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Colonics are a tool used to actually exercise and train the bowel to evacuate properly on its own. A series of treatments should actually improve bowel function rather than inhibit it like overuse of laxatives often can.
This will vary from person to person but the average is 40 minutes.
As an introduction we recommend a series of three, one to two weeks apart. Regular maintenance will vary from person to person and will be discussed with your therapist.
No, you will fully maintain your dignity. You will be in a private room with only your therapist, who appreciates the sensitivity of the Colonic procedure and will help put you at ease. After the gentle insertion of a small tube, you are completely covered. Rubber tubing carries clean water in and waste out in a closed system. The mess and odour sometimes present during an enema simply do not exist with a Colonic.
Colon hydrotherapy is completely clean and hygienic. We use single use, disposable kits for each session; all water entering your body is filtered and sterilized; and your therapist will be wearing disposable gloves during the treatment.
Colonics are rarely painful. The tubes are small and the therapist experienced! You may experience some mild cramping initially as excess gas is expelled from the colon.
Anyone with cancer of the colon or GI tract, rectal bleeding or severe hemorrhoids, rectal or abdominal tumors, cirrhosis, fissures. If you have any known complications with your colon or GI tract, or are pregnant, please consult a physician before having colon hydrotherapy.
A small, disposable tube is inserted into the rectum and warm filtered water is gently trickled into the colon. This water hydrates the colon and stimulates the body's own perastalic action, encouraging the colon to empty itself naturally. The machine is operated by a qualified therapist who remains with you at all times and may perform gentle abdominal massage to enhance the results of your treatment.
Well, everything has its place, but enemas aren't substitutes for Colonics. Enemas are useful for emptying the rectum (the lowest 20 centimetres or so of the colon) and may solve issues with temporary constipation but they cannot detoxify the body or exercise the bowel in the way a colonic can.
Colonics do flush out the bowel, however 'good' bacteria are very resilient and actually thrive in a clean environment. We always provide probiotic supplements after a treatment to replace the friendly bacteria and restore internal balance.
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Revamping the Website.
Hi Guys, pardon our dust while we revamp MaryPoplin.com with a new look and better content. In the meantime, Mary can be reached at email@example.com
Note: My old blog is here: http://
I will no longer be updating that old blogger blog, and instead will be posting here on this new one.

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Here is a sample of the CSS that was used to customize the Volunteer Region crouton. Utilizing the recent feature released with crouton 2.1.0, you can fully customize the colors. I thought this might be useful to assist in making it easy to reuse. (Note: this may become incompatible very quickly)
Study on Statewide Meeting Schedules
Service bodies tend to not necessarily follow boundaries that make sense to someone who does not understand it's organizational makeup. By using the Tomato server, it's entirely possible to create a schedule that follows geopolitical boundaries without much effort. For this study, I decided to use the 50 states of the United States. This study could have easily been other such designations, perhaps provinces in Canada. I'm also going to make use of the recent feature released in bread 1.6.x (see the blog post on "Reusable Templates w/Bread 1.6.x")
Reusable Templates with Bread 1.6.x
Creating a map of meetings using Google MyMaps
With Google MyMaps you can create a map of NA meetings as well as embed that map on your site. This however unlike the Flexible Map plugin blogpost is not updated dynamically. This will add pinpoints of each meeting location which are clickable and display basic info about the meeting. I have used this to generate some nice images that I've used on various NA sites.
We'll start by getting the kml data we want from the semantic interface of your local BMLT server. First select KML as your returned data.
Prototype of A Virtual Area
This has come up a few times in some discussions. I have responded to a few posts, but I thought it might be better served to snapshot some thoughts while they were fresh. Virtual meetings are location independent. There might be a place a web server is hosted or an area/country code resides, but that is not really the same as a meeting with a physical location or an address.
There are elements to a virtual meeting that do matter, which are the language(s) that are spoken and the medium that the meeting is delivered over. Although the root server code base does have elements of location, they do not necessarily have to be used.
Embedding a map of meetings on WordPress using Flexible Map plugin
With the Flexible Map WordPress plugin you can embed a map of your meetings in real time. This will add pinpoints of each meeting location which are clickable and display basic info about the meeting. One of the ways I've found this useful is I can easily tell when a meetings geocode is way out of wack.
We'll start by adding and then activating the Flexible Map plugin. Then go to Settings -> Flexible Map and enter your Google API key as shown.
Making a Weebly BMLT Satellite
Watch the video!
Making a Weebly BMLT Satellite from Little Green Viper on Vimeo.
Javascript Satellites & bmlt.js
The latest release of the root server (v2.10.3), has some exciting new features. It introduces a new response endpoint called JSONP, or JSON w/padding. Typically making a JSON request/response requires that both the client and the server are on the same exact domain. This is a by design security feature of most modern browsers to prevent XSS (Cross Site Scripting Attacks).
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[UPDATED] Google Maps, API Keys and Geolocation Issues
NOTE: As of Root Server version 2.12.0, meetings cannot be saved without a Google Maps API Key.
Das Pröblem:
As most of you have probably already found out, Google now enforces HTTPS and API keys in their Maps.
This results in:
1) the dreaded "Oops! Something went wrong!" display:
NOTE: In the Root Server, this results in the map display shown as "all blue," with no map displayed. Also, the "Set Longitude and Latitude to Address" button will not work.
2) and/or the "Unable to Determine Your Location" display:
This happens if you try to use a location-tracking feature, like the "Find Meetings Near Me" button in the Satellite.
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The Missing Link -Sandwich
UPDATE: Sandwich is End-of-Life now and replaced by Tomato.
Earlier this year, a mysterious chap who goes by the tag "radius314" created a BMLT spinoff project, called "Sandwich."
Sandwich is a BMLT Root Server "aggregator."
That means that it can take multiple Root Servers, and present them as if they were one single, unified Server.
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The VII Energythink conference, which will be held on 9 November at the Chemistry Department of La Sapienza University in Rome, will focus on the issue of the reconversion of industrial sites and specifically on the remediation, examining the research opportunities related to technological innovation and, more generally, to sustainability.
Eni and Legambiente have been engaged in the Energythink – the future of the planet, energy scenarios project for around seven years, an initiative that aims to create the basis for debate about the energy of the future.
The conference is targeted directly at students and researchers from science-based faculties and features leading international experts from the worlds of research and public administration with specific experience in the management of contaminated sites.
Eni and Legambiente have promoted the project with a view to working together with Italian universities to organise a series of conferences of outstanding scientific value to enable students and researchers to share the best and most interesting international experience in the most advanced frontiers of research.
The objective is to give to the issue a multi-dimensional framework that adequately reflects the scale of the industrial challenge presented, as well as the opportunities for research and job creation in the green economy.


