Hi everyone. If we haven't met yet, I'm Barret Weber. I've been on the board of Friends of Medicare since 2015, and recently became Vice-Chair of the board.
A lot can happen in two years at Friends of Medicare and I'm happy to serve. Today, I want to provide an update on our recent activity now that everyone is back from summer fun.
We've been working on organizing what's shaping up to be a great conference on why we need a universal prescription drug plan in this country (that is, Pharmacare).
Our conference is happening on Thursday, September 28 from 9 – 4 am in Edmonton.
We're going to have great speakers including academics and advocates from organizations like the Canadian Health Coalition, the Canadian Labour Congress, and Alberta's Ministry of Health.
You may know we've been working on this issue at the federal level for a long time now, and we are seeing some progress, with MPs of all stripes now in favour of this much needed expansion of the medicare umbrella.
We think it's time to also focus the conversation here in Alberta where we hopefully have the political will to show leadership on such an important issue.
Seats are limited so please register ASAP and I hope to see you there!
We had a great time at least years "A Toast to your Health(care)" fundraiser, so we're doing it again! The same evening as our conference, Sep 28, at 7 pm, we'll gather at the Chateau Louis.
Your ticket is only $100 and gets you a drink ticket, delicious snacks, live music performed by the great Marco Claveria, access to our silent auction, and a special door prize. Get your ticket right away for this evening social, and thank you to everyone who has been supporting our work.
We've had progress on all 3 issues this year, but our work is never done.
This year we are holding our advocacy training on October 3rd in Edmonton and October 5th in Calgary.
Members living in outlying areas are welcome to join us there. Or if you've got a group of interested members in your region, talk to us about setting up a conference call.
We provide the training, and help set you up with members in your area so you can support each other in meeting your MLA.
You can register online ASAP for Edmonton here, and Calgary here.
Stay tuned later in October as Canada's Health Ministers will be meeting in Edmonton. We're working on a few public events to highlight key areas of national and local interest for our public health system.
We'd like to thank our supporters and allies who attended our rally during the Council of the Federation meeting of Premiers in Edmonton in July.
Well done everyone! This is encouraging, but of course we're not done yet.
You may have seen our release during Calgary Pride week talking about the excessive wait times for trans patients in Alberta needing hormone replacement therapy. There are informed consent approaches being used in other jurisdictions we could learn from and adopt to ensure we end discriminatory barriers to medicine for people who really need them. We have yet to hear any commitment from the provincial government to address this issue, so expect to hear more from us.
That's it for now. We hope to see and hear from you over what's shaping up to be a busy fall.
We're fighting to protect public health care in Alberta and far beyond and rely on your continued support! Thank you again!
ps If you aren't able to make it to our fundraiser you can still make a personal donation online to support our work.


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 Dominique-Angèle Vuitton (* 1946), französische Immunologin und Hochschullehrerin
 Louis Vuitton (Unternehmer) (1821–1892), französischer Handwerker und Unternehmer, Gründer der Firma Louis Vuitton
 Philippe Vuitton (* 1951), französischer Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Autor

Siehe auch:
 Louis Vuitton, französischer Luxuswaren-Hersteller
 Stiftung Louis Vuitton (französisch Fondation d'entreprise Louis Vuitton), Privatmuseum in Paris

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This special volume contains some of the best and most legendary rarities of surf music - mostly vocals, but with some instrumental gems towards the end. If you are a serious collector, or simply a fan of the early 60's California sound, this package offers a special treat for everyone!
Pebbles, Volume 4 is a compilation album in the Pebbles series that has been issued in both LP and CD formats. Unlike other volumes in the series – which compile obscure garage rock and psychedelic rock music – Volume 4 collects rare examples of surf rock. The LP is subtitled Summer Means Fun, while the CD is subtitled Surf N Tunes. As on the first two volumes, an odd track from a well-known artist – Jan & Dean in this instance – is included on the album. Lloyd Thaxton had a widely syndicated pop music television program in the 1960s, The Lloyd Thaxton Show. Dave Edmunds – the only artist represented that is not American – had numerous hit songs in the late 1970's and early 1980's; the song presented here is among his earliest recordings. The Trashmen are renowned for their 1963 hit "Surfin' Bird" and, surprisingly, are a prolific enough band that a 4-CD box set was released several years ago on Sundazed Records.


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The Shin Bet announced Wednesday that it had arrested a cell of four Palestinians, including three minors, who had perpetrated four shooting attacks in the West Bank.
The Israeli secret service said that the arrests had been made in conjunction with the Border Police and IDF and that family members had also been arrested on suspicion of hiding the weapons used in the attacks. The cell had apparently carried out four shootings near the West Bank settlement of Ofra during October and November, using locally-made weapons.
In another incident, a Palestinian attacker attempted to stab Israelis at a West Bank junction Thursday morning. The incident took place at the Tapuach Junction near Nablus, which has been a flashpoint for knife and vehicle attacks during the past year or so. Initial reports suggest that the attacker was an 18-year-old from Qalqilya, who exited a bus and advanced towards Border Police before attempting to stab them. He was reportedly shot and killed at the scene.
In recent months, Israeli forces have cracked down on Palestinian weapons-manufacturing facilities. Since October 2015, at least 42 people have been killed in Palestinian attacks, many carried out by individuals with relatively easy access to weapons.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry announced Wednesday that two Palestinians were killed when a tunnel they were constructing collapsed in the Shejaiya neighbourhood in the northern Gaza Strip. They were named as Ismail Shmali and Rami al-Areir, both in their twenties and thought to be Hamas operatives.
Hamas is openly reconstructing the tunnel network used to attack Israeli targets during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. There have been several deaths due to this work and subsequent collapsing tunnels during the past several months.


After four successful years in Newcastle, Super League has taken the Magic Weekend to Anfield, leaving a lot of fans seething.
In 2015, the Rugby Football League took the decision to move the Magic Weekend to Newcastle. Manchester City's Etihad Stadium was undergoing construction immediately after the 2014-15 Premier League season, meaning the RFL had to look elsewhere for somewhere to host the Magic Weekend - a concept first introduced in 2007.
Newcastle's St James' Park and Coventry's Ricoh Arena battled it out for the rights, with Newcastle winning. Since then, Newcastle has twice broken the Magic Weekend record attendance - in 2015, 67,841 spectators turned out with over 68,000 the following year.
In the city centre and engulfed in a friendly atmosphere, St James' Park looked to be the perfect venue. But, Super League clubs have taken it upon themselves to switch to Liverpool's Anfield, a stadium, coincidentally, nearest to Lancashire sides Wigan and St Helens and Cheshire club Warrington.
The rift within Super League and between Super League and the RFL has been well documented in recent months and Wigan chairman Ian Lenagan, Saints owner Eamonn McManus and Warrington owner Simon Moran have been at the forefront of this.
After Nigel Wood was ousted from the Super League board and replaced by the Super League clubs' owners in November 2017, the three owners then took it upon themselves to announce the scrapping of the Super 8s in June 2018. At the time, Leeds owner Gary Hetherington labelled it a "power grab" by "a small group of men that think they own the game".
Though Hetherington's comments at the time were dismissed by a lot of fans, the decision to move the Magic Weekend to Liverpool - which is less than a 45-minute drive from Wigan, St Helens and Warrington - rather than the three-hour journey to Newcastle seems more than just a coincidence.
Are Lenagan, McManus and Moran expecting more of their fans to turn up to give them an advantage? Or, with the trio at the helm of the Super League clubs, is it a way of flexing their newly-found muscles in a two-fingered salute to the RFL?
Liverpool is a fantastic city, but Anfield is approximately three miles outside of the city centre - hardly walking distance from any of the pubs in the centre. Newcastle's St James' Park, however, is situated a short walk from the throng of bars and clubs lining Newcastle's city centre streets.
Newcastle's atmosphere also takes some beating with the inhabitants as friendly as they come with few rough parts. Liverpool, on the other hand, is notorious for its trouble at night especially in the surrounding suburbs where Anfield is situated.
Yes, Anfield is a magnificent stadium and has already hosted England's second Test against New Zealand in the 2018 series and the 2016 Four Nations final. But, these were one-off games rather than a whole weekend and it remains to be seen if that kind of atmosphere and occasion can be reproduced or if the magic of Newcastle can be replicated.
The fixture list for the 2019 Magic Weekend has also done no favours with winning over sceptics; Leeds play London, Castleford play St Helens, Huddersfield face Hull FC and Hull KR do battle against Salford. That means no Hull derby, no Leeds-Castleford derby and yet again no Wigan-Saints derby.
By omitting such fixtures as these, a lot of the attraction for these clubs' fans has been lost. Some would argue that they already play each other enough during the season, but they will be playing the same team at least three times - home, away and at the Magic Weekend - regardless of who it is.
Super League needs to be given a pat on the back for switching the Magic Weekend venue to Liverpool at a time of the Liverpool marathon (please take note of the sarcasm). Nearly 20,000 people ran in 2018 with more expected in 2019. As such, hotel and accommodation prices have already skyrocketed after the announcement that the Magic Weekend will too be organised for the same weekend. If this isn't evidence of the naivety of leading Super League clubs then what is? Fans are already finding it difficult to find suitable accommodation at a suitable price and this is only going to get worse as time goes on.
So then, what can we expect from Liverpool? Well, it will take something special to beat Newcastle and it appears the decision to move has been met with disdain from the vast majority of supporters - especially when numerous polls throughout the year have gone in favour of keeping the event at Newcastle. Despite the fact that the Magic Weekend has made a home in the toon, it was supposed to be a concept that moved to different parts of Britain in an attempt to attract new fans and give existing fans an exciting day or weekend away.
Liverpool, for the most part, is an attractive place and major steps have been taken in recent times to improve the city. In addition, it will be interesting to see if the city takes the Magic Weekend to heart like in Newcastle. For me, though, the move to Liverpool reeks of north-western big clubs' (St Helens, Wigan and Warrington) increasing stranglehold over the sport as a whole. It's a move that benefits these three clubs enormously and it is no surprise that it is the owners of these three clubs that have been the most vocal about changing the sport. If the rest of the Super League clubs aren't careful, Lenagan, McManus and Moran could run amok.


