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The Wife / The Priest / The Lover / A Dog
William crossed a stray T and handed the list to Elisa. "Three hundred," he said. He knew they wouldn't all be available — some would have planned their holidays, fallen ill or even begun dying their own silly deaths—but if a hundred came, there'd be lots of racket in the house to enliven his hazy hours towards oblivion. His guests could dance and munch on snack mix in the living room while he lay aloof like a legend in his bed, thumb poised on his methadone button.
"We could move the bed into the living room," said Elisa.
William considered this; he did. There would be quite a lot of racket, though; and since he got his food from a tube, he obviously wouldn't care for snack mix—or dancing, for that matter. His guests would be clambering and slobbering all over him, spilling this or that, sputtering scads of industrially produced mini-pretzels in his face as they told their tedious, awkward death jokes. "Are you serving death on a biscuit?" and all that. No, he'd rather they came to his bedroom individually, on his horizontal turf where it was calm and he could doze if they were awful.
The night of the party came. Though Elisa had named the affair FAREWELL WILL PARTY on the Facebook Event page, William found this too Elmer-Fudd so he called it his Death Party.
Pumped to bursting with methadone, William smoothed the thin sheet covering his body, "like the sculpture atop a white marble sarcophagus," he said to his empty bedroom and hummed: a random melody, one reminiscent of an ancient burial ceremony but also remarkably similar to the latest Beyoncé song. It was going to be a lovely party. He expected heartfelt apologies most of all—the deathbed kind, the making-peace sort. He practised smiling pitifully and saying, "It's all right. I didn't like you much either," exploding with laughter, because who was going to tell him to go to hell now — on his deathbed, when it was an imminent possibility? The dying were so lucky: they could say whatever the hell they wanted.
William moved his hands to a cooler patch of sheet and waited. He had to pee, and he knew it would hurt. The nurse had changed his catheter that day brutally. Even with the methadone, his penis was a tiny ember of pain. Staring at the door, waiting for his guests, William dreamed of happy, smelly dogs and relinquished control.
published 2 September 2013
"Lots have come?" William asked. Elisa stood like a garden gnome at the foot of his bed, the cup of crushed ice he'd ordered dripping on the floor. He couldn't tell if the obnoxious laughter coming from the living room was a hundred people guffawing with their mouths full of snack mix or Two Broke Girls, which Elisa thought was funny but he didn't.
"Oh, lots," Elisa said flatly and handed him his dinner.
"They've all come?"
"Why don't you close your eyes awhile, William, and I'll tell you a story."
William adored stories. They'd tickled and pricked at the centre of his long life, but lately his eyes — which were closing now — had become too weak for them. His own stories lived in libraries the world over, had been translated into 24 languages and even adapted for EFL learners in tiny booklets called Strange Stories for Strangers. To William, stories were like love and flowers: they covered a multitude of sins and rotten odours.
"Once," his wife began, "there was a small boy, smaller than most but also much much cleverer, who had an even smaller cat . . . no, a dog."
William's face relaxed into a smile, the kind that happens when someone has finally found that elusory, figurative itchy spot. The sweet image of a small boy with his even smaller dog bruised something near William's heart, in a good way. "Happy end," he whispered. "Don't kill the dog this time, Elisa. Not at my Death Party."
Elisa always killed the dog in her stories. She was a dyed-in-the-furball cat person and took every opportunity to kill fictive dogs in the most horrific of accidents. William dozed as his wife surely went about constructing a story whose climax would leave a dog dangling from the ledge of a twenty-storey building or inching toward the razor-sharp blades of an aeroplane motor or strapped to an operating table with tubes and saliva snaking from its mouth and a flat-line screaming above it all. He just knew it.
As William began to snore, Elisa turned toward the man she'd been married to for 42 years and said, "Sweet William. Sweet horrible William. You were always more about your own body than mine. You kept me on the string like a big fat carp gasping for air, waiting. For what? For you to have time for a family? For you to have time for anything else besides your ridiculous stories? You kept telling me we'd have children. Someday. Until it was too late, and we never talked about it ever again. I should have left you when we stopped having sex." She watched her husband's pale, emotionless face. The drugs had actually improved his complexion. "You ruined my life, William."
William coughed.
"And then," Elisa said, "the boy dropped the lifeless butterfly onto the scorching pavement, turned and walked away, down the path toward the cool, green meadow. The End."
William opened his eyes. "Oh, Elisa. It's like your allegory got dressed in the dark. You know how I hate the obvious."
"I know. I know. You should rest now," said Elisa, "while I go and scrape my desiccated carcass off the pavement."
William smiled, closed his eyes again. "Lots have come?" he whispered.
published 9 September 2013
< Chips
The overbearing odour of cheap aftershave woke William. He opened his eyes, blinked. A silver crucifix dangled an inch from his face, behind it the young face of a confused priest. William winked at the man seductively because he found the whole deathbed experience freeing. "You know you didn't have to come," — which was to say that William had not put this priest, or any priest, on his guest list — "handsome."
William squinted at the moderately attractive yet completely foreign priest's face. This was some random priest from some random church. William couldn't even remember whether he was Catholic or Protestant. Probably neither.
The priest leaned over, said he'd been in the neighbourhood and that William's wife had asked if he'd pay her husband a visit.
"Damned Elisa. Always inviting door-to-doorers in, making them tea and chatting about God and the world. Well," William said, "as you will have noticed by all the racket and snack-mix munching, I'm having my Death Party, so make it quick if you're going to save me or perform the last rites or whatever you people do."
"I thought I might tell you a story."
"Oh, well now you're talking, Padre." William smiled and closed his eyes. "So you know: I'm partial to stories with dogs."
"Once, a very long time ago there lived —"
"Oh." William opened one eye and frowned.
"A bit clichéd, don't you think?"
"Fair enough," said the priest. "How about this: It's summer. A boy sits on the edge of a gravel road. There are no cars, haven't been for years. The boy has been sitting here for so long that he can't remember who left him or why. Dirt courses down his cheeks as he weeps and calls out for people. Any people. Anyone at all. Anything, in fact, that has a body temperature of 98.6. The boy needs warmth."
William made his I'm-well-impressed face. "No dog handy?" he asked. "Dogs are quite warm."
"No dog."
"Pity. Proceed."
"The boy's name is Billy. He is quite old but you wouldn't think it. His skin is so fair and clear. He looks like a baby, like an old man in a boy's body — because he has never processed his fear of being loved. Every person in his life abandons him until finally he sits alone oceans away from a petrol station or a farm or even an internet café. Inexplicably, the people in his life haven't been cruel. There's been no conspiracy. The people simply began to tire of his bullshit. It's Billy's own fault and he knows this. He is a cruel boy, cruel to everyone who tries to love him. He's like King Midas except different. He touches people with hands of burning thistle. He's toxic, and he's realised this much too late." The priest paused to clear his throat.
"Dog years too late?" William suggested and exploded with laughter but immediately fell asleep. When he woke, the priest's moderately handsome face was hovering over him and a damp cloth was stroking his forehead. William sniffed the man. "Smokers," William said, "just want to meet their Maker as quickly as possible, don't you think, Padre?"
The cross dangled a bit further from William's face.
"Now it's my turn" — William punched his methadone button—"to tell you a story." William inspected the ceiling dreamily for a moment to give the impression he was inventing the story on the spot. "Ah," he said, "OK. There was a king, you see, who commissioned a great church to be built in honour of the virgin mother. He posted the event on Facebook so that the entire world would know of its grandeur. When the Devil heard of the king's plans — because the Devil was a Facebook friend of the king, you see — he joined the event and even signed up to be one of the builders."
"You should rest now," said the priest.
"But, you see, the Devil had a plan to destroy the church by throwing a very large cigarette made of concrete through the flying buttress ceiling—or whatever you people call it—on the day of the church's consecration. All he'd done during the construction of the church was build that cigarette. An enormous concrete cigarette." William pressed his methadone button again. "A fucking big concrete cigarette."
"No dog?" asked the priest but William was dozing.
published 16 September 2013
The racket from the living room was sounding more and more like the I Love Lucy Show — unless William's guests were all Wahhhh Wahhhh Wahhhhing like Lucille Ball. It was possible, he thought as he opened his eyes to an oddly fierce yet hollow face; he sort of knew it but certainly couldn't place it. The nose was too broad, the lips too thin. The ears stuck out perversely, but the brown eyes were a perfect distance apart: just near enough to reveal the humble honesty of this stranger's soul. It was the sort of face one should fall in love with, but also a face William surely hadn't put on his guest list.
"Um, hey?" William said.
"Hi, William," the person said. "You look good."
"Oh, bugger off," said William. It was his stock response to compliments of any kind. He enjoyed the surprised — often appalled — expressions on people's faces when he threw up his ramparts against their slimy, ass-kissing niceties; but this man only laughed and said, "Same old Will."
"I'm glad you've come," said William. His blinking bordered on batting now. He was sure he'd shake off his nap in a moment and recognise this person as one of his dear invited guests: maybe one of the Albanian men from the grocery store on the corner, the man who delivered the mail on Fridays, the scruffy teenager who'd come to the door a few months ago selling something or other. He blinked and blinked again, shook his head. "No," he said. "Sorry. Who the hell are you?"
"Peter. It's OK. You should rest, Will."
