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Ivanhoe executive co-chairperson Robert Friedland
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TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has made an important new discovery of high-grade copper on its 100%-owned Western Foreland licences, west of the Kamoa-Kakula mining licence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
This discovery, Makoko, is the first of multiple high-potential target areas identified by Ivanhoe's exploration team to be tested by drilling and is Ivanhoe's third major copper discovery in the DRC.
An initial, independent resource estimate for the Makoko copper discovery is expected to be completed in the current financial quarter.
Additionally, Ivanhoe recently began exploration drilling on other targets in the Western Foreland area to test for high-grade copper.
"This latest discovery at Makoko validates our exploration model for the geologic features controlling the high-grade copper mineralisation in the region," Ivanhoe executive co-chairperson Robert Friedland said on Monday.
He added that this model reflects the accumulation of in-depth, proprietary geological insights gained by Ivanhoe's exploration team during nearly two decades of exploring the region.
Given the early drilling success at Makoko, Ivanhoe remains highly confident that it has the "secret blueprint" for additional exploration successes in the Western Foreland area in 2019 and beyond.
"We are in the privileged position of owning 100% of a massive exploration land package with outstanding geological potential next door to our Kamoa and Kakula discoveries. Kamoa-Kakula has already been independently established as the world's fourth-largest copper project and is still growing," Friedland enthused.
While some investors are focused on short-term issues such as the DRC Mining Code revisions, and the upcoming Presidential election, Ivanhoe's philosophy is to think big and long-term, the company said.
"Our geological team has done an outstanding job of executing our strategy to continue to add shareholder and stakeholder value by keeping the drill bits turning and delivering spectacular exploration results," Friedland added.
Additionally, the DRC government has, according to Friedland, encouraged investors to continue their exploration results in the DRC.
Ivanhoe's share price gained 9% on the TSX to $3 a share on Monday.


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Minecraft 1.7.2 – 1.7.10 Hacked Client – Aeon + Download 🙂
Client by: LordPankake
Right Shift = GUI
Armor | Displays worn armor
AntiVelocity | Entity-dealt velocity is nullified
Aura | Attack entities around you
AutoArmor | Puts on the first set of armor you receive
AutoBow | Automatically shoots a bow at rapid speeds
AutoDisconnect | Low health = disconnect from server
AutoFish | Fishes for you. Go watch a movie or something.AutoTool | Chooses the most effecient tool based on the block clicked
AutoWeapon | Chooses the tool/weapon with the highest durability (A diamond shovel > iron sword)
BowAssist | Looks at entities with a bow's trajectory
Build | Builds shapes with one click
Bright | Brightens up the world
Climb | Climbs like a spider
ChestESP | Draws a blue box around chests
Compass | Draws a compass on your screen pointing towards spawn
Clock | Draws a clock on your screen
Criticals | Jitters around to give your hits criticals
Dolphin | Float on water
Erratic | Teleport obnoxiously around a target
ESP | Draws a box around entities (based on chat commands). The more blue a box, the closer it is to you
Fastmine | Mine faster
Fastplace | Place blocks faster
Flight | Fly!
Freecam | Walk outside of your body! Remember to walk back to where you started from
Freeze | Shitty non-mobile god mode
Glide | Fall slowly
Lockview | Look at entities
Nuker | Break blocks around you by clicking (Configurable via chat commands)
NoFall | Take no fall damage
Regeneration | Regen health faster than normal!
Respawn | Respawn automatically when you die
Search | ChestESP but for rare / valuable blocks
Soup | Eats soup for you on KitPvP servers
Sprint | Sprints for you
Sneak | Holds shift
Step | Lets you step up blocks
Timer | Speeds up the game
TPAccept | Auto /tpaccept your friends
Tracer | Draws lines to entities. The more blue a line is, the closer it is.
Trajectories | Draws a path of where a projectile will land
Xray | Renders theworld at an opacity with ores and rarities being opaque.
Download: HERE!!!

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ShareSync: Desktop Sync FAQ
Note: Two or more ShareSync instances (including File Server Sync) cannot be installed on the same machine.
Q: Which file type are blocked by Desktop sync client (not synchronized)?
- Files starting with ~$ ?.tmp files ?desktop.ini ?thumbs.db
- Files and folders with names that contain the following characters: / or \
- File extensions: .lnk and .lck
- Reserved names: ".", "..", "CON", "PRN", "AUX", "CLOCK$", "NUL", "COM0", "COM1", "COM2", "COM3", "COM4", "COM5", "COM6", "COM7", "COM8", "COM9", "LPT0", "LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3", "LPT4", "LPT5", "LPT6", "LPT7", "LPT8", "LPT9"
Q: Are Hidden Files & Folders being Synchronized?
- Hidden files should be synced as well as hidden folders.
Q: How long can a file path be?
- Backend file path limit is 750 characters.
- Windows environment has file path limitation set to 260 characters. If you create a file in ShareSync Web Client in a location which has larger path than this number of characters (including the file name), you may see that overlay icons disappeared on your PC for this folder and the created file.
- If you try to move this file from one folder to another via desktop, you may see the following disclaimer:
The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder. You can shorten the name and try again, or try a location that has a shorter path.
You won't be able to move the file via desktop, use ShareSync Web Client for that purpose.
- If you try to create a new file in the same folder via desktop, you may see the following disclaimer:
The folder name you are creating is too long.
Try again using a shorter name or create the folder in a location that has a shorter path.
In this case, we do not recommend to create the files in this directory.
Q: Are Microsoft Office temporary files being synchronized?
- When Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc...) opens a file, it will often save a temporary file in the same directory. Office prepends these files with "~$". ShareSync does not sync these files or any other files whose names start with the tilde and dollar sign.
Q: What configurations are not supported by ShareSync desktop client?
- Installation on external hard drive or on mapped network drive
- Installation on Parallels VMs
- Installation on Fusion VMs
- Roaming user profiles
- Folder redirection for Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos folders
- Symbolic links for folders included to synchronization: My ShareSync, Documents and Desktop (even if folder is excluded from sync by policy or not picked up in Folder Selection)
- Multiple users on local machine (domain) cannot use the same installation of ShareSync, even if installed with Admin privileges. Each user need to install desktop client themselves while logged in as user
- Windows OS with .NET Framework version earlier than 4. You may update .NET framework using installer from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718
Also, note that some configuration may work for you, but considered unstable. We strongly recommend against this configuration:
- Documents and/or Desktop folder redirected to Network drive
- Documents and/or Desktop folder redirected to Removable drive
These will cause desktop client issues, when drive gets disconnected or change the assigned letter (for example E:\ becomes K:\ after re-connection)
Q: Can I use ShareSync on external hard drive?
An external hard drive is a portable storage device that can be attached to a computer through a USB, FireWire connection or eSATA. External hard drives are often used to back up computers or serve as a network drive. A flash drive is one common type of external hard drive along with memory hubs and NAS (network-attached storage) drives.Note: We recommend only syncing to a local hard drive. Do not use desktop ShareSync client with flash drives, external hard drives, network drives, or any external media.
Q: In the streaming mode how can I clear files from local drive and make them cloud-based again
- In streaming mode when you work with files, they are being downloaded and remain on a local drive. If you would like to clear the local storage and make files cloud-based again, you need to click on the ShareSync icon in the tray > Options (Gear icon)> Settings. Here you will see an option to Clear local cache. After using this option all previously downloaded files will be removed from your local storage, but they will still be available from in the cloud.


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Calvin Klein Inc. said it would withdraw its jeans advertising campaign after weeks of criticism that the ads border on child pornography.
The company, long known for its controversial ads, said the campaign was "misunderstood" and intended to demonstrate the independence and character of young people today.
The multimillion-dollar campaign, with advertising that covers the sides of buses and appears on television and in magazines, revolves around young people, many of whom are provocatively posed, such as a young girl in a miniskirt with her legs apart, exposing her underwear. Another spot, a television ad, shows a young boy with his shirt off, talking to an off-screen director who says, "Nice body. Do you work out?"
The ads were produced by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, who also shot Madonna's controversial Sex book, and have been fiercely attacked by conservative groups. They say Calvin Klein has gone too far.
"They were sleazy, child-exploitive ads," said Don Wildmon, president of the 500,000-member non-profit American Family Association, which lobbies against sex and violence on television.
The group, which wrote letters last week to 50 major retailers asking that they stop carrying Calvin Klein jeans, is now drafting a letter to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno asking her to investigate whether any of the models in the ads were under the age of 18.
New York-based Calvin Klein said that while it would cease the rest of the jeans campaign, which was created by its in-house agency CRK Advertising, as soon as possible, it still stood behind what it called the positive message "of spirit, independence and inner worth of today's young people."


