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Kansans plan unemployment march as lawmakers push for oversight council
Kansas lawmakers work to establish council to oversee KDOL
By: Emma James
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas lawmakers are pushing for more control over changes to the Department of Labor's unemployment system.
This week, lawmakers in the state House and Senate are hearing testimony on several bills.
House Bill 2196 and Senate Bill 177 are mirror bills with identical language that would establish an unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, as well as other changes to the Department of Labor. The council would oversee modernization upgrades and make recommendations on changes to the unemployment system.
The bills read:
"The council shall also examine the process by which an individual files a claim for and receives benefits and any changes made to that process after the effective."
The council would be made up of 11 members, which would include lawmakers in the state House and Senate, representatives of employees and employers, and the secretary of labor or a designee of the secretary who has administrative responsibilities.
Olathe Republican and Senate Commerce Committee Chair Rob Olson has said he wants the oversight and management of the Department of Labor to be non-political and by an independent board rather than a secretary appointed by the governor.
Olson and committee members heard testimony earlier this week from Keeli Walker about her struggles to receive payments and get communication from the department.
"I spent probably a couple hours on a Saturday calling, and I called about 130 times maybe and still couldn't get ahold of anybody," Walker said during a virtual hearing Wednesday. "It's just been a really frustrating experience."
Lawmakers also heard from Eric Stafford, vice president of government affairs for the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, in support of the bills.
Stafford explained the modernization in 2004 of the unemployment system focused largely on the claimant side and left employers struggling.
"Employers are still giving reports back on paper. We have no ability to real-time investigate claims under an employer's account; it's all handled through the mail and fax," Stafford said.
A hearing on Thursday continued with testimony from Deputy Labor Secretary Peter Brady. Brady began by stating the department wants to work with legislators to find solutions. He said KDOL supports some components of the bill, is neutral about some, and has concerns over others.
While KDOL is neutral about the creation of the the Unemployment Compensation and Improvement Council, Brady said the agency does have several concerns, including about the technical requirements laid out in the bill.
"We do not think it would be prudent to one, tie the state in statute to specific technological requirements and two, we do see a potential security concern with putting the requirements for our new system out in a public space such as the statute," Brady said.
A spokesperson for Olson said there will be no committee vote on SB 177 Friday and the senator is encouraging both parties to come to a common ground this weekend. He is committed to getting the bill to the Senate floor next week.
Meanwhile, Kansans are taking matters into their own hands. Cassandra Dickerson said she's organizing several peaceful marches and rallies at the state Capitol building starting Friday.
"They need to hear us a different way and the only way they're going to do that is if we show up at the Capitol and make them hear us," Dickerson said.
Dickerson said she's waiting on seven weeks of payments currently, but she knows others are worse off. She wants to see a third-party investigation and frequent briefings on the issue from Gov. Laura Kelly.
41 Action News reached out to Kelly's office about the legislation and a spokesperson sent this statement:
"We are still reviewing the legislation; however, Governor Kelly will not support any bill that creates more bureaucratic red tape that will slow down the Department of Labor's efforts to modernize their 40-year-old IT system."


The smoldering summer sun is sinking beyond the clouds, leaving a glowing orange glaze across the sky, and twinkle in the rearview mirror of your car. The windows are wound down, allowing the sweet warmth of the empty highway's wind to feel your skin, causing gentle frenzy as it flurries through your hair. You turn up the radio, and the chilled nonchalance of the melody spreads a satisfied smile across your face. VHS Collection's 'So I Met Someone' is the perfect drive time song for those warm summer nights.
The NYC-based VHS Collection explains that the track is about "the bittersweet reality of standing in between an old relationship and a new one." Although the concept behind the lyrics is embedded with blurred confusion, the music doesn't express the situation to be adverse. It's not quite a party track, like their single 'Wide Awake', but the aurorally contagious lyrics will soon have you itching to belt them at the top of your lungs, as you're driving home.
Although VHS Collection brand themselves as a rock band, this particular song strays away from the generic rock norm. Despite the eerie Stranger Things opening title-like tune, lingering discreetly in the background, the organized, rhythmic guitar strums combined with soft, synthetic vocals all aid the electronic like sound, with just a hint of light rock. Despite the band suggesting that they're inspired by Chance the Rapper, this song seems to evoke similar vibes to that of the 1975, with meaningful lyrics yet a slightly up tempo and jolly melody.
The band are set to release their full length record later this year, filled with authentic, alternative, and truly chilled tracks, just like 'So I Met Someone'. To hear the full album live, take a look at their scheduled tour dates below.


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Viola is a genus of flowering plants that belong to the Violaceae family. It consists of about 400-500 species that are distributed around the world. However, most species are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are perennial plants, some are annual plants while the rest are some small shrubs.
A lot of viola species are grown as ornamental flowers used in rock gardens and borders. The viola flower, or garden pansy, is one of the most popular varieties and is extensively used for spring/autumn/winter bedding or pot plant. One fluke of some varieties of viola is the elusive scent of their flowers. This is because of the ketone compound ionone that temporarily desensitizes nose receptors. The odor prevents the detection of further scent from the flower before the nerves recover.
Most viola species have scalloped leaves that are shaped like tiny hearts. However, others have palmate leaves or other different shapes. The majority of viola species are herbaceous while others lack visible stems wherein the flower and foliage appear like they rise from the ground. The flowers have five petals wherein four are upswept and one is broad and points downward.
Violas are usually propagated by seed. These plants are easy to start from seed and are known to self-seed. For an indoor start, it is ideal to begin around 4-6 weeks before transplanting. You can pick a transplant date around 4 weeks before the last expected frost because Violas are known to withstand some freezing conditions.
Remember to use a sterile potting mix then fill the pots or flats to around 1/4 inch below the top part. Sprinkle 2-3 seeds in each container or cell and then cover lightly with some moistened potting mix. The seeds need to be covered completely because Violas require darkness to germinate. The container must be placed in a warm location about 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit and must be kept moist. A good tip is to keep it on top of the refrigerator. The seeds should ideally start to germinate in 10-14 days.
Once the seeds sprout, the container should be exposed to light. It can be placed in a sunny window or plant lights can be used. Once the first true leaves appear, the pot or cell should be thinned to the strongest seedling. This is done by cutting or pinching the other seedling at the soil line. At this point, 55 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit is sufficient and a balanced, water soluble fertilizer can be used to feed the seedlings.
For transplanting outdoors, remember to let the seedlings adjust by hardening them off first. They should be moved to a protected and shaded location outdoors about 4 hours on the first day and increasing by 1-2 hours every succeeding day and slowly moving to a brighter area. You will know if the seedlings are doing well by looking at their appearance. Remember to keep the soil moist as they can quickly dry up outdoors. The seedlings can be transplanted outdoors after 10-14 days of hardening.
Violas like full to partial sun. These plants thrive in cool and moist weather. In warmer places, it is recommended to have partial shade.
For best results, add some general purpose fertilizer when planting and about once a month thereafter. Each viola flower plant should ideally be spaced about 6 inches apart. However, they will tolerate a little crowding.
Once established, violas should grow well even when left unattended. During dry spells, violas should be watered 1-2 times per week. To extend blooming periods, the flowers can be deadheaded.


a. 1. Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.
v. t. 1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.
2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.
Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books.
Verb 1. excommunicate - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"