"Why do you people keep saying that? No. No. No. I'm having my Death Party, and there are lots of guests to see and lots of heartfelt apologies to accept—from guests I invited, and not you random gate-crashers. I can't sleep through my own Death Party."
Peter smiled. "No, I suppose not." He sat on the edge of the bed for a very long time without saying a word, without moving, as if he were waiting for William to recognise him.
Wide awake now and dry-eyed from all the blinking, William stared at Peter quizzically and said, "You're not much of a talker."
"No, I rarely have anything to say."
"Why don't you tell me a story?"
"A story?" said Peter. "I'm not very good at —"
"Go on, Pete. Give it a go."
"Call me Peter."
"Sorry," said William, sounding as if he might be apologising for much more than a missing R. "Um ... the story?"
"Oh, right. Well, I'm not very good at this, but here goes: you see, there were two lads, right, two very similar lads from similar families, so they were, like, destined, right, to be mates. Right."
William was already dozing.
"They did everything together, right, and when I say everything" — Peter looked over to see whether William cared — "I mean everything. And then one day the shorter, meaner fellow got married and moved away. He didn't even tell the taller one that he was leaving or where he was going." Peter looked down at William, who was snoring peacefully. "You had no idea how important you were to me. I'm sure you didn't care; you never cared about anything except escaping into your stories. Loving you was a mistake. It took years for me to unlove you. Even now it's hard. It turned out you were just in the next town, but it felt like, I don't know, like continents drifting ... like oceans." Peter stared silently at his old love for a very long time because he really was the silent type. "When's the last time," he said finally, "that you connected with someone, Will? Connected, like really talked to someone?"
"Ah." William was awake. "That's the sort of thing you usual people talk about."
"It was good seeing you again, Will."
William blinked and smiled. "I remember now," he said. "I called you Pete when I was angry."
"You never called me anything else."
published 23 September 2013
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The noise from the living room had settled to something like silence with commercials. The Death Party had certainly been a success with lots of dancing and lots of snack mix. William was sure the only reason he hadn't remembered entertaining his guests was the drugs. He was sure hundreds of guests had come to make their peace with him, to eat his snacks and to endure his legendary sarcasm. He was sure he'd been a good host.
After all, he'd told Elisa to buy all the snack mix Sainsbury's had. "No crisps! Crisps will kill you," he'd joked. "Snack mix is much better because it's baked not fried. OK, OK, a couple bags of crisps, but nothing more. It's not like I'm feeding these goddamn freeloaders dinner!" Oh, he laughed when he thought of how he'd joked. Goddamn freeloaders. Priceless.
"Elisa?" William looked around the room. His wife had left a new cup of crushed ice on his bedside table, demonstratively out of reach — deliberately one might think. The methadone made the table and the walls feel like oceans away. To get that cup of ice, he'd need to purchase a ticket and board a train. "Elisa!" he called. No answer. She was probably cleaning up tiny pretzels and peanuts ground to powder in the carpet. People were such ungrateful slovens.
"Be a dear and hand me that cup of ice, will you?" William said to the dog sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed; and then he laughed. "Oh, I see. Never mind. No thumbs."
The dog growled.
"Oh, get over it. You were made that way." William kept his eyes on the dog—a Doberman, possibly? "Well," said William. "I don't suppose you'd have a story to tell me?"
The dog uncrossed its legs and crossed them again. "I do, but are you sure you'd like to hear it?" it asked.
"I love stories," said William. "You might say I'm a story lover."
The dog yawned. "I probably won't say that."
Though he hadn't invited any dogs to his Death Party, William was enjoying having this dog around. It smelled dirty in a comforting way. Dogs were natural creatures who didn't repress their instincts, who didn't disguise their fear or worry about dying a horrible death, who didn't much care where they shit. Dogs ruled.
"I'll tell you a story, but I have to warn you: it will kill you in the end, this story."
"That's what we're here for! Shoot!" said William and laughed. "Shoot. Get it?"
The dog didn't laugh. "Are you afraid, William?"
William smoothed his sheet but didn't answer.
"The story I'm going to tell you is not the usual type of story."
"How do you mean?"
"You and I are the only characters, and the story is happening now. This is the story, William."
"I like it so far. At least there's a dog."
"Yes, well. I'm not your usual dog, William. Have you heard of Cerberus?"
William chuckled. "You're not Cerberus. Where's your other heads if you're Cerberus?"
"A three-headed dog, William. How unrealistic is that?"
"A talking dog, dog. How unrealistic is that?"
"You have a point, but those legends with three heads were a fluke. The sculptors and the artists back then were trying to show my two sons — rather poorly I'm afraid. I have only one head as you can see."
"So we're off to the Underworld, are we?"
"That's not exactly how this story works, William. I'm here to keep you in the Underworld."
William considered the implications of this statement. If Heaven could be a place on Earth, in the immortal words of Belinda Carlisle, then he supposed Hell could be as well—or the Underworld, but since he wasn't really religious he felt comfortable jumbling things up a bit. He looked up at the dog and said, "Are you a Belinda Carlisle fan by chance?"
"The early stuff was fun," said the dog.
"Let me get this straight," said William. "I'm in the Underworld right now?"
"Nice, isn't it?"
"No. How long have I been here?"
"Let's see. The day you left Peter. The day you found yourself sitting at your computer far away from affection. The day you married a person you knew you'd never want to fuck. The day you decided to stop wrestling with your fear."
"My my. That's a long time." William became pensive, jabbed his methadone button and cursed. This was all Elisa's fault of course. He couldn't think why, but he was used to blaming her. "I have to get out of here."
"Ah. But you have to kill me to do it," said the dog as it spooned up next to William, its heavy belly already warming William's back. "And we both know you won't kill a dog in a story," it said and pawed the methadone button.
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Today in your super soaraway Beer Nut, THE BEERS OTHER BEER BLOGS WON'T DARE WRITE ABOUT. Mostly stuff I acquired from places, for reasons, and am now compelled to review.
The run-up to Christmas is notorious for throwing fussy beer drinkers into environments where they can't drink the sort of thing they're used to. And so it was that in December I found myself making the most of a glass of Heineken Light. I had a notebook with me and it was the only thing on the bar I hadn't tasted before. I... wouldn't recommend it. It's not awful, mind. There's actually a decent real hop aroma, and it's a session-friendly 3.3% ABV. Not so session-friendly is the overly sweet taste, like boiled sugar or donuts. I guess that qualifies as character, meaning the beer isn't as bland as one might expect, and it's certainly not thin. But once the surprise novelty that it actually smells and tastes of something wears off, it becomes a very dull experience very quickly. Clearly this one is not intended for any sort of analysis. Moving on...
I have genuinely fond memories of Holsten Pils as a beer I drank at the end of shifts in a job I no longer do, at a hotel since demolished, in a century many years past. I don't know what it was I liked about it, just that it offered more flavour than normal beer, ie Harp and Tennent's. Sadly, this return visit 24 years later didn't offer the same horizon-widening experience. I figured that was more to do with my tastes than with the beer being from England instead of Hamburg, until I noticed the ingredients listing included "glucose syrup". Holsten my love: what have they done to you!? This is sweet and appley; in a blind taste I'd probably claim it's an ersatz cider rather than a beer. Utter sugary nonsense. They should be protesting its existence on the streets of Hamburg.
That arrived to me as a freebie from Aldi, which includes it with several other UK BUL beers in a "world lager" gift pack. Also in there is Kingfisher, a beer I've referenced several times on here but never actually reviewed. Heineken UK brews it. "The finest malted barley & hops" announces the front label in stately capitals; its cheeky little brother round the back adds glucose syrup and caramel colouring to that. I assume the bottle had never been under supermarket lights or left in sunlight, but it was still skunked, the aroma mixing that intense sulphurous grass with a more pleasant honey smell. There was very little head and the carbonation is exceedingly low, which may be deliberate as I remember that being a selling point of its arch-rival Cobra. The flavour is... absent, by and large. Mineral water is about as complex as it gets, with maybe an added sugariness but pretty much nothing else. It's perfectly drinkable, and probably in quantity too, but don't expect even the basics of a beer taste.
The next one cost me €1. That's my excuse. I was browsing the off licence, Santa Cruz was in a basket on the floor, and it cost €1 a bottle. I suffer acutely from Fear Of Wondering How Awful Can It Be (FOWHACIB) so I bought a bottle. It's a lager with lemon flavour and declines to state where it comes from. Perhaps we're better not knowing. The ABV is 4.2%, so pitched as a sort of a session-Desperados, I guess. In its favour it has enough of a hop content to be skunked and I was greeted by an unpleasant pissy aroma on pouring. A closer sniff reveals the sweet lemon syrup. I braced myself for a sugar bomb that never detonated. It's actually very plain and inoffensive, with a light lemonade buzz, maybe a little on the washing-up liquid side, but really not severely. I quaffed it back and thought no more of it, either good or ill. I doubt I'll be dropping another euro on any more, though I really feel I dodged a bullet, gracias a Dios.
The conclusion? That you can make crappy lager overly sweet without needing to resort to lemon syrup? I dunno. Who'd be a beer blogger, eh? Mug's game.
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Goddamn Eno
why isn't he playing with Roxy Music at Isle of Wight this weekend? At least then it might be more interesting.
Okay, i'm done now.
Okay, i'm done now.
Re: Goddamn EnoIt is a shame - Eno's bleeps and bloops would have lifted stuff like 'Editions of You' and 'The Bogus Man' into the stratosphere. They were darned impressive when I saw them 4 years ago, mind - even without the slap-headed one.
Re: Goddamn EnoDid anyone ever seen the Roxy Music sketch on Shooting Stars?
Bob Monkhouse was Jimmy Saville introducing them, Vic Reeves was Ferry, and Johnny Vegas was Eno. I wet myself from laughing so hard.


