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Elazar Weiss is a J.S.D. candidate at Yale Law School, where he also earned his LL.M. degree in 2020. Elazar's research focuses on the intersection between law, culture and language. His J.S.D dissertation examines the metaphors and paradigms underlying US abortion jurisprudence and the "culture wars". Through interpretive readings of court cases, academic literature, and cultural texts (from thinks tanks to twitter), Elazar proposes the right to Destiny as an alternative to the Court's Privacy argument in Roe v. Wade.
Before coming to Yale, Elazar studied in the The Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students at Tel-Aviv University, where he completed In 2016 a law degree (L.L.B) and B.A. in Philosophy and Economics. Elazar clerked on the Supreme Court of Israel and has taught courses in Jurisprudence, Constitutional law, and Contracts. Elazar also served as the editor-in-chief of the Tel-Aviv University Law Journal ("Iyunei Mishpat") and as Tutor in Law at The Program for the Integration and Advancement of Arab-Palestinian Students (Tel-Aviv University Law School). In 2020 – and as part of his work as a Yale Law School Schell center Human Rights Fellow – Elazar embarked on a Social-Political journey through the Holy Land and its discourses. A visual documentation of this journey is on exhibit at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale.
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Bonjour! Hasbro's world tour continues with their current stop at Paris Comic Con. They've kindly sent over official images of the new Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black and Star Wars Vintage Collection figures that were revealed during their panel earlier today.
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Hello, bonjour, and welcome to CJRO News on Carlsbad-Vars Radio. I'm Candice Vetter, reporting from North Russell.
As reported in Le Reflet-The News, a local writer who is only 10 years old has had her story, "A Mermaid Lives Her Dreams", published in an anthology called To Grow a Writer 2020. The book can be ordered online.
Jessie Anderson's story was one of 23 winning entries in a contest launched last year by the Ottawa Police Blues FC and Baico Publishing Ltd. The contest was launched to help youth stay focused, positive and creative, during this time, said Sgt. Devon Archer.
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Health Canada is proposing regulations reducing the flavours allowed in vaping products. Only mint/menthol and tobacco flavours will be allowed. The purpose is to get rid of the candy, fruit and gum flavours which are attractive to young people. Since tobacco is so strictly regulated and vape products usually include high levels of nicotine, it has been a question why vape products were allowed to be flavoured in the first place. Vaping can produce nicotine addiction which often leads to smoking. Health advocates have long asked the government to outlaw these flavours, and some flavourings have directly caused serious lung illnesses. Vaping is considered a tool to help with reducing smoking, but that is its only recommended use.
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Russell Kin Club's Catch the Ace lottery is still growing. The estimated jackpot is now $463,000 with a weekly prize of $30,000. There are six envelopes remaining. To buy tickets go to kinclubofrussell.ca/catch-the-ace-tickets or pick them up at participating retailers.
Finally, listen to us over the air in Russell Township. The new transmitter in Embrun is up and running. Until June 24th we will be test broadcasting a music loop, but after that the three transmitters, one in Carlsbad Springs, one in Vars, and the new one will all be playing the same programming. Some rural locations between Embrun and Carlsbad Springs may need directional antennas but so far I've been able to pick it up in my car where I've travelled in the general area. If you notice any interference we would appreciate hearing when and where. Just drop us an email.
Do you have news that matters to our area? Do you have a local business? We are eager to hear from all our local business owners and I'd like to interview you. Contact me by emailing newsCJRO@gmail.com.
I'm Candice Vetter. CJRO – Last on the dial, first for local news. Keep well.


