jurisdictions in Early Colonial Lima," chapter in Ken Mills, Senior Editor for Colonial Spanish America, Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Latin American and Caribbean History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016) available here
"Learning From the Qadi: The Jurisdiction of Local Rule in the Early Colonial Andes," Hispanic American Historical Review 95:2 (May 2015): 195-228. Winner of the 2015 James Alexander Robertson Prize from the Conference on Latin American History.
"Catalina de Agüero: A Mediating Life," in Jonathan Truitt and Mark Christensen, eds., Native Wills From the Colonial Americas: Dead Giveaways in a New World (University of Utah Press, 2015): 19-39
"Ethnicity," Princeton Companion to Atlantic History, ed. Joseph C. Miller (Princeton University Press, 2015): 192-6.
"Los lazos que unen: dueñas negras de esclavos negros en Lima ss. XVI-XVII," Revista Nueva Corónica [Lima, Peru] 2 (2013): 625-640
"'So color de una cofradía': Catholic Confraternities and the Development of Afro-Peruvian Ethnicities in Early Colonial Peru," Slavery and Abolition 33:1 (March 2012): 43-64.
"Towards Connectedness and Place," response to "Mapping Ethnogenesis in the Early Modern Atlantic," by James Sidbury and Jorge Cañizares, William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd. ser. 68, no 2 (April 2011): 233-235.
"The Creolization of the New World: Local Forms of Identity in Urban Colonial Peru, 1560-1640," Hispanic American Historical Review 89:3 (August 2009): 471-499.
"Miguel de Estete" and "Bartolomé Arzáns de Orsúa y Vela," in Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, ed. Joanne Pillsbury (University of Oklahoma Press, 2008), Vol II: 48-52, 206-210.
"De qadis y caciques," Bulletin del Institut Français d'Etudes Andines 37:1 (2008): 83-96.
"La moda colonial: aproximaciones a la etnicidad en dos ciudades peruanas coloniales," in Tejiendo Sueños en el Cono Sur, ed. Victória Solanilla (Barcelona, Grup d'Estudis Precolombins, 2005): 295-302.
"Hybrid Thinking: Bringing Postcolonial Theory to Latin American Economic History," in Postcolonial Thought and Economics, ed. S. Charusheela and Eiman Zein-Elabdin. (Routledge, 2003): 215-234.
"Dressed Like an Indian: Ethnic Ambiguity in Early Colonial Peru," SALALM Papers 47 (2002):1 -9
"Weaving and the Gender Division of Labor in Early Colonial Peru." American Indian Quarterly, 24:4 (Fall 2000): 537-561.
"Indecent Living: Indigenous Women and the Politics of Representation in Early Colonial Peru," Colonial Latin American Review 9:2 (December 2000): 213-235.
"El tejer y las identidades de género en el Perú en los inicios de la colonia," Boletín del Instituto Riva-Agüero (Perú) 24 (1997): 145-165.
CO-AUTHORED AND COLLECTIVE SCHOLARSHIP:
Karen B. Graubart and María Cecilia Ulrickson, "Colonial Peru." In Oxford Bibliographies in Latin American Studies. Ed. Ben Vinson III. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017).
Participant with Jason Ruiz, "María Elena Martínez: A Roundtable Memorial," Radical History Review no. 123 (October 2015): 177-184.
Karen Graubart and Edward Beatty, "Sabine MacCormack (1941-2012)," Hispanic American Historical Review 93:1 (February 2013): 99-101
Carmen Diana Deere, José Alvarez, Karen Graubart and William A. Messina, Jr. "An Annotated Bibliography on Post-1959 Cuban Agriculture." International Working Paper Series, International Agricultural Trade and Development Center, University of Florida at Gainesville, January 1996.
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Weltek Model 68AT Precision Screen Printer with supplies.
Let us know if you need better images or more detail.
Cycle counter is electronic digital.
Each unit has a number of precision micrometer type adjustment slide assemblies and at least one or two readouts. One on left is digital micrometer.
Spare screens and parts included as shown in images below. We can't find the manuals at present. The screens are machined aluminum frames about 6.6 outside and 5.125" inside square. The fine mesh metal screeen is drawn literally drum tight.
Might be just what you need for your circuit board or other precision screen printing application.
Condition looks very good used-ready to be put to work. Lots of nice precision motion parts.
Sold as-is. What you see is what you get. We are in the Desert Southwest so items may need dusting/cleaning when they arrive.


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(AP/Evan Vucci/Dieu Nalio Chery/Salon)
Protests outside U.S. embassy in Haiti lead to shutdown
Following President Trump's alleged disparaging reference to Haiti, U.S. embassy forced to close
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2018/01/23/protests-outside-u-s-embassy-in-haiti-lead-to-shutdown/
January 23, 2018 2:49PM (UTC)
Haitian outrage over President Donald Trump's attitude toward their country was so intense that the US embassy in Port-au-Prince had to temporarily close on Monday.
More than 1,000 protesters marched toward the embassy to demonstrate against Trump, according to the Associated Press. They assembled in part to oppose Trump's allegedly disparaging comments about their nation, including telling lawmakers during an immigration reform meeting, "Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out." He also referred to the nations of Africa, from which a majority of Haitians are at least partially descended, as "shithole countries."
In addition to being incensed by Trump's reported racist remarks, the protesters were also expressing opposition to Trump's decision to end a program that offered temporary legal residency to roughly 60,000 Haitians in the United States and to ban visas for low-skilled laborers from the Caribbean nation.
The protesters were stopped from reaching the gates of the US embassy by Haitian police barricades. The police officers later fired rounds of tear gas when some of the protesters began pelting the embassy with rocks.
Although the embassy was closed on Monday, it was expected to reopen on Tuesday.
Trump's seeming hostility toward Haiti and the nations of Africa has also been met with outrage at home, including from many political figures who are descended from the countries that Trump brushed off as "shitholes."
"My mom was almost moved to tears to think that this country, which she was willing to risk her life to come to, the commander-in-chief doesn't seem to value the worth, the contribution of her folks like herself," Adem Bunkeddeko, a congressional candidate of Ugandan descent from New York's 9th district, told Salon last week.
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After a long 2018 season marred especially by difficulties from the mound, the Saint Paul Lutheran High School Saints softball team is ready to prove they've found the missing pieces that kept last season's unit from reaching their maximum capabilities.
Scoring runs hasn't been much of a problem for the Saints, and it shouldn't be this year, either.
The Saints' offense should be poised for even more success than it has been in previous years, as they lost only one player to graduation, Meghann Roepe.
They will be down another key member of last season's squad, however, as Lynda Bennett's senior season of softball was taken away due to a torn ACL from basketball season, ending her high school athletics career. She will be a leader in the dugout, but her presence will be missed — both from the middle of the lineup and from her usual position, catcher.
Defense has also been an Achilles Heel for the Softballin' Saints, although part of that ultimately roots back to the pitching drought.
Freshman Hailey Arnold will be turned to for strikes for the majority of the season. Despite her age, Arnold — who also had an impressive season on the basketball court, potentially helping her ease her nerves heading into varsity softball action — is expected to be a catalyst for the Saints.
Watch out for seniors Chelsea Dillon, Chloe Fuhrman, Malaina Putsch, Tori Ritzma, and Rachel Gresham to lead the team from both a leadership perspective and statistical one as well. Dillon and Fuhrman's power production could leave the I-70 Conference scared to pitch to them, but plenty of bats around the lineup will leave opposing hurlers no choice but to take each Saints' plate appearance seriously.
"We just want to win ballgames," Marsh said.
With the tools around the locker room and leadership galore, it really does appears that all they'll have to do is take it one game at a time. If they do that, the rest of the cards will fall into place themselves.