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Weekly Top 10: Adding Accents To Your Pulsing Bass Line, Oteil Burbridge Launches The Ozone, New Music from Tim Lefebvre, YYNOT, and Tony Levin, and More
by Corey Brown Sunday, November 28th, 2021
Time for the weekly roundup of the most popular articles we've shared.
Here is your top 10 list for the week of November 20-26, 2021.
1. The Faces: (I Know) I'm Losing You
Here's a great clip of The Faces performing live in 1971. In this one, they cover "(I Know) I'm Losing You" with the great Ronnie Lane on bass.
2. Bass of the Week: AC Guitars Finn R Type 5/33
Alan Cringean's basses always grab my attention, which is why one of his latest builds - the Finn R Type 5/33 - stopped my scrolling on Facebook.
3. The Future of No Treble – The Final Stretch
Thanks to the generosity of so many No Treble readers, our campaign hit its goal in just 13 days. We have about a week left on this campaign, so we set up a stretch goal with even more rewards.
4. Oteil Burbridge Launches The Ozone
If you've been wanting to learn from Oteil Burbridge, you're in luck. He's just launched the Ozone, which is an online space for education and connection.
5. Keep It Groovy: Adding Accents To Your Pulsing Bass Line
Ryan Madora is back with a new "Keep It Groovy" bass lesson. This one focuses on adding variety to eighth note grooves by adding rhythmic and tonal accents to pulsing eighth notes to provide shape and movement to an otherwise "root centric" line.
6. Tim Lefebvre and Jason Lindner Team Up for "sedatø"
Tim Lefebvre and Jason Lindner helped make musical history as part of the band for David Bowie's final masterpiece, "Blackstar". Their palpable chemistry led them to create a new project called "sedatø".
7. Dream Theater Unveils Rescheduled "Top of the World" Tour Dates
Dream Theater's "Top of the World" tour has a new set of dates after being postponed earlier this year. The band, anchored by John Myung, will be using the trek to support their 15th studio album, "A View From the Top of the World".
8. YYNOT's "Light and Shade" Now Shipping
Today we've got some exciting news to share. The present-day prog-rock heroes in YYNOT have announced their new album "Light and Shade" is now shipping. The record marks the band's third original studio effort.
9. Beledo Releases Sixth Album, "Seriously Deep", with Tony Levin
Beledo is primarily a guitarist and keyboardist, but his latest album is certainly going to catch the attention of bassists. "Seriously Deep" is named after an Eberhard Weber composition, and Tony Levin is on the record.
10. Rush Gig Poster Book Coming Soon
Rush was a constant force in the rock world for just over 45 years. Now you can learn more about their gigs in the "Rush Gig Poster Book", which compiles posters and ads from their whole career.
Weekly Top 10: The Funkiest Note in the World, New Band for Alex Lifeson, Remembering Burke Shelley, Album and Tour News, and New Bass Gear
Weekly Top 10: Eva Gardner Interview, Paul McCartney's Bass Sets Auction Record, New Bass Lessons, Remembering Phil Chen and Leonard Hubbard, and More
Weekly Top 10: Top 5 ABBA Bass Lines, Super Easy Bluesy Jazzy Walking Bass Lesson, Remembering Robbie Shakespeare, Iron Maiden Tour, New Gear, and More

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The family of a deceased woman who died as a result of a fall from her hospital bed have received $270,000 in a wrongful death medical malpractice verdict in California. The family alleged that the hospital was negligent in allowing the woman to leave her hospital bed unassisted, and was also negligent in the actions of its staff that were taken after it was discovered the woman had fallen out of her bed. Learn more about this case below.
The fall occurred in 2012 at a California hospital. The 90-year-old woman had been admitted to the hospital and was being monitored for atrial fibrillation, also known as irregular heartbeat.
The fall occurred as the woman tried to get out of bed at 4 am, while on a number of medications. The day before the fall, a "nurse assigned to care for the woman determined that she needed one-on-one assistance when getting out of bed due to her medicated condition," according to the lawsuit. But the next day, the nurse did not provide one-on-one assistance to the woman to help her out of bed, "alleging that the woman was independent and did not require assistance."
Furthermore, the family also alleged in their wrongful death medical malpractice lawsuit that after the woman fell, "the staff placed the woman back in her bed without implementing full C-spine precautions and without considering the obvious serious fracture of her femur, and the staff failed to transport the woman to the emergency department for evaluation." In addition, the family also alleged that the hospital had not told them how the woman sustained her injuries. "The coroner had determined that the woman died as a result of blunt force trauma from the fall."


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How to Publish Music on iTunes
By: Jason Spidle Updated September 15, 2017
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There's an easy way and a hard way to publish music on iTunes. The easy way is to use an Apple-approved aggregator -- an expert that delivers your content to iTunes for a fee. Publishing your music to iTunes yourself without an aggregator is free but challenging. You need a U.S. Tax ID, a UPC for your album and a unique International Standard Recording Code for each track. In addition, the album must be available on a record label.
Publish With an Aggregator
It is impossible to publish your music on iTunes if it is not available through a label with at least 20 albums in its catalog unless you use an aggregator. Apple maintains a list of approved aggregators (link in Resources), which makes it easy to find one with pricing and features to match your needs. Expect to pay at least $40 to publish a single album. When you use an aggregator, Apple's business relationship is with the aggregator, not with you directly.
Publish Without an Aggregator
If you are ready to go with a U.S. Tax ID, a UPC for the album, ISRCs for each individual track and a record label, proceed to the iTunes Connect application page (link in Resources). Sign in to your Apple account and complete the application with the required information. According to Apple, you will receive an email response within four to six weeks. If your album is approved, the email includes a link for uploading your music to the iTunes Store. If your album is not approved, Apple requests additional information or identifies the changes required to publish your music on iTunes.
Apple: Music Provider: Frequently Asked Questions
ISRC: What Is ISRC?
Nationwide Barcode: Barcodes for Music, Pandora, Amazon and iTunes
Jason Spidle is a technology enthusiast and writer. His writing on computers, smartphones, Web design, Internet applications, sports and music has been published at a variety of websites including Salon, JunkMedia, Killed in Cars and The Columbia Free Times. Spidle maintains a number of blogs featuring poetry, short stories and other fiction.


