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My fear became foolishness. My desire of not seeming like a nag became my foolishness. My aggressiveness has become foolishness. —Ebony English
HER KIND: When has good sense failed you? And outside of Shakespeare, are there any wise fools?
Andrea S. Givens: A former boss used to frequently say, "Common sense ain't that common." I was in my early 20s when I worked for him, and although I was married, that was the only thing settled about me. Our office was just a couple of blocks from the federal building and, in their basement bakery, they made the best rolls—soft, warm, yeasty. I lusted after those rolls. One spring afternoon I walked with a co-worker down to the historic structure with its marble façade, and while we chatted, I put my purse on the conveyer belt and sent it through the security screener. The security guard asked me to step aside; there was something in my bag he didn't recognize. Turns out I'd forgotten that weed and my pipe were tucked into the zippered pocket on the inside of my purse.
I've never kept a neat bag. The security guard removed and placed on top of the X-ray scanner: tampons, receipts, pens and pencils, a notepad, some Trident, a wide-tooth comb, two colors of nail polish, a lip gloss, and other miscellany. I was horrified, not because it was lunch time and a stream of people stared at me while they passed through security unmolested, and not because I was wearing my work badge with my company's name and my name clearly visible, and certainly not because my co-worker kept asking me what was going on. No, I was mortified that my tampons were visible—obvious in their pink plastic wrappers—and strangers would know I had my period.
Ultimately, I was told to destroy the weed and disassemble my pipe and sent on my way. Banned from the federal building, I never got to have another roll, to savor its tender deliciousness. I did get to keep my job, which was incredible. My co-worker, who wasn't wrapped too tight, never caught on to what was happening, and she didn't tell anyone. I got lucky, considering my company's zero-tolerance drug policy.
Ebony English: Funny as I read this, I think about how our oblivion can make us foolish. Your co-worker may have been incredibly intelligent and great in her career, but had no wit or intuition about her. Indeed, this is foolishness. Anytime we are not in line with our gut or ignore those red flags, we are voluntarily partaking in complete chaos.
Unfortunately and fortunately good sense has failed me far too often, particularly in relationships. I struggle with this dichotomy: a part of me is very assertive and bellicose while the other half of me is very much a people pleaser. There have been times when I was absolutely terrified to speak up for myself in a dating relationship. I don't know how this happened.
I remember a time my sister and I were at a local drug store. It was the holidays and the store was packed. An agoraphobic's nightmare: lack of available shopping carts, empty shelves, bustling aisles, and long lines. I drove my sister to the store that frigid night to pick up some extra wrapping paper and tape to finish up with a few last gifts. She barely found the items she needed when she headed onto the lengthy line. I didn't have anything, but I stood with her. We chatted quietly as we waited our turn, when I noticed a small and frail lady appear irritated. I am not sure if she was irritated at us or the state of the store. Sighing deeply, this elderly woman shoved passed my sister, and stood directly in front of her. She cut! You never do that. We learned that in our days in primary school. My sister, who is much tenderer than I, brushed it off. "It's the holidays," she said. I didn't care what it was, that old lady was going to feel my wrath. I quickly let my elder know that she was wrong for cutting the line and that if she knew what was best for her she would get back. Belligerent Ebony even got the innocent cashier into the mix. I told the worker that she better not ring this lady up because she cut my sister. That cutter was told where to go and how to get there without hesitancy. I wanted her to know how I felt. Why couldn't I do that with men?
There are so many instances that I wasn't my assertive and bold self. There are so many instances when there was something that truly bothered me, kept me up at night that I refused to voice to my dating partner. One time, I dated a guy for almost a year and never knew where he lived. I didn't want to know why he never let me come over there. My fear became foolishness. My desire of not seeming like a nag became my foolishness. My aggressiveness has become foolishness.
ASG: Ebony, what is it about us as women, particularly as black women, that we have this issue? Of course, we don't all have this meek interior protected by the "Oh, no, motherfucker" exterior, but many of us do. I, too, struggle with this dissonance. The innate desire to protect ourselves is a wise one: we don't want to get hurt, emotionally or otherwise. But in that effort, we can demonstrate really poor judgment. Like how you went off on that poor old lady. Of course she shouldn't have cut the line, but I guarantee you ended up looking like the asshole. You added a page to the "angry black woman" stereotype. (I'm not judging; I'm in that book too.) I find it incredible that, as intelligent as we are, we lose our damn minds when we think we've been wronged, but only when the stakes are low. How come you could go off on that little old lady but you couldn't tell your boyfriend that not knowing where he lives is a deal breaker? Where is our courage when it matters?
EE: I honestly do not know. I wish I did. This exquisite foolishness we are discussing may very well be a lack of common sense. In the past, I just didn't use it. I was raised to be strong and bold, but there needs to be balance. Currently, I am learning how to balance my assertiveness with vulnerability and tenderness.
You know, this entire conversation makes me think of a portion of the piece by Ain HD, "Fragility" where she said:
Common Sense is a fragile thing
Right between gibberish and poetry
Or pulled tight by imagination and reality
Until sense breaks
And transforms into something fatal
Like ignorance or
Intelligence or
Ugliness or
I am certain in my case, my foolishness transformed into ignorance and ugliness. There is yet to be a time where my lack of good sense has turned into something beautiful. I have learned lessons from it, which is valuable but a far cry from beauty. How about you? Have you had this experience? Are you a wise fool? J
ASG: Eb, that's a beautiful poem. For me, it speaks to that tender moment between calling forth the courage and strength to do the right thing, the wise thing, and allowing our reptilian brain—that primitive part of us—to take over, where we disintegrate into foolishness. That's when things go sideways. But I want to go back to what you said about being raised to be strong and bold, and looking for balance. You know, somewhere between "You got me fucked up!" and being too afraid to speak our hearts and minds.
On the continuum, I think good sense lies somewhere in the middle: assertive, but not abrasive; direct, yet kind; honest, but compassionate. On the best days, these character traits are hard to practice, and honey, we know we don't always have the best days. I wake up just below my maximum capacity for bullshit, so you can imagine how much it takes for me to move through the world in a gentle and loving way. I promise, I fail more often than I succeed.
EE: I agree. I believe that wisdom is having balance. You know, this is why I do not believe that there are wise fools. Wisdom is tuning into your intuition, understanding how and when to stay silent, and being able to be assertive in a tactful manner. Wisdom is a gift that every one doesn't receive. We may have the opportunity to obtain it, but many reject it. I rejected it for years. I now understand wisdom. Always knew the denotative meaning of course, but learning how to make wise decisions has come with age for me.
As I know what wisdom means and what it looks like, I am with you in having difficulty some days navigating the world tenderly. It takes work. We have to be reflective. We also have to be forgiving. We need to forgive ourselves as well as others. This is what I believe good sense and wisdom are.
ASG: Ebony, when we connect with our spirits, that's when we discover the wisdom within us. We all can make this connection, but I agree that not everybody does. We are doubters. We second-guess ourselves even when our spirits are speaking loudly to us, imploring us to listen and respond. We use our rational mind or our emotional mind, forgetting that the intersection of the rational and the emotional is the wise mind. This is where we can be reflective, where our grace and love reside. This is where we can set boundaries for the good of others and ourselves. Our wise mind gives us the strength to respond instead of react, to forgive instead of steep in resentment. For years I have said I don't believe in forgiveness, that there are actions too egregious to forgive. I'm still there, but I'm opening myself to the idea that there is a way to commit to healing without sacrificing my need for justice.
Ebony English is a writer and educator based out of the Midwest. She studied at Purdue and Mercer Universities. Ebony's work can be found on a variety of online publications. Her recent endeavors include finishing up her first book, a collection of poems and essays.
Andrea S. Givens is a non-fiction writer whose work somehow finds its way from soul to page despite juggling work, school, and family. She struggles with the dissonance between being ridiculously private yet requiring complete nakedness in her writing. Her work has been published in My Baby Rides the Short Bus, and Don't Leave Your Friends Behind, anthologies published in 2009 and 2012, respectively, by PM Press; Conversations Across Borders, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and others.


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A teenager has said that she was left housebound for a week after a fake tan fail.
Alicia Bettsworth, an 18-year-old mother-of-one, put three layers of ultra-dark fake tan on her body but fell asleep.Most childish thing in lockdown is this explanation about touching other people's balls
When she woke up she said she was left feeling like she'd bathed in chocolate spread.