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Figuring out how many 'MAGA Republicans' there actually are
Analysis by Philip Bump
National columnist
September 2, 2022 at 2:27 p.m. EDT
Supporters of former president Donald Trump demonstrate outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on Aug. 9. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg News)
There are two views of who President Biden was excoriating in his speech on Thursday night.
To Biden and his team, the group was clearly delineated: "MAGA Republicans," a group of Americans who support former president Donald Trump, reject the outcome of the 2020 election and are open to political violence as a tactic. To Biden's critics — a group that includes but isn't limited to Trump supporters — he was speaking more broadly, using the term "MAGA Republicans" as cover for attacking the right broadly.
The Washington Post's Aaron Blake has walked through what Biden said and the context in which he said it, both on Thursday and last week, when he used the label "semi-fascism" to describe that group's worldview. But what if we went one step further, trying to assign an actual numeric value to the group Biden is describing? It's not "half the country" as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and others have insisted. But how much of the country is it?
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We'll start with Biden's description of the group.
"MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they're working right now, as I speak, in state after state, to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. ... They promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. They look at the mob that stormed the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists who placed a dagger at the throat of our democracy, but they look at it as patriots."
This is a subset of what Biden said, certainly, but, with four categories, it captures the heart of what his speech was focused on: rejection of the 2020 election, embrace of candidates who similarly reject the results, approval of the Capitol riot and a willingness to consider violence as a political tool.
(That Biden later added that the Republican Party was largely beholden to this faction of its base has been used to argue that he was impugning Republicans more broadly. You may evaluate that assertion as you wish.)
Let's begin with the first category: Those who reject the election results. Before we pull specific numbers from polling, we should set other boundaries. Biden's comments weren't specifically about the views of Trump supporters but, instead, of Republicans. So to evaluate how much of the country he's describing, we'll look at members of the GOP or, where available, independents who align with Republicans, for our analysis. Are there Republicans who deny the 2020 election results and also hate Trump? Probably! But probably not that many.
This question of how people view the 2020 election is asked regularly. Just last month, for example, YouGov asked the question on behalf of the Economist. They determined that nearly 7 in 10 Republicans believed Biden didn't legitimately win. So how much of the country is that?
Well, about 20 percent of the country is under age 18, so we will ignore them. How many adults are Republicans? Gallup polls on this regularly. In its most recent iteration of the poll, it found that 28 percent of the country identifies as Republican while 41 percent identify as independent. Of those independents, though, more than a third lean Republican. So 45 percent of American adults are Republican or Republican-leaning independent.
Now we just do some math, applying percentages to the total population pool. The result? About 15 percent of the country (and 19 percent of U.S. adults) are Republicans who think Biden didn't legitimately win in 2020. About 50 million MAGA Republicans, per Biden.
Except that Biden described MAGA Republicans as holding a variety of positions, not just this one. Is that 15 percent really included in Biden's descriptor? Or is it only the subset that also believes in the potential use of political violence, etc.? This is hard to measure, since we can't compare subgroups across polls. So we'll simply estimate the scale of each of the differentiators Biden listed.
We move on to support for candidates who reject the election results. This is fairly easy to determine, thanks to polling produced this summer by Pew Research Center. Pew asked Americans how they felt about leaders who said that Trump was the legitimate winner in 2020 — and whether they liked such leaders a little or a lot. A third of Republicans said they liked such leaders a lot; another 19 percent said they liked them a little. That's about 11 percent of the country, then, that likes such leaders.
Looking at the figure for Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, the total is similar: 8 percent of the country (and 11 percent of adults) like such leaders at least a little.
Then we consider Biden's assessment of how Jan. 6 rioters were viewed. In the YouGov poll mentioned above, respondents were asked if they approved of "Trump supporters taking over the Capitol building" on that say — an admittedly generous way of phrasing it. But more than a quarter of Republicans said they approved at least somewhat, some 6 percent of the population.
The percentage of Republicans holding that position has hovered around 25 percent since the riot occurred.
Now we get into the trickier question: support for the political use of violence. One report from Bright Line Watch in November found limited support for the specific question at hand. Would Republicans endorse the commission of violent felonies to accomplish their political goals? Very few agreed. Asked if they supported political violence if Democrats won in 2024, though, about 10 percent of strong Republicans said they supported the use of violence.
In March, The Washington Post and our partners at ABC News asked Americans the extent to which they viewed violence against the government as potentially justified. About 4 in 10 Republicans (and the same percentage of Republicans and leaning independents) believed that it was. That's about 9 percent of the population (or 15 percent in the case of GOP/leaners).
In July, a group of researchers from the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California at Davis released data including a question that's been posed in a number of recent polls, asking respondents whether they agreed that because "the traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast ... we may have to use force to save it." Asking the question in this way is fraught, since doing so can result in "acquiescence bias" — a tendency for people to overstate the extent to which they agree. In this case, more than half of Republicans said they did — or about 12 percent of the population.
Again, we can't assume that these percentages all overlap. But we get a consistent picture. Over and over, about 10 percent of the population (plus or minus a few percentage points) expresses the sort of view that Biden articulated: Republican or Republican-leaning and in favor of the positions he associated with "MAGA."
If one agrees with Biden that this group poses a threat to American democracy, it is reassuring that it constitutes a tenth of the public — and not, as Biden's detractors had it — half.
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Where should Apple open its first retail store in India?
In a nutshell, where do you think Apple should open its first store in India.
Naina KhedekarMay 18, 2016 14:20:47 IST
Finally, Apple chief Tim Cook is in India. He has begun the day by visiting the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai, and has a busy schedule lined up ahead with visits reportedly to Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Keeping global Apple iPhone sales stats and it's bad quarter aside, the year seems to have started on a good note for India's Apple fans as Cook has already announced a startup accelerator in Bangalore and development centre in Hyderabad. But, what has got everyone excited are the reports around the first exclusive retail store in the country.
We have already heard about applications and re-applications being submitted to the government, talks with brokers for plush large format stores, competitors (read: Samsung, Xiaomi) planning exclusive stores and more. While the company is yet to get a final approval, the most discussed, speculated and debated part is where or in which city Apple could possibly open its first store.
Metros and high-spenders
The most simple answer could be the region it expects the most sales. Now, Apple is known to be quite discrete when it comes to revealing India specific region-wise sales numbers which could have otherwise helped point out to a particular zone based on some number crunching.
"Mumbai and Delhi could be the first cities to get the Apple store. Personally, I think a city like Delhi would make more sense, considering it is known for high spenders, who eventually give adequate business to luxury retailers," Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and CEO, Greyhound Research said.
Anshul Gupta, Research Director, Gartner refused to comment on where possibly Apple could open its first store, but he did add that, "Apple is looking to offer exclusive, premium shopping experience, so it would target buyers from large metropolitan cities."
"While it may not be a good idea for Apple to take on a competitor who is large and has a diverse presence (Android dominates the Indian market), they will have to open many stores to reach the prospective buyers in locations such as South Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai (a few places), Bengaluru, Hyderabad," explains Ashutosh Sharma, Research Director, Forrester. This makes sense as the company has already announced a startup accelerator for iOS development in Bengaluru and is rumored to open a development centre in Hyderabad.
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But there are other factors
While analysts believe it will be the metros or locations inundated with high spenders, some also add that a lot will also depend on other factors such as areas showing high growth rates.
"The idea is to drive a large audience to experience the premium devices, and its not about sales. It is about an experience store wherein people and come and experience the devices and the ecosystem," explains Gogia. He also points to other factors such as a city with capable tech support for Apple centres and also a city with corporate offices, again hinting at Bengaluru, which is also known as the tech hub of India.
Moreover, an ET report had also pointed out, "The company wants to set up most of the Apple Stores of over 2,000-3,000 sq ft area in India, including space for technical support and holding small workshops."
"Location is a key factor for any retail presence and Apple is no exception. Apple's retail approach has been to make their store an extension of the customer experience that their products tend to provide. This translates into characteristics such as a comparably large store format (than traditional electronics store in India), in an up-scale location, prominently visible (like a ground floor store in high end mall), and staffed by highly educated and well-trained staff," adds Sharma.
Going the China way and hurdles
Tim Cook, in the recent earnings call, said how he saw huge potential in India. He also said that India is behind China by some 6-8 years, and that probably explains why the company plans its first exclusive store in India almost 8 years after its first store in Beijing's Sanlitun Village. A hip place where one will find the latest in fashion and luxury.
But Apple seemed to have been on an aggressive path as it is said to be almost on track of 40 stores by 2016. The most recent stores have been in IST Mall at Zhongshan Road in the Xuanwu District and in Guangzhou at Parc Central, Tianhe Road in Tianhe District that saw the first store. So, its quite possible the company may target popular and premium malls for its stores.
"Within these cities, it will again look for upmarket regions. For instance, in Mumbai, one expect its first exclusive store in South Mumbai, rather than the suburbs," Gupta adds.
It is also believed that Apple may plan multiple stores in India. The ET report, citing some industry sources had also claimed that "brokerage firms are looking for prime retail locations in Mumbai, the National Capital Region, Bengaluru and Pune for Apple's first phase of company-owned stores."
"Unlike China where they plan to have about 40 odd stores by the end of this year, I'm expecting them to open about a dozen stores within 18-24 months after they get approval from Indian Government," points out Sharma.
Sharma also explains that Apple can not possibly believe that it can turn the Indian market around by sparsely opening few stores. "That strategy will certainly convert some prospects into buyers but still be very limiting. Apple will have to strike a balance between their reach, brand dilution and in the end profitability."
Gupta also believes that these stores may not necessarily drive sales but will help offer a platform to experience the Apple ecosystem and devices.
The recent setback, of India rejecting Apple's plans to sell refurbished phones, could have played a huge role otherwise. It was also not aimed at driving sales but at making more people use the cheaper devices, and eventually turn to Apple for an upgrade. There are unconfirmed reports about Cook meeting Modi, and 'refurbished iPhones' could be one of the topics up for discussion. On the other hand, a Canalys report claims that despite the poor numbers, Apple showed 63 percent growth in India. With the stores, in place, it may be able to introduce users to its entire portfolio, which isn't just limited to the iPhones.
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Planes arrive at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, 20 km west of the city centre. From the airport, there are various options for getting into Istanbul: you can take a taxi (about 30 YTL), the express bus service run by the local airport service called "Havas", half-hourly, about 10 YTL to Taksim, the IETT bus (95) costing 2.5 YTL or by Metro to Aksaray and a tram on to Kabataş, which also passes through Sultanahmet, Eminönu and Tophane, among others for 1.4-2.8 YTL.
Note that people are working on commission at the airport trying to make you use special shuttle buses for high fees (30+ YTL per person, about 15 Euro), for people with an economic mind the Metro/tram-combination is easy and fairly quick, and offers very good value.
Depending on nationality, foreigners arriving in Istanbul may need to purchase tourist visas. This can be done upon arrival before queuing for passport control. The windows for purchasing the visa are located immediately to the left of the main passport control booths. You must pay using foreign currency - no Turkish money or credit cards are accepted. The fee varies depending on the visitor's nationality.
Istanbul also has a smaller airport Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, located in the Anatolian side of the city. Mostly charter flights as well as European low cost carriers operate from here. A Havas bus connects this airport with Taksim in the city center for 10 YTL. It takes about an hour. A cheaper option is to take bus E10 which brings you to Kadıkoy in 70 minutes (3 YTL). From there take a ferry to Eminonu or Karakoy.
Please remember that in the bathrooms is not allowed to use notebook.
International trains from across Europe arrive at the station in Sirkeci, close to Sultanahmet. Asian trains arrive at Haydarpasa station. To get between the two, catch a ferry across the Bosphorus (see Get around). Marmaray, the Rail Tube Tunnel and Commuter Rail Mass Transit System is being built, and is being projected as one of the most challenging infrastructure projects in Turkey.
International trains: There are daily overnight trains to Sofia (Bulgaria) - continuing to Belgrade (Serbia) and Budapest (Hungary) - as well as Bucarest (Romania), and less frequently to Chisinau (Moldova). Twice a day there are trains to Thessaloniki (Greece) - the slow morning train that almost takes a whole day and the fast night train that is quicker but more expensive. There are also weekly trains to Aleppo (Syria) and Teheran (Iran) from Haydarpasa station.
Schedule and price list of railway trips can be gathered from TCDD (Turkish Republic State Railways).