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By Greg Bluestein and Daniel Malloy
If you listened closely to Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn's comments Thursday, you might have heard an attempt to distance herself undefined ever so slightly undefined from President Barack Obama's foreign policy.
Nunn called Obama's much-criticized recent remarks that he had no strategy to encounter the growing threat of ISIS an "unfortunate choice of words" and urged the administration to "quickly develop the right military strategy" against the militant group that's carving out a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria.
But Obama a few days later backed off in the face of overwhelming opposition in Congress, and Nunn drew flak in her Democratic primary for the position. She has since focused much of her campaign rhetoric on domestic policy, such as the jobs plan she rolled out Thursday.
She said in an interview that ISIS is a "dangerous terrorist organization that has to be defeated and that we must take a lead in that" through air strikes and cooperation with regional partners.
"I also believe we need to recognize that we cannot fight a civil war on the ground in Iraq or Syria," she said. "We have to look to the leadership of that region to resolve the long-term historic undefined but I think resolvable undefined schisms and conflicts with the right leadership there."
And then she came close to siding with some legislative leaders pushing for more Congressional oversight of the nation's growing role in the conflict.
"The president has to work closely with Congress. Especially at this moment in time, it's incumbent for the president and Congress to come up with a unified strategy."
Republicans took quick aim at Nunn's jobs plan on Thursday, in part for not vowing to repeal Obamacare and for seeking to raise the minimum wage. Republican David Perdue's spokeswoman, Megan Whittemore, had this to say:
"After reading Michelle Nunn's so-called 'jobs plan' it's clear her campaign will stop at nothing to deceive Georgians about who she really is and what she stands for. This confusing attempt to describe her vision for job creation is full of contradictions. Michelle Nunn mimics many of David's ideas and then immediately undercuts them by advocating some of the same failed liberal approaches that caused the economic problems in the first place.
"Missing from the 'jobs plan' are obvious solutions to address the economic crisis President Obama and Democrats in Washington have created. For example, Michelle Nunn claims she is for reducing the regulatory burdens on small businesses, but completely ignores the negative impacts of Obamacare, which is cutting back workers hours and increasing costs for families. Similarly, she claims she supports energy independence, but refuses to address how burdensome regulations on the coal industry will raise energy prices and destroy jobs."
And the Georgia GOP's Leslie Shedd:
"In Nunn's latest so-called jobs plan – in which 'there's no pricetag for her pledges' – she claims she will support No Budget, No Pay legislation. The problem? Nunn's loyalties lie with Harry Reid, who, in addition to endorsing Nunn, also said it would be 'foolish' for Senate Democrats to even propose their own federal budget. So long as Harry Reid is leader, he will block any chances of passing a budget.
"But it gets worse, a recent study by the Georgia Restaurant Association shows that [the minimum wage hike in] Michelle Nunn's so-called jobs plan could cost more than 21,000 jobs statewide. It could cost state and local governments an additional $164 million annually because of the 60,000 public workers that could be affected."
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These haven't been around as long as other types of hearing aids so I don't know so much about them yet. If your RIC aids are open fitting, you have the same options as with open fitting BTEs. I would think there's more chance of stethoscope ear pieces damaging the receivers so headphones may be a better option.
As far as I'm aware, RTEs aren't open fit, so the options will be the same as with standard BTEs. It may be worth trying Steth-O-Mates (sized for ITE aids) though I'm not sure whether the wire may get in their way.
Please let me know how you get on setting up stethoscopes with RICs and RTEs. Thank you.
Other information:
- Have you read the essential safety information: "limitations of hearing aids and implants?"
- Consider funding
- Arrange a trial period
- And see how your audiogram matches up to heart and lung sounds to find out whether you need amplification or not.
- If the spring in other stethoscope arms is so strong you find it uncomfortable, try the Thinklabs ds32a+ which has adjustable arms. I haven't handled one myself yet so do let me know if you try this and how you get on. Thanks.
- Don't forget, hearing aids don't usually reproduce the low frequencies well. So if you're using earpieces, custom moulds or headphones over hearing aids you also need vents in your ear moulds or open fitting.
- Certain electronic stethoscopes can link to hearing aids using accessories such as the T switch, direct audio input (DAI) cables or even FM or Bluetooth if your hearing aids have these facilities. However it is better to use earpieces or headphones if possible to avoid the problem of poor low frequency reproduction.
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Tsachi Tsadok Perets,1,3∗ Einav Shporn,1 Doron Boltin,2,3 Ram Dickman,2,3 and Yaron Niv2,3 1
Gastroenterology Laboratory, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel 2Department
of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel 3Sackler Faculty of
Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background: The accuracy and repeatability of breath test in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection
have not been adequately investigated. Although it has been shown that storage for long periods does not
affect the analysis results, no data are available on the effect of repetitive testing. In this study, our aim was
to evaluate the repeatability of the analyses of breath samples at room temperature.
Methods: A total of 202 positive breath samples were collected in duplicates, before and after administration
of 75 mg 13C- urea dissolved in 100 ml of orange juice. Breath test results were expressed as delta 13CO2.
The cut-off value was 3.5 parts per thousand. Each sample was analyzed in a mass spectrometer 7, 14, 21, and
28 days after collection. The accuracy calculation was based on the comparison of the delta 13CO2 obtained
in the three consecutive weeks following the first test run to the delta 13CO2 obtained in the first test run.
Results: Two hundred (99%), 197 (97.52%), and 196 (97%) of the 202 samples tested positive in the second,
third, and fourth test runs, respectively. The accuracy of the delta 13CO2 was 98.6%, 99.2%, and 96.7% in the
three consecutive runs, respectively.
Conclusion: Short-term storage of 1 month does not affect sample stability or the results of 13C-urea breath
tests in up to three consecutive repeats. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. C 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Key words: 13C-urea breath test; reproducibility; test accuracy; H. pylori diagnosis; IRMS


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Maria Shriver may be turning down television job offers but will she be able to turn down the largest book advance in history?
Reports say that the former first lady of California is being offered a book advance larger than former President Bill Clinton's record, reportedly worth between $12 and $15 million.
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted having an affair and fathering an illegitimate son with the family's housekeeper to Shriver shortly after leaving office earlier this year. Shriver filed for divorce last week.
The book would be a tell all about her life growing up as Kennedy and being forced to deal with a cheating celebrity husband.
There is no confirmation that Shriver is interested in writing a book or even talking about what she and her family is dealing with.
But writing a best-selling book would not be a stretch for the former journalist. Shriver is already credited with penning six best-selling books.


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Missouri Railroad Crossing Fatality Rates Decrease
JEFFERSON CITY - The Federal Railroad Administration announced this month the total number of Missouri railroad fatalities has decreased by 50 percent compared to the same period last year.
In the third quarter of 2011, there were eight railroad crossing fatalities and 32 collisions. This year, the fatalities decreased to four and collisions to 19.
Operation Lifesaver is a non-profit, public education program that is helping to keep these numbers down. The program's purpose is to provide education and safety presentations. There are state coordinators located in nearly every state providing guidance to the community.
"Remember [trains] are not going to be able to stop quickly. It takes them maybe a mile or more if they are going 50, 55 miles per hour, so it's up to the motorist to stop and avoid the collision," said Missouri Operation Lifesaver State Coordinator Rick Mooney.
Over the last five years, Missouri Amtrak passenger trains increased ridership by 74 percent. With more people coming to the tracks, it is necessary to know how to be safe.
Earlier this year, trains killed two people walking on the tracks because they were wearing headphones and didn't hear the train coming. Missouri Department of Transportation officials warn people to be careful and pay attention to their surroundings, especially while listening to music or on their cell phones.
"Missouri has the tenth largest railroad system in the nation, and we have over 4,000 public crossings, so there's plenty of opportunity for conflict between pedestrians and vehicles with the railroad," said Missouri Department of Transportation's Railroad Operation Manager Kristi Jamison.
Different warning signs tell pedestrians and drivers that there are train tracks ahead. MoDot said the only safe place to cross is at designated public crossing. Crossing at any other place is considered trespassing. MoDOT urges everyone to be smart, alert, and as Mooney said, "Treat every crossing like a train is coming."


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May 18, 2019 - May 26, 2019
- Exposition
Every year in May the artists and craftsmen of Sainte-Croix/Les Rasses open the doors of their workshops to visitors and lovers of art. An opportunity to discover the know-how and the creativity of an entire region.
Paintings, pottery, sculptures, ceramics … all the subjects explored and developed by the artists and craftsmen of Sainte-Croix/Les Rasses, giving them the opportunity to show their creativity and their know-how in the privacy of their workshops.
Flyer Créativité et savoir-faire (application/pdf)


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Sharpie is showcasing the work of some of its most passionate fans in the brand's first music video! The video, which premiered as a TV spot during the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, features hundreds of images of fan creations set to the music of indie-rock band California Wives.
.....Sharpie's first-ever music video that is also showcasing the art of die-hard Sharpie fans. Consumers make amazing creations with Sharpie, as past ads have shown. For this spot, some 800 designs submitted to the Sharpie Gallery were winnowed down to be featured in the ad.
This effort should also help jump-start the careers of up-and-coming indie band California Wives discovered by our in-house music producer Stump Mahoney. The band issued its first studio album on Sept. 4, 2012. One of their songs will be featured in our 60-second spot that debuted during MTV's VMA awards last night. A longer-form video (2+ minutes) will also be featured on Sharpie.com, YouTube and other social channels. Some interesting adventures occurred during the shoot, like the need to secure dozens of vintage '80s TV monitors to capture the essence of MTV in its early days.
Advertised brand: Sharpie
Advert title(s): Sharpie_California Wives "Purple" Music Video
Campaign Title (in English): Start with Sharpie
Advertising Agency: Name, City, Country: Draftfcb, Chicago, USA
Agency website: www.draftfcb.com
SVP, Creative Director: Gigi Carroll
VP, Creative Director: Mike McGrath
Art Director: Zack Fagin
Director: Ben Flaherty
· EVP, Group Management Director: Jen Rowland
· VP, Management Director: Melanie Hellenga
· Producer: Kelly Durham
· Account Supervisor: Lorrie Brooks
· Account Executive: Tracey Bien


text: With the 2012 release of the single "What'll I Do If I Don't Have You," David will honor the military by teaming up with the charitable organization, Operation Troop Aid. The 501c3 sends care packages to deployed US troops. A portion of sales will benefit OTA, and David currently appears in a national TV campaign in support of the organization.


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Spring is near and now is the time to schedule your roof inspection or replacement!
Roofing is seasonal for a reason… shingles lay better when it warms. Not too hot, but Spring is ideal timing.
It's is now the time to get in our schedule, and remember that if you are thinking of painting your home, get it done before a new roof so as not to damage the roof.
And yes we do painting and siding repair as well as Gutter repairs and leaf guards … ask about discounts & FINANCING with approved credit!
Rates are low for homeowners and for as little as $100 a month you can get just about any project done.


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No-Bake Oreo Pie
No-Bake Oreo Pie - only 4 ingredients. Takes 5 minutes to make and tastes amazing!! Oreo lover's dream!
This No-Bake Oreo Pie is so light and creamy. It is way too easy to eat! :) You could easily cut the calories in this pie by using low-fat cream cheese and low-fat or fat-free cool whip.
No-Bake Oreo Pie
serves 6 to 8
(Printable Recipe)
- 1 (6-oz) Oreo pie crust
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 (14.3-oz) package Oreo cookies, crushed
- 1 (12-oz) container Cool Whip, thawed
Reserve 1/4 cup crushed Oreos for top of pie. Combine cream cheese and remaining crushed Oreos. Fold in Cool Whip. Spoon into pie crust. Top with reserved crushed Oreos. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.