She only discovered what colour she was the next morning when she turned the light on and saw herself on Snapchat. She said that her 14-week-old daughter was so horrified that she burst into tears.
Alicia from Crawley, West Sussex, said: 'When I woke up the next day and saw what colour I was I thought "what the hell have I done?"
'Once I got over the shock I started laughing and thought it was hilarious. I looked like I'd bathed in Nutella.
'It's such a 'me' thing to do – I didn't mean to fall asleep. I jumped in the shower and tried getting it off using body scrub but it wouldn't budge.Fox rescued after getting its head stuck in a car wheel
'Everyone who's seen it thinking I'm sitting on the sofa but I'm in bed – people think I'm a brown leather sofa.
'My little girl looked a bit confused at first and then she burst into tears – she was probably a bit scared. Once she realised it was me she stopped crying and started laughing.'
Alicia had put three layers of the St Moriz £7.99 fake tan on at 10pm, fell asleep at 11pm and woke up the next day at 6.45am.
After realising her mistake, Alicia sent a picture to her friends.
She said said: 'My friends were ringing me in tears laughing – especially after an incident the week before where I left wax on too long and burned my girl bits really badly.Man with shoe fetish stole 126 flip-flops so he could have sex with them
'They were all calling me a kebab after that incident. I was living with my aunt at the time and she was wetting herself too.'
Alicia had to leave the house that morning to buy Dolly baby milk from the supermarket and claims she was stared at throughout the 20-minute bus journey.
Alicia said: 'I had to go out because Dolly needed milk – it just couldn't wait. I don't drive so I had to get the bus. During the journey people were looking at me, it was so embarrassing.
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Alicia said: 'I just stayed indoors and hid from the world. I tried to get it off in the shower it wouldn't go any lighter.
'It was only a week later that I got a really nice tan from it, but in the meantime I just didn't go out.
'I had to cancel going out for lunch with my friends and couldn't go to the baby group I usually go to with Dolly as I couldn't face meeting the other mums.
'I've used fake tan for two years because I'm really pale and it makes me feel more confident. I usually use this brand but the dark one, not the ultra dark. It made a huge difference going from one to the other – I've definitely learned my lesson.
'It hasn't put me off fake tanning in the future, it was completely my fault. I'd seen people get really good results with it which I eventually got – just a week later.Crayola launches skin tone crayons so 'all kids can colour themselves'
'It could have been a lot worse, I could have had to go to a family party or funeral but luckily I could just stay at home.'
A St Moriz spokesman said: 'St Moriz is the brand to give you a tan of any shade and we certainly encourage our customers to experiment a little to find the shade that best suits them.
'We also recommend building up the product gradually and showering to wash off the guide colour to ensure you're always photo ready.
'In this case, Alicia got a little more tan than she bargained for by not following the on-pack instructions that show you how to get optimum tan results for your skin tone.
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The ICC in The Hague: the Kenyan government is being accused of frustrating the court's outreach efforts. (Photo: ICC/Flickr)
Amid an intensifying campaign by supporters of six senior public figures facing charges at the International Criminal Court, ICC, the Kenyan government is being accused of frustrating the court's outreach efforts inside the country.
Meanwhile, questions have been raised about the success of the ICC outreach programme, and about whether its intervention in Kenya has been sufficiently robust.
Local and international rights groups say that while the ICC started its outreach programme in Kenya at a fairly early stage, the delay in establishing a permanent local office left a gap that has been exploited by politicians allied to some of the suspects.
There is also concern that the ICC outreach unit is not receiving the political support it needs to help correct gross misconceptions about the court's work among communities affected by the post-election violence of 2007-08.
At least 1,100 people died and 3,500 were injured during two months of violent unrest that followed a disputed presidential election in December 2007.
The court has charged six prominent figures, including deputy prime minister Uhuru Kenyatta and former education minister William Ruto, with crimes against humanity for their alleged role in planning the attacks. Two cases have been filed by the prosecutor, with three suspects in each.
The deputy head of the Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights, Hassan Omar Hassan, says a section of the Kenyan government has been deliberately blocking the ICC's attempts to give the public accurate information about matters relating to the two cases.
"We raised concerns about [outreach activities] from the outset, after we realised that political actors involved in the two cases were misinforming the public on the impact and consequences of the initial appearances and confirmation of charges stages [of court proceedings]," Hassan said.
The court's outreach activities started in Kenya in December 2009 after the prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, requested authorisation to launch an investigation into the 2007-08 violence. The outreach office was not set up until August this year, following a visit to Kenya by the ICC's registrar, Silvana Arbia.
The International Centre for Policy and Conflict, ICPC, a Kenyan non-government organisation working on transitional justice and conflict resolution, says the ICC's failure to establish an outreach office as soon as the investigation started meant local organisations were forced to step in, more often than not without adequate resources.
"Many NGO's have received threats after being seen to be working closely with the ICC," the ICPC's executive director Ndungu Wainaina said.
Experts say that outreach activities alone are not the ultimate solution to the mass of misinformation and politicisation surrounding cases before the ICC, but they can help to counter the problem.
"We cannot say that outreach will automatically cure the politicisation, but it can make it harder to do that because if your everyday person on the ground already has information about the ICC process – that it is an independent judicial process – then it will be hard for people who want to spin it as a biased process to make their argument," Elizabeth Evenson, senior counsel at the New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch, said.
Both of the Kenyan cases at the ICC involve high profile politicians, as well as the country's former police commissioner. The ICC's outreach coordinator in Kenya, Maria Mabinty Kamara, says these high-profile cases have attracted great interest in the court's workings, but at times also misinformation.
A failed attempt by Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka to lobby other African countries to support a deferral of the Kenyan cases is seen by some as a clear example of how the government is trying to undermine the ICC's mandate.
President Mwai Kibaki has also been seen as taking sides by writing to ICC judges in a bid to exonerate one of the suspects, civil service chief Francis Muthaura, during the recent confirmation of charges hearings.
"This is a clear example of how the government does not in any way support the ICC," Wainaina said.
Kenya's justice minister Mutula Kilonzo admits the government is walking a tightrope – it is aware of the propaganda put out about the ICC cases, but is reluctant to engage in civic education for fear of being misunderstood, or accused of bias towards either victims or suspects.
"My mandate is to the victims and to the suspects," he said. By engaging in civic education it might be construed to mean I am supporting one side [over the other] which is [far] from the truth," Kilonzo said.
He strenuously rejected charges that the current coalition government, formed after the clashes ended in 2008, is itself hampering ICC outreach efforts.
"Those making such allegations are busybodies who don't understand what the government has done in terms of cooperating with the ICC. We have agreed to all requests by the ICC registrar, including granting visas for their staff and facilitating the setting up of an office here in the country," he said, noting that a special cabinet subcommittee had been set up to liaise with the court.
Amason Jeffa Kingi, another cabinet minister and a member of the ICC liaison subcommittee, disagreed. He said there were people in the cabinet who were obstructing the ICC process with a campaign to smear the court.
"While the position of the coalition government is that we will cooperate fully with the ICC, as demanded of us by the Rome Statute [the founding treaty], it is however unfortunate that some senior individuals in government issue statements that [call] into question the mandate of the ICC," Kingi said.
Justice Minister Kilonzo acknowledges that there are deep-seated differences between the coalition partners regarding support for the ICC. After the suspects were named by the court, some officials publicly called on President Kibaki to withdraw Kenya from the Rome Statute. Kilonzo says such statements have sent out contradictory messages to the public as to whether the government fully supports the ICC.
In terms of outreach on the ground, some parts of Kenya that bore the brunt of the violence are barely aware of the court, despite outreach activities that began more than a year ago.
At the Mawingu Camp where more than 1,000 displaced families are still living three years after the violence, people say they have not seen any of the court's officers in the area.
"We have been waiting to see these officials and talk to them, but none have been here so far. Politicians come here and demonise the ICC, and we have so many questions but no answers are forthcoming from Ocampo and his team," Rose Wanjiku, chairperson of the Mawingu Camp, said.
The outreach office says it faces financial challenges and cannot do everything expected of it all at once. "Most of the funds we had were directed to media initiatives, but it is not as much as we would have liked," Kamara said.
Nevertheless, she says, the outreach office has been able to engage with some local NGOs, media and leaders of affected communities to promote a better understanding of the court process.
The ICC office has yet to start the next phase of outreach activities, which will be aimed at explaining what the outcome of the confirmation of charges hearings means, correcting misconceptions, and addressing the expectations of victims and the wider Kenyan public.