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Black Friday's just over a week away…is it a good thing?
Ah the joys of Thanksgiving… Huge turkey dinner, falling asleep on the couch and of course FOOTBALL!!! But there's one more tradition that has us all excited, Black Friday. The excitement of waking up before the sun just to save a few bucks. Well this may be one tradition that we want to look at more closely to determine if it is really worth all of the effort. Check this out to see if Black Friday is a blessing or a curse.
It may be a winter wonderland, but I'd like to have lights.
It's that time of the year again, old man winter is making his debut throughout the country. While it may be beautiful outside, it sure isn't any fun when there is no electricity in the house. Here's an article on "How to keep the power on during a storm" Have you lost your power during one of the recent storms, let us know your experience.
Here's a change…Lowering Tuition Costs?
Whether you agree or not on if an actual college education is worthwhile, I'm sure everyone can agree on the fact that it is just too darn expensive. Well looks like were not alone, here are a couple of University's that are actually reducing their tuition costs. The real question is whether this is an altruistic move, or they are simply trying to fill more seats. Let us know your opinion on the cost and actual benefits of having a degree.
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If you read the news or listen to the doomsayers, it looks like the sky is falling. But there is new data to suggest that consumers actually spent more than expected last month. I don't know about you, but we still have our hands tightly wrapped around our wallets. Did you spend more last month on consumer goods? Drop us a line and let us know how confident you are about the economy and what you're doing about it in your house. To read more about the consumer spending in October, click here.