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Friday 17 February 2012
February 14, 2012
Love It (Or Hate It), It's Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day, the Western holiday celebrating love, has become a global phenomenon over the past two decades. The fall of communism and the emergence of the Internet have helped February 14 become something of an unofficial international day of romance. However, not all the passions the holiday stirs are related to love. While some countries have openly embraced the holiday, others are attempting to ban it or replace it with local customs.
February 06, 2012
Snow And Steady
Severe winter weather continues to wreak havoc across Eastern and Central Europe, as well as Central and South Asia. The official death toll in Poland has reached 62. Ukraine has reported 135 deaths. Eighteen people have died from the cold in the Czech Republic, while Hungary reports 12 deaths over the past three days. Seventeen have died in Lithuania, where a low of -31 Celsius was recorded. Authorities in Bosnia and Serbia are attempting to deliver food and medicine to thousands who have been cut off due to heavy snow.
January 31, 2012
Uzbeks Gather For Game Of Kopkari
In Uzbekistan, the national game of "kopkari" is held to celebrate an occasion such as a wedding or the birth of a son. The basic objective is for a rider on horseback to get an animal carcass, a goat or sheep, into a circle or across a finish line. The prize on offer is a measure of the wealth of the game's sponsor.


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Family Overnight
Take a Step Back in Time
The Star of India's Family Overnight!
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Brought to you by the Education Department of the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
The Maritime Museum of San Diego is proud to offer this unique opportunity to spend a night aboard the 1863 bark Star of India. Although we will not technically leave the dock, we will be embarking on an imaginary voyage to relive the lives and times of the many emigrant passengers in the Great Age of Sail.
Our Living History programs aboard the Star of India, which primarily serve elementary school classes, have proven to be so popular that we have adapted the format to suit the needs of families in order to let the public participate in this exciting experience. Our instructors will be in character and in costume, teaching various activities such as moving cargo and raising sails. Please keep in mind that the accommodations are also 19th century and can be likened to a camping trip. For example, you will be sleeping on the 'tween decks (below the upper, open deck) in your sleeping bag, and while there are toilets there are no showers.
Your voyage provides a truly rare opportunity to see the Star of India, as you never have before! Not only will you see areas of the ship that are closed to the public, but you will be able to actually get a taste of what life at sea might have been like in the 19th century. We welcome you aboard and look forward to your arrival on this very special trip! Prices are $75 per person for adults and children over 5 years of age which includes food and accommodations.
The program begins at 2:00pm Saturday August 31, and concludes the following morning at 9:00am.
Plan to arrive by 2:00pm. Leave your gear on the curb in front of the Star of India. A staff person will be there to monitor it while you attend the mandatory orientation aboard the upper deck of the Berkeley at 2:30pm sharp. Be sure to bring the FORMS completed and signed with you to the orientation. Please note that due to the nature of this program we are unable to accommodate participants that arrive later than 2:30pm so be sure to check your schedule prior to signing up for this event.
Dinner and breakfast is provided. Please bring a snack to eat during the orientation, as dinner is not served until 7:15pm. Meals are simple but hearty.
Items to Bring Per Person:
Sleeping bag and pillow
Sleeping mat or padding if desired (you will be sleeping on a wooden deck)
Warm jacket
Two pairs of closed-toe shoes and socks, in case one gets wet
Two sets of comfortable clothing, in case one gets wet
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Plastic cup, bowl, and spoon (no knives or forks)
Imagination and sense of adventure!
Pack your gear in a large, heavy-duty trash bag labeled with your name
Items to Leave at Home:
Sandals, skirts, jewelry, weapons, shorts, pipes, cigars, alcohol
Special note for parents/grandparents:
Shhhh…. You may wish to write a fictional letter to your youngsters about your life in the 1870's. Perhaps you know some of your own family's immigrant experiences. There is an opportunity for these letters to reach the sailors on their imaginary voyage back in time. We keep these letters a secret from the lads until our evening program. These letters make a great personal teaching experience for your family. You may wish to write the letter as though you are hoping their travel is safe and giving them the news of the world in 1874 that they would have missed during their four to seventh months voyage. Remember the ship was out of contact with the rest of the world except for letters that they would have picked up at various ports. Feel free to call the Education Department if you need some suggestions. (619) 234-9153 x138
Checklist, Forms, Location, Parking
Last minute checklist:
Release of liability, medical forms
Trash bag with gear
Letter for your sailors (see Special Note tab)
Risk and Liability Form (en Espanol)
Student Medical Form (en Espanol)
If applicable: Administration of Medication (en Espanol)
Click here for location and general museum information.
If possible, arrange for someone to drop you off and pick you up. If you drive, bring quarters for the parking meters, which cost $1.75/hour and are free after 8pm. You will be allowed to "jump ship" to feed the meters, however the program will continue without interruption. For this reason, we strongly suggest finding transportation to and from the Star of India. The program ends at 9am the following morning.
Cancellation Policy – No Refunds
If you are unable to attend, please consider your payment a contribution to the Maritime Museum's educational mission. We are a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Thank you for your understanding.


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Bring a touch of whimsy to your household with the magic of Alice in Wonderland. This is a real photographic print, not a cheap inkjet print like some others, and is sure to class up your home decor. The original book artwork has been reinterpreted by award winning artist Norm Lanier, and includes text from the novel itself.
♚ HOW FUN – These prints are guaranteed to be a great addition to any room.
♚ READY TO FRAME – You get one 11″ x 14″ print. 11″ x 14″ frames are super easy to buy here on Amazon or at any department or craft store. Choose the frames that work with your decor.
♚ MADE TO LAST – The prints are printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper for a lifetime of enjoyment.


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About Nomadix
Driven by the growth of mobile computing, smart mobile devices and the proliferation of WiFi connectivity, the public access market continues to be one of the fastest growing segments in networking. According to the most recent research, WiFi enabled devices will see an increase from over 500 million in 2009 to nearly 2 billion by 20141. Complementing this growth in WiFi devices, there are over 310,000 HotSpots deployed worldwide at the end of Q2 20103. WiFi hotspot operators are now reporting significant increases in data traffic, in some case double from 2009, due to the rapid adoption of smartphones.
Nomadix-enabled networks allow the mobile users to transparently move between different locations (office/home/on the road) creating a truly ubiquitous Internet while allowing the providers of these networks to monetize this and build profitable, sustainable business models.
Nomadix' products provide key patented and patent pending functionality in the deployment of these networks and can operate in both wired and Wi-Fi networks providing maximum flexibility for the operator and the end user.
Nomadix Featured Product
The AG 5900 is a next generation, high-performance Internet access gateway that enables the creation of a public Internet access network. Designed with scalability in mind to accommodate medium to large sized venues - from hotels to airports to stadiums and convention centers - the AG 5900 features the flexibility to support from 300 up to 8,000 simultaneous devices, and up to tens of thousands of devices when using our clustering feature. With a throughput of 1.5 gigabits per second, the AG 5900 can meet growing bandwidth demands while keeping Internet traffic flowing.
The AG 5900 hardware platform is built upon Intel's high-performance processors with built-in flash memory. Each system component in the AG 5900 was selected for its durability and lasting performance to ensure optimum uptime and deliver top speed regardless of user load. The AG 5900 is designed for intensive usage, supports multiple configurable wide area network (WAN) ports and multiple local area network (LAN) ports.
Unlike systems built on repurposed general-market computer platforms, the AG 5900 has been designed specifically to give reliable performance at every level of load up to its stated maximum. Based on the Wind River VxWorks real-time, multitasking operating system, the AG 5900 is architected to use less processing power and therefore runs faster. Its performance and throughput do not degrade when more features are enabled or the load is increased. Combined with the proven Nomadix Service Engine[tm] (NSE) core software, the AG 5900 is an ultra high-performance appliance with unparalleled reliability that can perform under a wide variety of network demands.
Venue operators are very comfortable with the idea of conserving utilities such as water, electricity and gas. The technology built into the AG 5900 allows them to apply that same conservation mindset to their Internet service provider (ISP) connections. This means that operators can extend the useful life of their existing level of connectivity and slow the pace of investments in bandwidth upgrades. But, since conservation itself is never enough, the AG 5900 also offers tools to manage bandwidth actively, efficiently and fairly. Bandwidth can be managed by class of user, by group, subscriber or device, or by a combination of all four. And the weighted fair queuing (WFQ) feature ensures that customers who pay more for better service actually receive better service, even when network capacity is under pressure.
In the early 2000s, guests carried one device. Now, they carry three or more. How many will they carry next year? With the AG 5900, it doesn't matter. The platform is scalable from 300 up to 8,000 simultaneous devices - or up to tens of thousands of devices when using our clustering feature - and can be upgraded remotely with no truck roll required. No change of hardware or software design is required to upgrade to the desired device count.
The AG 5900 offers advanced security for network protection with Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet blocking. Enhanced by utilizing Session Rate Limiting (SRL) to manage Denial of Service (DOS) attacks, the AG 5900 includes URL filtering, centralized RADIUS authentication and iNAT technology that allows multiple Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnels to provide users with a seamless connection at higher levels of security. Additionally, the AG 5900 provides the ability to centrally monitor responsible usage and set policies to securely manage user access.
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The Nomadix Service Engine (NSE) addresses the key issues of customer acquisition, provisioning, security and revenue generation faced by Public Access Service Operators (PASO), System Integrators and venue owners when deploying fixed line and WiFi public access networks. The NSE also removes the barriers encountered by end users accessing these networks by providing a Zero Configuration experience when accessing the service.


