After 4 days in Malaysia, I took a flight and I landed in Singapore. If I have to be honest, before arriving to Singapore I had no clue of what I was finding there. Since for me it was considered just a "quick stop before heading to Indonesia", a sort of "ok since it's on my way I will have a tour, just for fun", I didn't read further on the place, I had just heard friends and colleagues saying how modern and developed it was and in my mind I was saying "ok another boring city…I will just stay there 2 days and run away as fast as I can". Well, sometimes it is true that if you set your expectations very low you will always get incredible surprises! Because yes, what I found there was above of any expectation, a fantastic place that I miss everyday and where I would have loved to spend more time. Singapore is simply and purely magic! Every corner has its own charm. Beautiful, dynamic, multicultural, business, clean, safe, romantic, wealthy, noisy, peaceful: Singapore is everything except boring! You can enjoy every minute of your day by doing something different. There is place and time for every kind of mood: places for party, for working, for shopping, for romantic tete-a-tete, for harmony with nature. I can keep on listing why I loved Singapore so much and I can go on for many many pages, but I will just say that you can understand my love for this country just by being there. I stayed in Singapore only 3 days, but I wish I could have stayed more. The main city has a lot to offer in terms of attractions and escapade as well. Shopping, monuments, parks, beach, you will not risk to get bored there. Most of the attractions are at walking distance, whereas for the rest you must take the MRT, the very modern metro system that works efficiently. For the accommodation, whatever area you choose it is very safe and easy to move around, although bear in mind that, compared to the other Asian countries, Singapore is extremely expensive in terms of accommodation. My accommodation (which was a capsule hotel – first time in my life and finally not so bad!) was in Arab street, therefore I started the exploration of the city from there. Arab street is the main street of a fantastic neighborhood with Arab influences: Turkish restaurants, Persian carpets stores, a very beautiful mosque. This set of streets includes all features and charms belonging to the Arab countries and culture. It is also a great place for a delicious lunch break. For the meals, bear in mind that prices can change drastically in Singapore: having lunch in some areas might be ridiculously expensive, whereas in others it is quite affordable. You can choose between standard restaurants with food coming from all over the world or my best suggestion is food street, it is very varied, delicious, affordable, and in good hygienic conditions (please note also that water in Singapore is drinkable). In Arab street for instance you have a mixture of both: you can either enjoy restaurants either street food.
Walking around 20mins from Arab street, you will run into the fantastic colors of Little India. This is the Indian neighborhood and it will make you jump into the atmosphere of Indian cities: colorful buildings and decorations, restaurants, temples, and stores with Indian food, music, and beautiful clothes.
After a short break at the hotel it is time to hit downtown. The reason why I left it for later is because the downtown area is very beautiful during the day, but at night it is wonderful! So take the MRT again and get off in Bayfront or Esplanade and you will arrive to the fantastic Marina Bay. This is the place where you will find the most amazing skyscrapers facing the bay. You can start from the Theaters on the Bay (this is usually what you see when getting off at Esplanade) and have a nice walk all along the waterfront.
From the city side you will first bump into the symbol of the city : Merlion. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name—Singapura—meaning "lion city" or "kota singa".
From the Merlion's location you will have an amazing view on the Floating stadium (a football stadium floating on the water…amazing!), the Theatres on the Bay, The Marina Financial center (the area including all skyscrapers), the ArtScience Museum (a very interesting museum inside a flower-shaped building), and the Luxury hotel Marina Bay Sands (a dream hotel formed by 3 skyscrapers and a spaceship-shaped building on the roof linking the 3 of them). In order to reach this place you need to cross the New Bridge and once there another fantastic view will be presented to you: the view on the city, the view on the skyscrapers reflecting their lights on the water. From there you will also be able to see the famous Singapore flyer.
Once you are on the side of Marina Bay Sands you need to take the path behind the hotel in order to see what is in my opinion the coolest thing I have ever seen in a city! Gardens by the Bay is a fantastic park of more than 100 hectares with an amazing view on the waterfront. Besides the nature, the park includes plenty of attractions, such as food courts, terraces with breathtaking views; but the biggest attraction of this park is definitely the super-sized trees. They consist of tree-shaped vertical gardens all linked by a suspended walkway from which you can enjoy a stunning view. The best moment to see them is during the night, when you can enjoy a choreographed lights and sounds all through these trees. I have had the chance to see many cool things in my life, but this was definitely one of the best. A night in Singapore can be simply magic!
If you thought that on the first day in Singapore you had already seen everything then wait to be astonished on the second and third day. On the second day we will see the very modern part of the city with a small break in the fantastic nature. For the shopping enthusiasts, we will start with a walk in Orchard street. This is a huge street surrounded by massive shopping malls and restaurants. If you want to experience shopping in Singapore, that is the place to be (honestly speaking, there is nothing different from all other big cities in the world, but ok at least you can enjoy seeing how big and luxurious shopping malls can be).
After a long walk in Orchard street, you can take the MRT and stop in a place that is not very famous from a touristic point of view. Actually I bumped into this place just by chance, by taking the wrong direction of the MRT…but it is definitely worth a visit. I am talking of the Chinese and Japanese gardens. Located a little far from the city center, on two islands in Jurong Lake, these gardens are reached by an overpass and joined by the Bridge of Double Beauty. The Chinese Garden dedicates most of its area to "northern style" landscape architecture, the style of Imperial gardens, integrating brightly colored buildings with the surroundings. While the Chinese garden is more visually stimulating, the Japanese Garden is intended to evoke feeling. Marble-chip paths let you hear your own footsteps and meditate on the sound. They also serve to slow the journey for better gazing. Walking in these gardens will take you far away from the city noise and let you enjoy some rest and harmony with the nature.
After this nice stop in the nature, time to go back to the "city" and head to downtown. Artistically speaking, there is nothing amazing there, it is just a financial district. Nevertheless it is always surprising for a European to see big streets with big skyscrapers and very modern structures around. So you can have a walk there and perhaps stop for a short lunch break. Afterwards, you can go back to the hotel for a rest and get ready for the great Singaporean nightlife. This time we go back to downtown and in the waterfront area, but in a new fantastic place: Clark Quay. This is a great destination for restaurants, bars, entertainment till late night. In Clark Quay you can enjoy a nice dinner and drinks along the romantic waterfront. Definitely another great experience in Singapore!
For the last day in Singapore, you can go to Sentosa, a very popular island resort in Singapore. Although it is an island, it is easily connected to the rest of the city by bus or by car or taxi. This island includes a lot of attractions, such as a long sheltered beach, golf courses, restaurants, and the theme park Universal Studios. You can easily spend an entire day in the island and enjoy each corner of it.
For the evening you can explore Chinatown. Beautiful streets full of Chinese decorations, restaurants, food kiosks, one of the best Chinatowns in the world is in Singapore and is certainly a great way to say goodbye to this dreamy small country with a lot of charm.


Here is the official Flawless and Pawless list of cruelty-free brands that are available in Ireland. Many of them are 100% vegan, too. Some brands are cruelty-free but are owned by parent companies who test on animals.
I sourced these official cruelty-free brands from Cruelty Free Kitty, Logical Harmony and Cruelty Free International, but the majority is from my own research. I also regularly check the Leaping Bunny and PETA databases.
Some of the below brands are not officially certified as cruelty-free or vegan. Many of these uncertified brands are working towards an official certification, however since the EU ban of animal testing and marketing, some brands don't believe it's a necessity for them to do so. Some companies may also not have the budget to spend on an official certification, but are gradually working themselves towards this position.
The only official cruelty-free certification logos you should look out for are the bunny logos for PETA, Leaping Bunny and Choose Cruelty Free. Leaping Bunny has proven to be the most reliable cruelty-free certification as it is the most rigorous process of them all. I will detail the difference between the certification processes between PETA and Leaping Bunny in a separate article. There is also a difference between a brand that is certified vegan and a brand that is certified vegan AND cruelty-free.
Some cruelty-free brands clearly state 'NO TO ANIMAL TESTING', 'AGAINST ANIMAL TESTING' or put their own bunny logo on the packaging with a message to confirm they do not test on animals. While animal testing and marketing has been banned by the EU since 2013, it is important not to buy products from brands who sell their cosmetics in China, where it is required by law for foreign cosmetics to be tested on animals. The product you buy in the local chemist in Ireland may not have been tested on animals itself, but unfortunately the same product is being tested on animals in the remaining countries in the world who have not banned animal testing.
Please note that for a brand to be listed on Flawless and Pawless as cruelty-free it must offer VEGAN OPTIONS. This shows that the brand is doing its best to eliminate all associations with animals from their line.
Another thing to note is that Flawless and Pawless does not support cruelty-free brands that use Multi-Level Marketing strategies. You can find out why here.
Please note that all information here is regularly updated and can change at any time, but all information is correct at the time of posting.
Real Techniques – 100% VEGAN!
Ría Organics – 100% VEGAN!
I also read that while Nudestix are now selling in China that they have found away to get around the animal testing by law.
I have my concerns about this but if it is true then why can't other brands do the same.


