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Gibbon on Julian – 12
The History of the Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire
Chapter XXIII:
Reign of Julian
The inclination of Julian might prefer the gods of Homer, and of the Scipios, to the new faith, which his uncle had established in the Roman empire; and in which he himself had been sanctified by the sacrament of baptism. But, as a philosopher, it was incumbent on him to justify his dissent from Christianity, which was supported by the number of its converts, by the chain of prophecy, the splendor of or miracles, and the weight of evidence.
The elaborate work, which he composed amidst the preparations of the Persian war, contained the substance of those arguments which he had long revolved in his mind. Some fragments have been transcribed and preserved, by his adversary, the vehement Cyril of Alexandria; and they exhibit a very singular mixture of wit and learning, of sophistry and fanaticism. The elegance of the style and the rank of the author, recommended his writings to the public attention; and in the impious list of the enemies of Christianity, the celebrated name of Porphyry was effaced by the superior merit or reputation of Julian.
The minds of the faithful were either seduced, or scandalized, or alarmed; and the pagans, who sometimes presumed to engage in the unequal dispute, derived, from the popular work of their Imperial missionary, an inexhaustible supply of fallacious objections. But in the assiduous prosecution of these theological studies, the emperor of the Romans imbibed the illiberal prejudices and passions of a polemic divine. He contracted an irrevocable obligation to maintain and propagate his religious opinions; and whilst he secretly applauded the strength and dexterity with which he wielded the weapons of controversy, he was tempted to distrust the sincerity, or to despise the understandings, of his antagonists, who could obstinately resist the force of reason and eloquence.
The Christians, who beheld with horror and indignation the apostasy of Julian, had much more to fear from his power than from his arguments. The pagans, who were conscious of his fervent zeal, expected, perhaps with impatience, that the flames of persecution should be immediately kindled against the enemies of the gods; and that the ingenious malice of Julian would invent some cruel refinements of death and torture which had been unknown to the rude and inexperienced fury of his predecessors.
But the hopes, as well as the fears, of the religious factions were apparently disappointed, by the prudent humanity of a prince, who was careful of his own fame, of the public peace, and of the rights of mankind. Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind.
The reluctant victim may be dragged to the foot of the altar; but the heart still abhors and disclaims the sacrilegious act of the hand. Religious obstinacy is hardened and exasperated by oppression; and, as soon as the persecution subsides, those who have yielded are restored as penitents, and those who have resisted are honored as saints and martyrs. If Julian adopted the unsuccessful cruelty of Diocletian and his colleagues, he was sensible that he should stain his memory with the name of a tyrant, and add new glories to the Catholic church, which had derived strength and increase from the severity of the pagan magistrates.
Actuated by these motives, and apprehensive of disturbing the repose of an unsettled reign, Julian surprised the world by an edict, which was not unworthy of a statesman, or a philosopher. He extended to all the inhabitants of the Roman world the benefits of a free and equal toleration; and the only hardship which he inflicted on the Christians, was to deprive them of the power of tormenting their fellow-subjects, whom they stigmatized with the odious titles of idolaters and heretics.
The pagans received a gracious permission, or rather an express order, to open all their temples; and they were at once delivered from the oppressive laws, and arbitrary vexations, which they had sustained under the reign of Constantine, and of his sons. At the same time the bishops and clergy, who had been banished by the Arian monarch, were recalled from exile, and restored to their respective churches; the Donatists, the Novatians, the Macedonians, the Eunomians, and those who, with a more prosperous fortune, adhered to the doctrine of the Council of Nice.
Julian, who understood and derided their theological disputes, invited to the palace the leaders of the hostile sects, that he might enjoy the agreeable spectacle of their furious encounters. The clamor of controversy sometimes provoked the emperor to exclaim, "Hear me! the Franks have heard me, and the Alemanni;" but he soon discovered that he was now engaged with more obstinate and implacable enemies; and though he exerted the powers of oratory to persuade them to live in concord, or at least in peace, he was perfectly satisfied, before he dismissed them from his presence, that he had nothing to dread from the union of the Christians.
The impartial Ammianus has ascribed this affected clemency to the desire of fomenting the intestine divisions of the church, and the insidious design of undermining the foundations of Christianity, was inseparably connected with the zeal which Julian professed, to restore the ancient religion of the empire. As soon as he ascended the throne, he assumed, according to the custom of his predecessors, the character of supreme pontiff; not only as the most honorable title of Imperial greatness, but as a sacred and important office; the duties of which he was resolved to execute with pious diligence. As the business of the state prevented the emperor from joining every day in the public devotion of his subjects, he dedicated a domestic chapel to his tutelar deity the Sun; his gardens were filled with statues and altars of the gods; and each apartment of the palace displaced the appearance of a magnificent temple.
Every morning he saluted the parent of light with a sacrifice; the blood of another victim was shed at the moment when the Sun sunk below the horizon; and the Moon, the Stars, and the Genii of the night received their respective and seasonable honors from the indefatigable devotion of Julian. On solemn festivals, he regularly visited the temple of the god or goddess to whom the day was peculiarly consecrated, and endeavored to excite the religion of the magistrates and people by the example of his own zeal. Instead of maintaining the lofty state of a monarch, distinguished by the splendor of his purple, and encompassed by the golden shields of his guards, Julian solicited, with respectful eagerness, the meanest offices which contributed to the worship of the gods.
Amidst the sacred but licentious crowd of priests, of inferior ministers, and of female dancers, who were dedicated to the service of the temple, it was the business of the emperor to bring the wood, to blow the fire, to handle the knife, to slaughter the victim, and, thrusting his bloody hands into the bowels of the expiring animal, to draw forth the heart or liver, and to read, with the consummate skill of an haruspex, imaginary signs of future events. The wisest of the Pagans censured this extravagant superstition, which affected to despise the restraints of prudence and decency.
Under the reign of a prince, who practised the rigid maxims of economy, the expense of religious worship consumed a very large portion of the revenue a constant supply of the scarcest and most beautiful birds was transported from distant climates, to bleed on the altars of the gods; a hundred oxen were frequently sacrificed by Julian on one and the same day; and it soon became a popular jest, that if he should return with conquest from the Persian war, the breed of horned cattle must infallibly be extinguished.
Yet this expense may appear inconsiderable, when it is compared with the splendid presents which were offered either by the hand, or by order, of the emperor, to all the celebrated places of devotion in the Roman world; and with the sums allotted to repair and decorate the ancient temples, which had suffered the silent decay of time, or the recent injuries of Christian rapine.
Encouraged by the example, the exhortations, the liberality, of their pious sovereign, the cities and families resumed the practice of their neglected ceremonies. "Every part of the world," exclaims Libanius, with devout transport, "displayed the triumph of religion; and the grateful prospect of flaming altars, bleeding victims, the smoke of incense, and a solemn train of priests and prophets, without fear and without danger. The sound of prayer and of music was heard on the tops of the highest mountains; and the same ox afforded a sacrifice for the gods, and a supper for their joyous votaries."
But the genius and power of Julian were unequal to the enterprise of restoring a religion which was destitute of theological principles, of moral precepts, and of ecclesiastical discipline; which rapidly hastened to decay and dissolution, and was not susceptible of any solid or consistent reformation.
The jurisdiction of the supreme pontiff, more especially after that office had been united with the Imperial dignity, comprehended the whole extent of the Roman empire. Julian named for his vicars, in the several provinces, the priests and philosophers whom he esteemed the best qualified to cooperate in the execution of his great design; and his pastoral letters, if we may use that name, still represent a very curious sketch of his wishes and intentions.