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Songwriting Competition 'Songland' Gets NBC Series Order; Audrey Morrissey, Dave Stewart & Adam Levine Exec Produce
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NBC's long-gestating songwriting competition reality series Songland has received an 11-episode series order. The project hails from The Voice executive producer Audrey Morrissey, Eurythmics co-founder and producer Dave Stewart, Maroon 5's Adam Levine and his 222 Productions and OneRepublic's RyaStewart hn Tedder.
Songland, produced by Universal Alternative Television Studio, aims at giving talented up-and-coming songwriters the opportunity to collaborate with three music producers per episode who are responsible for today's biggest hits.
Songland had a long and slightly bumpy road to the screen. It was originally ordered to a pilot, with Stewart, Levine, Morrissey and director Ivan Dudynsky attached, in March 2015. A year later, as it was in the casting stage, the project came under intense scrutiny after an intellectual property attorney posted a warning about the onerous contract applicants were asked to sign giving up copyright on any submitted song. The issue was quickly addressed by NBC which amended the contracts for the show and stated the show's IP rights policies on Songland's Web site.
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In each episode five songwriters will perform their original tracks in front of three top music producers and a major recording artist on an intimate soundstage. The first episode features three-time Grammy nominee Charlie Puth as the recording artist along with a panel of producer-songwriters that includes Grammy winner Tedder, singer and Grammy-nominated songwriter Ester Dean and Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Shane McAnally.
Each song's lyrics, arrangements, beats, melody and story will be considered by the panel as producers discuss ways to creatively adapt them to better fit the style and sensibility of the recording artist of the week.
After the performances, the recording artist will choose three songwriters to move forward to the studio and pair them each with the producer best suited to perfect their song. In the studio, the songs will take shape as the songwriter and producer duos work together to win over the recording artist. In the end, a winner will be chosen and their song will be recorded and released as the top artist's next single.
Songland is produced by Live Animals in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, Dave Stewart Entertainment and 222 Productions. The concept was devised by Stewart, Morrissey and Dudynsky. Stewart, Morrissey, Levine and Dudynsky executive produce. Josh Gummersall will serve as producer along with Ryan Tedder who is repped by Ron Laffitte, Dana Salant for Patriot Management.
"Songwriters shape the anthems and tell the stories of each generation, and now we're pulling back the curtain on the collaborative process and opening the door for new talent to emerge," said Meredith Ahr, President, Universal Television Alternative Studio. "While filming our first episode, the excitement was palpable as we witnessed the creative direction of our panelists transform and elevate the music right before our eyes. Without a doubt, Songland will inspire music lovers and give us all a greater appreciation for the songs we love."
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Here's why Hillary Clinton can still be charged and imprisoned for her misuse of classified emails
TOPICS:classified emailsEspionage ActHillary ClintonJudicial WatchNational SecurityprosecutionSpygateTom Fitton
Posted By: usafeaturesmedia July 11, 2019
By Jon Dougherty
(NationalSentinel) Earlier this week, Tom Fitton, the president of government watchdog organization Judicial Watch — which has been doing yeoman's work exposing the various aspects of "Spygate" — implored Attorney General William Barr to reopen the case into former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's criminal abuse of classified emails.
As we reported, Fitton said in a July 3 video, not only is there enough evidence to investigation Clinton, but also "her former colleagues at the State Department, frankly, in the Obama White House and in the Justice Department itself."
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Judicial Watch has been out front for more than two years uncovering, through Freedom of Information Act requests and lawsuits, damning information regarding the "Spygate" scandal initiated by the previous administration to undermine President Donald Trump or run him out of office.
"I mean as if Benghazi wasn't bad enough" — a reference to a terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 in which a U.S. ambassador and three American special operators were killed — "they lied about it, then they got caught," and in the process, Judicial Watch discovered that under Clinton, national security had also been compromised, Fitton noted.
"This isn't Judicial Watch saying this, this is the testimony of a former State Department official," Fitton noted further.
In a second video released Wednesday, Judicial Watch reported that John Hackett, a former top official at the State Department, warned his superiors repeatedly about Clinton's email issues. In particular, he first warned about Clinton's use of an unsecured Blackberry device, then warned about how she had deleted some 30,000 emails without following strict National Archives regulations and restrictions.
Hackett would go on to warn that the formal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) review process for Clinton's email documents may have been tampered with.
"This disturbing testimony points to an Obama administration conspiracy to hide and destroy Hillary Clinton's emails," Fitton said in a statement.
"Even worse, the testimony suggests Clinton's Benghazi emails were under-classified to protect Hillary Clinton," he added.
"Attorney General Barr needs to prioritize reopening the Clinton email investigation."
Let's recall that even former FBI Director James Comey's pained exoneration of Clinton during an unprecedented July 5, 2016 press conference suggested that she broke laws:
From the group of 30,000 e-mails returned to the State Department, 110 e-mails in 52 e-mail chains have been determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received. Eight of those chains contained information that was Top Secret at the time they were sent; 36 chains contained Secret information at the time; and eight contained Confidential information, which is the lowest level of classification.
With respect to the thousands of e-mails we found that were not among those produced to State, agencies have concluded that three of those were classified at the time they were sent or received, one at the Secret level and two at the Confidential level.
And again, knowing what we know now regarding Comey's role (and that of former Attorney General Loretta Lynch) in ensuring that Clinton would be exonerated, it's not beyond the pale of reason to expect that there are possibly thousands of other emails she sent through her home-brew unsecured server that were classified.
Recall, too, that the former lead counsel for the FBI told congressional investigators that he was of the mindset that Clinton should have faced charges for criminal mishandling of classified emails.
In fact, James Baker said he was "appalled" at the amount of "highly classified" information that passed through Clinton's unsecured email server, adding that he believed she should have been criminally prosecuted for that conduct.
"(T)he nature and scope of the classified information that, to me, initially, when I looked at it, I thought these folks should know that this stuff is classified, that it was alarming what they were talking about, especially some of the most highly classified stuff," Baker told lawmakers.
The legal standard to charge someone for mishandling classified information under the Espionage Act is "gross negligence" — not intent. That's important because Comey, during his July 5, 2016 presser, intentionally changed the language to suggest that intent, not actions, are what the FBI looks at in such cases:
Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.
In her testimony to lawmakers last year, former FBI lawyer (and Peter Strzok lover) Lisa Page said the Obama Justice Department blocked the FBI from charging Clinton with "gross negligence."
In her testimony, Page said that the FBI "did not blow over gross negligence." In response to a question from Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), Page testified the FBI, including Comey, believed Clinton may have committed gross negligence.
"We, in fact — and, in fact, the Director — because, on its face, it did seem like, well, maybe there's a potential here for this to be the charge. And we had multiple conversations, multiple conversations with the Justice Department about charging gross negligence," she said.
But Obama's Justice Department, then led by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, said nope.
"The Justice Department's assessment was that it was both constitutionally vague so that they did not actually feel that they could permissibly bring that charge," Page testified.
That's an obviously politicized and biased assessment, given that Obama and Lynch were neck-deep in the effort to ensure Clinton breezed into the White House while Trump was destroyed.
But does any of this matter at this point? Can Clinton, like Fitton suggests, even be charged by now?
Given a case that was adjudicated in federal court this week, the answer would seem to be a resounding 'yes.'
A former State Department employee who worked at Foggy Bottom during Bill Clinton's administration was just sentenced to 40 months in prison after taking Chinese bribes and providing the Communists with requested information.
As Fox News reported:
A federal judge sentenced former State Department employee Candace Claiborne to more than three years in prison and a $40,000 fine Tuesday for accepting thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for information.
U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss said, "sentencing is never easy," but also called Claiborne's crime, "a truly grave offense, a betrayal of her employer and a betrayal of her country" before giving her 40 months in prison in a Washington D.C. courtroom.
Speaking of Benghazi, Clinton committed her 'alleged' violations of the Espionage Act during a time of war; that is, the war on terror that continues to this day.
