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The Master of Science (M.S.) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (60 semester hours) seeks to prepare graduates who establish a professional identity as professional counselors with a concentration in mental health. Our graduates:
- Have specialized knowledge and skills for mental health service delivery
- Have general knowledge of the influence of context on theories of human behavior, human development, and human relating
- General knowledge and experience with treatment modalities appropriate for a broad range of mental health service settings
- Have knowledge and respect for the influences of culture/ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic class
- Are prepared to provide competent professional service and leadership within the mental health field upon graduation
The M.S. program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). It is designed to equip students with the training and knowledge necessary to attain their Licensed Counseling Associate credentialing and pursue a number of post-degree supervised clinical experiences. Graduates of this program may achieve full licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Arkansas and clinical recognition as a National Certified Counselor. Clinical Mental Health Counseling students are also prepared to continue their studies in doctoral programs.
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Didsbury Library Rape - Arrest Made
A man has been arrested after a woman was raped in south Manchester. It happened in the early hours of Saturday 29 October 2011 behind Didsbury Library.
A 42-year-old man has now been arrested on suspicion of rape and has been bailed until 23 January 2012 pending further inquiries.
Detective Inspector Mark Radford, of Didsbury CID, said: "We know this incident caused a lot of speculation and unrest in the community, and that is why it is important we make people aware that we have made an arrest.
"I also want to stress that we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this rape so I do not want residents to be unduly alarmed.
"Officers are continuing to investigate and we will keep the community informed of any developments."
Anyone who has information should call Didsbury CID on 0161 856 6152 or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Anyone who has been a victim of rape or sexual assault can contact Greater Manchester Police on 0161 872 5050 or 999 in an emergency. GMP has specially trained officers in place to provide a first class response to victims and help support them through the criminal justice process.
St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester, can also be contacted on 0161 276 6515. This provides a comprehensive and coordinated forensic, counselling and medical aftercare service to anyone in Greater Manchester who has experienced rape or sexual assault. Services are available on a 24-hour basis and people can access them either as a self-referral or via Greater Manchester Police.


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In two days Mortal Shell will go on sale on Steam. At the same time, The Virtuous Cycle expansion will launch on all platforms. On the occasion, the developers decided to make the DLC available for free to owners of the basic version of the game. The offer is limited in time and will last from August 18 to 22. After that time, the expansion will be available for the full price of $7.99.
The Virtuous Cycle will introduce a gameplay mode inspired by roguelike games. It will offer a constantly changing world, making each approach to the game a completely different. Apart from that, the DLC will introduce over a hundred unique improvements.
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Nov. 2 – Bike to City Hall with Chad West, Paul Ridley and Jesse Moreno
Bike to City Hall with Chad West, Paul Ridley and Jesse Moreno. Meet at 401 N Harwood for a group photo at 7:30 a.m. and then bike to City Hall at 8 a.m. This event will be followed by a press event at 8:30 a.m.
- Dec. 6 – Wine and Cheese with Paula Blackmon
- Dec 06 2022
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For Immediate Release
September 12, 2007
Illinois State Board of Education announces $1 million to support agriculture education in Illinois
300 schools to receive additional funds to invest in agriculture programs; seven high schools starting new ag education programs
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) today announced $1 million in agricultural education incentive grants that will be distributed to 300 schools around the state for the 2007-2008 school year. The grants will help schools upgrade equipment, train teachers and develop curriculum to educate children about the state’s number one industry. In addition, the grants assisted seven high schools in starting new agricultural programs this year.
“These grants offer both the students and the schools great dividends. When a student is involved in an agricultural education program, they are learning more than just agriculture,” said Christopher Koch, State Superintendent of Education. “Agricultural education is multidisciplinary and therefore reinforces what is being taught in the core subjects of science, language arts, mathematics and social science.”
The incentive grants will support local program improvement including technology, equipment and curriculum development, teacher training, field support services, program coordination, pilot projects, and other initiatives. All schools offering approved programs in agricultural education at the high school level are eligible to apply for incentive grants.