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Q: How to get Spring application startup time / duration in code When I start my Spring application, I can see the startup time in console (I am using IntelliJ IDEA).
For example, below log shows 13.427s startup time for the application.
2016-12-29 13:58:05.491     : Starting Application on 8DSXD72 with PID 14120
2016-12-29 13:58:05.518     : Running with Spring Boot v1.4.1.RELEASE, Spring v4.3.3.RELEASE
2016-12-29 13:58:05.519     : The following profiles are active: LOCAL
2016-12-29 13:58:15.537     : JMX is disabled
....
2016-12-29 13:58:17.392     : Started Application in 13.427 seconds (JVM running for 14.71)

Is there a way to get this startup time in the code? I want to print out application startup time in Spring /info endpoint.

A: This answer is based on Sotirios's comment.
First, create a custom class which implements SpringApplicationRunListener.
package com.example;

public class AppListener implements SpringApplicationRunListener {
    public static long appStartTime;
    public static long appFinishTime;

    //Constructor is required.
    public AppListener(SpringApplication application, String[] args) {
    }

    @Override
    public void started() {
        appStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    }

    @Override
    public void environmentPrepared(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {

    }

    @Override
    public void contextPrepared(ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {

    }

    @Override
    public void contextLoaded(ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {

    }

    @Override
    public void finished(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, Throwable exception) {
        appFinishTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    }
}

Then, add this line to spring.factories file.
org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListener=com.example.AppListener

A: Using ApplicationReadyEvent is less intrusive and minimal change.
@SpringBootApplication
public class TrackSpringBootTimeApp {
    private static Instant startTime;
    private static Instant endTime;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        startTime = Instant.now();
        SpringApplication.run(TrackSpringBootTimeApp.class);
        System.out.println("Total time taken in start up " +
        Duration.between(startTime, endTime).toString());
    }

    @EventListener(ApplicationReadyEvent.class)
    public void startApp() {
        endTime = Instant.now();
    }
}

A: @ComponentScan
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@ConfigurationProperties
public class Application implements CommandLineRunner {

public static void main(String[] args) {
    StopWatch stopWatch = new StopWatch("App");
    stopWatch.start("App Startup");
    SpringApplication.run(Application.class);
    stopWatch.stop();
    System.out.println("Seconds = "+stopWatch.getTotalTimeSeconds());
    System.out.println(stopWatch.prettyPrint());
}
....

You can get the application startup time using the Spring utility StopWatch(org.springframework.util.StopWatch)

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1917: Secretary of war Henry Stimson will draw from this goldfish bowl the first number in a nationwide lottery to determine the order of calling men for military training under selective service.
1998: Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, waves as he leaves the Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center. Glenn, Commander Curt Brown, front, and five other crew members were on their way to Launch Pad 39-B and a planned liftoff on the Space Shuttle Discovery.
1956: An Army radiation expert checks a casualty of a mock atomic attack for dangerous radioactivity.
1956 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II chats with Earl Mountbatten of Burma in London.
1945: A German girl is de-loused before commencing her journey to Westphalia, from Berlin. Berlin school children are being evacuated from the British sector as a precautionary measure against the outbreak of epidemics.
1939: Green Bay Packer halfback Richard Weisgerber shouts encouragement from the bench during the Packers 24 to 14 conquest of Washington's Redskins, in a National Professional League game in Milwaukee.
1929: People gather across from the New York Stock Exchange in New York on "Black Thursday" when thousands of investors lost their savings in the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history
1931: Mahatma Gandhi visits a dairy show held at the Royal Agricultural Hall in London. He was particularly interested in the goats which were exhibited there.
1937: German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, congratulates Dr. Joseph Goebbels on his 40th birthday at the ministry of propaganda and public enlightenment in Berlin.
1980: Lava dome continues to grow inside the crater of the volcano, Mount St. Helens. The dome is about 1,000 feet across. Mount St. Helens is located 45 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon.
1940: Women at a shipbuilding school in England during World War II. During the war, women trained in trades that had been traditionally for men only.
1949: A group of gold miners use a gas lantern as they pan at night in the ice-covered stream of the Yukon River at Fishwheel, Alaska.
1987: Britain's Prince Harry, right, hides his face as he and brother Prince William, left, leave Kensington Palace, London.
1951: Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner pose at the Palace Theater in New York City.


During the recession of the late 1980s, it would be hard to find an area that was hit harder than the Sunnyside neighborhood in northwest Denver.
Property values fell, crime went up and the neighborhood was becoming an undesirable place to live.
"By late 80s and early 90s, it had really become such that people advised potential home buyers not to look at houses east of Federal," lifetime resident Janice Stice said.


French Kande's Garnet Mix Bravoure Medal features our friend Saint Benedict. The 17" Garnet Mix consists of sandblasted garnet, smokey quartz and pyrite. Around the Bravoure medallion is the inscription Saint Benedict, Monochorum Patriacha Pax which loosely translates to Saint Benedict Father of Monks brings you Peace. It is absolutely beautiful all by itself or layered with our other designs. Inspired by a trip to Paris designer Kande Hall mixes past and present to create inspirational jewelry inspired by French Medallions. Each piece of French Kande is handmade in Los Angeles by Californian artisans.