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Under current federal statutes, persons accused of committing crimes that endanger national security can be charged up to six months after said war is over, "as proclaimed by the president or a joint resolution of Congress."
Given that the war on terror is ongoing and that a Clinton-era State Department employee was just prosecuted and given jail time for acting against her country as late as 2011 (Clinton left the State Department in 2013), you bet Tom Fitton is correct.
Clinton can be indicted and prosecuted — and jailed — for what she did. And she should be.
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3 Comments on "Here's why Hillary Clinton can still be charged and imprisoned for her misuse of classified emails"
Deb | July 11, 2019 at 7:57 am | Reply
just to correct the last sentence of the article.
sHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ChuckC | July 11, 2019 at 11:46 am | Reply
She can be, but never will be.
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If only……….
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7 Lessons I Learned Living With OMGPOP And Its CEO Dan Porter
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Dan Porter hired me at Virgin, and has been subletting me space in various OMGPOP offices since I founded Voxy in 2010. He is also on the advisory board of Voxy.Here's what I learned while working alongside him.
1. Investing is personal; build incredible relationships with your VCs. Business is about people, and the people who extended OMGPOP a lifeline last year (when it seemed almost illogical) were betting on the team and a CEO who had built up trust.
2. Trust your gut when it comes to Cupcakes and Puppies. These were the central focus of some of OMGPOP's previous games, and, while they were developed based on user feedback, they were also just intuitively lame. Cupcakes and Puppies were never going to become the cultural phenomenon of Draw Something.
3. React fast, and take control of the process. The ability to manage explosive growth so effectively is almost as rare a skill as making the game of a lifetime. From all-nighters by the dev team (huge props to CWH and Jason), to talks with Ghostface Killah, to rumours of a potential movie in the works, Dan rallied the team and executed flawlessly.
4. Metrics matter. While Dan knows numbers better than most, intuition is what drives him. But Draw Something was the first OMGPOP game to publicly display its analytics and usage data to the team throughout its meteoric rise. For a data junkie like me, who openly shares every number to my entire team, this is not a coincidence. Watching the Drawings per Download ratio creep from 10-12 one day and from 12-14 the next was early proof that this product had found a market, and that Draw Something was going to
explode.
5. Collaboration trumps competition in games. I'm not necessarily the authority on gaming here, and this point has been made many times before. But as Draw Something's DAUs grow beyond 25 million, and as the game amazingly takes root in non-English speaking markets like China, it should be pointed out that people want to play with each other rather than against each other.
6. Let everyone around enjoy the success. Make big moments special for everyone. From free iPads for everyone on the team, to minimum bonuses for each employee and a total office re-design including new iMacs and acoustic guitars everywhere, everybody at OMGPOP was along for the ride. The celebration spread through every team member, from the interns on up.
7. Never, ever, ever give up. Watching Dan and OMGPOP's incredible, "bottom of the 9th, two outs" Cinderella story has been the coolest thing I've ever seen in business. There were some dark days at OMGPOP over the last four years, and it was hard to watch my friend and mentor struggle. But even when board meetings got bleak, he never stopped believing in the team, in their collective knowledge and lessons learned, and in himself.
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What does OFFF really mean?
By Dom Carter 22 May 2018
Get ready for OFFF Barcelona 2018 with a taste of the event's opening film.
This year's OFFF Barcelona is just around the corner. Taking place 24 - 26 May, the ever-popular design festival promises to delight with a range of innovative and international speakers, plus workshops, activities and performances.
The upcoming event is the eighteenth edition of OFFF Barcelona, and to mark the occasion it's trying to answer a crucial question: just what exactly is OFFF? As well as trying to find some definition through all the talks, Italian artist duo Mathery have puzzled it out with some lateral thinking for the OFFF opening film (teaser above).
Taking the name of the event as a starting point, Erika Zorzi and Matteo Sangalli explored what OFFF would mean if the word was an acronym. Possible ideas have included Oyster Flavoured Food Festival and Orange Fringe Feathers Festival. We talked to the pair about how the project came about...
A series of characters feature in the OFFF opening film
"Last year we reached out to OFFF to see if they were interested in having us as speakers," Mathery tells Creative Bloq, "unfortunately all the spots were already taken, but they mentioned that for us they had a different plan… So a week later they got back asking us to design the campaign OFFF2018 and the opening film, it was baller news!"
"There was no brief, we were completely free to do whatever we wanted, which at first was shocking, but we knew it was just the best thing ever!"
As for where the idea for acronyms came from, the pair tell us that "after the moment of panic and excitement…we started the process by analysing the festival and all the campaigns from previous years."
"When doing this research, we realised that none of us were aware of the real meaning of the OFFF acronym, and talking with OFFF we understood that the real meaning is something that doesn't reflect the festival anymore, for us that was the perfect input to work on."
The film has a 'What the hell am I looking at?' feel
The project is Mathery's second short film, and with it they wanted to recreate the feeling of an opening ceremony.
"We wanted the film to respect and represent our aesthetic, with a narrative that doesn't tell the audience right away where you want them to go, but that gives a bit of suspense and a 'What the hell am I looking at?' feeling that magically disappears at the end where everything comes together."
Details of the rest of the opening film are firmly under wraps, but Mathery was able to give Creative Bloq a taste of what to expect. "If you imagine we gave the OFFF letters a body and soul, what could happen? What are these four characters getting ready for?"
"If with the photographic campaign we have explored the idea of the acronym in a visual way, in the film we went even deeper as the letters that actually dictate the story."
Given that OFFF is a big, globally recognised event, the chance to create the opening film was a great opportunity Mathery didn't want to miss.
"For us it's been a unique experience to work on this because we rarely get the chance to spend time on projects without creative boundaries, aside from our personal projects. And the fact that OFFF always completely trusted our ideas and taste was gratifying and inspiring. We felt free to push boundaries and we can't wait to see our images printed on giant canvases and to show our film for the first time to such a cool audience."
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What's over the Bridge of Lions? There is so much more to St. Augustine than just what St. George Street and the surrounding streets have to offer. Don't miss what's waiting to be explored on the other side of the bridge! There are a plenty of restaurants, shops, hotels, and entertainment options for kids of all ages.
Be sure to check the hours! Gas and O'Steen's are both closed Sundays and Mondays and there may be others that are only open selective hours/days.
There are two hotels that sit on the bayfront at the foot of the bridge with amazing views of the city and bay. Marker 8 Hotel and Marina is a newcomer that offers a variety of rooms and amenities including a marina. The Edgewater Inn has been a staple in St. Agustine known as an "old world Florida" hotel with a sense of charm and a more personalized stay. The beautiful views and convenience to the downtown attractions make each of them ideal locations for someone who enjoys a walk into town each day.
The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum and St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park are two of the most loved attractions by kids and adults alike over the Bridge of Lions! When the town is crowded or you need a new adventure, head over the bridge for lunch and tour one or both of these attractions. Old Town Trolley offers a shuttle to their customers during daytime hours to these two attractions and/or the beach. If you miss the shuttle, there is a nice walkway along the edge of the bridge that offers some of the best views of the bay and the city. There are gorgeous shots of the city and the bay to be had from the top of the bridge.
Need some friendly competition? Have some older kiddos that need something to keep them entertained? Who doesn't enjoy chasing after the ball as they go into the landscape? As my kiddos have gotten older, we can finally have an enjoyable family game of mini-golf. It used to be torture no matter how many times we all promised not to have a breakdown! When we see the littles throwing clubs or chasing balls all over the course, we feel your pain and secretly laugh inside because we used to be the show of the course.
Be sure to check out the coupon books around town or like their facebook to save money for a special treat at the end. I hear they may have some ice cream for those that promise to have a good time.
The next time St. George Street does not have the food choices or entertainment that meets your needs. Head over the Bridge of Lions and catch a bite to eat before exploring the island. There is so much waiting to be experienced just over the Bridge of Lions. Let us know which restaurant should be tried the next time our friends are in town!
Let's not forget Planet! Sarbez! A Flagler Alumni opens and owns! Great arcade… fabulous grilled cheeses… 18 beers on tap…. great music and entertainment most nights!
There are so many wonderful places over the bridge. We will add this one to the list. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Diane! Lots of wonderful places over the bridge that often get forgotten.
You will not go hungry on Anastasia Island over the Bridge of Lions.
Both of these eateries are located in the same lot location, so take your pick. You win either way!