He directs, that in every city the sacerdotal order should be composed, without any distinction of birth and fortune, of those persons who were the most conspicuous for the love of the gods, and of men. "If they are guilty," continues he,
of any scandalous offence, they should be censured or degraded by the superior pontiff; but as long as they retain their rank, they are entitled to the respect of the magistrates and people. Their humility may be shown in the plainness of their domestic garb; their dignity, in the pomp of holy vestments.
When they are summoned in their turn to officiate before the altar, they ought not, during the appointed number of days, to depart from the precincts of the temple; nor should a single day be suffered to elapse, without the prayers and the sacrifice, which they are obliged to offer for the prosperity of the state, and of individuals. The exercise of their sacred functions requires an immaculate purity, both of mind and body; and even when they are dismissed from the temple to the occupations of common life, it is incumbent on them to excel in decency and virtue the rest of their fellow-citizens. The priest of the gods should never be seen in theatres or taverns.
His conversation should be chaste, his diet temperate, his friends of honorable reputation; and if he sometimes visits the Forum or the Palace, he should appear only as the advocate of those who have vainly solicited either justice or mercy. His studies should be suited to the sanctity of his profession. Licentious tales, or comedies, or satires, must be banished from his library, which ought solely to consist of historical or philosophical writings; of history, which is founded in truth, and of philosophy, which is connected with religion.
The impious opinions of the Epicureans and sceptics deserve his abhorrence and contempt; but he should diligently study the systems of Pythagoras, of Plato, and of the Stoics, which unanimously teach that there are gods; that the world is governed by their providence; that their goodness is the source of every temporal blessing; and that they have prepared for the human soul a future state of reward or punishment.
The Imperial pontiff inculcates, in the most persuasive language, the duties of benevolence and hospitality; exhorts his inferior clergy to recommend the universal practice of those virtues; promises to assist their indigence from the public treasury; and declares his resolution of establishing hospitals in every city, where the poor should be received without any invidious distinction of country or of religion. Julian beheld with envy the wise and humane regulations of the church; and he very frankly confesses his intention to deprive the Christians of the applause, as well as advantage, which they had acquired by the exclusive practice of charity and beneficence.
The same spirit of imitation might dispose the emperor to adopt several ecclesiastical institutions, the use and importance of which were approved by the success of his enemies. But if these imaginary plans of reformation had been realized, the forced and imperfect copy would have been less beneficial to Paganism, than honorable to Christianity.
The Gentiles, who peaceably followed the customs of their ancestors, were rather surprised than pleased with the introduction of foreign manners; and in the short period of his reign, Julian had frequent occasions to complain of the want of fervor of his own party. The enthusiasm of Julian prompted him to embrace the friends of Jupiter as his personal friends and brethren; and though he partially overlooked the merit of Christian constancy, he admired and rewarded the noble perseverance of those Gentiles who had preferred the favor of the gods to that of the emperor.
If they cultivated the literature, as well as the religion, of the Greeks, they acquired an additional claim to the friendship of Julian, who ranked the Muses in the number of his tutelar deities. In the religion which he had adopted, piety and learning were almost synonymous; and a crowd of poets, of rhetoricians, and of philosophers, hastened to the Imperial court, to occupy the vacant places of the bishops, who had seduced the credulity of Constantius.
His successor esteemed the ties of common initiation as far more sacred than those of consanguinity; he chose his favorites among the sages, who were deeply skilled in the occult sciences of magic and divination; and every impostor, who pretended to reveal the secrets of futurity, was assured of enjoying the present hour in honor and affluence.
Among the philosophers, Maximus obtained the most eminent rank in the friendship of his royal disciple, who communicated, with unreserved confidence, his actions, his sentiments, and his religious designs, during the anxious suspense of the civil war. As soon as Julian had taken possession of the palace of Constantinople, he despatched an honorable and pressing invitation to Maximus, who then resided at Sardes in Lydia, with Chrysanthius, the associate of his art and studies.
The prudent and superstitious Chrysanthius refused to undertake a journey which showed itself, according to the rules of divination, with the most threatening and malignant aspect: but his companion, whose fanaticism was of a bolder cast, persisted in his interrogations, till he had extorted from the gods a seeming consent to his own wishes, and those of the emperor. The journey of Maximus through the cities of Asia displayed the triumph of philosophic vanity; and the magistrates vied with each other in the honorable reception which they prepared for the friend of their sovereign. Julian was pronouncing an oration before the senate, when he was informed of the arrival of Maximus.
The emperor immediately interrupted his discourse, advanced to meet him, and after a tender embrace, conducted him by the hand into the midst of the assembly; where he publicly acknowledged the benefits which he had derived from the instructions of the philosopher.
Maximus, who soon acquired the confidence, and influenced the councils of Julian, was insensibly corrupted by the temptations of a court. His dress became more splendid, his demeanor more lofty, and he was exposed, under a succeeding reign, to a disgraceful inquiry into the means by which the disciple of Plato had accumulated, in the short duration of his favor, a very scandalous proportion of wealth. Of the other philosophers and sophists, who were invited to the Imperial residence by the choice of Julian, or by the success of Maximus, few were able to preserve their innocence or their reputation.
The liberal gifts of money, lands, and houses, were insufficient to satiate their rapacious avarice; and the indignation of the people was justly excited by the remembrance of their abject poverty and disinterested professions. The penetration of Julian could not always be deceived: but he was unwilling to despise the characters of those men whose talents deserved his esteem: he desired to escape the double reproach of imprudence and inconstancy; and he was apprehensive of degrading, in the eyes of the profane, the honor of letters and of religion.
The favor of Julian was almost equally divided between the Pagans, who had firmly adhered to the worship of their ancestors, and the Christians, who prudently embraced the religion of their sovereign. The acquisition of new proselytes gratified the ruling passions of his soul, superstition and vanity; and he was heard to declare, with the enthusiasm of a missionary, that if he could render each individual richer than Midas, and every city greater than Babylon, he should not esteem himself the benefactor of mankind, unless, at the same time, he could reclaim his subjects from their impious revolt against the immortal gods.
A prince who had studied human nature, and who possessed the treasures of the Roman empire, could adapt his arguments, his promises, and his rewards, to every order of Christians; and the merit of a seasonable conversion was allowed to supply the defects of a candidate, or even to expiate the guilt of a criminal. As the army is the most forcible engine of absolute power, Julian applied himself, with peculiar diligence, to corrupt the religion of his troops, without whose hearty concurrence every measure must be dangerous and unsuccessful; and the natural temper of soldiers made this conquest as easy as it was important.
The legions of Gaul devoted themselves to the faith, as well as to the fortunes, of their victorious leader; and even before the death of Constantius, he had the satisfaction of announcing to his friends, that they assisted with fervent devotion, and voracious appetite, at the sacrifices, which were repeatedly offered in his camp, of whole hecatombs of fat oxen.
The armies of the East, which had been trained under the standard of the cross, and of Constantius, required amore artful and expensive mode of persuasion. On the days of solemn and public festivals, the emperor received the homage, and rewarded the merit, of the troops. His throne of state was encircled with the military ensigns of Rome and the republic; the holy name of Christ was erased from the Labarum; and the symbols of war, of majesty, and of pagan superstition, were so dexterously blended, that the faithful subject incurred the guilt of idolatry, when he respectfully saluted the person or image of his sovereign.
The soldiers passed successively in review; and each of them, before he received from the hand of Julian a liberal donative, proportioned to his rank and services, was required to cast a few grains of incense into the flame which burnt upon the altar. Some Christian confessors might resist, and others might repent; but the far greater number, allured by the prospect of gold, and awed by the presence of the emperor, contracted the criminal engagement; and their future perseverance in the worship of the gods was enforced by every consideration of duty and of interest.