It is Wednesday some it is time for Blogger Candidate Forum. Before Yours Truly gets started, a friendly reminder that Mid-Term Election primary season is almost here. Are your registered to vote? You are not? No worries, you can go to USA.gov/register-to-vote for any and all information. If you are registered, good for you, now go out and make your voice heard loud and proud.
Now, more than ever, it is important to make your voice heard. The good citizens of Parkland, Florida are still reeling for the horrific school shooting on February 14, 2018. We know the details, an armed former student entered Majorie Stoneman Douglas High School and went on a shooting spree. By the time the shooter, Nikolas Cruz (a pock on his name), was done seventeen people were dead, including hero Aaron Feis (a blessing on his name), a coach and security guard who shielded students form this monster. What followed was the usual routine of insipid moments of silence, thoughts and prayers. Crisis counsellors were dispatched, funerals and vigils planned. However, the survivors refused to sit quietly in the corner, mourning their losses, instead they took action. Led by Emma Gonzales and David Hogg, the students, their parents, and concerned citizens rallied to call for sensible gun control laws. These are the kind of laws that make it harder for people to own semi-automatic weapons and ammunition, like the kind used in Parkland and Las Vegas. Even more heinous are the blithe dismissals of these brave young Floridians as "crisis-actors" or "having been indoctrinated into left-wing ideas about gun control." Before yours truly moves onto the next thought, please support the March for Our Lives on Saturday March 24, 2018. For more information check your social media pages and eventbrite.com.
While Parkland officials figure out what to do about the aftermath: inspect the school for any physical damage and decide whether or not to re-open the campus. The harder job is assessing the long-term psychological damage done to the students, teachers, staff, and community. Mimi Kirk writes in her CityLab article "Where American Kids Are In Crisis," "Among kids exposed to traumatic violence, short-term symptoms immediately after such incidents include trouble focusing, managing emotions, and negotiating relationships. The effects of childhood trauma also show up later in life [citylab.com; Dec. 4, 2017; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018]: As adults, children who witness violence will be more likely to suffer who witnessed violence will be more likely to suffer from depression, deal with substance abuse, and struggle with obesity."
Amazingly, American school shootings are quite a rare form of childhood trauma--perhaps "less so than they used to be [pbs.org; Feb.14, 2018; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018]." Other experiences can leaving a lasting psychological impact: Parental incarnation and economic hardship, are far more common. Ms. Kirk shares a new report from Child Trends (childtrends.org; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018),a Bethesada, Maryland-based non-profit that does research on ways to improve children's lives. Ms. Kirk reports, "[Child Trend says] almost half of all American children have experienced at least one potentially traumatic 'adverse childhood experience,' or ACE."
In The Prevalence of Advers Childhood Experiences, Nationally, by State, and by Race or Ethnicity (Ibid; Feb. 20, 2018), co-authors Vanessa Sacks and David Murphey incorporated data from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Heath (cdc.gov; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018) to reveal which children 17 and younger are more likely to experience some trauma, and where these children live.
Experiencing economic hardship often, such as the family finding it difficult to afford food and housing.
Ms. Sacks noted that these are not the only sets of ACEs, they change over time as more scholarship on trauma becomes available. Mimi Kirk writes, "For instance, experiencing violence in one's neighborhood and homelessness didn't used to be considered ACEs; they are now." Some scholars are now calling for racism to be added to the list. One thing is certain, "The more ACEs a child experiences, rather than any one particular one, the more likely they are struggle later."
The most common ACEs experience by American children are economic hardship and divorce or parental separation. Specifically, "one in every nine kids has experienced three or more of them." Maryland, Massachusetts, and Minnesota led the way with most children with no ACEs, however, Arizona, Arkansas, Montana, New Mexico, and Ohio saw one and seven children experiencing three or more ACEs. Ms. Kirk writes, "Arkansas had the most ACEs, with 56 percent of all children experiencing at least one, and Minnesota had the least at 37 percent--which still more than a third of the state's children."
Vanessa Sacks told CityLab, "it's difficult to ascertain what cause such stark differences among states, one factor stands out: Some of the state's with the most ACEs are also those with a high rate of child poverty." While Ms. Sacks and Mr. Murphey did not study the differences between urban and rural children, the 2011-12 National Survey of Children's Health, The Health and Well-Being in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation 2011-2012, concluded that rural children were more likely to undergo ACEs than urban children--partly due to the fact that rural children are more likely to live in poverty than urban children (mchb.hrsa.gov; April 2015; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018.
In almost every group of states we looked at, as well as nationally, white and Asian children have the lowest of ACEs, while black and Hispanic children tend to have the highest.
if we quantify this, it translates to "61 percent of black children, 51 percent of Latino children, 40 percent of white children, and 23 percent of Asian children having at least one adverse experience"
After economic hardship, separation or divorce, Caucasian children are most likely to experience an adult with mental illness or substance abuse, for African-American children are more likely to experience parental incarceration, the second most common ACE. African-American children are also more likely to experience the death of a parent or guardian. For Latino children, the next most common ACEs are: living with an adult dealing with substance abuse and parental incarceration.
This sobering,.... The persistent percentage of children with three or more ACEs is particularly distressing, because we know the host of negative outcomes associated with having multiple experiences.
To better understand the overwhelming nature of the problem, the American Academy of Pediatrics and issued a call for doctors to screen their patients for possible traumatic experiences, going as far as to publish guides on how to proceed (aap.org; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018). Mimi Kirk reports, "Screening can involve looking for signs of stress, such as recurring nightmares or thoughts, or re-enacting Taurus through play. Children can also appear withdrawn or preoccupied. Stanford University child psychologist Hilit Kletter told National Public Radio, Teachers will tell parents [their child] seems to be in a daze in the classroom (npr.org; March 2, 2015; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018).
Professionals who work with children--such as pediatricians and social workers--can refer those families who they have identified as dealing with ACEs to the proper services, like counsellors to help deal with a parent or guardian's mental illness or the right office through which to apply for food assistance. However, there is a very simple straightforward way to help: "If a child has just one caring trusting adult in their life, research show [link.springer.com; Aug. 11, 2015; date accessed Feb. 21, 2018] that the relationship can buffer the effects of trauma."
They key to this highly vexing situation is ending the cycle. Mimi Kirk writes, "When a parent has experienced a high number of ACEs, chances are their children will as well--often the same ones, such as depression or substance abuse." Further, there studies that indicate that "when a woman experiences topic stress during pregnancy, it acts as a kind of prenatal ACE, interfering with the fetal development and negatively affecting outcomes later in life, such as educational attainment and income." Ms. Sacks adds, When pediatricians are screening the child,..., they're really screening the household.
Although most pediatricians do not routinely screen for ACEs, Vanessa Sacks is optimistic, as policy wonks, state and civic officials are increasingly calling attention to youth trauma. Mimi Kirk reports, "...as of 2017, 20 states had passed or had pending legislation that mentions ACEs, including bills that set aside funds for research and prevention of social problems like opioid addicting." Ms. Sacks adds, There's an increasing awareness that these experiences are a really important public health issue.
As the effects of the Parkland shooting and related shootings in Texas and Las Vegas continue to ripple out, the growing attention given to Adverse Childhood Experiences suggests that the long-term effects of trauma need to be part of the national conversation. Of course, this may be meaningless to the families of the victims and survivors of the Parkland shooting. The shooter was a former student. The Federal Bureau of Investingation was alerted by a concerned citizen in September. The FBI failed to follow it up. The students knew the shooter was troubled and dangerous. No one paid attention to the YouTube videos and social media posts. Now seventeen people are dead. No more thoughts, no more racers, no more moments of silence. Today's listening session at the White House will probably lead to nowhere. What will be more effective is voting out state and federal representatives how continue to turn a deaf ear to the survivors.