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By Tom Lamia
Next week (as I write this) I start a five- or six-week residence in The West Village—a kind of forced exile from my farm in Maine—during the highlight of the year, midsummer. I will, of course, survive this absence and will return for the glories of fall and the changing of the color of the landscape, but I will miss being here during that best time when the days are long, the sun shines (mostly) and the air is cool, balmy and inviting.
In this last week of Maine reverie, my thoughts have drifted, dreamlike, to the future; to the path forward to a better place for all of us—to a harmonized working of our government and its politics. Specifically, my dream is of politicians finding the goodness within themselves to value principles above re-election prospects, and of voters finding the wisdom in valuing long-term goals and consequences over their personal and immediate fortunes and concerns.
I do realize that any realistic prospect for this, some might say utopian dream, must redirect a course of partisan dissension among us that now seems of such long standing as to be irreversible. I am going to look past that powerful historical fact and imagine, in my dream, small, realistic steps for the better.
First, that those directly involved in shaping and conducting government and politics might find a way to put into action the often-stated goal of working together to achieve consensus in crafting legislation and administering existing law. For this to happen, voters must be heard demanding dialogue, comity, and most of all, courage from legislators and candidates for office at every level. This requires a road map for voters to follow in conveying to parties and candidates that their votes will not be had by demonizing rival ideas, goals, parties or persons.
Second, those embedded in party politics must be held to account for draconian, divisive and disingenuous proposals and defensive rationales. The press has a role here—one that it has not been performing adequately. It is not acceptable for the press to be acting as partisans in their news coverage. Media outlets (newspapers, magazines, radio and television) reflect the views of their owners, of course, but they also have an obligation to the public and to their profession to inform without bias. Competition for eyeballs has become a powerful force in opposition to objectivity.
Third, it is highly unlikely that our current president, if re-elected, will implement my dream, so the Democratic nominee who emerges from the primaries and convention, now far off, must step up to effect a reversal of the present disastrous course; so my dream includes a nomination process in which the candidates show respect to one another, to the country and to all Americans so that the eventual nominee may be enthusiastically embraced and financially supported by all who seek a change in the presidency.
My dream is fantasy, of course, but it is one that I believe is widely shared. As a final element in my dream, between now and 2020, everyone will get enough REM sleep to be rational throughout the process.
In July ("We'll See What Happens") I neglected to mention that Lincoln's vice president in his first term was Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. Hamlin missed being president by a few weeks in 1861 when Lincoln was assassinated. Maine was solidly Republican and would go for Lincoln with or without Hamlin on the ticket. But the Civil War was still being fought and Lincoln needed support from Democrats in border states, so he chose Andrew Johnson as his running mate. Johnson, of course, was later impeached for failing to support Lincoln's Reconstruction policies. In my dream, Hannibal Hamlin succeeds Lincoln, the South is treated fairly but firmly and the Union is preserved as Lincoln intended.
In June ("The Past is History") I mentioned Frank Wolf, my friend and colleague at the University of Mississippi. Frank is no longer serving in Congress. After 17 terms, he elected not to run again in 2014.


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The TPS community History Workshop spans four days, and enables
teachers from the Peoria area to learn about the Library of Congress. www.loc.gov
TPS Workshop seeks to encourage local teachers to uncover the history of the surrounding area. To link primary documents, local oral history, and high school students together. This workshop will lead students to a better understanding and acceptance of their local towns.
Bio-Poems are used to describe a person of historical event. There is no rhyme or organization to the poem. A great source for creating Bio-Poems will be found on the website, www.wordle.com. The following describes the organization involved in writing a Bio-Poem:
Line 1- Write the first name of the famous person.
Line 2- Write three or four words that describe the famous person.
Line 3-Where was the famous person born?
Line 4-Describe the time period in which he or she lived.
Line 5- Name a family member and their relationship to the famous person.
Line 6-How does the person feel in life? Name three feelings.
Line 7-Name three things the famous person tried to accomplish.
Line 8-Name three important accomplishments.
Line 9-How is the famous person best known in history?
Line 10- Write the last name of the famous person.
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Sunday was going to be a long day but one I wanted to participate in. I was up before 7am picking leaves and flowers because I had to make a mandala for the Goddess Gathering I was attending to celebrate the Spring Equinox. I was handed some chalk and a piece of string in order for me to draw 2 large circles, 1 smaller circle and double lines (I will post a photo soon).
I had been feeling alot of frustration at myself over my procrastination and some random irritability on the Friday/Saturday. However as soon as I started making the mandala I started to feel better, it was like I was filled with calmness with every leaf and flower I put into it. The most interesting this that after the day was finished I was in the middle of a conversation when I felt this pain in my chest/heart and I just KNEW that it was being touched. I rushed to the window and some of the ladies were starting to clean up the flowers. I think I must of poured alot of myself into the making of it without me even knowing.
The dancing was gorgeous as usual, I had to sit 2 dances out because I wanted to rest my foot which had the bee sting. However I also wanted to do a brief mini ceremony with the mandala by myself.
The entire day was beautiful and very very loving – I felt the Divine Feminine at work.
2 other interesting notes: Firstly we did a rain dance and it did rain the day after, not to much but it was something. Secondly I took my friend and her daughter to the Ley Line at Mt Warning – it was in the moonlight and all three of us could feel it. I think it was even more powerful at night then during the day. It was lovely 🙂


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Friday, March 09, 2007
Priests to Purify Site After Bush Visit
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.
"That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan religious and political leaders, said Thursday.
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Posted by Suzie-Q (S-Q) at 3/09/2007
Labels: Bush, Bush Visit, Mayan priests, Priests, PurifyGUATEMALA CITY
1 comment:
- Suzie-Q (S-Q) said...
Good Morning/Afternoon again friends! :)
I bet the Priests will purify that sacred site for several days or possibly weeks!
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The breadcrumbs component helps users to understand where they are within a website's structure and move between levels.
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How it works
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Starting February 2019, Jackson and the band will embark on a world tour, playing shows throughout the US and Europe.
In his own words: "So, here comes a big tour. We want to celebrate the fact that this is happening after 40 years – anything else, would be like sulking in a room by yourself on your own birthday party. Looking for some way to organize a show out of 40 years' worth of material, I decided to draw on five albums, each representing a decade: Look Sharp (1979) Night And Day (1982) Laughter And Lust (1991) Rain (2008) and Fool (2019). We'll also throw in a couple of songs from other albums and some new covers. I can't wait. Let's party."
Each North American concert ticket bought online includes a digital download of the new album Fool.
For a full list of dates + tickets visit http://joejackson.com/tour,
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Catch up on what the experimenters have been up to this week.
It's been a busy week at ParGarCom project.
Our developers are having some problems to solve but are advancing in order to meet our schedule. These are the main features in this area:
We have also been in touch with our Santander contact in order to explain our situation and to start identifying beta testers for the app. Besides that, we have also started making moves to arrange some meetings in one month's time and explain our project once it is in its final stages. Our goal is to promote its use and get critical mass to gain traction and promoting its eventual adoption by end users.
Finally, Organicity Santander's Facebook account has done a post about us on February 8th.
TalkingCity aims to make urban data repositories and smart city services more accessible to citizens, offering them the option of interacting through a conversational interface powered by a chatbot.
When designing services for citizens, making sure they are aligned with their priorities, needs and habits is a primary concern. That is why the project started with a co-design workshop organised in Aarhus (DK) back in November 2017. Some of the issues that emerged led to a design, radically different from most similar products in the market.
A first version of the service will be tested with Aarhus citizens starting from Feb. 12th, 2018.
The TalkingCity team will be visiting the city of Aarhus on Feb 28th and March 1st, in case you want to meet, drop us a line via firstname.lastname@example.com
Early tests with a prototype during the co-design workshop.
Discussing personas in preparation of the co-design workshop.
Finalising the co-design workshop preparation: coffee and plenty of balloons!
Analysing first results
This week, we are hard at work to analyse the results of our experiments in Aarhus.
We are evaluating the outcome and process of the DataOnSite workshop methodology to make adjustments for the next experiment here in Leuven.
We are also actively discussing the implications of the trial workshops and deployments in Aarhus for the physical, interaction and graphical design of the public visualisations.
Looking forward, we're setting up meetings with Leuven and future potential collaborators. Meanwhile we also started to think more concretely about the business model that could support our project after OrganiCity.
Co-Creation Activities in Singapore
IoTee Lab was co-facilitators at a workshop in the IEEE World Forum on Internet Of Things in Singapore and Business Model Innovation Tools for IoT. The iRecycle experiment and OrganiCity project was presented as the primary case at the workshop. IoT experts from around the world contributed during co-creation activities, around humans with IoT, technical implementation and business modelling.
Co-Creation Activities in Aarhus (update)
A workshop was held in Aarhus with citizens who reside in houses on the streets where the bottle bank sensors and iRecycle buttons will be installed. The focus group was used in order to determine the attitude and willingness of citizens to take part in co-creation activities. It was also used as a place to ideate on various approaches for incentives.
The workshop was structured into the following focus areas:
The results and consequent analysis of this will be summarised into a report, while the findings will be used to tailor the implementation of the iRecycle button and QR interfaces.
We've been making good, incremental progress on the technical side, with two more prototype devices being built, and one of which will be deployed in another local garden. We now have our new WiFi Access Point operational (See here) so that we can more easily stream audio data to our server.
Tomorrow we are going to carry out a site survey on the Meadows with a representative from the City of Edinburgh Council's park division. Hopefully we'll be able to agree on a set of trees that are suitable locations for installing the monitoring devices.
We are in the process of drafting a Privacy Impact Assessment for the deployment of the devices in public. Not a huge amount of fun but a crucial step.
We are busy gearing up for public workshops on 19th February. We're excited that we'll be joined by Kate Jones of UCL to talk about the Nature-Smart cities project carried out in London.
The first of the two workshops will be aimed at a more technical, specialist audience, but the main one in the evening will be for local citizens interested in how IoT can help us learn about biodiversity in urban greenspaces. It will feature an interactive session where participants can give input and feedback on what biodiversity means to them.
Judging by the Eventbrite registrations that are pouring in, the events are attracting a lot of interest. For more info, see here.
WearAQ Phase 2 addresses challenges of "Improving air quality" and "Connecting communities".
Combining new perspectives to an existing understanding of air quality (AQ) issues we are aiming to innovate through perceptual experience mapping using wearable technology.
Our experiment will consist of 6 workshops with 120 participants over the course of March, and as this comes up we thought we'd give you an update on the progress and a brief rundown as this will be the first.
We're looking to use wearable technology to measure individual's perception of air quality and check this against open data to answer the simple question - "can human perception be a good enough substitute for sensor readings".
By testing and proving this, we hope to empower communities with hard evidence and data to make a change in their surroundings. We were part of an Experiment last year with Organicity that you can read about here.
This experiment covers a lot of bases.
Over the course of the last few weeks, our team of 3 has been busy preparing the infrastructure for the platform. The wearables, server and models are all in their final stages and we're gearing up for our first workshop where we hope everything will be up and running.
Feel free to reach out with any questions, looking forward to sharing more with you.