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Northern film group eyes 2 new festivals
By Michael Washburn
Movies from Northern Ireland have a growing following in the United States. Hot on the heels of the Made in Northern Ireland film festival, which hit New York in November, Paul Largan, the young producer who set up that event, has been holding meetings in Los Angeles. with people from foundations that seek to promote Irish culture.
Largan's goal is to launch at least two more Northern Ireland film festivals in the next few months — one in L.A. in April and one in Toronto in September. The chances have been bolstered by the popular reception that movies from the North met with at the Sundance Film Festival in late January.
In the midst of the crowded Park City festival, where movie buffs from all over the world rubbed shoulders with Aidan Quinn and Jerry Stembridge (director of "About Adam," which stars Dublin actor Stuart Townsend), Largan offered another peculiarly Irish diversion. He treated fans to screenings of three short films: "Mortice," "The Rules of Golf," and "Elsewhere," which were among the highlights of the November event.
On viewing these movies — a dark comedy and two firsthand accounts of the perils of growing up in pre-cease-fire Belfast — fans were so thrilled that they demanded an encore screening at the Golden Trailer Awards ceremony.
The Park City screenings were no less of a sensation than was the New York event, whose success has prompted Tracey Ferguson of the Irish Arts Center to become an official associate of Largan's. She will help in the search for celebrities willing to back the program, as Liam Neeson did when he appeared and gave a speech on the first night of the New York festival.
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So Largan has had plenty of leverage when meeting in L.A. with representatives of BAFTA, the Directors Guild of America, and Irish Screen (which has showcased Irish films like "The Boxer"). The first of those organizations lent support when Largan set up the November festival, the latter two have been newly won over to his campaign.
Largan won tentative support for a film festival in L.A., whose projected dates are April 26-28. He already has his eye on a couple of venues: The Raleigh Theater and the theater of the DGA. He also hopes to arrange a screening in Santa Monica, whose affluent Irish population will no doubt appreciate the authentic visions of "Elsewhere" and "The Rules of Golf" as well as of documentaries like "Baseball in Irish History," which examines the high sales of baseball bats in Northern Ireland despite there being just one team, and "A Million Bricks."
The Toronto film festival is less certain at this time, but Largan, who went there in September as part of an Irish delegation to the annual international film festival, said he thinks that the city's strong cultural and demographic links with Ireland and with Belfast in particular make it the perfect place to screen the 20 films in the Made in Northern Ireland package.
With luck, there will soon be an addition to that cinematic package. After Largan leaves L.A. and heads home to Belfast, he will immediately get to work on production of "Redrum," a thriller to be directed by 29-year-old "The Rules of Golf" veteran Hugh McGrory. This film will star "The Devil's Own" actor Paul Rowan, as well as young Belfast actress Eva Birthistle, who did a stellar job in McGrory's other film Getting Close.
It has become a truism that anything having to do with Ireland has an eager following in the United States these days. As Paul Largan's phenomenal success in generating support for his film festivals attests, Northern Ireland — and particularly its cinema — must now be included in that axiom as well.
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(FORT FRANCES, ON) – On November 10, 2018, at approximately 2:09 AM, a member of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting patrol in the area of Portage Avenue in Fort Frances when the officer observed a pick-up truck with no tail lights illuminated.
The officer attempted to stop the truck in the area of Portage Avenue and Fifth Street East however the vehicle failed to stop for police.
Eventually police were able to stop the vehicle and speak with the driver. Upon speaking with him, the officer suspected that the driver had alcohol in his body.
The driver was arrested and transported to the Fort Frances detachment, where he underwent further testing.
Flight while Pursued by Peace Officer contrary to section 249.1(1).
The accused was released on a Promise to Appear with a court date of November 26, 2018 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Fort Frances.
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Liverpool Are Unwelcome European Champions (to UEFA anyway)
by Martin Belam, 25 May 2005
Astonishing scenes tonight in the Champions League Final in Istanbul. Winning the 50th European Champions Cup is an achievement in itself, but Liverpool coming back from 3-0 down after 42 minutes was nothing short of a footballing miracle.
I can't be the only person who got a wailing text message from a mate who had given up watching at half-time, only to find they had missed the most sensational of European Cup Final comebacks. I also felt for the guy who called into Radio Five Live's 606 phone-in show asking how he was going to explain to his seven year old son whom he had sent to bed at half-time because "the match was over" that Liverpool had, in fact, won.
Liverpool have also set two records which I'm sure will fuel pub quizzes for years to come.
Due to the contractual obligations to show the match at a TV friendly time in Western Europe, and the match going to extra time, I believe that Liverpool are the first team to start playing a European Cup final on one day (the 25th), and not win it until the next (past midnight on the 26th local time)
Secondly, and somewhat less impressively, they will be the first team to lift the European Cup and not have the opportunity to defend it the following season. Next season's Champions League will feature plenty of teams who are not even the champions of their own league, but will not feature the Champions of European club football.
At the moment anyway
Alan Green had it spot on during 606 this evening - UEFA will expect Liverpool to turn up and play the Super Cup against CSKA Moscow as a curtain raiser for the Champions League draw next season, and they will expect Liverpool to turn up to FIFA's revamped club championship next season as Champions of Europe. Can they really not find a place for them in next season's Champions League?
By Martin Belam on 25 May 2005.
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Disadvantaged communities in Carlow to receive €134,206 through Community Enhancement Programme.
Over €134,206 will be provided to disadvantaged communities in rural and urban areas in Carlow through the Community Enhancement Programme, Fine Gael TD Pat Deering has said.
Typical enhancements under the Community Enhancement Programme could include the renovation of community centres, community amenities, improvements to town parks and common areas and spaces, CCTV equipment and energy efficiency projects
Deputy Deering said: "This new scheme will provide funding to communities in to enhance facilities in disadvantaged areas. Some of the funding is ring-fenced for smaller projects, from lawnmowers and IT equipment to minor renovations in buildings. It also provides funding to contribute to larger projects in disadvantaged areas. This programme helps support important work by communities across Carlow.
"Fine Gael is committed to ensuring that rural Ireland is supported, so that it can achieve its full potential across a wide-range of areas.
The funding is provided to Carlow County Council and applications for funding can be made to the Local Community Development Committee who will decide on projects in a manner consistent with the Local Economic and Community Plan."
The Community Enhancement Programme builds on and replaces the Communities Facilities Scheme and the RAPID programme that were launched last year by the Department.
The amalgamated scheme has been put in place following consultation with the 33 Local Community Development Committees across the country. An increased level of funding has been provided to each area.
Deering added: "Last year Carlow received €64,500 under the RAPID Scheme so today's allocation represents a significant increase on 2017."
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 30th July 2018.