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THIS DEADLY ISLE: Guest Post by Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards: This Deadly Isle
Maps have always fascinated me. As a small child with a vivid imagination (if limited artistic skills) I loved drawing maps of places I'd invented. When I discovered detective novels with maps, I was thrilled. Classic novels such as Agatha Christie's Towards Zero, Dorothy L. Sayers' Five Red Herrings and Edmund Crispin's The Moving Toyshop appealed to me all the more because of the maps they featured. Maps which conjured up in visual form the neighbourhood in which the murder took place, giving the storyline an added dimension.
Now my interests have coalesced in This Deadly Isle, a mystery map of Britain focusing on Golden Age detective fiction. I've written the text and the publishers, Herb Lester, have (thankfully!) done the design work. They enlisted the services of an American artist, Ryan Bosse, who was responsible for their earlier map of Agatha Christie's England, with text by Caroline Crampton. The result is a map that I think is rather gorgeous. A framed version adorns my wall.
This Deadly Isle came about because, during last winter, I was working long hours on my history of the genre, The Life of Crime. Because that was such an ambitious and extensive project, it risked becoming all-consuming. But I am a strong believer in remaining fresh as a writer, so far as one possibly can. Taking a few breaks in the course of working on a major project helps to keep motivation at a high level and to minimise the risk of staleness, which can so easily feed into one's writing. Writing introductions for books in the British Library's Crime Classics series offers breaks of this kind. But during the UK's winter lockdown, with the pandemic at its height, I craved something different.
The idea of creating a mystery map came to me as a way of having fun while still 'keeping my hand in' as a writer about the genre. To be commissioned to create This Deadly Isle really was a lucky break. The question in my mind at that point was whether to focus merely on mysteries that everyone knows. This approach is tempting, I'm the first to admit. However, in my writing about detective fiction – books like The Golden Age of Murder and The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books – I prefer not to confine myself to writing about 'the usual suspects'. I relish introducing fellow mystery fans to books and authors they may not previously have considered.
One obvious downside of this approach may be that some books are very hard to find – and expensive to acquire even if they turn up. But bringing these obscurities to light creates the possibility that a contemporary publisher – the British Library, perhaps, or one of the many presses that have followed its lead in reissuing vintage titles – may decide to bring them back to the shelves at affordable prices.
So I decided to choose well-known books and also many which are much less familiar. The next challenge was to select titles with a suitable geographic spread. Golden Age mysteries were often set in London or the south east of England, often in mythical villages, towns, and counties. I aimed to cover the whole country, from Guernsey to the north of Scotland, and not forgetting the Isle of Man (yes, I know that technically the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man aren't part of Britain, but this is a map for fans, not constitutional experts). I wrote roughly one hundred words about each book and the map has a key to the books featuring each location.
The result is something quite different from the rest of my work in the genre, yet complementary to it. Creating This Deadly Isle was a fun project that carried me merrily through the winter lockdown and I hope it will give pleasure to plenty of fans who share my love of both maps and mysteries.
Martin Edwards received the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in UK crime writing, and his other awards include an Edgar and two Macavitys. He is the author of twenty-one novels, including The Girl They All Forgot, his latest Lake District Cold Case Mystery. His other books include The Life of Crime, a ground-breaking history of the genre.'
Labels: Maps, Martin Edwards, mysteries, This Deadly Isle
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Nick Anderson (* 14. Juli 1979 in Proctor, Minnesota) ist ein US-amerikanischer Eishockeyspieler, der bei den EC Hannover Indians in der Oberliga-Nord unter Vertrag steht.

Karriere
Anderson begann seine Karriere 1997 bei den Green Bay Gamblers in der United States Hockey League. Danach wechselte er weiter zu den North Iowa Huskies, die ebenfalls in der USHL spielen, und in der darauffolgenden Saison zu den Dubuque Fighting Saints. Ab der Saison 2000/01 spielte er fünf Jahre an der University of Minnesota Duluth in der National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Am Ende der Saison 2004/05 wechselte Anderson in die ECHL zu den Las Vegas Wranglers, für die er drei Jahre spielte, ehe er nach Deutschland zum EV Füssen in die Oberliga wechselte. Nach einer guten Saison, in der er einer der punktbesten Verteidiger der ganzen Liga wurde, wechselte er in die 2. Bundesliga zu den Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven. Nach einer ebenfalls guten Saison wechselte er 2009 zu den Landshut Cannibals.

Nach enttäuschenden Leistungen zu Beginn der Saison wurde Anderson von den Cannibals freigestellt. Am 24. November 2009 unterschrieb er einen neuen Vertrag bei den Wölfen Freiburg, für die er bis Saisonende in insgesamt 32 Spielen sieben Tore erzielte und sechs Vorlagen gab. In der Saison 2010/11 stand Anderson für den Oberligisten EV Landsberg auf dem Eis und war mit 24 Treffern torgefährlichster Verteidiger der Oberliga Süd. 2011 folgte der Wechsel nach Italien. Nach einer Spielzeit beim SG Pontebba wechselte er im Sommer 2012 zum HC Valpellice.

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Bradley J. Felt of Bloomfield Hills, died October 6, 2011, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac. He was 55 years old. Bradley was born May 6, 1956, in Royal Oak, to Jeanne (nee Vorhes) and Charles H. Felt. He graduated from Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills in 1974 and attended Oakland University.
Bradley was a deep thinker who was passionate about music and the arts. He played the euphonium and tuba. He also enjoyed the beauty of the outdoors. Bradley was deeply loved and will be sorely missed by many.
Bradley is survived by his brother, Douglas Felt and many friends outside and within the arts community. He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Jeanne Felt and sister, Carole Felt.
A Memorial Service will be held at Lynch & Sons Funeral Home, 1368 N. Crooks Road (between 14-15 Mile Rds.) Saturday, October 15th at 2pm. Friends may visit Friday, October 14th, 4-8pm.
Memorials appreciated to the American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic Center Drive, Southfield, Michigan 48076.
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Some photos I took in and around the Andel shopping complex. They represent the modern side of Prague - my guess is that this area was built recently, some time during the past 10 years. The Andel shopping complex is very large and has at least one cinema.


Wide headband adorned with black deer antlers. Horns are made of very durable material. They are very firmly attached to the headband. Antlers are very detailed with a rough texture,perfectly reflects the real antlers. Perfect accesory for every Gothic or alternative style. One size fits all!
Headband covered with satin, horns made of strong plastic.


Lady was a beautiful small Dales pony with exceptional movement and temperament. She is the mother of our Melody and then Maverick who is now our stallion. THis little bay mare was a wonderful asset to our herd.
This little pony knew exactly what she wanted and how to get it, but was never unpleasant or awkward. She just had a lot of experience under her belt. she was the most amazing mother and silent disciplinarian.
At the age of 21 she moved to a retirement home in Gloucestershire with a friend of ours who needed a senior mare to keep one of her ponies company.


The roots roller-coaster band Demon Squadron is the engine behind Jack Garton's songs. Formed in 2013 and named after Garton's grandfather's special ops flight squadron in WWII, the band is a highly-trained crew of Vancouver's most unique musical talent. From rockabilly to rocksteady, country to cajun, every show is roots music mayhem executed with classic showmanship and wry humour. While touring Western Canada, Washington State and Alaska, the Squadron has been honoured to serve on festival main stages, concert halls, theatres, clubs and cook-outs. It's all in the line of duty for BC's rambling servicemen and women as they continue to wage Garton's campaigns of heavy honesty and devastating joy throughout the region.


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Why Unilever plc, BAE Systems plc and Pennon Group plc are top income stocks!
May 31st 2016 6:55AM
In the last few years, BAE(LSE: BA) has struggled to improve its financial performance. That's largely been because of cutbacks in defence spending across the developed world, with austerity causing demand for the company's products to come under pressure.
Despite this, BAE has been able to increase dividends in each of the last five years and with them due to rise by 2.6% next year, it trades on a forward yield of 4.5%. This is a higher yield than the wider index and shows that BAE remains a top quality income stock at the present time.
In addition, BAE pays out just 56% of profit as a dividend and this indicates that there's scope for a brisk rise in shareholder payouts. Furthermore, with US defence spending likely to rise and austerity being eased off across the developed world, demand for BAE's products could increase and allow it to raise dividends at a rate much higher than inflation.
Defensive option
Another stock offering upbeat dividend prospects is Pennon(LSE: PNN). The water services company currently yields 4.1% and with dividends due to increase by over 6% next year, many investors could be attracted to an inflation-busting rise in shareholder payouts and this could push Pennon's share price higher.
Also having the potential to act as a positive catalyst on Pennon's valuation is further uncertainty among investors. With the potential for Brexit as well as uncertainty regarding US interest rate rises and the US Presidential election, investors may decide to adopt a more risk-off attitude and buy perceived safer assets. With Pennon having a highly defensive business model, it offers consistency and reliability to a much greater extent than most of its index peers.
As well as this, Pennon also has a beta of just 0.7. This indicates that it will offer a less volatile shareholder experience in the short run, which is likely to be of interest to more risk averse income-seeking investors.
Meanwhile, Unilever(LSE: ULVR) may not have a particularly stunning yield, but its dividend growth prospects remain very encouraging. In fact, Unilever has a yield of just 3.2%, but with it relying on emerging markets for the majority of its sales it seems to be well-positioned to benefit from rising wealth and increasing demand for consumer goods over the coming years.
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Grafting is a method of plant propagation widely used in horticulture, where the tissues of one plant are encouraged to fuse with those of another. There are various reasons for grafting, most pronounced is to induce dwarfing or cold tolerance or other characteristics to the scion.
In Slovakia and before in Czechoslovakia there were quite many subjects and people dealing with grafting and new crossings to find more suitable varieties for specific conditions in the region.