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Hotel Staff Compete Against Each Other With Vacuums And Mops In The Wild 'Housekeeping Olympics'
By: Margeaux Baulch Klein
Las Vegas is known for having a lot of hotels — over 100, by some estimates. However, what many people don't know is that the hotel housekeeping professionals who work on the Las Vegas Strip don't just spend all of their time cleaning up other people's bachelorette parties and wild nights out — they also get together each year to compete in a "Housekeeping Olympics" to show off their skills.
If you're wondering what a Housekeeping Olympics consists of, it's exactly what you think it is. For the last 30 years, teams from Las Vegas hotels like the Mirage, New York New York, and the MGM, to name a few, gather together once a year to compete against each other in events like a vacuum race, a bed-making speed contest, a toilet paper and toilet brush toss, and a mop relay race — all while wearing fun, color-coordinated T-shirts or full-on costumes.
Take a look at this hotel staff's mummy-inspired costumes at the 2019 games on the International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) Facebook page:
Meanwhile, here's a competitor in the mop relay race:
The toilet brush toss requires contestants to throw a toilet brush into a garbage can from quite a distance away:
According to the Mandalay Bay President Chuck Bowling, the point of the Housekeeping Olympics is to celebrate the city's housekeeping professionals, since they are basically the unsung heroes of the hospitality industry.
The Housekeeping Olympics isn't just a team-building exercise, either, as there are actual awards given out. Judges determine the winners of each event and award them with gold, silver and bronze medals.
At the end of the day, the team with the most medals takes home a trophy for being best overall. (There are smaller trophies for the runner-up teams.) In 2019, the Venetian Hotel took home the top prize, beating out 14 other hotels.
Here they are in a Facebook photo accepting their winning trophy:
But from this Facebook photo, it looks like a great time was had by all — whether or not they won a top prize!
In addition to Las Vegas, the Housekeeping Olympics is also held in other cities hosted by the IEHA. However, the Vegas games are probably the best-known, thanks to the city's status as a hotel mecca.
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Dara Kristin Hobbs is an American operatic soprano, who has appeared internationally, mostly in European opera houses. Her repertoire has focused on dramatic soprano roles in operas by Wagner and Strauss such as Isolde and Ariadne.

Career
Born in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, Hobbs studied at Northwestern University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in European history in 1994 and Master of Music in 1997. She studied on a scholarship from the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz in summer 2005, and at the Vocal Arts Symposium in Spoleto, Italy, in summer 2006.

She was a member of the Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach from 2007 to 2012, where she performed title roles such as Verdi's Aida, Puccini's Tosca and Suor Angelica, and Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. Other major parts included the Countess in Mozart's Il nozze,  Lisa in Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, and Elisabeth in Verdi's Don Carlos. From 2012, she has worked as a freelance singer.

Hobbs has appeared at the Bayreuth Festival from 2013 as Ortlinde in Die Walküre. She performed at opera houses in Europe and the US, often in parts by Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. She performed Ariadne at the Leipzig Opera, the Staatsoper Hannover and the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon. She appeared as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer at the Sarasota Opera in Florida, as Sieglinde in Die Walküre at the Frankfurt Opera, and as Isolde in Tristan und Isolde at Theater Bonn, Theater Chemnitz, Theater Regensburg, Stadttheater Minden,  and at Schloss Neuschwanstein.

The performance in Minden, staged by Matthias von Stegmann and played by the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conducted by Frank Beermann, with Andreas Schager as Tristan, received international recognition. A reviewer from Vienna wrote called her performance sensational and described in detail her voice as well-trained, clear, full, and at the same time mellow and with metal luster in high range ("bestens durchgebildete, klare, große Stimme, zugleich weich, warm, voll und mit Metallklang in den Höhen, wo gefordert"), a voice to express the dramatic situations. She appeared as Brünnhilde in Der Ring in Minden from 2016 to 2019. On 10 July 2021, she appeared in the title role of Beethoven's Fidelio in a concert performance at the Alfred Fischer Hall in Hamm as part of the KlassikSommer Hamm festival. Beermann conducted the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, choir and soloists.

References

External links

 Dara Hobbs Operabase

 Artists Corner: Soprano Dara Hobbs sarasotaopera.blogspot.de 2014

American operatic sopranos
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Northwestern University alumni
Singers from Wisconsin
Classical musicians from Wisconsin
21st-century American women

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Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Forms Multi-Disciplinary Cannabis Law Group | Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. announces the formation of its cross-disciplinary Cannabis Law group, established to respond to the needs of the firm's clients in connection with New Jersey's recently expanded legal medical marijuana program and the State's potential enactment of an adult-use recreational program.
The group unites 17 lawyers from the firm's employment, health law, pharmacy law, litigation, energy, banking and financial services, real estate, criminal defense and family law practice groups.
Members of the Wilentz Cannabis law group provide legal advice to employers, landlords, producers, patients, caregivers, dispensaries, physicians, hospitals, medical practices and others doing business in or impacted by the legal cannabis market. Two members of the group are also registered pharmacists. Members of the group also provide representation in matters arising from cannabis use, including employment concerns, and criminal defense and family matters.
The Wilentz Cannabis Law group is led by three shareholders: Angelo J. Cifaldi, co-co-chair of the firm's Mass Tort and Class Action group, co-chair of the firm's pharmacy law group and a member of the firm's management committee; Michael F. Schaff, chair of the firm's Corporate and Health Law groups and member of the firm's management committee; and Roy H. Tanzman, a shareholder in the firm's Commercial Real Estate group.
Angelo Cifaldi is also a registered pharmacist and an adjunct professor of Pharmacy Law and Bioethics at Rutgers College of Pharmacy. He has been advising the firm's clients on the commercial and legal impact of New Jersey's medical marijuana program since the program's inception in 2010.
As the leader of Wilentz's prominent Health Law practice, Michael Schaff represents physicians, hospitals and others doing business in the healthcare sector nationally. He is also a prolific speaker on health law and is co-editor of the October 2018 Special Edition of New Jersey Law Magazine focused on Cannabis Law.


