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Area InformationPapillion
The county seat of Sarpy County, Papillion has grown from a small railroad village founded in 1870, to one of the top-rated suburbs of the metro Omaha area. With a current population of over 19,000, it ranks in the top ten of many national surveys of smaller communities for its livability, affordability, educational system, and environment for raising a family. It is known for its recreational facilities, many which are found in Halleck Park, a large, 70 acre green space found in the heart of the city. The park is home to trails, baseball fields, tennis and basketball courts, a large pavilion, playground areas, and a well-stocked fishing lake. Golf and aquatic facilities are found in other parks and clubs within the city. And for baseball fans, Werner Field, the new home of the Triple A Omaha Storm Chasers, is a popular venue. Papillion's business district retains its small town charm with shops, restaurants, and service businesses. There are also many similar facilities on the perimeters of the city with Shadow Lake Mall being a major site for national and regional stores and shops. Education is well served through the Papillion-LaVista School district's two high school, two middle schools, and six elementary schools. There are also several parochial schools in the area. Homes with traditional charm, as well as many newer houses, condominiums and apartments provide a wide-selection of residential options. This, along with the amenities listed above, will continue to allow Papillion to thrive as a popular site to purchase or lease a home. Learn more here: http://www.papillion.org/
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Problem Prove that $n! > \sqrt{n^n}, n \geq 3$.
I'm currently have two ideas in mind, one is to use induction on $n$, two is to find $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\dfrac{n!}{\sqrt{n^n}}$. However, both methods don't seem to get close to the answer. I wonder is there another method to prove this problem that I'm not aware of? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

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Woohoo! Daisy and I are super excited to be participating for the second year in K9 Kamp fitness challenge and we're inviting YOU and your fur kids to join the fun! As always, K9 Kamp is co-hosted by founders Peggy's Pet Place and Kol's Notes.
If you missed out last year, you can read all about it in our K9 Kamp 2012 posts to get caught up…although this year is a little different.
While last year's event focused on different challenges each week, this year's mission is more focused on the overall importance of establishing a year-round routine and staying active with your dog.
The challenge: Spend 30 minutes extra, 3-4 times a week, getting fit with your dog. Of course, stick within whatever physical limitations you or your dog may have…and remember to consult a trained professional if you and/or your dog have questions about what's best for your situation!
Speaking of limitations, I personally have had issues with my knees in the past so I've been working up to being able to walk longer distances at high enough intensity to do some good. You may have seen that Daisy's papa and I have been losing weight together on Nutrisystem. Now that we've shed some major lbs. we're both powering up our workouts a bit more so the timing is perfect for us!
The hubby has actually got a head start on us and recently started training for running his first marathon, but that's a bit too extreme for Daisy and me…30 minutes extra, several times a week, sounds doable and we're looking forward to discovering some new hiking trails, fast-paced walks on the beach and maybe even swimming some laps if we can sneak Daisy into the community pool after hours.
Everyone is invited to join us! If you're a blogger you can write about it on your own blog. If not, join in by leaving updates, tips and stories in the comment section of our posts. This session of K9 Kamp runs May 31-June 21 and there will be loads of fun AND some great prizes we hope you'll stay tuned and join in the action! Speaking of prizes, be sure to head on over here to find out the details of what you can win and how to enter!
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In addition to the Samsung Focus, we've also just received official confirmation of the Omnia 7, which will only be heading to Europe for now. the Omnia 7 used to be known as the GT-I8700, and like the Focus, it'll have a 4-inch super AMOLED screen, and 1GHz processor. It'll launch on Orange, SFR, Movistar, and T-Mobile in Europe.
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Samsung OMNIA 7 Delivers Breakthrough Entertainment for Your Life in Motion
Samsung's First Phone with Windows® Phone 7 to bring more choices for consumers to meet their lifestyles
October 11, 2010, SEOUL, Korea – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a global leader in mobile technology, today announced the launch of the Samsung OMNIA 7 (Model: GT-I8700). Designed for a lifestyle in motion, the smartphone will be the first device to launch from Samsung with Microsoft's Windows® Phone 7 platform across Europe and Asia. Samsung OMNIA 7 supports a 4-inch SUPER AMOLED touch screen, 1GHz application processor and a 5 megapixel camera. The phone offers an unparalleled entertainment experience directly on the mobile with Xbox LIVE® features and games, and Zune® music and video. The OMNIA 7 will be available in select markets during the holiday 2010 timeframe.
"The Samsung OMNIA 7 is our first Windows Phone 7 smartphone and we anticipate that consumers will be drawn to the premium entertainment experience. The device demonstrates our commitment to satisfying consumers with a choice of platforms that fit diverse needs," said JK Shin, president and head of the Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. "We are excited to partner with Microsoft for this milestone," he said.
"Samsung has been a key partner to Microsoft in bringing Windows Phones to customers all over the world," said Andy Lees, President of the Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft. "Their launch of the Samsung OMNIA 7, a new Windows Phone, marks a significant step in delivering to customers a different kind of phone that will stand out amongst the competition. We are thrilled to continue our strong partnership and embark on this journey with a smartphone industry leader."
Breakthrough hardware
Featuring Samsung's crisp and clear 4-inch SUPER AMOLED touch screen, the OMNIA 7 delivers a brilliant viewing experience, even outdoors. With surround sound and clear voice quality, users can talk to a friend or conduct a conference call as if they're in the same room. The OMNIA 7's good looks and metallic body make it a stylish companion for any setting and the phone's minimalist design and clean finish will entice consumers who don't want compromise style for technology.
Ultimate entertainment
With Samsung OMNIA 7, users can access Xbox LIVE® and Zune® directly on the mobile for the ultimate entertainment experience. Gamers will enjoy a diverse lineup of titles through Xbox LIVE whilst multimedia buffs will be keen to access a host of video and music content through Zune. The OMNIA 7 enables users to automatically synch content from their PC via Wi-Fi so that they can enjoy music and videos anywhere.
Life in motion
Samsung OMNIA 7 offers a different kind of experience that lets users keep up with lifestyle. Users will love the intuitive, dynamic user interface of Windows Phone 7 whilst the Windows Phone Hubs help them to organize information and simplify tasks. The phone's customizable Start Screen features live Tiles that display real-time updates from the web, news, appointments, or social media status directly to the home screen.
Enhanced media sharing is another feature of a life in motion. On the OMNIA 7, users will have access to an expanded catalog of social networking and photo sharing sites and can share images and media files with friends with a single touch. The device even includes a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash so that you capture, create and share your life in motion.