High school agricultural education teaches and reinforces science, math, language arts and social science principles. Major areas of instruction in secondary agricultural education include: Agricultural Business, Agricultural Mechanics & Technology, Horticulture, Agricultural Sciences, and Environmental/Natural Sciences. Seven high schools are starting agricultural education programs for the 2007-2008 school year and include:
- Belvidere North High School, Belvidere
- Freeport High School, Freeport
- Johnston City High School, Johnston City
- Mattoon High School, Mattoon
- Momence High School, Momence
- Urbana High School, Urbana
- Watseka Community High School, Watseka
Only a small percentage of those people working in agricultural industry are involved in production agriculture, the rest work in agribusiness, communications, science, government, education, processing and distribution, marketing and sales, as well as other occupations that serve the farmer or the total agricultural industry. The Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education (ILCAE) reports that less than 2 percent of the United States population is directly involved in the production of food, yet 24.4 percent of the civilian workforce in Illinois is employed in agriculture related careers.
Other agricultural education facts:
- 78 percent of the agricultural programs receive academic course credit in math, science, social studies, language arts, or consumer economics.
- In 2006, there were 26,329 agricultural education students – 9,075 were female, or 34 percent.
- Demographics of an agriculture student: 60 percent live in a town or city; 27 percent live in a rural area; 9 percent are minority.
Since 1989, ISBE has awarded more than $12 million in incentive grants to schools. The grants are awarded through regional Education for Employment partnerships. Each partnership consists of a grouping of school districts with a board of control made up of the superintendents or their representative from each district.
Agricultural education in Illinois is supported by a statewide agricultural education team that includes the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education (ILCAE), the Governor-appointed Illinois Committee for Agricultural Education (ICAE), Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), Illinois FFA and its associated groups, Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers (IAVAT), Illinois Association Community College Agriculture Instructors (IACCAI), University Council, Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom and FCAE.
A complete list of schools receiving the grants can be found online at: http://www.isbe.net/pdf/ag_ed_allocations_08.pdf.


Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly used $100 million in funds he stole from his customers to make political campaign contributions
Sam Bankman-Fried has been charged by the US Department of Justice’s Criminal Division for using more than $100M in illegal campaign funding.
Federal prosecutors said the money was paid in hopes of influencing rules over cryptocurrency.
Sam Bankman-Fried in hot water
Federal prosecutors have filed an indictment accusing 31-year-old former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried of misappropriating customers’ funds. The indictment noted that SBF gave directives to two FTX executives to exceed contribution limits and donate to Republican and Democrats candidates. The executives were to conceal the source of the funds.
Bankman-Fried is charged with seven counts of conspiracy and fraud over FTX’s collapse. His criminal fraud trial is still pending to begin in October.
“He leveraged this influence, in turn, to lobby Congress and regulatory agencies to support legislation and regulation he believed would make it easier for FTX to continue to accept customer deposits and grow,” the indictment said.
Sam Bankman-Fried was one of the largest donors to the American midterm elections. He donated across party lines, even making a $5.2M donation to the Joe Biden’s Presidential campaigns
The filing also noted that during the eve of the fall of FTX, the disgraced founder made false reassurances to customers in hope to retain deposits by slowing withdrawals.
The new management of the exchange threatened legal action against anyone who refused to return the donations last year.
FTX, an empire of facade
FTX went bust in November 2022, but the disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried was jailed yesterday after his $250M bail was revoked.
Judge Lewis Kaplan found Sam Bankman-Fried to have committed witness tampering and remanded him.
The MIT graduate previously said he gave money to Democrats but after the collapse of FTX, he admitted that he also funded Republicans.
These charges are the latest in a long line of indictments against SBF. Federal prosecutors had initially charged him with eight counts of fraud at FTX in December 2022. In February 2023, a superseding indictment was filed with 12 counts. Then another was filed in March with 13 counts, adding one count of allegedly bribing a Chinese official.
SBF rode the crypto boom but built an empire of lies that soon crashed. The former FTX founder was banking on campaign funding tactic to weed out anti-crypto politicians.