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Dynamic Man started out as an android created by the brilliant scientist Professor Goettler. However, when the professor threw the switch to bring life to Dynamic Man, the excitement was too much for him, and he died. Dynamic Man resolves to use his amazing powers for the betterment of humanity, and flies away to civilization. He became an F.B.I. agent using the alias Curt Cowan. When not working for the F.B.I., he would don a costume and become the superhero Dynamic Man.
The Twelve
Dynamic Man is among the heroes that fought the Nazi and while infiltrating a base, he is among the Twelve heroes captured and put in suspended animation.
During a battle with the Nazis during Elbe Day, the Phantom Reporter narrates, "Dynamic Man said you couldn't throw a rock without hitting somebody in a mask and tights. 'And those are just the pansies in the German army,' he said, then added-- 'They'd probably run even faster if they weren't wearing those stiletto heels.' Curt was always saying things like that. He made a point of saying them. Which made some of us wonder if maybe it was D.M. who had something besides his costume hidden deep in his closet." Dynamic Man also displays a particularly homophobic attitude towards the flamboyant Blue Blade. He also shows a possible racist side, when upon catching a black man he thought was robbing a white woman, only for the white woman to tell Dynamic man that was her husband, he immediately leaves, without catching the actual thief. In a quick interview, Dynamic Man calls J. Edgar Hoover a man's man (perhaps an intentional irony because Hoover's enemies have spread the rumor that he reportedly liked to dress up in women's clothes). He becomes increasingly colder with time, seeking fame and recognition, and stressing his status as the Man of Tomorrow. His homophobia increases to the point of threatening a gay supporter with bodily harm.
Powers and Abilities
|Power Grid [1]
|Energy Projection
|Fighting Skills
Dynamic Man, being an android, was impervious to nearly everything except for a rare substance known as lantholum. He could also fly and possessed super-strength, superhuman intelligence, x-ray vision, and shape-shifting. In addition to this, he could use magnetic fields to repel bullets and yank guns from the hands of criminals.
His costume was green with a black belt and four yellow lightning bolts on his chest, the top two diagonal on his upper chest, the other two horizontal across the lower part of his chest.
Links and References
- 18 Appearances of Dynamic Man (Earth-616)
- 1 Minor Appearances of Dynamic Man (Earth-616)
- Media Dynamic Man (Earth-616) was Mentioned in
- 9 Images featuring Dynamic Man (Earth-616)
- 2 Quotations by or about Dynamic Man (Earth-616)
- Character Gallery: Dynamic Man (Earth-616)
- Jess Nevins' Golden Age Guide on Dynamic Man
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Ricasoli Concierge offers services of personal concierge and lifestyle management. Our firm provides integrated assistance and elaborates a personal approach for every customer in order to satisfy the supreme demands of our clientele. The final aim of Ricasoli Concierge is to simplify and enrich the life of our clients, helping them to invest their most valuable resource – time. Our work is based on three milestones: having a wide global network of connections to make the impossible happen, offering a customized one-to-one service and seeking perfection in every detail. Whether our customer is a private client looking for the assistance in a busy schedule or a corporate agent seeking unique benefits for their internal staff, Ricasoli Concierge provides personalized solutions for each.


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Divergence means courage
The third edition of the Divergent Thinkers collective exhibition – incorporating a group of young artists and curated by Raphael Vella – will take place at Blitz, St Lucy Street, Valletta from August 31 to September 27, using 'RADICAL' as its artistic prompt. This week, we speak to Mario Abela.
How would you describe the dynamic of Divergent Thinkers?
I believe that the term 'Divergent Thinkers' sums up very much the physical and intellectual process that contemporary artists need to undergo. In my personal experience, art is a process of elaboration of the media employed but also, and equally importantly, the elaboration of ideas that challenge accepted notions of the subject of art.
Divergence has to be equivalent to courage; courage to break new ground. But this is only possible if concurrently with that courage, one is also a thinker, one who thinks through his work and strives to reproduce both his thoughts and his divergence into an appreciable result.
Would you say that your approach to art is primarily local, or international? How so?
In my work, I seek to re-work the environment and context of images and situations, through anachronism, impossibility and the manipulation of reality. What interests me is the semiological message underlying such situations.
Visual art is a continuous exploration of myself and what surrounds me. It is the attempt to portray the radical in as 'real' a way as possible, and this is a way of coming to terms both with myself and with my environment.
I don't exhibit my works a lot but for this particular exhibition I chose the local approach. I am based in Malta, in Gozo, to be precise, and most of my work is conceived in a Maltese context. Therefore it's useless to argue that my art in general is not primarily local.
On the other hand this does not mean that my ideas cannot – and do not – target a wider field. After all, with Malta's membership in the European Union and its geographical location at the crossroads between Africa and Europe, give to our island an international dimension.
What are some of the most important things you've learnt about art from school and other educational institutions? What are some of the most important things you've learnt at your own initiative?
Art is a lifelong process. I never studied art academically until post-secondary while reading for my Art A-level. Previously, my first art educator was a book entitled 'Paint and Draw with Tony Hart'. With his step-by-step drawings and paintings, and along with other art enrichment courses, I managed to strengthen my foundations in art practice in a large array of mediums.
Then, during my B.Ed course I was fortunate enough to be under the tuition of some artist members from the Maltese art movement START. I can say that their radical vision of art opened a new path in my artistic career. Moreover I continued to master my artistic vision of things based on philosophical and theoretical grounds during my MFA in Digital Arts obtained last year.
How do you think participating in VIVA will help you as an artist?
VIVA is not only a platform that helps the artist to launch himself in the Maltese artistic scene, but is also encouraging and educating the public through participation in such exhibitions. It's not just another institution that is calling only art connoisseurs to museums and galleries but it is looking beyond that, to educating the public through art.
What's next for you?
Who knows! For Richard Huelsenbeck "the best and most extraordinary artists will be those who every hour snatch the tatters of their bodies out of the frenzied cataract of life, who, with bleeding hands and hearts, hold fast to the intelligence of their time."
I do not wish to fall into a rut; I devoutly wish to remain "divergent" from the common stream. And in order to do that the mechanism of the brain have constantly to remain active to combat the trite and the mundane. As to what's next, that will be up to my ability to keep up with this.
Divergent Thinkers 03 is being organised by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ, with the support of St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity. Divergent Thinkers 03 is part of VIVA - Valletta International Visual Arts Festival. www.viva.org.mt and will run from 31 August to 27 September at St James Cavalier.