"The Kenyan case is one of the earliest interventions in terms of outreach initiatives," Kamara said. "Unlike other situations where it took a lot of time before the [ICC's] outreach programme was initiated, for Kenya we have been closely working in line with the judicial process. Right from the outset when the prosecutor launched investigations, we closely followed what the media was reporting, and we realised the level of inaccuracies that needed to be addressed."
The ICPC says the ICC office will have to engage with the public much more effectively if its outreach activities are to have any impact amid the challenges that face the court.
"In Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo there has been a robust and open engagement of the victims. But in Kenya the situation has been completely different. One reason why there is so much misinformation is because the outreach unit [of the ICC] has not been very proactive in providing information to the general public," Wainaina said.
Human Rights Watch has praised the ICC for setting up an outreach office in Kenya at a relatively early stage compared with other countries where the court has charged suspects. It believes the challenge now is to ensure that the office builds on some of the lessons learnt from earlier efforts elsewhere.
"We acknowledge that there are of course security challenges, but the team must now start having face-to-face meetings in places that were most affected by the violence," Evenson said. "The Kenyan team can learn from the Democratic Republic of Congo where the ICC has initiated listening clubs among womenfolk. These clubs have had a huge impact in informing and stimulating debate among the public."
Other international human rights groups such as the Open Society Justice Initiative believe that the ICC outreach team in Kenya does not need to look far for lessons on how to carry out a successful programme.
"Sierra Leone was a huge success. It successfully engaged Sierra Leoneans about the work of the court generally, and the trial process," said Alpha Sessay, of the Open Society Justice Network. "The Sierra Leone model can successfully be adopted by the Kenyan outreach team as it is largely acknowledged as a blueprint for how such courts can work with the community."
Kamara says the outreach office is expecting more funds soon to conduct what she calls a "massive mass outreach campaign" to prepare the ground for the verdict of the confirmation of charges hearings.
"One of our greatest challenges will be to manage the huge expectations of the public regarding this phase of the Kenyan case. We will have to clarify what the court can do at this stage, and what it cannot do," she said.
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With the entire nation gathered together, Moses sat down, his ancient frame resting on a bench. His hands, gnarled and bony, clutched his shepherd's rod which lay across his lap. After carrying it for 80 years — 40 as a shepherd of sheep, 40 as a shepherd of Israel — it is a part of him, an extension of his hands. As he opened his mouth to speak, the people pressed in close to hear him, so close they could see every line and wrinkle in his weathered face. As the nation's oldest elder at 120 years old, Moses commanded respect. The people were eager to hear him.
He began slowly, his voice raspy but steady, holding out the first word, sliding up to the second, lowering the pitch of the third with a wide vibrato — old Moses was singing!
Sometimes a song can do what a speech or sermon cannot; it can make you feel the message of the lyrics. But Moses wasn't just singing to touch the emotions, he was teaching God's people in the form of historical poetic praise. The tune and tempo of the song were not preserved, but because we have the Holy Spirit inspired lyrics we know that it was a song meant to inspire.
When Israel heard Moses sing of God's care for them, like a mighty eagle gently mothers her young, it would inspire them to love Him (v.10-11). When Moses sang about God's wrath against idolatry and rebellion (v.15-27), it would inspire them to remain faithful to Him. When they heard Moses sing about God's desire to protect His people and to fight their enemies for them, it would inspire them to be courageous in battle. (v.30-43).
That same day God indicated to Moses that his life's work was nearly completed and that he would soon die. Moses was not going to enter the Promised Land with the rest of Israel. Many years before, he had disqualified himself from possessing it and living there because he had "broken faith with God" in the Meribah incident (v.51). You can read the story in Numbers 20:6-12. Moses' action of merely striking the rock doesn't seem so bad, but to God it was highly offensive. Moses had misrepresented the Lord, acted in anger, and failed to have genuine faith.
Although Moses could not live in Canaan, God let him look at Canaan. From the top of Mt. Nebo he looked to the west at the land he had longed for but could not enter. It must have been a bittersweet moment for Moses…he was so close, and yet so far away. May you never forget: sin will will rob you of blessings and kill your dreams.
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Those of us who are Trekkers will remember that all the aliens spoke English. Well, not quite: some used a device known as the Universal Translator. This would listen for the speaker's words and translate them on the fly for the listener and vice versa.
You knew it was only a matter of time before real life caught up with Star Trek. Enter Google's latest update for its Translator app which allows for something called "Conversation Mode." While it won't translate Klingon just yet, it does Spanish in its initial relase - a far cry from the 53 languages that the text translation service currently supports.
Is it perfect? Not quite, as this video showing a prototype of the software (from last year) demonstrates:
Other considerations are rapid speech and regional dialects, which the software still seems to struggle with. "Even with these caveats, we're excited about the future promise of this technology to be able to help people connect across languages," product manager Awaneesh Verma said. Regardless, doing something that up until now was science fiction is certainly cool.
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You can run Pastoob without any parameter to get an interactive prompt, or specify a command to run it directly and exit just after.
In this page we will use the interactive mode:
$ pastoob Welcome to pastoob Copyright(C) 2010-2017 The Weboob Team This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License. Type "help" to display available commands. Loaded backends: pastoob> post /tmp/weboob_is_awesome Successfuly posted paste: http://pastebin.com/bJEpUbhB pastoob> get bJEpUbhB weboob is awesome isn't it? pastoob>
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backends command to manage them, and to enable only specific backends.
Using the command line
$ pastoob post /tmp/weboob_is_awesome Successfuly posted paste: http://pastebin.com/S861ncWk
$ pastoob get S861ncWk weboob is awesome isn't it?
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Sylvia McIvers lives in New York. She reads about a book a day – but fat non-fiction books take longer. On this site, you'll mostly find SFF and mystery, with a scattering of other genres and non-fiction.
Sylvia thinks travel is done best within a book, since humanity has not quite figured out how to visit other planets, work real magic, or deal with shape-shifters. She is a recovering dyslexic who still sees letters moving around the page when she is tired. Fortunately, strategies developed in childhood let her read despite these difficulties.
Sylvia writes whatever the voices in her head tell her to write. Sadly, there isn't enough time in the day to write all the stories that demand to be written. While waiting their turn, the voices queue up in Sylvia's cerebellum, standing in long lines and having extended conversations among themselves about world peace, and how to go about joining a reality TV show when one does not exist in reality.
Sylvia is writing a novel exploring what was happening in the world while Snow White grew up in the palace, and what the local witch thought of having a royal princess dumped in her bailiwick.
Due to an unfortunate typo, Sylvia misunderstood the imperative for writers to accumulate cats, and so she has an extensive collection of real and virtual hats. Imagine her delight in googling hatnip, and finding


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An Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 aircraft enroute from Sabha to Tripoli with 118 passengers and crew on-board was hijacked by two male passengers shortly after take-off. The aircraft was diverted to Malta International Airport, where the two men gave themselves up after releasing the passengers and a number of the crew. The two men were armed with replica pistols and grenades. (See Cabin Safety Update Vol 2 Issue 1 for the full story.)
Workshop on Aviation's Response to Human Trafficking
Cabin Safety Update Editor, Sarah-Jane Prew, will be involved in the organisation of this event, which will be held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, UK on 18th April 2018. The event is being hosted jointly between the Wales Anti-Slavery Leadership Group and IATA and is designed to bring together airports, airlines and law enforcement […]


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The Man Whose Job It Is to Constantly Imagine the Total Collapse of Humanity in Order to Save It - VICE
An interview with Vinay Gupta: software engineer, disaster consultant, global resilience guru, visionary.
Interview with Vinay Gupta, Vice, 2015URL: http://getab.li/10aa
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Welcome to OLOTEAS!
Our Lady of the Earth and Sky is a non-denominational Pagan church. We are a volunteer-run, non-profit religious organization providing family-oriented Pagan religious services and workshops since 1995. We are dedicated to promoting religious tolerance and freedom and environmental sustainability.
OLOTEAS monthly services include a workshop, potluck dinner, and ritual in a beautiful natural setting featuring a stone circle, heated swimming pool, hot tub, and acres of wetlands.
Our next Event is:
Online Saturday, May 23, 2020
NOTE: Due to concern about Coronavirus, OLOTEAS will NOT be meeting at the Longhouse in May. We will host our event online-only, on the Zoom platform.