The indictment also alleges he “used these connections with politicians and government officials to falsely burnish the public image of FTX as a legitimate exchange.”
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The violence that was done to the Constitution and to the “regular order” of the Senate last week as the Senate Republican leadership tried to ram through a bill – any bill – aimed at “reforming” American health care, must not be dismissed as some ugly aberration that could never happen again. Instead, the carnage needs to be understood as a predictable symptom of an illness that has been progressing for decades within the GOP, gradually transforming this once proud party from a national governing institution to one reflecting the insecure and self-protecting conservatism often associated with the South.
I can’t claim credit for that observation. I stole it from long-time congressional scholar Norm Ornstein who told us four years ago that there is not one Republican Party but five – three that mostly try to shape the actions of just one of the three branches of the national government and two other parties that, by and large, reflect the attitudes and mindsets prevalent in either the cosmopolitan North or more ethnically homogeneous South.
And for Ornstein, the House and Southern Republican parties that are now in the driver’s seat “are more concerned with ideological purity and tribal politics than they are with building a durable, competitive national party base to win presidential and Senate majorities.”
Most of these House members are in no danger of losing their seats or their hegemony in their states -- so long as they cater to the base. And so, these members “will be resistant to changes in social policy that reflect broad national opinion; resistant to any policies or rhetoric, including but not limited to immigration, that would appeal to Hispanics, African-Americans, or Asian-Americans; and resistant to policies like Medicaid expansion or Head Start that would ameliorate the plight of the poor.”
They will also be more inclined, says Ornstein, “to use voter-suppression methods to reduce the share of votes cast by those population groups than to find ways to appeal to them.”
A little more than a decade ago, political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson wrote a book called Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy. In it they sought to delineate the reasons the GOP was ratcheting ever more to the right in defiance of those moderating factors that for generations anchored American politics in what we once confidently called “the vital center.”
The professors cited a number of contributing causes, one of which was right wing control of the party’s purse strings, thus deciding which candidates would get GOP financial support and which ones wouldn’t (Hint: moderate RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only, need not apply). There was also the practice of running hard core conservatives in Republican primaries against liberal or moderate GOP incumbents, even those who had served in Congress for decades and were in powerful committee or leadership positions -- well placed, in other words, to bring home the federal bacon to their constituents. The rise of conservative talk radio and other right-leaning media like Fox News were also factors listed as helping to keep Republican lawmakers in line with conservative dogma.
But most important of all was the organizing and empowering of what used to be called the Radical Right but today might be better identified as Trump’s most loyal and hard core base. It was this group, accounting for perhaps 25 to 30 percent of the electorate, that was able to exert influence on the Republican Party disproportionate to its actual numbers. Once the GOP had been captured and secured, this base could then move on to take control of the country.
It was this group’s invisible handiwork that was evident in the otherwise inexplicable and shameful behavior seen in the Senate last week.
To anyone paying attention to the changing character of the GOP, what should have been utterly unsurprising was the unsettling spectacle of Republican Senate leaders last week throwing together a bill in the dark of night affecting the health and well-being of tens of millions of Americans -- and then recklessly tossing that bill onto the Senate floor without hearings or public notice just two hours before senators were expected to vote on it. That this travesty came within one vote of succeeding – and would have had not three Republican senators stood athwart history and yelled “Stop” when no one else seemed inclined to – is a close call that should worry us all.
I know there are Republicans who will claim that Obamacare, too, was “rammed” through the process. But by “ram” these Republicans do not mean the amount of time devoted to passing the bill (more than a year) or the dozens of public hearings held to debate the bill’s merits. By “ram” what Republicans really mean is that Obamacare passed without a single Republican vote. It does not seem to matter that this result was guaranteed from the start once Mitch McConnell announced his single aim as Republican Senate Leader was to make Obama a one term president by denying him any significant legislative victories – which Obamacare was.