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Třída Maestrale je třída víceúčelových fregat Italského námořnictva. Celkem bylo postaveno osm fregat této třídy. Jejich postupné vyřazování začalo roku 2015. Roku 2021 Indonésie objednala dvě Italským námořnictvem vyřazená plavidla.

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Celkem bylo v letech 1982–1985 do služby zařazeno osm lodí této třídy. Postavila je společnost Fincantieri v loděnicích Cantiere navale del Muggiano (F-571) a Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso (všechny ostatní).

Jednotky třídy Maestrale:

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Hlavňovou výzbroj tvoří jeden 127mm (délka hlavně 54 ráží) kanón Otobreda Compact v dělové věži na přídi a dva dvojhlavňové 40mm hlavňové systémy blízké obrany DARDO (délka hlavně 70 ráží) ve věžích po stranách hlavní nástavby. Kanóny DARDO slouží pro obranu proti protilodním střelám. Za 127mm kanónem je umístěno osminásobné vypouštěcí zařízení Albatross určené pro odpalování protiletadlových řízených střel Selenia Aspide. Čtyři protilodní střely Teseo Mk 2 jsou umístěny na střeše hangáru. Protiponorkovou výzbroj představují dva tříhlavňové 324mm torpédomety pro torpéda Mk 46 Mod 2 a dva 533mm torpédomety. Na palubě je přistávací plocha a hangár pro dva vrtulníky AB-212. Trupový sonar a vlečný sonar s měnitelnou hloubkou ponoru jsou typu Raytheon DE 1164.

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Q: monitor bandwith a web app takes I have a form that is going to be submitted a few times and I want to know how much bandwidth is used ( upload and download ) for one submission of this form and when the php behind it does with the submitted data until the confirmation page is reached.
How can I monitor that either by echoing it right before the confirmation page is displayed so that I know how much upload and download bandwidth is taken on that one visit and form submission?
I wouldn't have it echo'd in the deployed version, just right now for testing.

