Regulations for ribbons taken from NROTC UC Berkeley Midshipman Regulations. Precedence according to section 1105 of NROTCUUCBINST 1533.6P.
Awarded for particularly distinguished performance of duty as a leader of midshipmen.
Midshipman meets requirements for Academic Achievement Award with star, score 290/245 point (male/female) on the old scoring system for the Physical Readiness Test, and finish in the upper 25% of their class in military aptitude for the term in which the award is earned.
Midshipman receives at least a 3.3 term GPA.
Midshipman achieves at least a 3.0 term GPA.
Awarded to midshipmen who have demonstrated exceptional ability and leadership qualities by ranking in the top 20% of their class for military aptitude.
Awarded to midshipmen who have demonstrated remarkable abilities in the area of physical fitness by achieving at an 'Outstanding' on the PFA.
Awarded to the midshipman who graduates as the top individual from his or her respective Freshman Orientation Class.
Participation on Freshman Orientation Indoctrination staff.
Worn by team members and any midshipman that the Drill Team Commander sees fit to nominate for their service to the Drill Team.
Participation on the Color Guard.
Awarded to members of the squad finishing first in the overall competition during the semester.
Awarded to midshipmen who have shown a spirit of philanthropy by participating in ten hours of Naval volunteer work.
Awarded to any midshipman providing eight hours of tutoring services is eligible for the tutoring ribbon. Also, the Company Commanding Officer may recommend that a ribbon be awarded to a midshipman who has made a significant improvement in the academic standing of the Company.
Awarded to midshipmen who recruit one new student to the unit or who otherwise make a significant contribution to the Unit's recruiting effort as determined by the PNS.
Awarded to midshipmen who possess Skipper B qualification.


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1 in 7 Charlotteans still smoke cigarettes — but the number is declining
By Kylie Moore | April 10, 2018
Smoking is on its way out in Charlotte.
The percentage of adults who smoke in Mecklenburg County came in at 14% in 2017, according to health department data.
That's down from 16.2% in 2016 and from 16.7% a decade ago.
Though the number of adult smokers has fluctuated over the years, there has been a steady decline as of late, the Mecklenburg County Health Department shared with the Agenda.
In 2015, the county put regulations into place that made parts of everyday life smoke- and tobacco-free, including government buildings and parks, plus greenways and recreational facilities.
It's not uncommon to see signs around town warning of the repercussions, and officers often hand out $25 fines to those that have received warnings in the past.
The pattern has shown true in our own research. A full 87% of applicants to our blind date program Chem 101 cited smoking as a deal breaker.
[Related: In a surprising twist, politics aren't a huge dating deal breaker in Charlotte – height and smoking are]
It's no longer cool to smoke in high school, either.
Just 10% of Mecklenburg County students made a habit of it in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available.
But for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction: The amount of e-cigarette use in Charlotte almost doubled between 2016 and 2017 to hit 22.8%, a pattern consistent with the state and nation.
It's a trend also on the rise in students – in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available, 47.9% of Mecklenburg County high school students had used a vaping product and 27.1% used them regularly.
It's an expensive habit, but low-income adults in Charlotte are 1.7 times more likely to smoke than people making $50,000 or more.
Per a newly published study conducted by WalletHub, smoking a pack per day for a year will cost someone a hefty $22,789. But despite a lifetime total of a staggering $1,162,243, North Carolina is the 3rd least expensive state to be a smoker in.
Education also plays a part. Per the health department, those that attained a high school diploma or less were 2.1 times more likely to smoke than those that went to college.
Despite the downward trend in smoking rates — the tobacco industry's profit margins are still spiking.
Just like in Charlotte, smoking nationwide is on a general decline, down to just under 40 million adults in 2016. According to a report by the Center for Disease Control published the same year, the most recent year for which data is available, rates are less than half of what they were in 1965.
But according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Americans spend more on tobacco than they do on soda or beer, with the industry raking in a total of $93.4 billion in revenue in 2016.
A Soho House would kill it in Charlotte
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YMCA of Greater Charlotte

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Surreal red velvet, half mask fascinator red velvet ears and a stitched up eye so you can see out of the eye. This mask is blocked by hand in millinery felt, hand stitched then backed with satin. If you wear an eyepatch this is a lovely alternative if you wish to make a fashion statement. This can be made in other colours and if you prefer i can cut the eye so it's completely open as i do with all the rest of my half mask fascinators.
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A friend once brought me a bag of fire-roasted mild chiles from New Mexico--they still had the skins on. She told me to freeze them and I did and they were fine. The skins just fell right off when I defrosted them and they were good, even for chiles rellenos.
You can store them in a little olive oil in a covered container in the refrigerator for two, maybe three weeks; the taste and texture will be fine.
For longer storage, lightly film a cookie sheet with an oiled paper towel. Place a single layer of peppers on the sheet and freeze them. When they're solid, put them in a plastic bag and store in the freezer for up to three months.


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Economy adds 638,000 jobs in October as unemployment falls to 6.9% amid COVID-19 spikes
Paul Davidson
The U.S. economy added 638,000 jobs in October as payroll growth roughly held steady despite a surge in COVID-19 cases and Congress's failure to provide more aid to unemployed Americans and struggling businesses.
The unemployment rate fell from 7.9% to 6.9% even as the number of Americans working or looking for jobs -- which makes up the labor force -- rose sharply because many landed positions, the Labor Department said Friday.
Economists had estimated that 600,000 jobs were added last month, according to a Bloomberg survey.
The report comes as Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in a presidential election that partly served as a referendum on President Trump's response to the pandemic and its punishing economic toll.
Although last month's employment gains were outsized by historical standards, the increases have slowed for four straight months since peaking at 4.8 million in June. The nation has recovered about 12 million, or 55%, of the 22 million jobs wiped out in the health crisis as states have reopened restaurants, shops and other businesses shuttered by the outbreak, and brought back many furloughed workers.
But recovering the rest could take several years, economists say, and a growing share of temporary job losses have become permanent as businesses downsize or close for good. Since mid-September, nearly half of Americans who stopped receiving regular unemployment checks have shifted to extended benefits, which generally kick in after six months, according to Oxford Economics.
"Thus, rehiring is taking place to only a moderate degree," Oxford economist Kathy Bostjancic wrote in a note to clients. Early in the recovery, millions of furloughed employees were quickly recalled.
Last month, the number of Americans on temporary layoffs fell by 1.4 million to 3.2 million as furloughed workers were rehired. About a third of unemployed workers said they were on temporary layoff, down from 36% the previous month.
Some good news: The ranks of workers permanently laid off dipped from 3.8 million to 3.7 million. The figure had been steadily rising as employers cut ties with a growing share of the workers they had furloughed. .
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Several other forces curtailed job gains last month, as 147,000 temporary workers for the 2020 Census were cut. And local education jobs fell by 98,000, the second straight sharp drop. Janitors and other school staffers didn't return to work as usual because of remote learning in many regions, according to Goldman Sachs.
In a positive sign, private-sector job gains edged up to 906,000 from 892,000 in September, the first increase since June.
Bit hiring is likely to be tempered by spikes in coronavirus cases, some economists say, with the nation surpassing 100,000 new daily cases for the first time this week. About a dozen states have reinstated business restrictions – such as banning indoor dining and bar service -- or suspended plans to ease them.
"The risk is high of a deceleration in job gains from rising virus transmissions that will result in business closures and job losses," Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. economist of High Frequency Economics, wrote in a note to clients.
Ian Shepherdson, chief economist of Pantheon Macroeconomics, believes payrolls could fall by as much as 500,000 in November. "And we see little prospect of a quick turnaround," he says.
Others disagree. Economist Andrew Hunter of Capital Economics says Friday's strong report "suggests that the labor market recovery still has plenty of momentum."
Karen Fichuk, CEO of Randstad North America, a staffing firm, says strong hiring has been concentrated in industries that have benefited from the pandemic, such as warehousing, e-commerce and technology, with hiring in the latter surging 35% in November compared to last month. Those sectors have gained as Americans' daily lives continue to revolve around the home.
Meanwhile, Congress remains deadlocked over a new stimulus package that would renew at least part of a $600 federal supplement to state unemployment benefits that expired in late July and provide more aid to distressed small businesses, among other measures. This week's election is likely to leave the Senate controlled by Republicans, who have favored a smaller relief package, but clear the way for a resolution of the impasse.
More federal aid "would help a lot," says Shannon Roberts, CEO of Brand Builders, of Middle River, Maryland, which stages events for the wine and spirits industry. When the pandemic began in March, all of her firm's 1,050 events that month were canceled and Roberts furloughed all but two of her nine executives – before eventually laying them off -- and cutting her 375 part-time contract workers.
"We were destroyed," she says.
Some events, such as wine tastings, have slowly returned, with 50 scheduled this month but it's "so little that it's nothing," Roberts says. She has brought back just 15 to 20 of her contract workers at 15% to 20% lower wages.
By next summer, assuming a vaccine is available, she hopes to recover about half her former revenue and rehire some additional employees.
"I don't think about closing," she says. "I have faith."
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Meanwhile, many laid-off Americans can't work because they're caring for children. Since Alyssah Mailloux, of Hudson, New Hampshire, was furloughed from her social service job at adult day care center in March, the 30-year-old single mother has been taking care of her eight-year-old son while he attends online classes at home.
When the $600 federal bonus to her jobless benefits ran dry over the summer, Mailloux cut back on eating out and take-out dinners. She has been hunting for call-center jobs that allow her to work from but has found few that meet her financial needs.
"That's been very tough," she says.
Industries that are hiring
Leisure and hospitality, the sector hardest hit by the crisis, led the payroll gains with 271,000, mostly at bars and restaurants. Professional and business services added 208,000 jobs; retail, 104,000; health care, 79,000; and transportation and warehousing, 63,000.
Construction added 84,000 jobs amid a booming housing sector and a comeback in commercial and public building. And manufacturing added 38,000 jobs as the industry continued to recover due to a surge in business investment and consumer spending on appliances and other goods.
Labor force participation falls
In October, the share of Americans working or looking for jobs rose to 61.7% from 61.4%, reversing the prior month's fall, though the figure is still below pre-pandemic levels.
Economists partly blamed September's drop on home schooling during the pandemic that's preventing many parents from working and looking for jobs.
At the same time, an improving labor market and the expiration of the extra $600 in weekly jobless benefits may be coaxing more people into job searches, economists say.