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Dolphins' loss ends on controversial call, overshadows red zone issues
40dCameron Wolfe
From Dolphins discard to Titans treasure, Ryan Tannehill had 'to move on'
1dCameron Wolfe
Jets approach offseason with seldom-used plan -- coaching continuity
2dRich Cimini
Retiring Lorenzo Alexander turned LB switch into 'something special'
2dMarcel Louis-Jacques
Patriots' Joe Thuney could command monster contract in free agency
2dMike Reiss
Ryan Tannehill found his team, now the Dolphins need to find their QB
Dolphins' most important offseason in recent memory is in high gear
Buffalo Bills GM: 'We don't win 10 games without Josh Allen'
Can Jets count on Sam Darnold to become an elite quarterback?
Could Dolphins nab their franchise QB in Tua Tagovailoa?
'We ride with Josh': Bills teammates gush about QB after playoff loss
11dMarcel Louis-Jacques
Inside look at Le'Veon Bell's historically poor season with Jets
12dRich Cimini
Texans-Bills inactives: Who's in, who's out in wild-card round
13dSarah Barshop
Future forecast: What is a realistic expectation for Tom Brady at 43?
14dMike Reiss
Bills' Josh Allen: I've got to lead team, 'find a way' to win
Ranking Tom Brady's top 10 playoff performances: Can he add to list?
Cameron WolfeESPN Staff Writer
Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post
Graduate of the University of Houston
A native of Jackson, Miss.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores immediately ran to the NFL official, full of displeasure after an overturned pass interference call led to his team losing a 22-21 nail-biter to the New York Jets.
Flores approached the official after time ran out, clearly expressing his dismay as his assistant pulled him away from the ref toward the locker room.
"We lost the game. I was upset we lost the game," Flores said. "I'm not going to answer any questions about the officiating."
The Dolphins (3-10) need that fire and energy as they move toward what they hope will be a more competitive season in 2020. But, there are still some issues need to be solved over the final three games -- most notably their red zone regression.
The Dolphins finished 0-for-6 in the red zone Sunday, settling for five field goals made in that area. The lack of production in the red zone proved to be the difference, and was a big step back for a team that had converted 80% of their touchdowns in the red zone since Week 6.
As Miami looks for ways to improve headed into their final three games, scoring touchdowns should be a key start.
Dolphins kicker Jason Sanders made a franchise-record seven field goals, including the go-ahead kick with 1 minute and 33 seconds left that gave Miami a chance to win. He did miss one field goal attempt after a bobbled snapper-to-holder exchange.
Pivotal play: On a third-and-18 from Miami's 46-yard line with less than a minute left, Sam Darnold threw an incomplete pass to receiver Vyncint Smith with cornerback Nik Needham making contact with him a little early. Pass interference wasn't called, but the booth reviewed the play and overturned the ruling, giving the Jets first-and-10 on Miami's 38-yard line. Sam Ficken kicked the game-winning 44-yard field goal for the Jets' win.
"We lost on a call. It's trash. I'm not going to lie," Needham said. "That's just a tough call at the end. I feel like if that's at the beginning of the game, they're not even looking at that. thanks. We're about to win the game right there. Then they give the game to the officials. That's crazy."
Silver lining: The Dolphins lost receivers DeVante Parker and Albert Wilson for the game because of concussions. The injury to Parker is particularly devastating because he is their top receiver in the midst of a breakout season, but the silver lining is how Isaiah Ford stepped up in their absences. Ford had six catches for 92 yards.
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Ford, who spent much of the season on the Dolphins' practice squad, had two catches for nine yards coming into the game. Ford's career-best game should provide him with more opportunities going forward, especially if Parker or Wilson have to miss Sunday's Week 15 game at the New York Giants.
Biggest hole in the game plan: Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson got unleashed on the Dolphins' secondary, going off for seven catches for 116 yards and a touchdown.
On the Jets' game-winning drive, Steven Parker made a poor decision in diving to break up a pass to Smith that went for 37 yards. Later, Needham's pass interference set the stage for the game-winning field goal. Fair or not, secondary errors ultimately led to the Dolphins' loss.
QB breakdown: Ryan Fitzpatrick, the runner, was on the full display Sunday. He led Miami with 65 rushing yards, the second time he has led the team in rushing this season. Largely because of Fitzpatrick (with some help from Patrick Laird's 48 rushing yards), the Dolphins surpassed 100 rushing yards for the second time this season. It was their most rushing yards in a game this season.
It helped the Dolphins move the ball effectively, at least until they got into the red zone. Field goals ultimately weren't enough to beat the Jets on Sunday.


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Buy the Land And Cultivate in Different World CH 231
Author:novelreader Category:urban Update time:2023-01-01 23:09:07
C231: CRUISE JOURNAL
I am Capt.
Racha Leones, a demon sailor and explorer in search of the sea's mysteries.
The sea has many dangerous and breathtaking romances—an ancient island where refugee demons have settled and built their own civilization, several paradise islands managed by the mermaids, the rumored Dragon King Geyser Dragon that dwells in the Dragon Emperor's Fortress at the far end of the sea, and many more.
The whereabouts and existence of these places remain unknown and unconfirmed.
Finding these mysterious islands and taking the first step is what ocean exploration is all about.
People on land say that the war is over and the whole world is united, but such words are the jests of those who know little.
We have yet to see a huge portion of the world.
Uncovering each of them is the life of a seafarer.
For as long as I live, I will wade my way through this pathless ocean.
O' San Imelda, my love, embrace the wind with your bewitching sails!
But during my voyage, San Imelda's sails no longer embraced the wind
It's calm at sea, the most frightening thing for us sailors—no wind, no waves.
Just a still and silent sea.
A sailing boat can't move anywhere without wind, so once it's caught in a lull, all we can do is wait for the weather's whims.
Those who can ride a magic-powered ship that can sail freely without wind are the select elite members of the Demon King's army.
When will the wind blow
It might blow in a while, or it might not until tomorrow.
It might blow in three days, ten days, a month, or six months.
It may not blow at all, even if we're on board and already famished.
The more we are caught in the lull, the more we realize how insignificant beings we are, only kept alive by the whims of nature.
Thirteen days have already passed since the ship stopped moving.
The standstill far exceeded our expectations, and we were beginning to run out of supplies.
Even if by some miracle the wind had picked up and we had been able to reach the nearest port, we would have barely enough left.
I told my crew that we would cut down from two meals a day to one and prepare for the worst, but that would not help if the wind did not blow.
Despair hangs in the air around the deck.
I wonder if we're going to die of hunger and thirst.
From the moment we decided to become sailors, we knew we would not die quietly on land.
But I never thought that dying at sea would be so quiet and somber.
It's a somewhat anti-climactic end for a marine adventurer.
If I'm going to die here, can't it be at least through a strike of lightning
Then my fellow survivors can spread the word about my glorious last moments.
"Captain… Captain!"
As I was lost in my trifling fantasies, a sailor called out to me.
I was so hungry that I almost lost consciousness.
That was close.
"…What Did you find a phantom ship that will take us to the underworld"
"I'm not sure if it's a phantom ship or not, but our lookout spotted it.
It's coming straight toward us."
I meant it as a joke, but the unexpected report cleared the haze from my consciousness.
"What nonsense are you talking about A ship is heading toward us"
Have you forgotten what kind of crisis we're in
What kind of ship rides the waves without any wind
"That's why the other crew members are flustered.
It might actually be a phantom ship!"
I couldn't help but click my tongue at the sailor's foolish joke.
Oh, well.
I'll just have to see for myself.
I walk out of my cabin and make my way to the deck.
"To the right, Captain."
The sailor leads me to the edge of the deck, and sure enough, there's something that looks like a ship sailing across the water.
There are no sails on it and is clearly coming toward us.
"…There's no wind, right"
I can't help but ask the people around me even though I know the answer is obvious.
How is that sailless ship moving!
"If it can move without wind, it doesn't need a sail!"
"Perhaps it's one of those rumored magic-powered ships in the Demon King's Army.
If so, it makes sense that it can move without wind…"
I've seen magic-powered ships before, but their design is clearly different from the one in the distance.
The mysterious ship floating in the ocean before me is sparkling.
…The closer it approached us, the more defined its features became.
What is that!
Its hull is shining like metal!
"No… It doesn't look like metal, it is metal! It's a metal ship!"
"Metal, how Doesn't it usually sink in water and rust in the salt wind!"
"I guess it really is a phantom ship!!!"
The crew is in chaos.
The famine has gotten to their brains, but the fact that they're making such a fuss indicates that the shock is that great.
"W-What should we do, Captain!"
"Nothing! We can't move, so if they want to come, we can only greet them.
Make sure our crew is fully armed just in case!"
Before long, the mysterious ship came alongside our San Imelda.
A plank was laid across to create a makeshift bridge between our ships.
And what crossed over it was…
"An orc!"
"Ahhhhhhhhh! Why are there monsters on the ship!"
A ship full of monsters
What is up with this ship It's just one mystery after another!
The only thing I can say for sure is that this orc is different from the norm.
I could tell from a glance that if this guy went on a rampage, our ship would sink.
I didn't want to die a simple death, but I wasn't expecting something this bizarre either.
This is a fitting end for a marine adventurer!
"U-Um…"
I was already preparing myself for all sorts of things, but then, the orc spoke to me.
What now!
"You seem to be in some trouble, so we've come on board without permission.
Are you all right Are you in distress You all look pale from the looks of it, are you perhaps hungry"
The orc asked about our welfare and I told him about our predicament.
"I see… My Lord! It seems that they are indeed in distress! They said they're running out of food!"
The orc shouts as he turns back to their ship, and on the other side of the railing, I see a lanky… human
…I think He looks different.
"Okay! We're not sparing any expense! Also, ask if any of them are sick!"
The monster is listening to what the human is saying!
The human race in question raises his voice even more toward us.
"Ah! You must be the captain! Sorry I'm talking to you from so far away! I'm the captain of this ship! We'll be bringing in some of our supplies, so I'll greet you once again then!"
"O-Okay…"
"Are any of you suffering from scurvy! I know how it feels! We've got lots of orange juice on board, so don't worry!"
W-What the hell is going on!
All I can say for sure is that this strange encounter has given us a new tomorrow when we should have been dead.
"…And there you have it."
Five days have passed since then.
We made it to the nearest port, guzzled down a few drinks at a bar, and reflected upon our recent experience.
We had made it back alive without losing a single sailor.
What a miracle!
"We were trapped in the calm, but the mysterious ship towed us to a route where the trade winds were blowing.
We were ready to die until they came.
I even thought I'd never see your filthy face again!"
"Oh, quit your babbling and tell me a better lie."
"Say what!"
I'm sharing drinks with a fellow explorer I met by chance in the port town, yet he calls me a liar the moment I told him about my peculiar experience!
"Of course, it's a lie! A ship with no sails sailing on its own Exterior made of metal There's no such ship in the world! If it's metal, it'll sink! It would rust in the sea breeze!!!"
"I know, I know… But I saw it with my own eyes, how are you going to deny that!"
You have got to believe it really happened.
Hundreds of epic romances exist in the vast ocean.
That ship is one of those, no doubt about it.
But my seafaring friend doesn't seem to believe what I said.
"Your silly talk aside, there's been some interesting gossip going around lately, do you want to hear all about it"
"It seems that somewhere in this world, there is an earthly paradise that has all the treasures you could ever imagine… It's called the Saint's Farm."
The Saint's Farm
"Rumors have spread even among the human adventurers.
They say that if you go there, you will find all the tools, weapons, treasures, and delicacies.
This is where I want to make a request."
"Let me guess, to find this 'Saint's Farm'"
There are already many adventurers looking for it on land, but not many approaches it from the sea.
If we play our cards right, we might outwit them, eh"
My fellow explorer expressed his greedy, speculative spirit, but it didn't make my heart race.
I have more important things to pursue now.
"I'm going to find that mysterious ship again!"
We eventually parted ways with that ship as we returned to the regular route.
It was careless of me to forget to ask for their name and background.
It was a huge mistake, notwithstanding the fact that I was confused by the whole situation, and my mind wasn't in the best condition.
So, I don't know where that ship was built, what kind of ship it was, who was the human commanding it, or where I can go to see him again.
"I'd rather look for that mysterious ship than some farm! After all, I've seen it myself!"
"Are you sure you weren't just hallucinating from extreme hunger"
"Bull**.
There's no way that amazing ship is also at the Saint's Farm.
I'm going to see that ship again and unravel its mysteries!!!"
The romance that makes the hearts of ocean explorers race.
That mysterious ship must be the most romantic of all.