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FBI helps investigate explosion next door to Colorado Springs NAACP; no injuries reported
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The FBI is helping investigate an explosion near the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP.
The blast happened Tuesday outside a barber shop next door to the group's building, which is about an hour south of Denver. Police say no injuries were reported.
FBI spokeswoman Amy Sanders it's not known yet whether the explosion was an accident or not or whether it was aimed at the nation's oldest civil rights organization.
The extent of the damage from the explosion wasn't immediately clear. Photos of the scene don't show any visible damage to the barber shop building.


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The room allocations are being completed by Duvet and Cambs12, there is an 'amends & edits' thread also so if you wish to change anything then please do so via this thread on the forum: https://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/127268-the-wam-hifi-show-2018-kegworth-exhibitors-spreadsheet-edits-and-amends/
TRADE EXHIBITORS and anyone outside the forum wishing to exhibit should contact firstname.lastname@example.com
The new venue for The Wam HiFi Show 2018 couldn't be easier to find, its two minutes off the M1 Junction 24.
All exhibitors MUST set up on Saturday 17th March 2018. Please arrive and park in the car park. Before unloading come into the reception area so that the organisers can make sure you get help if needed and that you have ample time to unload without damage to your equipment. Once you have unloaded, you will be shown where to park and leave your vehicle for the weekend.
The rooms will be available from 12 noon on Saturday. If by chance they are not cleaned in time then please place equipment in the corridor outside the rooms. Plenty of help will be available as usual and there are easy access points front and rear of the hotel, fire door access with one level staircase to rear and lift through main doors to first floor.
If you are in any doubt whether you should exhibit at the show then just take a look through the comments from last year: https://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/124214-that-was-a-great-show/
Bar will be open all day and light snacks and sandwiches available also in the entrance lounge areas.
Members get a chance to meet old friends and make new one's, the whole fun of the weekend is listening to other members systems and chatting about all things HiFi. Once you have set up your systems your day is your own and there is a good selection of real ale and other great beers available and the rugby will be shown in the main reception area.
Breakfast on Sunday will be held in the restaurant and will be available from 7am, those of you still up from the session before can just wander through 🙂
Tea, coffee and snacks available from the hotel all day and a traditional Sunday Lunch also available.
The show closes at 5pm on Sunday, many exhibitors stay over on Sunday too but for the majority breakdown should usually happen 5pm onwards. Many people are usually available to help move equipment, please just ask. Please let us know if you wish to stay over on Sunday too.