Briefly: James McTeigue came up working for the Wachowskis and worked in their shadow to some extent while directing V For Vendetta and Ninja Assassin. But in the past couple years he has started to forge his own path. First he shot the literary thriller The Raven, starring John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe, and has that film in post-production now.
To follow up that period piece, Mr. McTeigue is now set to direct a modern thriller, called Message From the King. Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell (writers of Unknown) scripted, and Deadline describes the plot as following "Jacob King, an enigmatic outsider who comes to LA to investigate the sudden disappearance of his sister." FilmNation is producing and plans to shoot the film this fall.


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Q: Linear Algebra Treatment of Cook's Distance (or any situation involving deleting an observation) I'm having trouble reconciling the idea of "deleting" a fitted value from a vector of fitted values in order to calculate the Cook's Distance. This notion is also troubling me in all of the similar sorts of diagnostics.
in order to calculate the Cook's distance I do the following:
$$D_{i} = \frac{(\hat{Y} - \hat{Y_{(i)}})^{t}(\hat{Y} - \hat{Y_{(i)}})}{p \cdot MSE}$$
Where $\hat{Y_{(i)}}$ is the deleted case from a vector of $n$ observations. So if I "delete" a predicted value that means $\hat{Y}$ and $\hat{Y_{(i)}}$ are of different dimensions. I'm getting this from the concept that a vector of $n$ predicted values is represented by:
$$\hat{Y} =
\begin{bmatrix}
\hat{Y_{1}} \\
\vdots \\
\hat{Y_{i}} \\
\vdots \\
\hat{Y_{n}}
\end{bmatrix} $$
removing the $i^{th}$ case leaves me with one vector of $n$ values and one of $n-1$ values....
so how would the algebra actually work?
The whole motivation for these questions comes from a question where I'm asked to prove the equality of the above Cook's Distance above with an alternative form:
$$D_{i} = \frac{(b - b_{(i)})^{t}X^{t}X(b - b_{(i)})}{p \cdot MSE}$$
Where $b$ is the vector of regression coefficients. I can do the "mechanical" algebra to solve and show the equality, but that is just through the guise of symbol manipulation. In attempting to understand/visualize what is really going on is where I am having issue. In terms of how I'm viewing the dimensions of the sets of vectors I have the following:
$$\underset{n \times 1}{\hat{Y}} = \underset{n \times p}{X}\  \underset{p \times 1}{b} \\ \underset{n - 1 \times 1}{\hat{Y_{(i)}}} = \underset{n - 1 \times p}{X_{(i)}}\  \underset{p \times 1}{b_{(i)}}$$
Now taking their difference to use in an expression such as Cook's Distance:
$$\underset{n \times 1}{\hat{Y}} - \underset{n - 1 \times 1}{\hat{Y_{(i)}}}$$
But as you can see they are of length $n$ and $n-1$ respectively.
I think part of my issue is in how I'm viewing the $X$ matrix. I'm thinking that we delete a row of the $X$ matrix to obtain the result for the "deleted" case. If I don't "delete" this case and just leave the $X$ matrix as is after some manipulation I'll get the result.
I know this seems trivial in the grand scheme of things and I was hoping not to have to write a full blown question about it, but I'm attempting to do some exercises and the idea is coming up when I think of things.
EDIT: Added more context, hopefully this clarifies my misunderstanding.

A: $\hat Y_{(i)}$ doesn't mean what you think it means. It's an $n\times 1$ vector whose $i$th element is $X_ib_{(i)}$.
That is, the $i$th element of $\hat Y-\hat Y_{(i)}$ is $X_i(b-b_{(i)})$, the difference between the prediction for $Y_i$ when $Y_i$ is in the fitting data and the prediction for $Y_i$ when $Y_i$ is not in the fitting data.

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Pistol Annies Bring Christmas Cheer With Music Video for 'Snow Globe'
by Clayton Edwards December 13, 2021
written by Clayton Edwards December 13, 2021
Back in October, the Pistol Annies gave the country music world one hell of a Christmas present. Their first Christmas album Hell of a Holiday dropped on October 22. Before that, they released the first single, "Snow Globe," to give fans a taste of what they could expect. Earlier this month, the Annies released a video for the single. If it doesn't get you into the holiday spirit, check your pulse. Check it out below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eJl3E_8J-4&t=1s
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Pistol Annies – Snow Globe (Live Performance) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eJl3E_8J-4&t=1s)
In the video, we see the Pistol Annies on a stage that's all decked out for the holiday season. The glimmering blue and white backdrop brings images of shiny wrapping paper to mind. That's an appropriate image to have in mind here, they're really giving us a gift.
Sonically, "Snow Globe" sounds more like retro rock than the Pistol Annies' usual full-on country sound. The background vocals are full of "oohs" and "aahs" which brings to mind bouncy 60s tunes from the Beach Boys or similar acts. However, Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley, and Ashley Monroe's voices are as gorgeous and down-home as ever. It's a killer combination. Then, they add a saxophone solo. The addition of horns to any song, especially something with the spirit of country music at its core, is always a nice touch.
The Pistol Annies Foreshadowed the Release of Hell of a Holiday
The Pistol Annies shot the video for "Snow Globe" back in September. They got together at The Mulehouse Theater in Columbia, Tennessee to put the whole thing together. We know this because Chaz Molder, Columbia's mayor tweeted a photo with the Annies on September 27 of this year. Check it out below and compare the dresses the ladies are wearing in the photo to the ones in the video.
Today, I was honored to welcome to @ColumbiaTNUSA @mirandalambert & the @PistolAnnies incl @ashleymonroe & @guitarleena.
Seeing them shoot music video in our town, on the same stage (@The_Mulehouse) where I had pre-school performances as a kid, was a moment I'll never forget. pic.twitter.com/Vl700Xvp1V
— Chaz Molder (@chazmolder) September 27, 2021
In that tweet, Molder said that it was an honor to welcome the Pistol Annies to Columbia. Furthermore, his connection to the Mulehouse made the day extra special for him. "Seeing them shoot a music video in our town, on the same stage where I had pre-school performances as a kid, was a moment I'll never forget."
It's a nice picture and a very sweet post. However, Pistol Annies fans looked a little deeper into the post. It didn't take long for speculation to start flying. Seeing the Annies in holiday dresses after shooting a music video made many of their fans believe that they were working on some kind of Christmas project. They announced Hell of a Holiday three days later.
Hell of a Holiday includes ten original Christmas songs as well as a couple of classics. The Pistol Annies put their spin on "Auld Lang Syne" and "Sleigh Ride" for the album. Add the Annies to your holiday celebration this year.