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Last nights season finale of Rosewood has left us all feeling sad, angry and confused as hell. In case you missed the last few episodes, Mitchie tried to kiss TMI and she acted like she didn't like it, then the next episode she kissed him (clearly liking it at that moment) and Pippy saw it happen with her own eyes.
In the first five minutes of this week's episode, the group is at a party for the police force when Mitchie approaches TMI at the bar, saying its been 21 days since their kiss and even though it seems like Pippy and TMI have worked it out, he still thinks they should talk about. WHY has no one punched this guy in the face yet?
TMI tells him its fine, they are moving on, as Pippy walks up and grabs TMI and pulls her away from him.
Throughout the next few scenes with TMI and Pippy, everything seems to be going well. Although Mitchie is annoying and hanging around obnoxiously, the couple is taking it in stride and focusing on their wedding. They talk about how they have written their vows while they hold hands and kissing each other (only a peck but let's just take what we can get at this point).
Later, Donna is helping Pippy with something as TMI enters with a big smile on her face. Donna leaves, off to meet her new man who happens to be locked up, and Pippy comes out from around the dressing screen in her wedding dress, looking amazing. TMI says she can't believe she is doing this, but she is confused and she doesn't want to get married. Pippy asks if its about Mitchie(it better not be about Mitchie or I think I will freak out), but TMI says no; it's about her feeling like after she came out, she lost everything and she met Pippy and just clung to her and the rest of the Rosewoods to try and replace something. Now she doesn't know who she is without Pippy. She needs to find out who she is. And it's over.
As if being dumped isn't enough, later that night Rosie finds Pippy drinking alone in the lab. She tells him that it is impossible for her to see TMI, let alone work with her. She doesn't want Rosie to have to choose between them, because they are both equally talented in their field, so, she quits. She is also staying with Rosie until she can figure out what she is doing with her life.
I'm pretty bummed about this breakup, although I recognize that this is a way to add to the plot of their story. There is no such thing as a perfect couple, so it would be unrealistic to have a perfect couple on television. I think what makes it difficult is that there are so few lesbian couples on television, that this one seemed to be close to perfect, and we at least had one solid lesbian relationship to enjoy while watching a semi-decent show. It also doesn't help that there has been an annoying straight dude trying to interject into their relationship for the last few episodes, which makes me very nervous about TMI's future.
We will have to wait until next season to see what happens between TMI and Pippy. Hopefully they get rid of Mitchie.