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Montée Magic Earrings
Designer: Katherine Schwartzenberger
Published: December 21, 2007
Technique: Stringing, Wirework
After making dozens of the Montée Magic bracelets (featured in Beadwork, February/March 2008), Katherine realized no ordinary pair of earrings coordinated like she had anticipated. What better way to bring them together than to use the same ring pattern of the bracelet? Using a head pin keeps the shape straight and makes this simple crystal earring quick and easy to finish. Instructions are given for two variations of these party-worthy earrings.


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Though based on a novella titled Story of Your Life, Arrival is also the story of language.
Communication, both verbal and non-verbal, is treated with the utmost reverence. Characters stress the importance of specific word choices, of having absolute clarity of intentions, of listening carefully to ensure you understand what the other party is telling you. Because the stakes are incredibly high.
What a movie to come out the week of the presidential election.
Arrival is the story of Louise (Amy Adams), a language expert recruited by the military in the wake of 12 alien spacecrafts arriving on Earth. The extraterrestrial life forms are mysterious but clearly intelligent, and Louise is tasked with figuring out how to communicate with them.
With her in America is mathematician Ian (Jeremy Renner) Col. Weber (Forest Whitaker) and a host of various soldiers and government operatives. Around the globe, though, are similar teams camped out at the 11 other UFO landing sites, each of them trying to figure out why the visitors are here.
Though most of Arrival is centered on Louise, we get glimpses at the rest of the world through news reports. At best, the rest of the world is quietly scared. At worst, they're rioting. News anchors talk about viral leaked photos of the aliens while shock jocks try to convince the people of their nation to strike first — kill the invaders and ask questions later.
For the audience, things are much quieter. What little music there is in Arrival is otherworldly, allowing us to be focused on Louise's task at hand while also deeply unsettled by the question of "what if?"
What's striking about all of this is how human it is at every step. Yes, Arrival is science-fiction, and the appearance of a spaceship on the film's poster will be enough to turn some people away. "Aliens? Interplanetary travel? Confusing talk about time and space? I'm out."
But much of this movie would be the same if you simply replaced the aliens with a new race of humans. Both groups would still have to figure out how to talk to each other, and both would worry about the other's intentions. Do the visitors come in peace? Will the established civilization have the patience to talk or will they simply wipe out a potential threat?
That said, by the time it ends, Arrival is a story that could only be told in the science-fiction genre, and the result is a beautiful narrative that you find has been telling you things about itself without you ever realizing it.
The movie is accessible in addition to smart. It's less confusing than Interstellar, more focused than Contact, more personal than Close Encounters of the Third Kind. With its slow-but-steady pace and quiet atmosphere, it actually has more in common with Signs than most sci-fi films (but don't worry, there are no jump-scares here).
Arrival manages to make linguistics fascinating, convey a sense of wonder for the unknown and tell a very personal story about one woman all in the span of two hours. For a story that's all about making the most of every single word you use, it serves as a shining example of its own lesson.
Directed by Denis Villeneuve. PG-13 (for for brief strong language). 116 minutes. In wide release.