On an unexpectedly warm afternoon, there was plenty of high quality football, all played in a positive spirit by the 4 Monkton Park teams.
We were delighted to be able to field a girls team for the first time, and they battled hard to reach the final of their competition, where they were eventually defeated by Redland. Elsewhere, our mixed year 5/6 team missed out on a place in the final by just one goal, while our two other teams showed great battling qualities before being eliminated.
Thanks to the Sheldon 6th formers for helping with the coaching of our teams, and to Mrs Porter for organising the event.


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Children Central to Christmas Ministries - The Episcopal Diocese of Northern California
Children Central to Christmas Ministries
by the Rev. Matt Warren, Vicar, Christ the King, Quincy
Christ the King Episcopal Church in Quincy is once again making sure that children are the focus of several programs during this Christmas season.
The Church hosted a special "Children's Church" service this past Sunday in which St. Nicholas brought a message of generosity and kindness to children of all ages. The Rev. Matt Warren, Vicar of Christ the King, Quincy, introduced the "spiritual heir" of St. Nicholas by briefly telling the story of the historical Nicholas, who was a Bishop in Myrna (in modern day Turkey), and shared why he is so closely associated with the Christmas Season and our modern Santa Claus.
"I think that people assume that St. Nicholas is made up," Father Warren taught, "but Nicholas was a real person who served the church at a vital time in its early history. He is even recorded as getting into a fist-fight with another bishop at the Council of Nicea!" Guy McNett, the parishioner who embodied St. Nicholas during the service, shared a popular story attributed to the historical Nicholas of providing a dowry for three sisters. "These three sisters needed some money to help start a family, and I'm a very good shot…so late at night, I snuck across town and carefully tossed a small bag of gold into each of their socks, which were drying by the fireplace. It turns out, everyone likes to find small gifts in their stockings, and so I've been doing it ever since!" McNett taught those in attendance.
The special visit by St. Nicholas was also a part of a special Children's Church service, which was designed specifically for young children. "It is based off of our Family Church model, which is starting to gather a lot of steam," Warren shared proudly. "Church can't be a one-size fits all kind of place. Family and Children's Church are an important way to engage young ones, but we are also trying to vary our worship to engage adults, whose learning styles, in many ways, are far more diverse than children's. We have to retain the central message of our faith, while at the same time trying to make it as accessible as possible to a community with different interests and learning styles," explained Warren.
Yet, tailoring a service for children is just one way in which Christ the King, Quincy is trying to serve children this Christmas season. This year will see the return of the parish's "No Forgotten Angels" outreach program. Similar to last year, Christ the King will be partnering with Plumas Crisis and Intervention Resource Center's (PCIRC) to support their Angel Tree project, by adopting all of the unclaimed angels to provide warmth items and presents for children in need. "It is important to remember that our community has never forgotten any of the children who have been a part of this program. There have always been incredibly generous people who have given tremendous amounts of time and money to make sure that every child in the project receives some sort of gift. We just wanted to codify the practice," said Warren.
In addition to its own fundraising efforts, volunteers from Christ the King solicited donations at this year's Sparkle in Downtown Quincy. "Both last year and so far this year, we have seen a tremendous response," exclaimed Warren. "This ministry strikes a chord with a lot of community members, and we were both honored and touched to receive some very generous offers from members and non-members, alike."
If you are interested in making a donation to the "No Forgotten Angels" project, please contact Christ the King, Quincy by phone at 530-283-0254 or visit the parish's Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/ChristTheKingQuincy.
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Many people look forward to that time of the year when the Smokies are awash in the pretty colors of fall. It's certainly one of the busiest times of the year for tourists who want to see this wonderful display. This also means there's plenty of events in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg to keep you busy as well. We'd like to show you 5 different events going on that you need to see!
The Dollywood Harvest Festival has a full lineup in store for its popular theme park. This is a time when you really need to visit because they welcome artisans from all over the country to showcase their crafts. Also, the Great Pumpkin LumiNights and the 500-plus free concerts that make up the Southern Gospel Jubilee will guarantee you'll never run out of things to do!
Just a few miles down the road from Pigeon Forge is the main reason for the influx of tourists during the season. Autumn Color in the Smokies is an event solely due to the beautiful colors that densely cover this lovely landscape. The middle of October is generally considered peak season for the leaves, and with around 100 species of native trees, you won't ever find yourself disappointed with these views.
This yearly event is a popular festival that gets visitors excited before the winter season gets in full swing at this ski resort. Oktoberfest at Ober is a month-long event that celebrates time-honored German traditions. Guests can expect to find a dazzling array of German food and beer, along with live music and dances that'll give you an enormous amount of good times!
Any season is a good time to check out the crafts here, but the Fall Gatlinburg Craftsmen's Fair is especially great for all the themed items on display. Add to that the live country and bluegrass music performed several times daily over the entire course of the event, and you have all the more reason to attend. The crafters here come from all corners of the country, so shop on!
Fall is a wonderful time for events in Pigeon Forge, and the Wears Valley Fall Fest is nice, because it's not too far from our hotel! This is a weekend festival in October located down the scenic Wears Valley Road, and there's plenty for your family to see. All of you will enjoy all the delicious Southern food, pumpkins, crafts, and entertainment in an atmosphere that only adds to the joy of your trip!
These events in Pigeon Forge and the nearby areas make for a marvelous time in an already wonderful, stunning destination in the fall. Go ahead and make our hotel your comfortable resting place by booking your room, and you'll experience more great things on your fall vacation!


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La saga degli Atridi o dei Pelopidi è formata dalla lunga serie di miti della mitologia greca riguardanti Atreo e i suoi figli (gli Atridi sono in effetti propriamente i figli di Atreo, Agamennone e Menelao). Essa include dunque le dispute e le terribili vendette reciproche di Atreo col fratello Tieste, figli di Pelope e nipoti di Tantalo (entrambi colpiti a loro volta dalla maledizione divina per i loro crimini), figlio di Zeus, l'ascesa al trono e poi l'uccisione di Agamennone (capo della spedizione greca contro Troia), le vicende di Menelao (sposo di Elena di Troia) e numerose altre storie come la vendetta di Elettra e Oreste con il matricidio contro Clitennestra, su ordine di Apollo, in quanto responsabile con Egisto della morte di Agamennone, con l'assoluzione finale del giovane grazie ad Atena, e la liberazione dalla maledizione della stirpe, per grazia di Zeus e Apollo.

Viene qui riportato un riassunto delle vicende raccontate dal mito. Va tuttavia tenuto presente che il mito stesso si presenta in varie versioni differenti ed è dunque inevitabile una cernita, a volte arbitraria, nell'impossibilità di dare conto di ognuna delle varianti. Si è comunque in generale cercato di riportare la versione più nota.

Genealogia

Il mito

Tantalo e Pelope

Le origini: Tantalo
Tantalo, figlio di Zeus, per provare l'onniscienza degli dei li invitò a un banchetto in cui offrì loro le carni del giovane figlio Pelope. Essendosi accorti del macabro inganno, tutti i celesti allontanarono i piatti, eccetto Demetra che, sconvolta dalla perdita della figlia Persefone, non vi badò e si cibò di una spalla. Dopo aver punito Tantalo (condannandolo ad avere per sempre nel Tartaro una fame e una sete impossibili da placare) gli dei resuscitarono Pelope, fornendogli una spalla d'avorio, creata da Efesto. Secondo altri autori Pelope era nato con quella malformazione e dopo essere stato assassinato, Rea, la divinità della terra gli diede con un soffio nuovamente la vita. Secondo un'altra versione, al banchetto indetto dal padre Tantalo, al quale partecipavano anche gli dei, Poseidone vedendo Pelope se ne innamorò, portandolo con sé sull'Olimpo. A causa della colpa del padre venne però rispedito sulla terra. Ma anche i figli, Niobe e Pelope, incorsero in seguito nell'ira divina.