A: Some details as to what type of web server you are using would be beneficial. Regardless, I use bandwidthd on my router's span port to track bandwidth by host, though this wouldn't give you the granularity that you are looking for it should give you enough to get you started.
For more granular consumption monitoring I would recommend something like mod_logio, which will allow you to write the bytes sent/received per request to the apache log file.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mod_logio.html


When it comes to Android Emulators, Bluestacks is the first name that would come to your mind. Bluestacks is one one of most reliable and most popular Android Emulators developed for Windows and Mac. It lets you simulate Android OS on your PC and lets you use apps designed for Android on your more powerful computers. The most valuable advantage of using Bluestacks is its ability to root Android without any physical damage or warranty violations. So without any further ado, let's have a look at some of the easiest ways to Root Bluestacks 3 for Android so that you can enjoy your Android experience in the way you want to.
Even though Bluestacks App is well coded and error-free, its UI has some limitation that created the need for Some of the Best Bluestacks alternatives. These alternatives work same as Bluestacks and are lightweight and easy to use. Before moving further, let's have a look at some of the most common advantages and disadvantages of Rooted Android Device/Emulators.
Lets you remove pre-installed bloatware and OEM apps.
Ad-Blocking for all apps in just a single click.
Lets you install any incompatible app on any device.
You can also manage your SOC clock speed and try some random experiments.
You won't be able to able to claim warranty services from most of the manufacturers.
Vendors won't be able to push updates to your Rooted device.
In the worst case, your device may be bricked.
The method listed below is tested for Bluestacks 3 (a.k.a Bluestacks Gaming Platform) but it will also work for other versions like Bluestacks 2 and Bluestacks 3N. Before proceeding on how to Root Bluestacks 3 for Android, you need to download following software on your PC.
After downloading the above apps on your PC, extract the .zip file and run the program with Administrator permissions. Running the application with Administrator permission lets you complete the process without any errors. Once the installation process is over, you will see a screen like this.
Before moving further, you need to completely stop Bluestacks running on your system. To do so, click on Force Kill BS to kill Bluestacks and all its process.
Click on Helpers Tab at the top navigation bar and click on Unlock(multi) button.
Now, go to Main Tab and click on Start BS to start Bluestacks.
Again goto Helpers Tab and click on Patch to start the rooting process. Now the tweaker app will start rooting your Bluestacks and the process will take a few moments.
Your Bluestacks will be rooted once the process is successfully completed. You can check the root status by installing any of the Root Checker apps from Play Store.
Download SuperSU from Google Play Store. After the installation process is over, restart Bluestacks and open SuperSU.
You will screen a screen like this which confirms that your Bluestacks has been rooted. Now you can easily run Android apps which requires root permission without worrying about Warranty violation of physical damage to the device.
We all know that Rooting your device lets you discover the full potential of Android. But most of the mobile manufacturers restrict users from rooting their device or else they won't provide the warranty for the product. If something goes wrong during the Rooting process, chances are that your device may even get bricked. So using Bluestacks comes out to be the best alternative. There are many methods to root but we have presented one of the simplest and easiest way to Root Bluestacks 3 for Android. If you still have any queries or facing difficulties during the rooting process, do let us know in the comments section below.


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Christopher Sacre's epiphany as an artist may have arrived in an unexpected form - but since discovering a happy marriage between condoms and plaster since October 2010, he has never looked back. The resulting work, See what this man gave birth to after using 2000 condoms in 22 days, is an extraordinary installation of 2000 of his plaster 'babies'.