About OLOTEAS:
OLOTEAS community events are open to the public. All are welcome, regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, gender identity, or gender preference. For specific concerns or questions about accessibility, please email OLOTEAS (at) oloteas (dot) org.
OLOTEAS is designed to be a safe space for everyone. We each come from different spiritual and cultural backgrounds, and we come together to intentionally create a welcoming and inclusive environment in which personal responsibility is encouraged, and bodily autonomy is respected. For this reason, no alcohol or non-prescribed drugs are allowed on site*, and behavior that violates consent will not be tolerated. We ask everyone to participate in our welcoming culture as you interact with others here. If you have questions, problems, or feel unsafe in any way, PLEASE talk to a staff member.
We also encourage environmental stewardship and support religious freedom through grassroots actions and working with existing organizations dedicated to similar goals.
* (We've been asked about onsite marijuana use. If you have a prescription, you may partake in your own vehicle. Recreational use or sharing with others or open use onsite is not allowed. Thank you for your understanding.)


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Taste of India Grill is a place where the genuine care and satisfaction of our customers is our highest mission. We pledge to provide the authentic Indian Cuisine and finest personal service for our customers who will always enjoy a warm, relaxed, yet refined ambiance.
Taste of India experience enlivens the senses, instills well-being, and fulfills even the unexpressed wishes and needs of our customers.
Not only will your guests be satisfied with top quality ingredients and food, but you will also be pleased with our great service that we offer at Taste Of India Grill. We know what Indian food lovers are looking for and we are proud to provide some of the most authentic Indian cuisine in Bountiful,
Taste of India Grill in Bountiful, UT is perfect for all of your needs. We take online orders, reservations, offer excellent take out, top quality catering, and we have gift cards for your friends and family's special occasions. Contact us to find out more information!
Indian dining can be an experience all in itself, not only because the food is superb, but also because there is plenty to go around. If you are a large group celebrating a birthday or graduation, or you would like to hire us for catering or special events, we are the perfect restaurant to choose.
Take advantage of our Online Ordering tool and Order Online.
While many of our guests like to come for an evening out to enjoy our lovely décor, fine service and great dining experience, not many know how wonderful our Indian lunch buffet is. It is perfect for those who want to avoid eating fast food, but do not have the time to go all out on a fine dining experience.
With our large array of options in our Indian lunch buffet, you can eat as much as you want at a very affordable price. Our Indian lunch buffet is a go-to place for many people who work nearby. Our location is ideal for anyone who wants to escape from work for a quick bite to eat and our Indian lunch buffet is worth it.
We include a large variety of our dinner menu options in our Indian lunch buffet so for those who already have their favorite dishes at Taste Of India Grill can still get the options that they know and love.
Taste of India Grill's menus are diverse and balanced; offering some of the best multi-regional cuisine India has to offer. Our menu features innovative takes on classic Indian cuisine, presented with a modern and refined flair.
Whether you are new to Bountiful, UT or you have been here for awhile, if you have not yet tried the great Indian grill that we have at Taste Of India Grill, then you have not yet experienced all that Bountiful, UT has to offer. All we can say is make sure you leave some room in your stomach after breakfast.
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The first meeting of Drinking Liberally Dunedin has been confirmed for next Tuesday. I'm looking forward to going. More details here.
Better make sure my calendar isn't double-booked. I shall be keeping that date free.
Satura: a satire, a dessert, a mixed bowl of fruit
February 28, 2009
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The first meeting of Drinking Liberally Dunedin has been confirmed for next Tuesday. I'm looking forward to going. More details here.
Better make sure my calendar isn't double-booked. I shall be keeping that date free.
February 21, 2009
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Hmmm, interesting. The Standard is reporting on the first opinion poll results I've seen since the New Zealand general elections in 2008. As an exercise I put both results through the MMP elections calculator.
The results of the 2008 election, taken from Wikipedia:
National 58 seats; Labour 43 seats; Greens 9 seats; ACT 5 seats; Maori 5 seats; Progressives 1 seat; Ünited Future 1 seat.
Assuming the electorate seats do not change, the Roy Morgan Poll:
National 60 seats; Labour 40 seats; Greens 11 seats; Maori 5 seats; ACT 3 seats; Progressives 1 seat; United Future 1 seat
And the same for the TV3 poll:
National 73 seats; Labour 33 seats; Greens 9 seats; Maori 5 seats; ACT 1 seat; Progressives 1 seat; United Future 1 seat
My own opinion is what voters say to a pollster is not necessarily the same as what they will tick in a polling booth. The government is riding a wave of popularity that appeals even to swinging voters who supported the centre-left opposition. The change in leadership in the Labour Party has not impressed the opinionistas. Despiter her abdication Labour is still seen as Helen Clark lite and voters are still tired of that face. I'm still nostalgic for the statesman-like leadership of the former government. At the moment the current government is still announcing policy that the previous government put in place. The affects of recession slow-down have not hit our islands. From all I see the government are deliberately determined not to prepare for the credit crunch. I will be interested to see if this popularity remains resilient over the next 12 months.
Mind you, as I've put on my bio, I'm politically biased.
February 18, 2009
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Don't have time to read this one now. G.M. told me about it on the way home from parish council. There was a reading of Darwin's letters, or diary, or something, on the radio. The man had a wicked sense of humour! As no one seems to have spotted the link, and I think there are at least a couple of you who would be interested, I'm posting it here.
And so to bed.
February 17, 2009
Let's hope Cathie's family doesn't read this.
February 2, 2009
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Knowing that some of you are weird news item chasers, I submit this one.
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Mei-Shun reserved a beauty salon in Shinagawa again, not to avoid a phone call from Dr. A. Shin's schedule allowed them to meet there only today.
A 加賀(=Kaga, current Ishikawa Prefecture) cuisine restaurant always guides them into a room called 寿椿, meaning celebrated camellia. A wooden "pheasant" welcomes them as usual, yet his blue feather is all different from normal ones. You are a peacock, aren't you?
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I have a servlet that is doing an RMI call to a single remote object. Since any invocation of the servlet is created in a new thread, I'm observing a new TCP/IP connection for every single servlet request.
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A method dispatched by the RMI runtime to a remote object implementation (a server) may or may not execute in a separate thread. Some calls originating from the same client virtual machine will execute in the same thread; some will execute in different threads. Calls originating from different client virtual machines will execute in different threads. Other than this last case of different client virtual machines, the RMI runtime makes no guarantees with respect to mapping remote object invocations to threads.
Consider the following example.
A remote object MyObject is bound to the registry and it has a method called mymethod().
Servlets obtain a reference and invoke this method in their service methods. Let us assume that 500 concurrent calls are made to this method from the servlet instance. Does this mean that the 500 calls will be queued up ?
It is rather simple: RMI/JRMP maintains connections from the client to the server. If a call is to be made and all connections is currently in use another one is created. This will only hold to a certain point however since there is a finite number of server threads.
In the scenario you describe, it would be simple to obtain a reference to the object in the init of the servlet and invoke methods on the objects in the service method. Since you will always deal with the same instance of the remote object at all points in time.
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DO A SEGWAY TOUR in EL COTILLO
You can't leave Fuerteventura without visiting el Cotillo, a charming fishing village surrounded by cliffs, beautiful beaches, its lighthouse and natural and multi-coloured pools. It is located on the Northwest of Fuerteventura and it is still an unspoiled spot, only 15 kms from Corralejo and 40 kms from Caleta de Fuste.
We offer you a unique and amazing activity to visit el Cotillo in a different way, on 2 off-road wheels. Segway will make you feel the nature in your body and will take you to the the pretty fishing village, zipping through its streets and stopping at some view points.
You can choose among 5 tours, from 10 euros/ 15 minutes till 40 euros/2 hours. A short training would be necessary before starting the tour, it is very easy and you will see that the segway is taking part of you in a few minutes, everyone can do it from around 35-40 kilos till 120 kilos.
ENJOY RIDING AUTHENTIC SEGWAYS because your SAFETY is the most important.