Pelope e la maledizione di Mirtilo
Pelope, inizialmente viveva nella terra lasciata dal padre, la Paflagonia, dove governava con giustizia sia la Frigia sia la Lidia. Costretto da un'invasione di barbari, intraprese un viaggio attraverso la Grecia alla ricerca di un regno da governare. Giunse quindi alla corte del re Enomao. Questi, re di Pisa (in Elide) e figlio del dio Ares, non aveva mai acconsentito a concedere la mano della figlia Ippodamia ai giovani che la corteggiavano perché un oracolo gli aveva predetto che sarebbe morto per mano del proprio genero. Enomao possedeva dei cavalli divini, Psilla (pulce) e Arpinna (razziatrice), perciò, sapendo di non poter essere mai battuto, proponeva ai pretendenti della figlia di gareggiare con lui in una corsa di carri: se avessero vinto, avrebbero sposato Ippodamia; in caso contrario sarebbero stati uccisi. Già tredici giovani avevano perso la vita (Pausania elenca diciotto nomi). Quando Pelope arrivò a Pisa con un carro leggerissimo munito di cavalli alati datigli da Poseidone, vide Ippodamia e se ne innamorò.
Terrorizzato però dalla vista delle teste inchiodate alle porte del palazzo d'Enomao e mozzate agli sfortunati pretendenti, decise di vincere la gara slealmente: corruppe Mirtilo (figlio di Hermes, auriga del sovrano e anch'egli infatuato di Ippodamia), promettendogli che non appena avesse vinto la corsa, gli avrebbe permesso di passare una notte con la principessa.

Mirtilo, accettando l'offerta di Pelope, tolse i perni degli assali del carro di Enomao e li sostituì con dei pezzi di cera; durante la corsa le ruote si staccarono, il carro si rovesciò e Enomao morì. Successivamente Pelope, certamente geloso dell'amore d'Ippodamia, annegò l'auriga che, in punto di morte e invocando Ermes, maledisse l'usurpatore e tutta la sua discendenza. Pelope, diventato re, accumulò sì ricchezze e onori ma fu causa della rovina dei suoi figli (Atreo e Tieste) e della sua intera stirpe; e questo nonostante avesse tentato di procurarsi i favori di Zeus istituendo le Olimpiadi. L'auriga di Pelope era Cilla. Per placare l'ira di Hermes, Pelope eresse subito un tempio per onorarlo e, tentando di soffocare il rimorso della propria coscienza tributò onori eroici a Mirtilo, dando onori anche ai tanti morti che avevano sfidato Enomao e avevano perso, ma questo non pose fine alla maledizione divina. Dalla moglie Ippodamia ebbe venti figli, tra cui Pitteo, Alcatoo, Atreo, Tieste, Ippalco, Copreo, Scirone, Ippalcimo, Cleonte e Lisidice. Dalla ninfa Astioche ebbe invece Crisippo.

Atreo e Tieste

L'uccisione di Crisippo
Atreo e Tieste erano due dei figli di Pelope, re di Pisa (in Elide), a sua volta figlio di Tantalo. Essi erano gelosi di un loro fratellastro, Crisippo, che il padre Pelope aveva avuto dalla ninfa Astioche. Temendo che, essendo il figlio prediletto del padre, il trono di Pisa potesse andare a lui, Atreo e Tieste uccisero Crisippo con l'aiuto della loro madre Ippodamia. Per questo motivo, essi furono banditi dalla città da Pelope, il quale pronunciò anche lui una maledizione contro di loro. Essi si rifugiarono ad Argo (o Micene), presso il loro parente Stenelo, re della città.

L'ascesa al trono
Quando Stenelo morì senza figli, un oracolo consigliò agli abitanti di Argo di prendere come nuovo sovrano uno dei figli di Pelope. Ci si trovò quindi nella necessità di scegliere tra Tieste e Atreo: qui cominciarono le ostilità e i raggiri tra i due fratelli. Infatti, tempo prima, Atreo aveva trovato nel suo gregge un agnello dal vello d'oro, che aveva deciso di tenere per sé. Ma sua moglie Erope aveva trafugato il vello e l'aveva dato a Tieste, di cui era segretamente diventata amante. Così, quando Tieste propose ad Atreo che a prendere la corona di Argo fosse colui che avesse posseduto un vello d'oro, Atreo accettò rallegrandosene, poiché credeva di avere quell'oggetto. Ma a possedere il vello era in realtà Tieste, che venne così designato sovrano di Argo. Tuttavia Atreo, che godeva del favore degli dei, venne avvertito da Zeus tramite Hermes di proporre al fratello un altro patto: se il sole avesse invertito il suo corso e fosse tramontato a est, allora Tieste avrebbe dovuto cedere la corona ad Atreo, in quanto chiaramente prescelto dagli dei. Tieste accettò e quel giorno il sole effettivamente tramontò ad est, costringendo Tieste a rinunciare alla sovranità e proclamando Atreo re di Argo.

La vendetta di Atreo

Una volta divenuto re di Argo, Atreo si affrettò ad esiliare il fratello, per prevenire eventuali sue brame sul trono. Quando però venne a sapere della relazione che c'era stata tra sua moglie Erope e Tieste, escogitò una tremenda vendetta. Fece cercare e uccidere tre dei figli di Tieste (Aglao, Orcomeno e Callileonte) e ne fece cucinare le carni. Poi richiamò Tieste ad Argo con la scusa di una riconciliazione e, invitatolo ad un banchetto, gli servì come pietanza la carne dei suoi figli. Quando Tieste ebbe mangiato, Atreo gli mostrò le loro teste, rivelandogli di cosa si era cibato, poi lo cacciò dalla città.

La rivincita di Tieste
Sconvolto dalla rabbia e dall'orrore, Tieste si rifugiò a Sicione, dove viveva un'altra sua figlia, Pelopia. Chiese a un oracolo in che modo avrebbe potuto vendicarsi del fratello e ottenne come responso che l'unico modo era generare un figlio con sua figlia Pelopia: da questa unione sarebbe nato colui che l'avrebbe vendicato. Rassegnatosi a dover compiere quell'atto incestuoso, Tieste decise di commetterlo senza farsi riconoscere. In una notte in cui Pelopia (che era una sacerdotessa) stava tornando a casa da sola dopo aver compiuto dei sacrifici, Tieste, mascherato, la violentò e la mise incinta. La ragazza riuscì però a sottrargli la spada.

Atreo, nel frattempo, temeva che con i suoi crimini potesse essersi inimicato gli dei e si rivolse quindi all'oracolo di Delfi per un responso in merito. Esso gli intimò di richiamare Tieste da Sicione, sicché Atreo si recò personalmente in quella città, ma il fratello si era già allontanato. Qui si innamorò di Pelopia, che credette figlia del re Tesproto (ed era invece nipote dello stesso Atreo, essendo figlia di Tieste). Atreo giacque con lei, la chiese in sposa e il re la concesse, lieto di rendere un buon servigio a Pelopia e di amicarsi un re così valido, tacendo la verità. Vennero quindi celebrate le nozze con la fanciulla, che, alcuni mesi dopo, partorì il bambino che aveva precedentemente concepito con Tieste e lo abbandonò sulle montagne. Qui fu rinvenuto da alcuni pastori che si presero cura di lui e lo nutrirono. Atreo, una volta saputa la storia da Pelopia, decise di recuperare il bambino (chiamato Egisto) e allevarlo, poiché era convinto che egli fosse in realtà figlio suo.

Quando Egisto divenne adulto, Atreo lo incaricò di andare a cercare Tieste, poiché aveva deciso di eliminarlo. Egisto eseguì l'ordine, rintracciò Tieste e lo riportò ad Argo, dove ricevette da Atreo l'ordine di ucciderlo. Quando già Egisto si apprestava a compiere l'atto, però, Tieste riconobbe quella che anni prima era stata la sua spada. Chiese a Egisto come se la fosse procurata e questi rispose che era una spada di sua madre. Allora Tieste supplicò di far convocare quella donna, poiché aveva capito essere sua figlia Pelopia, e rivelò ai presenti il segreto della nascita di Egisto. In seguito a queste notizie, Pelopia si tolse la vita, avendo scoperto di essere una madre incestuosa, mentre Egisto decise di uccidere Atreo, e così fece, mettendo al suo posto Tieste come sovrano di Argo. Si avverò così la profezia dell'oracolo, che aveva visto in Egisto, figlio incestuoso, colui che avrebbe vendicato Tieste.

Agamennone e Menelao

L'esilio a Sparta
Dopo la morte di Atreo, i suoi due figli Agamennone e Menelao furono esiliati e si rifugiarono presso il re di Sparta, Tindaro. Qui i due figli di Atreo si sposarono con due delle figlie di Tindaro, Elena e Clitennestra. Agamennone sposò Clitennestra dopo aver ucciso il suo primo marito Tantalo (che era un figlio di Tieste) ed aver ottenuto, sia pure a malincuore, il consenso della donna al matrimonio. A quel punto Agamennone, con l'aiuto militare di Tindaro, poté marciare su Argo e riprendersi il trono, dove regnò insieme alla moglie Clitennestra, cacciando Tieste (che morirà poco dopo) ed Egisto. Ebbe tre figlie, Elettra, Ifigenia e Crisotemi, e un figlio, Oreste. Menelao invece, sposo di Elena, ebbe il trono di Sparta.