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The Salaga constituency secretary for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawal Awari, is alleging that the ruling government promised to make the area the capital of the newly created Savannah region.
He told host of Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Kwabena Agyapong that, the angry youth who set the NPP party office over the citing of Damango as the capital of the new region, did so based on a failed promise.
The NDC officer indicated that the NPP should be blamed for failing to fulfil its promise to the people and traditional leaders in the area despite the assurances given them.
He was worried the situation has reached this level and has asked the government to address the issue in a holistic manner.
For him, the Salaga youth are not violent but there are some individuals in the party who are inciting the youth to be violent because the NPP is known to be supporters of violence.
He however, condemned the violence and stressed there were better ways the youth could have used to address their issues.
He called on the security to beef up their work to prevent such incidents in the future.
He again called on the party NPP to calm their party supporters.
Violence erupted in Salaga South following the citing of Damango as the regional capital of the newly created Savanna region on Tuesday.
They also destroyed the roofing, fridges, widows, satellite dish and computers st the party's office..
President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday announced Damango as the capital for the newly created Savannah Region.
Speaking at the ceremony ye said, "You will not be far from wrong if you described the Savannah Region as the least developed part of the Northern Region. The irony in all of this is that the Savannah Region is blessed with an abundance of natural resources," the President bemoaned.


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The Real Thomas Paine
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Joseph M. Hentz, M. Hentz (Author)
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, Thomas Paine's dream was the establishment of a new nation governed by the people for the people. His passion was the total independence of America, and the declaration of it to the world. Paine's goal was democracy.
By way of contrast, John Adams' scheme was just the opposite. Adams worked to build an overriding national governing body, separate from the common people. His idea was governance by an elite ruling class patterned after the British system. Because Thomas Paine wrote in opposition to Adams' intrigues, Adams detested Paine. Yet, later in his life, Adams would admit that "History is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine."
It is the author's firm conviction that by reading "The Real Thomas Paine," teachers of American History and anyone who is interested in learning about the formation of the United States and Thomas Paine's role in its establishment will derive a much better understanding of America's birth.
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The attacks made towards the United States on September 11th, 2001 will always be a terrible tragedy. For most, these attacks were felt but not firsthand because they were not involved directly in the attacks. However for those directly affected by these events, their lives will forever be impacted by the terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 people. The thoughts and feelings of those that experienced these attacks personally are indescribable. However each person's decisions and reactions were most likely different from the next person. The terrorist conducting the attacks had a certain behavior, while the passengers had a completely different behavior, with very different emotions.
For those that perished during the 9/11 atrocities, no one knows for sure how they reacted or what they did during the attack, however there can always be speculation on how each person behaved. For the Islamic terrorists, their behavior was simply sickening and extremely wrong, but somehow they believed what they were doing was right. The only explanation for their behavior would be their upbringing and the nurturing they received as children. It is very sad as many of the children raised in the middle-east are raised around terrorism and must conform to these vicious group's violence. However, what the passengers on these planes were going through is something no one could ever imagine. Their brain most likely entered "fight or flight" mode once they realized what was going on in order to survive. This mindset could be seen with many of the passengers on United Flight 93, as they fought back against the terrorists, crashing the plane in a field, instead of in Washington D.C. where it was headed towards. For those few people that were flight crew on each plane, their behavior might have been slightly different than the passengers would have been. The crew most likely felt a sense of responsibility to keep all the passengers calm during this time of crisis, attempting to give off a composed feel even though they were as scared as anyone on that plane. Obviously, the people on the ground during this petrifying time did not have the same fear and reaction that any person on the planes had, but they had to have a strong sense of fear as well. Most of the people on the ground would be expected to check on all of their loved-ones to make sure they are okay. However it is possible that the people on the ground that were affected by these attacks developed forms of PTSD because of how traumatic this day was. For the U.S. government, their reaction would have to be of someone in complete shock. A tragedy of this magnitude in the mighty United States was unheard of and then having multiple attacks at once on the public had to raise many concerns for our government officials. These attacks raised many concerns for those officials, eventually leading them to increase security severally, perhaps coming from a sense of guilt. However what would have happened if all these passengers had ten more minutes? I believe that with a little more time, at least two of the four planes could have been saved. The planes that hit the twin towers were unable to be stopped because they came out of nowhere, but for the planes that hit the Pentagon and crashed in Pennsylvania, I believe with a little more time that they would have been able to take the plane back and bring it to safety.
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At the Halloween party the kids made monster puppets out of brown paper bags... and I couldn't resist to make one either, mine is the one with the googley-eyes.
Savanna gladly modeled the puppets for me after her nap. Her bed head and big personality fit right in with the little monsters.
Oh how fun! Sometimes the most simple toys are the most fun!


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Il buio macchiato di rosso (Craze) è un film statunitense del 1974 diretto dal regista Freddie Francis. Nel cast troviamo Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Suzy Kendall, David Warbeck. Appartiene al genere horror. La parte musicale è curata da Hugh Griffith.

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Gran Bretagna, primi Anni 70 del XX secolo. In una tranquilla cittadina della provincia inglese, un noto antiquario, Neil Mottram, cela un terribile segreto. Egli è devoto ad una sanguinaria divinità africana, Chuko, di cui conserva il mostruoso idolo nei sotterranei della sua bottega. Per ingraziarsi il demone ed ottenere da lui favori e beni, Mottram mette in atto spietati sacrifici umani servendosi di ignare ragazze.
Scoperto dalla polizia, che era riuscito abilmente a depistare per lungo tempo, e assediato nella sua bottega, tenta inutilmente di resistere, confidando nell'aiuto di Chuko, prima di essere eliminato.

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A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World: Second Edition (Paperback)
By David A. Ebert, Marc Dando, Sarah Fowler
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An updated and comprehensive guide identifying all of the world's sharks
Sharks are some of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. We still have a lot to learn about these fascinating creatures, which are more seriously threatened with extinction and in greater need of conservation and management than any other major group of vertebrates.
A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World is the only field guide to identify, illustrate, and describe every known shark species. Its compact format makes it handy for many situations, including recognizing living species, fishery catches, or parts sold at markets. This expanded second edition presents lavish images, details on newly discovered species, and updated text throughout. The book contains useful sections on identifying shark teeth and the shark fins most commonly encountered in the fin trade, and takes a look at shark biology, ecology, and conservation. A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World will be an essential resource and definitive reference for years to come.
An updated guide to all of the world's sharks
Each species is illustrated and described
Handy, compact format with concise text
Useful sections on the identification of shark teeth and fins
David A. Ebert is program director of the Pacific Shark Research Center and a research faculty member at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Twitter @lostsharksguy Instagram @lostsharkguy Sarah Fowler is cofounder of the Shark Trust and the European Elasmobranch Association and a member of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group. Marc Dando is a scientific illustrator and publisher whose books include Guide to the Manta and Devil Rays of the World and Sharks of the World (both Princeton). Twitter @dando_marc
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: August 24th, 2021
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Big Big Train has for most of their career gone almost unnoticed about their business, and if you haven't heard their music, yet, then you're in for a treat. Since Andy Poole and Greg Spawton formed the band back in 1990 they have released seven albums, which brings us to "English Electric (Part One)", their latest piece of art.
They find their lyrical inspiration in pre-historical England, and tell stories about the people and the countryside. Their music has strings to the Canterbury scene, often with a classical touch, to bands like Genesis, Jethro Tull and Yes, and it firmly oozes English atmosphere. The beautiful melodies and vocal harmonies play a strong part in the sound, and mixed up with the use of a huge variety of instruments, makes their sound second to none.
I was very impressed when I first heard "The Underfall Yard", but this one takes it one step further, so I can only recommend this little gem to those, who haven't discovered this brilliant English prog band.


