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Exhausted after a week of desperately seeking grownup approval by indiscriminately bombing the bejesus out of anything that moves, chasing Sean Spicer around his cage for fucking up yet another Hitler reference, and backtracking on 11 campaign promises he said he didn’t make during his fall “Lock Her Up” tour, it was time for King Don Ill to kick off his Size-7 wingtips and jet off for the peace and quiet of Mar-a-Lago for the 23rd time during his 12-week reign of terror.
“No worries,” the cocky king told a nervous Mr. Bannon on the runway before departing, “The taxpayers got this one. And thanks. Now bring me my phone.”
After angrily using his tiny, overworked fingers to punch in 140 characters worth of self-congratulatory prose aimed expertly at himself, Trump tossed the phone into the pocket of his size XXX-large, ketchup-stained black blazer. Anxiously pulling at the red cap that was unsuccessfully drowning the yellow, straw-like substance dropping off his oversized, orange head, he turned to his struggling but oh-so-earnest press secretary, pursed his lips in that weird way and barked instruction. If only Patton were alive to witness such deft command, he muses to himself.
“Sean, ya dope, be sure to write me up something I can post on Sunday thanking the Jews for Easter, will ya? … Or is it the Christians? Fuck it. Write something really terrific that thanks both of ’em and it will go a long way to getting you out of that doghouse. And if you can work in a shot or two at the Muslims all the better. For now, open wide. Here’s another biscuit. Now who’s a good boy? Moron …”
Because nobody knew being a president could be this hard, the irascible king has been forced to do what any self-respecting, know-nothing narcissist would do over the weekend — run like hell for cover. As if shaking those Barack Obama voices rattling around inside all that empty space was easy …
Finally up in the air and the hell away from all that awful reality on the ground, Trump sighs, looks out the window and ponders a bevy of inconsiderate thoughts and just how far they’ll take him next week. He then pulls the lid of the trusty “Make America Great Again” over his eyes and drifts off for 30 minutes of down time, which would have been just the ticket if not for those nagging Obama voices. Ninety minutes, four cheeseburgers, and three Diet Cokes later, he’s back at the menacing gates of his beloved Mar-a-Lago, the crown jewel of Palm Beach and as far removed from real Americans as possible.
Here, everything is gold. This is where Trump can be Trump — basically a more awful version of Trump than the one we have been subjected to during this 84-day Holy (Shit) War. Here, out of view of the despised general public, Trump is free to frolic about, poke at women, heckle Hispanic landscapers and terrorize his golf course. This is what freedom smells like.
After a quick shower and spray tan, Trump dresses casually for a Friday night of revelry and dinner around his exclusive, presidential table with seating for 74. All the most important people are here — the Chadwicks, Loudens and Ambroses … The Amhersts, Beaumonts and Braytons … The Winstons are no-shows which makes Trump snort, “Such big shots, eh, folks?” Langley Chadwick coughs and laughs nervously before downing his 6th Manhattan. He is trying hard not to make a spectacle of himself, but still quietly seethes over the millions lost on fucking Trump University. “Trump-fucking-University,” he mumbles over and over … His blonde, bronzed wife nervously shoots Trump her best apologetic, come-hither wink. Even though she’s already 33, she knows Trump admires how well she’s aged.
Trump orders an iced tea, three well-done steaks and a basket of cheese fries and then proceeds to go on and on about the difficulties of juggling a presidency around all the nasty things people are saying about him. “Fox and Friends I can count on, folks. And let me tell ya, Sean Hannity kisses the best ass — I mean he’s a terrific, terrific ass-kisser. But I love him. He better know that. He better … Hang on, I better text him real quick …”
There are more nervous laughs before Trump growls about Reince Priebus, and how disloyal he is becoming, how shitty the BLTs are at the White House, and the shots Obama keeps taking at him. “You think he’s quiet, but I can hear ’em. Oh, he’s out there alright. He’s very dangerous … Very dangerous.”
After casually dropping about 14 state secrets over dessert, Trump abruptly rises, grunts a ‘yer welcome’ to a by now smashed Langley and tells the rest of the table the dinner is on Kentucky. “Fucking redneck suckers,” he winks.
He then stomps off to his gold-encased, 5,500-square-foot bedroom that looks out over a serene, moon-drenched Atlantic. Of course, all this quiet beauty literally makes him sick to his stomach, so he drops 15 half-dollar sized Alka-Seltzers in a pitcher of warm Mar-a-Lago water, guzzles it down and hits his steel-fortified 15-by-15 foot bed for an hour or two of roiling sleep.
By 4:42 local, and angrier than hell after that recurring dream about washing Obama’s feet, Trump grabs his nuclear-powered cell phone and gets to work.
He’ll have to type quickly this morning because he has a 6:58 tee time. With luck he’ll be able to duck in 36 holes today. He’s hoping like hell he won’t have to make a decision on nuking North Korea, because well, that would really fuck up his weekend.


MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine justice ministry has filed charges of murder and kidnapping against a doctor linked to a foiled plot to mount gun and bomb attacks in the heart of New York City, over his role in the abduction of six sawmill workers in a southern province.
Prosecutors had set aside the alibi of Russel Salic, who said he was at a doctors’ convention in another Philippine province when pro-Islamic State Maute militants kidnapped six sawmill workers and beheaded two of them in April 2016.
“Criminal liability exists, notwithstanding non-participation in every detail in the execution of the crime,” prosecutors said in a document recommending charges against Salic and Maute militants.
Reuters could not immediately reach Salic, his lawyer or other representatives by telephone or email to seek comment.
The 37 year-old doctor has been detained at a maximum security facility in the capital, Manila, after he surrendered to authorities last year.
In sworn statements, four sawmill workers said that while in captivity, they had seen Salic cleaning guns in a room full of weapons and that he had asked some of the militants to give them food and coffee.
In his defence, Salic disputed the sawmill workers’ story, insisting he was at an orthopedic convention and showing pictures to back up his account. But prosecutors ignored his alibi, saying the workers had no reason to fabricate stories.