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For its 64th iteration, Jahresring enlisted Wolfgang Tillmans to guest edit an issue, which the photographer has titled "What is Different?":
"We have known for some time that there are people who feel drawn to esoteric conspiracy theories. What is new, however, is that hard facts are no longer believed by wide segments of the population. During the past two years, I have come to realise that if 30% of the electorate are resistant to rational argument, we are on a slippery slope.
"In light of all this, I wanted to investigate [by interviewing scientists, politicians, journalists, and social workers] why the backfire effect is having more impact today than it did ten, twenty, or forty years ago. What has changed? What is different? This latter phrase became the title of the book." — Wolfgang Tillmans, in The Guardian*
WHAT IS DIFFERENT?, JAHRESRING 64, edited by Wolfgang Tillmans and Brigitte Oetker. Published by Sternberg Press.
* theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/28/wolfgang-tillmans-what-is-different-backfire-effect
Above: Wolfgang Tillmans, CLC 004, 2017. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/Hong Kong, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne, and Maureen Paley, London.
Image credit below: Jahresring and Sternberg Press.


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Summer Reading Buddies with Bright Spot Therapy Dogs
August 26, 2019
10:30am - 11:30am
Free with Museum Admission; advance signup required
This date is FULL.
Mondays in July and August
Children ages 4-11 will enjoy reading aloud to Reading Buddy dogs, who provide a gentle, comforting listener to readers as they practice their fluency and strengthen their confidence in reading.
Reservations required; call 413-559-6307 or email email@example.com to sign up for a date and 15-minute time block.


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Yargus Manufacturing is a full-service company with experienced engineering and design, marketing, production, installation, transportation and technical assistance personnel to serve you.
Our History
Founded as Layco in 1968 by Lloyd Allen Yargus, the company started out as a conveyor repair and reconditioning shop that also built truck bumpers for area farmers and fertilizer dealers. Over the years, Layco's product line developed to include fertilizer blending and conveying systems. A little over 20 years ago, Lloyd's son Larry acquired Layco, changing the name of the company to Yargus Manufacturing, Inc., and developing it into one of the most respected manufacturers in the material handling industry.
Yargus Today
Today, the Yargus Manufacturing complex in Marshall, Illinois spreads over six acres, with 150,000 square feet for sales, engineering and manufacturing. The company ships Layco equipment all over the world for fertilizer and other material handling uses. Over the years it has become a sought-after equipment supplier because of its unique ability to successfully custom-design and manufacture equipment to meet customers needs. Larry's three daughters - Anne Sheehy, Kate Shaffer and Meg Yargus - are now integrally involved in the company's operation.
In 2016, Yargus was acquired by Ag Growth International (AGI) (TSX:AFN).
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VP Finance/CFO
Steven Andersen
Steven Andersen grew up in the east Bay Area near Oakland, and studied at the University of California, Davis and Northwestern University. He spent twenty years in project management with Hewlett-Packard, and transitioned to a consulting career in 2003. The same year he joined PMI, and became a PMP in 2004. He then worked for several consulting firms, including most recently Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP, a Sacramento-based accounting and consulting firm. Steven currently serves as an Internal Auditor for Ruiz Foods in Dinuba, auditing large IT projects as well as internal operations.
In September of 2004, Steven and his wife Yuqin (pronounced you-chin) relocated from the Sacramento are to Clovis, where his wife started a four-year pharmacy program. Steven and Yuqin have four grown children – three daughters and a son – and two sons-in-law. In May of 2015 they celebrated the arrival of their first granddaughter. In his spare time they enjoy running, hiking, and time with extended family.


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The Crimson improved to 5-2 on the season with the pair of wins. (Gil Talbot)
MACON, Ga. – The Harvard baseball team took both ends of its doubleheader with Mercer on Saturday, as the Crimson (5-2) defeated the Bears consecutively, 6-2 and 8-7 at Claude Smith Field.
Once again, Harvard received solid efforts from its staff on the hill, with both starters Nick Gruener and Matt Timoney picking up victories on the day. In the first game, Gruener was electric, tossing 7.1 innings of three-hit ball, giving up just one run, while walking two and striking out four. Timoney gave up six runs over 4.2, only three of them earned. The senior, who had the run support to help, struck out and walked one before yielding the bump to Dylan Combs.
Offensively, Harvard continued its outpouring of hits in the series, combining for 22 on Saturday – 10 in game one, 12 in game two. Mike Martin (3-for-7, 2R, 1RBI), Mitch Klug (4-for-9, 1R, 1RBI), Jake McGuiggan (4-for-9, 3R, 3RBI), Connor Quinn (3-for-8, 2R) and Steve Dill (2-for-4, 3R) all found success at the plate; each Crimson enjoyed multi-hit outings.
The first game was a pure pitchers' duel in the early going, before Harvard spread out its six runs over the last six innings. Quinn was responsible for two runs in the top of the fourth, plating Martin with a single up the middle, before being brought home by a Klug double to make it 2-0. Colton extended the lead in the fifth with a sac fly to bring in Dill, while Ethan Ferreira sent a double to the left-center gap to bring home Drew Reid in the sixth to make it 4-0 in favor of the Crimson
Mike Martin then ripped a home run to give the Crimson extra comfort ahead in the seventh, the first home run for Harvard this season. Mercer cut into the lead with a home run itself in the bottom of the eighth, but Reid reached safely on an error, allowing Dill to come across to make it the final 6-1 in the top of the ninth. From there, Kevin Rex kept the Bears at bay, throwing 1.2 innings of no-hit ball to ensure the win.
In game two, the two clubs went back-and-forth to start things up. Martin put Harvard up 1-0 after drawing a walk, stealing second, making it to third on a wild pitch and coming home on a passed ball. Mercer tied things up in the bottom of the inning, but the Crimson tacked on two more in the second; Hink led off with a single, and was brought home by McGuiggan's double down the left field line. McGuiggan eventually came around after Colton sent out another sacrifice fly.
Mercer made it 3-2 in the bottom of the inning, and then tied things up at 3-3 in the third. But the Crimson enjoyed a four-run fourth inning to make it 8-3. Five hits, capped off by a pair of base-knocks from Reid and Quinn to score Dill and Colton successively.
The Bears made things interesting in the bottom of the fifth, adding three runs on three hits and one error to make it 8-6, eventually making it 8-7 in the bottom of the seventh, but the Crimson hurlers finished the deal. Ian Miller and Tanner Anderson combined for three shutout innings, not allowing a hit over that span, while striking out three.
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Libyan authorities attacked the character and credibility of a woman who claimed that she had been abducted and raped by militia members working for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan authorities on Sunday attacked the character and credibility of a Libyan woman who burst into a hotel full of foreign journalists to say that she had been abducted and raped by militia members working for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, calling her "a known prostitute and a thief."
The woman, Eman al-Obeidy, has become well known in Libya and around the world since the episode at the hotel on Saturday.
She told journalists that she had been raped by 15 men and displayed large bruises on her face and legs, as well as deep scratches. But as she tried to talk, security officials and people who had previously appeared to be hotel workers raced to silence her, at one point even attempting to place a coat over her head.
Her pursuers scuffled with journalists attempting to interview, photograph and protect her. Security officials ultimately dragged her screaming from the hotel and drove her away. But her accusations were heard and the scuffle seen on television networks and Web sites worldwide.
And the experience she described was consistent with longstanding reports of human rights abuses in Libya under the Qaddafi government.
Ms. Obeidy's mother, Aisha Ahmed, a resident of the rebel-held town of Tobrok, told The Washington Post that Ms. Obeidy was a 26-year-old law student in Tripoli. "I am very happy, very proud," her mother said, calling Ms. Obeidy a hero.
Ms. Obeidy's parents reportedly said government officials had called them early Sunday to offer her money and a new house if she recanted. Relatives reached through a rebel activist late Sunday declined to talk.
A cousin, Wadad Omar, told Reuters that Ms. Obeidy worked in the tourism industry, and said that three other women, all lawyers, were abducted with her at a checkpoint outside Tripoli and were missing. As she was dragged from the hotel Ms. Obeidy screamed that others with her were in captivity.
Musa Ibrahim, a government spokesman, has cycled through a series of contradictory characterizations of Ms. Obeidy and her case. He initially suggested that she appeared drunk and may have fabricated her story, or "her fantasies."
Later on Saturday, he said that police detectives had found her sane, sober and in good health. He called her complaints credible and said detectives were investigating them. And he said she would be offered a chance to meet again with journalists.
On Sunday, however, Mr. Ibrahim told reporters that detectives had learned she was a prostitute, with "a whole file of prostitution cases and petty theft."
"The girl is not what she pretended to be," he said. "This is her line of work. She has known these boys for years."
"I can't see anything political about her situation," he added, "The men have been questioned, but since she is refusing the medical examination they can't prove the rape case." Asked at a press conference about his earlier statements, Mr. Ibrahim declined to repeat them, saying he now wanted to protect her privacy, "without talking about people's previous crimes, their lifestyles."
He said that she had been released to relatives in Tripoli, but that could not be confirmed.
In Benghazi, the center of the rebellion challenging Colonel Qaddafi's four decades in power, residents held a rally supporting Ms. Obeidy. "Eman, you are not alone," one sign read.
In Tripoli, several residents said they had heard about the episode from satellite news channels. Some said they did not believe that in Libya's traditional culture a woman would speak so openly of a sexual crime. But others said they believed her. They pointed to her brutal treatment as an example of Colonel Qaddafi's tight grip on the capital.