The embarrassing scene we witnessed last week -- as some senators openly admitted they were voting in favor of legislation they privately hoped would never pass -- is the logical consequence of a party totally beholden to its most active and ideological base, one for whom compromise is not an option and responsive, responsible governing takes a back seat to the politics of the permanent campaign where annihilating one’s political “enemies” is the only reason for winning political power.

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The present book is the fourth in a series comprising a complete survey of English Literature; it covers the topics related to rhetoric and prosody. The book also contains essays on literary and non-literary topics, which would help the readers get a better understanding of the language. The topics covered in the book include the history of the English Language, phonetics, figures of speech and terms related to prosody. The book also contains possible questions after each topic is covered, which would be beneficial for the readers. The book aims primarily at catering to the needs of the students of English literature, however the lucid language and easy-to-follow style makes the book an appealing read for anyone who is interested in the subject.
About the Author
Dr Tapan Raychaudhuri has taught English Language and Literature for over forty years. He has numerous publications in many standard and academic journals of reputation to his credit.

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We propose a nonlocal entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) for -photon systems in a partially entangled state, resorting to some ancillary single photons and the parity-check measurement based on cross-Kerr nonlinearity. One party in quantum communication first performs a parity-check measurement on her photon in an -photon system and an ancillary photon, and then she picks up the even-parity instance for obtaining the standard state. When she obtains an odd-parity instance, the system is in a less-entanglement state, and it is the resource in the next round of entanglement concentration. By iterating the entanglement concentration process several times, the present ECP has a total success probability approaching the limit in theory. The present ECP has the advantage of a high success probability. Moreover, the present ECP requires only the -photon system itself and some ancillary single photons, not two copies of the systems, which decreases the difficulty of its implementation greatly in experiment. It may have good applications in quantum communication in the future.
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One big good thing about finding a unsecured loan is it’s going to probably provide a lower life expectancy interest than a charge card. To put it differently, placing a bigger purchase such as for instance a vehicle fix, fridge or holiday on a charge card may cost more over time than if you decide to get yourself a loan that is personal.
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A unsecured loan could additionally assist you to reduce your overall out-of-pocket investing every month. You can use a personal loan to pay off some or all of those balances if youвЂ™re making monthly payments on several high-interest credit cards. Your brand-new payment per month, on that solitary personal bank loan, most most most most most likely will soon be less than your previous quantity due every month.
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A lower life expectancy interest is not truly the only advantage of a loan that is personal bank card consolidation. Because this procedure decreases the sheer number of individual re re payments youвЂ™ll make each thirty days, you probably will discover handling your cash and arranging your bills easier.
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In the long run, a unsecured loan could assist increase your credit history. This ratio goes down вЂ” and your score likely will go up while outstanding balances impact your credit utilization ratio (and, thus, lower your score), as you build a good payment history. On-time payments are one of the primary facets in determining your credit history.
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Finally, a loan that is personal often a faster and much more simple application procedure than many other forms of loans. YouвЂ™ll need less papers to utilize, and youвЂ™ll obtain a decision вЂ” as well as your financing вЂ” sooner.
Keep in mind: Even though there are truly advantageous assets to getting your own loan over other lending alternatives, it is a good idea to just just simply just just take away that loan in the event that you absolutely need one.
Once you make an application for a loan that is personal the lending company will think about a few facets, as well as your credit rating, income as well as other bills. Therefore before beginning the applying procedure, you should obtain a good summary of your present financial predicament.
First, you really need to look at your credit rating to discover exactly visit their site exactly how loan providers will certainly see you. (for legal reasons, you can easily request your credit file free of charge onetime per year from all the three major credit agencies.)
Next, you really need to work out how much you need certainly to borrow and exactly how this quantity might influence your month-to-month spending plan. You should use a free of charge loan that is online device to ascertain just how much your payment per month may be, predicated on different rates of interest and loan terms. This workout will assist you to understand how much you are able to pay for which help you get ready for the method that you could need to adjust your allowance which will make space for the loan re re re re re payment.
Once you look at your credit and do just a little math that is preliminary the next actions should be to research borrowing options and financing institutions, opt for a loan provider that fits your requirements and start the application form procedure.