At about the time of the 2016 abduction, Salic, who had expressed support for Islamic State on social media, sent about $423 from the Philippines to an FBI undercover officer to help pay for the attacks in New York, documents unsealed in a U.S. federal court show.
U.S. authorities filed criminal charges against the 37-year-old doctor in October last year and wanted him extradited along with Pakistani Talha Haroon, who was also linked to the bomb plot in Manhattan’s Times Square.
But Salic could not immediately be sent to the United States because he faced charges of murder and kidnapping, along with 53 other pro-Islamic State militants, in the regional trial court in the southern Philippines.
The justice department said the mother of the Maute brothers who led the militants’ takeover of Marawi City for five months from May last year, was also charged. Some of Salic’s co-accused had been killed in Marawi, including seven Maute brothers.
Reuters could not immediately reach Omita Maute for comment.
Reporting by Manuel Mogato; Editing by Clarence Fernandez


Abstract A numerical simulation model based on Machado et al. [J. Appl. Phys. 79 (1996) 6558] was developed to study the relaxation time and GMI in a series of Co-and Fe-based commercial alloys in the ribbon form as a function of excitation frequency and DC bias field. In Machado et al's model the relaxation time was considered as constant. Based on our experimental observations, we considered the relaxation time as a function of frequency and applied field. In this paper we report on the establishment of a general expression of the relaxation time for both Fe-and Co-based alloys.


With summer travel season upon us, the NAM caught wind of a very well-timed petition to ask the President to deem August “National Fuel Economy Month,” the official awareness month for fuel efficiency. 25,000 signatures are needed to get the White House to act on the petition. We’ve got a long way to go but there is still time to act.
The resurgence of the automobile industry is one of manufacturing’s biggest success stories. Automobile manufacturers are creating compelling new products with improved performance and greater fuel efficiency. They are doing it in a number of different ways: more efficient engines, clean diesel, hybrid technology, natural gas, fuel cells and plug-in electric vehicles, among others.
The automobile industry is doing its part to save energy and reduce emissions, and creating jobs in the process. If you want to sign the petition, you can access it here.
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Disabled Vietnam Veteran, award winning author, and contributor to Freedom Outpost Leon Puissegur was turned down for the purchase of a weapon he was going to use for hog hunting by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The peculiar thing about the denial was that it was based on an incident that never happened, but since the denial more fabricated charges have come up in the NICS system against Mr. Puissegur. If you are considering supporting stricter background checks, I suggest you read the problems these can cause for law abiding citizens, including veterans.
In a phone interview with Puissegur, he told Freedom Outpost, “Our government wants a more robust background check. Yet, they seem to have a very serious problem just doing a normal background check.”
Apparently, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) thinks it is always right no matter what and even if the records cannot be found due to dismissal or due to the fact that the charge the FBI states has happened is a false charge.
Puissegur says that he went to Academy Sports and Outdoors to purchase his weapon back in November 2012, a place where he had purchased another weapon just a year prior without incident. At that time, after filling out the paperwork and the salesman calling into NICS, he was denied the purchase and given a number to call and find out why he was denied.
According to Puissegur, “I made the call as soon as I got home and know that nothing had changed since my purchase in 2011.”
He listened as a recording proceeded to explain the reason for denial, which he said didn’t apply to him, so he waited to speak to a real person. The man who answered repeated the same things that the recording had and told Mr. Puissegur that he could not reveal what record kept him from purchasing a weapon because “he could not be certain that Puissegur was Puissegur.” Fair enough.
Puissegur, in order to prove his identity and demand an answer, pays $20 to be fingerprinted to gain access to the FBI records concerning his alleged charges. He sent in the information that he was supposed to and approximately a month later received a phone call from Sherrie Ash with NICS. Ms. Ash informed him that he had a “possession of marijuana” arrest on his record from 1972. That’s over four decades ago! Puissegur informed Ash that he has never been arrested for anything remotely like that in his life. However, Ash told Puissegur that he would have to clear that before he would be allowed to purchase a weapon.
How is Leon supposed to clear a record that does not exist, except in a NICS database? I ask the question because not only did he drive76 miles to New Orleans to get a complete background check which did not show any record and forward that on, but the plot thickens. He sent in the Certified New Orleans background check to NICS and also obtained an additional copy which he sent to his United States Senator David Vitter to investigate.
According to Puissegur, “It was just this past Friday that I got a response from the FBI and even they admitted that they have no ‘sentencing data,’ but they still did not clear the files.”
“The response was not what I had hoped for,” Puissegur continued, “after all I sent them certified documentation from the very office the FBI claimed to have the information from. What is different now is that the FBI now states that the State has the records of an arrest for ‘exposing of person.’ Those charges were dismissed so that should not matter, and even the lady admitted that since those charges were dismissed, they did not matter. But now the FBI claims it has no data of an arrest made by New Orleans Police for the possession of marijuana.”
Puissegur added, “Now the FBI says the State of Louisiana has matched fingerprints of the arrest, when before I sent the documentation it was just the New Orleans Police Department and the Criminal Clerk of Court. Apparently the FBI has now enlarged the field at their own making.”
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GRAZIANO DE BONI’S CRYSTAL BALL
An excellent Zoom presentation last week sponsored by Coresight Research featured Deborah Weinswig interviewing fashion exec Graziano De Boni (who previously served as the president of Giorgio Armani North America, CEO of Prada U.S., and president of both Reed Krakoff and Philipp Plein) on the future of luxury business. “The strong will get stronger; the weak will go out,” was one of De Boni’s astute predictions, soon modified by his belief that some of the smaller e-commerce brands could do well. “Not having stores is, these days, an asset,” he maintains. “In general, retail sales have been deplorable; increased direct-to-consumer business is inevitable.”