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Garry Kasparov, 2007
Croatia (since 2014) [1]
(1963-04-13) 13 April 1963 (age 56)
Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
1985–1993 (undisputed)
1993–2000 (Classical)
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Garry Kasparov (born 13 April 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster and political activist. He was born with the name Garry Weinstein, and is partly of Jewish descent.[2] He was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. In 1993 he broke away from FIDE to make a rival organisation (the PCA), because he felt FIDE had failed to raise enough money for world title matches. There is controversy about that period. By any measure, he is one of the greatest chess players of all time, and the highest-rated player before Magnus Carlsen.[3][4]
Kasparov became the youngest non-disputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at the age of 22.[5] He held the official FIDE world title until 1993, when an argument with FIDE led him to set up a rival company, the Professional Chess Association. He continued to hold the "Classical" World Chess Championship until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. Kasparov lost a match (a series of chess games) against Deep Blue, a computer made by IBM, in 1997. Lately, retired from competition, he has been coaching Magnus Carlsen, the young player from Norway who is the current world #1.
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Kasparov at a dissenters march in Saint Petersburg on 9 June 2007
After retiring from chess, Kasparov became involved in Russian politics. In 2005, he traveled around Russia, speaking against Vladimir Putin, who was President of Russia at that time.[6] The same year he created the United Civil Front, a political movement whose main goal is to dismantle Putin's regime and restore democracy in Russia.
Kasparov was also one of the founders of The Other Russia, an opposition coalition which unites many left and nationalist politicians. He helped organize marches of dissenters involving several thousand people rallying against Putin and governors of Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
In October 2007, Kasparov announced his intention of standing for the Russian presidency. In November 2007, he was detained by police at a rally in Moscow and given a jail sentence of five days.[7] On 12 December 2007, Kasparov announced that he had to withdraw his presidential candidacy due to inability to rent a hall where at least 500 of his supporters could meet to endorse his candidacy, as is legally required. Kasparov's spokeswoman accused the government of using pressure to discourage anyone from renting a hall for the gathering.[8] In 2008 Kasparov and his United Civil Front joined the Solidarity movement.
Kasparov is among the 34 first signatories and a key organiser of the online anti-Putin campaign Putin must go started in March 2010.
↑ French, Maddy (28 February 2014). "Chess champion Garry Kasparov granted Croatian citizenship" – via www.theguardian.com.
↑ "Гарри Каспаров Справки - Каспаров.Ru". www.kasparov.ru.
↑ "FIDE Chess ratings". ratings.fide.com.
↑ "Peak Average Ratings: 3 year peak range". www.chessmetrics.com.
↑ Ruslan Ponomariov won the disputed FIDE title, at the age of 18, when the world title was split, but that was the product of short knock-out matches, not a long match of the classical type.
↑ "The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk.
↑ Misha Japaridze (28 November 2007). "Kasparov released from Moscow jail". Associated Press. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
↑ Andrew E. Kramer, "Kasparov says he was forced to end bid for Presidency", The New York Times, 13 December 2007.
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ACLJ - U.S. PASTOR ANDREW BRUNSON FREED FROM TURKEY: "THIS IS THE DAY OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR – I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ON MY WAY HOME TO THE UNITED STATES"
U.S. PASTOR ANDREW BRUNSON FREED FROM TURKEY
(Washington, DC) - The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today called the release of American Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was imprisoned in Turkey for two years, "a significant victory for Pastor Brunson and his family" and in the words of Pastor Brunson: "This is the day our family has been praying for – I am delighted to be on my way home to the United States."
The ACLJ represents Pastor Brunson – a U.S. citizen from Black Mountain, North Carolina – who was imprisoned in Turkey because of his Christian faith. Pastor Brunson was on trial for the crime of "Christianization" and after extensive negotiations, the Turkish government released Pastor Brunson from prison on July 25th but placed him under "house arrest" – confined to his home in Turkey.
The ACLJ, which has been working in this country and abroad to secure his freedom, said President Trump as well as members of Congress continued to push for Pastor Brunson's release and Turkish officials finally agreed.
"President Trump and his team have been tenacious in seeking the release of Pastor Brunson," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. "We're grateful to the President, members of Congress and diplomatic leaders who continued to put pressure on Turkey to secure the freedom of Pastor Brunson. The fact that he is preparing to return to the United States can only be viewed as a significant victory for Pastor Brunson and his family."
Pastor Brunson is looking forward to being reunited with his family.
"We are grateful for the President's commitment and efforts in securing my release," said Pastor Brunson, as he prepares to leave Turkey en route to the U.S. "My entire family thanks the President, the administration, and Congress for their unwavering support. This is the day our family has been praying for – I am delighted to be on my way home to the United States. It's been an extremely difficult time for our family and we want to express our appreciation to the millions of people around the world who have faithfully prayed for this day. I am thankful for the representation of the American Center for Law & Justice – especially ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow and ACLJ Senior Counsel CeCe Heil – as well as the many others who worked so hard to obtain my freedom. I look forward to returning home and being reunited with my family."
In its representation of Pastor Brunson's family, the ACLJ mobilized its international resources – including ACLJ-affiliated offices in the region – i seeking Pastor Brunson's freedom.
The ACLJ launched a global campaign to generate awareness of Pastor Brunson's plight and called on the U.S. State Department, as well as international organizations – including the United Nations as well as NATO member countries – to demand Turkey – a NATO member – release Pastor Brunson.
The ACLJ has been advocating for the protection of Christians and other religious minorities for years. The ACLJ also has been very active in working to bring an end to the persecution of Christians taking place in many parts of the world.
Led by Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, is based in Washington, D.C. and is online at www.aclj.org.