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European Initiatives
ICT Labs "Europa"
Dario Colazzo, François Goasdoué and Ioana Manolescu participate to this 2012-2013 activity lead by Volker Markl from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. The activity is part of the "Cloud Computing" action line. Within Europa, we will work closely with the TU Berlin and SICS partners to devise efficient indexing models for complex data in a cloud environment, as well as compilers for higher-level data models (in particular, Web data) towards efficient parallel processing on the TU Berlin platform.
ICT Labs "DataBridges: Data Integration for Digital Cities"
leads this activity in 2011-2012 within the "Digital Cities of the Future" action line of the EIT ICT Labs KIC; Université de Paris Sud also participates, as well as Alcatel and DataPublica from France. Our foreign partners include the Technical University of Delft, the DFKI (Germany), Aalto University and the KTH. Within DataBridges, we work on the interoperability, enrichment and personalization of data, e.g. data on the cultural activities within a city, based on user profiles; a separate thread of work focuses on efficient techniques for RDF data management. More…
ICT Labs "Clouds for Connected Cities"
Dario Colazzo, François Goasdoué and Ioana Manolescu participated to this 2011 activity led by D. Zeghlache from Telecom SudParis, within the "Digital Cities of the Future" action line.
National Initiatives
We participate to the national "Datalyse" project financed within the "Investissement d'Avenir" call "Cloud & Big Data 2012". The project has started in May 2013.
The goal of Datalyse is to provide models, algorithms and tools for Big Data Analytics applications. The project will be built taking into account three use cases, respectively, on Open Data analytics, retail data analysis (including an analysis of social network data referring to retail products), and monitoring data (for security, energy consumption etc.) collected in a data center. Datalyse will provide a a conceptual perspectives, and a library of software primitives based on these concepts, for storing, indexing, analyzing and refining various classes of "Big Data". Thus, Datalyse results will enable easy and flexible construction of scalable Big Data analytics.
Regional initiatives
Digiteo DW4RDF project
DW4RDF is a Digiteo DIM project focused on efficient tools for warehousing Semantic Web data, in particular under the form of RDF. We aim at developing models, languages and algorithms for OLAP-style analysis of RDF data, taking into its heterogeneity, its lack of a strict structure, and its rich semantics.
Sample recent former projects
Codex was a research project supported by the ANR Domaines Emergents call (2009-2012), coordinated by I. Manolescu. The project involves INRIA Lille (Mostrare) and Grenoble (WAM) as well as the Universities of Blois, Paris-Sud, Paris 7, and a start-up. Our work carried on within CODEX in 2010 was related to: the efficient management of XML document carrying RDF annotations, scaling up the ViP2P XML data management platform, maintenance of materialized XML views and efficient evaluation of XML queries and updates.
ANR Dataring
The DataRing project (2008-2012) led by INRIA-Sophia (Patrick Valduriez) includes also U. Grenoble (Marie-Christine Rousset) and Telecom-ParisTech (Pierre Senellart). The project addresses the problem of P2P data sharing for online communities, by offering a high-level network ring across distributed data source owners. The DataRing work carried within Leo encompasses the LiquidXML work on adaptive P2P content redistribution.


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Catholics, Anglicans, and Muslims join to fight world slavery
Christians and Muslims have joined to eradicate slavery by encouraging governments, businesses, educational and faith institutions to rid their supply chains of slave labor.
Christians and Muslims have joined to try to help free millions of men, women and children held in modern-day slavery, forced to work as maids, prostitutes, child soldiers and manual laborers.
The Global Freedom Network, launched Monday at the Vatican, aims to eradicate slavery by encouraging governments, businesses, educational and faith institutions to rid their supply chains of slave labor.
The initiative is the brainchild of billionaire Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest, who founded the Walk Free Foundation in 2012 to mobilize a grass-roots movement to end slavery.
Forrest, ranked 270th on Forbes' list of the world's richest people, used personal contacts to bring the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church, 85-million strong Anglican Communion, and al-Azhar university in Cairo, the world's foremost seat of Sunni learning, on board with the initiative.
Representatives from all three gathered Monday at the Vatican to sign an agreement to launch the project, which will be based at the Vatican and have a chief executive responsible for implementing a five-year business plan. Objectives include getting the G20 to condemn modern-day slavery, persuading 50 major corporations to commit to slavery-proofing their supply chains, and convincing 160 governments to endorse a seven-year, $100 million fundraising effort to implement anti-slavery programs globally.
In an interview, Forrest said it makes financial sense for countries to rid themselves of slave labor.
"We have absolute economic proof that once you take slavery out of a community, that community grows and grows and grows," he said.
The Walk Free Foundation in 2013 published the "Global Slavery Index," a country-by-country breakdown which found that some 29.8 million people were currently enslaved around the globe: child laborers harvesting cocoa in Ivory Coast, women sold for sex in Moldova, and Haitian children trafficked and forced into begging. Everyday items used in the developed world — soccer balls, bricks, diamonds and flowers — are often produced or extracted using slave labor, the report said.
The presence of al-Azhar at the Vatican for the launch was particularly significant given that relations between the Holy See and al-Azhar collapsed during Pope Benedict XVI's papacy. Pope Francis has spoken out about human trafficking and was behind a November 2013 Vatican conference on modern-day slavery.
The International Labor Organization has estimated that trafficking in human beings — just one segment of the slavery industry — generates $32 billion in profits every year.
Forrest said representatives of other faiths were welcome to join the project's governing council.
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Guare's Cop-Out is a surreal play in which two policemen, one in uniform and one in plainclothes, are played by the same actor, who interchanges (amidst stage blackouts and musical cues) between the two counterpoints of straight-laced police work (the stuttering uniformed one) and noirish absurd fantasies (the smooth and cocky plainclothes one). Each man interacts with a woman, the only other performer in the piece, and she alternates along with him. At one point, the plainclothes cop is drawn into an avant-garde play (a play-within-the play) which finds him under the covers, servicing Marilyn Monroe under the guise of several U.S. presidents, from Washington to Lincoln to Roosevelt, etc. The actor pops up from under the covers to deliver each president's gag-line as Groucho Marx might (complete with cigar), singing crude songs, etc.
The driving "plot" of the play is a whodunnit detective story, with a marked contrast between the cops who, played by the same actor, seem like two sides of the same personality. This aspect, of course, would have fit right in with the types of films De Palma would go on to make throughout his career, and it seems likely he might have envisioned some sort of split-screen for the film version, having just finished the split-screen Dionysus In '69. It certainly would have been an interesting film.
While you're at the Hollywood Outbreak link, check out Srisavasdi's snippet of audio from an interview he did with De Palma for Femme Fatale a little over a decade ago, in which the director talks about leaving enough room in a screenplay to allow for visual design. Great stuff!
Last September, Fleming reported that Pacino was attached to play Paterno. At that time, Nicita was named as the producer, and the project was being shopped around. In that September post, Fleming wrote, "The narrative arc of the movie that will be shopped is obvious. A man becomes the winningest coach in college football history and builds a powerhouse football program that turns him into a campus deity. When his former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is revealed to be a pedophile and it comes out Paterno was told and helped hide the scandal, the coach was summarily fired. He died shortly after of cancer — and many feel of a broken heart — and the school had little choice but to raze a fabled statue of Paterno just as the NCAA dropped the hammer with sanctions against the school that included removal of Paterno's wins going back to the cover-up. Sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts of sexual abuse against young boys and is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison."
Fleming was soon flooded with e-mails, and updated the post with this:
"The administration at Penn State chose to protect its cherished powerhouse and lucrative football program, and went against the contract that any institution of higher learning has, which is to protect the young and vulnerable. The idea that this just somehow happened, and nobody but Sandusky was to blame, is something I will never embrace. Had that been the case, I doubt the university would have fired Paterno and later torn down his statue, or that the NCAA would have leveled devastating sanctions against the football program at the expense of current players who had absolutely nothing to do with any of this and who didn't deserve punishment that was delivered to send a clear message about prioritizing what is important. Regretfully, that is Paterno's enduring legacy now. But keep the emails coming!"
"There are so many themes to deal with here, from Paterno's rise and his loyalty to a football program he spent his life building, to the obvious question of how a molder of young men could possibly have stood silently by when told that one of his former coaches started a charity for underprivileged kids and used it as a way to ingratiate himself into vulnerable young fatherless boys for sexual encounters? The failure of Paterno and university officials to act allowed Sandusky to continue molesting boys for years, which was borne out in court testimony leading to his conviction and incarceration. Posnanski was working on a book about Paterno and was well into it when the scandal broke. The book is as much about what made Paterno tick as anything else, and capturing complex characters is something Pacino does well. He played a conflicted pro football coach in Any Given Sunday, and Jack Kevorkian in the HBO film You Don't Know Jack."