Other words of wisdom from this luxury guru who has headed up many top companies including Giorgio Armani, Valentino, and Prada:
** “We must learn how to live, eat, and sleep in front of our screens.”
** “The luxury market is still at the early stages of embracing data, and data will be the game changer for most businesses. The huge opportunity is bringing data into predictive analytics.”
** “Luxury customers are eager to get back into stores but they will be very cautious, especially in the west. Health and safety are paramount until there’s a vaccine. And online will prevail.”
** “Luxury will be more low-key: no one wants to be seen parading down Madison Avenue with three shopping bags.”
** “Chinese consumers account for 40 percent of total luxury consumption; this will go up to 50 percent by next year.”
** “With more consolidation, the future of luxury in department stores is precarious. As it stands, department stores account for less than 5 percent of luxury sales. They (dept. stores) should cultivate new luxury brands and non-apparel products, e.g. gourmet foods. Customers shop for food 2.2 times a week vs. six times a year for apparel.”
** “Eventually, more luxury brands will get out of the outlet business, but with the over-inventoried situation now, it’s hard to manage without discounts. Many (Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes) are choosing ‘quiet’ friends and family sales.”
** “With growing interest in second-hand business, brands might consider managing their own re-sale, kind of like luxury car dealers selling certified pre-owned cars. Once customers understand the resale value of the brand, it increases the overall value of the brand.”
3 Replies to “GRAZIANO DE BONI’S CRYSTAL BALL”
Graziano on the mark. Please send me your email old friend. Haven’t seen you in ages. David Rubenstein.
May 21, 2020 at 3:08 pm
Good to see you.
Thank you Karen for this!
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Physical Education and Personality Development
What is your personality type?
Not sure what personality type you have or haven't just done the test and appropriate research? Check out this link to get a headstart: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
Ever wished your personality could just be better? Some professionals even your therapist tell you "fake it until you make it Thompson". You have tried to fake it and ended up being called two-faced because let's be honest you are not much of an actor.
You can improve your personality with fitness and I will tell you just how both subjects are related. According to Burke, G. (1995), "physical development and physical education are strongly related. Responses to all dimensions of physical education are exhibited, interaction, communication, leadership, accommodation of ideas and differences of others; assimilation, and response to authority (pg. 1). I know you are thinking that assimilation to external cultures has proven to be damaging to one's personality and it is true. Sports and fitness do have positive and negative aspects.
It is important to know one's self and to educate one's self about the possible threats and favors of society but adequately adapt one's personality. Sports and fitness are tools when harnessed adequately could render effective.
Dimensions of Physical Education
- Fitness & Health
- Track & Field
- Outdoor Pursuits
- Physical education is important in cognitive learning. It builds life skills for community living. It is important for your workout routine to be balanced, satisfying and challenging.
- Physical education is capable of producing physically literate and mentally sound individuals competent to achieve, and display a sense of well-being as well as self-management, when faced with stress or pressures imposed by today's fast-paced life style, which has resulted from automation, and technological advances.
- Physical education is capable in developing physique, build strength, and fitness within the limits set by ancestry.
- Physical education creates numerous opportunities for socialization, and thus, helps to develop self-esteem and self-control.
- Physical education fosters discipline, competition, health, cooperation, fraternity, and the habit of living under public scrutiny, and desiring public approval. (ps. self-awareness is important; one must develop personality to shift negative attributes to a more positive one such as the constant need for approval from the public).

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Looking for a captivating novel that delves into the complexities of relationships and personal growth? Look no further than How My Ex Became My Next Novel. Authored by Kirk Stanley, this romance novel has garnered widespread acclaim and captivated readers worldwide. Join us as we explore the intricacies of this compelling tale and uncover why it’s a must-read for all literature enthusiasts.
The Story Overview How My Ex Became My Next
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As Gilda navigates her newfound reality as the world’s wealthiest heiress, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Determined to challenge the status quo, she sets her sights on dismantling Harrington Group, the empire built by her estranged husband. Yet, amidst her quest for revenge, Gilda finds herself grappling with unexpected emotions and desires.
Meanwhile, Jensen is forced to confront his own shortcomings and insecurities as he watches Gilda’s transformation from a distance. Haunted by regrets and longing for a second chance, he embarks on a journey to win back the woman he let slip away. But as old wounds resurface and secrets come to light, both Gilda and Jensen must confront their pasts and decide whether love is worth fighting for.
- Title: How My Ex Became My Next
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- Genre: Romance
- Language: English
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Married for three years, Gilda’s life remained untouched by the warmth of intimacy. That was until she survived a plane crash only to be faced with the chilling sight of her husband, Jensen Harrington, bonded over a pregnancy check-up with another woman at the hospital. The realization hit hard: she’d never been in Jensen’s heart and never been more than an empty title of Mrs. Harrington.
Just as she resolved to let go, a shocking twist of fate catapulted her into the role of the world’s wealthiest heiress. Embracing the power that came with her new identity, Gilda challenged her destiny. She vowed to become a formidable competitor to Harrington Group, making sure Jensen regretted treating her like an invisible presence.
But as Jensen witnessed Gilda’s transformation and her closeness with other men, a jealous streak took hold of him. He discovered an unexpected longing for her, intense and undeniable. As he attempted to rekindle their lost connection, Gilda, still nursing her wounds, trod cautiously around his newfound affections. Could Jensen win Gilda back? And would Gilda become a true leader after her exciting journey from heartbreak to strength?
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At 0:30 a.m. Orarton time, a plane bound for Allath crashed when it landed, killing 136 people and leaving only three sur. Gilda Lynch came back to her senses when she heard the report about the air crash on the hospital’s TV. As one of the three survivors, she was lying wounded in the ICU with her both legs bandaged.
And her phone kept saying, Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off. Please try it later. Jensen Harrington, her husband, hadn’t answered any of her calls since the accident. She didn’t believe that he knew nothing about the air crash that shocked the whole country.
Many people died in the crash, and she was still suffocated by the fear of being near death. However, the man who had been married to her for three years was gone when she needed him most. Gilda felt so disappointed in him.