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Tristan and I have a routine. About an hour to an hour and a half after every bottle, he takes a nap. He usually takes these in his cradle swing. Tyler is off work because he leaves for his annual Army training this week and he's messing up the routine.
Today, I put Tristan in the swing where he usually fusses for a few minutes and falls asleep and his daddy couldn't be quiet long enough for him to go to sleep. We don't keep a quiet house, but I don't holler through the house when he's trying to sleep either. Tristan finally started to drift off and Tyler opens the front door, light streaming in, and stands there trying to talk to me about cutting his hair for AT. I tell him we can talk later and go run (he was headed out to the park). When he leaves, Tristan screams his head off for half an hour!
I like my routine and so does Tristan. When his naps are interrupted, he takes forever to calm back down. Tyler needs to respect the routine and that I know what Tristan wants better than him.
June 1, 2010
Scream--Chris Cornell
Posted by Sabrina at 12:42 PM
1 comment:
- Jan AKA Wammy said...
Good luck trying to educate that Pappa. They don't understand routine or anything that resembles one.
I would suggest a day of role reversal....dad says at home and does all the things you do during the day and you go visit friends or something fun....
- June 1, 2010 at 2:19 PM
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Separating waste
We have been separating waste in offices and workshops for some time. But there are more opportunities to separate waste, such as at stations and in the train. NS is carrying out a number of trials to determine the feasibility of these forms of waste separation.
Separating waste at the station
Waste at stations consists of various materials, of which a large proportion is paper, packaging (PMD) and organic. Since 2015, several stations have been involved in pilots for 'Waste separation and recycling'. Special instructional stickers on waste bins inform the traveller that waste is being separated at the station. At 2 stations 3 waste categories are being collected, and at 7 stations 2 waste categories are being collected. Our goal is to further expand the waste separation to more stations. The whole process of waste collection and processing has already been prepared and coordinated. From the cleaners, who collect the separated waste, up to and including the waste processor. The waste processor requires a 90% purity in order to effectively recycle the waste, so it is important that waste is put in the correct bin. Here, the motto 'waste is a resource' applies.
Separating waste on the train
Since 2015, our cleaning staff have been collecting newspapers and magazines separately. These are then recycled. Starting with the new timetable for 2017, the first trains with facilities for waste separation will start running in the South-East of the Netherlands. Starting on 1 January 2017, we request that our passengers place newspapers and magazines in the luggage racks once they have finished reading them. This way, multiple passengers will be able to read the same newspaper, which is good for the environment. Moreover, this way the newspapers will remain clean and dry, which makes them easier to recycle.
Separating waste in shops: Swill
Standard practice is to separate two waste flows behind almost all shops: residual waste and paper/cardboard/foil. At 3 stations, a large proportion of the shops are now also separating Swill. Swill is a term used to describe cooked and prepared kitchen waste and leftovers, such as potatoes, bread, drinks, coffee grounds, egg shells, chips, snacks, vegetables, fruit and dairy products. Separating swill makes waste easier and more environmentally friendly to process.
People with problems in the labour market take care of the logistics at Rotterdam station. They retrieve containers from the sales premises and make sure that the containers are taken to waste processing as three separate waste streams. They are also responsible for bringing clean and empty containers back to the sales premises. The swill is used to make bio-gas or green energy, and the remainder is then used for compost.
Green Deal
The separation and reduction of waste at stations, on trains and in retail (shops) are part of the Green Deal agreement between the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and NS. The goal of this agreement is to reduce the waste produced by passengers by 25% and to separate 75% of waste on collection so that it can be recycled by 2020.


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Mark Schreiber discussed findings from McDermott and Ponemon's GDPR report and offered insights from the first 10 months under the new regulations at a recent IAPP meeting. "We still have too little time and it's a year later," Schreiber said. "We expect 50 percent of covered companies are still in the process of GDPR compliance and it will likely go on for another couple of years."
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Speed dials, in one form or the other, has become the norm in modern browsers. Opera invented the feature, and it has since then been adopted by Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer. One browser that has been missing this feature is Firefox. However, that might be about to change.
Mozilla has announced a new Labs initiative called Prospector. Mozilla is attempting to take speed dials to the next level by making it context aware. The Prospector extension adds predictive speed dials, which lists bookmarks and previously visited webpages that it feels are relevant to the webpage you are currently browsing. In short, it tries to guess which website you are most likely to browse next.
Firefox searches both your bookmarks and history for similar websites that you may be interested in based on what you were recently browsing. This is currently displayed along with some experimental statistics such as score (which is how similar the tags are), frequency (which is a measure of frequency and recency) and others.
All the computation required for the predictive speed dial is done locally, and no data is sent out by your browser. Mozilla says that a well maintained and tagged set of bookmarks will help Firefox is throwing up more relevant results; however, it is not essential.
While the idea behind Predictive Newtab is undoubtedly interesting, it's impossible to say how well it works without testing it for a few days. Opera's speed dial concept works as well as it does because it is simple. Most people have a dozen websites that they visit really frequently, and Opera allows users to set those websites as speed dials. Chrome tries to do this automatically by relying on frequency count to cull a list of most visited websites. Firefox is trying to rank websites based on frequency and relevance. However, without a well maintained set of tagged bookmarks (or crowdsourcing), determining relevance can be a hard thing. Additional indicators like meta-tags can be considered; however, Firefox doesn't appear to be doing that. Moreover, relevance often doesn't have anything to do with the next website that I am likely to browse. The fact that I currently have a Gmail tab open doesn't necessarily imply that I am going to browse Yahoo Mail or Hotmail next.
You can go ahead and download the Prospector extension from here. Don't forget to share your experience with the Prospector extension. If Mozilla's experiment succeeds, then Predictive Newtab could very well show up in future versions of Firefox.


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32-106 Event Detector
- High Versatility Medium Speed Event Detectors
- Contains one 32-channel board slot
128-105 Event Detector
- High Versatility Medium Speed Event Detectors
- Contains four 32-channel board slots
The 105/106 Series Event Detectors
High Versatility Medium Speed Event Detectors
The 105/106 Series Event Detectors are the most versatile Event Detectors in the product line. These Event Detectors monitor the electrical resistance of up to 128 simple continuity loops, each comprised of single or multiple specimens under test. Each test specimen is continuously monitored while a selectable DC sense current is passed through each channel test-loop; resistance changes exceeding the selected threshold are recorded as an event. Minimum Event Duration, Channel Current, and Threshold Voltage settings can all be independently configured. 105 and 106 Series instruments are electrically identical, with the difference simply that the 105 offers four, 32-channel board slots and the 106 offers only one. Thus the 128-105 is equivalent to four 32-106 Event Detectors.


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Tiger Woods' lawyers have sent a letter to multiple British newspapers and blogs banning them from publishing any pictures or videos of the golfer in his birthday suit.
The letter cites a court order stating that it "prevents the publication of private and confidential information contained in the Order…", reports TMZ.com.
They're quick to assure newspaper bosses that this legal step doesn't necessarily mean that any risqué shots of Tiger exist!
"This Order is not to be taken as any admission that any such photographs exist, and in the event they do exist they may have been fabricated, altered, manipulated and/or changed to create the false appearance and impression that they are nude photographs of our client."
The court order also blocks the publication of "any photographs, footage or images taken or obtained of the claimant [Tiger] naked or any naked parts of the claimant's [Tiger's] body or of him involved in any sexual activity."
The lawyer's letter says, "Our client is not aware of any images and in any event he would not have consented to any such photographs being taken nor would he have consented to the dissemination or exploitation of the same."
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Monday: Sweet 'n Sour Cauliflower
Guess who just won Meatless Monday? You.
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Tuesday: Slow-Cooker Lemon-Garlic Chicken
Chicken tastes even better when you don't actually have to cook it.
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Thursday: Mongolian Shrimp & Broccoli
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Friday: Crispy Fried Chicken
Fry or die.
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Judy Kim is a NYC-based food stylist, recipe developer, and photographer. She also writes recipes for her website The Judy Lab.