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Since last week's gas attack on a Damascus suburb, the political class has been gripped by the idea that "something must be done." Meanwhile Wall Street, already declining through early August, fell further as this week began. At the same time oil prices have ticked up sharply, not because Syria is a significant oil producer, but in response to fears for Middle Eastern supplies generally.
A military attack on Syria would clearly affect stock values. War diverts trade: some businesses lose while others gain. Is war good for business in the aggregate? Not likely. When an economy is depressed, and the fighting is at a comfortable distance, additional military spending might give a short-run stimulus to business for everyone. In the long run, however, war is a wealth-destroying activity. Because stock values reflect long-run profit expectations, the chances of a positive aggregate effect from hostilities are vanishingly improbable.
It is a somewhat different question whether the launching of an attack will move stock values on the day. Cruise missiles rarely come from a blue sky. Those for whom war has clear implications will usually have looked into the future and hedged their bets.
On the day the fighting starts, it is true, war changes from a probability to a certainty. But if the probability was already seen as close to 100%, the impact on asset values will inevitably be small. Only a true surprise would move them by much.
Economic historians first became interested in this topic in connection with World War I, the outbreak of which was a surprise to many. Niall Ferguson (in the Economic History Review 59:1 (2006)) and others (Lawrence, Dean, and Robert in the Economic History Review 45:3 (1992) have documented that as the war began European bond prices fell and unemployment rose in London, Paris, and Berlin. The panic on Wall Street was so great that the New York Stock Exchange was closed for the rest of the year.
To update the record across the last 100 years, the chart below shows closing values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in New York for the ten working days before and after eight war onsets (the value on the day itself is omitted).
The days shown are:
- September 11, 2001: Al-Qaeda attacks American cities
- August 2, 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait
- August 7, 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- June 25, 1950: North Korea invades South Korea
- December 7, 1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
- September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland
- March 1, 1917: The Zimmermann telegram published
- July 28, 1914: Russia mobilises against Germany
Only two of these events saw stock prices climb, and then only slightly. In five cases they fell, and in two the stock market was closed (for more than four months after the outbreak of World War I in Europe, and for four days after 9/11).
Notably, although stock prices rose a little after Hitler's attack on Poland in 1939, they fell thereafter. When Pearl Harbor arrived, they remained below the level recorded two years earlier. The median change in stock prices over the eight crises was a 5.2% decline.
Contrary to commonly held opinion, war has also been bad news generally for the very rich. Tony Atkinson, Thomas Piketty, and Emmanuel Saez have collected historical data on top incomes in many countries across the twentieth century. These show sharp wartime declines in the personal income shares of the very rich in every belligerent country for which wartime data are available.
This does not rule out the idea that a few corporations gain business, and a few people become richer as a result of conflict. It just tells us that the average effect goes the other way. Besides, war is always first and foremost a political act. If Western bombs fall on Damascus in the next few days, it will be because someone decided it made good politics, not good business.


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BRADENTON, Fla. – Former NFL and Florida State offensive tackle Todd Williams has been found dead in a Tampa Bay area hotel.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports that deputies responded to the Sarasota Suites late Monday morning, just hours before the Seminoles won a national championship.
The 35-year-old Bradenton native had reportedly complained to his mother of feeling sick on Friday. She found his body Monday.
Sheriff's spokesman Dave Bristow says they haven't found anything suspicious, but an autopsy will be performed.
Williams was one of the state's top prospects after his senior season at Southeast High in Bradenton. He was a redshirt freshman on the Seminoles' 1999 national champion team. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the 2003 NFL draft and went on to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers.