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The principals and police officers meeting at a Greenbelt high school in hopes of heading off a spike in local gang violence as the school year begins weren't the only authorities talking yesterday about the problem of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.
At FBI headquarters, the head of the MS-13 national task force was gathering with 80 law enforcement officials from around the country and from several Latin American nations for a one-day summit.
Although the gathering in Maryland captured the local impact, the summit signaled the international scope of the problem, which has shot back into headlines in the area in the past couple of weeks.
The meeting, scheduled before the recent spate of stabbings and slashings in Maryland, was held behind closed doors with officials from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
Collectively, they painted a chilling picture of the problem they face and the problem the United States will face if it does not slow the rise of the MS-13 and its rivals, Supervisory Special Agent Robert F. Clifford, the head of the national task force, said afterward.
"We need to attack this nascent, this growing infrastructure of MS-13," Clifford said, "before it has a chance to grow into the organized criminal enterprise we see in Central America."
The gang's members on the West Coast are increasingly engaged in organized crime such as extortion, Clifford said, and there are signs that such activities are likely to spread east.
With the gang spanning many borders, ensuring that information spans those same borders has been a key objective, and Clifford said the meeting yesterday advanced those efforts.
But he also acknowledged that the law enforcement community is not as far along as it needs to be. "Gang information on a national basis is hard enough," he said. Collecting information just among local and federal agencies and organizing it into a coherent body of data is a work in progress, he said, and sharing that information with other countries is an even taller order.
For the representatives of the Latin American countries, the meeting was an opportunity to convey face to face the depths of the problem in their countries and the need for coordinated action in the Americas.
Julio C. Godoy-Anleu, Guatemala's vice minister of government for security, said he fears that people in the United States do not know how dangerous and destabilizing these gangs have become in Central America and do not appreciate the risk they pose to Washington and other areas where the gangs have taken root.
"I think the problem is bigger than the people of the U.S. think," he said. "If you stay in the country, in Guatemala, you will understand the real dimension."
The mistake, he said, is to see it only as a security problem. "This is a social problem," he said.
Many leaders and experts have said that the political turmoil and violence of a couple of decades ago, coupled with the corruption and poverty in their communities today, have left many young people angry and hopeless -- and vulnerable to the lure of gang life.
Godoy-Anleu and other police officials said one of their most serious concerns is the prisons in their countries. Crowded with violent gang members, the prisons are often strained further by the periodic influxes of criminals coming home, voluntarily or involuntarily, from the United States.
This week, at least 35 people were killed in riots at seven Guatemalan prisons in what authorities believe was one gang's coordinated strike at a rival gang, according to the Associated Press.

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My photographic journey actually began with painting abstracts. Turns out that’s a pretty good way to learn about composition and color theory. The composition is critical in any visual medium, while color has such a significant impact on establishing the mood of a scene. Due to the “color outside of the lines” concept with abstract, I found that there’s a narrative element to the work I was doing.
Abstract works are open for interpretation. On the surface, it’s a subject matter that can seem to have its limitations but there is such a huge spectrum of emotion and energy to explore. The creative process is just as nebulous, even if the end results is figurative.
This exercise was a crucial part of my development as a photographer. It helped me learn how to channel my thinking, gave me some general perspective on creating visuals, and most importantly it helped me learn how to "see". It was the genesis of a visual language, or what some may call style.
My visual influences are rooted in the film aesthetic. The rich color tones, the grain, and the mood of film are striking qualities that influence my work the most.
When it comes to storytelling, I love the subtleties, the nonverbal parts of human communication. Those are the details that truly expose the mood and expression of a scene.

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I’ve been making this tasty treat for years and years. The combination of creamy chocolate, sweet toffee and a sprinkle of salt make this Salted Toffee Chocolate Squares recipe absolutely delightful.
Snow clung to the tree branches outside this morning, and the ground was blanketed in pristine whiteness. It looked like a winter wonderland out there. When I stepped into the kitchen, I threw open the curtains to take it all in. What a joy to sit down to write with that outside my window.
But the scene — our first snowfall this winter — did something else too: It made me want to bake something. So I did.
Salted Toffee Chocolate Squares are a magical combination of sweet toffee, creamy milk chocolate, meaty almonds and a sprinkle of salt. The result is something that’s rich with flavor, ripe with textures and loaded with craveability. I’m warning you: these will go fast.
And, as far as holiday baking goes, this recipe is pretty darn effortless to make.
You start with graham crackers. I always make these with honey graham crackers, but you could use chocolate, vanilla or other flavors, if you prefer. Of course, that will make the bars taste differently — but that could be delightful too. Lay the graham crackers out on a foil-lined baking sheet. The edges should all touch.
Sprinkle toffee bits — you can find bags of these in the baking aisle — all over the graham crackers. Chopped almonds come next. Try your best to get them to the edges — there’s no reason edge pieces should be neglected by the toppings.
Melt butter and sugar together, stirring, until it begins to boil. Lower the heat and simmer, still stirring, until the bubbling subsides and it becomes slightly syrupy. Pour this all over the crackers and their toppings. This concoction will bind the crackers and their toppings together.
Now, you bake. The process of baking will make the mixture bubble again.
Once done, remove the bars from the oven and immediately sprinkle with chocolate chips and sea salt. The chocolate will soften and the salt will adhere to the bars. Delightful.
Once they are all cut and cooled, dig in.
But really, these are made for sharing. So pack some up and pass them around.
- 12 graham crackers, full crackers
- 1 8 oz bag toffee pieces, found in the baking aisle
- 1 1/2 cups almonds, roughly chopped
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 heaping cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- Set the oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Use aluminum foil to line a rimmed baking sheet (you want the sides of the foil to come up for easy removal).
- Lay the full graham crackers on the baking sheet, touching each other. Sprinkle the toffee pieces and the chopped almonds evenly over the crackers. Set aside.