By the frequent repetition of these arts, and at the expense of sums which would have purchased the service of half the nations of Scythia, Julian gradually acquired for his troops the imaginary protection of the gods, and for himself the firm and effectual support of the Roman legions. It is indeed more than probable, that the restoration and encouragement of Paganism revealed a multitude of pretended Christians, who, from motives of temporal advantage, had acquiesced in the religion of the former reign; and who afterwards returned, with the same flexibility of conscience, to the faith which was professed by the successors of Julian.
While the devout monarch incessantly labored to restore and propagate the religion of his ancestors, he embraced the extraordinary design of rebuilding the temple of Jerusalem. In a public epistle to the nation or community of the Jews, dispersed through the provinces, he pities their misfortunes, condemns their oppressors, praises their constancy, declares himself their gracious protector, and expresses a pious hope, that after his return from the Persian war, he may be permitted to pay his grateful vows to the Almighty in his holy city of Jerusalem.
The blind superstition, and abject slavery, of those unfortunate exiles, must excite the contempt of a philosophic emperor; but they deserved the friendship of Julian, by their implacable hatred of the Christian name. The barren synagogue abhorred and envied the fecundity of the rebellious church; the power of the Jews was not equal to their malice; but their gravest rabbis approved the private murder of an apostate; and their seditious clamors had often awakened the indolence of the Pagan magistrates.
Under the reign of Constantine, the Jews became the subjects of their revolted children nor was it long before they experienced the bitterness of domestic tyranny. The civil immunities which had been granted, or confirmed, by Severus, were gradually repealed by the Christian princes; and a rash tumult, excited by the Jews of Palestine, seemed to justify the lucrative modes of oppression which were invented by the bishops and eunuchs of the court of Constantius.
The Jewish patriarch, who was still permitted to exercise a precarious jurisdiction, held his residence at Tiberias; and the neighboring cities of Palestine were filled with the remains of a people who fondly adhered to the promised land. But the edict of Hadrian was renewed and enforced; and they viewed from afar the walls of the holy city, which were profaned in their eyes by the triumph of the cross and the devotion of the Christians.
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Hello all, I tried a few ios apps that track mobile data usage on wifi. One app actually shows i'm downloading 10gb to 20gb daily on my mobile which doesn't really tell me any details.
Another app (My Data Manager) uses VPN and sells the usage info (it says how they make their money) which feels like breach of privacy. It does say personal info isnt shared but they still see everything coming and going.
Now Im trying to do is something similar to this app with my own VPN. I installed VPN and setup is all good. the phone connects and creates a lot of log but I do not understand the log. I cannot find description of the fields anywhere.
here is an example record from log.
Is there an application to view these logs and get some statistics?
Or I can dump the data to an excel or sql DB and run some queries on this. 17.249.12.90 belongs to apple. but which one is the data amount transferred.
Also at one point I want to try to setup my router to connect to a VPN track all my devices and do a tracking from that(got an old linksys that doesnt have tracking or reporting anyking). but thats totally different subject.
If you export logs to the DB, you can sum up the packet size (8th field of the record).


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Port of Gulfport still not meeting job creation goals
October 10, 2014 | by Rob Port
SLOW PACE: Despite receiving $570 million in federal funds from U.S. Housing and Urban Development, the Port of Gulfport's expansion won't be complete until 2016.
By Steve Wilson | Mississippi Watchdog
For the Port of Gulfport, it's five down and 1,295 jobs to go.
According to a memo obtained by Mississippi Watchdog, the port has added five of the 1,300 jobs it needs to create under the terms of a $570 million Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development received after the port was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Under terms of the grant, the port was supposed to retain 1,286 workers and add 1,300 more. Of the new jobs, 51 percent must be for low- or moderate-income people. One of the five jobs, according to the memo, fit this category. Of the 814 presently employed at the port, only one fits the requirements for income status.
"The port is important not only to the people of the coast area, but to all Mississippians," said state Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Hinds County. "It is and should be a major driver of the state's economy. The delays in its renovation and reconstruction are very disappointing. The possible penalties for failure to meet the jobs numbers could be disastrous for the whole state."
HUD warned Mississippi if grant requirements aren't met it could result in:
termination of payments to the state
reduction of payments for present or future Community Development Block Grants to the state by an amount equal to the funds "used without compliance"
if HUD finds the state has "failed substantially to comply with a provision," it could refer the matter to the U.S. attorney general to institute a civil action to recover improperly spent money.
"Any penalties for not meeting the job requirements will be determined by HUD," Brown said. "I trust that the port officials, Mississippi Development Authority folks and the governor are already talking with HUD and trying to work this out. It probably does not help that the jobs reports HUD has received from the port and MDA have been contradictory."
The port did get some good news this week. The Mississippi State Port Authority is nearing a 13-year lease agreement with Dole Fruit, the port's biggest client. The extension could last through 2037 if several extension options are taken.
Dole will leave the East Pier, where its facility is located now, and move to the West Pier, where $30 million of the HUD grant will be used to build the company a "state-of-the-art, expanded port terminal." Construction on the West Pier expansion is expected to be completed by 2016.
DuPont, another one of the port's biggest clients, received $23 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds and $68 million in loans from the port authority to build a new state-of-the-art ilmenite ore handling facility. Ilmenite is converted to titanium dioxide, a bright white pigment used in paints, plastics and paper.
In 2013, the port was ranked 70th among U.S. ports in total trade, with more than 1.7 million metric tons. Neighboring ports New Orleans (second, 97 million metric tons), Mobile, Ala. (13th, more than 27 million metric tons) and Pascagoula (17th, more than 22 million metric tons) all ranked higher.
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I'm sure by now; Rupert Murdock has laid down the law in regards to FIM (Fox Interactive Media). "MySpace will start contributing to the bottom line immediately!" I'm sure this mandate has sent the execs at FIM scrambling for a strategy that will pay off quickly. But what could that strategy be? They can't charge members to sign-up; we must remember that members are the ones creating the content. They can't charge Widget makers a toll to provide access to the platform – just the rumor of that sent waves through the Widget community — so what is left? Is Google advertising the only way to monetize the site? Of course the answer is no.
MySpace has millions of little "viral" entrepreneurs at their disposal. These members love recommending, referring, passing on information about music, movies, people, pictures, Widgets and ideas. Why not put them to work for you? FIM could create and manage an affiliate program for their members 18 years old and up and generate revenue like LinkShare and Commission Junction do with their affiliate programs — heck why build a new program just buy one of those companies – They could offer MySpace Pro – A more sophisticated application rich profile for these new entrepreneurs at a minimal monthly or annual fee. Possibly even share Google AdSense revenue posted on their profiles with them. Let members who are providing content make a little money while FIM manages the program and generates some substantial revenue, serving as an aggregator.
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I'm sure the brain trust at FIM is hard at work coming up with a strategy to meet Mr. Murdock's mandate, I just thought I would throw a couple ideas against the wall to see if they stuck.
Check out my MySpace profile at www.myspace.com/rksmythe. As you can see I have included links to my blogs a link to pre-order the new Harry Potter book and if you click on the links in my profile they take you to Amazon.com through my affiliate account. Imagine if MySpace expanded the capabilities of their profile page and worked in partnership with their members.


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Q: Database mirroring - Witness only In SQL Server 2008 R2 Express the only mirroring alternative is "Witness only", however I can't find a good explenation to what this is.
I would like to have a database on a virtual server and then have a local SQL Server that mirrors this database, in case the internet connection goes down, I want to fail-over on the local server.
Any ideas on what SQL Server editions I need to be running on both ends?

A: For SQL 2008 you can run either Enterprise or Standard for mirroring: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188712.aspx
The witness server itself can be Standard, Enterprise, Workgroup, or Express.