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On this page you can find some information on the file formats used in IMSLP. If you want to download the PDF file of the score you're currently looking for, you clicked the wrong link. Please go back and click on the score description to retrieve the PDF.
These are the only file formats IMSLP accepts for scores. Raw image files, whether loose or ZIPped, will be removed.
Portable Document Format (PDF) is the main type of document used here on IMSLP for music scores. To view PDF files, download one of the recommended clients:
For Ubuntu users who browse the web with Firefox, click here to install Mozplugger. Mozplugger embeds the Evince PDF Reader (among other things) inside Firefox. Evince is installed by default, but you can make sure by clicking here.
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Compressed MusicXML (MXL) is an open-specification music typeset format developed by MakeMusic, Inc. that is supported by a number of music notation softwares, including MuseScore, Finale and Sibelius. Because different notation software may render MusicXML slightly differently, the official rendering standard on IMSLP is the open-source MuseScore notation software.
MSCZ is the native file format for MuseScore.
Other source files (.sib, .mus, .ly, etc.) may be uploaded if archived in a single ZIP. Each source file must also be uploaded separately in PDF format. Isolated ZIP files will not be accepted, nor will loose notation files. Note that this is the only permitted use of the ZIP format.
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FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. As it is lossless, there is no loss of audio fidelity during conversion to and from this format, unlike in formats such as Ogg Vorbis and MP3. However, it tends to take up more space. FLAC provides compression levels from L0 (little to no compression) to L8 (maximum compression). All of these compression levels are lossless, but the higher compression levels use more CPU to encode and slightly more to decode in order to represent the exact same data in less space.
MP3 stands for MPEG Audio Layer III. It is a lossy format that supports various different bitrate settings. MP3 compression is available in a variety of different flavors, including CBR (constant bit rate), VBR (variable bit rate), and ABR (average bit rate). In MP3 CBR encoding, audio is represented in a user-defined bitrate. Because the bit rate does not change at all in CBR, less complex parts are inefficiently encoded with higher bitrates. Common bitrates (in kilobits per second) for CBR include 96, 128, 160, 192, 256, and 320. On the other hand, in MP3 VBR encoding, audio is represented using a quality setting. The encoder uses this quality setting to determine different bitrate settings for parts of audio files rather than entire audio files, so complex parts get higher bitrates and less complex parts get lower bitrates.
OGG stands for Ogg Vorbis. Ogg Vorbis is very similar to MP3, but it uses variable bitrate encoding. It uses different internal techniques to encode audio.
MP4 is a container format that can contain audio, video, and other streams. It is often used to store videos, but can also be used to store only audio. Typically, audio in MP4 containers is encoded in AAC or MP3 (which are lossy formats), but ALAC (a lossless format) is also normally stored in MP4. MP4 files may also have the extension M4A (for MP4 Audio).
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A handsome accent humidor.
Sporting a classic old world motif including a distressed, furniture-quality antique finish and hardware, the Old World humidor is a gorgeous 100-capacity model that's at once traditional and functional. The map veneer offers an elegant look, while the tip-top construction - including SureSeal Technology, premium Spanish cedar, and hidden quadrant hinges - ensures a superior, dependable seal.
Features include:- 100 cigar capacity- Premium, kiln dried Spanish cedar- Removable tray- 3 Spanish cedar dividers- SureSeal Technology for optimum closure and seal- Large rectangle humidifier- Glass analog hygrometer- Tarnished, brass lock and key- Engravable nameplate- Old World map veneer- Antique distressed walnut finish- 100 Cigar capacity-Dimensions: 13 5⁄8" W x 10" D x 6 1⁄2" H
GREAT looking humidor. Seals tight. Looks awesome sitting on my table. Plenty of room for all my good cigars. Love it
Bought two - both have good seals and are holding their RH's!
I have had this humidor for four years now and still holding up like a champ after switching to digital hygro and humicare black ice humidification.
....The Humidor was packed in another box lined with foam. Perfect in every way. I seasoned it with the Humi wipes that I had ordered and by Noon the next day it was ready to take on all the cigars from my 20 year old humidor along with the sampler I had ordered. The Humi-Care rectangular Hygrometer came along for free is holding steady at 67% and 78F not to worried about the 78F but would like to get it down more ??? Very satisfied
This humidor is awesome. Looks great, works great. If you're considering it, buy it.
In the past few months I purchased the Old World Antique and the El Diablo humidors. Both look and function beautifully. Contrary to the many negative reviews I read about the analog hygrometers, both of mine were easy to calibrate after the salt test, showing no trace of Loctite on the adjustment screw. (just lucky?) I use the 8oz.Humi-Care Black Ice in the El Diablo and the 4oz. in the Old world Antique, along with the included rectangle humidifiers. Both humidors are settled in right at 70% and keeping all my cigars in excellent condition. And with CI's fantastic prices, I still have enough money to buy more of my favorites. Thanks, CI !!!
was very satisfied with this purchase. looks good, nice cedar smell upon opening, i tested the analogue hydrometer with a digital one. I was calibrated well. if u like the design, buy it.
Overall, a good humidor. The hydrometer has passed the salt and glycol tests. It just need a back screw adjustment like a clock. The lock completely unadjusted and when that is fixed I'll enjoy the beauty of it. I really want to thank Cigars International for their shipping policies to Hawaii. I can enjoy their products without exorbitant add on costs.
This is a beautifully crafted humidor, looks so nostalgic and antique. I read the reviews before I purchased this one and one guy from the navy stated that the analog hydrometer couldn't be calibrated which is false there's a flat head screw on the back that turns freely, he must have gotten a bad one or something. Only complaint I have so far is that it doesn't have handles on the side for a pretty decent size box humidor and that the lock and key mechanism is kind of stiff probably just needs a little oil or needs to be broken in. Very happy with it overall.
Good humidor for the size I was looking for. Seems to be well constructed and already at work holding some of my favorite cigars. For someone trying to get into storing and maintaining their own stogies; this is a good manageable starter.
My friends and I were impressed with this humidor's quality. It holds the humidity level perfectly!
This humidor is great I opened the box and was amazed by the quality of the humidor. The shipping was fast which I really liked I would recommend this humidor to any one and great job Cigars International on your great products.
This is a great humidor! I wanted a nice looking, quality humidor that had a high capacity. I got it in the Old World humidor. Great construction and great looks. It holds all of my cigars and keeps them nice and fresh. The only modification I made was I removed the analog hygrometer and installed a Humi-Care thermometer/hygrometer. I just peeled the magnet off the back of the analog and stuck it to the back of the Humi-Care. Looks great inside and provides more accurate readings. I would definitely recommend this humidor to others.
Just got this at the beginning of the week, seasoned it up and loaded it yesterday. Man this is a pretty box, with a really good seal and outstanding design.
Using it as a reserve humi for the smokes I want to settle and mature for a while, and after fiddling with this and getting it just right, I have high expectations. Upon reading some of the other reviews I didn't bother with the stock stuff and put an electronic humidifier in.
I've already gotten a fair share of oohs and aahs from the guys I showed it to at the NOSC. One of them actually said that it was so pretty it might get him to start smoking cigars just so he has an excuse to own one!
Have had this humidor for about 5 months now, and it does hold a fairly steady humidity level. However, I am a calibration technician in the US Navy and I went to calibrate the analog hygrometer that was supplied with this humidor and it was in fact worthless. The adjustment screw is indeed held on with 'loctite' torque sealant, and the needle hardly moves even with drastic changes in humidity.
Bottom line: Great humidor with a great look and does hold humidity well, but do yourself a favor and buy a digital thermometer/hygrometer! Overall, very pleased with this humidor!
Just received this humidor. The humidor is quite nice, but the hygrometer that comes with it is absolutely worthless.
Looking at the other reviews I see people raving that the humidor holds at a solid 70%. I cannot help but think that this misperception is because the useless hygrometer will stay precisely where you adjust it to regardless of actual relative humidity.
Using salt calibration it was way off out of the box, so attempted to adjust it as I have many other analog hygrometers over the years. First off, the tiny screw slot is deep within the housing and covered with Loc-Tite or something. The screw is wholly unsupported so it moves all over the place. Eventually, with a lot of fiddling you can turn the needle. And there it will stay.
If you order this humidor you had better order a replacement hygro as well.
Just received this humidor. The humidor is quite nice, but the hygrometer that comes with it is absolutely worthless.
Looking at the other reviews I see people raving that the humidor holds at a solid 70%. I cannot help but think that this misperception is because the useless hygrometer will stay precisely where you adjust it to regardless of actual relative humidity.
Using salt calibration it was way off out of the box, so attempted to adjust it as I have many other analog hygrometers over the years. First off, the tiny screw slot is deep within the housing and covered with Loc-Tite or something. The screw is wholly unsupported so it moves all over the place. Eventually, with a lot of fiddling you can turn the needle. And there it will stay.
Famous Smoke Shop sells this hygrometer separately (CI doesn't seem to), go to their site and read the reviews of it. If you order this humidor you had better order a replacement hygro as well.
I also had one shipped to Iraq. Made it there fine. Beautiful finish...and the humidity held a solid 70%. I loved this humidor but left it in the desert for my comrades to enjoy. I plan to get another one. 5 stars!!!
We have a study with a "rustic" look and this looks great in it! Great construction, maintains great humidity. I purchased this humidor when I was in Iraq and it handled the trip there and back great and is still in wonderful condition. Very pleased!
What a great humidor (Old World Antique Humidor - 100 Capacity)! The hinges and lock work smoothly, the world maps look great, and the humidity has held solid at 70% since I got it. I think I need to buy more cigars to fill it up though!


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The "skinny" on the collection Nicole Miller debuted was that it was inspired by the beauty of Versailles--the gardens, mirrors, mazes and chandeliers. To complete the look, the designers turned to Katie Jane Hughes, Global Colour Ambassador for Butter London.
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Uncle Silas

CONCLUSION

Oh, my beloved cousin Monica! Thank Heaven, you are living still, and younger, I think, than I in all things but in years.

And Milly, my dear companion, she is now the happy wife of that good little clergyman, Sprigge Biddlepen. It has been in my power to be of use to them, and he shall have the next presentation to Dawling.

Meg Hawkes, proud and wayward, and the most affectionate creature on earth, was married to Tom Brice a few months after these events; and, as both wished to emigrate, I furnished them with the capital, and I am told they are likely to be rich. I hear from my kind Meg often, and she seems very happy.

My dear old friends, Mary Quince and Mrs. Rusk, are, alas! growing old, but living with me, and very happy. And after long solicitation, I persuaded Doctor Bryerly, the best and truest of ministers, with my dearest friend's concurrence, to undertake the management of the Derbyshire estates. In this I have been most fortunate. He is the very person for such a charge—so punctual, so laborious, so kind, and so shrewd.

In compliance with medical advice, cousin Monica hurried me away to the Continent, where she would never permit me to allude to the terrific scenes which remain branded so awfully on my brain. It needed no constraint. It is a sort of agony to me even now to think of them.

The plan was craftily devised. Neither old Wyat nor Giles, the butler, had a suspicion that I had returned to Bartram. Had I been put to death, the secret of my fate would have been deposited in the keeping of four persons only—the two Ruthyns, Hawkes, and ultimately Madame. My dear cousin Monica had been artfully led to believe in my departure for France, and  prepared for my silence. Suspicion might not have been excited for a year after my death, and then would never, in all probability, have pointed to Bartram as the scene of the crime. The weeds would have grown over me, and I should have lain in that deep grave where the corpse of Madame de la Rougierre was unearthed in the darksome quadrangle of Bartram-Haugh.

It was more than two years after that I heard what had befallen at Bartram after my flight. Old Wyat, who went early to Uncle Silas's room, to her surprise—for he had told her that he was that night to accompany his son, who had to meet the mailtrain to Derby at five o'clock in the morning—saw her old master lying on the sofa, much in his usual position.

'There was nout much strange about him,' old Wyat said, 'but that his scent-bottle was spilt on its side over on the table, and he dead.'

She thought he was not quite cold when she found him, and she sent the old butler for Doctor Jolks, who said he died of too much 'loddlum.'