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Pokémon tourney set Nov. 29 in Kennewick | Tri-City Herald
Pokémon tourney set Nov. 29 in Kennewick
By Ingrid Stegemoeller, Herald staff writer
Pokémon fans are invited to test their skill and creativity at an upcoming tournament.
The Trading Card Game tournament registration starts at 9 a.m. Nov. 29 at the main branch of the Mid-Columbia Library, 1620 S. Union St., Kennewick.
Competitors are divided into three divisions: Junior Division (born in 1998 or later), Senior Division (born in 1994-97), and Masters Division (born in 1993 or earlier). Prizes are awarded to the top four in each division.
Before each tournament, players strategically build 60-card decks, said J.C. Smith, director of marketing for Pokémon USA in Bellevue.
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Signs proclaim misconduct allegations at Christ the King Seminary and within the Diocese of Buffalo. (Peter Jesserer Smith photos)
Nation | Nov. 14, 2019
Buffalo's Christ the King Seminary: Sexual Misconduct Dates Back Decades
Part 2 of a Register report on allegations of sexual misconduct and the existence of an entrenched homosexual subculture at the Diocese of Buffalo's seminary.
Peter Jesserer Smith
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Christ the King Seminary is responsible for forming the vast majority of priests who have served the Diocese of Buffalo. It serves as a training ground for other dioceses, as well.
But it is also considered by many the primary reason the Buffalo Diocese is engulfed by a sexual-misconduct scandal, both by allegedly forming abuser priests and by allegedly perpetuating a toxic clerical culture that enabled sexual misconduct. And the problems at Christ the King are not a new phenomenon: An entrenched culture of sexual misconduct at the seminary dates back decades, according to sources who spoke with the Register and to other news media.
John (not his real name), a former Christ the King seminarian, told the Register that his own vocation came to a sudden halt at Christ the King in the 1990s, when a priest-professor took a sexual interest in him after a visit to an indoor pool at a Catholic college. The priest isolated him from the rest of the seminarians, effectively forcing him to ride alone with him back to Christ the King, which is located in a rural area, through backwoods roads on a rainy night.
John said the priest began engaging in sexually graphic conversation, revealing he was a homosexual, alleging all sorts of people in the Church were engaged in sexual activity and going into graphic detail regarding his sexual preferences. John said he had enough presence of mind to push back and say that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Pope John Paul II would disagree — a comment that enraged the priest, who began fulminating about Cardinal Ratzinger and the late Pope. John said he feared sexual violence and had his hand on the door handle.
"I thought, 'If I have to jump out of this car, I'm going to jump out of this car,'" he said.
Instead, they returned to Christ the King — but John, who is now in his 40s, said he was crushed by depression for a long time after the incident.
"I've never been sexually harassed before that, and I have never been sexually harassed after that."
He reported the priest-professor, who subsequently was removed from Christ the King, to his satisfaction. However, he only recently learned, to his dismay, that the priest, who is now dead, had been transferred to a parish in New Jersey.
But the damage to John's vocation was complete. He left the seminary, never to pursue again a vocation to the priesthood.
John's traumatic experience was by no means an isolated case during that time period, according to other sources.
Beverly Malona, a former director of the diocese's natural family planning office who served as a lecturer at Christ the King, told local media that she knew the seminary was "a hotbed of sexual activity" in the 1980s and 1990s. "I'd walk in, and the hair would stand up on my neck," she said about the sexually charged atmosphere that was present.
Seminarians repeatedly stopped by her office to complain that they had been the targets of sexual advances by priests at the seminary. According to Malona, such priests justified their sexual activity by saying celibacy only meant not marrying a woman, not that they couldn't engage in sexual acts themselves.
Father Beirnat's Allegations
One of the concerns in play regarding the sexual-misconduct allegations involves foreign-born seminarians at Christ the King. Father Ryszard Biernat, who is currently on leave from his assignment as priest-secretary to Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone, has alleged that Father Art Smith sexually assaulted him on a parish assignment as a seminarian.
In September of this year, the Polish-born Father Biernat, who arrived in 2003 at the age of 23 to study at the seminary, alleged that Auxiliary Bishop Edward Grosz, who was a classmate of Father Smith, warned him that Father Biernat would lose his place in the seminary and be forced to return to Poland if he went public with his claims against Father Smith.
Father Biernat told the Register the seminary did not help him in the aftermath of the alleged assault.
"I'm struggling to get up in the morning, with anxiety, and they're focusing on how my hair is not combed," he said.
However, he said that laypeople helped him recover and continue in the seminary program. At the same time, Father Biernat said he remembered struggling a great deal with anxiety and depression, particularly when he learned Father Smith was honored at the seminary as "priest of the month" on the vocations website.
Father Biernat revealed in September 2018 he was assaulted in 2003, but only named Father Smith publicly as his alleged abuser only after gaining his U.S. citizenship in July. He accused Bishop Malone of also pressuring him into silence about fully disclosing his abuse as late as August.
Father Biernat secretly recorded and leaked to the media confidential discussions by Bishop Malone and his inner circle regarding the sexual harassment and attempted blackmail of then-Christ the King seminarian Matthew Bojanowski by Father Jeffrey Nowak (see Part 1 of this series). Part of the alleged blackmail involved Father Nowak's alleged theft from Bojanowski's Boston apartment and digital reproduction of a 2016 letter apparently written by Father Biernat to Bojanowski that has been read as either a love letter or a letter of intimate friendship. Both Father Biernat and Bojanowski have maintained they only have a chaste friendship and not a homosexual relationship.
Bishop Malone, for his part, had known (and informed the Vatican) Father Smith was alleged to have sexually abused Father Biernat as a seminarian.
When asked by the Register if he was investigating Father Biernat's claims about Bishop Grosz, Bishop Malone replied via email that his auxiliary denied making "any intimidation or threat to Father Ryszard."
Father Smith, meanwhile, has been the subject of other allegations of sexual misconduct not associated with the seminary. In 2011, he was suspended as a diocesan priest by Bishop Malone's predecessor, Bishop Edward Kmiec, following allegations that he was sending inappropriate messages to an eighth-grade boy at St. Mary of the Lake School in Hamburg.
The following year, after succeeding Bishop Kmiec, Bishop Malone restored Father Smith to active ministry, reportedly after the accused priest spent time at a treatment center in Philadelphia. But Father Smith was placed on administrative leave again in April 2018, as a result of a separate allegation of sexual abuse of a minor, as detailed in a WKBW report that also cited a number of other allegations of problematic conduct involving adults. Then in February of this year, Father Smith's 33-year-old nephew publicly alleged his uncle had abused him when he was 9 years old.
Father Smith is now on the diocese's list of credibly accused priests and also faces a lawsuit under the Child Victims Act from another alleged victim. He continues to maintain his innocence of any wrongdoing.
Allegations Against Father Gatto
The seminary's historical and recent sexual-misconduct scandals appear to intertwine in the person of Father Joseph Gatto, a veteran of Christ the King's formation team, who Bishop Malone selected to lead the seminary as rector-president in 2013.
In the fall of 2018, two laymen came forward and alleged Father Gatto initiated unwanted sexual advances when they came to him as young adults in the midst of personal crises. One of the alleged incidents dated back to the 1980s, while the other allegedly occurred in May 2000.
After the first accuser came forward, Father Gatto told The Buffalo News, "I have never broken my vows as a celibate priest, ever," but he was placed on administrative leave from his position as Christ the King's rector.
On the heels of the two men's allegations, James Faluszczak, a graduate of Christ the King Seminary who subsequently served as a priest of the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, for 18 years before he left the priesthood, went public with his own submitted sworn testimony to the Pennsylvania grand jury investigation regarding Father Gatto and with a letter he sent to Bishop Malone asking him to take action against Father Gatto.
Faluszczak stated Father Gatto abused his position as formation director to have sex with a seminarian who sought his guidance due to struggles with same-sex attraction. Faluszczak also alleged that Father Gatto blackmailed him into silence on the eve of his diaconal ordination by bringing up Falusczak's earlier disclosure to Father Gatto of his own sexual misconduct with another seminarian.
Local Buffalo news WKBW reported that the Diocese of Buffalo had released a statement advising that Bishop Malone had met with Bishop Lawrence Persico of Erie to discuss Faluszczak's allegations and that Father Gatto's alleged seminary victim, who is now a diocesan priest in Erie, had denied to them anything inappropriate had happened with Father Gatto. However, WKBW reported it could not confirm this account because the alleged victim had declined multiple requests for comment.
Faluszczak told WKBW that Father Gatto facilitated a culture of sexual license in Christ the King Seminary that resulted in negative consequences for the future priests who studied there.
"My experience among the Catholic clergy, both in Buffalo and in Erie, is that they are oversexualized, highly sexualized," Faluszczak said. "When Father Gatto became the rector of Christ the King Seminary, the hypocrisy of that was part of the motivation for me to leave active priestly ministry."
'Colombian Pipeline' Involvement?
As well as reporting on these allegations, in August 2018, Church Militant reported that while serving as Christ the King's vice rector 20 years ago, Father Gatto had been instrumental in setting up a pipeline of seminarians from Colombia, who, according to an ex-seminarian, were either active homosexuals or vulnerable to sexual coercion by homosexual clergy in the diocese.
As documentation of that allegation, Church Militant posted online a September 1998 memo from Father Gatto to then-Buffalo Bishop Henry Mansell, printed on Christ the King stationery, that listed the names of nine future seminarians who would soon arrive from Colombia.
The continuing existence of such a Colombian seminarian pipeline, and its connection to the Diocese of Buffalo, also was indicated by the findings of a 2012 investigation into sexual misconduct at Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut, which resulted in the expulsion of 13 seminarians from the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey.
According to the investigation's final report, some of the problematic seminarians at Holy Apostles "were discovered to be on a 'blacklist' of seminarians expelled from Colombian seminaries for engaging in unacceptable behavior/homosexual activity."
"The evidence at Holy Apostles led us to a very systemic homosexual network of individuals, not only covering for each other, but actively sanitizing files, moving people around, engaging in all sorts of negative activity," Father John Lavers, who led the investigation, told the Register last year. "That effort represented a large network involving several dioceses, including Paterson, Newark, Hartford and Buffalo — this last of which is coming out in the news now."
Bishop Malone's Response
Although Father Gatto denied that he had ever broken his vows as a celibate priest when the accusations surfaced last fall that resulted in his removal as rector of the seminary, he revealed in September 2018 he was being sent to Southdown Institute in Toronto for a psychological evaluation.
A new permanent president-rector, Vincentian Father Kevin Creagh, has now been installed, and Father Gatto currently has no active parish assignment. This May, Bishop Malone announced Father Gatto would be reassigned to St. Christopher's parish in Tonawanda, but abandoned that decision in June in the face of a public outcry from Catholic parents.
The Register asked Bishop Malone if he was taking any further actions regarding Father Gatto's alleged pattern of misconduct, or investigating what negative influence he might have had on the seminary.
The bishop said in an email to the Register, "We have no evidence that Father Gatto ever sexually engaged or pursued any seminarian."
Peter Jesserer Smith is a Register staff reporter.
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Child & Family Foundation Children Flight Day 2017 powered by Peter Affenzeller
"It's flying! It's flying! It's flying!" Flight Day for people with disabilities in Alberndorf in the Riedmark district.
When you look at the world from high above, it makes the big day-to-day problems seem much smaller - and so were the children's eyes, as they widened in amazement. And that was exactly what had been planned for yesterday's Children Flight Day "Up, up and away".
On 25 June 2017, it was time: the 4th Child & Family Foundation Children Flight Day turned the dream into a reality for 50 children and youths. This time, it was the world high above Upper Austria that could be admired with awe: The Flight Day event took place at the Peter Affenzeller Whiskey Distillery, and was actively supported by Mr. Affenzeller and his whole team, together with the myWorld Austria GmbH and it's volunteers.
Children with disabilities and their families don't always have it easy; many things that we take for granted are difficult, even if the children and families don't show it. The strain on them is unparalleled and society is often quick to point out when someone is different. There are lots of small, or even bigger, hurdles that stop these children from being able to enjoy the experiences that other children of their age can enjoy. A flight, especially now during the holiday period, is normally a part of that.
For these families with children and youths with physical and mental disabilities, who are cared for by the Diankoniewerks, in Upper Austria, we wanted to organise a special day. A day that lets them forget the every-day, a day where these children and youths get to have an experience that, for once, other kids their age can't have: a helicopter ride.
As for any normal flight, there was a check-in counter, registration and boarding cards and a gate for boarding. The gate was open-air and, after a quick photo-shoot at the gate, they were assisted to the helicopter by a caring supporter. And if it wasn't already, things certainly took off from that point on! Once the rotors started spinning and the noise level grew, there was no time to stop and stare; it was time to keep their heads down and jog to and from the helicopter. Then came "airtime" with a whole new perspective.
Thomas H. is in a wheelchair and was allowed to fly with his mother. Of course, the engine was turned off at that point, so they could take their time to get onboard. "It was so fantastic". Just those few words and the look on his face said more than a thousand words ever could.
The helicopter ride was sure to be the highlight of the day, but it wasn't the only attraction. To calm the nerves before the flight, or as refreshment afterwards, Peter Affenzeller created children's cocktails with delicious, fresh fruit. There was music from the Dumfart Trio, with the Mooskirchner Quintet legend, Helmut Freydl as special guest. The bouncy castle with a slide, and the photo booth from Indra Foto were also huge hits: with the photo booth, the children were able to slip into another role, or even another world: they dressed up as "Maja the Bee" (a German children's cartoon character) or a pirate and then took a selfie, using a fixed selfie-camera. After all that action, everyone was ready for a good snack. In Peter Affenzeller's courtyard volunteers from the Gallneukirchen-Gusental Rotary Club prepared and handed out delicious sausages and drinks. Instead of taking part in all the hullabaloo and activity, those who wanted to be creative created some real originals in the painting and handicraft corner - they were allowed to let their imaginations run riot and create their own t-shirts, caps, bags and even stylish buttons.
Even Peter Affenzeller, one of those who initiated this project, reverted to his child within for a day: "You could really feel how much fun the kids were having. The excitement and fun were contagious."
Over 30 volunteers were involved in making this a day to remember: we would like to say a huge thank you to the owner of the Whiskey Distillery, Peter Affenzeller, as well as the myWorld Shopping Community Austria, the Bogi Park, the Office Center Berger&Reichenstaller, the Reisebüro Moser, the Nah&Frisch Pipifein, the Zoißl's Heurigen Schenke, the Spielzeugwelt Voitsberg, the Bräurup GmbH as well as the Autohaus Ford Ornig for making it all possible. A huge thank you also to the Gallneukirchen-Gusental Rotary Club volunteers for all their support, the Aviation GmbH, Saxoprint, Foto Indra, the Mooskirchner Quintett legend, Helmut Freydl, and the Dumfart Trio for the musical entertainment, and of course a special thank you also to Diakoniewerk, Upper Austria for their cooperation.
To give children with special needs an experience that they would otherwise not easily be able to have - an experience that will live in their memories and allow them to forget their day-to-day life for a while.
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approximately 50 children with special needs (cared for by Diakoniewerk, in Upper Austria)
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#ifndef DELTATIME_H
#define	DELTATIME_H