The witness server is needed for automatic failover: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175191.aspx

A: "Witness only" refers to the role that Express edition can play in a mirroring setup between higher editions.
It can not be a principal or mirror. There is no "Witness only" mirroring setup

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Board of Directors | Character Camp
Dr. Garry Blackmon
Dr. Garry Blackmon serves on a number of boards and charitable foundations. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Houston Fire Fighters Relief and Retirement Fund, one of the largest pension funds in the country with assets totaling over four billion dollars. Additionally, he serves on the Executive Board of the Oldham Little Church Foundation. He is a former trustee of the Houston Baptist University, where he served for nine years.
He is the founder and senior pastor of Crossway Christian Fellowship in Houston, Texas. In addition he also served as chaplain for the Houston Fire Department, a position he held from January 1, 1999 until his retirement.
He's been a frequent speaker at First Baptist Houston, a regular seminar presenter for Leaders Edge and the UBA Church Growth Institute. He has provided the invocation at numerous functions throughout the city, including the City-Wide National Day of Prayer, the Mayor's Breakfast, The Mayor's serves Award Ceremony, Houston Fire Department graduations, and the City-Wide Metropolitan Baptists Ministers Conference and many other events.
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Charles is the President and CEO of Deep Down, Inc. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer, Business Manager, Contracts Manager and Corporate Accounting Manager. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin – Red McCombs School of Business. With his broad business background, Charles is also a member of Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide.
David Frinsco
David is the former President and CEO of the Worldwide Turnaround Management Company. He worked in the refining and petrochemicals industry for 34 years with a focus on managing and supporting turnarounds, outages and shutdowns. He worked for a refining company for the first 18 years of his career with a focus on maintenance and turnaround management. He was with WTMC since its inception in 1998 (co-founder) and worked as Operations Manager, VP of Business Development and President and CEO. Because of his proven business savvy and analytical prowess, David serves on the Executive Board as leader of the Land Development Committee. David has been a strong supporter of Character Camp as well as a volunteer for more than a decade.
Bio and Photo coming soon.
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Eric Calub
Jeng Liang


NEER is a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies.
An increase in NEER indicates an appreciation of the local currency against the weighted basket of currencies of its trading partners.
NEER data may be accessed through the International Financial Statistics (IFS) dataset portal.


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Creative kitchen-and-all-other-things extraordinaire Megan from Not Martha infinitely inspired me with her creation of tiny gingerbread houses that perch on the edge of one's mug. In addition to a mix for great gingerbread, and mouthwatering icing, this recipe requires a pretty chunk of time. But let me tell you, every minute of those hours are worth investing! You are baking a small village, after all. If you have a night to spare to make these most excellent mini masterpieces, then pull out your creative kitchen tool kit, and put your baking hat on!
2. Put softened butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until fluffy. Mix in spices and salt, then eggs and molasses. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Divide dough into thirds; wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour.
4. Roll out dough on a lightly floured work surface to a â…›-inch thick or slightly thicker. I took Megan's original PDF template for cutting out each single piece of a house, and adapted my own PDF template for efficiently laying and cutting out multiple houses at once. I didn't have a dull sewing pattern roller to cut my shapes out (as suggested by Megan), but found that a knife cut through the gingerbread just fine.
5. The original directions also note additional steps, such as freezing the dough longer before baking to maintain thinner results. I tested out a simpler version by simply cutting the shapes out, baking them, and was very satisfied with the results! The only difference you may encounter is the occasional too-poofy piece of gingerbread (Which ends up making a great taste-tester!).
6. Once in the oven, bake the gingerbread until crisp but not dark, 12 to 14 minutes. You can let them cool on wire racks, or, I used some spare cardboard that was going to be recycled as my cooling surface.
7. Last but not least, if you're feeling like a master gingerbread architect, you can whip up your own icing with this recipe that calls for only three ingredients. I'm not going to lie, I totally just bought a pre-made tub of cream cheese flavored icing – it's my favorite!
8. As for the roof decorations, I garnished them with classic sprinkles, miniature candy-coated chocolate drops, and my favorite, large flaked coconut.
Whether you have a gathering of five or fifteen, every minute you spend making these mini gingerbread houses will be worth it. We'd love to hear what you have up your sleeves – are you making any outside-of-the-box crafts or recipes for your guests?
How long can they be stored and what would you store them in?
sure I'd eat it anyway!
I just want to know where you got the Boston Terrier mug. I need one!
I made these for New Years Eve over several days and let me tell you they were a LOT of work! These were my first successful gingerbread houses I have ever made and they looked and tasted DELISCOUS! In the past, my gingerbread houses collapsed when I was decorating them, so after constructing these houses I let them sit over night (so the frosting would harden) and not a single house broke! Occasionally the space in the walls that allows the house to fit on a cup was too small, so I just used a knife to make that space bigger. I decorated them with leftover candy (like peppermint bark and chocolate covered pretzels), red sprinkles, and coconut. These were GREAT decorations and treats. I definatelly recommend making them, but make sure you give yourself plenty of time!!
– enough pure icing sugar (confectioners sugar) to mix it into a thick paste.
Pipe it onto the pieces (construct the house and wait a couple of hours to let the icing set and then put on the roof). This icing recipe dries rock hard, the houses will not fall apart, believe me!! For the past 7 years I have made a big gingerbread house each Christmas and I have never had it collapse on me (and I live in Australia where it is up to 40 degrees Celsius [105 F] at this time of the year and it takes a lot longer for the icing to set!) You just need to set aside a whole day or 2 to make them properly.
I love the idea of making me some teacup or coffee cup houses. They look so exquisite and delicious. I can't wait to make them. Thanks for posting all the info on house making templates and icing.
does anyone know were to get the template for these tiny ginger bread houses? I want to make a whole lot for a fund raiser for the spca (new zealand animal wefare group).
I purchased a cutter last year from Amazon. (Wilson?) It cuts out the pieces for one house with one push.
It only had the cut-out for the door on one piece so I had to press out two houses if I wanted to have openings on the front and back wall so they could sit on a cup. Take your time; They are very cute!


Let Your Pet Go Organic!From skin irritations and dull coats to constipation and lack of energy, your pet's food can be hurting, or even worse, killing him. Chances are if you're feeding your pet from those commercial bags, boxes or cans, he and you, are getting a lot more than you bargained for.One of the first ingredients in most commercial pet food is meat by products or "meat meal." What exactly is that? Unfortunately, it isn't a plump chicken leg or ground tenderloin. Instead, its the parts of the animals that are unfit for consumption. Lungs, spleens, bones, beaks, and other scraps that are leftover after all of the actual meat has been picked from the bone.How about the boiled flesh of dead, diseased, disabled or dying animals? What if those animals included dogs and cats? How can this be? Well it all comes down to the mighty dollar. And speaking of that dollar, doesn't it stand to reason that the big pet food manufacturers want their products to have the longest shelf life possible so that there's no waste and no lost profit? Of course it does! Guess what gives that extended shelf life…harmful preservatives. And along with those preservatives are herbicides, pesticides and let's not forget the chemicals that were used to euthanize the sick and dying animals that wound up in that bag of food you've been feeding your beloved pet. Yes, the same chemicals that are used to kill animals are being fed to animals.