YouвЂ™re not alone if you have subpar credit. Because of the numerous programs currently available, it’s possible for you really to secure an individual loan despite having subpar credit.
Loan providers have actually various ways of determining interest and approval price, plus the most frequent may be the credit rating. Numerous organizations, including Lanco Federal Credit Union, set various rates which are predicated on a selection of credit ratings. For authorized borrowers who possess a rating from the entry level, that will suggest a greater apr (APR), causing more income compensated to interest. The typical credit rating in the usa is 703, with a reasonable rating dropping between 580 and 669, based on Experian.
One good way to boost your odds of getting that loan approval would be to use with a qualified co-signer, such as for example a partner, buddy or other close general. Some organizations will make use of the average of one’s credit ratings, although some such as for instance Lanco FCU should determine the price in line with the greatest credit score that is applicant. It is necessary that both both you and your co-signer realize the position to settle the mortgage and just how credit is impacted.
Imagine if you have got no credit? an unsecured loan can|loan that is personal} additionally assistance with this Catch-22. You canвЂ™t explain to you are creditworthy if you donвЂ™t have credit or loan card yet. A share secured loan can help you to start building credit in this case. Each month for the maximum benefit to your credit history and score as always, be sure to make on-time payments. Otherwise, it may be tough to get authorized for short term loans as time goes on.
In the event the loan is certainly not for an urgent situation and you have the means to do therefore, think about keeping down on your own purchase for some months if itвЂ™s just a small boost while you improve your credit score, even. Having a small persistence, you can get to for which you have to be for the approval, and for a lesser interest.
ItвЂ™s a relevant concern we hear a whole lot: are credit unions better for personal loans than banking institutions? Although credit unions and banks provide comparable individual banking solutions, key distinctions to think about. Banks are for-profit businesses owned by their investors while credit unions are not-for-profit cooperatives owned by their users. Unlike bank clients, people of a credit union must share a standard relationship such as for example residing in equivalent community or doing work for a particular manager. Numerous credit unions, in reality, are community-oriented and frequently have objective which involves helping market well-being that is financial its users.
Lots of people go with a credit union because their lender for the people reasons, but there are many advantages individual solution and regional ties. Because credit unions Lanco FCU donвЂ™t response to investors, extra profits tend to be came back to people competitive rates of interest and reduced charges. Credit unions are recognized to give consideration to the picture that is big of situation, not merely a credit rating.
Credit unions might further show their interest within their peopleвЂ™ well-being with offerings such as for instance Lanco FCUвЂ™s Debt Protection Program , that could alleviate you of some or your unsecured loan stability or re re payments in the face of a protected unexpected life occasion.

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One of the city's fine dining gems is set back discreetly in a courtyard of one of the main streets of city centre.
a walking distance from Mezhdunarodnaya Hotel.
The Antonio Restaurant has lavish design, but done very well to provide a warm and graceful environment. Exquisite decor and attention to detail. The restaurant has 3 floors. The ground floor is open and well lit, presented by Italian trattoria in Roman style with wood furniture and arched brick niches. There is a white piano and a bronze fountain in the centre of the light and spacious room. The first floor interior is a bit more formal, made in a very elegant style and is painted with light pastel colours. "Botanika" ("Botany") hall is a room in green colours with a rich herbarium on the wall. The second floor houses a lounge with a big sofa upholstered in red velvet and is more intimate.
Capacity of the Antonio Restaurant is 170 seats.
European. The menu is extensive, though holding to traditional Italian dishes. The Antonio Restaurant is particularly proud of its pate foie gras like the Terrine di Foie Gras or the Foie Gras al Torcione con Gelato al Marsala as appetizers. Excellent pizzas are on offer, as well as calzone. The Antonio Restaurant takes its tiramisu very seriously and even offers two variants of it.

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Region of Peel– Investigators from the 21 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau are seeking witnesses for a shooting incident that occurred near a residence in the City of Brampton.