La guerra di Troia

In seguito al giudizio di Paride, la dea Afrodite indusse Elena ad abbandonare il marito Menelao, sovrano di Sparta, e ad unirsi a Paride, un bel giovane che abitava nella città di Troia. Secondo alcuni, Elena fu spinta ad andare a Troia dalla dea e non aveva quindi colpe, mentre per altri Elena era in realtà una donna di facili costumi, fuggita con Paride per lussuria. Venne quindi organizzata una grande spedizione, che coinvolse tutto il mondo greco, per andare a riprendere Elena. Tale spedizione, in cui Menelao era la parte lesa, era guidata da Agamennone.

Prima di arrivare a Troia, la flotta si ritrovò però bloccata in Aulide da una bonaccia di vento. Interrogato l'indovino Calcante, Agamennone seppe che la dea Artemide era in collera con lui e l'unico modo per placarla era sacrificarle la figlia Ifigenia. Dapprima Agamennone rifiutò, ma poi, spinto da Menelao e Ulisse, si lasciò convincere e fece in modo di far arrivare la figlia in Aulide, col pretesto di farla fidanzare con Achille. Poco prima che venisse compiuto il sacrificio però, la dea Artemide, impietosita, sostituì la giovane con una cerva e portò Ifigenia in Tauride, dove ne fece una sua sacerdotessa. La flotta poté così ripartire.

Ebbe così inizio la guerra di Troia, durante la quale Agamennone e Menelao compirono numerose azioni eroiche. Dieci anni dopo, alla fine della guerra, dopo aver saccheggiato la città Agamennone poté tornare ad Argo, portando con sé come schiava la profetessa Cassandra, con la quale aveva intrecciato una relazione, mentre Menelao poté ripartire per Sparta con Elena.

Il ritorno di Menelao ed Elena
Dopo il sacco di Troia, Menelao si mise in mare per il ritorno insieme alla sua flotta, ma al momento di doppiare Capo Malea, una tempesta li sbatté sull'isola di Creta, dove la maggior parte delle navi affondò. Menelao ed Elena scamparono alla morte e sbarcarono infine in Egitto, dove rimasero ben cinque anni e dove Menelao accumulò ingenti ricchezze. Infine lasciarono l'Egitto, ma fu un viaggio assai breve, perché una bonaccia di vento li costrinse a fermarsi sull'isola di Faro, presso le foci del Nilo. Rimasero per venti giorni sull'isola e quando già la fame cominciava a farsi sentire, il dio Proteo, che su quell'isola risiedeva, consigliò a Menelao di tornare in Egitto e lì offrire sacrifici agli dei. Menelao così fece e in questo modo poté tornare a Sparta. Erano passati otto anni dalla sua partenza da Troia e diciotto da quando la guerra era cominciata.

Una volta tornato a Sparta, Menelao regnò per molti anni insieme a Elena, da cui ebbe i figli Ermione e Nicostrato. Alla fine della sua lunga vita egli fu portato nei Campi Elisi senza morire, onore accordatogli da Zeus per essere stato suo genero.

Il ritorno e l'uccisione di Agamennone
Agamennone ritornò in patria poco dopo la fine della guerra (nonostante l'ombra di Achille avesse tentato di trattenerlo predicendogli le sue future disgrazie), portando con sé Cassandra e il bottino di guerra. Venne accolto con grandi festeggiamenti dalla moglie Clitemnestra, la quale però aveva nel frattempo intessuto una relazione con il già incontrato Egisto, figlio di Tieste. I due ordirono dunque un complotto per uccidere Agamennone. Secondo alcune versioni del mito fu Egisto a compiere materialmente l'omicidio, secondo altre fu Clitennestra a colpi di scure; in ogni caso, eliminando Agamennone i due si assicurarono il dominio su Argo. La stessa sorte toccò anche a Cassandra. Per paura che l'unico figlio maschio di Agamennone e Clitennestra, il piccolo Oreste, potesse essere coinvolto nel massacro, la sorella Elettra lo portò in Focide, affidandolo al sovrano Strofio, che lo crebbe assieme a suo figlio Pilade.

La vendetta di Oreste

Dieci anni dopo l'omicidio del padre, Oreste, ormai divenuto adulto, ricevette l'ordine dal dio Apollo di tornare ad Argo insieme a Pilade, per vendicare la morte di Agamennone uccidendo i suoi assassini, spinto anche dalla sorella Elettra che odiava la madre ed Egisto. Travestito, Oreste riuscì a introdursi con l'inganno nel palazzo dove vivevano Egisto e Clitemnestra e li uccise entrambi. Invano la donna si scoprì il seno, ricordandogli di essere colei che gli aveva dato la vita.

Una volta compiuta la vendetta, però, le Erinni, vendicatrici dei delitti tra consanguinei, cominciarono a perseguitarlo. Oreste allora si rifugiò ad Atene, dove la dea Atena, ascoltata la sua storia, decise di organizzare un processo, da celebrarsi davanti al tribunale dell'Areopago (il tribunale ateniese competente per i crimini di sangue), con Atena nei panni del presidente della giuria, le Erinni come accusa e Apollo come difesa. Alla contestazione di aver ucciso un consanguineo, Oreste poteva contrapporre l'argomento di aver ucciso su ordine del dio Apollo e per vendicare un crimine altrettanto odioso. Alla fine quest'ultima tesi prevalse e Oreste venne assolto.

Dopo l'assoluzione, allo scopo di essere completamente riabilitato, Oreste fu mandato da Apollo in Tauride insieme a Pilade, a recuperare una statua di Artemide. Lì giunti, però essi furono fatti prigionieri dalla popolazione locale ed il re Toante decise di offrirli in sacrificio ad Artemide. Ma quando arrivò la sacerdotessa per compiere il sacrificio, Oreste subito la riconobbe: era Ifigenia, sua sorella (infatti, come già raccontato, ella era stata portata in Tauride da Artemide prima dell'inizio della guerra di Troia). Oreste allora le spiegò il motivo del suo arrivo in Tauride e venne ideato un piano per scappare. Con la scusa di purificare in mare secondo un rituale segreto l'uomo da sacrificare, Ifigenia congedò le guardie e poi scappò via mare insieme a Oreste e Pilade. Tornato a casa, Oreste regnò per lunghi anni ad Argo e anche a Sparta (come successore di Menelao). Sposò infatti la cugina Ermione, figlia di Menelao ed Elena, ed ebbe come figlio Tisameno, mentre Elettra sposò Pilade.
Tisameno regnò fino al ritorno degli Eraclidi a Sparta, evento simboleggiante l'invasione dei Dori e la fine dell'epoca micenea in cui sono ambientati molti miti greci, e l'inizio dell'epoca propriamente storica più antica.

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Bibliografiche

Bibliografia

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Miti di Argo

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Purpose: The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) invites you to an open house on US 59 El Campo improvement projects. The project staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide information. No formal presentation will be given. Attendees are invited to come and go at their convenience.
Description: TxDOT is proposing adding frontage roads along US 59 through El Campo. The proposed project would construct frontage roads and convert the existing US 59 lanes into a controlled access road that meets interstate standards.


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Local Interest, Attractions and Places to Visit.
Blickling Hall in Norfolk
Brief details and photograph of Blickling Hall in Norfolk which was built on the site of Anne Boleyn's birthplace. An interesting place to visit.
The Bure Valley Railway
The Bure Valley Railway was opened in 1990 and is Norfolk's longest 15-inch gauge heritage line, and runs between Aylsham and Wroxham with stations at Brampton, Buxton and Coltishall.
The Norfolk Broads have been a boating holiday destination since the late 19th century and the rivers and waterways are lock-free so there are no obstacles for the tourist or visitor to be worried about.
Felbrigg Hall and Estate
Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century country house with fine Jacobean architecture, stylish Georgian interior and fine views over the open Norfolk landscape.
The Nelson Museum
The Nelson Museum in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk is the only museum dedicated to the life and career of Lord Hoaratio Nelson. The museum has so much to see and discover, and you can explore Nelson's childhood and early life in Norfolk, his Naval career and famous battles, and his terrible wounds, illnesses and heoric and tragic death.
Britain's Heritage and Conservation
With membership of Britain's biggest heritage and conservation organisations you get free access to hundreds of historic houses and spectacular coastlines and countryside as often as you wish.
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden
Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden is an award-winning pet-friendly garden for all seasons where families with children are encouraged to explore the woodland pathways and be inspired by nature. It is home to some rare wildlife.
St Benet's Abbey near Ludham
St Benet's Abbey was a medieval monastery in its day but only scant ruins of the gatehouse, lower walls of the sanctuary and some earthworks are visible today. The abbey was situated in a commanding position on a sand and gravel island beside the River Bure which is one of the major rivers of the Norfolk Broads.