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Woodland Hills athletic director Ron Coursey confirmed Thursday that assistant football coach Tim Bostard has been promoted to acting head coach.
"The decision, in my opinion, was a no-brainer," Coursey said. "Tim has been with the program for many many years, he's an alum of Woodland Hills, and upon the new coaching staff, he was named the associate head coach, the lead assistant, to coach Murray. So to me, it was just a no-brainer for stability and continuity for our kids."
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Manz AG Starts 2016 with Good Level of Incoming Orders
Acquired new and follow-up orders in the lower double-digit million Euro range in the Energy Storage segment
Advanced negotiations in the Electronics segment likely to lead to further incoming orders in the short term
Review of strategic options in the Solar segment at an advanced stage; initial results expected at the end of February
Management expects a clearly improved earnings due to restructuring measures initiated
Manz AG, a multinational high-tech equipment manufacturer with an extensive technology portfolio covering the three strategic business segments of "Electronics", "Solar" and "Energy Storage", has started the current year with a good level of incoming orders. During the first few weeks of 2016, the company has received orders for machines to manufacture high-performance lithium-ion batteries for a total sales volume in the lower double-digit million Euro range. The orders will impact revenues and earnings during the first six months of 2016.
New and follow-up orders in the Energy Storage segment came from customers in the Consumer Electronics and e-mobility sectors from Europe, Asia and the USA. Dieter Manz, CEO and founder of Manz AG: "Producers of smartphones and tablets, along with manufacturers in the e-mobility segment, are providing sustained growth impulses in the market. This has benefited us as a high-tech equipment manufacturer, as our battery business has maintained its strong performance into 2016." The Reutlingen-based equipment manufacturer established itself as an innovation driver on the market for lithium-ion batteries very early on, also with the successful takeover and rapid integration of Manz Italy.
The orders received now underline the established customer relations of Manz AG in the Energy Storage segment. Therefore, Manz AG registered several follow-up orders from current customers in the Consumer Electronics segment for machines that produce efficient lithium-ion batteries. Furthermore, in close cooperation with a major customer, Manz brought a comprehensive development project in this segment to a successful close in January 2016. Manz AG was able to meet all of the development objectives of the customer with its innovative production machines and methods. Dieter Manz: "Lifespan and size are key factors for the manufacture of batteries for Consumer Electronics applications. Our innovative manufacturing technologies provide our customers with longer lifespans and significantly reduced sizes. Following the successful completion of the development project, I am confident that we can expect to receive further additional orders." Other positive signals at the start of the year come from the e-mobility industry, after several car makers announced new hybrid and electric vehicles in the past few months. During the first weeks of 2016, Manz obtained several follow-up orders from strategically important customers, as well as orders from new customers.
Dieter Manz on current operating developments: "The Energy Storage business segment has had a good start into the new year. In the Electronics segment, we are leading advanced stage contract negotiations with several customers, relating to, among other things, postponed orders from the previous fiscal year. Therefore we are optimistic that our business activities will also start to pick up in this area in the coming weeks. Together with already realized and planned savings from the restructuring and an increased sales level, I see a suitable basis for significantly improving our earnings this year, as planned."
In view of the restructuring process, Martin Drasch, COO of Manz AG summarizes, "The initiated measures for optimizing our international production network already demonstrate initial success. The transfer of production of series machines to our cost-effective locations in Slovakia and China is proceeding more quickly than originally planned. As a result of this, we will further improve our competitiveness." Martin Hipp, Chief Financial Officer of Manz AG added: "In the past few weeks, we have made very good progress in the examination of our strategic options for our Solar segment, which has been deficient for years. Therefore we are confident that we will be able to present the first results by the end of February."


The Guardians of the Galaxy rescue Thor from deep space in a thrilling new trailer for "Avengers: Infinity War."
Audiences at the Disney fan expo D23 got a glimpse at the footage Saturday in a convention hall in Anaheim, California.
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige was joined on stage by stars in the film, including Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Tom Holland as Spider-Man, Sebastian Stan as The Winter Soldier, Elizabeth Olsen as The Scarlett Witch, and Josh Brolin as the ultimate bad guy Thanos.
In the footage, Spider-Man gets his spidey senses as he looks down to see hairs standing up on his arm and the rest of the Avengers are in a lot of trouble against Thanos.Thanos.
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Fans at the Disney expo D23 were treated to a behind-the-scenes featurette from the upcoming "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Saturday but no full trailer for the highly anticipated space epic.
The footage showed the late Carrie Fisher telling the camera that the film is about family, which is what's so powerful about it.
A sequel to "The Force Awakens" written and directed by Rian Johnson, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" picks up with Daisy Ridley's Rey and Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker on that remote cliff.
Johnson, Ridley, Hamill, John Boyega, Laura Dern, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran and Benicio Del Toro were on site to hype the film and their Star Wars fandom.
"The Last Jedi" blasts into theaters Dec. 15, or, as Disney Chairman Alan Horn said, 153 days from now.
The upcoming live-action adaptation of "The Lion King" just got a little more real.
Director Jon Favreau teased about a minute of stunning footage from the film Saturday at the biannual Disney fan expo, D23, in Anaheim. The scene showed something any fan of the original would recognize as the opening: Baby Simba is lifted into the air as "The Circle of Life" plays.
Much like Favreau's "The Jungle Book," the animals look hyper-realistic.
Donald Glover voices Simba in the film, which is a re-imagining of the 1994 animated classic. Glover is currently shooting the Han Solo "Star Wars" spinoff film in London.
"The Lion King" hits theaters July 19, 2019.
Mary Poppins is back and Disney fans are going wild for the return of the stern nanny and her topsy-turvy world.
Star Emily Blunt and director Rob Marshall unveiled footage from the sequel to the 1964 classic Saturday at Disney's fan expo D23, held in Anaheim.
Blunt says her Mary Poppins pays homage to what Julie Andrews did with the character but is her own version.
Blunt says she drew on the Mary Poppins of P.L. Travers books where the character is a little more acerbic, odd, vain and weird.
"Mary Poppins Returns" is set for a Christmas 2018 release. It puts a grown Jane and Michael Banks in Depression-era London and will feature new songs from the legendary songwriting duo Robert and Richard Sherman.
"Hamilton's" Lin-Manuel Miranda co-stars as a lamplighter, Jack.
Disney has found its Aladdin and Jasmine.
Disney production President Sean Bailey said Saturday that newcomer Mena Massoud will star as the scrappy Aladdin, and "Power Rangers'" Naomi Scott will play Jasmine in the live-action adaptation.
Will Smith has already been cast as the Genie.
The film will be directed by Guy Ritchie.
Ava DuVernay says she wanted to direct an adaption of Madeleine L'Engle's fantasy classic "A Wrinkle in Time" because she saw herself in it.
Speaking in Anaheim on Saturday at the biannual Disney fan expo, D23, DuVernay was joined on stage by her film's cast, including Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine and newcomer Storm Reid, who plays the film's lead, Meg. They also showed a colorful, mind-bending teaser.
Winfrey, who was anointed a Disney Legend on Friday, cried out to the crowd of thousands that everybody gets a poster! Fans responded by chanting, "Oprah! Oprah!"
The fantasy epic was written by Oscar-winner Jennifer Lee, who wrote and co-directed "Frozen."
It hits theaters March 9, 2018.