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DIRECTION: Avda. Los Lagos, s/n ( Hotel Cotillo Beach ) Local 11A
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When the end of the world comes, how will you tweet? Thankfully for those of us who didn't have a plan ready, Motherboard reports that software developer Virgil Dupras has built an operating system — Collapse OS — that can be run on parts salvaged from a post-apocalyptic hellscape. The idea is to find ways
Those Knightscope security robots may not be so great at their jobs. When a woman in a park near Los Angeles saw people fighting and tried to summon help via a police robot patrolling nearby, the robot merely told her to "step out of the way" and continued along its pre-determined route, according to NBC
A new gel-like fluid that sticks to vegetation for months on end could be an ingenious new way to stop mother nature from burning. Devised by an engineer and a former fire-prevention forester, this sprayable retardant could one day be used to drastically reduce the number of forest fires experienced each year. By coating vast
The bigger they come, the harder they fall, the old saying goes – or in this case, the more popular the game, the more user data is at risk, should hackers get access to it. That's reportedly what's happened with smash mobile hit Words With Friends. A hacker by the name of Gnosticplayers claims to
Tesla's "Smart Summon" feature, which lets cars navigate themselves in parking lots, isn't even out of beta yet. But Tesla owners are already using it in some mind-bogglingly stupid ways, Electrek reports. In a video uploaded to YouTube account "Dirty Tesla", a Model 3 owner tries to walk in front of his vehicle while the
Autonomous driving will bring us a number of freedoms. Passengers will be able to watch movies, read newspapers – if they still exist – or play video games while the AI drives. But BMW thinks being chauffeured by a self-driving car can get a whole lot more exciting than that. The German carmaker released –
There is such a thing as not enough chaos. In a new study, scientists have discovered that complex calculations performed by computers can be off by as much as 15 percent, due to a "pathological" inability to grasp the true mathematical complexity of chaotic dynamical systems. "Our work shows that the behaviour of the chaotic
We've watched the Spot robot quadruped grow up and evolve, from its earliest days as a larger, more cumbersome beast to a carefully refined machine capable of pulling trucks. Now maker Boston Dynamics is putting the robo-dog on sale. The idea is not to provide a friendly pet that curls up in front of the
We just entered a fundamental new epoch in computing. Maybe. Google scientists said we did. Then their declaration mysteriously vanished. Last week, a scientific paper by Google and affiliated researchers was uploaded on a NASA website. Its contents – if legitimate – are not insignificant. In the paper, the scientists claim that quantum processors have
Quantum computers exist today, although they're limited, cut-down versions of what we hope fully blown quantum computers are going to be able to do in the future. But now, researchers have developed hardware for a 'probabilistic computer' – a device that might be able to bridge the gap between genuine quantum computers and the standard
Here's your dismal fact of the day: if the world's cement industry was a country, it would sit just behind China and the US as the third leading producer of carbon pollution. It doesn't need to be that way, though. We just might be able to change that ugly statistic by producing the ingredients for
Wi-Fi just turned 6. Not in terms of years old (Wi-Fi is a lot older than that), but in terms of its version number: Wi-Fi 6 officially launched this week. What does that mean for you? Well, if you're anything like me – meaning you spend a lot of time indoors using the internet –
Two years ago, one freezing December night on a California rooftop, a tiny light shone weakly with a little help from the freezing night air. It wasn't a very bright glow. But it was enough to demonstrate the possibility of generating renewable power after the Sun goes down. Working with Stanford University engineers Wei Li and
Scientists have invented a new method for turning carbon dioxide into a liquid fuel that can efficiently store energy in fuel cells. The fuel could one day be the future of green transport, cramming more energy into the tank than the same volume of hydrogen while also serving as a building block for a whole
China's iPhone users have found a new craze – a new app called Zao which lets people convincingly and hilariously transpose their faces onto actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Kit Harrington from Game of Thrones, and many others. Zao topped the Chinese iOS download chart over the weekend after first launching on the App Store on
Silicon has had a very good run as the material upon which all of our electronics are based, but it's starting to reach its limits. Now there's a new contender for running our computers and smartphones: carbon nanotubes. Scientists just made the largest working computer chip to date out of this hugely promising material. And
Sounds like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was just kicked out of mom's basement. In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA asked for help finding "commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities able to host research and experimentation." And nobody knows why. The ideal space would be a human-made underground environment spanning several city blocks w/
The brain is the ultimate computing machine, so it's no wonder researchers are keen to try and emulate it. Now, new research has taken an intriguing step in that direction – a device that's able to 'forget' memories, just like our brains do. It's called a second-order memristor (a mix of "memory" and "resistor"). The clever
Underwhelming sound quality while listening to music on Spotify is most likely a result of poor quality headphones, but maybe the equaliser settings in Spotify can help, at least a little. Even with a high quality pair of headphones, using the equaliser settings in Spotify can help mould the sound to your preference. In fact,
Popular video platform YouTube took down a number of combat robotics videos – robot vs. robot competitions popularised by the show BattleBots – on the grounds that they include "deliberate infliction of animal suffering or the forcing of animals to fight", including "cock fighting". A recent video by YouTube channel Maker's Muse brought the strange phenomenon
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the Moon in 1969, they helped to cement the idea of a "moonshot" – a goal or achievement that challenges what we thought was possible. While few moonshots measure up to the Apollo program, many of the world's greatest inventions were once thought of as similarly
Researchers have developed an electronics heat shield just 10 atoms thick, a shield that has the potential to make our gadgets both safer to use and more compact in the future. Heat and electronics don't mix well, which is why you might find your laptop shutting down in protest if you use it in the
As wearable technology grows ever more delicate and minute, some medical gadgets are on the brink of merging seamlessly with our skin. Researchers at Stanford University have now created a flexible electronic sticker that can wirelessly monitor a person's pulse, respiration and muscle activity at the same time. A recent description of the unique system, known
People around the world may be worried about nuclear tensions rising, but I think they're missing the fact that a major cyberattack could be just as damaging – and hackers are already laying the groundwork. With the US and Russia pulling out of a key nuclear weapons pact – and beginning to develop new nuclear
In July, the French daily newspaper Le Monde reported that the 0.6-mile (1 kilometre) solar road was a fiasco. In December 2016, when the trial road was unveiled, the French Ministry of the Environment called it "unprecedented". French officials said the road, made of photovoltaic panels, would generate electricity to power streetlights in Tourouvre, a
After reports emerged that contractors had reviewed voice recordings for Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, all three companies moved to change their policies. Although customers theoretically have the final word over their digital assistants, they're not given the option of blocking the recordings outright. The companies say the data is collected and reviewed
Facebook has been clandestinely accumulating written transcriptions of its users' conversations, which the social media giant recorded through their phone microphones. That's according to third-party contractors who spoke to Bloomberg about the practice. The contractors said that they were paid to listen in on countless, occasional vulgar conversations among Facebook Messenger users, though the company
There are more pieces of plastic in the ocean than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Up to 14 million tons of plastic enters the ocean annually, 40 percent of which is considered "single-use", which means it goes into the water within the same year that it was produced. Most plastics never fully break down;
A pair of Romanian scientists have built a flying saucer — and it actually flies a lot like the ones you've probably seen in the movies. Razvan Sabie and Iosif Taposu unveiled the All-Directional Flying Object (ADIFO) in March, releasing a video that not only showed the saucer in flight, but also broke down the
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced via a tweet on Saturday that he would be launching The Boring Company China, the first international extension of his infrastructure and tunnelling construction company, in late August while in Shanghai for the second World Artificial Intelligence Conference. In another tweet, the founder and CEO of The Boring Company confirmed that it would
Despite weighing less than one tenth of a gram, a new robot out of the University of California, Berkeley, can withstand the weight of a 60-kilogram (132-pound) person stepping on it — drawing comparisons to a well-known pest. "People may have experienced that, if you step on the cockroach, you may have to grind it
Researchers have developed artificial cells that can respond to external chemical forces, just like real ones do. This exciting step could get us closer to using synthetic biological structures in real-world situations, such as targeted drug delivery or cleaning up pollution. In this proof-of-principle study, scientists have succeeded in getting artificial cells to glow with
Tesla on Monday announced its largest battery product. Called Megapack, it's designed to simplify the installation process for large energy-storage projects. Each Megapack can store up to 3 megawatt hours of energy and convert up to 1.5 megawatts of energy from a direct current (DC) to an alternating current (AC) so homes can use it.