So what can you do to protect your best friend?There are a couple of alternatives that are not only safer, but will help your little Fido to thrive.If you're up for it, you can pick up some books on pet nutrition and research the proper diet and nutrients for your pet's health and then cook for him at home. While this may sound like a great idea (after all, who better than you to control the freshness and wholesomeness of your pet's food?) it's not as easy as it sounds. Dogs and cats need a special diet that includes and excludes various foods and amounts of those foods. Its pretty scientific stuff and unless you're willing to spend the time learning how and what to prepare, home-cooking might not be the best avenue.A better solution is to go organic. Organic pet food manufacturers care about your pet's health and to prove it, they don't opt for cheap, dangerous ingredients. Instead they leave out the byproducts, steroids, chemical additives, artificial colors, dyes, artificial flavors, bulk fillers like corn and wheat (which can irritate the digestive system), antibiotics, pesticides and other harmful and useless ingredients.
Healthy weight maintenanceThese are just some of the health benefits that organic foods offer our pets.With the variety of ways organic foods can impact our pets, our environment and our own bodies, doesn't it just make sense to make the switch?


According to the U.S. Department of labor, nearly 3 million people were hurt or became sick in job-related incidents in 2016. Over 5,000 people died in accidents at work or from job-related illnesses.
A work-related injury can be devastating to the individual and his family– medical expenses, loss of earnings, and sometimes lifelong disability may force a family into bankruptcy.
Understanding your rights before you are injured on the job can protect your family from economic disaster.
Most companies that employ two or more employees are mandated to provide worker's compensation insurance. Whenever you go to work for someone, you should know if you are covered by worker's compensation.
Workers who fit into the above classifications may have other options if they are hurt at work. Consult with a workers accident lawyer before assuming that you have no recourse. Remember, worker's compensation laws are different in each state, so it is important to consult with a local lawyer.
If you are covered by worker's compensation insurance, you need someone who can explain just what is covered.
Some accidents or injuries occurring away from the job site could be covered, if you were on duty when the accident occurred. You could be covered even if the work-related accident is your fault.
Work-related diseases and injuries often develop slowly, sometimes leading to permanent impairment. Worker's compensation may also cover work-related illnesses.
Worker's compensation insurance companies, like all insurance companies, will be seeking ways to minimize the amount of benefits they must pay. Do not allow an insurance company to push you to go back to work before you are recovered sufficiently to do your job, and do not permit them to pressure you into taking a settlement before you know the full extent of your injuries. If you have any questions about your rights, talk to an experienced worker's compensation lawyer.
You may also find that your company attempts to punish or even fire you if you file a claim; a worker's compensation attorney can help if you find yourself in that predicament.
Generally, worker's compensation insurance replaces the need to sue an employer for damages if one is injured on the job. Sometimes, suing an employer could still be an option. A law firm that handles both general accident matters and worker's compensation cases can let you know if a lawsuit against an employer is possible or advisable. The law firm of Campbell & Associates offers free consultations if you or a loved one has been hurt on the job. Call us today at 704-333-0885.


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Gottschalk Teacher of English in Japan
Kobe College Corporation - Japan Education Exchange
Nishinimiya/Japan
Kobe College Corporation-Japan Education Exchange is now accepting applications for a Gottschalk Teacher of English at Kobe College High School in Nishinomiya, Japan.
Gottschalk Teachers teach students in grades 7-12. The term is for two years, beginning on April 1, 2020, with a possibility of extensions being offered for up to a total of a five-year stay. The salary is 4,691,200 yen. Other benefits include subsidized housing, travel and shipping expenses, and language study.
For more information and to access the application materials and instructions, please visit https://www.kccjee.org/gottschalk-teachers-information
Bachelor's degree. Major in English or Education preferred.
TESOL certification and large classroom teaching experience preferred.
Speaker of standard American English with strong grammar and writing skills.
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Additional Salary Information: Subsidized housing, travel and shipping expenses, and language study.
About Kobe College Corporation - Japan Education Exchange
We were founded in Chicago in 1920, to raise money to support the work of the Congregational missionaries who founded Kobe College in Kobe, Japan. Over the years, we've expanded our mission to provide opportunities for both Kobe College students and American students,researchers and educators to travel and experience Japan and America.


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Aurora Cannabis signs loan deal for up to $250 million with Bank of Montreal
EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. has signed a loan deal with the Bank of Montreal for up to $250 million.
Aurora chief executive Terry Booth called it the largest traditional debt facility in the cannabis industry to date.
Under the agreement, Aurora will receive a $150-million term loan and a $50-million revolving credit facility, both of which will mature in 2021.
A short period after Ottawa's legislation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana comes into effect in October, the company may request an increase of up to $45 million for the term loan.
BMO will also provide up to $5 million in other credit instruments.
The debt facility will be primarily secured by Aurora's production facilities.
Companies in this story: (TSX:ACB, TSX:BMO)


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Steve Braunias: The secret diary of Prince Charles
22 Nov, 2019 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read
Prince Charles met Jacinda Ardern, who seemed quite nice. Photo / AAP
By: Steve Braunias
Senior Writer, NZ Herald
steve.braunias@nzherald.co.nz@SteveBraunias
It's raining in Auckland. Dear God. I seem to recall it always rains when we come to Auckland. No wonder the people have a beaten look about them, a look of disappointment. It's as though they expected better.
Well, such is life. We all have our crosses to bear but we all have to make the best of things.
"You're so positive, darling," said Camilla.
"There's no sense in complaining, is there," I said.
I met the Prime Minister and a small fellow whose name I didn't catch. I gather he leads the Opposition party.
She seemed quite nice.
Prince Charles also met the leader of the Opposition party, Simon Bridges.
Andrew's television interview. Good God. What was he thinking? As always with the Prince of Pies and Teenage Thighs, he wasn't thinking.
We were served tea and biscuits, and watched it in our room.
"He didn't just say that," said Camilla. "Tell me he didn't just say Epstein's behaviour was 'unbecoming'."
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"He has one foot in the grave," I remarked, "and another in his mouth."
We watched the rest of it in silence.
"Well," she said, when it was finally over.
"Yes. Well."
"Well, well, well."
I picked up a biscuit and stared at it. It was hard and round, like a flat disc. I said, "What do they call this?"
"I believe it's called an Anzac Biscuit. You dunk it."
It was quite nice.
Andrew called.
"Well," he said.
"Well," I said.
I left a silence, and wondered whether he might fill it with tears, or an apology, or to beg me to go easy on him.
He said, "What's the weather like?"
"It's raining."
"Yes, I heard you were in Auckland."
I left another silence.
"Sorry," he said.
I remembered Barry Humphries once wrote that the English have 25 different words for sorry and they don't mean any one of them.
"I don't know what I was thinking."
"No, I'm sure you don't."
"What do you think should happen now?"
I outlined the course of action. He listened in silence, and when I finished, he said, "That's a bit harsh."
"Sorry," I said.
Prince Charles and Camilla in a walkabout at Viaduct Harbour in Auckland.
To Christchurch. It's not raining. In fact the weather is wonderful, and there's a very warm feeling on our walkabout. People always want to connect and the tragedy of March 15 forms part of that need.
We relaxed afterwards with tea and biscuits.
"That was nice today," Camilla said.
"You were very good."
"So were you. You always are."
"Well," I said. "The thing is that I really like the whole thing. The walkabouts, the little chats, the look on people's faces when you stop and give them a bit of time. It gives them something, I think. It's what we do, isn't it? It's good."
"It is good," she said.
I thought of Andrew skulking in darkness for the rest of his days.
Camilla held up a biscuit. It was round and large, like a dark snowball. She said, "Do you know what this one's called?"
"Mallow Puff," she said.
What a name. How I roared!