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Centre Technology Transfer CITTRU posted this:The new oxide catalysts for the removal of nitrogen oxides originating from stationary emission sources.The experiments carried out with the assistance of these catalysts showed a high conversion efficiency of nitric oxide to nitrogen at relatively low temperatures – up to 100%. Designed reactor allows the direct removal of nitric oxide from the exhaust gases via the efficient decomposition of nitric oxide and, at the same time, systematic removal of carbon particles and other solid particles.
Centre Technology Transfer CITTRU posted this:Catalysts for low-temperature combustion of methane from low-caloric sources and methods for their preparationDue to the rising emission of methane and its extensive contribution to the greenhouse effect, the reduction of CH4 emissions from low-caloric anthropogenic sources is currently a vital importance. The main sources of the methane emission are: exploitation of oil pools, coal mining, pas power stations, landfills, agriculture and biomass. The most popular method of the reduction of methane is its catalytic combustion. Unfortunately, this method has few limitations associated mainly with hard activation of the C-H bond in CH4 and low concentrations of methane in the emitted gases. The catalytic oxidation of methane is limited also by the very large airflows (of order 105 m3/min), passing through the catalyst bed during the process. There is still a lack on the market of a technological solution based on total catalytic combustion of CH4 in the economically reasonable low-temperature window, i.e. below 400 °C. The most popular method among the methods limiting the emission of methane to the atmosphere is the one based on its catalytic combustion. However, this procedure has disadvantages, mainly due to the high activation energy of methane molecules and also because of the low concentration of methane emitted from anthropogenic sources. There is no technology allowing effectively combusting of methane with the concentration of 1-2 % and in the economically justified temperatures, i.e. lower than 400 °C. The fundamental advantages of offered solutions are: - method for preparing catalysts that ensures the repeatability of the parameters and high efficiency in the reactions of methane combustion, - increased both the activity and the thermal stability of the catalysts in comparison with other systems described in the literature, - possibility of using the catalysts in the total oxidation of methane emitted from the low-caloric sources at temperatures below 400 °C.
Centre Technology Transfer CITTRU posted this:Catalyst for low-temperature decomposition of dinitrogen oxide in tail gases from a nitric acid plantLow-temperature catalytic decomposition of dinitrogen oxide, carried out by the developed catalytic system which is the subject of the offer, is much more favorable in comparison with other solutions because of: •lack of necessity to use any reducing agents; •relatively low operating temperature; •high catalytic activity in the presence of other components of tail gases (oxygen, water and other oxides of nitrogen). Experimental studies, both in the laboratory scale and in the pilot plant at the Fertilizers Research Institute in Puławy (Poland), carried out for several prototype catalysts confirmed the high catalytic activity of materials offered. These studies consisted of: •passing a mixture of nitrous oxide and helium through the bed of a catalyst placed in a quartz reactor, •passing a tail gases from the pilot plant of nitric acid manufacturing, characterized by the same composition as the tail gases in the real industrial plant, through the catalytic system, and then determining the tail composition after reaction. The degree of decomposition of dinitrogen oxide in a mixture of N2O and He, at a temperature of 300°C was 95%, while decomposition products were only molecular nitrogen and oxygen. The pilot plant at a temperature of 350°C revealed the degree of decomposition of dinitrogen oxide was higher than 90%.


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Celebrity birthdays in November – from Miley Cyrus to Kendall Jenner, which stars were born this month?
Time to buy some balloons!
WITH AUTUMN well and truly underway, we're taking a look at the stars who'll be celebrating their birthdays this month.
From Kendall Jenner to Miley Cyrus, these November-born celebs fall under Scorpio (October 23 to November 21) or Sagittarius (November 22 to December 21).
Kendall Jenner
It's hard to believe the model is turning just 21 on November 3.
From Keeping Up With the Kardashians star to Vogue covergirl, Kendall Jenner's career has blossomed before our eyes.
As well as walking for Victoria's Secret, Kendall is the face of Estée Lauder, and has done multiple cover shoots. She's also one of the top 10 most followed celebs on Instagram, and has designed a number of clothing ranges with sister Kylie.
Leonardo Di Caprio
Leo will be celebrating his 42nd birthday on the November 11.
It follows a big 41st year for the Hollywood hunk, who won his first Oscar for The Revenant and met the Pope to discuss climate change.
Climate change is a topic close to his heart and he used his Oscars acceptance speech to express his concern for the environment.
Ryan Gosling
Canadian star Ryan will be turning 36 on November 12 this year.
The actor has two daughters with actress wife Eva Mendes.
Shailene Woodley
The Fault In Our Stars actress will turn 25 on November 15.
She recently starred in the miniseries Big Little Lies with Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.
Gemma Atkinson
Actress Gemma will turn 32 on November 16.
She has played the role of Carly Hope on Emmerdale since 2015, though has swapped acting for dancing as a contestant on this year's Strictly.
Miley Cyrus
Miley will be turning 24 on November 23 this year.
Since rising to fame as Hannah Montana in 2006, Miley has become a global superstar.
With five number one albums in the US and a number of acting roles, Miley most recently starred in Crisis in Six Scenes, a Woody Allen TV series for Amazon Prime.
Rita Ora
The Poison singer will be blowing out 27 candles on November 25.
As well as singing, the star is passionate about immigration, previously giving a speech on immigration and the Syrian refugee crisis at an event in London organised by Free the Children.
Rita, who was born in Kosovo, has also turned her hand to acting, notably playing the role of Mia Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise.
Tina Turner
Singing legend Tina Turner will be celebrating her 77th birthday on November 26.
The Simply the Best hitmaker said this year that she considers herself a Buddhist and revealed she chants each day, telling Lion's Roar magazine: "It is a sound and a rhythm and it touches a place inside you. That place we try to reach is the subconscious mind. I believe that is the highest place."
She is the oldest person to grace the cover of Vogue and currently resides in Switzerland, having relinquished her US citizenship for Swiss in 2013.


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Brian Noble
Pastor at Coram Deo Ministries
Brian grew up here in Southern Oregon where he has spent the majority of his life. He cofounded Coram Deo in 2013 where he has been happy to serve faithfully for the last five years.
Brian is husband to Ani for the past thirteen years and father to Cole (12), Ava (10), and Duke (9). Brian grew up in church and with his father owned his own company for the last 15 years. Just recently though, this company was sold and Brian is now able to commit himself to full time ministry. Brian loves spending time with his family, leading worship, reading, and baseball.
Brian is very levelheaded and even-keeled, and has a huge heart for the mission and vision of Coram Deo, and the discipleship and growth of its members.
Brian's favorite Bible passage is Philippians 2, and it is his constant meditation as he wants to further cultivate a servant's heart.
Brian is currently reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan, and preaching through the book of 1 John.
Brian is passionate about incorporating the gospel into every sermon, and earnestly seeks to teach the Bible in a way that will cause people to grow in their love for Christ.
Book recommendations from Pastor Brian:
What is the Gospel by Greg Gilbert
You and Me Forever by Francis and Lisa Chan
Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul
To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain by Matt Chandler
Radical by David Platt
Center Church by Tim Keller
Norm Noble
Deacon at Coram Deo Ministries
Norm and his wife Jayne have been at Coram Deo since its inception and organization in the spring of 2013. In the spring of 2015 the church ordained Norm as a deacon to the church. He sincerely enjoys encouraging others and also loves to help, serve others and to sing songs to the Lord! He also enjoys even the thought of making his Savior and God smile. He loves helping those who need and want help. Sunday's corporate worship and fellowships used to be somewhat "duty oriented" for him but at Coram Deo they are a joy! He so looks forward to being with his brothers and sisters in Christ now!
Norm's favorite Bible passage is Luke 7:1-9. His prayer is to have this kind of faith always! A couple of his favorite songs are Even If and Grace Got You, both by Mercy Me.
The Noble family Mission Statement is "We will begin each day by putting God first, reading God's word and in prayer lifting up others to our Lord. As a family we will strive to be a conduit of all the blessings God has given us. We will resist the temptation to be judgmental and evil surmise about others, and rather be an encouragement to those around us, seeking to see others, as God sees them."
Scott Birkinshaw
Deacon at Coram Deo Ministries
Scott is a jovial man who desires to serve the Lord above all. The Birkinshaw mission statement is "To live in loving unity and be good stewards of all that God has given us."