#include <Pyros3D/Core/Math/Math.h>
#include <Pyros3D/Other/Export.h>

namespace p3d {

	class PYROS3D_API DeltaTime {
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		DeltaTime();
		virtual ~DeltaTime();

		void Pause();
		void Resume();
		bool IsPaused();

		void StartBulletTime(const f32 factor);
		void StopBulletTime();
		bool IsBulletTime();

		f64 GetTime();
		f64 GetTimeInterval();

		void Update(const f64 &time);

	private:

		// save internal time
		f64 internalTime;
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		f64 externalTime;
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		f32 externalTimeInterval;

		// pause vars
		bool isPaused;
		f64 pauseTime;
		f64 pauseTimeStart;

		bool isBulletTime;
		f64 bulletTime;
		f64 bulletTimeStart;
		f32 bulletFactor;

		// Time Interval
		f64 timeInterval;

	};

};

#endif	/* DELTATIME_H */

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All About The Internet: What is a Web Browser?
I had an interesting call this week from a client in Phoenix. He reported that his internet was broken. I was afraid I might have to send over a local technician, since remote access only works if the client has internet service, but his computer showed up on my remote access application and reported that it had a healthy connection. I asked him a few questions and found out that it wasn't his whole internet that was broken, it was his web browser.
Read more about the history of Internet Explorer and the Browser Wars at Wikipedia.
So What Does the Term "Web Browser" Mean?
A web browser is a piece of software designed to allow us to use the resources available on the internet. You might think of the browser as your car. The car is really pretty useless unless there are roads and highways to drive on, right? The roads and highways are like the internet: they exist to take us to various places, and the car is the tool we use to take advantage of all those roads to get us to the places we want to go.
The internet is a worldwide network that consists of millions of computers, all offering various information, images, programs, and other resources to which people want to have access. The browser is very important, because its design will limit or allow certain resources to be accessed.
In 1994, Netscape Navigator was really the only commercially viable browser. It was based on US government efforts to make their information network (the precursor to the internet) easier to use. Netscape was really the reason the Internet became as popular as it did, as quickly as it did. It was free, and it was easy and fun to use.
Today, there are four mainstream browsers to choose from, along with 20 or 30 others that are less widely used. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Mozilla Firefox are all popular, modern browsers that will open most internet resources. They all have their advantages and disadvantages.
Click here to read ComputerHope's explanation of what a web browser is.
Microsoft Edge is available for Microsoft Windows 10 only -- that is its biggest weakness. Add in the constant nagging to make it the default and the non-intuitive (in my opinion) controls and settings, and it's easy to mark off your list. It is pretty fast, according to the ZDNet tests (click on the picture to the right to read about which is fastest), but that doesn't make up for its lack of usability.
Apple Safari is a fairly good browser, but it only works on Apple products. If I were an Apple fan, I would probably use it, but limiting myself to one platform has never been easy, with my job description. My browser of choice works very well on Apple, Linux, and ChromeOS, too, so I can use it on all of the operating systems I run.
I like Mozilla Firefox almost as well as Google Chrome, which is my browser of choice. Firefox is fast, secure, and works on most platforms. I have it loaded on most of my machines as a backup web browser, and if you don't like Google products for some reason, it's the browser I recommend.
Google Chrome is my favorite. It is integrated into my Android smartphone, and all of the Google apps I use are native to the Chrome platform. I can open it on nearly any platform and access the same bookmarks (favorites), email and contacts list, cloud storage, Chrome Remote Desktop, and Google Keep notes. The webmail client works very well in Chrome, so I don't need a separate email client on any operating system. That might not be enough to convince you to try it, but it is fast, light, extremely configurable, and very secure, so maybe it's your next browser, too!
Which one is fastest? Click the picture for benchmark results from ZDNet.com.
Don't Leave Us Hanging -- What Happened with the Client??
I logged into his computer and found that it was his Internet Explorer 11 that was broken. My first reaction was surprise because it's such an old browser.
Internet Explorer 1.0 was created in 1995 and released with the Windows 95 operating system. It was included with every version of Microsoft Windows that came after that, although it is not easy to find in Windows 10. It hasn't received any substantive updates since 2015, when Microsoft Edge replaced it in the release of Windows 10. In the world of computers, IE is practically the Egyptian mummy of software.
On second thought, I reminded myself that it was just a little more than a year ago that my Cox cable business account worked in any browser other than IE. As new web browsers come out, web pages have to be revised to work in them, and some organizations are slow to make changes. IE works adequately on most websites, and better than other browsers on a few -- although the sites that work well in IE are declining fast. That's what my client had run into: an updated website that wouldn't even load in IE.
I gently reminded him that I had been trying to get him to switch over to Google Chrome for a couple of years. He insisted that he did use Google, which caused a bit of confusion until I realized that he meant he used the Google search engine in the Internet Explorer browser.
A little more gentle explanation, plus creating a profile for him and importing all of his IE favorites and history and deleting all the shortcuts to IE, and I think his problem is solved.
If I can't use Internet Explorer, which should I choose? Click here for one answer.
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It -- Right?
It's not only new, popular browsers that make website owners and developers scramble to keep up. Browsers' progress is influenced by websites, too. When businesses want features that would make their websites work better, software designers are eager to meet those needs better than the competitors do, and web browser developers want to support the newest features and attract more widespread public adoption of their browsers.
In the cyclical development of browsers and content, the needs of browser end users are hardly considered. All the developers figure that the users will like their exciting new browser with its fancy video player, but I don't think we're as excited as they are. Most of us would rather use software we're familiar with for as long as we can, as demonstrated by the widespread use of Internet Explorer, Windows 7, and even Windows XP. Software manufacturers want to sell their latest and make more money, and website owners want to make their sites as cool as possible for the same reason, although through several different mechanisms.
As a matter of fact, habitually using the latest and greatest browser probably means a less than excellent experience for us, as well. The coolest effects and the latest plugins may have bugs. Most websites will not be able to keep up with the rapid development of those effects and plugins, so there won't be any cool stuff to look at for a while. If we "fix what ain't broke" too quickly, we could run into big trouble, and not receive a lot of benefit.
Get a Modern Browser, and Keep it Updated!
It is very difficult to let go of the old and embrace the new, but I think this time it's necessary. Hacking, viruses, and all kinds of malware seem to be on an endless growth curve, and one of the main ways they can be forced on consumers is through their browsers.
In addition to security concerns, the older your browser is, the less likely it is to show web pages with no problems. Forms may not work, images, videos, and other media may not display properly, and web applications may not work in an older browser.
If you are still using Internet Explorer, you should definitely pick a new browser. If you're not, check your browser to make sure it's up-to-date. Click on the picture to the right for an easy way to do this. When you go to get an updated browser, don't get an Alpha, Beta, or Developer edition -- remember that the "bleeding edge" browsers are much more trouble than they are worth. Leave that to the nerds, and stick with an established, safe version. Also, consider getting a second web browser as a backup. It can really help if your first browser gets corrupted by some malware.
As usual, please use our contact form below to email me with any questions about your web browser, your internet, or your computer in general. If I don't know the answer, I guarantee I can help you find it!


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Wordsmith Wednesday: Kurt Vonnegut "Wailing Shall Be in All Streets"
Our words this week come from Kurt Vonnegut's essay "Wailing Shall Be in All Streets" from his posthumous collection, Armageddon in Retrospect.
The excerpt reads:
"The facile reply to great groans such as mine is the most hateful of all cliches, 'fortunes of war,' and another, 'They asked for it. All they understand is force.' Who asked for it? The only thing who understands is force? Believe me, it is not easy to rationalize the stamping out of vineyards where the grapes of wrath are stored when gathering up babies in bushel baskets or helping a man dig where he thinks his wife may be buried."
A veteran of WWII taken as a POW during the Battle of the Bulge, Vonnegut's writings on war and the institutional machineries that create it have informed my perspective on pacifism and patriotism since adolescence, specifically in thinking about the human costs for soldiers and civilians. Vonnegut spent the first part of his career writing directly or indirectly about the sickening inhumanity and personal trauma of the American firebombing of Dresden, a mission that killed tens of thousands of innocent people, including women and children. He'd spent the days during the bombing hiding in a slaughterhouse and the days after working alongside Germans to search for survivors while stacking burnt bodies for mass cremation. The American media hardly spared a headline for victims and vets alike, the government sparing even less. I can only imagine Vonnegut's anger and despair at this, a young man recovering from the suicide of his mother. His humor, calm criticism, and emotional generosity in the face of trauma taught me a ton on how to navigate heaviness and injustice, how to use art and voice to make something half a century ago halfway around the world feel present and vital and human.
Despite the art of people like Vonnegut and idea that we are the most advanced civilization in the history of our planet, the United States has been at war in one capacity or another for well over half of my life. Recently we elected to give an unstable old man access to the largest nuclear arsenal in history, a cyberbully with the foreign relations tact of an aggressive fifth grader in the schoolyard and the empathetic capacity of a rock. The fear of the Cold War is creeping back into the collective psyche through the language of politicians and the media. So, as the flag waving of Veterans' Day fades until next year's brief show of nationalist pride and social media posts, I suggest we build a statue of PFC Vonnegut holding a basket of burnt babies in front of the White House, the Capitol Building, and the Pentagon with a plaque simply saying "The Fortunes of War." Just as a friendly reminder.
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Wordsmith Wednesday: Foxing's "Indica"
This week's Wordsmith Wednesday comes from the song "Indica" off of Foxing's album Dealer.
"And if so, do I haunt their parents' dreams?
And in so, am I summarized by sounds of young lungs screams?
Their young ones screams (…)
And if so would I bring their parents peace
And if so, could I give back the sounds of their children's screams?
Let go of what I've seen"
Often when we think of what defines us, we see it as what we surround ourselves with or what we hope people's perspectives of us are. Our actual physical actions and consequences are peripheral. Though here, within these lyrics, we are faced with the lingering, haunting effects of what we have done. How it feels as though it becomes and defines us. Foxing points to the unanswerable questions we are faced with when we return from war and the constant questioning and enduring reminders of our actions. The immeasurable weight that is on our shoulders and the inconceivable horrors we have committed and attempted, successfully or not, to come to terms with, these are the things that sometimes feel as tough they define us. A past that is out of our control. A past that we can't shake off. A past that can endure as a summary of our existence.
Though often impossible to move out of the forefront of your mind, these past actions do not have to act as our identity. We are more than that as long as we allow ourselves to be. We can not change what has already happened but can change what we do next.
Date October 4, 2017
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