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Perform various validation activities including protocol writing and process development, equipment use and assessment, technical support and associated testing / sampling in conjunction with local team and in compliance with local procedures and practices. Primarily responsible for installation, operation, and performance qualification of cleaning and sanitization methods and equipment, sterilization equipment, manufacturing and/or packaging equipment, and product mixing / compounding equipment. Some validation activity associated with computerized systems and spreadsheets. Recognize and address sterilization and/or equipment performance issues as part of the validation process. Investigate and resolve all associated non-conformances. Revise and create all associated procedural or operational documents to support commercial use of equipment in compliance with site change control and quality system requirements. Perform necessary training for site personnel on validated equipment. Encourage a continuous improvement environment and proactive safety and quality management.
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The PM will partner with functional area leaders to identify key deliverables and will ensure cross-functional alignment and accountability. Working with these SMEs, the PM will develop strategic project plans (scope, milestones, roles & responsibilities, timing, budget, communication and interface with any external alliance or collaborator partner organizations, etc). Assist in driving decision-making using local procedures and work principles. Ensure participation in functional and cross-functional management reviews and establish and manage collaboration across team sites, as needed. Track delivery and create repositories for all project deliverables and partner with SMEs and site team leads to report project metrics. Facilitate and incorporate lessons learned, best practices, etc. Support an environment of continuous improvement.
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Perform various labeling and packaging validation activities including protocol and process development, equipment and systems use and assessment (inc. ERES, Risk Analyses), technical support and associated testing / sampling in conjunction with local team and in compliance with Unique Device Identification regulations / GS1 standards, local procedures and practices. Primarily responsible for installation, operation, and performance qualification of labeling and packaging equipment and associated software systems (CSV). Recognize and address system and/or equipment performance issues as part of the validation process. Investigate and resolve all associated non-conformances. Revise and create all associated procedural or operational documents to support commercial use of equipment in compliance with site change control and quality system requirements. Perform necessary training for site personnel on validated equipment. Encourage a continuous improvement environment and proactive safety and quality management.
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It was always a dream of Kim Lohse's to return to his high school alma mater and coach basketball.
But Lohse never could have dreamed that once he got the opportunity at Hanover, things would play out as well as they have.
In just his 24th season, Lohse has already hit a milestone few coaches in state history have ever reached. When his Wildcat boys rolled 68-48 past Axtell last Thursday, it gave Lohse his 500th career victory.
Do the math and it's astounding with Lohse averaging just under 21 wins per season in his career.
"I have to give a lot of credit to a lot of different people," Lohse said. "My family has been very supportive and kept me going. The players coming back year to year and we've got great support from a lot of families up here. To get to 500 means quite a bit.
"I've had a lot of great basketball players come through here and some great assistant coaches as well. They get the younger kids to where they need to be so when they get to the varsity level, they're ready to go. ... It's a lot of time and effort that's gone into it and it makes it fun to come to work every day when you know you've got a great bunch of boys that really want to work hard to win basketball games."
Certainly there have been plenty of good times during Lohse's tenure. Hanover endured a 10-12 season in his second season (1996-97), but followed with six straight years where the Wildcats won at least 21 games.
Hanover immediately followed up the losing season with back-to-back Class 1A state titles in 1998 and 1999 and also went back-to-back in 1A with state titles in 2009 and 2010 and added two more in 2015 and 2017.
This year's Hanover team dropped its season opener to Seabury, but has won 19 straight, sweeping the Twin Valley League regular season and tournament titles. The Wildcats will be the No. 1 seed at next week's 1A regional at Washington with a 19-1 mark.
"We've got a lot of athletic bodies out on the court," Lohse said. "We've got 10 seniors on the squad and everyone's pitching in and doing their part. We've got shooters, sixe, ball-handlers. For the most part, they've really bought into the defense-first philosophy and shutting other teams down."
Lohse graduated from Hanover in 1988 and after finishing college at Emporia State got the call he'd been waiting for to come back home and coach. Well, kind of.
He was offered the head football coaching job and took it, directing the Wildcat football team for three years. Two years into his tenure, the basketball job came open and he did both sports for a year before focusing solely on basketball.
Lohse is 502-108 in his career and at only 49 years old can easily envision this dream continuing for years to come.
"As long as they want me around here, I'll be here," Lohse said. "I really enjoy coaching basketball and it was always a dream of mine to come back here and coach. When they gave me the opportunity, I couldn't pass it up and it's been just a lot of fun and very rewarding."
• In his 43rd and final season, Waverly's Mike Hevel picked up his 650th career win on Feb. 1 when the Bulldogs beat Southern Coffey 47-40. Hevel will be honored at Waverly's home game Friday night, his final regular-season home game. All former players have been invited back and there will be a ceremony between the girls and boys game and a reception following the boys game.
• Abilene's Terry Taylor also got his 650th career win on Jan. 8 against Wamego.
• Sabetha's Alex McAfee won career game No. 350 against Caney Valley in the first round of the Burlington Invitational.
• Jefferson North's Steve Noll picked up career win No. 300 on Dec. 14 against Horton.
• Jefferson West's Ryan West won his 200th game on Jan. 15 in the semifinals of the McLouth Invitational.
• Jackson Heights' Dan Shupe won his 200th career game on Dec, 7 against Atchison County.
• With last Friday's War on 24 win over Rossville, Silver Lake's Linndy Frieden hit career win No. 150.
• Valley Falls' Caleb Gatzemeyer won his 150th on Dec. 14 against Oskaloosa.
• Nemaha Central's Hadden Hiltgen won his 150th on Jan. 24 in the first round of the Wellsville Top Gun Invitational against Hayden.
• Santa Fe Trail's Thatcher Decker picked up win No. 100 on Feb. 5 in a 54-34 win over Silver Lake.
• On Dec. 11, Council Grove's Bruce Hula got career win No. 150 and Hartford's Patrick Gardner won No. 100.
• Concordia's Michael Roe got No. 100 on Feb. 1 against Council Grove.
• Wetmore's Joel Hutfles set a state record for steals in a single game in the Cardinals' 62-39 win over Linn last Friday. Hutfles collected 17 steals, which broke the old state mark of 14 set by Wellsville's Jon Cramer in 1982. Hutfles also had 19 points and 22 rebounds in the game to post a triple-double.
• Burlingame's Montana Giffin tied the state record for most free throws made in a single game without a miss, hitting 20 of 20 at the charity stripe in the Bearcats' 65-53 win over Cornerstone last Saturday. Giffin tied the record set by Wellsville's Brent Dorsey in 1993.
• Wellsville's Zach Vance went over the 1,000-point mark in his career on Tuesday night, scoring 19 in an 80-52 win over Baldwin.
• Santa Fe Trail's John Long tied his school record for made 3-pointers in the game for the second time in three games, hitting nine in a 40-point night against Osawatomie. The Chargers suffered their first defeat on Tuesday as Burlington took a 60-57 win behind 20 points from Jace Watkins, who also had 21 against Prairie View on Saturday and 27 against Wellsville on Monday.
• Olpe's Camden Hoelting erupted for 37 points Tuesday night against Northern Heights, hitting five 3-pointers and 11 field goals overall while also going 10 of 11 from the free throw line.
• Hanover's Macy Doebele went for 30 points in the Wildcats' 65-36 win over Doniphan West last Friday, making four 3-pointers, after getting 23 points in Thursday's win over Axtell.
• Valley Falls' Reagan Kirkwood enjoyed back-to-back games of 30-plus points, scoring 31 in a 51-49 loss to Pleasant Ridge last Friday and then going for 32 in Tuesday's win over Oskaloosa.
• Centralia's Madison Lueger exploded for 38 points in Tuesday's 69-50 win over Blue Valley-Randolph, connecting on 17 field goals in the game.
• Jefferson West's girls knocked off Class 3A No. 1 Nemaha Central 57-43 on Tuesday night as Kristen Biltoft scored 20 and Aaliyah Negonsott added 17. Negonsott also scored 27 in last Friday's win over Riverside.