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Death of the Giant Killers
Hereford United are one of the most celebrated minnows of English football, so how could they collapse into bankruptcy?
On a dark Friday afternoon in a small courtroom the week before Christmas 2014, Hereford United Football Club (1939) Limited was dissolved. The owner Andy Lonsdale had failed to arrive with proof that he had £1million to pay the club's creditors. "I'm instructed that the transfer has been made," Lonsdale's lawyer told the progressively incredulous judge, "Mr Lonsdale is stuck in traffic." He conceded that he had personally seen no evidence of the transfer taking place. The liquidation order was uttered with such little fanfare that some of the supporters and reporters in Courtroom 7 were initially unsure it had actually happened.
The hearing followed a five-month boycott which had seen the club attracting gates of barely 400. The previous evening Lonsdale had reneged on his promise to address a meeting of the Hereford United Supporters' Trust. Instead, HUST members and the local MP had discussed plans for a supporter-run phoenix club they hoped to rebuild.
Outside the High Court, fans expressed sadness and relief when they spoke to reporters. As far as they were concerned, their club had been dead since the summer. Hereford United had been torn apart by the arrival of its controversial owner, which had set fan against fan and exposed the lack of ownership safeguards in the English game.
United's supporters followed their club for decades, at home and away on windy terraces from Carlisle to Canvey Island, keystones against the rapacious free-market plunder of the upper leagues. Fans spent the better part of the 2013-2014 season fundraising as their club teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, shaving their heads, auctioning memorabilia and organising charity walks.
Five years ago the club was in League One. But cash was already tight and after being relegated they were taken over in 2010, with David Keyte, a local accountant who is said to have played for their reserves, installed as chairman. "I shall be continuing the prudence that Graham Turner has set for this club," he said.
His four years in charge were marked by economic difficulties and a decline in form. Hereford United were relegated from League Two at the end of the 2011-12 season. The first winding-up order was served over unpaid VAT and PAYE bills in October 2012. Those bills were paid with the money generated from an FA Cup first round win and £20,000 raised by fans.
Hereford United's board responded to the constant threat of administration with ill-conceived schemes and increasingly brazen requests: the Pitch Maintenance Fund, a Hereford United Debenture Scheme launched by Michael Portillo. In December the club's board asked supporters to chip in: "We need to raise £35,000 over the next 14 days."
Steve Niblett was the club photographer for 11 years. "Predominantly it's been unpaid, that never really came into it," he said. "It was just the love of doing it." He could recognise about 1000 supporters by face and over 100 by name. "After Christmas [2013] some of my friends who worked there weren't being paid… They were just getting sporadic little bits of money. I know the youth players in April had only been paid £7 since Christmas. I mean it was really bad, it really was. It was financial mismanagement. I don't think David Keyte is a nasty bloke, I really don't. I think he's just very incompetent."
HMRC served Hereford with two more winding-up orders between March 2013 and January 2014. The club continued to collect thousands of pounds from fans at matches. In February, the youth team assistant manager, the goalkeeping coach and two first-team masseurs were made redundant. The manager Martin Foyle left in March after two years. His winding-up order against the club over unpaid wages was issued in May.
Hereford's fans kept going to games, shaving their heads, organising charity walks and passing the bucket. Niblett said that the money raised never made its way into people's wages. "I sold a lot of my memorabilia, shirts and things like that… quite often they paid by PayPal, so I'd just transfer it to my bank account and go round to people's houses and give them the money."
On the last day of the season he took a bucket to the Aldershot game and raised £600 for the players who had just secured Hereford's Conference Premier status. Exemplars of dedication and professionalism, they were frequently repaid with empty promises.
In April the Hereford United Supporter's Trust made an offer to buy the club for £1 and pledged £220,000 to help clear the debt. Just over a month later the club announced that a London businessman named Tommy Agombar had purchased Hereford United for £2. Agombar said he'd met with the HUST chairman Chris Williams shortly after taking over. "I said, 'Chris, listen, let's take the club forward, me and you. You're the Supporters Trust, lovely, we need the supporters, I'll come in with my money. I'll put in 300, you put in 300, we've got 600 bags there.' He went, 'Well, I can't do that, Tom.' I said, 'But you've told me you've got all this money,' and he went, 'No, I've got pledges.' I went, 'So what you've really got is IOUs.' They're worth nothing, you can't buy a cup of tea with them."
"None of that is true," said Chris Williams. "We got pledges of sufficient numbers to bid, but the owner felt the regime that has taken over the club had better opportunities and more finances that we did, and he chose to sell it to Mr Agombar for £2." Seven days after Agombar bought the club. Hereford United were expelled from the Football Conference.
"We were talking to Mr Agombar and trying to support his activities to bring the club together," recalls Williams. "But he made a number of promises and those included paying the bond that the Conference League required for us to stay in the league, and he failed to do that so we were kicked out of the Conference, which meant we then had to apply to the Southern League to get into a football competition which is two leagues lower than we'd managed to stay in."
Supporters were in an uproar. They unearthed old stories about the new owner they posted on an unofficial fans forum called Bulls Banter. In 1987, Agombar had been sentenced to 10 years for stealing lorries of mink skins, designer clothes and £100,000 worth of cigarettes. "It's not the vicar coming along to buy the football club, is it?" said Keyte when he confirmed the story. "He was 27 years of age, with a group of other lads who came up with an idea that they didn't get away with."
The club had signed a 30-year lease for the Edgar Street stadium with Herefordshire Council in February. Fans worried Agombar was solely interested in the development opportunities at the Merton Meadow and Blackfriars ends. On June 12 it emerged that he had asked the council to transfer the leases allowing development to a company under his ownership. Jesse Norman, the MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, asked the Council to defer making any decisions about the Edgar Street leases for a month.
Speaking to Steve Sabel and Kev McCall, fans who confronted him outside a meeting with Herefordshire Council officials, Agombar denied he was only interested in the leases. A video of their encounter, "HUFC Fans meet Tommy Agombar", was posted on YouTube. Agombar was accompanied by a sombre adviser named Andy Lonsdale, then one of two presidents at Bedfont & Feltham FC.
"I went to Feltham 15 years ago, [when] the club was close to closing," Lonsdale told me. "I ended up investing a whole lot of money, paying off all the bills and turning it into a club that's in credit at the bank. The council then decided to take the roof off the ground, we got demoted for [having] astroturf and ended up ground sharing for a few years. And two years ago we merged with another local club. It's now called Bedfont & Feltham."
Lonsdale's CV on the Company Check website was posted on Bulls Banter. He has held 21 appointments at 17 dissolved companies. His longest current appointment was 14 years at Seagrave Haulage Limited. Lonsdale spent 2006 to 2012 registered as a disqualified director by Companies House and in 2008 he was convicted of dumping 600 lorry-loads of contaminated waste on green-belt land.
Of particular concern to the fans was Lonsdale's role at Feltham FC. In 2007 the club was granted permission to build a new stadium on the site of its former ground. Five times the permitted volume of soil and building rubble was dumped at the arena over the course of five years, during which time no stadium was built. The disposal work was carried out by a since-liquidated company called All Transport Limited, run by Lonsdale. "At the outset there was a lack of clarity as to who the Council was dealing with," stated the Report of the Feltham Arenas Scrutiny Task & Finish Group. "The proposal and agreements were with Feltham Football Club (FFC). Yet the importing of soil was to be undertaken by a company owned by Mr Andy Lonsdale."
In July Lonsdale confirmed he'd left Bedfont & Feltham to advise Hereford. On August 4 he was announced as the new chairman. Fans marched in a mock funeral procession from Edgar Street to Herefordshire Council with a 7,300-signature petition rejecting the proposal to transfer development of the land leases to Agombar. The London Bulls supporters group called for a boycott of the club on July 3 and HUST followed a week later.
"The leases say that football has to be played at Edgar Street forever," Lonsdale said. "There's development at both ends. The fans have known that since day one. The fans have actually put on Bulls News copies of the leases for everyone to read, yet they still think that we want to develop the whole of Edgar Street, which we don't… No development's going to happen there for at least two years, so we've got to develop the football."
"That's what the leases say," said Williams, "and that's what the covenant on the ground said, but we know that if you pay enough money you can eliminate those conditions."
Agombar said development talks had been in progress for five years prior to his purchase of HUFC, with plans for residential units for the Meadow End and retail units and possibly a hotel at the Blackfriars End: "When I took over the club… [David Keyte] said, 'Look, I want something out of the club.' I said, 'You've took £1.3m out of it, David, so what more do you want?' 'Well when the development is done, I want £300,000 out of the development.'" (David Keyte has declined to respond to this allegation).
Lonsdale and Agombar were unprepared for the online backlash: the evidence of past misdemeanours fans tracked down and the forums where they organised and shared information. "In this country everything is transparent and can be seen on Google," said Lonsdale. "If anyone's abroad, you can't see that, can you? So they get away with it. If someone from Canada came over here, they can't look at their past, can they? If you're a British citizen, it's there to be seen. The internet is a good thing and a bad thing. It's very easy to find things out on it."
"If they really wanted to connect with the fans from day one, they should have been open and honest," said Steve Niblett. "That's all it would have taken."
"Let me tell you what HUST and the supporters are trying to do," Lonsdale said. "Everything we say they try to discredit. That's why we don't put out a lot of PR on the social media. We don't talk until we know for definite it's a fact."
John Harold Edwards and Elke Thuerlings were announced as directors on June 26. Thuerlings had previously held directorships at two companies engaged in environmental and consulting activities. Edwards was the company secretary or director at 12 companies involved with waste management, the sale of machinery and industrial equipment. July 1 brought the appointment of Philip Peter Gambrill, the company secretary of Savannah Construction Limited, a firm involved in the construction of residential and non-residential buildings.
By July, Hereford's physiotherapist, kitman, groundsman, club secretary, media secretary and webmaster had left the club, as well as staff involved with accounts and sponsorship. "It was almost physical intimidation, almost," recalled Steve Niblett. "I think they were making all these promises that they'd be paid by the end of the week and none of them got paid. So questions were asked and they did nothing, nothing to keep the staff at all. It was almost like constructive dismissal."
"You can listen to all kinds of people and what they've got to say, they're not for the club," Agombar said when asked about Niblett's statement. "How can I bully anybody? Listen, the simple thing they do is: 'I'm not coming in to work in the morning, but this is the bill you owe, quite simple.'"
Agombar's appointment as director was terminated on June 18 when he failed the owners' and directors' test, but he remained United's majority shareholder. He attended the first game of the season when Hereford lost to St Neots in the EvoStick Southern League. Three days later, "A Message from the Directors" was posted on Hereford United's website. Signed "Elke & John", they urged "anyone who is allowed to vote for the (upcoming) Company Voluntary Arrangement to do so" and confirmed that Agombar had failed the FA's owners' and directors' test. John Edwards was photographed standing on the pitch buying Agombar a season ticket. Agombar attended all of the home and away matches, where he enjoyed a warm rapport with the Hereford United fans who opposed the boycott.
"I've become a supporter. That's what I've done, I watch all these games. 'Cause I'm backing me mate and he's not going to fail."
His shares in Hereford United were sold to a purchaser of distressed debts called Alpha Choice Finance Limited. Alpha's owner, Alan Gerald McCarthy, had been the director of a dissolved company called Infiniti Consortium Limited. Infiniti's registered address was the same Herne Bay, Kent address as the dormant Philip Gambrill & Company Pension Scheme Limited, which was headed by Peter Philip Gambrill, who was appointed to Hereford United's board in July.
"But that doesn't mean anything, does it?" countered Lonsdale. "Philip introduced [McCarthy] to Tommy, I think… Basically, Alan buys distressed debt. Tommy needed to get rid of his loans and his shares, and Alan was the only one who was willing to buy them at the time."
The MP Jesse Norman had written to the FA with his concerns about Agombar's suitability and later pressed them to make public the results of the owners' and directors' test. Norman cited inadequate disclosure about the status of the owners' and directors' test, whether the insolvency has been properly handled and whether individuals should be allowed to drop in and out of the Companies House director's register as contributing factors to the current situation, as well the pernicious aspects of the football creditors rule.
"What the football creditors are saying in effect is if a club is worried about getting relegated, it can load up on debt in order to buy and sell players and the other clubs will trade with it on the basis that they know they'll get paid out first."
Creditors gathered in Edgar Street's Starlite Room to hear the nominee Marc Landsman present Hereford United's CVA proposal. Elke Thuerlings, John Edwards and Andy Lonsdale sat with Landsman at the top table. Philip Gambrill, subject to an individual voluntary arrangement, did not attend. At the shareholder's meeting the CVA failed when 61.7% of members voted in favour of the voluntary arrangement and 38.3% of members voted against it. Landsman said he expected the club to be wound up by the High Court in September.
But it wasn't. The main claimant was paid and Hereford United's winding-up order was adjourned in the High Court for 42 days, then they were granted another extension, then an adjournment of 15 working days – the club's eighth.
In June, Jesse Norman had contacted the Southern League and the Football Association to warn them Agombar was unlikely to pass the FA's owners' and directors' test. He had phoned Agombar "very soon after he'd invested in the club to find out what his intentions were, and to find out what kind of person he was, and I got cut off – so I didn't regard that as a very encouraging sign."
"He told you that?" said Agombar, who told me Norman had hung up on him after phoning to ask when the staff were going to be paid.
"And I basically said, 'Jesse Norman, shouldn't you be sorting out the major problems that you have in your town, rather than phoning a businessman up, about when is he going to pay his wages?' There's businesses all around Hereford who have not paid their staff or perhaps not paid their bills, does he phone them up every day?"
In September, Norman secured a debate on the floor of the House of Commons focusing on the future of non-league football. "Football clubs are not purely private organisations," he said. "They are not merely the private playthings of their owners – they are public as well. What gives the clubs their life and energy, even in the Premiership, is the passion and love of their fans."
Norman described his attempts to warn the FA that Agombar was unlikely to meet the requirements of the owners' and directors' test and their refusal to make the results of the test public. He called the events at Hereford United "a catastrophe for the club, for the city, for the county and for Bulls fans everywhere".
Agombar called Norman "a politician who wants to jump on the bandwagon and bring a club down. Why don't he say to people, 'Please, give them a chance, please let them see what they can do within a year.'"
"The FA have been toothless," said Steve Niblett. "How can you do a fit and proper test after you've bought yourself into the club? It's ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous."
"In late August, early September," the HUST chairman Chris Williams recalled in November, "I spoke to Tommy Agombar and said to him, 'Look, we've got to work together, we've got to get this thing to go. We want to try to sort this out, we need to get together to talk about it. If you send me a letter from a solicitor guaranteeing that football will continue to be played at Edgar Street, for the foreseeable future, I'd ask the Supporters Trust to call off the boycott and ask the fans to go back and support the team.'
And he said, 'Yes, I'll do that.' This was on a Friday night, and he said, 'Yes, you'll have that in your email inbox by Monday.' And that was the end of August, early September, and I still haven't received that letter."
"Yeah, I did say, 'Yeah, I'll get the letter, I'll get a letter for you,'" Agombar conceded, "But then as I put the phone down, [I thought,] 'What's the point?' My lawyer said to me, 'He knows in the leases that football's got to be played at Edgar Street.' What did he expect me to do? Build on the middle of the pitch?"
Ellistown and Ibstock knocked Hereford out of the FA Cup in September. HUST organised a protest at the televised October 8 match between Kidderminster Harriers and Welling United, chanting, "We want Tommy out!" throughout the match. Fans were divided between those who attend matches and the much larger number who wanted the club to be liquidated so they could build a supporter-run club like Chester FC.
"They're not doing us any good at all," said Eddie Pobiega, who attended matches for 46 years and didn't support the boycott. "At the end of the day we want the club to survive. So you've got to pull together, haven't you? So the gates we're having or not having are not helpful and we could do with some of those thousand odd people coming back to us."
"[It wasn't] about supporting Hereford United," said Chris Williams. "It [was] about protecting Edgar Street so that Herefordshire can have the potential to play league football for the future. As soon as that stadium goes, that opportunity is lost forever." In September Herefordshire Council added its name to the list of creditors for £65,000 in rent arrears, business rates and legal fees. On October 24, the Council announced it had attempted to take possession of Edgar Street and issued proceedings against the club for forfeiture of the leases and repossession of the ground. "In response to this action, we can confirm that HUFC has paid outstanding sums due to the council."
"I'm not going to give in," Lonsdale told me in October, "We're here to win the war. It's a war of wills between us and the fans. Not all the fans, some of the fans. The fans are actually brilliant, a lot of them, but we're not going to give in."
I asked Steve Niblett if he thought it was possible the impasse might have been the result of ham-fisted public relations and a series of misunderstandings. "No, not at all. Not at all," he replied. "We're not thick, we know what's going on. This guy's trying to pull a fast one."
Fourteenth in the table, Hereford United struggled along. 43 players were involved in the season, with only 13 accumulating 10 or more appearances. The club returned to the High Court on December 1 and told the Registrar a £1.5million investment from Newell Properties Developments Ltd. had fallen through due to "aggressive social media". On December 10, Alpha Choice Finance issued the statement that it was ending its involvement with Hereford United after "many weeks of harassment and misinformation". The same day Andy Lonsdale – who had passed the FA's owners and directors test in October – announced that he was the new owner.
Staff and players still weren't being paid. The left-back Daniel O'Reilly, who left the club in October, told the Hereford Times he was owed a month's wages. He said players were paid in cash with handwritten payslips and Agombar remained involved with the club: "Tommy once deducted us £20 for not training even though we weren't getting paid."
On December 15, a Monday morning, the club was granted a four-day extension after Lonsdale's lawyer argued that the 15-working-day adjournment had included two weekends. The supporters who filed into the courtroom on Friday afternoon were half-expecting another extension.
The liquidation order took about five minutes. Hereford United's results were expunged from the Southern League, with any future matters to be dealt with by the office of the Official Receiver. The creditors, among them Steve Niblett, Wye Valley Brewery, ID Sports and Leisure, Mowtech Landscape Contractors and Quickskip Hereford Ltd, would remain unpaid. The players were left without a club.
"We've been lied to from day one as far as we're concerned, we had a lot of promises and obviously nothing's come to fruition," Hereford's manager Jon Taylor said on BBC Hereford & Worcester Sport, "In hindsight, I should have believed what the supporters were saying."
HUST issued a statement that a plan was already in place to secure the use of Edgar Street: "Hereford United is the supporters that have had the club at their hearts, in many cases for generations of their families, and the spirit of the club will live on through each and every one of us." In early January HUST announced an open meeting and a member vote on the acceptance of a partnership proposal from the Jon Hale Benefactors group. Hale had been among a group of local businessmen who'd approached Herefordshire Council with plans for a phoenix club, Hereford FC, back in August.
The Hereford FC proposal states that HUST will be able to own up to 50% of the club by buying shares, with all profits funnelled back into the club. The club will offer the stadium's development rights to the Council, with no profits assigned to the benefactors. The FA has indicated that in order for a phoenix club to be accepted next season matters must be resolved by March 1.