Full name Specialized Bicycle Components, this Northern California-based bike company was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard who initially imported Italian components that were hard to find in the US.
Specialized soon began making its own components, starting with tyres, and bikes with the Allez road bike and Sequoia touring bike.
In 1981 Specialized launched the Stumpjumper, one of the earliest production mountain bikes and certainly the most successful. The company focussed on mountain bikes during the off-road boom of the 90s.
It has been at the forefront of the road bike boom of the last decade and now sponsors the Etixx-Quick Step, Tinkoff-Saxo and Astana professional teams.
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MR failed to ensure Tamil people's rights - Ranil
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that even after the LTTE was defeated, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa failed to ensure the Tamil People's rights.
Addressing an UNP Local Polls rally in Pothuwil, on Wednesday, Wickremesinghe said that instead of uniting all the communities and developing the country after the end of the war , the Rajapaksas adopted a divide and rule policy , by encouraging ethnic and religious conflicts.
Issues confronting the Tamils were ignored, on the mistaken premise that the LTTE had been defeated, he added.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in conversation with senior UNPers in Batticaloa, at a Local Local Government Election Campaign meeting in Pothuwil, on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister said that thankfully for the people, they effected regime change in 2015, which was greeted by the majority of Sri Lankans, with a sigh of relief.
Establishment of the Office of Missing Persons was on track and would become operational soon , he emphasised.were ignored, on the mistaken premisethat the LTTE had been defeated, he added.
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Interview: Assassination Nation's Abra and Sam Levinson
by Charles Trapunski December 16, 2018
written by Charles Trapunski December 16, 2018
Abra is best known as a singer but she is a super important member of the ensemble of Assassination Nation and blows away the competition when you consider that this is her very first film. She's a natural! Spearheading the project is Sam Levinson who did an incredible job of putting Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef and Odessa Young together, as the core four are a formidable force in the film.
Here is a condensed and edited version of our TIFF interview with Sam Levinson and Abra.
Brief Take: Congratulations on the film! Coming into the festival this was one of my most anticipated movies because I'd heard how good it was from audience members that saw it at Sundance. What was your experience with that first Sundance screening?
Sam Levinson: Yeah, it went way better than I had anticipated, in all honesty. I had shown it to maybe 10 people before Sundance, so I had no idea how it was going to go. It was really interesting to see how much people reacted to it on an emotional level. We had people standing up in the theatre cheering at the screen, just screaming at it. As a filmmaker, it was everything I could have ever hoped and wished for. We made this movie for 6 million dollars and it was a tough shoot. So to see a reaction like that was just incredible.
Abra: Yeah! That was my first Sundance screening because I'd never been in a film before. But that's when I realized that this is very important, you know? This is more than me, this is more than my character. It was so exciting being in that theatre on that night and everyone was just cheering when it was over. I thought at the time, "this is exactly what Sam sought out to do – he got people riled up at this movie!". It was a lot of fun.
BT: This movie really speaks to the culture right now. We're in very difficult times and this movie confronts that reality head on. Sam, you had said previously that you started working on this in 2016 and yet, with this timely script, you anticipated the realities of today.
SL: It was over two years ago that I started this and what I wanted to deal with in some way is how fractured our reality has become and how many different worlds people are living in and the lack of empathy in which we communicate. The righteousness seems to be existing and cropping up across the board; it really frightens me. A lot of the time people say "the media is the real villain in this", and I go "I don't know about that…human beings are. People who believe with absolute certainty that they are right and their actions are just because of that – that's a horror movie, that's what scares me." And that's what this movie is about.
BT: By being a part of this movie and having promoted it for a few months now. What are your feelings towards its subject matter now?
A: Just by being in this movie, just saying the things out loud that we were going through…we just had never said those things out loud. There was a lot going on. I feel like on a micro level and on a macro level, I've healed as a person since coming out of filming this. I can't really explain why but this film deals with so many things that just haven't been talked about ever before.
SL: And it was just an intense shoot, emotionally, for all of us. We also had a lot of fun and we were cracking up, but it was emotionally draining. It was straight nights and we were all sleep deprived and kind of crazy and shooting these hardcore action scenes at times. Having distance from it now and looking back, I just watched the DCP a few weeks ago, it was just myself and Marcel (Rév) and I went "Oh okay, I feel pretty good about this." It's raw and it's real and it's also a lot of fun!
BT: What's one thing you want people to know about the film before they see it?
SL: I want them to know that this film takes no prisoners and it's a fuckin' blast! It's a fun movie! People either are going to love it or they're going to hate it, but we're good with that. We want that conversation. We want that discourse. That's what this movie is about – it's about that conversation. It takes a lot of shots, but I think we were courageous in how we approached it. I hope they enjoy it!
A: I know they will!
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Enough with the 'Best,' 'Worst' lists
Best/worst lists have become cities' version of the participation trophy: Every one gets one.
Enough with the 'Best,' 'Worst' lists Best/worst lists have become cities' version of the participation trophy: Every one gets one. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://gbpg.net/24XBTAy
Jeff Bollier, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 8:44 a.m. CT June 18, 2016
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I feel a little bad for Howard.
The village of about 18,000 people is surrounded by Wisconsin's 9th happiest city, the most boring place in Wisconsin and the Most Romantic City in the U.S. in 2014, but appears to have no list-based claim to fame of its own.
It isn't a Playful City USA like four-time designee Bellevue or first-time honoree Allouez.
It isn't one of the Drunkest Cities in Wisconsin, which, as many state residents may have long suspected, also makes the holder of that title the Drunkest City in the United States. Northeastern Wisconsin dominates the podium on that one to the surprise of, well, no one but other cities in Wisconsin.
Maybe Howard's new farmers market can crack this list of "the most incredible farmers markets in Wisconsin" next year. Or this one. Or this one.
On second thought, I think I'm actually a little jealous of Howard.
They have, to this point, escaped the best/worst, most/least madness at a time when such lists have become profligate. These lists have become the municipal version of the participation trophy: Everyone gets one, you geek out if it's yours and the rest of us are left scratching our heads at all the hubbub.
Some of these lists, admittedly, can help. I cited one last August that named Green Bay the eighth best metro area for starting a business as part of a wider look at what's coming. Barely a day goes when a new list or study doesn't pop up in my inbox. And it's not uncommon for them to contradict each other, like one naming Marinette the best place in Wisconsin to buy a home when another rates it one of the state's worst cities to live in.
It's such a muddled digital landscape that organizations such as WalletHub, which publishes its methodology and has its conclusions vetted by academics, struggled with it for a time.
"It's important to distinguish the difference between 'lists' and studies," WalletHub Analyst Jill Gonzalez said in an e-mail. "... We pride ourselves on putting forward well-crafted research that hopefully can help consumers make more educated decisions or their local officials look more closely at certain issues."
But, often, such information isn't studied closely before we click the "Share" button. I mean, think about how many people believed a Facebook post claiming Will Ferrell bought a house on Lake Winnebago.
To that end, Gonzalez said readers have to do a little bit of study before they determine how to treat any of these lists and studies.
"Sources, sources, sources," she said. "I tend to read most reports backwards — if I know the metrics are well sourced and well researched, then I know I can take its findings seriously."
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Miss International Queen 2016, the biggest and most prestigious beauty pageant for transgenders, will be happening on March 10 in Pattaya, Thailand. The 28 beauties are selected from all over 155 countries. The pageant was launched 12 years ago in Pattaya, Thailand to help transgender women feel more accepted by society.
Miss International Queen 2016 pageant, which was scheduled to be held in November 2016 in Thailand, has been rescheduled on March 10th as a form of respect and in accordance with the Bureau of Royal Household following the announcement on the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last year.
The reigning Miss International Queen is Trixie Maristela of the Philippines.