A new disruptive technology is on the horizon and it promises to take computing power to unprecedented and unimaginable heights. And to predict the speed of progress of this new "quantum computing" technology, the director of Google's Quantum AI Labs, Hartmut Neven, has proposed a new rule similar to the Moore's Law that has measured
Research on robotic prostheses is coming along in leaps and bounds, but one hurdle is proving quite tricky to overcome: a sense of touch. Among other things, this sense helps us control our grip strength – which is vitally important when it comes to having fine motor control for handling delicate objects. Enter a new
Facebook's Messenger Kids is supposed to provide parents complete control over who their children chat can with on the app. But as The Verge reported on Monday, that key promise appears to have been broken, thanks to a design flaw with the app. According to the report, Messenger Kids had a design flaw that allows
Solar cells that transfer sunlight into electricity are a brilliant part of modern technology, but one particular aspect has proven to be a huge headache. They're not super efficient – most of the sunlight they absorb is lost in the form of heat. As a result, the average efficiency of a commercial solar panel is
Finding cheap and practical ways of removing salt from seawater could potentially help some of the 844 million people worldwide without regular access to clean water – and scientists just found a new nanoscale method for doing just that. Using a tiny disc made of super-hydrophilic filter paper, layered with carbon nanotubes for light absorption,
This just keep Viral photo app FaceApp has taken the world by storm. Launched in 2017, the app has recently enjoyed mass popularity due largely to Hollywood celebrities posting their humorous edited pictures online. FaceApp uses "neural network" artificial intelligence technology to alter people's faces with various filters. Users simply take or upload a photo
We're yet to see any Hyperloop tracks open to the public, but the futuristic, high-speed travel technology continues to develop at a rapid pace – and a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany just set a new speed record for Hyperloop travel. The top speed of 463 km/h or 288 mph
What has the magnetic properties of a solid magnet, but the mechanical properties of a liquid? If you answered 'nothing,' you're wrong – because engineers have just created just such a substance, by using a modified 3D printer. Yes, ferrofluid is already a thing, but this is different. Unlike the ferrofluid you may know and
FaceApp is the most popular free app on Google Play and Apple's App Store thanks to an age filter that makes people in photos look much older. But while countless photos of aged celebrities and casual FaceApp users have been shared online in the past week, there are mounting concerns with how FaceApp handles user
Your mind and computer may have gotten one step closer. Elon Musk on Tuesday announced in a livestream that his neurotechnology startup, Neuralink, hoped to begin implanting devices into human brains as early as next year. "We hope to have this aspirationally in a human patient before the end of next year," Musk said at
We already know what a wondrous material graphene can be – filtering water, dyeing hair, super-strengthening substances – but now scientists have figured out a way to produce it much more cheaply: with the help of bacteria. When mixed with oxidised graphite, which is relatively easy to produce, the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis removes most of the oxygen
How can you know that any animal, other human beings, or anything that seems conscious, isn't just faking it? Does it enjoy an internal subjective experience, complete with sensations and emotions like hunger, joy, or sadness? After all, the only consciousness you can know with certainty is your own. Everything else is inference. The nature
A compact device that uses waste heat shed by solar cells to purify water could one day change the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the globe. The new spin on old technology from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia promises to ease increasing pressures on the nexus point
Automatic landing systems using radio guidance have been a feature of commercial airliners for decades, but there's never been a heart-in-your-mouth touchdown quite like this. In an incredible new video, researchers show a test flight in which a small four-seater plane fitted with an experimental optical positioning system successfully nails an entirely automated landing –
In private Facebook groups devoted to natural treatments for cancer and other ailments, hundreds of thousands of members tell each other that baking soda, apple cider vinegar and frankincense are cures that doctors don't want you to know about. Parents of children with autism have their own groups devoted to unscientific treatments – like swallowing


text: On Sunday 16 August Paul Connolly was due to lead his walk from Cholsey on a route we have walked before but on this occasion the walk was planned in the reverse direction. In the event Paul was unwell and could not lead on the day but in the best traditions of the club two other members gallantly stepped in and led the walk - Lizzy Cripps who is relatively new to the club but I suspect no stranger to leading and our gallant photographer Antoinette who is far from new to the club but had not led before. In fact she says she had never read a Landranger map before. So our thanks to the two heroines who ensured the continuation of the club's proud tradition of putting on the walk despite the unavoidable difficulties. Not only did Antoinette gallantly share the leadership burden but she also took the following photographs as she went along.


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The Newcal Copy Center, located in the 200 building in room 445, provides reprographic services ranging from full-service copying, resumes, and faxing. Copy and print cards may be purchased at the Copy Center or at one of our convenient card vending machines located in the Research Alcove – 200 McAllister, 4th Floor, and in the Gold Reading Room – 198 McAllister, 3rd Floor. They also provide post-structuralist/deconstruction, semiotic, and hermeneutical services upon request.
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E-Learning from Westlaw
West eLearning Center has free web-based modular courses with short lessons (4-10 minutes) to help you become a more efficient researcher. West eLearning allows you to learn at your own pace, on your own schedule and to track your progress online. If you need a refresher, try the Westlaw Fundamentals course: this series of short lessons teaches you the basics so that you can get right to work!
Food & Drink in the New Library
To keep our new Library nice and clean and free of creatures who don't read, the policy allows drinks only in covered containers. There are some covered drink containers available at the Reference Desk if you need one. No food is allowed in the Library.
The Grand Scam Challenge
Should you be required to pay to find out information about federal government jobs? Is it a violation of U.S. law to solicit for foreign lotteries? Are you aware of the scams out there? If not, take the Grand Scam Challenge and test your consumer savvy.
Finding Full-Text Journals and Law Reviews
Use HeinOnline to find .pdf versions of 1,200 law and law-related periodicals. Link to it from the Library's Subscription Database page.
Besides the Law Journal Library, HeinOnline carries the:
• Federal Register vols 1-72, 1936-current
• US Reports, 1754-2003 and US Reports Slip Opinions, 2002-To date
• Treaty collections: TIAS 11060-12734, UST vols 1-35 [1950-1984], ILM vols 1-45 [1962-2006], and also Bevans, Malloy, Miller, and KAV.
• Phillip C. Jessup Library
• U.S. Attorney General Opinions
• U.S. Presidential Documents
• U.S. Statutes at Large
Attention 2Ls and 3Ls
To all 2Ls and 3Ls who have never borrowed an item from the Library: Stop by the Circulation or Reference Desks in the Library and let us turn your Hastings ID into your library borrowing card, the process takes about a minute. Once completed, you will be able to check your library record online, and you will have access to electronic resources from off-campus.
Study Aids in the Library
Most of the study aids in the library are available by asking at the Circulation Desk. This is a list by subject of the study aids in our collection.
lf you're looking for professional outlines such as Gilbert Law Summaries, they are available in the bookstore at both new and used prices.


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The Wolfeboro Parks and Recreation Department provides year-round recreation opportunities for residents and visitors of all ages. As the nation's oldest summer resort community, Wolfeboro prides itself on providing parks, beaches, recreational programs and facilities to suit just about any taste.
The Wolfeboro Department of Parks and Recreation oversees 5 parks, 3 beaches, 1 skate park, 1 multi-use rail trail, Abenaki Ski Area and the Pop Whalen Ice Arena. The Department maintains 33 town-owned cemeteries, 3 conservation areas, maintains median strips, gardens and other public properties throughout Wolfeboro and manages the Wolfeboro Community Center.
The Department also provides structured recreational programming for participants aged 3-100+ and annually enrolls over 3000 individuals in recreational programming ranging from Summer Day Camp, Sailing and Swim Lessons to the Granite Man Triathlon, Ski Lessons, and Races.
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MrsL came to bed last night after reading an erotic story I wrote for her teased me for a few minutes then whispered in my ear I needed to be fully rested for tomorrow. She then invoked the "sweet dreams" rule meaning I could not touch her sexually as we slept and rolled over to go to sleep. Damn!
As she slipped toward her on blissful slumber she began caressing my legs with her feet and a hand reached behind her to find my still engorged and throbbing manhood. I think she enjoys me being out of the Steelheart more than me being locked away. I could sense her drifting away as the gentle fondling grew less and less.
I woke up early and took advantage of the quiet house. When 21 came down a couple hours later I went to wake up my slumbering Princess. I was treated to a wonderful deep kiss creating an instant stir in my groin. MrsL worked my shorts and underwear off to playfully stroke her prized toy (her words this morning).
Then this happened: Put on the thinnest most shear shorts you have, no underwear, then go get donuts. Think of me and what I'm going to do to you for Father's Day as soon as somebody leaves for work the whole time. Try not to get too embarrassed. Now go!
Okay, that was new!