On Monday, July 27, 2020, police received a 911 call at 5:54 a.m., for shots that had been fired outside a residence on Julian Drive in Brampton. Officers arrived on scene and located three adults with gunshot injuries and, a fourth adult was found suffering from injuries that were later determined not to be gunshot related.
A 28-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were transported to a trauma centre. A 30-year-old man and a 32-year-old man were transported to a local hospital. All injuries were deemed to be non-life threatening.
The investigation has revealed that the residence where the shooting occurred, was an Airbnb rental property that was being used for a large party. Peel Regional Police and the City of Brampton By-Law Enforcement had jointly attended this same property due to noise complaints on both Saturday, July 25, 2020 and Sunday, July 26, 2020. In both cases, Brampton By-law officers laid charges under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and Noise By-law. The illegal social gatherings were dispersed on both occasions.
Investigators are appealing to anyone with information or who may have dashcam video in the area of the incident, to contact investigators with the 21 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at (905)453-2121 ext. 2133. Information may also be left anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or by visiting peelcrimestoppers.ca.
For media inquiries, please contact the on-duty Media relations Officer at (905) 453-2121, ext.4027.

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Madison County is preparing to celebrate.
The county will turn 100 years old in 2013.
Organizers announced a series of celebrations Monday, which will begin Feb. 18 with a ribbon-cutting at the Madison County Courthouse. Festivities will continue with the addition of a brand-new park, a big 4th of July parade and the county fair with carnival rides for the first time.
The fair will also feature big name performers like Sawyer Brown and Starship.
“We’re excited with many of the events that we have to commemorate all those that have built — the pioneering families — this Madison County,” said Christine Campbell, marketing director for the centennial celebration.
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Authors: Karim Miské
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Jean’s head reappears in the doorway.
“Oh, boss. I asked our colleagues in the eighteenth to lead the investigation into the phone booth in front of 37, rue Ordener, where the call reporting the murder was made from. No response yet. Could you keep after them? They must have groomed a few useful friends among all the dealers and junkies who hang out around there. It would be nice if they gave us a hand on this one . . . We’ll return the favor, of course!”
A violet Post-it on Jean’s red desk lamp reads:
“Ah, Jean! Listen, I get off tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. I’ve gotten us a meeting in Châtelet—the Sarah Bernhardt café—at 6:30 p.m. with Dr. Germain. He’d prefer me to be there too. If you’re free why don’t we go for a Vietnamese at the New Locomotive afterward? I’ll have my car.”
“Great, thanks Léna! I’ve got to make a move—see you tomorrow.”
Rachel is briefing Gomes, a young twenty-five-year-old officer with light brown hair held up with gel. Studious and concentrated, he is religiously noting down every single word that passes his colleague’s full lips. Find Laura Vignola’s parents. Born Niort, February 25, 1978. Under no circumstances should you call them—just try to find out as much about them as possible. Apparently Laura and her parents had a frosty relationship . . . Could he make a start on working out why? She thanks him with a weary smile before turning on her heel and joining Jean in the corridor.
“Well the psychiatrist has agreed to see me. I would rather go alone, but he’s asked for Léna to be there too . . . I’m having dinner with her afterward,” he adds, a touch flustered.
“Léna! Well, if it’s not broken . . .”
“You’re a pain in the ass, you know! We go for dinner once a month. She’s the only childhood friend I have left. You grew up in Paris. You wouldn’t have a clue what it feels like, losing your roots.”
Rachel smiles without saying a word. For them, seduction is a game that never plays out. One night, after a particularly tense operation in a Cameroonian squat, the two of them had gone on a bar-crawl along rue Oberkampf. They ended up in Cythéa at 3:00 a.m. After dancing for half an hour to remixed Bollywood tunes, the stress had eased completely. Slumped in front of their Abbaye beers, their conversation became flirty. Jean had looked Rachel straight in the eye, not saying a word. She turned the tables.
“What are you thinking about right now?”
“Do you really want to know?”
“About this . . .”