This week, Gateway Comics launches a new weekly webcomic, Enemus. This comic is written and illustrated by Marcos Gratao. I'm pleased to publish it for him, but I wish I had more to discuss about it in these discussion posts. I've had little input into the creation of this comic, so I'm reading it for the first time, just as you are.
The contribution I have been able to make with the new comic is that the original is written in Portuguese. I'm assisting Marcos in translating he book and relettering it in English. This is a complicated process, as I don't know Portuguese. For the next few years, I'll be giving Google Translate a workout. Of course, Google Translate is not perfect. After I get the Google version, I need to go over it, along with my knowledge of the plot and characters, and put it into proper English.
Once I have what I think is a good translation, I send it back to Marcos for his approval.
I hope you enjoy this new story.
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In accordance with SAcsi, Telkom took the general leadership place in the wi-fi internet area with a rating of 70.four out of 100, Vodacom and Cell C scored 67.4 and 66.8 respectively, and MTN scored under par at sixty four.5 out of one hundred. Thanks for the data – I had questioned if there have been a technique to make use of the existing Vivint merchandise, however change suppliers. Wi-fi web provision is constrained by poor signal strength in lots of areas, excessive prices and slow connection speed. That is one reason many analysts extensively expect Comcast to start out offering cellular-style Internet service for smartphones sometime, and why cellular carriers are more and more turning to WiFi as a safety valve to ease the pressure on their extremely trafficked proprietary networks.


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Many years ago, my good friend Malcolm Boyd wrote to me about being a leader of the future in ministry and the church, He encouraged me with these words: "Be wise, be faithful, be courageous, be flexible, and let Jesus be the center of your life." I still keep these words in front of me. They are a sort of a plumb line that Rev. Bob talked about a few months ago. They direct me to my spiritual center – the core of my being.
This week Holy Women, Holy Men honors the life of Charles Henry Brent. When I look the biographical sketch of his life, I see characteristics that tell us much about the man. We read that he was committed to the crusade against opium trafficking, developed relations with the Philippine Independent Church (PIC) and was a WWI military chaplain. Most importantly, we also learn that the central focus of his life and ministry was the commitment to Christian Unity.
Almost one-hundred years after his death in 1929, the Christian church remains in many ways divided. As does our world. The spectrum of thought of what it means to be a Christian in our world today spans from one extreme to another. There are Orthodox Christians, Protestant Christians, Mainline Christians, Conservative Christians, Progressive Christians, Evangelical Christians – all of which have distinct expressions of faith and ways in which we see ourselves in the world as Christians. Sometimes our interpretations of what it means to be a Christian divide us instead of inspiring unity and community, which was what Jesus was about. He is the one who stands at the center of our common life as his followers. He is the original program. His life and teachings found in the four Gospels serves as our plumb line.
Just two months ago – January 18-25, 2019 – the Episcopal Church joined millions of other Christians around the world in observance of The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This week of prayer for unity in the church began in 1908, during Charles Henry Brent's lifetime, and continues today. the spirit of Christian unity that was his central focus in life is still calling us and encouraging us to come together as the community Jesus wants for us all. Every week should be a week of prayer for Christian community.
We have so much to learn from one another, but we must first somehow get beyond the obstacles that separate us in order to realize those mutual holy gifts. The bonds of love and affection that inspire real community that Jesus envisions for us are so much stronger than the finite things that divide us. We would do well to break away from our calcified views and open ourselves to the love that Jesus wants us all to experience … together, as one.
I hope that the life of Charles Henry Brent can inspire us to think more deeply about our own commitment to Christian unity, both here in our own beloved parish as well as beyond Roses Road.
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us with your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name.


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Yates: We Must Match York
Mark Yates is anticipating a good advert for League Two as Cheltenham clash with York this weekend.
Mark Yates talks to the media ahead of this weekend's away trip to York City:
"The determination on Tuesday was just what we wanted and had talked about after Saturday's game. We played good football on both occasions but we managed to dig in and, to be successful, you have to be able to combine the both. The players defended very resolutely and I think we were very unlucky to have a penalty conceded against us because I didn't think it was a penalty in a month of Sundays.
"Alan Bennett is a leader and I wanted him to rally the troops. I just think that in the last few home games we have gone a little soft when things have gone against us. I thought we played really well for 45 minutes against Southend but we didn't respond well to the goals going in. Benno didn't let anybody's heads go down even when the penalty went against him. He was strong, resolute and he got his boys doing what they needed to be doing on the pitch. He did exactly what we expected from him. The challenge to Benno was to make sure he was available for the next game and so far that should be okay.
"It's nicer to come back onto the training ground on the back of a win. It's always a good feeling when you pick up three points against local rival and Oxford are a good side. Now we have given the supporters something to cheer about back home we will look to continue our decent away record intact. We've done well in all three away games so far and that must continue. York are a good side and we went to watch them last night. It'll be a tough, open game of football but we should have confidence from Tuesday and I'm certainly looking forward to the game.
"Gary Mills' teams will be the same and they play 4-3-3 or however you choose to call the system. I went to watch York at Rotherham and last night and they are well organised. We have to be on our guard because it's a tough place to go because they're newly promoted and they fancy their chances and why not? We're in for a tough game but hopefully, on the back of a good performance, we'll get something from the game. We'll need to match their work rate and remain aware of their threat."