Of my wretched uncle's religion what am I to say? Was it utter hypocrisy, or had it at any time a vein of sincerity in it? I cannot say. I don't believe that he had any heart left for religion, which is the highest form of affection, to take hold of. Perhaps he was a sceptic with misgivings about the future, but past the time for finding anything reliable in it. The devil approached the citadel of his heart by stealth, with many zigzags and parallels. The idea of marrying me to his son by fair means, then by foul, and, when that wicked chance was gone, then the design of seizing all by murder, supervened. I dare say that Uncle Silas thought for a while that he was a righteous man. He wished to have heaven and to escape hell, if there were such places. But there were other things whose existence was not speculative, of which some he coveted, and some he dreaded more, and temptation came. 'Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.' There comes with old age a time when the heart is no longer fusible or malleable, and must retain the form in which it has cooled down. 'He  that is unjust, let him be unjust still; he which is filthy, let him be filthy still.'

Dudley had disappeared; but in one of her letters, Meg, writing from her Australian farm, says: 'There's a fella in toon as calls hisself Colbroke, wi' a good hoose o' wood, 15 foot length, and as by 'bout as silling o' the pearler o' Bartram—only lots o' rats, they do say, my lady—a bying and sellin' of goold back and forred wi' the diggin foke and the marchants. His chick and mouth be wry wi' scar o' burns or vitterel, an' no wiskers, bless you; but my Tom ee toll him he knowed him for Master Doodley. I ant seed him; but he sade ad shute Tom soon is look at 'im, an' denide it, wi' mouthful o' curses and oaf. Tom baint right shure; if I seed un wons i'd no for sartin; but 'appen,'twil best be let be.' This was all.

Old Hawkes stood his ground, relying on the profound cunning with which their actual proceedings had been concealed, even from the suspicions of the two inmates of the house, and on the mystery that habitually shrouded Bartram-Haugh and all its belongings from the eyes of the outer world.

Strangely enough, he fancied that I had made my escape long before the room was entered; and, even if he were arrested, there was no evidence, he was certain, to connect him with the murder, all knowledge of which he would stoutly deny.

There was an inquest on the body of my uncle, and Dr. Jolks was the chief witness. They found that his death was caused by 'an excessive dose of laudanum, accidentally administered by himself.'

It was not until nearly a year after the dreadful occurrences at Bartram that Dickon Hawkes was arrested on a very awful charge, and placed in gaol. It was an old crime, committed in Lancashire, that had found him out. After his conviction, as a last chance, he tried a disclosure of all the circumstances of the unsuspected death of the Frenchwoman. Her body was discovered buried where he indicated, in the inner court of Bartram-Haugh, and, after due legal enquiry, was interred in the churchyard of Feltram.

Thus I escaped the horrors of the witness-box, or the far worse torture of a dreadful secret.

Doctor Bryerly, shortly after Lady Knollys had described to  him the manner in which Dudley entered my room, visited the house of Bartram-Haugh, and minutely examined the windows of the room in which Mr. Charke had slept on the night of his murder. One of these he found provided with powerful steel hinges, very craftily sunk and concealed in the timber of the window-frame, which was secured by an iron pin outside, and swung open on its removal. This was the room in which they had placed me, and this the contrivance by means of which the room had been entered. The problem of Mr. Charke's murder was solved.

I have penned it. I sit for a moment breathless. My hands are cold and damp. I rise with a great sigh, and look out on the sweet green landscape and pastoral hills, and see the flowers and birds and the waving boughs of glorious trees—all images of liberty and safety; and as the tremendous nightmare of my youth melts into air, I lift my eyes in boundless gratitude to the God of all comfort, whose mighty hand and outstretched arm delivered me. When I lower my eyes and unclasp my hands, my cheeks are wet with tears. A tiny voice is calling me 'Mamma!' and a beloved smiling face, with his dear father's silken brown tresses, peeps in.

'Yes, darling, our walk. Come away!'

I am Lady Ilbury, happy in the affection of a beloved and noblehearted husband. The shy useless girl you have known is now a mother—trying to be a good one; and this, the last pledge, has lived.

I am not going to tell of sorrows—how brief has been my pride of early maternity, or how beloved were those whom the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. But sometimes as, smiling on my little boy, the tears gather in my eyes, and he wonders, I can see, why they come, I am thinking—and trembling while I smile—to think, how strong is love, how frail is life; and rejoicing while I tremble that, in the deathless love of those who mourn, the Lord of Life, who never gave a pang in vain, conveys the sweet and ennobling promise of a compensation by eternal reunion. So, through my sorrows, I have heard a voice from heaven say, 'Write, from hencefore blessed are the dead that die in the Lord!'

This world is a parable—the habitation of symbols—the phantoms of spiritual things immortal shown in material shape. May the blessed second-sight be mine—to recognise under these beautiful forms of earth the ANGELS who wear them; for I am sure we may walk with them if we will, and hear them speak!

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On June 6, 1884, as a band of cowboys rounded up cattle in remote Dundy County, Nebraska, a blazing object streaked out of the sky and crashed some distance from them, leaving (according to a contemporary newspaper account) "fragments of cog-wheels and other pieces of machinery . . . glowing with heat so intense as to scorch the grass for a long distance around each fragment." The light was so intense that it blinded one of the witnesses.
This incredible event was recorded two days later in Lincoln's Daily State Journal, which printed a dispatch from Benkelman, Nebraska, by an anonymous correspondent. The correspondent wrote that prominent local citizens had gone to the site, where the metal now had cooled. He reported, "The aerolite, or whatever it is, seems to be about 50 or 60 feet long, cylindrical, and about 10 or 12 feet in diameter." A State Journal editor remarked that this must have been an "air vessel belonging originally to some other planet."
But on June 10 an anticlimactic dispatch came from Benkelman. In a heavy rainstorm the remains had "melted, dissolved by the water like a spoonful of salt." The obvious message: Take the story with a grain of sodium chloride. The State Journal, red-faced, dropped it then and there.
In the 1960s a copy of the first newspaper article resurfaced, and reporters, historians, and ufologists rushed to Dundy County. Lifelong residents of the area assured them no such thing had ever happened. Later, even after the telltale follow-up dispatch was uncovered, one humorless author theorized that the "storm was artificially created so that a UFO concealed within the clouds could retrieve the wreckage of the crashed UFO."


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Another company has fallen down the glasses-less 3DTV route. Hitachi's going to use Sharp's parallax barrier technology (supposedly used in the Nintendo 3DS and that mysterious StreamTV panel) on some mean LCDs, hopefully just as slim as their previous models.
Meet Microsoft's New Surface Laptops
Last year at CEATEC Hitachi showed off a 10-inch prototype with a VGA screen, which used 16 projectors to create the glasses-less 3D, which is visible dependent on the viewing angle. We've always said glasses would prove the barrier for most people considering buying a 3DTV, but it's not yet known whether the parallax barrier technology can actually compete with what we've seen from Panasonic, who's the only manufacturer with a 3D plasma out. [Akihabara News]