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Alicia graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder before achieving her post-graduate degree at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine 2005. She has spent the past six years in private practice. She is well trained and experienced with pain management and sports injury recovery but Alicia's style of acupuncture is inclusive. When she provides a general balancing treatment, she can help just about anyone do what they do better.
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US based TPG Capital Selects Bangalore based MetricStream to Boost its Internal Controls and Compliance
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Bangalore, 14th July, 2010: Bangalore based MetricStream, the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions has announced that Texas, US-based TPG Capital, a leading private investment firm, has selected the MetricStream GRC platform and solution for internal controls, compliance and risk management. Implementing MetricStream will provide TPG with a well-structured internal control system to support corporate governance by systematically monitoring and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of operational processes, financial reporting, business risks and compliance. Gaurav Kapoor, CFO and General Manager at MetricStream, said, "We are immensely pleased to have TPG Capital as a customer in the private investment space. The financial services sector is going through major reforms for strengthening governance to ensuring operational efficiency and integrity. MetricStream GRC solutions play a critical role in simplifying compliance with the regulations, reducing business risk while improving business performance." MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as Pfizer, Philips, NASDAQ, UBS, SanDisk, BP, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in diverse industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as by over a million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more details on MetricStream please visit www.metricstream.com.


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Saudi Arabia, Iran on U.N. women's commission
Like 'making an arsonist the town's fire chief'
Two nations not known as beacons of light for women worldwide are members of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, which begins its annual session this week.
The Islamic Republic of Iran was elected in 2014 to a four-year term on the commission, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins its term this year.
On its website, the women's commission describes itself as "the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women."
In Saudi Arabia, women, among many restrictions under the Islamic regime, must obtain the permission of a male guardian before they can travel outside the country, work or marry.
Nevertheless, the kingdom was elected in April 2017 to the U.N. women's panel by a secret ballot of the U.N.'s 54-nation Economic and Social Council, receiving 47 votes.
A report at the time by Human Rights Watch said Saudi Arabia "has made marginal improvements on women's rights in recent years, primarily in employment and access to higher education, but such changes have been hindered or even nullified because authorities have allowed the male guardianship system to remain largely intact, enabling men to maintain control over female relative's lives."
The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch last April condemned the U.N.'s election of Saudi Arabia, calling the kingdom "the world's most misogynistic regime."
"Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch. "It's absurd — and morally reprehensible."
Neuer called it "a black day for women's rights, and for all human rights."
"Saudi discrimination against women is gross and systematic in law and in practice," he said.
In a statement, the U.N. defended the election of Saudi Arabia, explaining it works with all members of the global body to advance gender equality and female empowerment.
"Saudi Arabia's interest in occupying one of the Commission's seats allocated to the Asia-Pacific region is an indication that the country wants to play an active role in the work of this important body," the U.N. said.
Six months after Saudi Arabia was elected, King Salman issued a decree lifting the ban on women driving cars, which will be implemented in June.
Saudi Arabia also was re-elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council, where it influences various mechanisms, resolutions and initiatives affecting the rights of women worldwide. In October, Qatar, Pakistan, DR Congo, Afghanistan and Angola were elected to the Human Rights Council.
When Iran was elected to a four-year term on the women's commission in 2014, Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, declared: "This election farce has real consequences."
She noted that at its session in March 2014, the women's commission "adopted only one resolution critical of only one country on earth for violating women's rights — Israel, violating the rights of Palestinian women."
Human Rights Watch noted in a 2015 report that women under the mullah-led regime are forced to wear in public the hijab, the Islamic headscarf, and married women can't leave the country without their husband's permission.
Last year, all 100 U.S. senators signed a letter to the U.N. demanding it change its behavior toward Israel. The senators cited the U.N.'s standing committees, which sometimes "serve no purpose other than to attack Israel and inspire the anti-Israel boycott."
"Most troubling," they said, is the United Nations Human Rights Council.
"Charged with shining a light on gross human rights violations, the UNHRC – whose membership currently includes some of the world's worst human rights violator – instead devotes time to unwarranted attacks against Israel," the letter said.
The senators noted UNHRC even maintains a permanent time on its agenda to assess Israel "even as numerous other countries, including some represented on the council, commit egregious human rights abuses."