Of course, while I didn't have a full on raging erection the whole time there was still enough blood flow and a substantive wet spot to be noticeable. The donut shop was packed. It was both invigorating and somewhat embarrassing. Thankfully I had on a t-shirt long enough to just barely cover my crotch. When I walk in the house, there is MrsL sitting on the end of the sofa heavy flannel night gown, we keep the house cold, with her legs far enough apart for me to see her beautiful pussy. 21 was sitting at an angle and while he probably figured it out didn't appear to be none the wiser!
I can't wait for him to go to work!


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Remembering Louis Flynn, Pillar of East Bay Theater
Actor, director, playwright, and pillar of the East Bay's vibrant community theater scene for half a century, Louis Flynn is dead at the age of 86. Few individuals have touched so many others through the arts—not only participants in theatrical productions and other programs, but audience members as well. Flynn, or "Louie" as he was known affectionately to generations of theater people onstage, in the front of the house, and behind the scenes, died in El Cerrito on Jan. 4 following a brief illness.
Flynn's most visible legacy is Contra Costa Civic Theatre, which he co-founded with his late wife Bettianne in El Cerrito in 1959. Their vision and determination was enhanced by 20 local families who backed their belief in the dedicated husband-and-wife team with solid financial guarantees to remodel an old Boys Club and create a community theater in 1970. This dedication resulted in the theater's home at 951 Pomona Avenue in El Cerrito.
Louis Flynn was born in Edina, Miss., on Feb. 26, 1921. An accomplished pianist, Flynn would accompany his mother at singing recitals and church. A reluctant last-minute replacement in a school play at the age of 6, he would perform onstage for the next eight decades. Some of Flynn's most memorable roles in his long career include Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, and Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
Entering military service during World War II, Flynn served in the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 30th Infantry Regiment until 1945. Though he participated in significant and historic events, including landing at the beaches of Anzio in Italy, battles in Southern France, and entering Germany in 1945, battle-scene recollections were rare. It was the entertainers in touring USO shows that Flynn recalled fondly, among them Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontane, Jack Benny, and Ingrid Bergman along with Maurice Evans in G.I. Hamlet.
Flynn received his bachelor's degree from Seattle University in Seattle, Washington. There he met his future wife, Bettianne Foster, who was in the audience of a drama department production that she was reviewing for a Seattle newspaper. Graduate school followed at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., where Flynn completed his master's degree in playwriting. Samuel French published his master's thesis project, The Orchid Sandwich, in 1976 under the title Madness on Madrona Drive. The play has been performed several times on Contra Costa Civic Theatre's stage—most recently in 2006—and numerous times around the nation.
Louis and Bettianne married June 11, 1949, in Seattle. They moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1955 and settled in El Cerrito in 1956. In 1959 they founded Contra Costa Civic Theatre, with Louis serving as artistic director, remaining in that role for the next 48 years. CCCT's first curtain rose on Feb. 15, 1960, for the play Dear Ruth. Bettianne managed the administrative end of CCCT. During Louis' run at CCCT, he served as director, producer, and, most prominently, as an actor in literally thousands of performances. His most recent appearance was as the trolley car driver in Meet Me in St. Louis in summer 2007.
Outgoing and energetic, Flynn acted anywhere, anyplace, and in any medium including early Bay Area television. These appearances included background work in locally shot films and on other Bay Area stages with stars as varied as Glenn Ford, Luciano Pavarotti, Dan Dailey, and Giselle Mackenzie. In the 1970s he hosted the The Louis Flynn Show, interviewing local notables on a local cable access station.
The Flynns envisioned a community theater that was a family affair. For almost 50 years, generations have come to participate both on- and offstage at CCCT. An enthusiastic supporter of arts education for all ages, Flynn could be found lending his support with brief appearances alongside young performers in student productions at CCCT. His most recent such appearance was as the Masked Avenger in CCCT's 2007 Summer Drama Camp video. Flynn would often say, "It is ludicrous to think that only one person or family is responsible for Contra Costa Civic Theatre. It is an ensemble of very talented individuals with whom I was fortunate to have fallen in with … I fell in with the right crowd."
Louis lived a rich, full life right up until the end. He continued to play walk-on roles at CCCT, hosted cast parties, and enjoyed having friends over for dinner. He hosted the monthly CCCT Artistic Advisory Committee meetings at his home and was actively working on selecting productions for the upcoming 2008-09 season. Flynn invented and relished CCCT's unique closing night ritual of presenting Saint Genesius medals to everyone involved in the production. His love of film made him a regular at the movies, and he was a card-carrying member of the Jeanette MacDonald Fan Club.
According to Flynn's daughter, Kathleen Ray, "Nothing made Louie happier than when complete strangers approached him on the street, at the grocery store, or while walking his dog Kelly, and telling him how much they had enjoyed a recent production at CCCT." Kate Culbertson, CCCT's current artistic director commented, "Louie's youthful exuberance was infectious … people just loved being around him."
Louis Flynn received several proclamations and honors from the El Cerrito City Council, recognizing CCCT's contribution to community theatre and acknowledging its commitment to volunteers. In 1978, the El Cerrito City Council named CCCT's home on Pomona "The Flynn Building." Additional honors include:
• City of El Cerrito: El Cerrito Wall of Fame, 1991 (Louis & Bettianne).
• Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors: Arts Recognition Award, 2002, honoring Louis Flynn for being a "…leader in the arts and having a significant impact on the arts of Contra Costa County."
• California State Senate: 2002, Certificate of Recognition acknowledging "outstanding achievements as artistic director and co-founder of Contra Costa Civic Theatre."
• Solano Stroll: 2000, a local "Living Legend."
Louis Flynn is survived by his daughter Kathleen Ray of Richmond, who runs the Drama Department at Head-Royce School in Oakland, son Matt Flynn of Los Angeles, art director on the television show "The Office," son-in-law Ken Ray and grandson Alexander Ray, also of Richmond, and granddaughter Maureen Ray of Oakland.
The Neptune Society handled cremation. Contributions in honor of Louis Flynn may be sent to the Flynn Memorial Fund, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, 951 Pomona Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530.
A celebration of Louis' life will be held at a later date in 2008. Details will be announced on CCCT's website: www.ccct.org. For further information contact the CCCT office at 524-6654.


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Following a ruling by the provisional relief court of the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal in November 2018, requested by Eneco, CertiQ will recognise GOs (Guarantees of Origin) from Great Britain. These British certificates (REGOs) were not recognised by CertiQ before because Ofgem, the British equivalent of CertiQ, is not a member of the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB).
CertiQ checks British GOs against Dutch law
GOs generated in AIB-affiliated countries are accepted by CertiQ because this gives certainty that they comply with Dutch laws and legislation and (therefore) are sufficiently accurate, reliable and truthful. In the case of GOs generated in countries that are not affiliated with the AIB, this certainty is not clear beforehand. That is why CertiQ will check every individual batch of non-AIB GOs presented to find out if the nature and purport of the certificates in question are equal to those of the ones issued in the Netherlands, as required by law. This check takes time and effort. GOs from AIB countries, however, can be imported and used directly.
Conditions for recognition
CertiQ conducted this check for certificates from Great Britain. CertiQ will recognise these REGOs if they meet a number of conditions. Among other things, the REGOs cannot be more than 12 months old and they can only relate to electricity supplied to the grid. REGOs that are issued for the auxiliary use of a production installation cannot be accepted under Dutch laws and legislation. Furthermore, it must be unequivocally established that the REGOs in question have not already been used in Great Britain, for instance, in order to calculate the British residual mix. Also, British certificates cannot be traded any further, not abroad either.
The exact conditions for the recognition of British certificates can be found on the website of CertiQ.


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MJ Photo Competition
When Passion Met Passion
"Hi, my name is Photography and I am a passion"
"Hi! My name is Photography too and I am just a passion too! So nice to meet you!"
And the rest is history.
Michele and Janka started this competition simply because they walked into a museum and as they were entering, one of them said: "Let's have a competition - take some photos and then we'll have our husbands vote on them without knowing which one is whose." And so we did. Just instead of having our husbands vote, we decided to have our facebook friends vote.
First ever winning photo - Janka's winning photo of January 2018
Janka thought it would be fun to have other people join in as well and hadn't quite told Michele before she announced it to the world. Luckily, Michele was excited about that as well.
Runner Up - Michele's photo with second most likes
Since the beginning, we have DOUBLED in numbers! As of the day of writing this story, we have 4 people on board with their cameras ready to go when they are called upon! And with the pressure of the masses, we thought it wise to start writing up guidelines and rules that are fair and clear to everyone.