This neighborhood is on the lake. Many of the older, original property owners have passed and younger people have bought the properties. Most have done massive remodels on the homes, so our neighborhood looks really nice most of the time. I am fortunate that all my nearby neighbors keep their places up well (except for a couple junk cars). There is a young ex-military fellow five doors down across the road who does nothing to his property. He has not mowed all season. The fescue in his front yard is going to seed, and is almost three feet tall! The paint is peeling on his house and one gutter is hanging with one end on the ground. The HOA sent him a notice and his reply was if we wanted his grass mowed to go ahead and mow it. He is semi-lives with his girlfriend and plays video games all night, then sleeps all day. He bartends part time. He is not a bad guy to talk to, he is just a massive slob. He has no sense of personal obligation to his neighbors. I find that rather surprising, considering he is was in the military. The HOA has threatened to mow and add the cost to his HOA dues. He says he won't pay it. What gets into people? Why do some have to be such knotheads?
Sometimes ones' experiences in the service make all other commitments pale in their estimation. I would guess at this point that nothing short of litigious enforcement will have the chance of gaining his compliance. one day he will have to realize that there are social obligations good people have and they shouldn't be considered an inexcusable infringement.
The people who owned that house before were elderly and not in good health, so we were encouraged when a younger person bought it, thinking he would fix it up. WRONG! At least the old people who had it hired the lawn mowed on a semi-regular basis.
The HOA will have to contact their legal aid and work out something.


Part of my goal with this series of posts it to demystify a lot of the jargon that you find when people talk about the internet. Each of these topics has a whole literature and special part of the internet dedicated to it, but just knowing what the general idea is a step in the right direction.
The definitions go hand in hand, and so that is why I will introduce them together.
The client is someone that requests information server. The server is the one who responds to the requests.
If you think about it like a restaurant–when you go, you sit down at your table. You are the "client," you can order whatever food you like. The waiter or waitress is your "server," they respond to your requests.
In terms of the internet, you are the client. When you want to visit a webpage, say google.com, you make a request to get their webpage, and one of Google's servers responds with the webpage.
When people talk about servers they can mean a million different things, but usually they are referring to some computer, (or part of a computer), that is responsible for "serving" up their website, or responding to the different clients who are requesting it.
"Client" and "server" go hand in hand with another pair of words: "front-end" and "back-end." Front-end is the client-side, or the place where you, the end-user, is. Back-end is the server-side, where the website's big computers and data-centers are. Now if I told you that "php is a server-side programming language"–you can start to decode that phrase.


On the off chance that you've at any point been stuck a monetary predicament previously, you realize how troublesome it very well may be to keep up on your wellbeing and wellness when you don't have much cash to put into it. In spite of opposite conviction, it is conceivable to remain solid without emptying your whole pay into it! When you do your examination, you'll discover that there are numerous useful approaches to ensure you're eating right and getting enough exercise.
Plan your dinners: If you know you just have $50 to spend on basic needs for the week, delineate what you will eat, that path there are no curve balls come Wednesday when you've experienced every one of your basic needs. Make a rundown of the considerable number of fixings you require, and how much cash each expense. Knowing precisely what your suppers will be for the week will enable you to spend less cash on nourishment.
Turn into the insane coupon woman (or gent!): Did someone say BOGO? Exploit every one of the advertisements you get via the post office for get one get one free arrangements and half off gallons of drain. These coupons are allowed to you, so treat it like getting free staple goods! Look at locales like coupons.com before you go to the store, and download the application Ibotta to get money back on the nourishment you've just bought.
Purchase solidified: Save your cash and purchase solidified products of the soil rather than from the deliver area at the market. Solidified products of the soil like broccoli and strawberries are a large portion of the expense as a similar thing sitting in the front of the store. Add them with your supper to top off with less cash.
Eat more soup: Soup isn't only incredible for when you're wiped out, it's additionally useful for the occasions you're planning! Soup is high in volume and low in calories and cost, so having soup for supper will top you off quick while additionally sparing you cash. Give beginning a shot your supper with a low-fat soup to enable you to feel full quicker.
Quit squandering nourishment: Did you realize that the normal American group of four discards about $2,275 worth of sustenance consistently? That is a great deal of basic supplies for somebody attempting to watch their spending, so make it basic and stop a couple of unfortunate propensities throughout your life: don't cook more than you will eat, don't purchase sustenance at the supermarket that you don't think your family will like, and ensure you eat your remains to spare the expense of a dinner!
Make everything an exercise: Don't have the cash for an expensive rec center enrollment consistently? Here's a mystery for you: you needn't bother with one! There are such a large number of at-home exercises you can do in the solace of your own lounge room (or request the ReSync Your Life book), simply look at Pinterest for well ordered pictures or YouTube for a few showings of fun exercises. In the event that creation an at-home rec center isn't up to your speed, make cleaning the house and strolling the canines an exercise by putting loads on your wrists and lower legs, or make a stage test for yourself by strolling something like 10,000 stages every day.
Investigate nonexclusive brands: Just in light of the fact that you don't see advertisements with little dogs and infants dozing in a container of a conventional variant of Kashi grain doesn't imply that it's not as great. Take a gander at a name mark and a conventional brand of a similar thing and analyze the wholesome actualities and fixings: they're in all probability going to be precisely the same, if not amazingly comparable. Spare a couple of bucks and get the less finished nourishments.
Shabby isn't in every case better: While squeezing pennies, ensure you're not trading off your wellbeing. Without a doubt, that ground burger may be $10 not exactly the additional lean kind straight from the butcher, however it might have far a bigger number of additives and anti-toxins than the more costly meat. Take in the things you can trade off and modest out on, yet ensure you're getting the most astounding quality conceivable in things like poultry and medication.
Take in the things you can do without: Sure, enjoying some tasty Mayan dim chocolate from South America can be a decent treat by the day's end, however is it something you can do without while you get your accounts all together? You don't need to totally remove every one of the sustenances you like just to set aside extra cash, simply have it once per week rather than consistently.
Set aside opportunity to destress: Stress will totally wreck your body in the event that you let it. Truth be told, stress can prompt issues like a debilitated invulnerable framework, unending headaches, and demolish your focal sensory system. To maintain a strategic distance from these from occurring, set aside time for YOU. Treat yourself with some cheap extravagances like an air pocket shower, a glass of wine, or notwithstanding killing your gadgets during the evening to shield you from taking a gander at your financial balance and bill updates in your email. Keep in mind that your wellbeing takes need over whatever else in your life!


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EU Nationals
Either see below Gil most recent written questions to Parliament or select a category.
S3W-29237: Efficient Government
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the Efficient Government Outturn Report for 2008-09.
Answered by John Swinney (24/11/2009): We have today published the first Efficient Government Outturn Report for the 2008-2011 Efficient Government programme. It shows that efficiency gains of £838.9 million were made in 2008-09, against the target of £534.4 million. We have also today published the fourth iteration of the Efficiency Delivery Plans. Copies of both have been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 49739 and 49740) and both will be available on the Scottish Government internet site very soon along with the plans:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/Outturn2008-09.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk//Publications/2009/11/EDPNovember2009.
Education & Young People
Justice & Safety
Note: This page contains both questions laid by Gil as MSP for West of Scotland (2007-2011, title starts "S3W/O") and Clydebank & Milngavie (2011-present, title starts "S4W/O")


Melanie is an AFAA Group Fitness Instructor. Being a POUND Pro and an indoor cycling instructor are two of her greatest joys! More than almost anything, she's passionate about helping and empowering women to be the best versions of themselves.
She is a mother to three busy boys and three step-children with a desk job as a Performance Analyst in Boston for 18 years.
"Fitness is my outlet! I also have a wonderful fitness and health business with my husband, and am thrilled to be able to help women achieve their dreams."