- Combine the sugar and butter in a small saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer for a few minutes, stirring frequently, until the mixture has the consistency of a syrup. Remove from heat and pour over the graham crackers, trying to soak all of them.
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Rosario is Argentina`s port city that is gradually becoming a tourist attraction city. Rosario is in Santa Fe province and is the largest city within the province and 3rd largest city in Argentina. It is a popular destination that attracts visitors who come to see the vibrant culture and enjoy the night life. Here are some of the answers to what to do in Rosario.
Visit the National Flag Memorial
The monument was planted on the cliffs of the Parana River in the year 1872 by Manuel Belgrano. This was a historical fact that was welcomed by the locals and also the foreigners who travel there for sightseeing tours. The people of Rosario have always remained welcoming to the foreigners who travel there to see the great monument. Being at the city, visiting the monument should be on top of your list of Things to do in Rosario. Visit the monument and see how an idea of ancient people of Rosario has today been transformed into a landmark of great significance to the people of Rosario.
The Independence Park
This is a park that is in Rosario city, and it is a public park. You can visit the park to see the rose garden that was finished in 1915 and has several species of roses and sculptures. Further inside the park, you will see the French garden which was built in 1942 and has many flower arrangements including a marble fountain. If you are travelling with the children, you can visit the Children’s Garden which is right at the centre of the park to enjoy the amusement activities in there and also for the children to enjoy the educational facilities. Or better still, you can take the children to the provincial museum which is also within the park.
Sightseeing at Juan B Castagnino Fine Arts Museum
This is a museum that is just next to the independence park and is the most important arts centre within the city of Rosario. The museum was once one of the best buildings, and this was around the year 1936. It has two stories and a total of 35 exhibition rooms within the park. Walk inside, and you will learn why it is one of the most important art museums in Rosario. The museum is usually packed with lots of people, and there are several students coming there on the weekends. It is divided into two sections with one section featuring the art from the artists of Argentina, and the other is the European arts collection. Therefore, you will have a good opportunity to sample artwork from the two sides which also means that you will see variety. You will note that the Argentina artwork features several engravings that have been signed by various artists. You will get to learn the visions of the Rosario art creators and those others from the European side as well.
Argentina is a country with several travel destinations, and Rosario is just one of the many. When you visit Rosario, you will have an opportunity to learn a lot about the country of Argentina. Visit the above places to visit in Rosario.
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The Miami Dolphins’ defense once propped up the entire team, serving as the pillar of granite for South Florida’s NFL franchise for most of this decade.
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125 N.W.2d 155 (1963)
STATE of North Dakota, Respondent, v. Roger BUEHLER, Appellant.
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*156 Breidenbach & Milhollan, Bismarck, for appellant.
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This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered by the judge of County Court with Increased Jurisdiction of Burleigh County, taken upon the judgment roll and without a settled statement of the case.
The record discloses that on January 23, 1963, one Bruce Templeton signed a complaint before the county judge wherein he alleged that the defendant did "wilfully and unlawfully and while under the influence of intoxicating liquors drive a motor vehicle upon a public highway." On the basis of this complaint the county judge issued a warrant for the arrest of the defendant, and, apparently by virtue of this warrant, the defendant was arrested.
On February 7, 1963, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the aforesaid complaint, was tried on the charge contained therein, was found guilty thereof, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50.00 and costs of $50.00 and, in event of default in the payment of the fine and costs, to be imprisoned in the county jail of Burleigh County for fifty days.
An instrument entitled a criminal information was neither served upon the defendant nor filed with the court.
The appellant contends that the failure to charge the defendant by a criminal information deprived the court of jurisdiction to enter a judgment of conviction. To support his contention, he refers this court to a number of statutes.
Our constitution and a number of our statutes seem important to a determination of the issue raised herein.
Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of North Dakota reads as follows:"Until otherwise provided by law, no person shall, for a felony, be proceeded against criminally, otherwise than by indictment, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. In all other cases, offenses shall be prosecuted criminally by indictment or information. The legislative assembly may change, regulate or abolish the grand jury system."
The "in all other cases" phrase of Section 8 of Article I clearly relates to misdemeanor cases and requires that said cases be prosecuted by indictment or information.
In the instant case the defendant was charged with the commission of a misdemeanor. That being the case, he should have been prosecuted by indictment or information.
A study of the law of the Territory of Dakota indicates what the framers of our constitution meant by an information.
Section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Revised Codes of the Territory of Dakota of 1877 reads as follows:"§ 92. Information Defined.) The information is the allegation in writing, made to a magistrate, that a person has been guilty of some designated public offense."
Section 95 thereof reads as follows:"§ 95. Magistrate must issue.) When an information, verified by oath or affirmation, is laid before a magistrate *157 of the commission of a public offense, he must, if satisfied therefrom that the offense complained of has been committed, and that there is reasonable ground to believe that the defendant has committed it, issue a warrant of arrest."
The criminal complaint in the instant case reads as follows:"STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA } IN COUNTY COURT OF County of Burleigh > ss INCREASED JURISDICTION } Before Hon. W. J. Austin County Judge THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA } vs. } Roger Buehler > CRIMINAL COMPLAINT Defendant } } STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,} > SS County of Burleigh.}
Bruce Templeton being first duly sworn, says that on or about the 13th day of January A.D. 1963, at Bismarck, in said county, the above named defendant, Roger Buehler, did commit the crime of driving under influence of intoxicating liquors, committed as follows, to-wit:
That the said defendant did then and there wilfully and unlawfully and while under the influence of intoxicating liquors drive a motor vehicle on a public highway.
This contrary to the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of North Dakota.
WHEREFORE, Complainant prays that Defendant Roger Buehler may be arrested and dealt with according to law.(Signed) Bruce Templeton
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23 day of January, 1963.(Signed) W. J. Austin County Judge (Seal of County Court) Warrant Approved: (Signed) Al Wolf Assistant State's Attorney, Burleigh County, North Dakota."