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Microsoft Teams can do audio calling and the latest version has brought some call controls like Hold and Transfer. We'll take a quick look at how this new functionality works.
When you are in a Chat (one to one call) you have an audio call button. (in Team chats there is a video call button instead)
Another difference in Chat is that you have the call control functionality like hold and transfer.
You can put the call on hold. I don't see a way to select what music on hold the remote party hears.
You can also transfer a call.
Next you search a contact and click Transfer.
One thing I noticed is that the call is place on hold as soon as you get into the "Transfer the call" window. So if you cancel a transfer you will need to pick the call of hold to talk to the user.
When the current call doesn't have the focus (lets say you want to respond or check something in a Team) it is "minimized" into the upper right corner of the Microsoft Teams window. You can still talk on the call or control it (like put it on hold).
What happens if you try to start a second audio call? Interestingly Microsoft Teams will "remove you from the existing one". <Grin>, like that soft way of saying it. So it sounds like one call at a time, for now at least.
While you are on a call you can change the audio devices.
After the call you get a survey of the call quality.
It's interesting to see more call control coming into Microsoft Teams and make the overlap between Skype for Business and Teams grow.
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What Are Phytosterols? Plump and Hydrate Skin with This Ingredient!
This blog does not intend to provide diagnosis...
In this article:
- What Are Phytosterols?
- What the Science Says About Phytosterols
- What Is Collagen and Why Is it Important?
- Best Products for Boosting Skin Collagen
- Retinoids and Retinols
- Vitamin C
- Lifestyle Modifications to Protect Collagen
Many of my patients ask me about skincare products made with natural ingredients that can still help keep their complexion glowing and healthy. And one skincare ingredient that has been receiving attention lately belongs to a class of plant-derived compounds called phytosterols.
What Are Phytosterols?
Simply put, phytosterols are naturally occurring plant molecules that resemble cholesterol. Phytosterols can be found in a wide variety of plants, but are most abundant in nuts, beans, sunflowers, soy, and vegetable oils including sesame, peanut, and canola. Phytosterols have been touted for many anti-inflammatory effects, and they may even help stimulate hair growth and lower cholesterol. They are also used in oral supplements and topical creams and lotions. Today, I want to focus on the benefits of phytosterols for the skin.
What the Science Says About Phytosterols
There have been a few studies that have examined the effects of phytosterols on skin. One study done in Germany involved 10 subjects who exposed their skin to various creams, including vitamins, ceramides, and phytosterols. They found that the use of creams containing phytosterols and ceramides actually prevented the breakdown of collagen in the skin, a process that can, unfortunately, happen when our skin is exposed to the sun. As you can imagine, over time, repeated exposure to UV radiation from the sun causes our skin to lose collagen, so having a cream that can decrease that process helps with anti-aging. They also found that phytosterol-containing creams can even help with stimulating some collagen growth.
Another study found that phytosterols can increase the production of collagen as well as hyaluronic acid in human fibroblasts, which are cells that make up the connective tissue of the skin and help the skin recover from injury. Why is this important? Hyaluronic acid is a major humectant, which means it helps the skin retain water. In fact, one molecule of hyaluronic acid can retain up to 1,000 times its weight in water! We lose our ability to keep moisture in our skin as we age, resulting in a sagging, dry, wrinkly appearance. By increasing hyaluronic acid and collagen, we can try to maintain our skin's youthful glow.
What Is Collagen and Why Is it Important?
Let's back up for just a minute. What is collagen and why do we care that we lose it as we age?
Collagen is a very important protein in our body, existing as long, thin chains of molecules that are found in the skin, tendons and bones – in fact, it makes up one-third of our entire body composition! There are many types of collagen in the body and it functions as a scaffolding that holds the body together and gives it strength and form. In the skin, collagen provides structure and also helps to regenerate and renew dead skin cells. As we age, exposure to UV radiation and smoking decreases our collagen levels, and collagen levels also drop after menopause. A dip in collagen levels means our skin starts sagging, forming wrinkles and loose skin.
Best Products for Boosting Skin Collagen
There are a good number of skincare products out there that contain phytosterols if you are interested in trying it out for yourself. Mild by Nature makes a number of body butters with plant-based phytosterols as well as shea butter and moringa oil for added hydration.
In addition to phytosterols, there are a number of other skincare ingredients that can increase collagen production or prevent collagen destruction:
Retinoids and Retinols
Retinoids and retinols are vitamin A derivatives that can stimulate more collagen production. These can be over-the-counter or prescription-strength; prescription-strength retinoids are stronger as they exist in a form that the skin can directly utilize. Retinoids have the added bonus of helping to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, lighten dark spots, and reduce pore congestion, all helping to improve the overall appearance and glow of the skin.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C is another power ingredient that is instrumental in the formation of collagen. Vitamin C actually helps add oxygen and hydrogen atoms to amino acids, helping to stabilize collagen so it can perform its role in adding structure to the skin. In addition to helping make collagen, Vitamin C also has strong antioxidant effects that balance out the DNA damage caused by sun exposure and toxins. Topical Vitamin C should be an integral part of any skincare regimen in order to protect the skin and prevent aging.
Lifestyle Modifications to Protect Collagen
In terms of preventing collagen destruction, you want to take care to reduce exposure to harmful toxins that decrease collagen levels. This includes smoking, excessive alcohol use, air pollution, and most of all, UV radiation. UV radiation occurs in the forms of UVA radiation, which predisposes skin to photoaging, and UVB radiation, which increases the risk of skin cancer. To prevent exposure to UV, you should seek shade during peak sun exposure hours between 10 am and 4 pm, and wear sun-protective UPF clothing or hats. You should also wear a broad spectrum SPF 30 and above sunscreen day in and day out, even if there doesn't seem to be much sun exposure that day! If you have sensitive skin, look for physical sunscreens that contain zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, which are much less likely to cause allergies.
What you eat can also impact your skin. Certain foods are better than others because they can stimulate collagen growth – these include fruits and vegetables, and lean meats and proteins, especially salmon. I know it is so difficult, but try to avoid overly salty, sugary or fatty foods.
What about oral collagen supplements? This has definitely been an area of wide interest as more and more companies are producing collagen drinks and pills. Studies in the scientific literature show mixed results. One study looking at multiple experiments that have been done in skin cells in dishes and in human subjects found that preliminary results look promising for skin health, helping to increase skin hydration and elasticity, but we don't yet know the optimal dosing or form that the collagen supplements should come in. Oral collagen is also very safe, with no patients reporting adverse effects. This will be a field that I continue to watch with interest!
Now that you know more about the importance of collagen, what breaks it down, and what you can do to prevent destruction and promote its generation, you're on your way to healthy, glowing skin.


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Inside a slot canyon.
Slot canyon in B&W.
Inside a slot canyon. Notice the roots hanging on the wall.
Sunset over the valley outside of Page, Arizona.
Horseshoe Bend in HDR.
Horseshoe Bend (single frame).
Light painting the walls of a slot canyon and the stars above.
East Mitten, in Monument Valley.
Totem Pole (on the left) about 20 minutes before sunrise...moon appears to be setting.
Iconic view - the Mittens and Merick Butte.
Sunrise is about 5 minutes away.
The sun appears just above the horizon.
Just before sunrise.
Sunrise in the valley.
This photo was made about a minute before the sun rose at the horizon.
Totem Pole, Monument Valley.
Totem Pole and the sand dunes.
Totem Pole, Monument Vally.
One of the many "faces" carved in the rocks.
Lonely dead tree.....
Big sky above the Valley floor.
Monuments highlighted against B&W.
Monuments in the distance.
The Mittens and Merrick Butte just before sunrise.
A view from Hunt's Mesa.
I survey the valley floor.
The valley as the sun is setting.
The valley after the sun dropped below the buttes and mesas to the west.
The valley floor about 5 minutes after sun rise.
Milky Way.
The valley floor about 10 minutes after sunrise.
Sand dunes and blowing sand.
Patterns of shade and light on the dunes.
Light painting Totem Pole.


text: At age 8, your dad buys you an ice cream. You thanked him by dripping it all over his lap. When you were 9 years old, he paid for piano lessons. You thanked him by never even bothering to practice. When you were 10 years old he drove you all day, from soccer to football to one birthday party after another. You thanked him by jumping out of the car and never looking back. When you were 11 years old, he took you and your friends to the movies. You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row. When you were 12 years old, he warned you not to watch certain TV shows. You thanked him by waiting until he left the house. When you were 13, he suggested a haircut that was in fashion. You thanked him by telling him he had no taste. When you were 14, he paid for a month away at summer camp. You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter. When you were 15, he came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked him by having your bedroom door locked. When you were 16, he taught you how to drive his car. You thanked him by taking it every chance you could. When you were 17, he was expecting an important call. You thanked him by being on the phone all night. When you were 18, he cried at your high school graduation. You thanked him by staying out partying until dawn. When you were 19, he paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus carried your bags. You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends. When you were 25, he helped to pay for your wedding, and he told you how deep he loved you. You thanked him by moving halfway across the country. When you were 50, he fell ill and needed you to take care of him . You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their children. And then, one day, he quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART. If you love your dad, reblog.