Yeah I've had viasat for less than 2 weeks and I can't believe how awful it is. Didn't realize that I'd be paying for three days of internet. So my question is how much is it going to cost to get out of this lions trap of a two year contract?
idiotic for falling for this crap.
Didn't Admiral Akbar say that?!?!?
I thought it was Elvis.
Hello Frosty, If you are having issues with your internet service, please send an email to viasatlistens@viasat.com and include your account and contact information.
If you choose to disconnect, it is $15.00 for each month remaining on your contract.
"Didn't realize that I'd be paying for three days of internet."
Sounds like Frosty used all of their Priority Data in three days.
Well it is "unlimited" data right????
Does anyone read or pay attention to anything anymore?
You are paying for a connection to the net and a data package with which to use with that connection. How you use your data is up to you. If you blow through your priority data in three days that's your choice. If you ration your priority data so that it lasts the entire month that, too, is your choice.
So, you aren't paying for three days of internet.


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IV.ii.16. Annotated, typescript rehearsal draft of 'The Burial at Thebes',
Dated 24 August 2007. Notes refer to the text as 'Version 2' - 'Which includes revisions made to Faber texts and Has extra revisions marked, all of which are included in the final correct version as played at the Peacock Theatre April 2008'.
Sophocles. Antigone.
Heaney's adaption of Sophocles' play 'Antigone', titled 'The Burial at Thebes', was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre as part of its centenary celebrations and first performed there on 31 March 2004. It was first published by Faber and Faber in 2004.
Also included is a photocopy of a typescript performance script, with Heaney's manuscript annotations throughout in red ink. Annotations on the title page read 'Final Correct Versionœ as played at Peacock/Abbey˜ April 2008œ Marked for Collation with Faber Text'.


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Q: how to find HOST_NAME() Values page of the New Subscription Wizard i want to Overriding the HOST_NAME() Value for Parameterized row filters in sql server data replication . in this link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337384.aspx and this one http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms152478%28v=sql.110%29.aspx says i must Override HOST_NAME() Value in the HOST_NAME() Values page of the New Subscription Wizard , but i cant find this page when i create a new subscription, even for merge publication . plz help me thank...

A: You will only see the HOST_NAME Values page in the New Subscription Wizard if the publication you are subscribing to contains articles with parameterized row filters using the HOST_NAME() function.
Please verify your publication contains articles with parameterized row filters using the HOST_NAME() function.


There are a lot of WordPress themes that come out every week. I mean, really. I know, because I just went through them all to put together the post you're looking at right now.
I'm trying something a bit new today. I've rounded up every WordPress theme that I know of that released this week, and presented them in what I think is a logical order. I'm curious to know if this is helpful for you, so if you appreciate this kind of post let me know in the comments.
Just after the jump you'll find the nearly 40 themes that came out this week: from WordPress.org, indie shops, and marketplaces. Let me know if you find it useful.
Every week a handful of themes are released on WordPress.org. Keep in mind that these themes have been reviewed by the WordPress Theme Review Team, and are going to be reliable in all the ways a proper theme should be.
I like calling out commercial themes from shops with their own brand. Technically these cost, just like the ones from marketplaces below, but I think they deserve a bit of extra credit for maintaining their own brand, store, and marketing efforts.
ThemeThrift made news this week, as a commercial theme that you can pay whatever you want for. You can even download it free, you jerk.
ThemeFurnace launched just this week, and these next four themes are all new this week.
ThemeForest and Mojo Themes will bring all sorts of theme qualities. Though the designs can be pretty stellar, there are plenty of reasons to doubt the code quality within. Buyer beware!
Thoughts on this week's themes?
A couple of things stood out, as I went through these themes. Lots of business and portfolio themes. Lots of "responsive" marketing. Honestly, it all had me wishing there were more blog themes out there, rather than a lot of these complex business designs. Have you tried out any of these themes yet? If so, share your thoughts in the comments.
If you're really into WordPress themes (and I think by reading through this list, you qualify) you should check out The Weekly Theme Show podcast that we do weekly (duh) here on WPCandy. We talk about, review, and generally gush over WordPress themes every seven days or so. I hope you'll check it out.
Love to see more blog themes, too. On Themeforest it appears that purchases for solely blog themes aren't nearly as much as that of business/portfolio themes. Probably why you dont' see a lot of them these days. I do appreciate the team at StudioPress. They come up with a good amount of clean, high end, themes with the blogger in mind. Thanks for the post.
Thanks for giving credit to properly-coded themes!
Definitely Garth. I've been torn for a while about the best way to roundup and post themes like this. WordPress.org themes are, of course, reviewed by smart folks and worth a mention. Then there are also fewer of them released each week, so sticking to only those would keep my workload a bit smaller.
At the same time, though, I think it's possible to find gems in the flood of themes coming out of ThemeForest each week. The design sense is usually pretty solid. But since it's so easy to set up an account and sell using ThemeForest (and as far as I know they don't do any sort of code audit/review during their review process), you just have to be a lot more cautious when picking a theme up there.
Thanks for listing our Buddypress theme!
Funny enough I tweeted just yesterday about the amount of business theme there are, why not try different niches!?
Thanks David — I figured I'd miss a few here or there.
Moderno, Vendo, Locality are very cool themes.. Aren't the best wp themes premium.. wish they were free… Thanks for the nice list..
You're welcome Krishna, I'm glad you liked the list.
Sometimes the best WordPress themes are commercial, but not always. I'd agree that some of the best designs in WordPress themes are usually commercial.
I would very much like to see this as a weekly feature, great roundup.
Awesome, I'll plan on keeping it going then. Thanks!