It is obvious that this criminal complaint would have constituted an information under the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Territory of Dakota for 1877, which was the law of the territory just prior to the time that North Dakota became a state and adopted Section 8 of Article I of its constitution in 1889.
In fact, this complaint would substantially comply with the requirements of an information under the terms of Section 29-01-13, Subsection 4, of the North Dakota Century Code, as it reads today."29-01-13. Definitions.As used in this title, unless the context or subject *158 matter otherwise clearly requires: * * * "4. An `information' is an accusation in writing, in form and substance like an indictment for the same offense, charging a person with a crime or public offense, signed and verified by some person and presented to the district court and filed in the office of the clerk of said court; * * *" North Dakota Century Code.
Section 29-01-01, Subsection 3, of the North Dakota Century Code, reads as follows:"29-01-01. How crimes prosecutedExceptions.Every public offense must be prosecuted by information or indictment unless it is one in which: * * * "3. Trial may be had in justice, police, or county court." North Dakota Century Code.
This statute, which, by inference, permits the prosecution of a person for the commission of a misdemeanor in county court with increased jurisdiction by criminal complaint, is constitutional, as a criminal complaint authorized for use in said court under present law is the equivalent of an "information" as contemplated by our state constitution.
The requirements of a criminal complaint applicable in this case are set forth in Section 29-05-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, which reads as follows:"29-05-01. What complaint must state.A complaint must state: "1. The name of the person accused, if known, or if not known and it is so stated, he may be designated by any other name; "2. The county in which the offense was committed; "3. The general name of the crime or public offense committed; "4. The acts or omissions complained of as constituting the crime or public offense named; "5. The person against whom, or against whose property, the offense was committed, if known; and "6. If the offense is against the property of any person, a general description of such property. "The complaint must be subscribed and sworn to by the complainant." North Dakota Century Code.
These requirements have been complied with in the complaint used in the instant case.
We therefore conclude that our state constitution requires that every criminal prosecution for a misdemeanor be by indictment or information; that, by an "information," the Constitution contemplated an instrument equivalent to a complaint under our present law; and that the complaint by which the defendant was charged with the commission of a misdemeanor in the instant case, to which the defendant entered a plea of not guilty and upon which the defendant was tried and convicted, was in essence an information which fulfilled the requirement of our state constitution and was the means by which the county court with increased jurisdiction obtained jurisdiction to act.
The judgment and sentence of the county court with increased jurisdiction is, therefore, affirmed.
MORRIS, C. J., and BURKE, TEIGEN, and STRUTZ, JJ., concur.

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It’s a costume party, but for grown-ups, and they do it every day. It’s a form of play, but it requires hard and tricky work over long hours. Cosplaying is a lifestyle choice for the devotional fans who bring characters to life from their favourite childhood cartoons, comic books, video games and superhero films.
The costume-play that first emerged through Japanese anime culture in the 1980s has caught on rapidly in Ireland since Dublin Comic Con (DCC) at the Convention Centre opened its doors in 2013. That year there were 4,000 people, and now there are two shows a year, in spring and in August, packing in 10,000 and 20,000 visitors respectively. ‘Cons’ around the world give cosplayers a stage and a platform, while social media offers a spyhole into the life of the cosplayer. But are cosplayers more than nerds, grown-up children and photogenic millennials keen to grab attention with a cape and a catsuit?
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One force behind the subculture is the mega-grossing Marvel movies, which have popularised characters previously considered esoteric. From Thor to Avengers to Deadpool, Marvel has brought comic books into the mainstream, and with this new audience the franchise is finally creating plots and characters that reflect more than just giant men with six-packs.
Last month, it was announced at San Diego Comic Con that Natalie Portman will take on the powers of Mighty Thor in the next Marvel sequel, Love and Thunder – while Scarlett Johansson is set to star as Black Widow, and Valkyrie will become the first LGBTQ Marvel character.
The community is tight-knit and inclusive, according to DCC founder Karl Walsh.
“Some people are making their first costume and it’s just out of cardboard but they still look great,” says Walsh. “I myself, I make a werewolf costume from silicone. It weighs about 100 pounds, and there are individually hand-punched hairs through it. I wear a headpiece; I see out through the mouth. With work and family, that costume took me a year.
“When you see kids running up to you with their eyes wide thinking you’re Deadpool or Captain America, it all becomes worthwhile. You’ve made a kid’s day.”
So, who are the craftspeople behind these modern masquerades, how do they build their alter egos – and how does it feel to be someone else for a day?
It all began for graphic designer Chris Brown when he bought a red spandex suit for a university costume party. “I went slightly over the top and made a scarlet Spider-Man costume. I ripped the arms off a blue hoodie. The Spider-Man symbol was spray-painted onto the suit.” The costume involved cardboard and doilies and was “awful”, he concludes – but the experience opened up a new world for him.
A childhood X-Men comic book fan, the Welshman soon found there was a community online who also liked to dress up as fictional characters.
“There used to be a stigma, a belief that people who do what I do are nerds and weirdos. But I’m not – I’m normal. With the Marvel and DC movies, it’s become more accessible.”
Three years ago he started following Lauren Murphy (pictured left) from Navan on Instagram. They discovered a shared passion for “cosplay, films and nerdy stuff”, and they fell in love. They cosplay as a couple, stepping out as Captain America (him) and Captain Marvel. Brown paints his girlfriend green for Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy and puts a little man (called Groot, apparently) on his shoulder to become Star-Lord.
This August they will return to DCC to run the repair centre at the Cosplay Village. “If something’s broken on the costume, we fix it with glue, stitches, paper clips.
“I used to be really inward and keep myself to myself. I used to go to work, come home – that was it. Cosplay helps a lot with confidence because when you put that costume on, you become more than you.
“Mental health-wise, cosplay helped me quiet my brain: it’s one if my go-to places to just think less and focus on a specific task, which helps with stress and anxiety.”
He has cosplayed as Captain America, Shazam and, most uncomfortable of all, Martian Manhunter. “I really can’t breathe in it. It’s a full silicone mask I’ve to pull over my shoulders. I wear red contacts and heavy make-up. I need a shower immediately after I take it off.”