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Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled claims to have damning evidence of the military and government elite's ties to the drug trade. Three months in, his trial has offered few explosive revelations, but there are several ticking time bombs to watch out for.
Makled went into hiding when the security forces raided his farm in 2008 and arrested three of his brothers. After he was arrested in Colombia in 2010, he claimed that he had kept many high-ranking military officials and several governors on his payroll, including the head of the anti-narcotics office and the commander of the armed forces.
Instead of extraditing Makled to the US, where he is wanted for drug trafficking, and where he would presumably have shared intelligence with the authorities, Colombia sent him to Venezuela. His closed-door trial for drug trafficking, money laundering, and two counts of homicide began April 9.
It will likely be a long one. One of Makled's defense attorneys told EFE that proceedings will probably take a year or more, as the defense has presented 180 pieces of evidence, while the prosecution has presented 400. Seven weeks into the trial, the defense had only gone through 25. Three of Makled's brothers and nine of his employees, arrested during the 2009 farm raid, are also facing charges.
While the trial, closed to the press, has not offered up new details about Makled's alleged links to the government and military, there have been several intriguing developments. Below are five factors that may prove to be influential in how the trial plays out:
1. Makled's silence may speak louder than words.
Makled's decision not to testify is one that he could reverse at a later point in the trial, according to Venezuela's Organic Penal Procedures Code (COPP). One of Makled's defense attorneys has said that Makled's choice is a "very personal decision," and added, somewhat ominously, "he will know what things to guard and what he should say."
After former Supreme Court Judge Eladio Aponte left the country and became a informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), state television released footage of Makled, in handcuffs and accompanied by police, calling Aponte the primary associate in his airline business, which is suspected of smuggling tons of cocaine outside the country. While it is not clear when the footage was recorded, its release was clearly intended to cast further doubt on Aponte's allegations of corruption within the Venezuelan government, by emphasizing his links to Makled. The release of the video footage was one indication that state media, at least, is willing to manipulate Makled's allegations to achieve its own political ends. Critics of President Hugo Chavez's administration have been doing the same, pointing to Makled's claims as evidence that Venezuela is a "narco-state."
Makled knows that his information is worth a great deal to both the government and the opposition, for different reasons. By not saying everything he knows -- or by using the threat of his testimony as leverage -- he can make a play to influence the outcome of the trial.
2. The judge has been accused of being too close to the government.
Judge Ali Paredes also handled the high-profile trial of Judge Maria Afiuni, a case heavily criticized by human rights groups. Afiuni was jailed in 2009 after she issued a ruling in a corruption case that infuriated Chavez. Her case is often cited as an example of the undue influence of the executive branch over the judiciary.
At the time, Afiuni refused to appear before Paredes in court on the grounds that she wouldn't receive a fair trial. In December 2011, Paredes ruled that she must remain under house arrest for two years.
Paredes' involvement in the Afiuni case raises the question of whether he will give Makled a fair trial, or whether he will issue his rulings with an eye on the government's interests.
3. Makled's brothers are sitting on intelligence of their own.
Walid's three brothers, arrested during the farm raid in 2008, are also on trial for drug trafficking. While they have not spoken as openly as Walid about their alleged knowledge of the drug trade, they are also receiving closed door trials, suggesting that there are interests who do not want their testimony made public. One brother has been placed under house arrest due to a reported medical condition. Another one, Abdla, has his own political future at stake. At the time of his arrest, he was running for political office and was considered a challenge to the rule of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), raising suspicions about the timing of the farm raid.
4. Makled's employees say they know nothing.
Statements from several of Makled's detained employees suggest that, in the government's eagerness to show that they were striking a blow against drug trafficking, they may have arrested Makled's farm employees simply for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. According to a report by El Nacional, among nine employees detained at the farm are the maid, the gardener, the cook, and two farm hands, one of whom is 72 years old and has prostrate cancer. All deny knowing that the farm was used a storehouse for cocaine -- during the raid, security forces found 400 kilos of the drug on the premises. These denials would be routine, except for the fact that one employee has already pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and testified that neither the employees (nor Makled) knew that he was storing cocaine in the house. If it turns out that these employees were held on scant evidence, it could cast further doubt on the efficiency of Venezuela's judiciary in handling the Makled case.
5. The defense is playing hardball.
Makled's team of attorneys are working hard to find loopholes or irregularities that could result in the judge ruling certain evidence inadmissible. So far much of this involves casting doubt on whether the raid on Makled's farm was carried out according to procedure. According to Venezuelan law, such police raids must be conducted in the presence of at least three witnesses. The defense won a minor victory in one court session, when a National Guard officer admitted that the witnesses were not present when the security forces collected vital evidence at a landing strip found on the farm grounds.


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Photo Stops on Day 4
The route is shown in red, and goes east to west. The photo stops are the green circles along the route.
Division Road south of Valparaiso IN
This road was a designated bicycle route towards Crown Point back in 2004, IIRC. It's nice here, but I wanted to get off and avoid a ride to Crown Point this time. (Location a on the map.)
Heading south on Sagar Road
I wasn't positive this route would work, but it turned out to be a marked bicycle route, even.
Fork in Sager Road
I should have turned left here to continue on the bicycle route. Sager road gradually turns east here, not the way I wanted to go. I came back to this intersection and continued south. (Location c on the map.)
Baums Bridge Road
Taking Baums Bridge Road to bypass Kouts. (Location d on the map.)
Heading West on County Road 900 S.
This road was perhaps the most relaxing part of the day's ride. I was now heading west, not too far north of the Kankakee River. (Location e on the map)
Hebron IN and Soybeans
Soybeans along CR 900 S, which runs along the north side of the Kankakee River, but just south of Hebron IN. CR 900 S was a pleasant, quiet road as long as it lasted (i.e. until I-65). (Location f on the map)
Indian Trail Grange
I crossed I-65 at Dinwiddie, on Hwy 2. It was a busy place (but had a McD where I got lunch) and then I continued on Hwy 2. It was too busy for comfortable riding. But there was a grange hall, so I stopped for a photo and checked my maps to look for an alternative to Hwy 2. (Location g on the map)
The grange hall was originally down the road on Belshaw the Road, which I was going to take even if it added a few miles to my route. That road looks like it it could have been the Indian trail that gave the grange its name. (Location g on the map)
Buckley Homestead County Park
It hadn't been long since lunch, but I couldn't pass up this quiet, shady park on Belshaw Road for a little break. (Location h on the map)
There was an old school and farm house further back from the road, but unfortunately this was not a good time for a long break. (Location h on the map)
Belshaw and Cline
For a nice, quiet road I probably should have turned north here on Cline Ave, but didn't. I went a couple miles further on Belshaw Road and turned north on US-41 instead. (Location i on the map)
West Creek Township Trustee
This sign was on the road west to the Illinois-Indiana border. I wanted the photo to illustrate the vestigial nature of Indiana's township government, but also was curious about the "No Ill-Iana" and "No Freight Trains" signs. This was just the first of many such signs that I encountered over the next few days. (Location j on the map)
185th Avenue at the Illinois-Indiana state line
As I got close to the Illinois border, the paved road became coarse, loose gravel for about 1.5 miles. That was slow going. No wonder Google didn't want to route me this way. But if I ever come this way again, maybe it will have been paved. It looks like a work in progress. (Location k on the map.)
State Line Road
Most of the east-west county roads don't go straight through at the state line. Here I took the first of a series of jogs to the south on the way to Grant Park. (Location k on the map.)
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St Paul Lutheran Church (WELS) on N 16000 E Road. That looks like a parsonage behind it. (Location l on the map.)
Yet another jog to the south
on the way to Grant Park. (Location m on the map)
Grant Park Village Hall
I came to Grant Park expecting to find a township hall here. I didn't find one, but some men in a parking lot directed me to the village hall. (Location n on the map)
Grant Park
Grant Park village hall straight ahead, with elevators behind and right. (Location n on the map)
Manteno Township sign
Unfortunately, I had my camera at a super-high ISO here. (Location n on the map.)
Manteno Township Hall
Manteno Township Town Hall, Kankakee County, IL