He leaned in and kissed her. Rachel responded to his lips with an energy that surprised and terrified him. A fear of not being up to it; of not wanting it enough. A familiar old defense mechanism. In general, girls didn’t pick up on it. Pretended not to, anyway. Once you’ve kissed, you’ve got to push on through, right? Rachel had pulled back, puzzled.
“What exactly are you looking for?” she asked.
“If only I knew.”
The spell was broken. A cloud descended over Jean. Rachel defused the situation.
“One: we work together . . . it would be a damn shambles, a complete nightmare. Two: it was worth a try, otherwise we’d always have it lurking at the back of our minds. Three: stop sulking like that or I’ll leave immediately, which would be a bummer for me as my glass is empty and it’s your round!”
Jean laughed. Not very heartily, but he did laugh.
“You know, it’s nothing to do with you. I enjoy your company, it’s fun getting smashed together. That’s what life’s about. But deep inside me—here in my chest—there’s a burden that weighs me down and never completely goes away.”
Five minutes later, they were back at the bar getting some beers. Rachel had given him a tiny peck on the cheek.
“That’s why we could never be lovers. You’re too gloomy for me. With all the family and ethnic baggage I have to lug around, it’s a matter of surviving mentally. I will always choose life.
She raised her glass.
“It’s Hebrew, it means ‘to life!’.”
They clinked glasses.
It had come up two or three times, always on Rachel’s initiative. It mattered to her that the facts were straight and that her memory of it was preserved.
Nowadays, several months later, she likes to mess around with him, tease him. She’s essentially a bit jealous, in a sisterly sort of way. Neither of them has siblings and they cherish the bond that was so lacking in their younger years.
Barely a five-minute walk to Onur’s restaurant, the Antalya Royal Kebab. It’s the last joint on avenue Jean-Jaurès. Jean imagines a massive road sign warning drivers:
WARNING! LAST KEBAB HOUSE BEFORE
He loves making silly jokes, but maybe now’s not the best time for this one. He decides to save it for later. They met Onur a few months back. An insignificant case involving his younger brother, Rüstem, dealing weed. They had let it slide on the understanding that Onur would handle it. Now the teenager is serving an apprenticeship as a
in Orléans, coming home on weekends to work at the family kebab shop. Onur—thirty years old, broad forehead, not a lot of hair left—welcomes them with a big smile.
“Salad, tomato, onions? This one’s on the house!”
He chuckles to himself, as he always does. The two police officers never go for the kebabs, which are weirdly called “Greek” sandwiches. They tend to prefer his honey-heavy pastries and the kind of strong black coffee you get in Istanbul. On top of this, they always insist on paying their way, a matter of principle.
“Thanks Onur, we’ll take two teas and two of your extra-sticky
Rachel lowers her voice just to be on the safe side. The only customer is a man—very pale and very thin—sitting by himself under the flat-screen, watching a Turkish music channel. A girl in a miniskirt is swaying her hips sexily on a beach. The volume is turned all the way down.
“And you’re going to do us a favor, too. We need a word with two of your regulars. Bintou and Aïcha. When they get here can you tell them that we’d like to meet them somewhere a little more private. Don’t worry—they haven’t done anything wrong, but it’s important. Reassure them and tell them to come find us at Café de la Musique. At the back on the left. Do you think they’ll listen to you?”
“Yes, I’ll tell them they can trust you. They’re good girls, you know . . . Nothing’s going to happen to them?”
“We’ll make sure nothing does. As far as possible.”
He looks Rachel in the eye. His voice catches slightly.
“I liked Laura very much. She was one of my customers . . .”
“Ah . . . so you’ve heard.”
“Everyone in the neighborhood has. Go and take a seat—I’ll bring your order over.”
Two minutes later, Onur is back. As he serves them, he says discreetly: “There’s a new drug doing the rounds. Pills similar to ecstasy, but with a different effect—stronger. They’re blue I think. I overheard some customers talking about them. They’d bought them very nearby, either in parc la Villette or by rue Petit. There you go, that’s it—I just wanted to warn you.”