Turtye Garden Plant food helps to It aerates and improve drainage of heavy clay soils, allowing roots to breathe, grow and better absorb nutrients. It improves soil buffering capacity because peat moss is highly tolerant to pH variations. It improves the cation exchange capacity (CEC) that helps to retain minerals, releasing them over time and preventing the leaching of fertilizers. It is a natural resource free of weeds and pollutants.


But the main ingredient is the peperone crusco, a very particular ingredient: it's a type of sweet pepper typical of that area, which is dried, and to make it crunchy ("crusco") you have to fry it for very few seconds (5-10 seconds, no more, otherwise it burns and gets bitter) in oil. But in this case I found some sold already "cruschi".
It can be eaten as a snack, or it can enrich a lot of recipes, simply crumbled or you can make a powder from it.
Then the pasta: usually homemade pasta is used, especially cavatelli or strascinati, typical pasta types made with durum. To see how to make it you can look for some tutorial, it's easier than to explain it 🙂 but it's not too difficult at all.
First of all prepare the dough: mix the flour with warm water, then work it on the table for about 10-15 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Then cover it with a plastic wrap and let it rest for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile cut the stale bread into small pieces, then take a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and toast them until crunchy and brown. Keep aside for later.
Now start boiling the water in a pot, and then make the cavatelli. Cut the dough in 3-4 pieces, roll them to obtain a roll of about 1 cm diameter, then cut in pieces large about 2 fingers. Then with two fingers (or the blade of a knife) squeeze them while rolling. It's easier to see than to explain 🙂 place them on a tray, with some flour.
When the salted water starts boiling, pour the cavatelli inside, it will take 7-8 minutes to be ready since they are made with durum.
Meanwhile take a pan, heat a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil with the garlic, then remove it when it gets a color. When the cavatelli are cooked drain them and pour in the pan. Add the breadcrumbs, the peperoni cruschi crumbled into pieces, the basil and mix together. Add some little boiling water if needed. Then switch off the heat and add the freshly grated Pecorino cheese.
Amen to simplicity, and I had better check the expiration date on the half bag of peperoni cruschi in the pantry. It would be a shame to waste them!


A group of 30 New York City hospitals, including at least three in The Bronx, are taking part in a new Department of Health initiative that will bring healthier food options to patients, staff, and visitors.
As part of the new program, the hospitals will offer healthier food in the cafeteria and vending machines. The senior vice president at St. Barnabas Hospital, Patricia Belair, says the change is important in The Bronx because the borough has a high rate of nutrition-related health problems.
In addition to St. Barnabas, other hospitals in The Bronx implementing the new standards include Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore.


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Wsparcie - działania sił lub ich części, które pomagają, zabezpieczają, uzupełniają lub wspierają działania każdego innego rodzaju sił.

Wsparcie wojskami to działania bojowe prowadzone przez pododdziały i oddziały na korzyść innych rodzajów wojsk lub innych jednostek. Wsparcie ma na celu okazanie pomocy walczącym wojskom w wykonaniu przez nie postawionego zadania bojowego.
Dowódca wspierany nie posiada uprawnień do stawiania zadań wspierającym go siłom. Realizują one zadania postawione przez swojego przełożonego.

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Z terminami tymi łączą się następujące pojęcia:
Wsparcie bliskie - działania sił wspierających przeciw celom lub obiektom znajdujących się w bezpośredniej styczności z siłami wspieranymi, gdzie wymagana jest dokładna integracja lub koordynacja działań wsparcia z ogniem, ruchem lub innymi działaniami sił wspieranych.
Atak wspierający - działanie ofensywne przeprowadzane w połączeniu z głównym atakiem, mające na celu osiąganie jednego lub większości z następujących celów:
a) wprowadzenie przeciwnika w błąd,
b) zniszczenie lub przygwożdżenie sił przeciwnika, które mogłyby zakłócić atak główny,
c) kontrola terenu, którego okupacja przez nieprzyjaciela utrudni aby atak główny,
d) zmuszenie nieprzyjaciela do przedwczesnego uruchomienia rezerw (albo w nieistotnym rejon

Ogień wspierający (wsparcie ogniowe) - ogień prowadzony przez jednostki wspierające w celu wsparcia lub ubezpieczenia jednostki walczącej.

Ogień wsparcia bliskiego - ogień prowadzony przeciwko sile żywej, uzbrojeniu lub obiektom przeciwnika, które ze względu na ich bliskość stanowią bezpośrednie zagrożenie dla jednostki wspieranej.

Dalekosiężne wsparcie ogniowe - Ogień skierowany przeciw obiektom nie leżącym w bliskim sąsiedztwie sił własnych, prowadzony w celu neutralizacji i zniszczenia rezerw i uzbrojenia przeciwnika, oddziaływający na jego dowodzenie, zaopatrzenie, środki łączności i obserwacji.

Ogień wsparcia bezpośredniego - ogień prowadzony w celu wsparcia danej części sił, w odróżnieniu od ognia wsparcia ogólnego, który jest prowadzony w celu wsparcia tych sił jako całości.

Dowódca wspierany - dowódca ponoszący główną odpowiedzialność za wszelkie aspekty zadania przydzielonego przez organ dowodzenia oraz który przyjmuje siły i inne wsparcie ze strony jednego lub więcej dowódców wspierających.

Dowódca wspierający - dowódca, który zapewnia wspieranemu dowódcy siły lub inne wsparcie i/lub opracowuje plan wsparcia.

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To develop and psychometrically evaluate the Endometriosis Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire, a patient-reported assessment of satisfaction with endometriosis treatment. The Endometriosis Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire was developed based on the results of five focus groups and three iterative sets of cognitive interviews along with expert opinion and a review of the literature. The psychometric properties were assessed using data collected during a multicenter, randomized, proof-of-concept trial. The development and validation processes followed the guidance recommended by the United States FDA for patient-reported outcome instruments. The Endometriosis Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire's reliability, validity, and utility as a measure of patient satisfaction with their endometriosis treatment were supported. The results of the item-level analyses showed no evidence of distributional anomalies or response scale biases. The Endometriosis Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire is unidimensional, has excellent internal consistency reliability, and discriminates well between known groups. Scores correlated well with other patient-reported outcome measures of endometriosis without being redundant. The Endometriosis Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire has utility for assessing patient satisfaction with endometriosis treatment and may be useful in clinical trials that are assessing new treatments for endometriosis, especially when deciding between competing treatments or regimens that are found to have similar tolerability and efficacy.