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The 2020 Nissan Rogue is available in three trims: S, SV and the top-of-the-line SL. Nissan keeps things pretty simple with powertrain options for the Rogue, which includes a Hybrid option. Standard power comes from a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine making 170 horsepower and 175 pound-feet of torque, which Nissan claims is top in its class. Nissan mates that engine to an efficient Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). A hybrid powertrain available on SV and SL trims features a 2.0L 4-cylinder gasoline engine paired with a 30-kW electric motor. The system produces 176 horsepower and also includes regenerative braking. The Rogue comes standard with front-wheel drive, however all-wheel drive is optional on all models. The base model Rogue S is still equipped with plenty of features. Air conditioning, cruise control, power door locks and power windows are all present. Unexpected extras at this trim level include NissanConnect 7-inch touchscreen display, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, rearview camera, LED daytime running lights and illuminated audio controls on the steering wheel. The mid-grade SV adds to the S with 17-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, remote start, push-button ignition and intelligent key, automatic dual-zone climate control, 8-way power adjustable driver's seat, heated front seats, rear sonar system, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, automatic headlights and roof rails. The top SL trim comes with everything from the SV plus 19-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, fog lamps, heated outside mirrors with turn signal indicators, leather seats, heated leather-wrapped steering wheel, a 7-inch touchscreen and navigation system, a Bose 9-speaker sound system, a power rear liftgate, intelligent cruise control and Nissan's ProPILOT assist. Nissan offers various packages to enhance the Rogue as desired. The Special Edition Package and Premium Package add various unique styling elements to the exterior, plus comfort and convenience features to the interior. A Sun and Sound Touring package adds a panoramic moonroof and a 9-speaker Bose audio system. The Platinum Reserve Interior Package features tan leather seats with quilted leather inserts for an added custom and luxurious interior design. Numerous safety systems come standard on the Rogue, including anti-lock brakes, traction control and stability control. Nissan Intelligent Mobility with Safety Shield 360 is standard on the SV and SL trims, offering a suite of active safety technology to give confidence on every drive.


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Below is my column in USA Today on the recent statements by various Democratic leaders that they are unlikely to pursue impeachment because they do not have the votes in the Senate to convict. While many members pushed the impeachment angle during the campaign, there was a shift on the issue after the Democrats took office. Almost immediately after the election, senior Democrats changed course and began to dismiss calls for impeachment as "fruitless" and a distraction. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton declared impeachment to be "a useless waste of energy" and asked "Why would we go down the impeachment road when we cannot get it through the Senate?"
I have repeatedly said that I do not see the strong foundation for an impeachment against Trump. However, these comments raise a more fundamental question about how members should approach their duties under Article I irrespective of the President. Members often pull a bait-and-switch with gullible voters, but they should not manufacture a new constitutional standard. If they truly believe that any president has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, they have a sworn duty to vote for impeachment.
Here is the column:
With special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Trump team's ties to Russia expected in a matter of weeks, impeachment is a hot topic in Washington despite obvious efforts by some Democratic leaders to tamp down such talk. While columnists and many voters view the impeachment of President Donald Trump as "inevitable" now that Democrats control the House, the one holdout group appears to be Democratic leaders themselves.
Ever since the election, senior Democrats have been raising doubts about the value and impact of an impeachment process. As Rep. Adam Schiff, now chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, put it this month on CNN: "If the Republican senators, some of them, are not on board, then all you have is a failed impeachment, and I don't see how that benefits the country."
While I continue to question the basis for an impeachment on the evidence available at this point, Democratic leaders are advancing a flawed interpretation to avoid their responsibilities under Article I of the Constitution. If they believe that Trump has committed impeachable offenses, they should impeach him, regardless of whether their counterparts in the Senate will fulfill their own sworn duties in a trial.
Democrats won the House last fall amid expectations among many voters that they would deliver rigorous oversight, up to and including impeachment. I disagreed with much of the campaign-season impeachment talk by advocates such as California billionaire and activist Tom Steyer and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. Some party leaders now clearly view impeachment as too risky a move heading into the 2020 election and prefer a Trump administration in free fall to a rising Pence administration. They are scrambling to find a way of supporting impeachment without actually impeaching Trump.
The responsibility for such an effort will fall primarily on the new chair of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York. He is an ideal choice for the position: smart, seasoned and serious. However, Nadler drew a curious distinction last month on CNN's "State of the Union" news show: "You don't necessarily launch an impeachment against the president because he committed an impeachable offense. … An impeachment is an attempt to, in effect, overturn or change the result of the last election. And you should do it only for very serious situations."
House Democrats can't take the easy way out
I believe that the Framers viewed any impeachable act as a "serious situation." When I testified during the Clinton impeachment hearings on the constitutional standard, I argued that lying under oath was clearly an impeachable offense. Despite my voting for Clinton and the testimony of other experts that lying about a sexual affairs was clearly not impeachable conduct, Clinton lied under oath while in office and the subject matter, in my view, was immaterial.
(A federal judge later found that Clinton committed perjury, a crime for which he was never charged despite thousands of Americans going to jail for the same offense.) The Democrats (and many experts) at the time tied themselves into knots to find an excuse for not voting to impeach. They were wrong then and they are wrong now in seeking an easy way out of Article I.
Under Article I, Section 2, Clause 5, the House holds "the sole power of impeachment."
The standard itself is found in Article II, which says a president "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
That's "shall," not "may, if convenient." It is certainly true that House members, like a jury, are free to render their decisions as they feel proper, and that votes cannot be reviewed by a court. However, like jurors, members are expected to adhere to the standard laid out in Article II, which they swear to uphold with the rest of Constitution as a condition of taking their seats in Congress.
There is a reason for the mandatory language. Framers expected members to do their duties when faced with impeachable offenses. For House members, that duty is to impeach regardless if they believe that their Senate counterparts will be faithful to their oaths. This is not a version of "the prisoner's dilemma," where the two houses try to guess the other's intentions as a condition for their own actions. The House is expected to act, to declare conduct as a high crime and misdemeanor when it is a high crime and misdemeanor. The decision is about the legal gravity of the act, not the political conditions of the vote.
Republican senators might uphold their oaths
During the Clinton administration, Democrats engaged in a form of "jury nullification," in which they agreed that Clinton lied under oath but elected to ignore that crime by a president in office. Schiff's approach would repeat the mistake by ignoring alleged criminal acts because the accused might not be convicted. Consider the impact on our legal system if grand juries adopted such a standard and refused to indict because they believed that a jury would likely deadlock. There is a value for declaring an offense to be a crime, or in this case an impeachable offense, regardless of the outcome at trial.
It is also wrong to assume that Republican senators will clearly violate their oaths. During the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868, multiple senators effectively ended their careers to vote to acquit the unpopular president because they swore a duty not to him but to the Constitution.
Nadler is right that some of the alleged conduct, if proven, could amount to impeachable offenses. Yet there are still major questions that weigh heavily on that question, including acts taken before Trump became president and serious questions of what constitutes obstruction or conspiracy. However, there should be no question of what should be done if such crimes are proven to the satisfaction of the House.
There is a Confucian saying that "the beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name." Under our Constitution, the wisdom starts with the House in calling certain offenses "high crimes and misdemeanors." Call it your duty. Call it constitutional Confucianism, if you wish. Just call it for what it is.
Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, was lead defense counsel in the last Senate impeachment trial and gave expert testimony to Congress during the Clinton administration on the constitutional standard for impeachment. Follow him on Twitter: @JonathanTurley