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FEATURE: Konrad Wiszniewski and Euan Stevenson (Jazz Line-Up, BBC Radio 3, 1st October)
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Konrad Wiszniewski and Euan Stevenson
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Scottish pianist/composer EUAN STEVENSON and saxophonist/composer KONRAD WISZNIEWSKI will be presenting music from their current album release "New Focus On Song" (Whirlwind Recordings) at a special performance for Radio 3 Jazz Line-Up as part of the series Sound Frontiers – BBC Radio 3 Live at the South Bank Centre celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the BBC's Third Programme. Here each of them explains the background:
Konrad Wiszniewski
New Focus on Song is a collection of material that we have been playing for a few years now and when the option came to record again on Whirlwind we jumped at the chance. We had the luxury of two days in the studio this time which gave us time to explore different sounds and hopefully capture the essence of a new focus concert. The album features full ensemble playing of the nine piece and this time also stripped-down quartet versions which we will be featuring at this Saturday's concert at the Southbank Centre.
Euan Stevenson
New Focus On Song, as the title suggests, is an album which we set out to make with the emphasis very much on the song writing craft – aiming to create hooky, memorable melodies, well structured and crafted into tight knit arrangements. This is an album mainly comprising of what might best be described as "songs without words". We sought to reconcile our stylistic influences and so the album is an amalgam of jazz, classical, folk and pop. The difference with the first album (in terms of instrumentation) is the addition of woodwind (flute, clarinet, and Celtic whistle) to the line up of jazz quartet, string quartet and harp. Also, there are a number of tracks which we chose to feature the jazz quartet alone and it is with this line up that we will have the pleasure of performing live at the Southbank Centre this Saturday on BBC radio 3.
LINK: Programme website. The show will also include Jim Mullen's organ trio
PHOTOS: The opening Spash Point Jazz Club gig at Fishermen's Club, Eastbourne
FEATURE: NYJO's September 2016 tour with the Youth Jazz Orchestras of Germany and Holland


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John Smallman – As humanity's awakening process progresses rapidly and most effectively, it is producing amazing changes all over the world in the way that business, industry, politics, religion, and society in general everywhere deals with the issues that are arising, presenting them with difficult problems that need to be addressed.
This is a time of great change – changes that must be put into effect swiftly and competently, so that the billions living in extreme poverty may be provided with the means to rise out of this intolerable state and live in peace, comfort, and harmony as is the right of every human being without exception.
The means are available. They have just been withheld by those who believe it is their right to control and direct the lives of others in order to maintain living standards of unconscionable luxury for themselves.
This insane, self-centered, and egotistical set of behaviors and attitudes, embraced by a tiny minority, is changing and needs to change. People are no longer willing to submit to the indignity, disrespect, and abject poverty imposed upon them by an elite that is supported by regulatory systems and enforcement agencies that have been created solely for this purpose.
Nothing is ineffectual, even though the individual effect may not be readily apparent – an ocean is made of many, many inestimable trillions of drops of water all interacting with each other at all times to create the ocean. Nothing is lost, ever. No, not even thoughts, words, or actions that you might wish you had never conceived of or delivered. That is why it is so important to live in awareness, that way you can intend that every one of your thoughts, words, or actions has only a loving intent, the intent to be for the highest good of all. And when that is your intent it is extremely powerful and effective, so keep on resetting it.
As you have been told so often, so often that it may even be quite irritating to hear it yet again, you are divine beings, and, therefore, you are centers of enormous power. However, most of you have been enculturated to give that power away, and have grown up believing yourselves to be not good enough and not deserving of it.
You give it away to those you admire or fear – everyone does this to a greater or lesser extent, because everyone knows people who they admire or fear. Your awakening process is a process of reclaiming your power, of honoring yourselves as the divine beings that you are, and once more trusting yourselves as the beings of honesty and integrity that you truly are. To believe that you are less than this is to believe something that is blatantly untrue, and that could never be true.
However, your egos are constantly trying to persuade you of your unworthiness, and they are continuously drawing to your attention the errors and mistakes that, as a limited human, you have most definitely made.
Errors and mistakes are learning experiences to show you that you need to do something differently, they are not meant to be used as opportunities to judge, blame, and shame you. When they are used that way, and, as you have all experienced, that occurs very frequently in human societies, they reduce your sense of self, your sense of self-worth, the value of your sense of identity and of your right to exist.
Right now, as part of your awakening process, all these myriad forms in which feelings of inadequacy can occur are arising in the awareness of all of humanity to be acknowledged, recognized as utterly invalid, and then released. Initially this awareness can be quite overwhelming because, although everyone has these feelings, they have for the most part denied or ignored them as they are too painful to deal with, and can mightily distract people from attending to the daily chores that life as a human entails.
Now the collective has made the decision to resolve all the issues and problems that arise, and which appear to separate you into opposing camps, by engaging in inspiring and provocative discussions. Discussions during which all participants are heard, and where all truly understand that solutions can and will be arrived at that work for everyone, if that is their intent, and I assure you that it is.
This is an enormous step forward for mankind. Nevertheless, as you attend to the mainstream news reports, it can easily seem that things are worsening everywhere. What is actually happening is that "stuff" is arising in many places and in many areas of human endeavor, all at the same time, so that it may be released, and initially this may well appear to be unresolvable. It is presently causing much fear and confusion – which is also part of humanity's "stuff" – as those involved learn on the job how to deal with it satisfactorily.
You can all enormously help this process along by setting the intent, at least once each day, to be personally loving in every thought, word, and action in which you engage, knowing, as you really do, that this is why you are incarnate at this moment in whatever place you happen to be. In case you have any doubts about your abilities to do this, I would remind you that indeed you are incarnate right now to assist mightily in humanity's massive awakening process, by availing of the enormous power within you to extend Love to everyone without judgment or exception.
Heartfelt gratitude once again for this 'reminder' message…may it reach many souls in their journey of awakening. Awareness has always served this soul in my own journey.


A much better showing last week than the first week. After going 1-4, I then actually had a winning record last week. Now that all of the teams are in action, there will be more games to pick each week.
Hoover is disappointing to watch so far this year, starting 0-2 for the first time in…who knows how long. Homewood and Vestavia had a crazy rivalry game that was much closer than everyone (including me) thought it would be.
This week starts region play for most teams as everyone is getting to at least their second game, if not their third.