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Tel Aviv: Bauhaus, Bucolia and Brutalism – Israeli architecture Part 2
nettah yoeli-rimmer 05/10/2012 Architecture, Tel Aviv
Continuing our architectural journey in Israel, we turn now to its principal city; the beating economic heart of the country, Tel Aviv. Its very name bespeaks the juxtapositions that lie at the core of this Mediterranean metropolis: Tel is an ancient Hebrew word denoting a mound or hill created by layer upon layer of human civilisation and Aviv is the Hebrew word for spring. Quite an ironic, or at least hopeful name for a city built ex-nihilo on sand dunes by the sea. But the layers of civilisation were not absent at its birth, rather they came from elsewhere. Tel Aviv, though young and fresh, was a culmination, of sorts, of a historical process of urban development in the European city. The dreams of European architects and urban designers cast in concrete on the shores of the Mediterranean; the apogee of High Modernist austerity for a nation of pioneers.
Still the city's name has more secrets to reveal. Speaking to rebirth and renewal, Aviv (spring), is testament to the flourishing community those pioneers intended to build. Yet, more literally, it suggests man in harmony with his environment, a city built within nature, not without it. Unlike its planned, modernist counterparts in other young nations, Chandigarh, say, or Brasilia, Tel Aviv was never intended to be large, nor important. In fact, it was conceived as a garden suburb, another idea then gestating in Europe, in the country towns and villages around London. Sir Patrick Geddes, the Scottish biologist and town planner devised a street plan based on Ebenezer Howard's garden city movement: a limited population, human scale and abundant greenery.
Today, Tel Aviv has matured into a metropolis, yet it continues to inhabit the body of its earlier incarnation. This contradiction gives Tel Aviv its unique feel, as the sheer dynamism of its street life overwhelms the austerity and conformity that often blight modernist place-making. Shops, cafés, bakeries, bars spill out onto the city's bustling boulevards, yet round the block, residential side streets greet you with lush foliage, dignified and reassuringly repetitive apartment blocks that keep any metropolitan hubris in check.
In the 1920s and 30s, exiled Jewish-German architects of the Bauhaus School set to work filling the empty lots of new Tel Aviv with striking buildings of brilliant white, eschewing frills for decorative purity and geometric form. They conjured a Weissenhofsiedlung sur mer, with a generosity of space and lightness of spirit that was inspired, perhaps, by the gentle climate and luminosity of the Mediterranean basin.
The imposing and elegant Bauhaus style is the fundamental building block of Tel Aviv. Their clean lines and dazzling whiteness create a beautiful blank canvas, on which the sun and shadow engage in dance, framed by the bucolic greenery of the city's streets. Pioneering standardised construction techniques and championing the use of cheap materials, the Bauhaus, or International Style, saw itself as an architectural panacea; the universal future of cities. The utopian vision often fell short of expectations, creating a host of eerily familiar and sterile non-places (see Augé). In this youthful and dynamic Mediterranean city, however, the rootlessness of the International Style seems very appropriate; its cosmopolitanism feels right at home in this city of immigrants.
Though Tel Aviv can boast a higher concentration of Bauhaus buildings than any other city on earth, it is by no means a harmonious bastion of glittering white. Wonderful as this would no doubt be, the city sadly contains many examples of cheaper infill, mostly in the form of monolithic residential blocks. In many cases, the only visible legacy of the Bauhaus School is in the form of standardised boxes of dubious quality, making use, like the master architects, of cheap materials, but shorn of the aesthetic nuance and technical competence of the original movement.
Before the Geddes Plan and the arrival of the Bauhaus architects, the fledgling city, then under Ottoman rule, was largely built in the Eclectic Style, a flamboyant and freewheeling architecture. The style was largely based on classical building types with the addition of Orientalist motifs, Jewish themes, or Romantic features.
Since most new buildings at that time were private family homes, individually designed and commissioned, there is a great degree of variety.
Many such buildings are to be found in the gentrifying Neve Tsedek neighbourhood, where the crumbling Eden Cinema is to be found; the city's first, opened in 1914.
The future of Tel Aviv
The Eden Cinema closed its doors in 1974, during a decade that witnessed a low point in the city's architecture. The period saw the ham-fisted work of Brutalist architects and aggressive urban planners, who set about transforming the city's face, with scant understanding for the integrity of the Geddes plan and the modest craftsmanship of the Bauhaus architecture. Their addition to the city's heritage came in the form of concrete banalities and nondescript hotel towers. These were particularly built along the seafront, thereby cutting the city off visually from its shoreline, with a wall of architecturally inept towers.
This disregard for the city's heritage saw scores of Bauhaus buildings demolished or left to rot, while 1972 was marked with the construction of the Dizengoff Centre by architects Yitshak Yashar. This boxy shopping centre spills over both sides of Tel Aviv's principal artery; a piece of suburbia catapulted into the city by the gods of consumerism. Worse was to come in 1978, with the remodelling of Dizengoff Square to accommodate traffic flows. A key part of Geddes' plan, the square was built in 1934 as an elegant plaza. Mayor Shlomo Lahat's widening of the roads and construction of an elevated pedestrian walkway spectacularly destroyed the square's proportions and visual coherence, leading to its degradation along with its surrounding buildings.
A desolate square in the sky, cut off from the street and surrounded by decaying Bauhaus buildings
The latest phase in the city's development is increasingly market-led, with a strong push for new and haphazard construction. With the Israeli economy now firmly operating in the neo-Liberal mode of production, Tel Aviv, as its major city, competes with other global cities in the pursuit of iconic landmarks and buildings that soar, Babel-like, to the heavens. The Opera Tower, built on the site of the former municipal opera house, and finished in 1993, is typical of the Postmodernist turn in Israeli corporate architecture. Its pink arched balconies perform a representation of the authentic arched windows of the opera house that it replaced.
The nod to heritage within the Postmodernist tradition, however glib and ultimately futile, does seem to have fomented a reappraisal of the role of heritage in the built environment. Indeed, some recent architecture in the city self-consciously imitates the angularity of the Bauhaus style, mixing it with contemporary techniques to create a sort of Bauhaus Revival, without fully returning to the craftsmanship of the original school.
Modern versions of the Bauhaus, centre and right. Left, an 'iconic' hotel tower reaches for the sky
Nevertheless, despite its UNESCO World Heritage status, which guarantees the partial preservation of over 1000 Modernist buildings, clumsy development continues to denature the city's human scale and the sprouting of faceless corporate towers and luxury condos throughout the city threatens to rupture the continuity of the street plan, destabilise the socioeconomic mix and undermine the Mediterranean street life that is so characteristic of Tel Aviv.
Azrieli towers against a tangle of roadways. A sign of things to come?
As seen below, unusual juxtapositions of old and new, crafted and industrial, can be thrilling on a serendipitous encounter; energising the city because of their sheer chutzpah.
If the pace of development continues, however, the new threatens to overwhelm the old, crushing it under the steamroller of progress. Unlike its more demure sister Jerusalem, to follow soon, Tel Aviv faces modernity head on, revelling in its dizzying adventure. It must do so, though, on its own terms if it is to preserve what makes it special and unique. If the forces of standardisation and their minion of skyscrapers colonise the white, winding streets of Geddes' Tel Aviv, then its architectural, and human, charms will be lost forever.
Come back for part 3 of the series, where we turn our attention to Jerusalem, a city of many architectural styles all built in the same stone.
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LCWR Condemns the Ongoing Violence Nicaragua
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is deeply concerned about the growing repression and state-sanctioned violence in Nicaragua. Citizens' voices have been silenced and their peaceful protests violently suppressed. We have seen citizens abducted, tortured, and killed. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, reported that over a two-month period from mid-April to mid-June at least 178 people were killed, the vast majority at the hands of police forces and armed pro-government groups, and at least an additional 1,500 were wounded. We expect that those numbers have climbed significantly in the past weeks.
LCWR stands firmly in solidarity with the people of Nicaragua, including our brother and sister religious, who are demanding justice and peace. We join with the Nicaraguan Catholic Church in denouncing the violence and with the first Latin American pope, Pope Francis, in calling for a return to dialogue that rejects violence and repression, respects freedom, and reverences the lives of all. Finally, we pledge our prayer and promise that we will do all in our power to call attention to the injustice and violence being perpetrated against the people of Nicaragua.
LCWR is an association of leaders of congregations of Catholic women religious in the United States. The conference has nearly 1300 members, who represent more than 38,800 women religious in the United States. Founded in 1956, LCWR assists its members to collaboratively carry out their service of leadership to further the mission of the Gospel in today's world.


All of these are true and valid thoughts. In fact, for the first few weeks and months after we found out we were moving to Italy for Michael's job, it's almost the only thing we heard from anyone. Weeks turned to months. Months turned to several months. Comments and questions gradually transitioned from excitement and curiosity to a decidedly more pity-filled tone.
The truth is, the whole process has been nearly unbearable. Every time we think we're making progress, we take 2 steps backward. Frankly, not one detail we were originally given has proven to be accurate. Our life has been "on hold" for 8 months. You can't really plan out a life when you know you'll be leaving the country in some random amount of time. The phrase "as soon as possible" has lost all meaning. That being said, I am thrilled to have the opportunity. It truly is the adventure of a lifetime. Or at least of my life up to this point. I can think of few places that seem more magical and enchanting than Italia. I'm such a travel geek, and a food-a-holic that it really feels like I'll be heading to the mother-ship.
Planning a move to Italy is not all about daydreaming of gelato and gondolas.
There's another phrase that has entered the somewhat repetitive nature of our everyday interactions with others as of late… "Everything happens for reason." Maybe it's true, maybe it's just something people say to make you feel better when there's nothing else to say. Either way, it's something to think about. Look for the positive in a situation that has compounded the population of gray hairs on my head exponentially.
2. This little blog project of mine has been a life-saver. I know it sounds silly to those who don't "get it", but I truly, deeply love what it has brought to my life. I love cooking and baking, and I love having a way to keep track of and share what I create. I love having blogger friends all over the world. To all of you who are reading this right now, a profound thank you doesn't begin to express my feelings.
3. I've been learning that I can bring value to our home and our life in ways other than bringing in an income. I had a pretty well-paying job until a few months ago. At first, I really battled an inner struggle of feeling as though I had switched from being an asset to being a liability (through no fault of anyone other than myself). I gradually realized that we were able to get by without my income for a while, and Hubby held no fault with me for being more dependent on him than ever before. In fact, he seems to enjoy being the sole provider. I enjoy it to. It has shifted my attitude in many ways. He has been so supportive of me, financially and emotionally. He is a proud supporter of my blogging aspirations, and he never overlooks the things I've sacrificed in this whole "pack up and follow the Hubby to Europe" scenario.
"Hopefully soon" we will have our visas in hand, and our bags packed and ready to go. Only time will tell. I do know one thing, it has already been a "once in a lifetime" experience.
Thanks for bearing with my rant. I think I'll bake a cake now.