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WAMP Installation notes
Binaries and requirements used in setup:
Written by a newbie, for newbies.
Versions specified are the versions used when writing this tutorial and may not reflect current versions available.
INCOMPLETE - Need to finish.
Special thanks to djc for all the help in IRC.
mod_python v3.3.1 (win32) (py2.5) (Apache2.2)
Installation Steps
1. Install WAMP if not already installed.
Your installation directory will be referred to as <WAMPPath>
- Be sure to enable mod_rewrite.
2. Install Python 2.5 if not installed.
Your installation directory will be referred to as <PythonPath>
3. Install mod_python.
When installing mod_python you will be asked for your Apache directory. This will depend on the version of apache you are using, in 2.0c it is 2.2.8 so in this example it is: <WAMPPath>\bin\apache\apache2.2.8
- Additionally you will need to add the appropriate line to httpd.conf to add the module. This can easily be done by clicking the WAMP system tray, going to the Apache folder, and clicking httpd.conf.
Search for LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so and add the following line afterward: LoadModule python_mod modules/mod_python.so
4. Install Python Win32 API
5. Install Mercurial Binaries
- I suggest installing Mercurial to the location where you are going to house your repository(ies)
You should know that due to limitations of Python's ConfigParser class, repositories on Windows have a tough time with drive letters. Keep that in mind when choosing your installation home. (I chose to install to (D:) because it's raided and has more space on my system)
Your install path will be <MercurialPath>
6. Extract <MercurialPath>\library.zip to <MercurialPath>\lib
7. Create 'hg' dir in <WAMPPath>\www
8. Download modpython_gateway.py and install to <Python Path>\Lib\site-packages
9. Download hgwebdir.cgi and place in <MercurialPath> (One doesn't come in the binary package unless I missed it)
- Rename hgwebdir.cgi to hgwebdir.py
Edit hgwebdir.py to the following replacing any previously defined path variable with their fully qualified paths:
# An example Python script to export multiple hgweb repos, edit as necessary
# Add a python path if mercurial is not a system-wide install:
#import sys
#sys.path.insert(0, "<MercurialPath>\lib")
# Changes Python Working path to support collections in windows with mod_python
#import os
# enable importing on demand to reduce startup time
from mercurial import demandimport; demandimport.enable()
# Uncomment to send python tracebacks to the browser if an error occurs:
#import cgitb
# If you'd like to serve pages with UTF-8 instead of your default
# locale charset, you can do so by uncommenting the following lines.
# Note that this will cause your .hgrc files to be interpreted in
# UTF-8 and all your repo files to be displayed using UTF-8.
#import os
#os.environ["HGENCODING"] = "UTF-8"
from mercurial.hgweb.hgwebdir_mod import hgwebdir
#import mercurial.hgweb.wsgicgi as wsgicgi
# The config file looks like this. You can have paths to individual
# repos, collections of repos in a directory tree, or both.
# [paths]
# virtual/path = /real/path
# virtual/path = /real/path
# [collections]
# /prefix/to/strip/off = /root/of/tree/full/of/repos
# collections example: say directory tree /foo contains repos /foo/bar,
# /foo/quux/baz. Give this config section:
# [collections]
# /foo = /foo
# Then repos will list as bar and quux/baz.
# Alternatively you can pass a list of ('virtual/path', '/real/path') tuples
# or use a dictionary with entries like 'virtual/path': '/real/path'
application = hgwebdir('hgweb.config')
10. Create <WAMPPath>\alias\hg.conf with the following contents:
Be sure to replace <MercurialPath> with the proper value (i.e. D:\Mercurial)
- Don't forget the single quotes
<Location /hg> PythonPath "sys.path + [ '<MercurialPath>' ]" #PythonDebug On #Uncomment this line if you got a problem and need debug information SetHandler mod_python PythonHandler modpython_gateway::handler PythonOption SCRIPT_NAME /hg PythonOption wsgi.application hgwebdir::application </Location>
11. Create <MercurialPath>\hgweb.conf
- This file will be your config file for HGWEBDIR.
It must contain the RELATIVE path to your repositories from your Python Working Directory.
The path structure is WINDOWS_FORMAT\ = UNIX_FORMAT/ the slash direction is VERY IMPORTANT!
- If hgweb.conf is incorrectly configured you may experience the following:
- %5C URL Errors.
- No repositories displayed.
Here is an example for a configuration containing collections in a directory called 'repos' which is a subdirectory of my Mercurial install (Which I set to be my Python Working Directory in hgwebdir.py).
[collections] repos\ = repos/
12. Restart Apache
Installation Notes
# Add a python path if mercurial is not a system-wide install:
#import sys
#sys.path.insert(0, "<MercurialPath>\lib")
Uncommenting the last 2 lines here will add another path that Python will search.
Necessary for this install.
Not necessary if you compiled from source and did a global install.
# Changes Python Working path to support collections in windows with mod_python
#import os
Uncommenting the last two lines here will forcibly change the Python working directory.
This is probably necessary for any Mercurial install on windows that uses mod_python, unless your repositories are located in a sub dir of <PythonPath>\Lib\site-installs which I don't think anyone in their right mind would do.
Make sure this is commented out or deleted, in the raw file it is not and will error you out.
Some errors will appear in appache error log, they can be ignored:
- ..Errors...