The Trump administration wants to carve up National monuments for exploitation by private interests, defying a century of tradition.
President Donald Trump signed proclamations Monday to significantly shrink two large national monuments in Utah after his administration reviewed sites nationwide.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made recommendations earlier this year about 27 monuments, including some boundary and rule revisions but no eliminations. Trump has yet to announce decisions on the other protected lands besides the two monuments in Utah: Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears.
The reduction in Utah is expected to trigger a legal battle.
The 1906 Antiquities Act, enacted under President Theodore Roosevelt, empowers the president to declare as national monuments any landmarks, structures and other "objects of historic or scientific interest" on land owned or controlled by the federal government.
Roosevelt established 18 monuments, including the Grand Canyon in Arizona and Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Most presidents since then have designated additional monuments. Congress has created others.
Most monuments are overseen by the National Park Service, although rules for their protection are less strict than for national parks.
Some are cared for by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service or the Forest Service. Each agency has policies for safeguarding the land while also allowing some public use. For instance, policies can include limits on mining, timber cutting and recreational activities such as riding off-road vehicles.
Many national monument proclamations have enjoyed broad support. Others have been fiercely contested in Congress and the courts, including designations by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jackson Hole National Monument, now Grand Teton National Park); Jimmy Carter (vast lands in Alaska); and George W. Bush (Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument northwest of Hawaii).
Trump's choice of Jan. 1, 1996, as the starting date for his review was prompted by lingering resentment among Utah conservatives of Bill Clinton's designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument that year.
Critics say presidents increasingly are protecting areas that are too large and do not fit the law's original purpose of shielding particular historical or archaeological sites. Designating millions of acres for scientific observation or sheltering rare species, they contend, is a "federal land grab" that ignores the wishes of local residents, although the lands already belonged to the government or were under federal control.
Zinke says the pendulum has swung too far toward protecting public lands and away from the "multiple use" concept advanced by Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the Forest Service and an early leader in the conservation movement.
Monument supporters say the designations are essential to protect sensitive areas from looting and damage. Complaints about people getting kicked off the land are exaggerated, they say, and opposition fades as nearby communities benefit from tourism the monuments attract.
A recent study by the nonprofit research group Headwaters Economics found that indicators such as employment, population and per capita income held steady or improved in sections of the U.S. West where monuments larger than 10,000 acres had been established since 1981.
Some monuments have been downsized over the years, either by presidential order or by Congress, while others have been enlarged. No such actions have been contested in court. No president has tried to revoke a predecessor's designation of a monument.
The Antiquities Act does not explicitly say whether a president can nullify a monument proclamation or reduce a monument's area. A legal analysis commissioned by the National Parks Conservation Association cites a 1938 opinion by then-Attorney General Homer Cummings, who wrote that a monument designation has the force of law and can be reversed only by Congress.
A House report accompanying the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 agreed, as do some environmental attorneys.
Hours after Trump signed the proclamations, environmental groups on Monday sued to block his decision to scale back Grand Staircase-Escalante. Native American tribes also plan to sue to stop the reductions, and the lawsuits will likely trigger lengthy court battles.
Congressional Republicans have measures pending that would deny the president unilateral authority to designate future monuments, requiring approval of Congress or the governors and legislatures in affected states. Some would add further conditions.
The House Committee on Natural Resources approved legislation in October that would prohibit new monuments larger than 85,000 acres or within 50 miles of an existing one. Designations of areas larger than 10,000 acres would need backing from affected counties and states. Presidents could reduce the size of existing monuments, in some cases unilaterally and in others with approval of state and local officials.
The bill, which was introduced by Utah Republican Rep. Rob Porter and is awaiting a floor vote, also would limit what is eligible for protection under the Antiquities Act to "objects of antiquity" such as relics, artifacts and fossils. Designations no longer could be made on the basis of historical or scientific interest.
This article was written by John Flesher from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to legal@newscred.com.


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Twitter Is Testing Prompts Which Would Recommend Users Hide Potentially Offensive Replies
Twitter looks to be testing a new prompt which would ask users if they want to hide potentially offensive replies to their tweets in order to avoid arguments and negative interactions in the app.
As you can see in this example, posted by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, a new pop-up would be added which alerts users to potentially offensive remarks, as detected by Twitter's system. The pop-up essentially serves as a reminder that you can hide replies, rather than respond, which, in many cases, could be a better approach, as opposed to engaging in a negative discussion that can lead to a longer, more argumentative sequence.
It would essentially be a circuit-breaker mechanism, designed to stop arguments before they start. If Twitter's system can get you to re-think retaliatory comments before you make them, maybe that simple step could be enough to halt any such debate, and improve the civility of subsequent Tweet engagement.
Adding minor elements of friction like this seems to be key to Twitter's renewed approach to tackling toxic engagements. The platform also added new prompts which call for users to read articles before they retweet them back in June, while it's also making 'Quote Tweet' the default option for retweets during the US election campaign in an effort to get people to think more carefully about why they're amplifying certain messages.
All of these measures are, as noted, relatively small, but they can be effective. For example, Twitter says that its 'read before retweeting' prompts have already lead to users opening articles 40% more often when they're shown them, while Instagram has also seen 'positive results' with its warnings on potentially offensive comments on posts.
This new test would utilize similar detection measure to Instagram, in detecting potentially offensive terms in replies, which could help to stop users from firing back, leading to more angst.
There's no word on any potential roll out, but it could be a positive step.


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Ubisoft warns against signing up for Far Cry 6 "beta" phishing scam
Published: 19/Feb/2021 21:43
by Tanner Pierce
If you've recently gotten an email about an offer from Ubisoft to participate in a Far Cry 6 beta, you might want to avoid that offer at all costs, as the company has issued a warning that its nothing more than a scam.
If you're eager to get your hands on Far Cry 6, even in beta form, you may want to be extra cautious, especially if you installed anything that came with it.
Publisher Ubisoft has issued a warning on its official Twitter account that there's a phishing scam going around, claiming to give players access to a Far Cry 6 beta. While the email in question seems to be aimed at content creators, it's entirely possible that these emails have gone out to regular folks as well who may want to get their hands on the game.
We can confirm the email regarding FC6 beta access is a phishing attempt. It has been reported. Please do not respond if you have received this email or similar. Thank you for the report! https://t.co/G7jBlRS6IW
— Ubisoft Support (@UbisoftSupport) February 19, 2021
"We can confirm the email regarding FC6 beta access is a phishing attempt," Ubisoft said in a tweet. "It has been reported. Please do not respond if you have received this email or similar."
Read More: Far Cry 6: Release date, trailers, gameplay, story & platforms
YouTuber theRadBrad seems to be the one who sounded the alarm on the whole scandal, stating that people who download the "beta" that they are offering get a virus installed that monitors everything on their screen, which is a huge invasion of privacy to say the least.
Just a heads up to all content creators. There is an email from the official @Ubisoft address going around that claims beta access to Far Cry 6. It even has an embargo with a special password for access. The virus watches your screen and records everything you do. Be safe.
— theRadBrad (@thaRadBrad) February 18, 2021
The eagerness to get hands-on with Far Cry 6 is understandable. The game was originally supposed to released on February 18, ironically enough the day that theRadBrad sounded the alarm, but it's now scheduled to release sometime in Q2 or Q3 2021.
Read More: 5 things we know about Far Cry 6 so far
To be clear, Ubisoft has not officially announced any public "beta" for Far Cry 6 and it's unlikely that they do so anytime soon, as that's generally not what happens for Far Cry games. Still, given the fact that we are months out from the actual release date, it's possible that plans change.
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Ian Wright travels to one of the world's poorest nations, a country wiped off the tourist trail for twenty years by war but now on the rise again – welcome to Mozambique!
Ian starts his journey in its capital Maputo where he meets artists working to heal the wounds of war. He views the city's colonial relics, lives it up in the Polana Hotel, one of Africa's most luxurious hotels, and shops at Ipanaema market – a real taste of Africa.
Up the coast Ian finds himself in the Bazaruto Archipelago, a strip of islands off the coast that are fast developing as a diver's paradise. Here he comes up close to one of the world's most endangered animals, the dugong.
Pressing on north to Chimoio, Ian finds out how the central region of the country is dealing with the terrible landmine legacy of its civil war. From here Ian crosses the mighty Zambezi River and continues his journey to Quelimane where he stops at Africa's biggest coconut plantation before learning about how locals are dealing with the lethal spread of the AIDS virus in Mocuba. Then Ian travels to the first European settlement in East Africa, magical Mozambique Island, which was built as a replica of Lisbon in Portugal.
Finally, Ian travels to Mueba, Mozambique's most remote area where you won't find many travelers! He stops in the village of Mueba, famous for a massacre of its people by the Portuguese in 1960. As the men of the village perform the animal dance to bring healing to the land, Ian finds it a fitting summation of the country as a whole – a place in which people are looking to the future and trying to heal the wounds of its recent troubled past. Travel in Mozambique is still hard but worth all the effort!