text:
class StringWrapper {
public:
	std::string text;
};

// socket exception classes
class MY_API sockerr : public std::exception
{
    int  err;
    StringWrapper text;
    public:
        sockerr (int e, const char *theop = NULL): err (e)
        {
            if (theop != NULL)
            {
                text.text = theop;
            }
        }
        sockerr (int e, const char *theop, const char *specification) : err (e)
        {
            if (theop != NULL)
                text.text = theop;
            if (specification != NULL)
            {
                text.text += "(";
                text.text += specification;
                text.text += ")";
            }
        }
        sockerr (int e, const std::string &theoperation): err (e)
        {
            text.text = theoperation;
        }
        sockerr (const sockerr &O): std::exception(O)
        {
            err = O.err;
            text = O.text;
        }
        virtual ~sockerr() throw() {}

        const char* what () const throw() { return "sockerr"; }
        const char* operation () const { return text.text.c_str(); }

//      int errno () const { return err; }
        int serrno () const { return err; } // LN
        const char* errstr () const;
        bool error (int eno) const { return eno == err; }

        bool io () const; // non-blocking and interrupt io recoverable error.
        bool arg () const; // incorrect argument supplied. recoverable error.
        bool op () const; // operational error. recovery difficult.

        bool conn () const;   // connection error
        bool addr () const;   // address error
        bool benign () const; // recoverable read/write error like EINTR etc.
};

class sockoob
{
    public:
        const char* what () const { return "sockoob"; }
};

// socket address classes
struct sockaddr;

class sockAddr
{
    public:
        virtual ~sockAddr() {}
        virtual operator void* () const =0;
        operator sockaddr* () const { return addr (); }
        virtual int size() const =0;
        virtual int family() const =0;
        virtual sockaddr* addr      () const =0;
};

struct msghdr;

// socket buffer class
class MY_API sockbuf: public std::streambuf
{
    public:
        enum type {
            sock_stream            = SOCK_STREAM,
            sock_dgram            = SOCK_DGRAM,
            sock_raw            = SOCK_RAW,
            sock_rdm            = SOCK_RDM,
            sock_seqpacket      = SOCK_SEQPACKET
        };
        enum option {
            so_debug            = SO_DEBUG,
            so_reuseaddr    = SO_REUSEADDR,
            so_keepalive    = SO_KEEPALIVE,
            so_dontroute    = SO_DONTROUTE,
            so_broadcast    = SO_BROADCAST,
            so_linger            = SO_LINGER,
            so_oobinline    = SO_OOBINLINE,
            so_sndbuf        = SO_SNDBUF,
            so_rcvbuf        = SO_RCVBUF,
            so_error        = SO_ERROR,
            so_type        = SO_TYPE
        };
        enum level {
            sol_socket          = SOL_SOCKET
        };
        enum msgflag {
            msg_oob        = MSG_OOB,
            msg_peek            = MSG_PEEK,
            msg_dontroute    = MSG_DONTROUTE

#if !(defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__bsdi__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__) )
            ,msg_maxiovlen    = MSG_MAXIOVLEN
#endif
        };
        enum shuthow {
            shut_read,
            shut_write,
            shut_readwrite
        };
        enum { somaxconn    = SOMAXCONN };
        struct socklinger {
            int    l_onoff;    // option on/off
            int    l_linger;    // linger time

            socklinger (int a, int b): l_onoff (a), l_linger (b) {}
        };

        typedef char          char_type;
        typedef std::streampos     pos_type;
        typedef std::streamoff     off_type;
        typedef int           int_type;
        typedef int           seekdir;
        //  const int_type eof = EOF;
        enum { eof = EOF }; // LN

        struct sockdesc {
            int sock;
            sockdesc (int d): sock (d) {}
        };

    protected:
        struct sockcnt {
            SOCKET    sock;
            int            cnt;
            int            stmo; // -1==block, 0==poll, >0 == waiting time in secs
            int            rtmo; // -1==block, 0==poll, >0 == waiting time in secs
            bool        oob;    // check for out-of-band byte while reading
            void*        gend; // end of input buffer
            void*        pend; // end of output buffer

            sockcnt(SOCKET s):
                sock(s), cnt(1), stmo (-1), rtmo (-1), oob (false),
                gend (0), pend (0) {}
        };

        sockcnt* rep;  // counts the # refs to sock
        StringWrapper        sockname; // name of sockbuf - Herbert Straub

#if 0
        virtual sockbuf*      setbuf (char_type* s, int_type* n);
        virtual pos_type      seekoff (off_type off,
                                       seekdir way,
                                       ios::openmode which = ios::in|ios::out);
        virtual pos_type      seekpos (pos_type sp,
                                       ios::openmode which = ios::in|ios::out);
#endif

        virtual int           sync ();

        virtual std::streamsize    showmanyc ();
        virtual std::streamsize    xsgetn (char_type* s, std::streamsize n);
        virtual int_type      underflow ();
        virtual int_type      uflow ();

        virtual int_type      pbackfail (int_type c = eof);

        virtual std::streamsize    xsputn (const char_type* s, std::streamsize n);
        virtual int_type      overflow (int_type c = eof);

    public:
        sockbuf (const sockdesc& sd);
        sockbuf (int domain, type, int proto);
        sockbuf (const sockbuf&);
//      sockbuf&        operator = (const sockbuf&);
        virtual ~sockbuf ();

        SOCKET sd () const { return rep->sock; }
        int pubsync () { return sync (); }
        virtual bool is_open () const;

        virtual void bind    (sockAddr&);
        virtual void connect    (sockAddr&);

        void listen    (int num=somaxconn);
        virtual sockdesc accept();
        virtual sockdesc accept(sockAddr& sa);

        int read(void* buf, int len);
        int recv    (void* buf, int len, int msgf=0);
        int recvfrom(sockAddr& sa, void* buf, int len, int msgf=0);

#if    !defined(__linux__) && !defined(WIN32)
        int recvmsg(msghdr* msg, int msgf=0);
        int sendmsg(msghdr* msg, int msgf=0);
#endif

        int write(const void* buf, int len);
        int send(const void* buf, int len, int msgf=0);
        int sendto    (sockAddr& sa, const void* buf, int len, int msgf=0);

        int sendtimeout (int wp=-1);
        int recvtimeout (int wp=-1);
        int is_readready (int wp_sec, int wp_usec=0) const;
        int is_writeready (int wp_sec, int wp_usec=0) const;
        int is_exceptionpending (int wp_sec, int wp_usec=0) const;

        void shutdown (shuthow sh);

        int getopt(int op, void* buf, int len,
                   int level=sol_socket) const;
        void setopt(int op, void* buf, int len,
                    int level=sol_socket) const;

        type gettype () const;
        int  clearerror () const;
        bool debug      () const;
        bool debug      (bool set) const;
        bool reuseaddr () const;
        bool reuseaddr (bool set) const;
        bool keepalive () const;
        bool keepalive (bool set) const;
        bool dontroute () const;
        bool dontroute (bool set) const;
        bool broadcast () const;
        bool broadcast (bool set) const;
        bool oobinline () const;
        bool oobinline (bool set) const;
        bool oob       () const { return rep->oob; }
        bool oob       (bool b);
        int  sendbufsz () const;
        int  sendbufsz (int sz)   const;
        int  recvbufsz () const;
        int  recvbufsz (int sz)   const;
        socklinger linger() const;
        socklinger linger(socklinger opt) const;
        socklinger linger(int onoff, int tm) const
        { return linger (socklinger (onoff, tm)); }

        bool atmark() const;
        long nread() const;
        long howmanyc();
        void nbio(bool set=true) const;
        inline void setname(const char *name);
        inline void setname(const std::string &name);
        inline const std::string& getname();