Money evokes very interesting emotions. It can be a source of happiness, as well as stress. Emotions could be one of the biggest stumbling blocks to changing from your current to the desired behaviour regarding managing your personal finances.
Since your attitude towards money determines what kind of decisions you make, it is critical to get a mindset shift, particularly if you are in a financial state that is not desirable.
Researchers have discovered that your family background and values play a big part in how you will view and handle money.
As such, your current behaviour towards money may be traced from as far back as your childhood.
For example, if you are an impulse buyer, it helps to carry out some soul searching to discover if your emotional needs can be traced back to what happened in your childhood.
You may find that your quest to accumulate material possessions is your way of coping with some experiences during your childhood.
Whenever you are in a financial state that is not desirable, assess how the emotions play out.
Do you make poor money choices that ruin your financial well-being as a result of these emotions? Managing emotions behind money is what will determine your financial success or failure.
Remember that whenever you are making a financial choice, there is a trade-off. Having this in mind may help you focus on the fact that deciding to save as opposed to spending on an item that will not appreciate in value is more desirable.
If you are an impulsive shopper, you can opt for a cool-off period before you make that purchase.
I suggest you take a few days or weeks before you make a decision to purchase. You may change your mind when your emotions are under control.
Avoid making decisions when you are sad or anxious. You are more likely to spend if you are feeling low. In most cases, after making purchases with that state of mind, it is more likely that you did not need the purchases.
To help check this, track your cash flow on a daily or weekly basis.
You need to keep records of all your transactions either on your phone or in a notebook. Those that are receipted should be stored where you can easily access them for review.
Taking a hold of your finances and tracking your cash flow on a weekly basis is useful because you are able to relive your expenditure and income against the budget during the week. The beauty with tracking on a regular basis is that if you overspent during a particular week, you can redeem yourself before your money troubles are out of hand.
Another useful area to look at is what your biggest impulse spending is during working hours, whether at your own business or as an employee.
Do you purchase some stuff because your workmates are doing the same? Can you afford these purchases or you are trying to keep up appearances?
For any personal change to occur, you must be willing to delay instant gratification and get out of your comfort zone. For example, if you want to start saving for a future investment, you should be willing to forego a desired amount of money per month to make this happen.
Your ability to stay the course of action and ability to have will-power amid some initial discomfort and turning down invitations to spend to spend is what will set you apart from the rest.
Ultimately, if you can conquer your emotions and instead apply logical thinking whenever you handle money, you will be able to make the changes and improve your financial well-being.


Bitcoin's recent price appreciation has had a negative impact on the exchange rates of many alternative digital currencies, including Ethereum. However, since Friday, the ETH market has found some stability. Additionally, there are some technical patterns on the charts that are hinting at another big move.
For instance, the 2-hour chart is showing a clear Head & Shoulders pattern, with each shoulder having been tested twice. This indicates a lot of market support at the 0.022 area, which has been used as support multiple times since last Friday, as well as resistance on the 28th. If the ETH exchange rate starts trading underneath 0.022 at some point over the next few days, the bear market will likely continue and this H&S pattern will be invalidated. So, keep a close eye on the 0.022 price level.
Now, a very clear triangle formation can also be viewed on the 30-minute chart, which has been forming since Saturday. The trading range is getting compressed and it seems that another big move is imminent!
The most immediate obstacle to any rally can be found at the 0.025 pivot level. The 0.025 price area has served as resistance about two times already, so it's not a stretch to assume that this level will act as resistance once again.


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Solarfun expands PV distribution channel in Japanese market
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., based in China, has signed a photovoltaics (PV) module distribution agreement with Japanese company, Fujimi Fine Technology Inc., a manufacturer of silicon wafers and distributor of semiconductor products.
August 17, 2010 Becky Beetz
Under the agreement, Fujimi will act as a non-exclusive distributor of Solarfun's products in Japan for one year.
Ouyang Yu, Asia Pacific sales vice president and general manager of Solarfun, commented: "Japan had been the largest producer of solar cells before it was surpassed by Germany in 2005. Incentives and subsidies in Japan resumed in 2009, triggering a doubling of PV installations that year. Nearly 90 percent of shipments to Japan are estimated to be for household use. With this agreement, we will boost our presence in Japan and be able to access this large retail on- and off-grid market."
Peter Xie, chief executive officer of Solarfun, added: "Japan has historically been a mature and stable solar power market. With the new incentives and subsidies that were passed by Japan's government in November 2009, Japan is now a sizeable and growing market. This cooperation with Fujimi Fine Technology expands our business reach in Japan, which historically was one of the hardest markets to penetrate for Chinese companies."
Hironori Watanabe, president and chief executive officer of Fujimi Fine Technology, concluded: "The Japanese government is formulating a plan for a 10-fold increase in solar power generating capacity by 2030. As part of this plan, the government will try to halve the price of a solar power home system in the next three to five years. With this relationship with Solarfun, we believe we will be able to help meet market demand in Japan."
Becky Beetz
Becky managed the online presence of pv magazine International since its inception in 2010. As Head of Content, she was responsible for content development across all platforms, including our global and regional platforms.
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Today is Day +11 and Ryan's white count took a big jump to 1.01 after another drop yesterday. He will get platelets late tonight before they expire. He is feeling better. His mouth looks so much better. He tried some orange juice, but it has no taste and he just can't drink it. The docs mentioned this morning leaving at the end of the week. Awesome!! Our little neighbor, Ethan, is feeling better, too. Please say a prayer for this adorable little 3 year old with Wilm's Tumor, and for Tommy. He is just across the hall from us. He is 11 and relapsed after 4 years off treatment. His brain tumor has returned at the base of his spine. It is so frightening to think that after 4 years, it might still come back. That, I know, will be our struggle. For now, we have to take one day at a time and deal with the task at hand. We will go back to the Marriott for the weekend and home next week. In a few weeks, we will be turned back over to our wonderful docs at Scottish Rite, and they will set up our radiation. We will come back to Emory for that. Ryan is actually looking forward to getting "shot by the laser gun". He is a true Star Wars fan.


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Q: What's the best alternative to using lists as elements in a pandas dataframe? I have a dataframe with days as indexes, categories as columns, and each element is a set of items corresponding to each day.
I read that "keeping lists in a frame, while allowed, it not efficient at all": corresponding pandas-dev issue
I need to be able to build columnwise unions and intersections of these lists, and to use each of them in queries.
What would you suggest as an efficient alternative?

A: I guess your data looks like this

If you just melt the data to each row representing single item-category in a day, you can then use it any kind of union or intersection -
df1 = pd.melt(df, id_vars = 'Days', var_name = 'Category')
df1 = df1.set_index(['Days', 'Category'])['value'].apply(pd.Series).stack().reset_index().drop('level_2', axis=1)
df1.columns = ['Days', 'Category', 'Item']

The code above will turn the data into -

Which now can be easily used for any kind of operation

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