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Google Maps - Transit & Food 4+
GPS, City Navigation & Traffic
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Navigate your world faster and easier with Google Maps. Over 220 countries and territories mapped and hundreds of millions of businesses and places on the map. Get real-time GPS navigation, traffic, and transit info, and explore local neighborhoods by knowing where to eat, drink and go - no matter what part of the world you're in.
Get there faster with real-time updates
• Beat traffic with real-time ETAs and traffic conditions
• Catch your bus, train, or ride-share with real-time transit info
• Save time with automatic rerouting based on live traffic, incidents, and road closure
• With Live View in Google Maps, see the way you need to go with arrows and directions placed right on top of your world. There's no second guessing or missing another turn.
Discover places and explore like a local
• Discover local restaurant, events, and activities that matter to you
• Know what's trending and new places that are opening in the areas you care about
• Decide more confidently with "Your match," a number on how likely you are to like a place
• Group planning made easy. Share a shortlist of options and vote in real-time
• Create lists of your favorite places and share with friends
• Follow must-try places recommended by local experts, Google, and publishers
More experiences on Google Maps
• Offline maps to search and navigate without an internet connection
• Street View and indoor imagery for restaurants, shops, museums and more
• Indoor maps to quickly find your way inside big places like airports, malls and stadiums
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Better than iOS Maps
I guess I didn't even realize the difference between this and the native apple map. I switched to iPhone last year and was used to pressing a map link and it opened right up in maps. Well, apple does that too...but when I needed it badly I had to come download google maps. I was stuck in a delivery parking lot of a huge hospital in an unfamiliar city that apparently had one address for the whole campus. Apple's map made me almost lose my mind- "Turn right then turn right! Go southwest then immediately go north then turn right! Turn left then turn right!"
It was insanity.
I finally broke down and googled what I needed which prompted me to download Google Maps...And I was immediately given correct directions and found my medical office in less than 5 minutes. Now every time I need directions I find Google Maps is the only one that's accurate.
4 stars because it turns me sideways sometimes and did have me turn right off of an exit just to make an immediate u-turn when it should have just told me to turn left from the jump. Still- it gets me there which is what I ultimately care about.
Best Navigation App and Its Still Frustrating
Google maps is one of the best of the big navigation apps along with Apple Maps and Waze (owned by Google also I think). I've been using since about 2014 and its always a headache if I missed a turn in a city. It will redirect to the next best turn, but by the time it loads the new route and narrates the instructions I've missed that turn as well. This continues indefinitely, until I stop moving or just take the next turn on faith. Its extremely frustrating after missing several turns because I cant inch along waiting for the maps to catch up. I'd rather it give me a turn further ahead so I actually have a chance to react from about 40 mph. This is something that seems totally fixable.
More recently, its been stopping narration unannounced. Either never starts or just decides that a certain direction is the last one to be narrated. Exiting the app and reloading helps occasionally but not enough to consider it a solution. I use the maps when I'm driving to an area I dont know, so thats obviously a big issue. Updating the app and my operating system hasnt done anything to help. This happened today and added 20 minutes to a 25 minute commute. I've tried Apple Maps and a little of Waze, Google Maps usually works the best but even still its irritating when you plan a trip I cant rely on Google Maps to do the only to do the only thing its made to do.
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Thank you for your review! Sorry to hear about this issue. Please copy and paste this Help Center link into your browser for some steps that might help improve your location accuracy: https://goo.gl/XlhhQr Also, please check out this Help Center link for some tips that might help enhance applications speeds as this will affect Maps as well: https://goo.gl/GW6uOo
Progressively getting worse
As someone else mentioned, the directions do not keep up with your physical movement. The GPS dot moves all over the place even if you are standing in one spot making it extremely difficult to get your bearings in an unfamiliar place. I may not know where I am, but I do know where I am not (...unless the men's fragrance section of Macy's has been moved outdoors and a block over). Adding to the challenge, the street names can be difficult to find. You may have to zoom out a significant amount for the one you are looking for to appear. God forbid you want to zoom out and look for something in another area. Every time I have tried recently, it just brings me back to the area I'm currently in.
Using the transit directions prove to be equally obnoxious. There will be directions to "Walk" but no explanation of where to (no "turn left on X Street") so you have to rely on their map and faulty GPS. The public transit are very confusing and counterintuitive (perhaps they're sufficient for people used to using public transit?). I couldn't always clearly tell when a bus/train was arriving.
Not sure what happened with the last few updates, as I have used Google Maps reliably on a number of past trips. I already hated to give my data over to Google but the frustration with this app on this trip makes it easy to try something new. I imagine orienteering would be easier than using this app!
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Thanks for your review! Check out some tips from our Help Center on how to improve the apps speed as this is the likely cause of what you are seeing: https://goo.gl/GW6uOo. Also, please check out this Help Center link for some tips that might help improve your location accuracy: https://goo.gl/XlhhQr
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Produced by Mike Fleiss, Eli Roth & Chris Briggs
Written by Eli Roth
Starring Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eyþór Guðjónsson, Barbara Nedeljáková, Rick Hoffman
Hostel is a 2005 American splatter film written and directed by Eli Roth. It stars Jay Hernandez and was produced by Mike Fleiss, Eli Roth, and Chris Briggs, with Boaz Yakin, Scott Spiegel, and Quentin Tarantino as executive producers.
The film tells the story of two college students traveling across Europe, who find themselves preyed upon by a mysterious group that tortures and kills kidnapped victims.
Principal photography took place in the Czech Republic with many scenes being shot in Český Krumlov. Amsterdam scenes were filmed in Prague. -Wikipedia
Hostel in "Amsterdam".
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Guys coming back to the hostel.
Dvořákovo nábřeží.
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Found a Baby Crow?
In the Crow specie the tail length is a determining factor in the age of the bird. You can place a Juvenile bird with a tail length exceeding 3 - 4" in the branches of a tree with the thickest canopy and cover. A pool net is very usefull in helping to get this done. Place the crow in the basket of the net and hoist as high into the tree as possible and then wait for him to climb out onto the branches. For crows with less than 4" in tail length, refer to a rehabilitator. The information below will help you in determining the relative health and age of the bird. Rehabilitator contact information for crow rescue is also provided.
Baby Crows
1) Is the bird bald or feathered? If bald, blue eyed with a crimson mouth it is a nestling crow. Crows make their nest too high up to actually be able to place the baby back in the nest. Crow parents will not care for two nests at the same time, so making an alternate nest is not an option. This baby will need rehabilitation.
2) If developing sleek feathers, what is the tail length; very important to determine. In crows, if less than 3-4" they need rehabilitation. If in doubt measure the tail. Lift the wings in order to do this the tail starts at the body,not the portion that just extends out from the wing tips.
3) Do not leave a nestling crow on the ground. If the bird is not within a few days of flying (refer to tail length), it will probably starve to death even if the parents are nearby.
Place the baby in a box that is lined with a soft material. If he is bald, he is not thermoregulating so he will need an external heat source. Double bag two ziplock bags and fill with warm water and place under the soft lining with in the box. Place box in a warm quiet area away from kids and pets.
4) If the baby is gaping (opens his mouth and begs) you may soak dog kibble until it is soft and moist and drop size appropriate pieces into his mouth until he stops. This may be offered every 30 minutes. Do not force open his mouth.
6) Do not offer water as he may aspirate (choke). He will get enough moisture from the soaked kibble. This will hold him temporarily until a rehabilitator gets back to you.
Healthy Fledgling Crows put up in a tree
Healthy Fledgling Crow Observation
- Birds found on the ground that pass all of the criteria below and have a tail length exceeding 4" can be placed back up as high into the trees as possible, where they were found:
- Is the bird attempting to fly up at least 3-4 feet or at least able to fly parallel to the ground?
- Is it holding both wings equally to its body when it is standing? Does it use both wings equally when it tries to fly?
- Does it use both legs equally when standing or walking?
- Does he have a strong grip with his feet? The bird will need to hang on to a branch when put back into a tree.
- Tail length is a determining factor in the age of crows. You can place a bird with a tail length exceeding 3-4" in in the branches of a tree with a thick-set canopy. (A pool net is very handy,place the bird in the net and hold it up into the branches and allow him a few minutes to climb out into the tree.)
- Get the bird up off the ground and the parents will continue to care for him. In most situations the parents will not feed him on the ground, they will stay around making a lot of noise and may fly to the ground but generally will not feed him. If they do feed him, will not be able to feed enough to sustain him and he will starve.
- Be certain that his parents are there. They will be the ones making all the noise.
- Fledgling Crows Answering "yes" to any of the questions below will necessitate bird rehabilitation.
- Is the tail less than 3-4" in length?
- Is the mouth color pale pink to white (indicates anemia)? Red is normal
- Is there any crusting, discharge, in or around the eyes or mouth?
- Does the breast bone feel sharp, like the breast bone of a chicken with out the meat? You need to put your fingers through the feathers to feel the bone. The breast should feel plump on either side of the bone. If too thin, could indicate parasites, illness, or spending too long a period on the ground.
- Are there any sores or injury?
- Is it missing any feathers or are a large portion of the wing feathers white? ?
- Do you feel mites on your hands when you handle the bird? Can you see mites in between his feathers on his skin? Mites will appear as very small red dots if they have already fed on the bird.
- Is he lethargic and staying in one place or non-responsive?
- Is he injured, limping,dragging a wing, stumbling?
Injured Adult Crows not able to fly or visibly injured require immediate rehabilitation.
Southern California Crow Rehabilitation Contacts:
- Calabasas: 818-591-9453
- Orange County: 714-637-8355
- Santa Barbara: 805-966-9005
- Simi Valley: 805-428 7105
- Ojai Raptor Center