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When I was growing up sand art projects were extremely popular. I remember using colored sand and creating unique patterns by filling plastic containers. My mother used to display all of the colored sand art projects that my brothers and I made in various places throughout the house as part of her decor. We were so proud of our creations and when my mom chose to put them out on display it made us feel so special.
While this was an activity that we enjoyed doing, it wasn't a frugal art project. So, we didn't do it very often. That is probably why we loved our colored sand art projects being on display so much.
When my children were younger we were introduced to a more frugal way to create colored "sand" art projects. I had a great time showing my children what I used to do with colored sand and watch them create their own colored "sand" masterpieces. It has been several years since we created any colored "sand" art projects, but I wanted to share this frugal art project with you so that you and your children could create some colored "sand" masterpieces of your own!
DIY Colored "Sand" for Art Projects
There are very few supplies that you need to create your own colored "sand" for art projects. In fact, all of the supplies are probably already in your homeschool room and kitchen.
- Cookie Sheet
- Table Salt
- Bowls
- Plate (optional)
- Chalk
Once you have all of the supplies on hand and ready to go, there is just a few simple steps to creating your own colored "sand" for art projects.
Step One
Based on the colors of chalk you have on hand, select what colors of colored "sand" you want to make.
Step Two
Place a small amount of salt in a separate bowl for each color of colored "sand" that you're going to create.
Step Three
Pour the salt from one bowl onto your cookie sheet and pick a piece of chalk that you want to start with.
Step Four
Rub the chalk back and forth over the salt you poured onto the cookie sheet until all of the salt is colored.
Step Five
Once the salt has become the color you desire, pour the colored "sand" back into the bowl or onto the plate.
Step six
Repeat steps 3-6 until you have created all of the colored "sand" that you need for your art project.
I started using "colored" sand with my children when they were in preschool, but when I was preparing to write this post my daughter started talking about all of the art projects that she wanted to create now as a middle schooler. So, whatever age your children are I'm sure that you can find (or create!) an activity or art project in which they can use their colored "sand"!
After you're finished creating your own colored "sand", you're ready to complete your own art projects! Whether you choose to purchase plastic art bottles, ABC learning fun or create your own colored "sand" art projects, I hope that you and your kids have fun creating your own masterpieces!
What did you and your kids enjoy creating with your colored "sand"?


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Alaemon, Beelzebub, Beleth, In Nomine, Janus, Jean, Kobal, Makatiel, Mammon, Marc, Numinous Corpus, Oannes, Songs, Vapula, Vephar
The songs that follow are powerful. If In Nomine were a more balanced system, I would probably want to conduct play testing before proposing them. Instead these can be though of as draft ideas, please feel free to modify them as you see fit.
Elemental Numinous Corpus don't just change one aspect of the body, they transform the entire body, bringing multiple advantages and disadvantages. Liber Canticorum includes two versions of this type of song; Numinous Corpus (Flame) and Numinous Corpus (Stone). Both were Secret Songs.
With this in mind, I have decided that all Elemental Numinous Corpus will be Secret or Forgotten, depending on which Superior(s) know it.
As an additional restriction, I would only allow a character to use one such song at a time. In theory the restrictions on availability should take care of that, but PCs can always find a way.
Numinous Corpus…
This is a Secret Song known to Beleth and Vapula.
It causes the performer to become a creature of gears, cams, and hydraulics. The performer's unarmed attacks gain +2 Power (which jumps to +4 at level 5), and incoming attacks rolls are penalized by by the song's level. However, while in effect, none of the performer's skill TNs (including attack TNs) can exceed their Precision + their level in this Song.
This is a Forgotten Song known to by Beelzebub and Makatiel.
This song causes the performer's body to shift into an ambulatory pile of fecal matter. Anyone who makes physical contact with the performer must succeed on a Strength roll or be infected with a fecal-oral path disease like cholera, dysentery, or tapeworms. The Strength and Speed of the disease each start at 2, but the performer may increase one of the two (their choice at the time of singing) for each level.
If you really want this song in your game, Kobal might know it as a Secret Song.
Forgotten Song possibly known by some obscure ethereals.
As Numinous Corpus: Stone.
This is a Secret Song known to Marc and Mammon.
This mostly ornamental song will transform the performer's skin into a treasure of silver, gold, platinum, and gemstones. This duplicates the effects of all three songs of Opening when dealing with someone who is Greedy (or who is appropriately obsessed or covetous).
This is a Secret Song known to Jean.
This song can be treated as a variation of Flame.
This song could allow a celestial to use the Ofanite of Lightining attunement.
This is a Secret Song known the only to Alaemon and Beleth.
This song transforms the performer into the stuff of shadows, granting them a TN bonus equal to the song's level on both Dodge and Move Silently rolls and allowing them to pass freely through any barrier that is not well lit on either side. While in effect the performer will also have Vulnerability: Light at an equal level.
This is a Secret Song known only to Janus and Vapula.
This song transforms the performer into a cloud of steam, granting them a TN bonus equal to the song's level on both Dodge and Move Silently rolls and allowing them to pass freely through any barrier that is not airtight. While in effect the performer will also have Vulnerability: Breeze at an equal level.
Forgotten Song known by Oannes and Vephar.
This can be treated as a variation of Plates, but the performer does not need to breathe and can increase their Swimming TNs by ½ the level (round up). The performer cannot simultaneously benefit from this and Numinous Corpus Spikes. Once the performer stops using this song, they cannot resume: it must be sung again.


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Spinach dip is the perfect no-guilt appetizer. Delicious and full of healthy vegetables!
Spinach Dip is an appetizer classic! This easy dip recipe is teaming with flavor and chock full of healthy vegetables.
Take a few minutes to learn how to make spinach dip, then serve with our homemade beer bread, or cracker recipe! Once you've conquered this one, be sure to try out our buffalo chicken dip!
Spinach Dip
Spinach Dip, Ingredients
Mayonnaise – I use a mayo made with olive oil, but any mayonnaise will do.
Vegetable Recipe Mix – Mix packets like this are the ultimate time hack. No measuring of specific ingredients, just quick and easy yumminess! (We like the Knorr brand, typically found near the onion soup mix, but use whatever brand you prefer!).
Spinach – We use frozen chopped spinach for this recipe. Make sure it's well chopped! You may need to cut it up a bit more even if you purchase a package that says chopped on it.
Sour Cream – You could substitute some low fat plain yogurt if you are watching fat intake.
Red Onion – Onion adds that little punch that brings the dip to the next level!
Red Bell Pepper – Chop this finely and it adds a pretty pop of color and flavor to the dip.
Celery – You know you can't beat the crunch of celery! When your bites are small, that texture adds to the appeal.
Water Chestnuts – A surprising ingredient that, again, adds taste and texture. Water chestnuts are great because they always stay crispy.
How do you make Spinach Dip?
First, prep your spinach by squeezing out all the water.
Then, chop your veggies!
Next, combine all the ingredients well and chill in fridge.
Finally, serve cold for dipping veggies, crackers, or bread.
Preparing Spinach Dip
It's nice to have something that you can whip together quickly for last minute guests. Some spinach in the freezer, some vegetable mix in the cupboard, and some vegetables in the fridge drawer, and you're all set!
How long will homemade spinach dip last?
Your dip should last 3-4 days in the refrigerator; it's important that you keep it chilled at all times.
How long can spinach dip sit out?
Spinach dip can sit out for no more than two hours at room temperature. You could nestle it in a bowl of ice to keep it chilled if you need it out for a longer period of time.
Can you make spinach dip ahead of time?
You can make the dip ahead of time. Just remember that it will last about 3 days in the refrigerator so don't be too proactive!
Can I freeze spinach dip?
You should not freeze spinach dip. Freezing is not recommended, as the mayo and sour cream may separate and leave you with a watery, grainy dip.
Can I use fresh spinach in spinach dip?
You can use fresh spinach in a this dip! It requires a bit more work, but is delicious as well.
Cook the fresh spinach for 3-4 minutes in a little olive oil until it's cooked down, then drain and squeeze out extra water and use in place of frozen.
Can you serve spinach dip hot?
You can serve spinach dip hot. You can adjust the recipe by adding some Parmesan cheese into the dip and popping it in the oven.
What do you eat spinach dip with?
You can eat spinach dip with a variety of vegetables, like carrots, cucumber slices, or celery. Of course, this dip is wonderful on bread or crackers.
If you want to be fancy you can buy a round sourdough loaf, hollow out the middle, and put your dip inside the bread itself!
Is spinach dip healthy?
Spinach dip is not considered a healthy food by most people because of the high fat.
You will probably only eat a few spoonfuls as an appetizer so it can fit into many diets. Be sure to fill it up with healthy chopped veggies as well!
Is spinach dip keto?
This recipe is keto in that it is high in fat and low carb. Keep in mind that you would want to spread your dip on vegies, not breads.
Is spinach dip gluten free?
Spinach dip is usually gluten free, but do check the vegetable mix you choose to be sure that it is gluten free.
Like with keto diets, those who want a gluten free appetizer should choose to dip with vegetables, not breads (unless the breads or crackers are gluten free).
Is spinach dip low carb?
It is low carb, and the carbs in it are from vegetables which are high in fiber.
Is spinach dip vegan?
Spinach dip is not vegan because of the eggs in the mayo, and the dairy products. You could substitute vegan mayonnaise and non-dairy sour cream to change it to a vegan recipe.
Serving Suggestions
The best dips deserve the best to dip with! Here are a few links to get you started.
More Dip Recipes
Having a party? You'll need more than one dip! Try putting these on your appetizer table.
Suggested Tools
- Santuko knife – My favorite knife for cutting vegetables! This knife is the perfect size and shape, handles great, and is super reasonably priced. Also, I just love that it's fun and colorful!
- End grain cutting board – This is my absolute favorite cutting board and the one that I get the most compliments on. And p.s. I have a lot of cutting boards. It really is absolutely stunning, and knows how to take a beating. We use it every single day!
How to make Spinach Dip
Spinach Dip
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 package vegetable recipe mix
- 1 package 10 oz. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (make sure it's well chopped, mine wasn't and required a little extra hacking)
- 1 container 8 oz. sour cream
- 1 container 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
- 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
- 1/4 cup finely chopped water chestnuts
- Combine ingredients well and chill in the refrigerator.
- Serve cold with crackers, pita chips, cucumber slices, carrot chips, sweet pepper slices, or jicama slices! (And if you use jicama, email me to let me know how it goes!)
This recipe was originally sponsored by Hellman's Mayonnaise and O2O Network. All content and opinions belong to Mama Loves Food.
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Doraemon, Jerry, Donald Duck and Bambi along with a host of other popular cartoon characters are all set to attract children travelling on the popular toy train on the Kalka-Shimla heritage track.
After a proposal by a senior official, who visited the Kalka railway station a few months ago, workers in Kalka are giving the coaches of the toy trains a colourful makeover.
The coaches will be painted in red or light-brown shades and officials are working fast to transform these coaches into colourful works by pasting pictures of famous and popular cartoon characters. Additional Divisional Mechanical Engineer, Kalka, Jitendra Singh says, "The trains are popularly called toy trains. One of our senior officials suggested that these could be made more attractive for children. It was decided that trains would be repainted and the colour scheme of the coaches would be changed. Stickers of cartoon characters will also be put on all the coaches. All 92 rakes will be revamped."
The selection of cartoon characters were done by Railway officials who are now planning to look at other cartoons that are popular among children. Apart from the stickers of cartoon characters, those of the Railways as well as UNESCO have been pasted on the coaches.
The track between Kalka and Shimla was given World Heritage Status in 2008 and usually runs packed during the summer season.
Work Manager at Kalka Rattan Lal Khullar says that the primary concern is security of the passengers. "Keeping the security aspect in mind, upgradation is done at regular intervals. The track is among the oldest and heritage is being preserved," he said. The toy trains were recently installed with solar panels to cater to the needs of the travellers: mobile charging, laptops etc.,
The Kalka-Shimla track was opened to public in 1903. During the journey, the train passes through more than 100 tunnels and 864 bridges.