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Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Could Be 2026 World Cup Host
Dave | October 9, 2017 | Casino News, Sports |
The new Las Vegas Raiders stadium should begin construction soon in Sin City. The new stadium will cost around $2 billion to construct, and it's already in the running to host one of the world's biggest sporting events. The Las Vegas Raiders stadium could see itself hosting matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Las Vegas Raiders Stadium could be a host venue for the 2026 FIFA Soccer World Cup, if Las Vegas is chosen as a host city
Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Potential Host Venue
No host for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been announced yet, but the United Bid Committee (UBC) is trying to win the rights to host the event. The UBC is made up of the soccer governing bodies of the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The 2026 World Cup will be the first expanded competition with 48 teams competing from around the globe.
If the UBC's bid is successful, the 2026 competition will see matches spread across the three countries. It released an amended list of potential host cities recently, and Las Vegas is still on the list. While the Las Vegas Raiders Stadium will make a great venue for FIFA World Cup matches, it is far from certain if Las Vegas will be selected as a host city.
UBC Firm Favorite to Win World Cup Bid
If the UBC is successful in its 2026 bid, it will need to select at least 12 different cities to host games. In total, there are 32 cities currently on the proposed list of host cities, so Las Vegas has plenty of competition. 24 of these cities are in the USA, four in Canada, and three in Mexico. Other potential American cities include Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Orlando, and Washington DC.
It's also not 100% certain if the UBC will even be successful in their bid for the 2026 World Cup. FIFA is yet to make its decision on where the competition will be held. Currently, UBC is the firm favorite to hold the world cup, with the only other serious contended being Morocco. However, most believe the USA-Canada-Mexico bid will win. Sportsbooks are so certain of this that they're not even offering odds on the result.


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Q: Verify JWT Signature (RS256) with public key on client-side, without a server/node.js we are creating a front-end with react and need to verify a jwt (RS256) signature using a public key.
We have a .pem file which contains the public key like this
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
abc....
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----

All examples we found are using node.js for this verification, is it possible at all verifying it on the client with no server involved?
We need to emulate the debugger in this page https://jwt.io/, where we have a jwt token and a public key, and verify if the signature is valid or not.
We can read the jwt without issues, but need to verify it's signature.

*

*Is it possible?

*If yes, is it right to do so on the client-side?

Thank you

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Neurological injury during cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat.
Cerebral injury is a well-known complication of cardiac surgery. Investigations of both injury mechanisms and neuroprotective strategies have partially been limited by the lack of an adequate preclinical model of small animal cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). We sought to determine if neurological injury could be demonstrated in a recovery model of complete CPB in the rat. Rats (n = 5) underwent 45 min of normothermic CPB followed by 24 h of recovery. Compared to sham-operated rats (n = 5), the CPB group showed a worse neurological outcome score (median, 25-75th percentile) compared to controls (5, 4-7 vs 9, 8-9, p = 0.016). This rat model of CPB may allow for the study of CPB-associated neurological injury.


text:
stdoutF="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/STDOUT"
stderrF="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/STDERR"

# Load test helpers.
. ./shflags_test_helpers

testGetoptStandard() {
  if ! _flags_getoptStandard '-b' >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    fail "error parsing -b flag"
    _showTestOutput
  fi

  if _flags_getoptStandard '-x' >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    fail "expected error parsing invalid -x flag"
    _showTestOutput
  fi
}

testGetoptEnhanced() {
  if ! flags_getoptIsEnh; then
    return
  fi

  if ! _flags_getoptEnhanced '-b' >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    fail "error parsing -b flag"
    _showTestOutput
  fi
  if ! _flags_getoptEnhanced '--bool' >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    fail "error parsing --bool flag"
    _showTestOutput
  fi

  if _flags_getoptEnhanced '-x' >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    fail "expected error parsing invalid -x flag"
    _showTestOutput
  fi
  if _flags_getoptEnhanced '--xyz' >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    fail "expected error parsing invalid --xyz flag"
    _showTestOutput
  fi
}

testValidBoolsShort() {
  desc='bool_true_arg'
  if FLAGS -b >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    assertTrue "${desc}: expected true value" "${FLAGS_bool:-}"
  else
    fail "${desc}: FLAGS returned a non-zero result ($?)"
  fi
  th_showOutput

  desc='bool2_defined'
  DEFINE_boolean bool2 true '2nd boolean' B
  if FLAGS >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    assertTrue "${desc}: expected true value" "${FLAGS_bool2:-}"
  else
    fail "${desc}: FLAGS returned a non-zero result ($?)"
  fi
  th_showOutput

  desc='bool_false_arg'
  if FLAGS -B >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    assertFalse "${desc}: expected false value" "${FLAGS_bool2:-}"
  else
    fail "${desc}: FLAGS returned a non-zero result ($?)"
  fi
  th_showOutput
}

# TODO(kate): separate into multiple functions to reflect correct usage
testValidBoolsLong() {
  flags_getoptIsEnh
  [ $? -eq "${FLAGS_FALSE}" ] && return

  # Note: the default value of bool is 'false'.

  # Leave flag false.
  FLAGS --nobool >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  r3turn=$?
  assertTrue "FLAGS returned a non-zero result (${r3turn})" ${r3turn}
  assertFalse '--noXX flag resulted in true value.' "${FLAGS_bool:-}"
  assertFalse 'expected no output to STDERR' "[ -s '${stderrF}' ]"
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"

  # Flip flag true.
  FLAGS --bool >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  r3turn=$?
  assertTrue "FLAGS returned a non-zero result (${r3turn})" ${r3turn}
  assertTrue '--XX flag resulted in false value.' "${FLAGS_bool:-}"
  assertFalse 'expected no output to STDERR' "[ -s '${stderrF}' ]"
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"

  # Flip flag back false.
  FLAGS --nobool >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  r3turn=$?
  assertTrue "FLAGS returned a non-zero result (${r3turn})" ${r3turn}
  assertFalse '--noXX flag resulted in true value.' "${FLAGS_bool:-}"
  assertFalse 'expected no output to STDERR' "[ -s '${stderrF}' ]"
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"
}

testFloats() {
  _testFloats '-f'
  if flags_getoptIsEnh; then
    _testFloats '--float'
  fi
}

_testFloats() {
  flag=$1

  for value in ${TH_FLOAT_VALID}; do
    if FLAGS "${flag}" "${value}" >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
      # shellcheck disable=SC2154
      assertEquals "${flag}: incorrect value" "${value}" "${FLAGS_float}"
    else
      fail "${flag}: unexpected non-zero result ($?)"
      th_showOutput
    fi
  done

  for value in ${TH_FLOAT_INVALID}; do
    # Wrap FLAGS in () to catch errors.
    if (FLAGS "${flag}" "${value}" >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"); then
      fail "${flag}: expected a non-zero result"
      th_showOutput
    else
      assertEquals "${flag}: expected an error" $? "${FLAGS_ERROR}"
    fi
  done
}

testIntegers() {
  _testIntegers '-i'
  if flags_getoptIsEnh; then
    _testIntegers '--int'
  fi
}

_testIntegers() {
  flag=$1

  for value in ${TH_INT_VALID}; do
    if FLAGS "${flag}" "${value}" >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
      # shellcheck disable=SC2154
      assertEquals "${flag}: incorrect value" "${value}" "${FLAGS_int}"
    else
      fail "${flag}: unexpected non-zero result ($?)"
      th_showOutput
    fi
  done

  for value in ${TH_INT_INVALID}; do
    # Wrap FLAGS in () to catch errors.
    if (FLAGS "${flag}" "${value}" >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"); then
      fail "${flag}: expected a non-zero result"
      th_showOutput
    else
      assertEquals "${flag}: expected an error" $? "${FLAGS_ERROR}"
    fi
  done
}

testStrings() {
  _testStrings 'std_single_word' -s single_word
  if flags_getoptIsEnh; then
    _testStrings 'enh_single_word' --str single_word
    _testStrings 'enh_multi_word'  --str 'string with spaces'
  fi
}

_testStrings() {
  desc=$1
  flag=$2
  value=$3

  if FLAGS "${flag}" "${value}" >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"; then
    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
    assertEquals "${desc}: incorrect value" "${value}" "${FLAGS_str}"
  else
    fail "${desc}: unexpected non-zero result ($?)"
    # Validate that an error is thrown for unsupported getopt uses.
    assertFatalMsg '.* spaces in options'
    th_showOutput
  fi
}

testMultipleFlags() {
  _testMultipleFlags '-b' '-i' '-f' '-s'
  flags_getoptIsEnh
  [ $? -eq "${FLAGS_FALSE}" ] && return
  _testMultipleFlags '--bool' '--int' '--float' '--str'
}