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The life and work of Emily Dix (1904–1972)
Cynthia V. Burek and Christopher J. Cleal
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 241, 181-196, 1 January 2005, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.207.01.14
Cynthia V. Burek
1Environment Research Group & Centre for Science Communication, Department of Biological Sciences, University College Chester Parkgate Road, Chester CH1 4BJ, UK
Christopher J. Cleal
2Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, National Museums and Galleries of Wales Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK
Emily Dix was a leading British palaeobotanist during the first half of the 20th century to deal with the stratigraphical distribution of macrofloras. She helped transform the use of fossil plants in defining biostratigraphic units in the Carboniferous strata in Britain; her plant-based zonation remains the foundation of Carboniferous macrofloral biostratigraphy today. She addressed several problems that came to dominate Carboniferous stratigraphical research during the second half of the century, including the mid-Carboniferous boundary and the Westphalian-Stephanian boundary. Her career was tragically cut short by mental illness when she was only in her early 40s.
© The Geological Society of London 2005
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In Search of the Headhunting Tribes of Borneo
By Contributing Writer
Shrunken smoked heads of slain enemies
Photo circa 1912: Charles Hose
Deep in the steamy jungle of Borneo, the bold English ethnologist hacked away with his machete to make headway through the dense vegetation. The short, sharp parang was designed to be drawn quickly, the better to strike for the neck. Yet while Charles Hose no doubt carried a blade during the many days and nights he spent living among the peoples of Borneo, this fanatical observer of the cultures of the huge Southeast Asian island was also armed with a subtler colonial weapon: the camera. Hose took many a well-aimed shot, and among his focus were Borneo's headhunters. Still, he wasn't the only snap-happy white chappie sporting britches and taking pictures; others, like the Dutch, were at it too.
Gallery inside a Kayan Dayak house with skulls and weapons lining the wall
Photo 1900-1930: Photographer unknown
In truth, Charles Hose was armed not just with a camera but with a pen. Stationed on Borneo as the Resident Magistrate during British Imperial rule there, this intrepid investigator recorded all he saw in his book, The Pagan Tribes of Borneo, published in 1912, and this included a discourse on headhunting:
"It is clear that the Ibans are the only tribe to which one can apply the epithet head-hunters with the usual connotation of the word, namely, that head-hunting is pursued as a form of sport," write Hose, though he later states that these same people "are so passionately devoted to head-hunting that often they do not scruple to pursue it in an unsportsmanlike fashion."
Ibu Dayak warrior headhunters from Longnawan, North Borneo
Photo circa 1927: Photographer unknown
Before we get lost in confusion over what does and does not constitute sporting headhunting, let's just be clear that the Iban are a branch of Borneo's indigenous Dayak peoples. This sub-group of natives became known as Sea Dayaks to Westerners during the colonial era under the dynasty of James Brooke (1803-1868), the Rajah of Sarawak, which is one of Borneo's Malaysian states.
The violent exploits of the Sea Dayaks in the South China Sea are well documented, due in no small part to their aggressive culture of war against emerging Western trade interests in the 19th and 20th centuries. James Brooke and his Malays gave as good as they got, however, attacking and wiping out 800 of the scurvy pirates. The Ibans also became notorious for headhunting, even if their being branded as pioneers of the practice was unfortunate, and perhaps off the mark.
Dayak man in possession of two heads on strings
Charles Hose himself thought it "probable" that the Ibans "adopted the practice [of headhunting] some few generations ago only… in imitation of Kayans or other tribes among whom it had been established," and that "the rapid growth of the practice among the Ibans was no doubt largely due to the influence of the Malays, who had been taught by Arabs and others the arts of piracy."
Modern sources less prone to imparting blame tie in the beginnings of this grisly activity among the Ibans with their territorial and tribal expansionism. As their own areas became overpopulated, they were forced to intrude on lands belonging to other tribes – trespassing which could only lead to death at a time when brutal confrontation was the only means of survival.
Armed Dayaks busy with the scull of a head-hunted enemy, Central-Borneo
Photo 1894: Photographer unknown
Headhunting was also undoubtedly an important part of Dayak culture more widely. A tradition of retaliation for old headhunts kept the ritual alive until it was curtailed and then gradually stamped out by outside interference – namely, the reign of the Brooke Rajahs in Sarawak and the Dutch in Kalimantan Borneo – in the 100 years leading up to World War II.
Early on, Brooke Government reports describe war parties of Iban and Kenyah people – another group of tribes to whom headhunting was culturally important – in possession of captured enemy heads. Yet later on, with the exception of massed raids, the practice of headhunting was limited to individual retaliation attacks or occurred as the result of chance encounters.
Shaven-headed Dayak bearing a spear with a parang hanging from his side
Even so, by Charles Hose's time headhunting was evidently still enough of an issue for the ethnologist to devote sections of his book to the subject. Hose even went so far as to explore possible explanations for the habits and beliefs that may have underlain and supported this macabre ferocity, offering two possible theories:
"That the practice of taking the heads of fallen enemies arose by extension of the custom of taking the hair for the ornamentation of the shield and sword-hilt," and that: "The origin of head-taking is that it arose out of the custom of slaying slaves on the death of a chief, in order that they might accompany and serve him on his journey to the other world."
Medicine men of the Dusun-Dayaks in West Borneo
Photo: Photographer unknown
Without wishing to cast too much doubt on Hose's discerning colonial eye, contemporary scholars have offered slightly different views on what headhunting meant to the people who practiced it. Within the complex polytheist and animist beliefs of the Dayaks, beheading one's enemy was seen as the way of killing off for good the spirit of the person who had been slain.
The spiritual significance of the ceremony also lay in the belief that it ushered in the end of mourning for the community's dead. The heads were put on display at traditional burial rites, where the bones of relatives were exhumed from the earth and cleaned before being put in burial vaults. Ideas of manhood were also bound up with the practice, and the taken heads were surely prized.
Dayak chief in full traditional war dress
Those who might sit snugly behind the idea that these barbaric practices lie far from Western civilised standards may want to think again. During WWII, Allied troops are known to have collected the skulls of dead Japanese as trophies. In 1944 Life published a photo of a young woman posing with a signed skull sent to her by her Navy boyfriend, an event that caused public outrage.
Under Allied direction, the Dayaks themselves retaliated against the Japanese with their brand of guerrilla warfare following ill treatment by the occupying forces. The gruesome tradition temporarily reared its head again as US airmen and Australian special operatives turned inland tribesmen into a thousand-man headhunting army which killed or captured some 1,500 Japanese soldiers.
War worker with Japanese skull sent by her Navy boyfriend
Photo, Life Magazine 1944: Photographer unknown
In far more recent times, beheading by Dayak people again resurfaced. Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo, has been marred by brutal outbreaks of ethnic violence since the late 1990s. In 2001, over 500 Madurese immigrants were killed and tens of thousands forced to flee, with the bodies of some victims decapitated in rituals all too reminiscent of traditions past.
Conversion to Islam or Christianity and anti-headhunting legislation by the colonial powers may have supposed to suppress headhunting, but violent practices the world over often have a habit of reappearing when situations get ugly.
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6