text: One of the most individual of all altoists (and one of the few in the 1950s who did not sound like a cousin of Charlie Parker), the cool-toned Lee Konitz has always had a strong musical curiosity, leading him to consistently take chances and stretch himself, usually quite successfully. Early on he studied clarinet, switched to alto, and played with Jerry Wald. Konitz gained some attention for his solos with Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra (1947). He began studying with Lennie Tristano, who had a big influence on his conception and approach to improvising. Konitz was with Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool Nonet during their one gig and their Capitol recordings (1948-1950) and recorded with Lennie Tristano's innovative sextet (1949), including the first two free improvisations ever documented. Konitz blended very well with Warne Marsh's tenor (their unisons on "Wow" are miraculous) and would have several reunions with both Tristano and Marsh through the years, but he was also interested in finding his own way; by the early '50s he started breaking away from the Tristano school. Konitz toured Scandinavia (1951), where his cool sound was influential, and he fit in surprisingly well with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1952-1954), being featured on many charts by Bill Holman and Bill Russo. Konitz was primarily a leader from that point on. He almost retired from music in the early '60s but re-emerged a few years later. His recordings have ranged from cool bop to thoughtful free improvisations, and his Milestone set of Duets (1967) is a classic. In the '70s and '80s, Konitz increased his recorded output, issuing consistently stimulating sessions for such labels as SteepleChase, Philogy, Soul Note, and others. In 1992, he won the prestigious Jazzpar Prize. He kept a busy release schedule throughout the '90s and dabbled in the world of classical music with 2000's French Impressionist Music from the Turn of the Twentieth Century. The Mark Masters Ensemble joined him for 2004's One Day with Lee, and in 2007 he recorded Portology with the Ohad Talmor Big Band. He has recorded on soprano and tenor but has mostly stuck to his distinctive alto. In 2011, he released his own trio album Knowinglee and appeared on the live ECM date Live at Birdland (recorded in 2009) with pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Paul Motian. Three years later, he joined Dan Tepfer, Michael Janisch, and Jeff Williams for First Meeting: Live in London, Vol. 1. In 2017, Konitz delivered the quartet date Frescalalto, featuring pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Kenny Washington. ~ Scott Yanow


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Starting April 1st of the year after you turn 70½, and every year thereafter, you will have to begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from your IRAs or be subject to IRS fines and penalties of up to 50% of the amount you should have withdrawn. For most retirees, these distributions provide much needed additional retirement income. But for wealthy individuals with plenty of other income sources to ensure a comfortable retirement lifestyle, these required distributions can prove more headache than help.
Because the amount of your RMD is calculated based on your total retirement account balances and your average life expectancy, the income generated from annual distributions for wealthy retirees can potentially be large enough to force you into a higher tax bracket. The more common challenge, however, is that many parents and grandparents who don't need to rely on their IRAs for income, would prefer to preserve those assets as a legacy for the next generation.
Consider enacting a Roth conversion
If you are in your 50s or early 60s, you still have plenty of time to consider converting some of your traditional IRA assets into a Roth IRA where the money can continue to grow tax-free1 without any future distribution requirements. The downside is that any tax-deferred assets converted into a Roth are considered taxable income for the year in which they are converted. But paying taxes upfront may prove advantageous in the long run, and your advisor can help you explore strategies where you can stage a Roth conversion over a number of years to help minimize its impact on your taxable income.
In addition, with a Roth IRA your heirs inherit an asset that's unencumbered by taxes. Whereas distributions from inherited traditional IRAs must be reported as taxable income, Roth beneficiaries need not pay taxes on distributions as long as the account is at least five years old.
Use your RMDs to fund life insurance
Perhaps a Roth conversion doesn't make sense for your particular circumstances, or maybe you're too close to age 70½ to gain much benefit from the strategy. In that case, you may want to explore using your RMDs each year to pay the annual premiums on a life insurance policy that can enhance the legacy you leave to your heirs as well as avoid estate taxes if applicable.
While you'll still be paying taxes on your RMDs, the death benefit associated with a permanent life policy will typically be significantly larger than years of accumulating RMDs in low-risk investment vehicles. And when you die, your beneficiaries won't have to pay taxes on any of the insurance proceeds they receive.
For those with significant wealth who are concerned about estate taxes, rather than holding the policy in your name (where it will be deemed part of your estate), ownership can be transferred to an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) in order to remove the proceeds from your estate.
Of course, neither of these strategies may be appropriate for your situation. But they illustrate that there are creative ways to turn unwanted RMDs into a more robust legacy for future generations. Your SunTrust advisor will be happy to help you explore the various options available and determine the best course of action.


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Chewing Gum Goes Organic and Biodegradable
Now a small co-operative in the Mexican rainforest is bringing back the original chicle processing skills to make a chewing gun that is certified organic and saving the rainforest. Called Chicza Rainforest Gum, it will be sold in supermarkets in Britain very soon.
photo from Mexicolore
The chicle industry almost died out after the development of synthetic chicle in the 1950's. The co-operative, located on the edge of a rainforest reserve, has developed this sustainable and organic gum as a way to revive the industry and the skills. The chicleros, as they are called, preserve the rainforest whilst getting the white sap from the trees. As they say: "We don't kill the trees like farmers do when they clear land to grow corn or graze cattle. We leave a wound, it's true, but eight years after it is healed and producing chicle again."
The other bonus is that the gum is biodegradable and starts to break down right after chewing. UK councils spend more than £150 million a year on cleaning streets so this is a big plus. Since 28m people chew gum every year in Britain, buying almost 1bn packs a year, this could be a great boon for Chicza....too bad about the dentists.
Some gummy facts:
- Wrigley and Cadbury Schweppes account for 60 per cent of the world market in chewing gum
- Every year, 935 million packs of gum are chewed by 28 million Britons
- A packet of Wrigley's gum was the first item to be scanned by a barcode reader
- It is illegal to import chewing gum into Singapore. Guardian


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The other day, I was sitting on the bus on my way home from work, when a woman sat down next to me and said, "Do you ever get that you look like Amy Schumer?!" I snickered, "No," and she goes, "Wow, I literally thought I was sitting next to her!"
So, of course, I was immediately flattered. And that's because Amy Schumer's freaking awesome – not only is she absolutely hilarious, but she's making epic moves in the body image movement (and is gorg).
If you're unfamiliar, earlier this year, Amy did a photo shoot for Glamour Magazine. But to her surprise, when the magazine came out with the issue, she was featured as plus size. Schumer says Glamour did this without her permission, and included her in their special plus size issue in collaboration with Lane Bryant.
Here's how Amy responded on Instagram: "I think there's nothing wrong with being plus size. Beautiful healthy women. Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and 8… @glamourmag put me in their plus size only issue without asking or letting me know and it doesn't feel right to me. Young girls seeing my body type and thinking that's plus size? What are your thoughts? Mine are not cool glamour not glamorous."
Overall, I think she handled it well. She's standing up for "plus size" women, while also defending her shape. I get it – it's definitely not cool of Glamour.
But you know what's also not cool? The term plus size. Like Ashley Graham says, "I think the term plus size is outdated. It shouldn't be about labels." I think you're damn right, Graham. The labels need to end. And the fact that Amy Schumer was offended is offensive in itself. Size is just a damn size, it doesn't mean shit.
I used to get all hung up on the size of clothes I was buying. I was embarrassed and ashamed, and could barely look at the sizes I was pulling off the rack. But then one day recently, I shit you not, I all of a sudden got so proud of my size. Why? Because the clothes I'm buying make me look amazing, beautiful and make me feel good, and it doesn't matter that they're not a "small" or "zero." They're MY size, no one else's.
Amy Schumer defending her size is okay, but she shouldn't have to. No one should be labeled. But in today's world, we all are, especially celebrities. Being scrutinized for your weight in the public eye would be nothing close to easy, and she handles it well.
Unfortunately Amy has struggled with body image before, and this wasn't her first run in with these kinds of issues. "It's an emotional thing," she told TODAY in a recent interview. "It's been a struggle for me my whole life, and especially just being in the entertainment industry. Standing on a stage in front of people, I can't perform my best or be confident if I'm not sure — if I'm pulling at something [I'm wearing]. And sometimes I would just want to throw in the towel and be like, 'I'm not gonna go do standup tonight.'"
It took meeting a stylist, Leesa Evans, on the set of her movie Trainwreck to turn her outlook around. She said before Leesa, she always dressed poorly and didn't feel nearly as good in her clothes before. And that inspired her to help women find their style, and is why she teamed up with Goodwill of Southern California to educate and inspire women through fashion.
Ultimately, Schumer says her goal across the board with everything is to "make everybody laugh and feel better." And that's where I want to end. I'm damn proud to be told I look like Amy Schumer, because she's beautiful, empowering and making a point to be proud of her body. Not only that, she's trying to help women be proud of theirs, and open about her own issues with body insecurity. That's inspiring in itself.
So random lady on the bus, thank you. Amy is beautiful, hilarious, and I'll take your doppelganger comment and run.
Photo credit: torbakhopper