_testMultipleFlags() {
  boolFlag=$1
  intFlag=$2
  floatFlag=$3
  strFlag=$4

  FLAGS \
      "${boolFlag}" \
      "${intFlag}" 567 \
      "${floatFlag}" 123.45678 \
      "${strFlag}" 'some_string' \
      >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  r3turn=$?
  assertTrue "use of multiple flags returned a non-zero result" ${r3turn}
  assertTrue 'boolean test failed.' "${FLAGS_bool}"
  assertNotSame 'float test failed.' 0 "${FLAGS_float}"
  assertNotSame 'integer test failed.' 0 "${FLAGS_int}"
  assertNotSame 'string test failed.' '' "${FLAGS_str}"
  assertFalse 'expected no output to STDERR' "[ -s '${stderrF}' ]"
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"
}

_testNonFlagArgs() {
  argc=$1
  shift

  FLAGS "$@" >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  r3turn=$?
  assertTrue 'parse returned non-zero value.' ${r3turn}
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"

  eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
  assertEquals 'wrong count of argv arguments returned.' "${argc}" $#
}

testSingleNonFlagArg()    { _testNonFlagArgs 1 argOne; }
testMultipleNonFlagArgs() { _testNonFlagArgs 3 argOne argTwo arg3; }

testMultipleNonFlagStringArgsWithSpaces() {
  if flags_getoptIsEnh; then
    _testNonFlagArgs 3 argOne 'arg two' arg3
  fi
}

testFlagsWithEquals() {
  if ! flags_getoptIsEnh; then
    return
  fi

  FLAGS --str='str_flag' 'non_flag' >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  assertTrue 'FLAGS returned a non-zero result' $?
  assertEquals 'string flag not set properly' 'str_flag' "${FLAGS_str}"
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"

  eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
  assertEquals 'wrong count of argv arguments returned.' 1 $#
}

testComplicatedCommandLineStandard() {
  flags_getoptIsEnh
  [ $? -eq "${FLAGS_TRUE}" ] && return

  # Note: standard getopt stops parsing after first non-flag argument, which
  # results in the remaining flags being treated as arguments instead.
  FLAGS -i 1 non_flag_1 -s 'two' non_flag_2 -f 3 non_flag_3 \
      >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  r3turn=$?
  assertTrue 'FLAGS returned a non-zero result' ${r3turn}
  assertEquals 'failed int test' 1 "${FLAGS_int}"
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"

  eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
  assertEquals 'incorrect number of argv values' 7 $#
}

testComplicatedCommandLineEnhanced() {
  flags_getoptIsEnh
  [ $? -eq "${FLAGS_FALSE}" ] && return

  FLAGS -i 1 non_flag_1 --str='two' non_flag_2 --float 3 'non flag 3' \
      >"${stdoutF}" 2>"${stderrF}"
  r3turn=$?
  assertTrue 'FLAGS returned a non-zero result' ${r3turn}
  assertEquals 'failed int test' 1 "${FLAGS_int}"
  assertEquals 'failed str test' 'two' "${FLAGS_str}"
  assertEquals 'failed float test' 3 "${FLAGS_float}"
  th_showOutput ${r3turn} "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"

  eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"
  assertEquals 'incorrect number of argv values' 3 $#
}

oneTimeSetUp() {
  th_oneTimeSetUp

  if flags_getoptIsStd; then
    th_warn 'Standard version of getopt found. Enhanced tests will be skipped.'
  else
    th_warn 'Enhanced version of getopt found. Standard tests will be skipped.'
  fi
}

setUp() {
  DEFINE_boolean bool false 'boolean test' 'b'
  DEFINE_float float 0.0 'float test' 'f'
  DEFINE_integer int 0 'integer test' 'i'
  DEFINE_string str '' 'string test' 's'
}

tearDown() {
  flags_reset
}

# showTestOutput for the most recently run test.
_showTestOutput() { th_showOutput "${SHUNIT_FALSE}" "${stdoutF}" "${stderrF}"; }

# Load and run shUnit2.
# shellcheck disable=SC2034
[ -n "${ZSH_VERSION:-}" ] && SHUNIT_PARENT=$0
. "${TH_SHUNIT}"


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This Week in London – New early 20th century galleries at the NPG; Modigliani at the Tate; and, Lord John gets a plaque…
• Works including a recently acquired portrait of Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII) which was painted on the Western Front during World War I, a self-portrait in stained glass of artist and actor Pauline Boty (pictured), and three life-sized World War I portraits of military officers which have been reunited for the first time in decades, are among highlights of the National Portrait Gallery's new early 20th century galleries. Four new rooms – split into the 'Early 20th Century', 'The Great War', 'The Interwar Years', and the 'Second World War and Post-War Recovery' – hold 121 portraits which have been hung chronologically and feature everyone from Virginia Woolf to Sir Winston Churchill, Dame Christabel Pankhurst to Sir Ernest Shackleton. Along with Frank O Salisbury's oil sketch of Prince Edward, Boty's stained glass portrait (the gallery's first), and the three group portraits from World War I, highlights of the gallery include a 1913 portrait of the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace by Sir John Lavery, a 1931 portrait of Aldous Huxley by Vanessa Bell and a portrait of Roald Dahl in RAF uniform by Matthew Smith. Admission to the galleries is free. For more, see www.npg.org.uk. PICTURE: Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery.
• The "most comprehensive" exhibition of the work of French artist Amedeo Modigliani opens at the Tate Modern today. Modigliani features 100 works including portraits, some of his lesser known sculptures and 10 of his controversial nude paintings, the largest group of such ever shown in the UK. The exhibition re-evaluates Modigliani's work and experimentation and includes well known and lesser known works with more than 40 of them never seen in the UK before. The works on show include Bust of a Young Woman (1908), Jean Cocteau (1916), and Boy with a Blue Jacket (1919). Runs until 2nd April. Admission charge applies. For more, see www.tate.org.uk.
• Former iconic Carnaby Street shop Lord John has been honoured with a City of Wesminster Green Plaque. Lord John, which dressed everyone from The Rolling Stones to the Beatles and The Kinks, was opened by brothers Warren, David and Harold Gold in 1964. The plaque can be seen at 43 Carnaby Street.
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The Modigliani programme at Tate Modern has 100 works including portraits, sculptures and nudes? Be still, my beating heart! I hope there is a catalogue.


Through tireless effort, including viral videos featuring his undeniably eerie Owlman creation, Scottish director Lawrie Brewster has managed to create quite the grassroots awareness for independent feature Lord of Tears. The macabre, Scottish mansion-set movie has since garnered acclaim from horror publications and hits from audiences who love to watch unsuspecting bystanders freaked by the gentlemanly creature. Brewster and co-writer Sarah Daly have punctuated their success with another hidden camera piece, this time filmed in the halls of an abandoned morgue. The director spoke to Shock about the video, as well as previewed his next two features in a most showman-like manner.


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Big Real Estate Warms to Senate Dems
For many years in Albany, a town with many an uncertainty, there was one constant: Joe Bruno was the majority
By Eliot Brown • 07/26/10 7:19pm
For many years in Albany, a town with many an uncertainty, there was one constant: Joe Bruno was the majority leader in the Senate, and the New York City real estate world was a loyal benefactor. The industry was a steadfast supporter of that Republican majority, and poured campaign contributions into Republican coffers (and not, with some minor exceptions, into Democratic ones). In turn, the Senate Republicans were equally loyal defenders of the policies that big real estate cared deeply about (issue No. 1: keeping rent regulations limited, or eliminating them all together).
Times have changed.
The latest campaign finance filings, released earlier this month, show an industry that is trying to adapt to what may be a new long-term reality. While landlords and others in the industry indeed continued to throw significant money at Republicans (at least $190,000 between January and July toward two accounts controlled by the Senate Republicans), the big surprise of the latest filing was the large amount of cash directed at the Senate Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, which took in at least $290,000 in real estate money in the same period. This offers a clear sign that the real estate industry is acknowledging that the slim Democratic majority in the chamber may indeed hang on to control in November, and landlords are not solely focusing their efforts at regaining Republican control.
Much of this haul by the DSCC came from a single fundraiser hosted by the powerful Real Estate Board of New York. Held at REBNY's headquarters in early July, the DSCC listed at least $126,000 from real estate interests coming in on a single day (filed as July 9, but I'm told the event was on July 6).
Among those giving at least $10,000 checks: Daniel Brodsky, Larry Gluck's Stellar Management, REBNY chair Mary Ann Tighe, Burt Resnick, and Tishman Speyer.
"Seeing the real estate industry embrace reality is both logical and reassuring," said a Democratic insider familiar with the donations.
With all this said, there is not total unity in direction: the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents landlords with large amounts of rent-regulated stock, has in particular has been throwing money at the Senate Republicans, directing at least $100,000 in the last filing toward the group. Still, RSA gives to many Democrats as well.
"I wouldn't say we're betting on anything," RSA vice president Frank Ricci said when asked if the group was hedging its bets. "There's reasonable people on both sides."
Hedging, of course, is probably a prudent idea. If REBNY worked solely at destroying the Democrats and then they actually maintained control in November, it would be hard to think many in the Senate majority would be eager to assuage the industry's legislative concerns. Instead, the industry seems to be turning toward individual candidates. Both REBNY president Steve Spinola and Rent Stabilization Association president Joe Strasburg have urged landlords to support individual Democratic Senators who are generally liked by the industry, (one example: Long Island Democrat Craig Johnson).
A few other things to note from the latest filing: a challenger to Harlem Democratic Senator Bill Perkins, Basil Smikle, took in a decent bit of real estate cash. And a bunch of folks in the real estate industry gave to Republican state comptroller candidate Harry Wilson (a fundraiser was held at REBNY's offices).
ebrown@observer.com
Filed Under: Home, Real Estate, Politics, Time to Make the Sausage, Senate Republicans, Senate Democrats, REBNY, state senate, New York, News & Politics
SEE ALSO: Scaffolding Deaths Are Claiming New York's Immigrant Workers in an Industry Lacking Accountability