Cryptocurrency exchanges are the proverbial gatekeepers of the Bitcoin and altcoin industry. During weekends, some of these platforms tend to note a strong increase in trading volume, though the reason why is always unclear. The following six exchanges have seen their volume spike by 100% or more over the past few hours. Statistics are provided by Bitgur.
Ever since BTC-E relaunched and rebranded under the WEX banner, there has been a genuine interest in seeing what the platform has to offer. Even though its 24-hour volume sits at just under $1.5m, this is a 101% increase compared to 24 hours ago. Its primary trading pairs are ZCash, Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum, all of which are traded against the US Dollar. All of those pairs have noted a volume increase between 84% and 183%.
Not too many people are aware of the Bibox exchange at this time. The popular altcoin trading volume has noted a 323% increase in 24-hour volume, pushing the total number to $322m. This shift occurs primarily due to the increase in Bibox Token trading against Ethereum, Bitcoin, and USDT. Bytom and Ethereum trading are also picking up speed at this time.
Another popular exchange among altcoin traders is BCEX. Although it generates just $14m in volume, this figure represents a 397% increase in just 24 hours. Its most popular pairs are ETH/BBTC, QTUM/BTC, ZCASH/BTC, and LTC/BTC. There are no fiat currency pairs on this exchange, though that situation may change in the future.
The institutional-grade Gemini exchange is struggling for volume once again. It has generated just $1.36m in volume over the past 24 hours representing a 484% increase. The increasing in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and ZCash trading in the USD markets is responsible for this sudden increase in momentum. An interesting turn of events, although one would expect this exchange to generate a lot more volume.
The EXMO exchange often goes unnoticed despite it offering some rather interesting trading pairs. The $3.15m in 24-hour trading volume represents a 657% increase, courtesy of increased attention in the XRP and BTC markets. With its fiat currency pairing sin USD, RUB, and EUR, EXMO is slowly gaining more traction in the cryptocurrency industry.
The biggest "gainer" of this weekend is BitMart, a trading platform unbeknownst to most. While it generates $11.4m in volume, it remains to be seen if this momentum can be steadily maintained. This 770% increase in volume comes courtesy of Ethereum trading as well as NEO trading picking up the pace in a significant manner. The platform's USDT pairs all tend to do quite well, and this weekend is no different in this regard.
The post Top 6 Exchanges Noting Trading Volume Gains – 2018 Week 41 Edition appeared first on NullTX.


Her entire life, Janie Silver searched for the kind of love that wouldn't leave her broken and more importantly, wouldn't leave her behind. She longs for a love that can heal the wounds of her past and give her the future she knows she deserves. She thought she was looking for something that just didn't exist…until she meets him.
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Q: How to generalize a country border using QGIS? What are the steps for smoothening a country border using QGIS?

A: From the spare information you provide I suggest to use "smooth" algorithm from processing toolbox and play a little with the settings to find the ones which deliver a suitable result for you.


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The Wilderness Christian Camp won $20,000!!! Thanks for voting for Jason Perlak!!!
The Wilderness Christian Camp
CONTEST NEWS:
The Mitchum Hardest Working Person contest ended on Sunday, August 15. We received the second highest number of votes! Praise the Lord! Jason Perlak has been named the "second hardest working person in America".
See Press Release
See Mitchum's Press Release
"Training youth is better than mending adults."
Praise the Lord! All the Glory Belongs to Him!
The 2nd place winner is to be awarded - $20,000
"I want to congratulate the first place winner and also want to personally thank all the people that have voted for us and our video. There is no way we could have made it this far without the prayers and support of people all over the country and from several other countries. God is to be praised and the Glory belongs to him." - Jason J. Perlak
Watch this video too!
Jason explains how you can continue to help.
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Award Winning Video Below
SPECIAL NOTE: Due to the fact that the contest rules require the winning prize money to go directly to Jason Perlak, the money will be taxed before Jason and Kelly donate the money. After sweepstakes taxes and tithe, the camp will receive around $7,000 - $8,000 out of the $20,000 prize money. We are reluctantly "rendering unto Caesar, that which is Caesar's."
The Wilderness Christian Camp & Retreat Center, Inc.


Home renovations and decorating are two of the hottest topics out there right now. With the surge in popularity of networks like HGTV, plenty of publishers are trying to cash in on the phenomenon by releasing books and how to guides that show you how to decorate your Bolton real estate in the most popular styles. Choosing just one can be tough, so we'll zoom in on a popular example of the genre and try to help you figure out if it's the right book for you. The subject of today's focus is The New Decorating Book by the team at Better Homes and Gardens.
The New Decorating book is essentially a textbook for grown ups on how to plan, design, and create a home with functional, elegant, coordinated rooms. The book is organized into two sections, the first of which is devoted to the different types of rooms you might find in your Oakville, Ontario real estate (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, etc.) and their decorating challenges. The second section focuses on the designs themselves, which types are appropriate where and how to achieve the look you want. The book includes over 500 photos.
Popular perception has it that only women like to toy around with the wallpaper and paint in their North York real estate, but the New Decorating Book is for both men and women because designing and creating a space that is functional and aesthetically pleasing is not a gender specific activity. Anyone who is looking to redesign or redecorate a home or room and doesn't know where to start should read this book. It would make a great housewarming or wedding gift.
The latest edition of the New Decorating Book was released in 2003, so many retail bookstores no longer carry it. You might find a copy at your local library, at a used bookstore, through an online reseller, or at a book liquidation store. Since many of the copies you will find have been used in other people's Richmond Hill homes, prices vary from a dollar or so to upwards of fifteen dollars. The book contains a total of 408 pages and is quite large and heavy, like a university textbook.
Who is this author anyway?
Many sources list The New Decorating Book as being authored by Denise L. Caringer, and while it's true that she did write most of the content, the important connection is to the Better Homes and Garden's magazine. Better Homes and Gardens is one of the most popular decorating magazines in Canada. You will find copies on the coffee table of most townhomes in Toronto and they are widely recognized as one of the foremost authorities on traditional and cottage decorating.


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Q: Insert text BEFORE the "tag" title I'd like to insert text BEFORE the "tag" title.
So, I am using Categories and Tags and I when I click into one of my "tag" archives the title of the page is simply the word of the "tag" so in my example it is "New York"
What I would like to do is insert text BEFORE "New York"
I thought this would work but it doesn't:
add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', 'custom_tag_archive_title' );
/**
 * Remove archive labels.
 *
 * @param  string $title Current archive title to be displayed.
 * @return string        Modified archive title to be displayed.
 */
function custom_tag_archive_title( $title ) {
    if ( is_tag() ) {
        $title = single_tag_title( 'Conferences In ', false );
    }
    return $title;
}

Now, the interesting thing is that I did the same for my categories and it works great. The function I am using is this:
add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', 'custom_taxonomy_archive_title' );
/**
 * Remove archive labels.
 *
 * @param  string $title Current archive title to be displayed.
 * @return string        Modified archive title to be displayed.
 */
function custom_taxonomy_archive_title( $title ) {
    if ( is_tax('us_state') ) {
        $title = single_term_title( 'Conferences In ', false );
    }
    elseif ( is_tax('country') ) {
        $title = single_term_title( 'Conferences In ', false );
    }
    return $title;
}

Any ideas why the "tag" (which is a regular "tag") doesn't load the text before?
Thanks for all suggestions.

A: I skipped this and figured out the best way as Pseudo CSS (I believe it is called)
body.tag .page-title:before {
    content: 'Conferences In ';
}

^ this works well