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Investing in commodities is a lot different from investing in stocks and other financial assets. With commodities, you're typically dealing with a physical good, and managing that physical good takes effort that stock investors don't have to worry about. There are several ways to invest in commodities:
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- Owning the physical commodity itself.
- Investing in futures contracts that give you the right to take future possession of the physical commodity.
- Investing in exchange-traded funds that own the physical commodity.
- Investing in companies that produce or manufacturer the commodity.
We'll look at each of these methods below.
Owning physical commodities
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The most obvious way to invest in commodities is by buying the physical good itself. By owning the commodity, you'll have direct exposure to increases and decreases in its value, and you can sell the commodity at will when you want to convert your holdings back to cash.
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However, most physical commodities involve major logistical challenges. With commodities like gold, it's relatively simple to find dealers to sell you coins or bars, albeit often at a slight markup. However, it's a lot harder to take possession of 1,000 barrels of oil or a metric ton of copper. Because of those challenges, owning physical goods works well only in limited situations with certain commodities.
Futures contracts
Futures contracts offer investors a way to get exposure to changing prices of commodities without having to take physical possession. With a futures contract, you agree to buy or sell a certain amount of a commodity in the future, with an established price that can fluctuate with market conditions. If the price of the commodity goes up, then the buyer of the futures contract will profit. If the price falls, then the seller benefits.
One issue with futures contracts is that they typically offer extensive leverage. One might only need to put down a few thousand dollars to control a futures contract that covers $100,000 or more of the commodity in question.
However, if you think of your investment as being for the full value of the contract rather than just the money you're required to put down upfront, then you'll be much better prepared for the potential risks involved. In addition, futures contracts usually require specific authorization from your broker, and you might even need to get a different broker if your current provider doesn't offer futures.
Commodity ETFs
Many investors are more comfortable with exchange-traded funds, and you can find commodity ETFs that offer exposure to many different commodities. Many of these funds own vast amounts of the physical commodity among their own assets, and each share of the ETF corresponds to a theoretical amount of the commodity. That said, you can't actually claim the physical commodity itself -- your shares only give you an indirect interest. Other ETFs own futures contracts rather than physical goods.
Commodity ETFs have had mixed performance. Some track their commodities quite well, but others have done a terrible job. In particular, because futures contracts don't necessarily move in the same way as the physical commodity, many futures-based commodity ETFs have seen their values erode steadily over time. Make sure you're comfortable with how your ETF works before you choose one based solely on the commodity it owns.
Owning stocks that are connected with commodities
Finally, arguably the best way to invest in commodities is through shares of companies that benefit when prices go up. Mining companies and oil and gas exploration and production companies have direct exposure to commodities prices, and affiliated businesses, like heavy-equipment manufacturers and oilfield-services companies, tend to do better when the underlying commodities are performing well.
Individual stocks have the risk of a company-specific problem arising independent of the behavior of the commodity price. However, many stocks offer dividends or other return of capital to shareholders, and that added incentive can make a big difference compared to simply owning a physical good that can't produce any income.
Investing in commodities can be lucrative, but it's important to do so the right way. Although some investors actually benefit more from direct investments in commodity goods, most stock investors feel more comfortable tying their prospects to those of companies in the business.
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Terrence Howard Walks 'The Ledge'
In his new Sundance Film Festival drama "The Ledge," actor Terrence Howard play Hollis, a detective who's sent to talk down a man from a ledge (played by Charlie Hunnam) after receiving some bad news himself. Written and directed by Matthew Chapman, the film also stars Patrick Wilson as a homophobic born-again Christian and Liv Tyler as his cowed wife.
Speakeasy caught up with Howard at a dinner in support of "The Ledge," where he talked about returning to independent film and what's in store for his character on "Law & Order: Los Angeles" in the wake of the show's recent cast shakeup.


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Scores of fans fought savage battles at a football match in Brazil, leaving at least three people seriously injured, Sky News reports.
Riot police fired rubber bullets to stop hundreds of supporters charging each other, before a helicopter landed on the pitch to airlift those hurt to hospital.
Play was halted for more than an hour in the Brazilian championship match between Atletico Paranaense and relegation-threatened Vasco da Gama.
There were no police inside the stadium at kick-off as a private security firm was being used and pictures showed rival fans in the half-empty venue were not segregated.
The game was held in the small Arena Joinville because Paranaense's ground is being modernized to host four matches in next year's World Cup.
Reports in Brazil said that the three people taken to hospital were in a serious, but not life-threatening, condition.
Paranaense, winning 1-0 at the time, went on to win 5-1, condemning former South American champions Vasco to relegation. Paranaense finished third to qualify for next year's Libertadores Cup.
The incidents completely overshadowed the rest of the final day of the Brazilian championship during which Vasco's Rio de Janeiro neighbours Fluminense were also relegated.
Fluminense became the first defending champions to be relegated the following season, despite a 2-1 win over Bahia in their final game.


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Tea is winning me over
I know people who can't function without a morning cup of coffee (or two!) As for me, I didn't even start drinking coffee until I was 32 years old, and allowed myself to be influenced by a certain special person. It didn't take long before I was hooked. A short time later, my friend "A" (she knows who she is) introduced me to that nectar of the gods known as the Starbucks mocha, and the rest was history.
One of the most awesome things about living in Vienna last year was that I was living in the place where coffee rules. These people know their coffee. I mean, I've travelled the world several times over now, and I can tell you that the best coffee in the whole wide world is in Vienna, Austria.
But . . . lately, I wonder if I'm losing my taste for coffee? I just can't seem to drink much "regular" coffee anymore (by this I really do mean regular coffee, not espresso. I could happily consume espresso drinks several times a day.) The fact is, I've started drinking more . . . tea. That's right, folks. I'm totally into black teas. And Rooibos, a red tea from southern Africa. I'm beginning to enjoy some types of green tea. I'm even making my own ginger tea, and herbal teas, such as peppermint and chamomile (which I grew!)
When I was in London about a year and a half ago, my friend/coworker "S" and I popped into Harrod's one afternoon for high tea. That was one of the most memorable things about that trip to the UK. Cute little teapots with really awesome tea, and cute little sandwiches and scones with jam and real butter. I love the whole tradition of taking some time in the afternoon just to chill and enjoy a nice cup of tea and some snacks. I know I could do this with coffee also (and I have done), but there's something about tea that's refreshing and invigorating.
Come to think of it, there's something in the UK tea that's different, sort of like there's something about the Austrian coffee. I now recall this from other previous trips there, as well as the trip to Ireland several years ago. The tea smells so fresh. OK, now I have to find a place online to get some real English tea . . . PG? Typhoo? Suggestions, anyone?