#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || !defined(WIN32)
        void async(bool set=true) const;
#endif
#if !defined(WIN32)
        int  pgrp() const;
        int  pgrp(int new_pgrp) const;
        void closeonexec(bool set=true) const;
#endif
};

class MY_API isockstream: public std::istream
{
    protected:
        //isockstream (): istream(rdbuf()), ios (0) {}

    public:
        isockstream(sockbuf* sb): std::ios (sb) , std::istream(sb) {}
        virtual ~isockstream () {}

        sockbuf* rdbuf () { return (sockbuf*)std::ios::rdbuf(); }
        sockbuf* operator -> () { return rdbuf(); }
};

class osockstream: public std::ostream
{
    protected:
        //osockstream (): ostream(static_cast<>rdbuf()), ios (0) {}
    public:
        osockstream(sockbuf* sb): std::ios (sb) , std::ostream(sb) {}
        virtual ~osockstream () {}
        sockbuf* rdbuf () { return (sockbuf*)std::ios::rdbuf(); }
        sockbuf* operator -> () { return rdbuf(); }
};

class MY_API iosockstream: public std::iostream
{
    protected:
        iosockstream ();
    public:
        iosockstream(sockbuf* sb): std::ios(sb), std::iostream(sb) {}
        virtual ~iosockstream () {}

        sockbuf* rdbuf () { return (sockbuf*)std::ios::rdbuf(); }
        sockbuf* operator -> () { return rdbuf(); }
};

// manipulators
extern osockstream& crlf (osockstream&);
extern osockstream& lfcr (osockstream&);

// inline

void sockbuf::setname (const char *name)
{
    sockname.text = name;
}

void sockbuf::setname (const std::string &name)
{
    sockname.text = name;
}

const std::string& sockbuf::getname ()
{
    return sockname.text;
}

#endif    // _SOCKSTREAM_H


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'Jessica Jones': Power, Love, and a Devastating Goodbye
by Trudie Graham
June 19, 2019 January 10, 2020
*This article contains major spoilers for season three of Jessica Jones*
The final episodes of Jessica Jones have proved to be some of the most divisive to come out of Netflix's Marvel universe. Instead of going gentle into that good night, the penultimate hours of the show race towards an emotionally devastating conclusion that refuses to tie anything up with a neat bow — which wouldn't be in the show's nature. The ending certainly frustrated fans; angry reactions flooded the Jessica Jones hashtags on social media, with many of them saying they hated what the writers turned the characters into, how they threw away any chance of redemption for season three's surprise antagonist Trish Walker, or that they hated Trish in general. But as the yelling subsides, it's hard not to look at the heartbreaking conclusion in a positive light, if only for its storytelling. This goodbye was never going to be an easy one; and despite how sad it is, the show is all the better for it.
Season one introduced us to Jessica's world using her PTSD. The trauma she lived with after Kilgrave abducted her; turning her life upside down. It affected her as an individual, impaired her ability to cope with work, pushed her further into bad habits (alcoholism), and hurt her personal relationships – most noticeably the one with her best friend, Trish. Although Jessica was carrying around the unresolved hardship of what happened to her, she was functional. Jessica was able to outsmart Kilgrave and used her love for Trish as the final push in her final fight against him. Jessica had accepted her own pain and was now focused on protecting the person closest to her. For all its dark moments, season one did have a happy ending, one that when looked back upon, after the series has concluded, feels sweeter than ever.
It's notable that season three has a direct connection with season one in how it utilises characters' past. This time, its Trish's trauma that alters her life and the story. When looking back at the previous seasons, you can start to see a thread. Small, subtle things pointing to an eventual meltdown. In season one, Trish is in a great place in her life, but she still feels weak next to Jessica — who has been a kind of bodyguard for most of her life. When Trish's mother Dorothy used to beat her, Jessica was the one that made it stop. Trish was the first person Jessica ever "saved", and so begins Trish's unhealthy obsession with heroism.
Three of the show's four primary characters are or have been addicted to something. Jessica is an alcoholic, Trish was almost ruined by drugs, and Malcolm suffered from drug addiction too. But they deal with it in very different ways. Jessica avoids her problems, Malcolm is proactive, and Trish focuses her energy elsewhere, therefore, creating new toxic obsessions. Trish might not take traditional drugs anymore, but when she starts using Simpson's inhaler in season two, which grants short bursts of physical enhancements, she quickly fell into a dependency. It wasn't just the effects of the actual stimulant though, it was the feeling of power and capableness that came with it.
When Trish started helping Jessica with investigations, it was a new way to expend energy and to feel helpful. If she herself couldn't save the world, at least she could help her friend fulfill her potential as a superhero. The problem with this, however, was that Jessica has never been the superhero type, she's no doubt this story's hero, but doesn't care for the stuff that comes with the label. Before Trish makes the decision to kill Jessica's murderous mother, she calls her a coward. In Trish's eyes, Jessica didn't have the resolve to do what's necessary. Trish, who put herself on the line time and time again, felt she had what it takes to get the job done. For the first time, she could really save lives — but at the cost of her best friend's trust.
Perhaps Trish's "sidekick syndrome", the powerless feeling of being a supporting player whilst thinking you could do better, is what pushed her over the edge. In some ways, a powered Trish felt right for season three's narrative. She wasn't forced into the hero life, she had sought it out ( she is based on the Hellcat comic character after all), so the beginning of season three is exciting in that regard. For all her flaws, Trish really did have good intentions. But something feels off when we get to the latter half of the season. And although in some ways predictable, the context surrounding Trish's deterioration into judge jury and executioner had me on the edge of my seat, waiting for the next set of gut-wrenching turns and steps towards an irredeemable version of the character.
I'm still not the hero you wanted me to be.
Jessica Jones takes full advantage of your emotional investment in both Trish as a person and in her cornerstone, intense relationship with Jessica. The most powerful of the show's consistencies have been their tender moments in amongst the bleakness of the story. In some ways, Jessica's narrative couldn't have existed without Trish, because Trish is the reason she keeps going; she's the reason Jessica can't run away or give up. The constant threats on Trish's life throughout the series built the path for moments of true love and heroism. Jessica never wanted the hero gig, but for Trish, she'll take it.
Jessica Jones has been full of morally ambiguous and dark characters, and for a long time, Trish was the one who stood out because she wasn't one of them. She embodied Jessica's last slivers of hope and optimism, not just for herself but for the world in general. Trish believed in her and believed in good. At the end of a hard day, at least there was Trish. No matter what, Jessica thought she'd have her. With all of this in mind, it feels appropriate that the breakdown of morality and the concepts of heroism are at the hands of the character who seemed to live and breathe for exactly those things. Trish was symbolic, and a poster child for making it through when the going gets tough. But when stripped back, she simply couldn't unlearn the toxic things her mother's abuse planted in her brain. Dorothy's death was the catalyst for a change inside her that was a long time coming.
Perhaps the worst thing about it all is how close Jessica and Trish were to obtaining the life they wanted. Their friendship was on the mend, Trish was taking out bad guys semi-responsibly, and they were both getting to live the lives they chose. But the obsessive nature Jessica Jones built into Trish's foundation ran so deep that it took over. Throughout the show, it felt natural to assume Jessica was the one that was spiritually doomed, but the carefully planted seeds of Trish's self-assured destruction say otherwise. The incremental changes in her character led to rotting of her core that nobody caught until it was too late. This woman, an example of purity, now radiated badness.
The finale is a crushing blow to any invested fan. There's no redemption or easy answer, just the downfall of the show's once angelic figure that is now just a cautionary tale and another source of pain for Jessica. The sadness of it runs deep, thinking about what life will now look like for the two characters who had won so many of us over, is now scarring in a faux way only well-written TV shows can be. But it feels so authentic to what, in essence, Jessica Jones is. One character lost the battle against her internal, confused instincts, the other is now truly unbreakable after having been through the worst possible scenario. The person Jessica loves most in the world not only molded herself into a despicable version of what she wanted Jessica to be, but she also defaced their battle-tested dedication to each other in the process. The worst part? She of course still loves her. Because that's been the point, from the very start. In the same way Jessica couldn't let go of her mother, she couldn't resist a last look at Trish before she's flown away to a hell-hole prison with no hope of things ever being the same again.
Jessica Jones' imperfect last season is one of the harshest pieces of television I've ever watched. And its sharp edges and heartbreaking effectiveness is a testament to how well the show wrapped us up in its world and characters. In the last shot of the show, Jessica is standing in a train station ready to leave New York behind. But, as a "fuck you" to Kilgrave, she chooses to stay. It's a triumphant moment for her as a character, she's not staying because she has to, but because she wants to. Because that's who she is now, even though she's lost everything. It's not easy to watch, especially if you had grown as fond of the show as I did, but it's an unforgettable send off for an astonishingly resilient character — as it will linger in our minds for a long time after we stop talking about it.
Eka Darville
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