• Concordia's boys upset Class 4A-ranked Chapman 55-50 last Friday behind 31 points from Dyelan Reed, who made 16 of 17 free throws. Chapman bounced back with a 62-55 win over Rock Creek behind 30 points from Izek Jackson.
•Perry-Lecompton's boys took over sole possession of first place in the Big Seven League with wins over Nemaha Central (56-39) and Sabetha (48-46). Colton Mallonee and Blake Farmer each scored 13 against Nemaha and each had 12 against Sabetha.
• Rural Vista's Cameron Campuzano helped the Heat clinch a share of the Wheat State League title, recording his first triple-double with 12 points, 12 blocks and 10 assists against Wakefield last Friday.
• Chapman's McKenna Kirkpatrick scored 27 points, Peyton Suther added 21 and Ashlynn Bledsoe had 21 in a 79-69 overtime win over Concordia last Friday. Kirkpatrick added 20 in Tuesday's loss to Rock Creek.
• Marysville's girls knocked off Clay Center 62-39 last Friday as Sami Bartels scored 23 points and Nicole Franco added 14.
• Royal Valley's Mary Broxterman had games of 29 and 17 points as the Panthers topped Hiawatha and Osage City.
• McLouth's Amy Mitchell scored 26 points in a 48-46 win over Horton last Friday.
• Central Heights' Matt Cubit went for 27 points, hitting five 3-pointers, as the Vikings topped Anderson County 60-53 on Tuesday.
• Abilene's girls topped Hays 62-48 as Hannah Willey hit 14 of 16 free throws and scored 24 points and Sydney Burton added 18 points.
• Pleasant Ridge's Connor Gibson scored 28 against Valley Falls.
• Lane Peter scored 27 as the Blue Valley-Randolph boys raced past Centralia 70-65 on Tuesday. Daegen Steinlage scored 25 for the Panthers.
• Valley Heights' Cameron Beardsley scored 25 as the Mustangs edged Clifton-Clyde 68-65 on Tuesday. Aiden Rudolph scored 27 for the Eagles.
• With three-time champion Kolby Roush leading the way, Holton captured its fourth straight Big Seven League title last Saturday, scoring 193 points to easily outdistance runner-up Sabetha (128). Roush captured his third straight league title with a victory at 132 pounds and Holton had six champions overall with Jake Barnes (106) and Konnor Tannahill (182) each winning their second straight titles and Lucas Adcock (113), Cayden Jackson (120) and Cael Jackson (152) also claiming crowns.
• Sabetha's Cauy Rokey and Kaden Dillon each won their second straight Big Seven League titles with Dillon taking the title at 126 pounds and Rokey at 220. The Bluejays also got titles from Elliott Strahm at 285 and Walker Lowdermilk at 160.
• Riverside picked up a pair of Big Seven champions in Luke Horn (145) and Kaedin Juhl (195) with Horn winning his second straight. Perry-Lecompton's Thad Metcalfe (138) and Royal Valley's Bryce Garrison (170) also were champions with Garrison upsetting Jefferson West's Joel Scott with a pin win for his title.
• Silver Lake captured its third straight Mid-East League title, going 5-0 in the dual tournament. The Eagles got titles from Kai Allen (126), Jason Schroeder (132), Daigen Kruger (152), Jon Rakestraw (182) and Gideon Remer (220) with Remer winning his third straight league crown after previously winning two at 195 and Allen winning his second straight.
• Rossville picked up four Mid-East League champions, sweeping the first three weight classes with Colby Hurla (106), Zach Archer (113) and Trent Gentry (120) joined as champions by Kody Davoren (195). Archer's title was his second straight.
• Riley County's Luke Richard and Mikey Waggoner each captured their third Mid-East League titles and stayed undefeated on the season. Richard won at 145 after taking titles as a freshman and sophomore. Waggoner won the 170 title for the second time in three years, winning last year at 182.
• Rock Creek got MEL crowns from Drew Burenheide (138) and Ty Griffin (285) and Wabaunsee had a champion in Derek Wallin (160).
• Santa Fe Trail earned its first league title since its days in the Kaw Valley League a decade ago, pulling out a 130-129.5 victory over Burlington with the league title coming down to the final match of the night. Charger sophomore Christian Rowe secure the victory with a 6-4 win over Burlington's Ethan Totty in a 120-pound title showdown between Class 4A's No. 1 and 2 wrestlers.
The Chargers also got league crowns from Carter Greenfield (138) and Caleb Jeanneret (160). Burlington got titles from Brett Bober (170), Cael Johnson (152), Ethan Totty (132) and Caedon Berkenmeier (126).
• Atchison County's MaKaea Forbes capped an undefeated season against female competition, dominating the 195-pound weight class at the Girls State Championships in McPherson. Forbes pinned all five of her opponents in the first period, four in 35 seconds or less. Sister Tannah Forbes finished runner-up at 170 pounds, getting pinned in the finals.
• Onaga's Morgan Mayginnes captured her third straight Girls State Championship, winning the 145-pound title. Mayginnes pulled out a 2-1 decision over KC Piper's Sara Lake to win the title and cap an 8-0 mark against girls competition. She is 22-12 overall this year.
• Marysville's Elise Rose (113) and Junction City's Elisa Robinson (182) also won Girls State championships, while Burlingame's Trinity Eastman won the 120B title. Rose took a 4-2 win over Rose Hill's Anayka Besco for her title, while Robinson pinned Shawnee Heights' Maranda Bell in 40 seconds in her title match.
• Tonganoxie's Korbin Riedel broke the Chieftains' school record for career wins, improving to 156-21 with the 152-pound title at the Frontier League meet. Riedel broke the old record of 149 by Clayton Himpel and improved to 34-0 this year. The Chieftains also got a title from Grayson Sonntag (106).
• Ottawa picked up two champions at the Frontier League meet with Austin Spangler winning at 160 and Tucker Mace taking the 182 title.
• Chase County's Chase Owen won his second straight title at the Chase County Invitational, beating a pair of ranked wrestlers on his way to the 182-pound title. Trint Rogers also was a champion at 126.


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Six Months Later...
Bad Twin
Bella Mendez
Isabella Mendez
Student at Cherry Hill High School
John Meyer (Ex)
D.J. Keegan (Best Friend)
Anthony Harper (Crush)
Here Comes the Rain Again
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Isabella Mendez, also known simply as Bella-played by Victoria Justice- was the teenage love interest for John Meyer, first seen in the episode Bad Twin. Initially she seems to be his dream girl, however this soon changes and John begins to develop feelings for her best friend D.J. Keegan, which eventually leads to a kiss.
Though uncredited, Bella first appears in Bad Twin, during the fight between Austin and Nicholas Elyis, she quickly moves out the way with D.J. to avoid being caught in the crossfire. Shen then appears in Touchdown where Austin and John are caught by herself and D.J. making an excuse to Peter Meyer, so that they wouldn't have to attend the football game that was taking place that night. Though surprised, the girls happily accept this invitation and meet the boys in the park at 5pm. Both Nicholas and Austin tell John that he should try and woo Bella to improve his confidence and realise his potential, the date goes well until Nicholas interrupts it and the girls leave the warring twins to discuss their issues. During the date, Bella also reveals she has a crush on Anthony Harper, deeming him as 'God sent'. John seems a bit annoyed by this comment. She later agrees to be John's date to the upcoming dance.
In The Truth about Lying, Bella, oblivious to John and D.J's kiss is sent away so the two can have a private chat. Bella does not know, during this time John and D.J. have agreeed to stay away from eachother for her sake. Guilty, John dumps Bella in Freefall on bad times after commenting she is too high maintenence. Six Months Later... , we see the two are still on bad terms.