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Shamil Basayev (left) and Ibn Khattab. [Source: Associated Press]A Saudi named Ibn Khattab becomes the central point for a foothold gained by radical Islamists in the conflict in Chechnya. Ibn Khattab had fought in Afghanistan in the late 1980s while still in his teens, and also with Arab units in Bosnia in the early 1990s. [New York Times, 12/9/2001] In addition, he had spent some time in Afghanistan in the early 1990s and met Osama bin Laden, whom he will later call "a good man." [US Department of State, 2/28/2003] Continuing to follow radical Islamist causes, Khattab led an Arab unit in the civil war in Tajikistan in the early 1990s. In February 1995, he travels with seven other veteran mujaheddin fighters to Chechnya, which had been invaded by Russia two months earlier. At this time, the number of Islamist fighters is quite small, less than 100. But Khattab takes command of this group and the group makes a reputation as fierce fighters. Khattab also befriends Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who later declares him his brother. In March 1994, Basayev had attended a training camp in Afghanistan, then come back later in the year, bringing more Chechen fighters to train as well. [US Department of State, 2/28/2003] Khattab extensively videotapes the activities of his small fighting unit, making numerous videotapes and CDs. This gives them an influence far outweighing their numbers, and the video footage is especially effective in raising money for the Chechen cause from rich donors in the Middle East. While Khattab's military influence is negligible within the larger effort of the first Chechen war, Khattab's acceptance into the rebel command structure and his alliance with Basayev will allow him to have a larger political and societal influence when the war ends in late 1996. [Terrorism Monitor, 1/26/2006]
Entity Tags: Shamil Basayev, Osama bin Laden, Ibn Khattab
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline
Ibn Khattab, the Saudi mujaheddin fighter who recently became a leader in the rebel movement in Chechnya (see February 1995-1996), establishes some militant training camps in Chechnya after the first Chechen war ends in late 1996 (see August 1996). The camps mostly train Chechens and others from nearby regions in the Caucasus Mountains. But a trickle of Arab fighters continues to arrive and join his forces as well. [Terrorism Monitor, 1/26/2006] Khattab's main training camp is near the village of Serzhen-Yurt. Arab instructors teach locals how to shoot weapons and lay mines while also teaching the Koran and the fundamentalist Wahhabist theology favored by Khattab. One Chechen will later tell the Washington Post that Islamist militants "went to the market and they paid with dollars. There was no power here; there was disorder everywhere, and their influence was very strong.… The poor Chechen people were already suffering so much and our young guys simply couldn't think. They were ready to accept any ideas." [Washington Post, 9/26/2001]
Entity Tags: Ibn Khattab
In 1996, rebel forces in Chechnya outlasted the Russian army and were able to effectively achieve a de facto independence from Russia (see August 1996). Aslan Maskhadov wins presidential elections in early 1997. But in-fighting amongst the victorious Chechen forces begins, and Maskhadov struggles for control against a number of field commanders and local chieftains. In particular, one powerful Chechen warlord named Shamil Basayev quits Maskhadov's government and joins up with Ibn Khattab, a Saudi who only recently moved to Chechnya and built up his own forces (see February 1995-1996). [Washington Post, 3/10/2000] Khattab is an Islamist who leads many foreigners fighting in Chechnya as a jihad cause. Basayev, while Chechen, trained in a militant training camp in Pakistan around 1990 and is sympathetic to Khattab's religious cause. [BBC, 3/20/2000] The Washington Post will later comment: "Islamic extremists figured hardly at all in Chechnya's first war for independence from Russia, from 1994 to 1996. That was clearly a nationalist movement. But when that war ended with no clear winner, Chechnya lay in ruins, presenting fertile ground for Islamic militants." [Washington Post, 9/26/2001] Russia tries to bolster the Maskhadov government by sending it arms and funds and even training its troops. Several assassination attempts are made against him and he is saved twice by an armored limousine Russia provides him with. Kidnappings for ransom become the order of the day. Between 1997 and 1999, more than 1,000 people are kidnapped in Chechnya. [Washington Post, 3/10/2000] In June 1998, amid growing lawlessness, Maskhadov imposes a state of emergency. But this does not restore order. Radical Islamists led by Basayev and Khattab are growing more popular. In January 1999, Maskhadov gives in to pressure and declares that Sharia (strict Islamic law) will be phased in over three years. But this is not good enough for the Islamists, who announce the formation of a rival body to govern Chechnya according to Sharia immediately, and call on Maskhadov to relinquish the presidency. [BBC, 3/12/2008]
Entity Tags: Shamil Basayev, Ibn Khattab, Aslan Maskhadov
By September 29, 1999, Russian ground forces begin invading Chechnya. Chechnya has been a de facto independent country since the end of the first Chechen war in 1996, but violence has been escalating. In early August, some Chechen fighters attacked the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan (see August 7-8, 1999). In late August, the Russian military began bombing parts of Chechnya (see August 25-September 22, 1999), and by late September that turned into a heavy aerial bombardment. [CNN, 9/29/1999] By October 5, Russia claims that its forces control about one-third of Chechnya. But this is only the flat terrain north of the capital of Grozny. [CNN, 10/5/1999] The battle for Grozny will take months and securing the mountainous terrain in the southern third of Chechnya will take years.
Timeline Tags: Alleged Use of False Flag Attacks, Complete 911 Timeline
According to a later US State Department report, in October 1999, representatives of the allied Chechen warlords Shamil Basayev and Ibn Khattab travel to Kandahar, Afghanistan, to meet with Osama bin Laden. Both warlords already have some al-Qaeda ties (see February 1995-1996). Full scale war between Chechen and Russian forces has just resumed (see September 29, 1999). Bin Laden agrees to provide substantial military and financial assistance. He makes arrangements to send several hundred fighters to Chechnya to fight against Russian troops there. Later in 1999, bin Laden sends substantial amounts of money to Basayev and Khattab for training, supplies, and salaries. At the same time, some Chechen fighters attend Afghanistan training camps. Some of them stay and join al-Qaeda's elite 055 Brigade fighting the Northern Alliance. In October 2001, with the US about to attack the Taliban in Afghanistan, Ibn Khattab will send more fighters to Afghanistan. [US Department of State, 2/28/2003]
Entity Tags: Shamil Basayev, Ibn Khattab, 055 Brigade, Osama bin Laden
The second Chechen war has been ongoing since late September 1999 (see September 29, 1999). But around 2005, the intensity of the fighting lessens as Russia tightens its control over Chechnya. Tony Wood, a journalist who has written extensively about Chechnya, later estimates that in 2005 there are about 60,000 Russian soldiers in Chechnya, but this drops down to 8,000 in 2007. By 2008, independent analysts will say there are no more than 2,000 separatists still fighting. An average of two or three Russian soldiers are killed every week. One important reason for the decline in violence is that many rebel leaders have been killed. Most notably, Shamil Basayev, long-time leader of the Islamist faction of fighters, is killed in 2006 (see July 10, 2006). [Reuters, 8/4/2008] In 2004, Basayev reportedly led a number of attacks, culminating in September in the seizing of a public school in Beslan, a town in the neighboring region of North Ossetia. The Russian government soon attacked those holding the school, and over 300 people were killed, most of them children. The New York Times will later report, [T]he school siege became a turning point on many levels. Public sympathy for Chechen separatism, never broad in Russia and limited in the West, began to dry up." [New York Times, 7/11/2006]
Entity Tags: Shamil Basayev
Shamil Basayev. [Source: Agence France Presse / Getty Images]Russian government forces kill rebel Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev. The
Russians had reportedly been tracking him, and blew up the truck he was traveling in while he was on an operation just outside of Chechnya. His supporters quickly acknowledge his death, but claim he died in an accident. A New York Times article about his death calls him "Russia's most wanted man" and the "elusive terrorist leader of the most vicious separatist faction in Chechnya." He is further described as "an airplane hijacker, a hostage taker, a guerrilla commander, and a war-scarred spokesman for terror who tried to justify mass killings of civilians, even school children, for political ends and revenge." Basayev was from Chechnya, but he linked up with foreign Islamists such as Ibn Khattab at an early stage in Chechnya's war against Russia (see February 1995-1996), and he led the Islamist faction of Chechen rebels until his death. Basayev's death comes just weeks after the killing of Abdul Khalim Saidullayev, the rebel president of Chechnya, dealing the rebel movement a devastating double blow. [New York Times, 7/10/2006; New York Times, 7/11/2006]
Entity Tags: Abdul Khalim Saidullayev, Shamil Basayev
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