Rules & Conditions of Entry
1. Entries are for private individuals only, no businesses or companies or professional photographers accepted (amateurs only).
2. If you would like to join the competition you must request membership via facebook messaging, at which time you will be given an email address to be used for photo submissions. In order to take part in any given month, you must request membership before the 5th of that month.
3. Administration reserves the right to refuse photos due to indecent or offensive content.
4. Participants of each competition cannot divulge information or give clues as to who took which photo, which means no selfies/photos of family or friends, etc. - this keeps voting fair.
5. Poor quality photos will not be published.
6. All photos must be your own & original, i.e. you cannot submit somebody else's photo, you cannot take a photo of somebody else's photo, picture or painting, etc.
7. All entries are to be submitted via email (provided to participants once they contact us via facebook message).
8. If your entry does not get published it may have gone into SPAM (gmail) or Administration may have deemed the photo poor quality or offensive. Please contact Administration for clarification.
9. Competitions are run monthly, entries are to be current to the month of the competition, i.e. if the competition is for March 2018 the photos must be taken in March 2018.
10. The winner chooses the next month's theme.
11. New theme to be announced by the 5th of each month. All approved member entries must be submitted by the 15th of each month. Competition will go "live" for voting on the 20th. Voting will stay open for 7 days (until 27th). The winner to submit next month's theme to Administration by the end of the current month. If the winner has not notified Administration of the new theme by the end of the month, Administration reserves the right to choose the next month's theme.
12. Administration reserves the right to reject the new theme if it is deemed unacceptable.
13. All winning photos may be used in other publications, i.e. a calendar of 12 winning photos or other keepsakes.
14. At this point there are no prizes, except the self satisfaction and eternal glory of being a winner. However if you have any ideas on prizes that don't cost anything and can be given to any winner around the world, please, let us know, we are open to suggestions!
15. By submitting photos in any of the competitions you are agreeing to all the above rules & conditions.
If you would like to take part in this competition, come to our Facebook Page and write us a message to let us know you want in on joining our passions!


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As far as food goes, the new KFC "Go Cups" aren't offering up anything new; the fried chicken, potato wedges and hot wings are all from the regular menu. What's "new" about the Go Cups is the packaging and the price. All five Go Cup options cost less than $3, and they are conveniently packaged for eating on the go. You can choose from Chicken Littles® Original Recipe® Bites, Hot Wings™, Original Recipe® Boneless or Extra Crispy™ Tenders -- and all five come with a side of seasoned potato wedges and are served in a little container designed to fit your car's cup holder.
In order to test just how convenient these little cups are, I ate while driving around Houston. I ordered a Chicken Little (a mini-chicken sandwich on the cutest, tiniest bun you've ever seen) and a Hot Wing Go Cup, and then cranked up the tunes and cruised the streets while enjoying my lunch.
I took corners at a good clip to test the integrity of the cups, and found that they held up fairly well, even though they weren't a perfect fit for the cup holders in my husband's Prius. The Go Cups are constructed with two compartments -- one housing the potatoes, the other the chicken -- so the food stays put well enough, but there is no place to stash your dipping sauce. This means either drizzling the sauce onto the food or balancing the sauce container on top of the food, or some other surface, as you drive. I jammed my Honey Barbecue sauce between some potato wedges and crossed my fingers. There was no spillage, but it's far from an ideal situation -- especially for those with light-colored interior fabric in their cars.
Since we don't eat at KFC very often, I was surprised at how much I liked the seasoned potatoes (and the honey barbecue sauce), but the chicken wings were all breading. Seriously, this poor chicken did not have any meat on its bones. I actually spit out a mouthful of breading, because without chicken the oily taste and texture from the fryer oil was...let's just say unpleasant. The Chicken Little was better -- just a lil' old chicken sandwich with pickles, which was very easy to eat while driving.
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Ranging from 420 calories (Original Recipe Bites) to 600 calories (Chicken Little), KFC Go Cups are a lot more like meals than snacks, but the nature of the packaging does enforce (to some degree) a reasonable portion size for the consumer. Combine that with their incredibly reasonable price --$2.50 each, seriously -- and Go Cups are almost an ingenious idea. Just gotta get more meat on those chicken bones, guys.


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You may remember that we posted a series of engagement stories in the past year. They were all really beautiful, sweet, and most (I'll admit) brought a few tears to my eyes.
Here's the scoop — We're looking for MORE engagement stories!
We would love to publish your story on our blog. Just tell us the story of your engagement and voila! We'll publish it, right here on The Wedding Lens Blog! (We'll also send you a coupon so you can get your very own online photo album on The Wedding Lens!) Also, include a photo if you are up for it!
Looking for some examples? Most of the stories were from the perspective of the person who was proposed to, but they dont have to be! Check out some of our most popular engagement stories from the past year:
- Nicole & Kate's Engagement Story (from the proposer's perspective)
- Lauren & Ryan's Engagement Story (from both perspectives)
- Hilary & Carl's Engagement Story (from the proposee's — yes, I made up that word — perspective)
- Wes & Jenni's Engagement Story (from the proposer's perspective, including the quest for the ring)
- Chris & Judy's Engagement Story (from the proposee's perspective)
- Randy & Caroline's Engagement Story (from the proposer's perspective)
Now that you know what we're looking for, share your story! Email me: email@example.com.
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Suburbicon is a peaceful, idyllic, suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns — the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. But the tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit and violence.
George Clooney's Suburbicon is an absolute mess, that's the easiest way to put it. to start out an African-American family moves into this all white neighborhood in the 50's (never a good situation) and the film is set in motion. Also we have the main plot with Matt Damon and his family which is supposed to be a dark comedy of sorts. So you may wonder how Clooney plans to combine his dark comedy with his commentary on America's race problem. And that's where the problem with Suburbicon lies, those are two things that just don't work harmoniously together. Clooney isn't sure what kind of movie he wants to make. Does he want to make this dark comedy, does he want to write this visual essay on race or does he want make this murder mystery thriller with suspense? He tries to do all of these things and that's why Suburbicon fails.
There is such a blatant point to the movie: the white people are getting away with murder, while the black people are enduring hell across the street. The film is showing you what's wrong with this situation as it should, but it's just so damn condescending. Every little detail of Suburbicon is handed to the audience on a silver platter, you don't get to figure out anything as the film goes on. I actually had Suburbicon completely figured within the first 15 minutes.
Another problem with Suburbicon is the pacing the first half is dreadfully slow and boing, and only gets a little bit of steam once Oscar Isaac enters the picture. Sitting through the first few acts really isn't justified by the payoff in the latter half. The attempts at "dark humor" fall miserably flat. I don't honestly know how they thought anything in this movie was even remotely funny.
Suburbicon isn't quite sure what it wants to be. It's problems are deeply rooted in its intentions. It's not badly directed and, the acting is pretty good but it all just seems wasted by one of the most tonally confused stories I've ever seen.


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These last hours I read very bad news about Libya but they are not a surprise. I have never trusted the rebel side as I do not know who they are, they do not seem to me related to students with Facebook or Twitter and I read news about some Al-Qaeda member among them.
So when I read that Gaddafi agrees with a peace agreement but the rebels don't I am sd but not surprised.
I think that the rebels are demonstrating that they do not deserve to be supported by Nato. They are not looking for peace.
Their argument is that they do not want to share anything with Gaddafi. This reminds me very much the Spain of 1936: two sides, no mediation possible. Nonetheless if we have democracy in Spain is because at some point everybody realised that if we wanted to move forward it was necessary an agreement. This was made and now we have a democracy.
But the rebels, who are supposed to be the democratic side of the war (I doubt that very much) do not ralise that people should talk. But they want war until they defeat Gaddafi. This is their choice but it makes me wonder if by doing that the West is not acting like a fool supporting the rebels cause! Meanwhile Gaddafi is the winner as he wants an agreement. Gaddafi can be a big monster but one thing is obvious: he is wiser than the rebels.
Day after day I have less confidence in the rebels. NATO should leave immediately leave Libya. If the rebels were to win I doubt they acted in a peaceful with the supporters of Gaddafi.
The West should put pressure on the rebels to reach an agreement.
NATO is losing its time in Libya. The rebles do not deserve our trouble. They do not want peace. The West never should support those who not support peace.
We all know that the regime of Gaddafi is a bad one. A regime by the rebels I am afraid it wouldn't be much better. Unless they realise words are better than weapons: they can save lives.
Shame on the rebels!
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