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Practice Profile Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects first began in 1973 as K. Tsolakis & Associates in Melbourne Australia. Its architects opened the current practice Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects in Cyprus in 2008 where it has been steadily expanding its portfolio of work and is currently involved in a range of building types and scales. The practice works on cultural, residential and commercial projects providing full architectural, interior design and masterplanning design services for both public and private sectors.


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Montague, Ellen
Abt 1632 - 1659 (~ 27 years)
Name Montague, Ellen [1, 2, 3, 4]
Born Abt 1632 James City (now Surry County), Virginia, USA [5, 6]
Died 1659 Lancaster County, Virginia, USA [7]
Person ID I12010 My Genealogy
Father Montague (Monteacute), Peter, b. Between Mar 1602/03 and Nov 1603, Boveney, Burnham, Buckingham, England , d. 1 May 1659, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 56 years)
Mother Hannah, d. Bef 1645
Married Bef 1633 Nansemond County, Virginia, USA [2]
Family Thompson, William, b. Abt 1624, d. Bef 1674, Middlesex Co, Va (Age ~ 49 years)
Married Abt 1659 Virginia, USA [4, 5]
1. Thompson, William, b. Of, Middlesex Co, Va , bur. 27 Feb 1686, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA [natural]
2. Thompson, Elizabeth, b. Bef 1659, of, Middlesex County, Virginia, USA , d. Aft 7 Jul 1705, Middlesex, Virginia, USA (Age > 47 years) [natural]
Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800 - William Thompson
Married - Abt 1659 - Virginia, USA
Mention is her father, Peter Montegue's will:
"Item, I give to my daughter Ellen, the wife of Will Thompson, one thousand pounds of tobacco, and cask to be deducted, of a bill of thirteen hundred pounds of tobacco now due to me by the said Will Thompson."
[S27] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).
Date of Import: Apr 18, 2000
[S1142] American Marriages Before 1699, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;).
Record for Ellen Montague
[S1031] Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Will Thompson
[S1145] History and Genealogy of Peter Montegue of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and his Descendants, George William Montegue, (Name: Carpenter & Morehouse; Location: Mmhurst, Mass.; Date: 1894;), Page 58.
"George William Montegue, History and Genealogy of Peter Montegue of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and his Descendants, Carpenter & Morehouse, Amhurst, MA, 1894, page 57
[S1146] History and genealogy of Peter Montague of Jamestowne, Virginia, 1603-2003, Montague, Robert V, (Name: Otter Bay Books; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 2013;).
[S1144] Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives, Norma Tucker, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Com; Date: 1994;), page 195.


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Галашевы — деревня в Котельничском районе Кировской области в составе Юбилейного сельского поселения.

География
Располагается на расстоянии примерно 21 км по прямой на север от райцентра города Котельнич.

История
Известна с 1678 года как Новоросчистной починок на Хмелевом раменье с 4 дворами, в 1764 36 жителей. В 1873 году здесь (починок Росчистной или Галашевы) отмечено дворов 10 и жителей 130, в 1905 19 и 174, в 1926 (деревня Галашевы) 21 и 138, в 1950 25 и 92, в 1989 оставалось 49 человек.

Население
Постоянное население  составляло 3 человека (русские 100%) в 2002 году, 1 в 2010.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Котельничского района


text:
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Category: In-house Legal Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year
Diversity & Inclusion ("D&I") are top priorities for the Sainsbury's in-house legal team. Sainsbury's have undertaken a broad range of D&I initiatives to engage with all four diversity strands (race and religion, LGBT, disability, and gender). They have built a legal community of panel law firms with whom we have worked closely to establish key KPIs around D&I. This year's key D&I initiative includes a particular focus on social mobility, including:
extending the scope and visibility of the vacation scheme for Sainsbury's Group colleagues who are currently studying law at university with a hope to working within the legal industry, giving them first-hand legal experience. Sainsbury's specifically choose colleagues who have not had any legal work experience, to provide opportunities for those colleagues that may not necessarily be given them;
all managers have received unconscious bias training; and
challenging recruiters to source candidates from non-traditional backgrounds.