His office manager and his family are all fully behind his hobby. “My mum is very good at sewing. I’m terrible, but she’s shown me how to make a few capes, how to take in material. My dad is very good with power tools. For Ash from Evil Dead, I bought a chainsaw, took the engine out, filed down the metal.” These precautions were to make the chainsaw “con-safe”, as there are always weapon checkpoints.
He is currently adding the finishing touches to his Han Solo (from Solo: A Star Wars Story) for the big Dublin convention. Superheroes are not just beautiful bodies, Chris believes.
“There is the generic cookie-cutter muscle man with ridiculous proportions. Their looks are totally unattainable but in their actions these characters give you something to strive towards. They are usually the best versions of humanity.”
Lauren Murphy grew up playing computer games with her dad and watching horror films with her mum. “Both my parents love sci-fi and fantasy and action movies. They brought me to my first Star Trek convention in Malahide when I was a five.
“My mam is obsessed with horror. Every week she asks me, ‘Are there any more horror films on?’
“When I was younger, my dad and I would play Tomb Raider until three in the morning. He plays Call of Duty now in his gaming chair. He’s like 63.”
Ten years ago, Murphy, a graduate of film and collector of fantasy novels and comic books, was invited to a convention in Dublin. On the first day, she didn’t dress up. “The second day I thought, ‘I’ll put on my Bad Girl dress.’ I realised quickly it was a very nice sort of community – it was very welcoming.”
She now judges competitions and cosplays heavily, creating all her costumes with her bare hands, learning new skills using specialised equipment. She has cosplayed as a female Freddy Krueger and when she was a child, her favourite character was Ellen Ripley from Alien. But these days she more often goes out as Tinkerbelle, visiting St John’s Ward in Crumlin Children’s Hospital and bringing some magic to very sick children.
This August, she and Chris Brown (left) will travel to Dragon Con in Atlanta and Murphy is hard at work creating Kassandra, a mercenary for hire in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, who requires complicated new techniques. “There’s a lot of leatherette and Worbla, a thermoplastic – it’s very sandy and gritty to work with and requires a heat gun.” She has been working out in preparation. “Kassandra’s physique is quite tall and athletic and she has quite defined muscles in her arms. I’m only 5ft 1in. And I’m a lot curvier.” Inspiration comes from action and adventure games for this self-confessed “massive gamer”.
“I’ve played upwards of 150 hours with Assassin’s Creed. I look at it from a story aspect. It’s like sitting watching a movie that you’re interacting in, which I just love.” Through cosplay she fulfilled her dream of turning into Lara Croft from Tomb Raider and made a special appearance at the premiere in Dublin. She makes no money from cosplaying, doing it for love only. “It’s very hard to make money from.”
If you want to see her at DCC, look for Mary Marvel from Shazam! and Eleven from Stranger Things, the second series. Her parents are fully behind their daughter’s hobby, making the box bedroom into a walk-in wardrobe for her costumes and giving her half the garden shed for making props.
“I’ve lost count of how many costumes I have.”
(aka Bambi Lashes)
Fashion design student Catriona Whelan (pictured) has won significant cosplaying titles, including Irish finalist for Euro Cosplay 2019. It was through cosplaying that she realised she wanted to work in fashion design. She is now an assistant at Fi Bourke’s studio in Celbridge and studies at Dublin’s Grafton Academy at night. “I originally did my degree in English in Maynooth, and then worked in admin for a while. I was just doing cosplay as a hobby. Then I realised that I love sewing and that this is what I want to do.”
She is particularly proud of her Princess Peach from Super Mario, her Taylor Venus Japanese anime and her historically accurate Belle from Beauty and the Beast dress, based on an original Marie Antoinette costume.
“What I discovered was that what I most loved was making the costumes. Wearing them was fun but most of all I loved creating them.
In October, when she is flown to London for the Euro Cosplay finals, Whelan will pay tribute to her favourite film, Labyrinth. She is in the midst of creating Sarah’s ballroom dress, which is taking her about eight months and hundreds of euro, and requires “a whole lot of fabric”.
“There are seven layers of very floaty fabrics – an iridescent organza, lace, tulle, satin. A huge hoop skirt and a corset. I’m styling a lace-front wig; I’m making her shoes from scratch, her hairpieces and her jewellery.”
She likes to salvage materials in her sewing room at home in Celbridge. “I often repurpose old costumes, take them apart and use them again. A lot of steel bones go into corsets: I take out all the bones, take the zipper out and use it for another corset.
“I’m quite reserved and shy in my ordinary life, but I always find that in a costume I feel more outgoing. It’s like, I’m so big and ostentatious in this costume, then why not act it too? It brings me out of my shell. A costume gives me energy. Once you put on a big princess costume, you feel like a princess – you get caught up in that.
“It’s a great way to express creativity and to push yourself. I’ve learnt so many skills that I never would have known about. It’s so social as well. My friends and I have sewing days where we get together and help each other tackle different challenges.
“Hand-sewing and embroidery are so relaxing, you don’t even notice the time going by.”
This October, Bambi Lashes will meet her greatest challenge yet – creating a two-minute performance at the spectacular event. “You can make stage sets. I’m hoping to recreate the ballroom backdrop and the dance. You can’t bring on a partner, but I’m thinking of something to do with puppetry. It’s a bit nerve-racking.
“It is lovely to be going as the Irish representative. The standard is crazy.”
Animator Kristi O’Connor has been photographed at cosplay since she was 15. She and her family had just returned from Dubai and she fancied a new hobby. “Dublin Comic Con was just a tiny event then, and mostly teenagers. Nowadays ‘nerd culture’ is a lot more common, and it’s branching out to all ages.”
When you’re going through that awkward teen phase, if you’re dressing up as someone else, you feel more relaxed. It opens up a conversation – you can find an instant common ground that otherwise might be missing.”