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US Hiking Trails
Snowbank Trail
Snowbank Trail
You'll have to go far from Blackfoot to get to Snowbank Trail but hiking it is great fun any time. While visiting this area in Idaho it's a good idea to go hiking too. Hey, time for a hike don't you think? Snowbank Trail in Custer County, Idaho is the outdoors at it's best.
There are many hiking trails in the Lemhi Range where you can truly take in all the beauty of these mountains. Meadow Lake Campground is a pleasant campground nearby, and Timber Creek
Pass is close by, and is a good place. Be careful coming to the Lemhi Range, you might not ever want to return back home again. Slide Creek is a delightful stream that is worth taking a look at. Snowbank Trail is a good site to visit
for more than one day, Big Creek Campground is a good site to camp nearby. Visiting Craters Of The Moon National Monument is just something you need to do if you haven't yet. At Snowbank Trail you don't see much rain. Throughout June this area sees the most rain; February on the other hand is the driest. High temperatures at Snowbank Trail all through the summertime are in the 80's while night lows are mostly in the 40's. The winter brings highs down to the 30's while Snowbank Trail overnight low temperatures through the winter are in the 0's.
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Campgrounds Nearby
List of Nearby Campgrounds
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These outdoors activities are available near Snowbank Trail.
Campgrounds Near Snowbank Trail:
Timber Creek
, Leadore , 3 miles away
Timber Creek Reservoir - Upper
, Leadore , 8 miles away
Summit Creek
, Leadore , 8 miles away
Timber Creek Reservoir - Lower
, Leadore , 8 miles away
Meadow Lake Campground
, Lemhi County , 10 miles away
Public Lands Near Snowbank Trail:
Craters Of The Moon National Monument
, Arco - ID , 40 miles away
Hotels Near Snowbank Trail:
Super 8 Salmon
, Salmon , 48 miles away
Lakes Near Snowbank Trail
Meadow Lake
, Lemhi County , 10 miles away
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Major Gen. (Ret.) Meir Klifi brings over 33 years of military and government experience from the Israel Defense Forces and international arenas. From 2007 to 2010, Major Gen. (Ret.) Klifi served as the Military Secretary to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He held the position of a special military and security adviser to the PM. As such, he has taken part in the national security decision making process. He was also responsible for the Israeli security services and for the coordination of the intelligence agencies vis-à-vis the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.
During 2006 to 2007, he served as Deputy Chief of the Ground Forces Command. Between 2003 and 2006 he was Chief of the Joint Doctrine and Training Division of the General Staff Command. Until 2006 he served as Commander of Territorial Divisions of northern and southern Command, Commander of a Company and Battalion Commander Course, and has fulfilled various positions in the Paratroopers brigade. Major Gen. (Ret.) Meir Klifi is now the owner and the CEO of ASDS, Ltd. (Amirim – Strategic Defense Solutions), and senior vice president at SDB Partners, LLC. Major Gen. (Ret.) Meir Klifi has acquired extensive experience in strategic planning for governments and international organizations worldwide. He also specialized in the design and implementation of security technologies, sensors and smart systems for "safe cities," and has a track record of projects in Central and Latin America, Russia, Africa and other markets. Major Gen. (Ret.) Meir Klifi has a BA in Political Science from the Haifa University, Israel. He is also a graduate of the Israel National Security College and several additional military and leadership courses in the Israel Defense Forces.


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June 28, 2012
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — June 28, 2012 11:00 a.m. MST
Light rain, low winds, and the tireless efforts of nearly 1,000 firefighters have helped inhibit the spread of the fire throughout the night. But as some of the smoke cleared, the fire's devastation was revealed, as approximately 300 homes in northwest Colorado Springs were destroyed.
The C&MA National Office is not under any threat at this time, as the fire has not advanced any further east. Front Range Alliance Church remains in the evacuation zone. Recent reports indicate that all the homes surrounding the church have been completely leveled, but the church remains standing.
At this point, no one has been able to enter the church to assess any possible damage from smoke or sprinklers. According to Todd Cothran, assistant pastor, 20 of the church's families have been displaced. Official word has not yet been released regarding whether any of these families have lost their homes to the fire.
None of the four other Alliance churches in the Colorado Springs area have been affected, though hundreds of families from all five churches have offered to share their homes with the more than 30,000 people who have been evacuated. In addition, Compassion and Mercy Associates (CAMA), the relief and development arm of The Alliance, is partnering with these five churches to provide funds to help those who have been displaced.
President Obama will be visiting Colorado Springs tomorrow to assess the fire's devastation and possibly to sign a bill freeing up more federal funding to battle the blaze.
Please continue to pray for:
- Front Range Alliance families who have been displaced
- Alliance churches as they reach out to others who have been impacted
- Firefighters who continue to work long shifts in grueling conditions
- God to hold back the wind and send the rain
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The Spanish Constitution, which was unanimously approved by Parliament and voted by 87.8% of the citizens in a referendum held on 6 December 1978, provides in his article 1 for a Parliamentary Monarchy of the classical liberal European style, with certain peculiarities to take into account the Spanish situation.
Article 1.3 reads: 'The political form of the Spanish State is that of a Parliamentary Monarchy'
The Constitution provides for separation between legislative, executive and judiciary and gives institutional backing to the King as Head of State and supreme head of the Armed Forces.
Sovereign power is held by a two-chamber Parliament, called the Cortes, whose members are elected by all of the citizens who are 18 or over, for a maximun term of four years. The people's representatives are elected by voting from closed lists drawn up by the political parties or election coalitions, the number of deputies and senators elected for each party being in proportion to the number of votes that each list has received. The proportion is weighted in favour of the lists that receive most votes according to the so-called d'Hondt rule which allocates a larger share of the seats in Parliament to the lists that carry more votes in small constituencies. The rule was introduced by consensus among the different political parties to avoid the possibility that a strictly proportional system would result in too many parties being represented in Parliament, thus leading to weak governments.
The concern over the stability of elected governments is also reflected in the procedure for appointing the Government. This is appointed by the President of the Government (Prime Minister), and the ministers answer directly to him. Therefore, it is the candidate to President of the Government who, upon being entrusted with forming a Government by the King, presents his programme to the Cortes and is chosen by majority vote. In order to be chosen, the Prime Minister must receive an absolute majority of the votes in the firt round or a relative majority in a subsequent round. In order to strengthen the stability of the Government thus elected, any motion of no-confidence must include the name of the candidate nominated to replace the President of the Government, and in the event of the motion being approved a new Government will be formed according to this same procedure. The procedure, introduced by the 'Fathers of the Constitution' (Gabriel Cisneros, Manuel Fraga, Miguel Herrero y Rodriguez de Minon, Gregorio Peces-Barba, Jose Perez Llorca, Miguel Roca and Jordi Sole Tura), is an effective protection against instability resulting from sudden changes in governing coalitions. A Government can only fall if a viable majority reaches an agreement on its replacement.
The stability of Spanish democracy has also benefited from an unconditional backing from the Crown. In restoring Monarchy in Spain King Juan Carlos I has shown intelligence and sensivity, to the point of placing the good name of the Monarchy at the highest level in modern Spanish history both among Spanish people and in other countries. The Royal Family's open and straightforward style, their simple way of life, the absence of a Royal Court and the support given by the King, the Queen, the Crown Prince and the two Infantas to various moral and humanitarian causes have succeeded in placing the Crown above political and ideological confrontations within a period of a few years, turning it into the final guarantor of democratic values and institutions.


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