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FARGO — Already the snow from this past weekend's blizzard is melting from central North Dakota to western Minnesota, though the heavy snow that fell in some spots over several days will not soon be forgotten.
Another storm that earned a place in the annals of local weather history was a blizzard that struck the region March 2-5 in 1966.
While the most recent blizzard was not lethal, the 1966 storm was blamed for 18 deaths across the Great Plains, five of them in North Dakota and four in Minnesota.
Aside from the fatalities, how do the two storms stack up against each other?
The latest blizzard lasted from Thursday, Oct. 10, through Saturday, Oct. 12, bringing lots of snow, with cities like Langdon and Devils Lake in North Dakota receiving 27 inches and 17 inches of snow, respectively.
In addition, Devils Lake experienced winds of 61 mph on Friday.
The Fargo-Moorhead area reported snowfall totals from 4-5 inches and a top wind speed of 52 mph during the stormy weather.
The National Weather Service described the storm as "crippling" and for a time there was no travel in many parts of North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
In the 1966 storm, snow began falling in North Dakota the morning of March 2 and spread northward into the next day.
In Fargo, the visibility remained one quarter mile or less for more than 30 consecutive hours from March 3-5, combined with northerly winds gusting more than 40 or 50 mph, according to National Weather Service reports.
Across the region, snowfall totals reached higher than 36 inches, with drifts 30 to 40 feet high in some spots.
In the 1966 storm, Grand Forks, received 27.8 inches of snow, with 17 inches falling on March 4 alone. Devils Lake recorded 30.5 inches of snow from that blizzard while Fargo reported 15.4 inches of snow.
Unlike previous killer storms, the March 1966 storm remained relatively mild in the temperature department, with the mercury staying in the 20s for much of the storm, dropping to the teens near the end of the storm.
During the latest storm to strike the region, high temperatures remained in the low 30s.
According to the National Weather Service, a few of the fatalities linked to the blizzard in March 1966 were the result of overexertion from shoveling, while other deaths were caused by people becoming disoriented and lost while out in blizzard conditions.
In addition, thousands of livestock deaths were attributed to the storm.
John Wheeler, chief meteorologist for WDAY TV, said the 1966 storm kept people indoors for four days, whereas the most recent storm was in full force for two days.
Also, Wheeler said the overall area covered by at least a foot of snow in the 1966 storm was larger than the most recent storm, and he said the 1966 storm caused zero visibility for two to three days straight in some places.
"This (most recent) storm produced a few visibility areas down below a quarter mile, but nowhere was it sustained at zero visibility for hours at a time," Wheeler said. "On the other hand, this storm came early when many were unprepared for winter. The heavy, wet snow broke tree limbs covered in leaves and it was a pretty bad storm in it's own right, just not as serious as 1966."


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Grade 4s Macau History Book Launch Party was a huge success! Parents and visitors who came to the event were in awe of the work by the young students. The students have been working tirelessly over the last two months on their history books.
At the launch party, there were meet the author sessions, book readings, quizzes and games on the history of Macau. There was even a green screen photo booth where students and guests could reenact and capture a historical moment. There were also lots of delicious local treats for the guests to sample whilst enjoying the books!
Congratulations Grade 4s for all your effort and hard work!


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1.3.2016 First half-year 2015 at HOK-Elanto:
Lower prices increased customer numbers and volume
The volume of HOK-Elanto's grocery business grew during the first half-year by about one per cent, but the lower prices reduced net grocery sales by 0.4 per cent. Rigorous cost control and particularly measures to develop the non-food goods trade led to an improved Group operating profit compared to the previous year.
16.10.2013: Shopping Centre Kaari opens 17 October
The building project lasting many years is finally finished! Shopping Centre Kaari is complete and opens its doors in Kannelmäki on Thursday 17 October.
Kaari is HOK-Elanto's biggest project both in financial terms and measured in square metres. Kaari is Finland's ninth and Greater Helsinki's fifth largest shopping centre, and it could hold eight full-size football pitches.
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21.8.2013: HOK-Elanto interim report
The development of HOK-Elanto's sales at group level for the first half-year 2013 shows very moderate growth of 2.3 per cent. The grocery sales have continued in positive growth, but the non-food sales also reflect the general economic trends in the Greater Helsinki area and consumer caution.
21.8.2013: Shopping Centre Kaari in Kannelmäki to open on 17 October
The development of HOK-Elanto's sales at group level for the first half-year 2013 shows very moderate growth of 2.3 per cent. The grocery sales have continued in positive
Kaari will be the ninth largest shopping centre in Finland. It is situated in a central position between the Kehä I Inner Ring Road and Hämeenlinnanväylä or Highway 3. About 205,000 people live within a five-kilometre radius, and Kannelmäki is a busy hub of commuter traffic in the Greater Helsinki area.
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21.2.2013: HOK-Elanto Financial statement 2012: Co-op membership is worthwhile
HOK-Elanto has almost 580,000 member households in the Greater Helsinki area, all able to make use of the services and benefits of their own cooperative society. By a one-off investment of the EUR 35 cooperative contribution, the member receives an annual return as interest on cooperative capital as well as a monthly Bonus payment by way of a refund on the services used. Last year, these benefits alone averaged EUR 143 per household. Every month, more than 2,000 people realise this advantage and join the cooperative society as members.
14.2.2012 HOK-Elanto looks after its employees
Helsinki Cooperative Society Elanto's sales for 2011 clearly exceeded the limit of EUR 2 billion, growing to EUR 2,130 million. Therefore, the net sales of the entire Group totalled EUR 1,780 million (prev. year EUR 1,668 mill.), an increase of 6.7 per cent (4.5%). During the year, we opened and expanded both large and smaller units, but we also had to close a few large outlets. We were able to relocate the employees of these units in our own places of business.


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Exclusive: Turkey to deploy troops inside Syria's Idlib
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey will deploy troops in Syria's northern Idlib region as part of a so-called de-escalation agreement brokered by Russia last month.The "de-escalation" zones, agreed by Turkey, Russia and Iran, would be further discussed in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Ankara next week, Erdogan said in an interview with Reuters while he was in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly."Under the agreement, Russians are maintaining security outside Idlib and Turkey will maintain the security inside Idlib region," Erdogan said."The task is not easy … With Putin we will discuss additional steps needed to be taken in order to eradicate terrorists once and for all to restore peace."Erdogan also said Turkey was considering counter-measures, including imposing sanctions, against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned referendum.Iraqi Kurdish authorities have defied growing international pressure to call off the referendum on independence. Iraq's neighbors fear it will fuel unrest among their own Kurdish populations and Western allies said it could detract from the fight against Islamic State.Turkey has brought forward a cabinet meeting and national security council session to Friday over the referendum, Erdogan said. He said that parliament would also convene for an extraordinary meeting on Saturday.
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