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CES 2021 Highlights: LG Rollable Phone & Transparent TV Revealed At Event
By Aaron Perine - January 12, 2021 06:22 pm EST
LG debuted a rollable phone teaser and a transparent TV at the CES 2021 virtual experience. The manufacturer has been angling for this kind of technology for years. People have long dreamed of a display that you can fold up into you pocket and take it with you. There are some other hurdles to clear before that becomes a reality though. For the meantime, both the phone design and that television hooked into a bed frame present a flip on the idea. LG is angling to have rolling screens rather than folding ones in these devices. In that way, buyers can still have the compact design that has become routine and still expand the size of devices if they deem it necessary. Funnily enough, LG actually sees multiple uses for that transparent TV and gave viewers a cool look at how it could function in their homes.
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The company describes it's 55-inch Transparent OLED Smart Bed as a way to clear up that wall space. The display can be rolled out just a little to display the date, time, and weather. For larger viewing experiences, the entire display will pop out from the foot of the bed. If that weren't extravagant enough, the screen is also 40% transparent, allowing you to see what else is going on in the room. Last year, Xiaomi debuted a similar design, but this one actually rolls up which cuts down physical footprint in the house even more. It will be interesting to see where this kind of technology goes from here. People envisioned this kind of tech integration in their bedrooms and living rooms decades ago. It's just now making waves in luxury markets, but that could be standard in a matter of years.
"Technologies and disciplines are converging to facilitate a host of digital innovations – AI, 5G connectivity, IoT, cloud, sensors, navigation, batteries – and they are transforming mobility which is a huge part of our lives," Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association said to LG. "And we're seeing that sort of change in so many other areas too: transport, logistics, agriculture, healthcare and even food."
Dr. I.P. Park, the president and CTO of LG offered, "We come back to the importance of working together across industries because building and expanding this kind of ecosystem is absolutely a multidisciplinary effort. It's all about teamwork, collaboration and partnership when it comes to innovation for a better life in the age of digital transformation."
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Chris Pitman
Chris Pitman Explained
Background: solo_singer
Birth Date: 25 February 1961[1]
Birth Place: Independence, Missouri, U.S.
Origin: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years Active: 1979–present
Label: ToneRiot, Geffen
Chris Pitman (born February 25, 1961)[1] is an American musician best known for his involvement with the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. A multi-instrumentalist, Pitman is known to play keyboards, guitar and drums, in addition to his role as a lead or backing vocalist. Pitman currently fronts alternative rock band SexTapes and previously worked with such bands as Guns N' Roses, Lusk, Replicants and Tool.
Pitman studied at the Art Institute of Kansas City and the University of Missouri. In 1993, Pitman worked with the controversial artist Les Levine. The following year, Pitman worked with Dr. Dre in Dre's home studio. He also joined Tool on tour and played synth on Tool's album Ænima. In 1995, he appeared on the album Bourgeois Kitten by Blinker the Star.
Guns N' Roses (1998-2016)
thumb|left|Pitman in 2006 with Guns N' RosesIn early 1998, Pitman joined Guns N' Roses as the band's second keyboardist and second bass player as well as performing backing vocals and percussion. He was featured on keyboards on the non-album single "Oh My God" in 1999 and on every song on the long-delayed sixth studio album Chinese Democracy.
On the album, Pitman plays mostly keyboards and sub-bass as well as programming and background vocals, he plays a 12-string guitar on "If The World" and a Mellotron on "There Was A Time". He also co-wrote the songs "If The World" and "Madagascar" alongside frontman Axl Rose. He was also responsible for the synth orchestra (along with Dizzy Reed and Axl Rose) on the songs Street of Dreams, There Was A Time, Madagascar, This I Love and Prostitute. Pitman co-wrote (alongside other keyboardist Dizzy Reed) an unreleased song which was performed live at Rock in Rio III entitled "Silkworms".[2]
Pitman started performing live with Guns N' Roses in January 2001. He was one of the longest serving members of the band. Pitman filled in for Tommy Stinson on bass in a 2007 show that Stinson was unable to attend.[3] In February 2016, Pitman made headlines for criticizing the upcoming Not In This Lifetime... Tour, calling it a "Nostalgia tour" and stating "please don't mention those who are there the last 20 fucking years … oh god no!! … (a money grab) FU."[4] Pitman later apologized for his comments, stating "Remember kids, dont drink n text!".[5] Pitman left the group soon afterwards, saying in an April 2016 interview "I quit the Oldies band, they just wanna repeat that 30 year old music over and over... boring.[6]
Pitman was replaced by Melissa Reese as the second keyboardist In March 2016, two weeks before the tour began.[7]
In August 2016, Pitman sued Rose for $125,000 in unpaid wages.[8] The two parties settled in November 2016.[9]
Musical Collaborations
Pitman has collaborated with a number of acts, as well as founding a number of experimental projects.
XR4 - Vocals, electronics in 1982.
Replicants - Pitman was keyboardist of the cover band that featured singer and guitarist Ken Andrews, drummer Greg Edwards, and bassist Paul D'amour.[10]
ZAUM - guitar, electronics, and lead vocals with Danny Carey of Tool, and Marko Fox of SexTapesTM.
Tool - In 1994/95, Pitman toured with them and, in 1996, played synths on the song "Third Eye".
Failure - Contributed sound effects and sound mixing.
Lusk - Recording, production, mixing, mastering, lead vocals, multi-instrumentation in this Grammy-nominated band in 1996-97.
Sony Panic - Guitar and live software management with this L.A. experimental/improvisational band in 1997.
Blinker the Star - Contributed keyboards to the song "Kween Kat" of the album Bourgeois Kitten in 1996. Co-wrote the single "Below the Sliding Doors" in 1998.
Savvy Soviets - Production/collaboration in Rio de Janeiro in 2003.
Electric Company - Synthesizer on the album Creative Playthings. Played live with this Brad Laner electronic music project in 2004.
The Source of Uncertainty - Recording with Danny Carey and others in 2008.
SexTapes - Working with Kelly Wheeler, Marko Fox, and Ryan Brown starting in 2006.[11]
Guns N' Roses - In 1998, Pitman joined this hard rock band as songwriter, co-producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Beatrazr - EDM music project with Frank Ferrer.[12] [13]
Workshop projects
Pitman has also done sound design and electronic work for Arturia software synthesizers, A Designs Audio [Peter Montessi], Waves Plugins, Waldorf Synthesizers, Apple's Logic Audio, Digidesign Plugins, Moog Synthesizers, Celemony's Melodyne, Ableton Live, Roland USA, Korg Music, Serge Synthesis [SMS], PlanB Synthesis [Peter Grenader], [Axel Hartmann] Neuron Synthesis, and Symbolic Sounds Kyma, Mandala Drums, Steven Slate Drums, Native Instruments.
Pitman was co-founder of Los Angeles-based art coalition 'Priory of the North,' which focuses on conceptual/public art and works primarily with oil painting, lithography, oils, and metal. His Land/Environment projects have been onsite in various Midwest regional farmland sites in Lafayette County and Johnson County, Missouri. His Rio de Janeiro site-specific work titled "Mind/Land" has been delayed until permits and visas for such materials can be imported. This work has been in progress since 2003.
Official Myspace
Official SexTapes website
Web site: Biography - Chris Pitman. www.mygnr.com.
Web site: Classic Interview with Chris Pitman (Guns N' Roses). https://web.archive.org/web/20160207173036/https://waynemaddenbg55qv.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/classic-interview-with-chris-pitman-guns-n-roses/. y. February 7, 2016.
Web site: GNRontour.com - GN'R Setlist Almanac 2007. www.gnrontour.com.
Web site: Guns N' Roses member Chris Pitman blasts "money grab" reunion tour. February 26, 2016.
Web site: GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist CHRIS PITMAN Apologizes For Calling Reunion 'Nostalgia Tour'. March 3, 2016. BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
Web site: Ex-GN'R Member Chris Pitman Apparently Calls Reunion 'Boring'. Graham. Hartmann. Loudwire.
Web site: Fil-Am brings girl power to Guns N' Roses. www.philstar.com.
http://www.tmz.com/2016/09/13/axl-rose-lawsuit-guns-n-roses-engineer-unpaid-wages/ Axl Rose Sued
Web site: Axl Rose Settles Lawsuit With Chris Pitman. Loudwire.
Web site: Replicants - Biography & History - AllMusic. AllMusic.
Web site: GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist CHRIS PITMAN Releases SEXTAPES. 10 December 2008.
Web site: HTGTH.com: Guns N' Roses News: Beatrazr new project with Chris Pitman & Frank Ferrer. www.heretodaygonetohell.com.
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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a classic viral marketing example that has to be studied by any one interested in marketing.
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge involves dumping a bucket of ice on yourself to show your support to the spread the awareness about ALS. ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neuro-degenerative disease that affects the brain cells.
Here is a video of taking this challenge by technology genius, Bill Gates, showing his skills in creativity while taking the challenge.
There are quite a few reasons why I think ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a classic viral marketing technique that has to be studied in depth by any one interested in marketing.
The most important fact is that ALS Ice Bucket Challenge follows the classic SMART goals used in Project Management at various levels.
Specific: The ALS challenge involves performing a specific task, which is very easy to perform as any one can get a bucket filled with ice and water easily, and dump it on themselves.
Measurable: The challenge has a measured goal which states that you have to dump the bucket of water on yourself and then name three people who you would like to challenge.
Relevant: This is about a cause and hence brings in a sense of relevance to anyone involved.
Time Bound: You have only 24 hours to do it or you have to pay 100USD towards the cause!
Influencers: The challenge started in April 2014 but went viral in July 2014 after it caught up among main stream celebrities in the US. Finding the right influencers is the key to the success of any marketing campaign.
Instant Gratification: It is always fun when you are able to upload a video of yourself after accomplishing something. It is the simplest form of instant gratification.
Scalability: This challenge uses a variation of Multi-Level-Marketing approach where you have to name three more people who have to take this challenge. Hence making it viral.
Cause: The cause here is such that everyone knows they can still support the cause, even if they have no clue of what ALS is.
Low Entry Barrier: As there is no profit or loss involved for any one in doing this challenge, it makes it easier to participate.
For the above reasons, I believe this is one of the best examples of viral marketing we have seen in recent times.
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Scotstown set up an Ulster club decider against Crossmaglen by prevailing against Trillick in a tight semi-final.
Daniel McDonnell netted early for Trillick but a Darren Hughes goal helped Scotstown to a 1-5 to 1-4 lead at the break in Brewster Park.
Hughes completed his double before Niall Gormley fired in as Trillick closed to within a point.
Points from Orin Heaphy and Rory Beggan ensured the Monaghan men reached a first provincial final since 1989.
Farney forward Hughes was the star performer for Scotstown, adding two points to his goals.
Trillick, who had All Star Mattie Donnelly in their ranks, were punished for squandering a series of openings in the second half.
Scotstown will take on Crossmaglen, who beat Kilcoo by four points in Newry, on 29 November with the venue yet to be confirmed.
Scotstown joint-manager Mattie McGleenan said: "It was an unbelievable game of football in very difficult conditions.
"There was a 10-minute window at the end and it was a case of who would blink first - Rory Beggan stepped up with the decisive score.
"There were two teams fighting and scraping for our every and the lads were outstanding, I'm so proud of them.
"Crossmaglen are a superb team but our attitude is fabulous and we'll just give it our best.
"I'm not saying we'll beat Crossmaglen, just that we will give them a good game."