She mentioned the possibility of moving in Here Comes the Rain Again, due to her fathers business, meaning she was desperate to make amends with D.J. In the season three premiere, D.J. mentions that Bella has now left Cherry Hill.
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August 25, 2015 in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News129by REUTERS
A Rohingya member of Burma's parliament barred from contesting November general elections on the basis that his parents were not Burmese or Myanmar citizens at the time of his birth said on Monday he would appeal the decision and hoped to stand in the vote.
The move to deny Shwe Maung, an MP from the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a chance to run despite being a serving member of government raises concerns about the disenfranchisement of the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Most of Burma's 1.1 million Rohingya, an ethnic minority living in the country's western Arakan State, are stateless and live in apartheid-like conditions. Almost 140,000 were displaced in deadly clashes in Arakan in 2012.
Shwe Maung, who planned to run as an independent after not being nominated by the USDP, said that he was informed by state officials on Saturday that his application had been turned down.
"It's ridiculous for me," Shwe Maung said. "I was elected in 2010. Now I'm working."
According to Shwe Maung, both of his parents were citizens prior to his birth in 1965 and his father served as a member of the Burmese Police Force.
Arakan State election officials could not be reached for comment on Monday.
Shwe Maung has represented the majority-Muslim Buthidaung constituency located near the country's border with Bangladesh since being elected as an MP in 2010.
Since 2012, when violence swept across Arakan, he has been an outspoken advocate for the Rohingya and called for greater citizenship rights for the group.
Even if he is able to stand in November's election – seen as a test of the country's reforms process – he faces an uphill battle for re-election.
Many of the people who voted for Shwe Maung in 2010 held temporary citizenship documents, more commonly known as 'white cards'. But the white cards were nullified by President Thein Sein under pressure from hardline Buddhists in February. The majority of white card holders were Rohingya. Some former white card holders have been offered new citizenship documents.
But earlier this month, Yanghee Lee, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, said that she was informed by the country's election commission chair that those who received these new documents would be banned from the vote.
Lee said that the decision was of "serious concern".
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The defacto uncrowned eternal Queen, Prince and Princess of India!
She is the Queen of the massive palace in the hearts of Rajdhani!
She is the privileged resident of 10 Janpath for more than 25 yrs.
Originally from a poor family background in Italy, she prospered in India to become world's fourth richest politician.
She made herself worth $2 billion by being an Indian Politician.
She is none other than Antonia Edvige Albina Maino aka Sonia Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi, a woman richer than Elizabeth, the Queen of England, has established herself at the residence of 10 Janpath which is bigger than the Prime Minister's official residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg (Previously Race Course Road).
As per an RTI reply, the Congress President Sonia Gandhi's home is spread over 15,181 square meters.
It is bigger than the Prime Minister's residence, 7 RCR, which is spread over 14,101 square meters.
The question arises about the justification of this discrepancy.
The president of a crumbling political party occupies a residence bigger than the Prime Minister of India.
There was a poll conducted in this regard by 'My Vote Today', India's leading e-pollster.
The poll asked a question to the public. "With 52 MPs in Lok Sabha, now should Sonia Gandhi have an official bunglaw larger than that of the PM?"
In a democratic country like India, if the opinion of the people matters, then the verdict is clear.
73% voted for 'No', 26% said, 'Yes' and 1% voted for 'May be'.
Is this 'writing on the wall' enough indication that Sonia should pack her bags and respect the voice of democracy?
In 2013-14, the expenses for the maintenance of electrical fittings at 10, Janpath incurred were 7 times more than the previous year and amounted to Rs 51,43,318.
In 2012-13, it was Rs 7,82,968 and in 2011-12 it was Rs 2,65,681.
The maintenance was done by the same agency for all these three years.
These dubious figures have been revealed by CPWD in an answer to RTI.
These expenses are paid by the Government.
In other words, the expenses for the lavish stay of the Italian Queen are paid by us, the tax-payers!
The bachelor son of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi doesn't stay with his mother at 10, Janpath.
I wonder if it is too small for two family members!
He has a separate bungalow allotted to him at 12, Tughlak Lane, which is 5,022.58 square meters in size.
Being the Member of Parliament, it is his right.
But, on moral grounds, can't Gandhis help to save the tax-payers' money by some cost.
Funny part is, Sonia Gandhi's married daughter Priyanka Vadra has also been allotted a bungalow at 35, Lodhi Estate which is 2,765.18 square meters.
Priyanka Vadra is not a MP. But she is a family member of the privileged Gandhis.
Whether in power or out of power, nobody has dared to destabilize Sonia Gandhi from 10, Janpath from last two and half decades.
It's time we raise our voice against the privileges provided to these fake Gandhis.
It's our hard-earned money after all, that is going down the gutter!
Let us begin a debate and SPREAD the news.
It looks atrocious in a country where MILLIONS live in penury and PUBLIC MONEY IS SQUANDERED LIKE THIS.
When WE object to MALLYA siphoning public money , this daylight robbery shall not go unchallenged.
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Sanofi is voluntarily recalling heartburn medication Zantac in the U.S. and Canada amid worries that the medicine may be tainted with a compound that could cause cancer.
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The French pharma company's announcement follows decisions from major drugstore operators in the U.S., including Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc., to pull the medication from store shelves. In addition, manufacturers have recalled some generic versions of Zantac products known as ranitidine.
Due to inconsistencies in preliminary test results of the key ingredient used in the U.S. and Canadian products, Sanofi decided to carry out the recall in those countries as an investigation continues. The company said it's working with health authorities to determine the level and extent of the recall.
U.S. and European Union health officials are investigating levels of the probable carcinogen NDMA in Zantac and its generic equivalent sold by numerous other companies. The FDA has advised patients that there are other medications available to treat the same symptoms that ranitidine is intended to soothe.
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JNBridge bridges the gap between Azure Logic Apps and JMS-based messaging infrastructure
- Christina Cardoza
A new solution wants to end the process of building custom connectors for Microsoft Azure Logic Apps and existing legacy infrastructure. Java and .NET interoperability provider JNBridge announced the R&D Showcase Kit, a new solution designed to solve interoperability issues between Azure Logic Apps and existing JMS-based messaging infrastructure.
Azure Logic Apps enable business process orchestrations to run in the cloud as well as interact with on-premises infrastructure by redirecting data to one or more destinations. This is possible through connectors between Logic Apps and existing legacy infrastructure. While Microsoft provides connectors for their products and third-party solutions, in order to connect to things like JMS message brokers, enterprises are forced to build their own custom connections, which can be time-consuming and complex, according to JNBridge. In addition, the company noted that JMS message brokers are a standard mechanism for enterprise IT infrastructure.
The newly announced R&D Showcase Kit aims to address this problem by providing detailed instructions on how to properly build a customer connector for sending and receiving JMS messages. In addition, it will include sample codes for users.
The kit also leverages the JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET, which can help the process of building customized Azure Logic Apps connectors for JMS.
"The JNBridge JMS Adapter for .NET is a custom WCF stack. As such it can be used to create WCF services exposing a JMS publish/consume API that can be called remotely using HTTP/SOAP/XML. Even though the service ran on a local machine's IIS and used the On-Premise Data Gateway to allow access from the Azure cloud, this entire implementation could be deployed to Azure, including ActiveMQ," the company wrote in a post. "Because the Custom Logic App Connector is essentially a REST/JSON client 90% configured by using an API description language like WSDL or OpenAPI (Swagger), building a JMS connector is simple. Moreover, any JMS implementation can be supported by simply modifying the Web.config file."
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