O’Connor works as a compositor for Boulder Media, the Dublin animation studio making My Little Pony and Transformers: Rescue Bots. She has been steeped in fantasy and sci-fi since a child. “My parents are big Trekkies. Our entire family are total nerds.”
O’Connor’s cosplay staple is a jumpsuit. She commissions artists online to create patterns for each character and alters the suit with her sewing machine.
“I really like making props, especially from Worbla. I recently got a heat gun and it’s just been life-changing. Before that I was using a hairdryer – I could be there for hours.”
“There’s been times when money is a bit tight and I’ll use a really chill costume like Mary Jane Watson from Spider-Man – it’s just a catsuit with a printed design. That’s a useful one to whip out.”
Not everything works out as planned. Turning herself into D’Vorah – bug queen from Mortal Kombat – involved eye-covering contact lenses, a yellow jumpsuit and cape, and a year of slogging. “I wore it to a work party and it broke… it didn’t get a second outing.”
Her recent move from Offaly to Dublin has meant little space to store these costumes. “You know when you read about those bedrooms with just a single bed and one little wardrobe? Yeah, I’m in one of those. Recently I had to purchase a separate Ikea wardrobe in the living room to store everything. Luckily my housemates are nice about it.”
A cosplay group was closed down recently by Facebook because the costumes were considered too explicit. Does O’Connor feel that some cosplay is an excuse to wear tiny, tight outfits? “Certainly those kinds of sexualised costumes are more prominent,” says O’Connor. “Especially with the internet now, you can make money by sexualising anything on the internet.”
At DCC she will go as Catra, a frenemy of the eponymous heroine from She-Ra, which is on Netflix. “I’ve sewn up the bodysuit. The hardest part is going to be making the teeth because she has pointy cat teeth. I’m going to use malleable plastic. She’ll have a big, poofy cat wig and then I’m going to make ears from brown fur.”
Cosplay has not only allowed her to indulge her love of Pokémon, The Muppets and Disney but given her “some of the best friends that you could ever ask for”. Surely she won’t ever cosplay as one of the Muppets, though?
“Oh, no?” she replies. “Watch me.”
A striking resemblance to a Marvel superhero led fitness coach and influencer Ben Mudge into “casual cosplaying”, as he calls it. One day he picked up a Thor hammer – Thor being the king of the Norse gods from the Marvel franchise – and posted a selfie.
“It was just me in the back garden with my shirt off on a sunny day, with the hammer. I’d started to grow my hair out, and people were telling me I looked like Chris Hemsworth. It went pretty viral.”
Growing up in Belfast with cystic fibrosis, Mudge had an affinity with superheroes. “I loved Superman, Spider-Man. I felt I had a special connection to them. When they didn’t have their costumes on, they just looked like normal people. I felt like that was me with my cystic fibrosis – from the outside, I looked normal, but I knew there was something else about me that none of my friends had.
“I had to take tablets with everything I eat, and still do, because my pancreas doesn’t work. I had to do a lot of physio. I had to do nebulisers. I went to hospital in Belfast every three months. I got told when I was a teenager that my life expectancy wasn’t as good as my friends’, and this was always in the back of my mind.”
A costume supplier made him a deal: if Mudge invested in a Thor costume, he would make the money back just by wearing it. A foam Thor outfit was custom-made, complete with runic detail, and Mudge attracted a fan club online. But when he introduced the nebuliser into the frame, his character was really born. The image of an invulnerable hero taking his medication struck a chord with kids with cystic fibrosis.
“Parents started sending me messages saying, ‘My kid thinks Thor has CF like them,’ or, ‘It’s making them take their nebulisers and their medication.'” He began a weekly Instagram series he called Thorsday, encouraging kids with CF that they could be warriors too.
He can’t meet the kids in person due to the risk of cross-contamination in cystic fibrosis – but he steps into character for FaceTimes with kids and their parents.
“I drop my voice a bit lower and they’re sold. They either freak out and run around and show me all their toys or else they freeze and get really shy. It is so cute.”
As well as his charitable work, he can be found carrying the five-kilo hammer at cons, being mobbed for a photo.
Much more than getting his money back on the costume, Mudge is making a modest profit. “I get pretty well paid, considering what I’m doing. At London Comic Con, I got paid £500 for the weekend, which was nice.”
Dublin Comic Con takes place in the Convention Centre, Dublin, on August 10 and 11. Tickets priced from €21 (children’s tickets from €10). See dublincomiccon.com
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"Today's agreement is the first step on the road to success," Landsbergis said in a press release on Monday evening after EU foreign ministers agreed to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials deemed responsible for the jailing of Navalny and a crackdown on his supporters.
"It is important not to limit ourselves to individuals who are directly responsible for the conviction of Alexei Navalny," he said. "We must seek to put on the sanctions list also those whom the regime has used to orchestrate the case against Navalny, including persons from Putin’s inner circle."
The agreement on sanctions has shown that the EU can react both quickly and unanimously, according to the minister.
"If we want to help civil society in Russia, the best way to do this is to impose sanctions on those Russian judges and prosecutors, who are part of the corrupt law enforcement system and legitimize the systematic repression of Russia's democratic institutions, free media and political opposition by the regime," he said.
The targeted individuals have not been named yet.
Navalny's associates had urged the EU to hit oligarchs accused of funding Putin's rule with sanctions. Diplomats say the current sanctions target those directly linked to the crackdown.
The EU has already hit Russia with sanctions over the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the fueling of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Last October, the bloc sanctioned six Russian officials over the poisoning of Navalny with the nerve agent Novichok.
The latest sanctions will be imposed under the EU's new human rights regime.
"Sanctions under the EU global human rights sanctions regime can be imposed on those responsible for the acts of genocide, crimes against humanity and other serious human rights violations or abuses (e.g. torture, slavery, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests or detentions). Other human rights abuses can also fall under the scope of the sanctions regime where those violations are widespread, systematic or are otherwise of serious concern," the ministry said in the press release.


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