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Bjork, A&M officials remain encouraged by latest coronavirus statistics
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On Tuesday, Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork indicated he was becoming more encouraged at the possibility of starting the college football season on schedule.
The Aggies' football season is scheduled to begin on September 5 against Abilene Christian at Kyle Field. Football season is vital for the local economy and A&M's athletic budget. Bjork said ticket sales and donations account for about half of A&M's athletic budget.
However, the nation-wide shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic – which has caused more than 65,000 deaths in the United States according to the CDC – has put the season in jeopardy.
"We're planning like we're going to play," Bjork said. "I think there's great data in terms of how our healthcare system is holding up here in the state of Texas, and we hope those trends continue as we know that as we do reopen we'll have to monitor this very closely and follow all the news out there.
"But I'm optimistic and very hopeful that we're going to play [a full season]. We want fans in the stands. And that's how we're looking at this whole thing for us following up on that."
According to worldometers.info, 16,665 have recovered from COVID-19 in Texas, which is more than the number of active cases (15,973).
- Ross Bjork
This week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order that allowed some businesses – which have been closed since March – to reopen in at least some capacity.
Also, last week Texas A&M University Chancellor John Sharp set a goal for reopening classes for the fall semester and starting the football season on time. Further, Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek laid out a plan to start football on time and reopen weight room and training facilities on June 1. On Monday, the University of Missouri began a gradual move toward reopening by resuming operations in its Memorial Stadium South End Zone building.
The Southeastern Conference has suspended all athletic activities until May 31.
Bjork did not say when A&M might reopen its athletic facilities, though he did indicate that he'd want to open them if private gyms and fitness centers were able to reopen.
"We don't know what Governor Abbott will do in the state of Texas, but if something happens between now and May 31 … I think we would want our student-athletes in our facilities versus being out, you know, in the community," Bjork said. "We feel like we could safeguard them here. We've got to see what the governor decides here for us. We have to decide as an SEC what happens on June 1."
On a different topic, Bjork reiterated he had no intention of resuming the football series with the University of Texas despite calls from the media and some Texas fans to do so.
"There's been nothing formal, nothing official," Bjork said. "We haven't moved any conversations, and our position remains the same that we're focused on other things right now. If that happens, let's make it happen in the College Football Playoff."
A&M's policy is to schedule one Power 5 non-conference opponent every season. The Aggies are scheduled to face Colorado this season and next, Miami in 2022 and 2023, Notre Dame in 2024 and 2025 and Arizona State in 2026 and 2027.
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For every of our write-ups, having known what to write about, the next most important thing to do afterward is to go on series of research on the keywords to use. Intensive research helps us to narrow down on keywords that are getting hits on search engines. There are a number of online tools that could help with keyword research, some of which I'll be discussing with us in this write-up.
it's very simple, both your keywords research and implementation should not take more than 60 seconds if you have the appropriate tools at your disposal. Just take a deep look at this, the internet is the fastest and the most effective means through which you can you can penetrate and pass any information to approximately 50% of the global population, that's approximately 3.77 billion people, if you have the access to pass your information to just 10% of this population, then you wouldn't have to worry so much about how to grow your brand, but then here is the bigger question , how do I gain access to pass down information and market my brand to this 10% population of the world active global internet users?
Keywords can ultimately help you hit this target and am going to be showing us how to get this done in this article.
If by now we do not know the importance of keyword research we shouldn't be expecting tons of traffic or sales. One of the most important factors we need to consider while doing keyword research is the user intent, we have to put ourselves in the position of some looking for answers to questions. Let's consider the word 'marketing', when you punch this word on Google you get to see different pages pop out, that's fine, but then the likely hood of users searching for the word marketing is very low because it's more or less like a general information as compared to when users search for long tail key phrases such as 'what is digital marketing?. Having known the keyword to use in our write-up, we just have to sit down and think about how to narrow it down more a little bit to what users are going to be looking for online that will be related to that particular keyword.
We may keep on blogging and posting contents from now until the end of the world, but without a focus on a keyword research, we may find ourselves lost in the crowd. Let's consider a young aspiring digital marketer lurking for a career in digital marketing, then he decided to kick-start his/her career by blogging and helping people around the world on how to uncover the miseries and hidden truth in digital marketing, fine, it's a very nice and wonderful idea, but then, he/she must come to the realization of how saturated that area is when it comes to digital marketing, we have guys like Neil Patel, entreprenuer.com, and wordstream.com who ranks so high on search engines primarily for any keyword related to digital marketing, it might take years to out rank this guy on search engines if there is no focus on keyword research. Keyword research gives you edge over your competitors as there are keywords that could drive you tons of result in just a little time frame if properly researched this usually happens because such keywords or key phrases receive a huge amount of traffic coupled with lesser competition, you just have to find that keyword.
One of the best approaches to keyword research is to have an insight on the keywords we already rank for. Thanks to SMErush, it is one of my favourite tool for keyword research, this online web tool gives insights on how we rank on chosen keywords, it also gives insight on how we compete on a particular keyword, to top it all, it comes with a 14 days trial which gives the flexibility to download and use for free. Also there are some other software and tools that could help us with our keyword research, some of which are listed below.
Am a huge fan of SMErush, but if am asked to pick any other online keyword research tool, I'll rather go for Ahrefs.This tool helps us to automatically know the keywords we are ranking for, and it also gives insights on who we are competing with for those keywords. Also with Ahrefs, we can narrow down search on our ranking based to any location or country.
This is also one of my favourite keyword research tools, it comes with a great user interface, with this tool we could track any keyword position for our domain, it could also help to us narrow down keyword rank based to location just and device, unlike SMErush that could only narrow down to keywords based on location.
Google rank checker is an excellent online tool that helps track the position we are in a Google search. With Google rank Checker we can also narrow down our keyword research to any location or country in the word.
This is also an awesome keyword research tool, this tool goes beyond giving insight on how we rank on search engine, it gives the information such as search volume data and CPC for any selected keyword or key phrases just to mention a few. Click here to check it out.
I do hope we all have seen the importance and the need to go on extensive keyword research before embarking on content any writing as Neil Patel will always say,' Content will always win'. For daily digest on digital marketing strategies please feel free to subscribe to our newsletter below.


Home > News & Resources > Can Surveillance Videos Help Pursue Hit and Run Drivers?
Whether they watch local news reports or even crime dramas on TV, many people believe that the prevalence of surveillance videos has vastly simplified the process of identifying and catching hit and run drivers and other criminals. In truth, these videos can be immensely helpful, but many factors can prevent them from providing absolute identifying evidence.
Injury victims of hit and run accidents might feel a sense of hope when their accidents happen in high-traffic areas where video cameras are more prevalent. Still, any Charlotte hit and run lawyer at our firm continues to advise all individuals to make sure they have appropriate insurance coverage.
Even a grainy video seems to have supplied investigators with some information after a January Harnett County hit and run accident that killed two teens and injured a third. As reported by WNCN, the teens were struck from behind while walking on a local highway after leaving a gas station. Unfortunately, the teen who survived the injury sustained a concussion, along with other injuries and he did not remember much about the incident.
A Highway Patrol spokesperson reported that surveillance video from nearby businesses was grainy, but it appears that they did capture at least general identifying characteristics of the vehicle. If such a vehicle is found with front-end vehicle damage, this could potentially be enough information to identify the driver.
Low-quality cameras can lack detail.
Nighttime darkness, or even shadows, can reduce the ability to clearly identify vehicles.
Fixed camera angles may show little or no identifying information about a vehicle that travels out of range.
If liable drivers cannot be identified, then the burden of paying the expenses related to injuries fall on the injured party. Motorists who are victimized by hit and run drivers can turn to their own insurance policies, provided they choose to carry Uninsured Motorist coverage. These policies or riders are not fault-based and should not result in premium increases in the event of a qualifying accident. This coverage is even available to pedestrians or bicyclists who are struck by an uninsured motorist. It is not necessary that the injured victim even be in a vehicle.
When looking into hit and run accidents, law enforcement investigators typically look for witnesses, while also checking with local businesses to find videos that may have captured any form of evidence to help identify the offenders. If driver identification seems unlikely, attorneys typically advise victims to turn to their insurance policies because a legal case against the driver is not possible. Of course, legal cases can potentially arise when victims experience challenges with their claims.
More advanced technology can make a difference for many hit-and-run cases. While too many injuries are caused by drivers who are never identified, an experienced attorney can initiate additional investigations to pinpoint a culprit — and intervene if a victim's insurance company attempts to raise premiums in the event of a claim. For a free initial consultation, call us at 844-452-3688 or use our convenient online contact form.