Well, today I tried to donate blood, but since I was in England for 9 months and they have the whole Mad Cow disease thing, they disqualified me. At least I got a sticker that says, "Be nice to me too...I tried."
In other news, I have been very very busy lately b/c I have 2 tests this week, a test monday, and a presentation a week from friday. ahhhh. going to go insane.
Things with the others are doing well. Had a LONG talk with Aerith after V-day. Things are much better now and we are trying to be more thoughtful and caring about each other. Yesterday he bought me a teal nose-stud. My favorite color! the one color that i've been dying for (I ruled out black b/c it would just look like a large pimple *G*).
Must go read about Motzart and then listen to/watch The Marriage of Figarro. Yay.


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I'm amazed at how unintelligent a lot of the population can be at time. Did you know that some people think we're not going to need office fitouts on the moon? Those people are IDIOTS. Not just that, but they're short-sighted idiots. I gave a presentation at the meeting tonight about the importance of admin, and also how efficient admin requires comfortable surroundings. I've worked in far too many offices that were too miserly to improve the physical space in any way, and they paid for it with decreased motivation of their workers. Obviously there's going to be a load of admin when we get to the moon, working out the daily rations of oxygen, who gets to be fed on that particular cycle, and the assignment of duties is going to be immense.
There are whole degrees you can do on commercial office space design. Melbourne has a bunch of universities that now office this career path. So while I'm not an office designer, I do believe that is one of my latent talents. And hopefully, everyone else is now convinced. I made a bit of a mockup of what the main office space would look like, situated in the main dome of our colony. People had some cruel things to say about how it should be strictly utilitarian, and there was no room for any flourishes. I bit back with some rather biting (and dare I say, witty) comments about how rather homogenous surface of the moon can be, and how we'll need extra stimulation until the terraforming process takes hold. It was something like that, but a lot wittier. And so, office design will be even more important than before, as we attempt to transform our budding kingdom into a wonderful space of transcendent design. And that design begins in the place where everything is organised: the office space. Design in Melbourne is some of the best in the world, so it falls to us to improve upon it for our lunar paradise. Just imagine the future of offices in that fair landscape, all…open, and moon-like.


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Florida NAACP wants DeVos to decline invite to make graduation speech at Bethune-Cookman
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TALLAHASSEE — Debate over the selection of President Donald Trump's education secretary to deliver the commencement address at a private historically black university in Daytona Beach is starting to look more like a proxy war over Florida's controversial vouchers.
Florida's chapter of the NAACP called on U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to decline Bethune-Cookman University's invitation to speak at the May 10 graduation "based on her horrible public education record impacting blacks and minorities in Florida and around the country." In a statement Monday, President Adora Obi Nweze also implored the institution not to offer DeVos an honorary degree.
"What makes the Bethune Cookman University approach unusual is their plan to honor a person who has been on the job less than one hundred days and has no record of advancing educational equity for all students," Nweze said. "This would be a slap in the face to minorities, women and all communities of color."
Democrats have also criticized B-CU's plans to host DeVos, pointing to her recent characterization of historically black colleges and universities as "pioneers" of "school choice." Leaders of the schools called her comments ignorant and accused her of whitewashing the country's history of racial segregation, during which black students had few if any options for higher education.
DeVos, a billionaire GOP donor, has promoted vouchers in Florida as well as in her home state of Michigan and is hoping to expand alternatives to public schools nationally.
Despite the outcry, Bethune-Cookman University President Edison Jackson defended his decision to invite DeVos late Monday in a letter and video address to the campus community. He argued it was important for students to be exposed to people who have political beliefs that are different than their own.
"When we seek to shelter our students and campus communities from views that are diametrically opposed to their own, we actually leave our students far less capable of combating those ideas," he said. "Additionally, the sheer diversity of our human family requires us to listen to and understand one another. We cannot, and we will not, ever accomplish this if we continue to exist in ideological, social, and racial silos."
Shortly after he released the letter, the U.S. Department of Education officially announced that DeVos will speak at the May 10 graduation.
The NAACP has been a chief opponent of Florida's long-established tax-credit scholarships, which cover private school tuition for poor students through state-incentivized corporate donations. Along with a statewide teachers union, the civil rights organization drove a legal challenge of the voucher-like policy all the way to the state Supreme Court and lost.
Meanwhile, prominent voucher proponents in Florida have come to DeVos' defense. In particular, representatives of Step Up for Students, a nonprofit organization charged with doling out the tax-credit scholarships, bolstered her argument that B-CU's founder Mary McLeod Bethune should be described as an early leader of the "school choice" movement.
A Twitter account for Step Up For Students' blog, redefinED, weighed in: "HBCU controversy aside, Bethune herself WAS a school choice pioneer whose efforts echo in the present," linking to a blog post titled, "Lessons from a school choice trailblazer." The post, written by the group's director for policy & public affairs, Ron Matus, chronicles Bethune's 1904 founding of a public school for black girls in Daytona. "There were public schools for black students in early 1900s Florida, but they were far inferior to white schools," according to the post, which was part of "a series on the center-left roots of school choice."
Further, Patrick Gibbons, the organization's public affairs manager, tweeted there were "few options" but "not none" for black students who wanted to go to college, and "Bethune and others worked to create more."
"There were a few integrated colleges in the north," he posted, adding in a private message to POLITICO Florida that W.E.B. Du Bois attended Harvard University, and Oberlin College in Ohio began admitting black students in the mid-1830s.
Step Up for Students was founded by John Kirtley, who helped crafted the scholarships under then-Gov. Jeb Bush. A Tampa venture capitalist, Kirtley has chaired a political action committee that supports state-level candidates who favor school choice policies in addition to supporting their campaigns with personal donations. He is the vice chair of the American Federation for Children, a national education reform advocacy group that was chaired by DeVos before she took the U.S. Department of Education's helm.
The American Federation for Children has paid for campaigns in which black and Hispanic religious leaders have advocated for the scholarships as creating opportunities for minority children to access quality alternatives to struggling public schools in impoverished communities. Martin Luther King III headlined a massive $1 million rally in Tallahassee last year.
The university had announced on Monday that DeVos would speak at the graduation after POLITICO Florida's reported the plan.
In an earlier statement, the school also promoted the argument that the educational philosophies of Bethune and DeVos are aligned.
DeVos' "mission to empower parents and students resonates with the history and legacy of Dr. Bethune," the school said in a statement.
Bethune said its president "was not constrained by political ideology but worked across all parties to support B-CU."
UPDATED at 8:45 p.m. with a statement from Bethune-Cookman University President Edison Jackson.
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When there's something strange in the imperial court, who you gonna call? During Japan's Heian period, an era of classical Japanese history spanning from 784 to 1185, most folks relied on powerful ghostbusters called onmyoji, wizard-like masters of yin and yang, to ease the energies of vengeful spirits (most famously that of Prince Sawara) who'd stir up all kinds of trouble from plagues and famine to earthquakes and typhoons and other natural disasters mistaken as superstitious punishment. As we have witnessed in recent weeks, perceiving catastrophe as divine comeuppance has changed little over the centuries thanks to Shintaro Ishihara and Glenn Beck, among others, for their knuckleheaded remarks --- no "that was then, this is now" about it. But this is not about jabbing trashy speculation at fresh wounds, this is about a cheesy, historic fantasy movie that I recently caught in my Heian Culture class called Onmyoji (2001, Yojiro Takita) starring Mansai Nomura as Abe no Seimei, a person of historic origin, legendary in Japanese folklore, who was in fact the Merlin of his time and place. Being one of those so-called "super seniors," it's a small miracle I didn't skip said scheduled movie day, I might add.
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It's Valentine's Day, dear readers, and you know what that means! Time to dress up in our festive knickers with the edible tassles and frolic in the underground glitter pits!
While many people celebrate this day with awkward, workplace greetings, or by forcing their children to bestow amorous cards upon classmates they normally wouldn't even sit next to for a meal, or by showing their paramour their affection by gifting them confections with so much sugar and saturated fat in them they could kill a cat, still so many of us don't know the origin of the day.
Valentine's Day is one of the world's most ancient holidays. Archaeological evidence has shown texts referring to the celebration of Valentine's Day from as far back as 1965 AD, but we have reason to believe Valentine's Day may have been older.
In Great Britain, Paleolithic ruins suggest that there were, in midwinter (around our February) great festivals in which Stone Age dudes would construct impressively huge, heart-shaped boxes, in which nougat-shaped rocks were placed inside wrappers made of shale. These were then buried with females, who would die after eating them, because when you eat a lot of rocks you die.
In ancient Japan, during the Asuka period (538 to 710), the proto-Japanese Yamato politically gradually became a clearly centralized state, defining and applying a code of governing laws, such as the Taika Reform and Taih? Code. The introduction of Buddhism led to the discontinuing of the practice of large kofun.


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