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NFL betting: Seattle is the public's pick for Monday night
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Week 12 of the NFL season comes to an end on Monday night when the Washington Football Team hosts the Seattle Seahawks. Both teams come in with losing records, but they're still alive in the NFC wild-card race. In fact, if Washington wins tonight, it'll enter next weekend sitting in a playoff spot. We've seen some interesting line movement in this game during the week, but what's the public's thoughts on Monday night's game?
Seattle a popular road favorite
When the betting market opened, the Seattle Seahawks were installed as 2.5-point road favorites over the Washington Football Team. By midweek last week, the Football Team was a 1-point home favorite. However, as game-time approaches, the Seahawks are now a 1-point road favorite over Washington.
It's been a very down season for the Seahawks. They were unimpressive early in the season and then Russell Wilson got hurt. They struggled during his absence and have continued to struggle since he returned. Wilson is barely completing 50% of his passes and averaging just over 180 yards per game since his return.
The Football Team was one of the bigger disappointments in the league at the start of the season but they've now won two straight games and still have an opportunity to make a playoff push. The defense has stepped up in recent weeks and Taylor Heinicke has made enough plays for Washington.
Russell Wilson has had success on Monday nights. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
Despite the recent trends, 66% of bets and 72% of the money wagered is backing Seattle to cover as a road favorite. Russell Wilson is 10-2 all time straight up on "Monday Night Football."
Money is backing the over
I hope you haven't been betting the over in Seattle games this season. In Seattle's first ten games this season, the over has hit just once. Eight games went under the total and one game landed exactly on the final total.
It's no surprise that the betting public has noticed this trend as 53% of bets are on Seattle-Washington to go under the total of 46.5-points. However, sharp bettors may be expecting some regression to the mean for Seattle with 67% of the betting handle on this game to go over the total.
As mentioned earlier, Wilson has struggled since returning from injury and the Football Team has played better defensively in recent weeks. However, 46.5 points is an average total and even a pedestrian score such as 24-23 can cash an over ticket.
Popular props to bet
If you can't pick a side in this game, luckily there's plenty of action available in the prop market at BetMGM. Below are three of the most popular prop bets for Monday night:
D.K. Metcalf to score the first touchdown in the game currently has +750 odds. Metcalf scored eight touchdowns in the first eight games of the season, but hasn't found the end zone in back-to-back games. Is he due? Seattle will likely rely on the passing game as Chris Carson, Rashaad Penny and Travis Homer are all out.
Washington running back Antonio Gibson is +110 to score a touchdown on Monday. Gibson has just six touchdowns on the season, five on the ground and one through the air. Gibson has two touchdowns in his last five games, and both came in the same game.
A two-leg prop receiving some action is Washington to win and Terry McLaurin to score a touchdown. This prop comes with +225 odds. In Washington's four wins this season, McLaurin has four touchdowns.
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging WILLIAMS, SCOTT & ASSOCIATES ("WSA"), a debt collection company based in Norcross, Georgia, its owner JOHN TODD WILLIAMS, and six of its employees—BENITA CANNEDY, RUDY JAMES, ARTHUR COOK, CHRISTOPHER LENYSZYN, CLARK SMITH, and TITUS MCDOWELL—with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a nationwide debt collection scheme that targeted more than 6,000 victims throughout the United States. As alleged, the defendants contacted consumers whose debt WSA had purchased, and tried to trick and coerce them into making payments to WSA by making false threats and telling a host of lies. Among those lies were that WSA was part of a federal task force and that warrants would be issued for the consumers' arrests if they failed to make immediate payment to WSA. In total, WSA obtained more than $4.1 million from its victims. Each of the individual defendants was arrested this morning in Georgia and will be presented later today in federal court in Atlanta.
When victims expressed doubt or sought more information, WSA employees intensified the pressure and created a heightened sense of urgency by imposing false deadlines. In one case, for example, a WSA employee told a victim he/she had 15 minutes to decide whether to make payment to WSA, and that if the victim elected not to, an arrest warrant would be issued for the victim's spouse. In another instance, a defendant told a victim who advised that she was eight-months pregnant that she had two hours to pay WSA, or else the case would be forwarded to Los Angeles County and a warrant would be issued for her arrest.
Among other false statements, WSA employees claimed that WSA was a law firm, and that they would have the victims' driver's licenses suspended if those victims did not make payment to WSA. To falsely create an appearance of legitimacy, and further trick their victims into making payments, WSA employees routinely used legal terminology to invent legitimate-sounding, but completely bogus, explanations for the supposed imminent arrest of the victims, including for example, that the "statute of limitations" on the victims' "civil legal rights" had expired and therefore the matter was now a criminal matter that could be resolved only by voluntary payment to WSA, or arrest. To frighten their victims, WSA employees warned that the arrest could take place at any time and any place, including at their homes and places of work.
In total, from approximately 2009 through approximately April 2014, WSA obtained more than $4.1 million dollars from over 6,000 victims in all 50 states.
After the FBI conducted a search of WSA's office in Norcross, Georgia in May 2014, WILLIAMS shut down WSA and opened a new debt collection business. Based on victim complaints, employees of that debt collection business have been making the same threats and false statements to victims.
A call in which CANNEDY identified herself as "Chief Investigator Sharon Wright" and stated that she was investigating a criminal complaint against the victim for a payday loan the victim had taken out. When the victim told CANNEDY she was not currently working, CANNEDY responded that she had no choice but to forward the case to Los Angeles County and that Los Angeles County would issue a warrant for her arrest for "depository check fraud" and "theft by deception." When the victim asked for customer service, CANNEDY responded: "Customer service? Ma'am you're on the way to jail." Later, the victim asked to see information to ensure that everything was legitimate, and CANNEDY responded, "Don't take care of it, and you'll see just how legit it is." The victim said that she wanted to take care of the debt, was eight months pregnant, and did not want to go to jail. CANNEDY then responded, "I'm not going to go back and forth. I wouldn't care if you were nine months pregnant. I have a job to do here." CANNEDY told the victim she had two hours to pay WSA, and after that, the case would be forwarded to Los Angeles County for the issuance of an arrest warrant.
A call in which JAMES told a victim he had an outstanding "restitution" of over $2,000, and when the victim said he had already paid it with a credit card, JAMES claimed the victim still had to pay WSA because "when you file for an ADR, you can't use a debt instrument to pay a debt." The victim said he did not have enough money to pay immediately and asked for documentation of the debt since he believed he had paid it already. JAMES told the victim that sending documentation would not stop the warrant from being processed. JAMES said that once he hung up the phone, he would put the case into "refusal status" and that the victim should have his attorney contact the office to set up an arraignment.
A call in which COOK told a victim that her husband was being pursued for a "theft by receiving" charge to be forwarded to the local county and processed for a warrant. COOK advised that if her husband was "detained by county sheriffs, he would have to sit in reformatory" until he was tried.
A call in which LENYSZYN told a victim that he was an investigator for "WSA" and was investigating "theft of services." LENYSZYN explained that "what we do is we issue warrants and we do the suspension of driver's license over here." When the victim asked whether a warrant would be issued if he could only pay half the money, LENYSZYN said it could be a suspension of the victim's driver's license or a warrant and that "you don't want any surprises either at the house or work, especially when it comes to that, your business your family and all that.
WILLIAMS, 48, of Norcross, Georgia, CANNEDY, 36, of Duluth, Georgia, JAMES, 32, of Lithonia, Georgia, COOK, 31, of Duluth, Georgia, LENYSZYN, 46, of Acworth, Georgia, SMITH, 39, of Norcross, Georgia, and MCDOWELL, 38, of Avondale Estates, Georgia, are each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The maximum potential sentences are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.
Mr. Bharara praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI. He also thanked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") for referring this case to this Office, and the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") for its assistance in this investigation. The FTC separately filed earlier this year a complaint against WSA and WILLIAMS. Mr. Bharara also acknowledged with appreciation the extraordinary partnership between this Office and both the FTC and CFPB in the Office's ongoing effort to combat consumer fraud.
The prosecution of this case is being handled by the Office's Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit and Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Unit. Assistant United States Attorneys Daniel Tehrani and Jennifer Gachiri are in charge of the prosecution, and Assistant United States Attorney Jonathan Cohen is in charge of the forfeiture aspects of the case.


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Four persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a year-old woman in Mumbai's Mankhurd area. A year-old woman from Mumbai was arrested for allegedly killing her neighbours four-year-old son over an old dispute, the police said today. A woman helped police arrest three criminals and seize a foreign-made pistol and five live cartridges in Wadala area of Mumbai, a police official said today. The Indian Embassy in China is making all efforts to bring back the body of a Mumbai-based woman, who died of a heart attack on board an Air China flight from Melbourne, that is stuck in the morgue of a hospital in Zhengzhou due to transport restrictions in that country in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic. A year-old woman jumped to death from the seventh floor of a building after a fight with her year-old daughter over family jewellery, the Mumbai Police said.
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Mumbai Woman issued with challan for blocking road on suspicion of husband's affair
New Delhi Jagran News Desk: In a bizarre incident, a woman trying to catch her husband on suspicion of an affair was issued with a challan by Mumbai Police on Saturday for causing a traffic jam. The enraged woman was issued a challan for abandoning her vehicle in the middle of the Pedder Road in Mumbai which resulted in the obstruction of the traffic movement. However, no criminal offence was registered against the woman, Hindustan Times quoted police officials as saying. The video of the incident went viral on social media and entertained netizens. When the husband came out of the car, the woman kicked him. The angry woman reportedly suspected that her husband was having an affair, and hence in order to chase him, obstructed his Range Rover on Pedder Road.
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Suspecting husband of having an affair, woman blocks his car on road, leads to traffic jam
The traffic movement on Pedder Road was briefly affected on Saturday evening due to a fight between a couple on the road. The traffic police issued a challan to the woman for abandoning her vehicle in the middle of the road, which led to traffic jam. However, no criminal offence was registered, police said.
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