The two lieutenants sit there in thoughtful silence. Barely three minutes later, two 23-year-old girls—tall and very beautiful—enter the kebab shop. The first has dark black skin and an Angela Davis hairstyle, and is wearing a white blouse and some flared jeans. On her feet are some yellow Onitsuka Tiger Asics sneakers. The other girl has a much fairer, almost milky, complexion and curly auburn hair tied up at the back with a shiny black clip. She is sporting Indian-style clothes: a shimmering green gown over white cotton pants and a pair of leather sandals. Blown away by this double vision of beauty, Jean and Rachel watch Onur lean toward them and indicate the table where the officers are sitting with an almost invisible nod, before carrying on talking. The students don’t turn around, listen to the end, and take their seats, only then stealing a glance over at Rachel. Onur tips some frozen chips into the metal basket and plunges them into the boiling oil. Jean and Rachel calmly finish their cake, get up, and pay.
“Thanks Onur, see you next time.”
Jean is so deep in thought that he doesn’t notice the colossal guy hurtling past him as he steps out of the kebab shop, literally sending him back inside. Stunned, Jean’s eyes stay on the man as he turns right down sente des Dorées. He instinctively makes a mental note of the man’s appearance: six foot two; two hundred and forty pounds; straggly, medium-length blond hair; blue shell-suit bottoms; bright-yellow zip-up nylon tracksuit jacket. A pure ’70s throwback. The image etches itself in his mind despite not catching his face. Weird. The stranger reminds him of somebody but he’s struggling to figure out who. An ominous family resemblance. He sees the man pile into Sam’s barber shop. Stranger by the second. He tenses up. Rachel grabs him by the elbow and drags him across the street toward parc de la Villette.
“Hey, wake up! We’ve got to get a move on or they’ll have finished their chips. And we don’t even know how we’re going to handle this. I wasn’t expecting them to be like that at all.”
They cross the road.
“What do you mean ‘like that’?”
“Serious bombshells, but not bimbos. Bright bombshells. In this neighborhood, that’s hardly the norm—it kind of threw me . . .”
“You know you can be called Bintou and Aïcha, live in the nineteenth and still go to college . . . Let them do the talking first—then just follow your gut feeling. You’re a girl, you grew up nearby—you can play the big sister card. In any case, they already know about Laura’s death along with everyone else in the area. All we need to know for now is where they are on the fear scale.”
“Wow! I’m going to write that one down. ‘The fear scale’ . . .”
Jean doesn’t rise to the bait. They enter the café in silence.
Same table and armchairs as this morning. The two lieutenants are pushing the boundaries of presentability. They barely slept a wink last night after staying up to write their preliminary report for the chief. Today’s been strange—a feeling of weightlessness as they’ve drifted between Ahmed, Fernanda, and a few telephone calls at the office. A day spent waiting for this meeting with Bintou and Aïcha. And now they are not even that sure what they’re doing here. Perhaps that is the right approach: not knowing, knowing nothing, being sure of nothing. Being open. Silence, pause, coffees. After five minutes the two friends appear and approach them nervously. Rachel smiles and motions at them to sit down. She addresses the young black girl.
“You must be Bintou?”
“And you’re Aïcha?”
The waiter arrives. Bintou orders a tomato juice and Aïcha has a cappuccino.
“Is this about Laura’s death?”
“What do you want to know?”
Rachel smiles sadly.
“Everything . . . We know virtually nothing about the late Mademoiselle Vignola apart from her job, that she was friends with you and . . .”—she pauses, hesitates, and decides not to bring up Ahmed right away—“. . . and that it would appear that she’d fallen out with her parents, though we don’t even know why. So you see we don’t have much to go on.”
Silence. The two friends look at each other. A quiet nod from Bintou. Aïcha gets things started.
“You know we heard about Laura last night around midnight. We were together at my place when Fernanda—Madame Vieira—called Bintou’s cell. She asked us to come see her. She said it was urgent and very important. She seemed extremely upset and didn’t want to say anything over the phone. I live around the corner—rue Eugène-Jumin. Five minutes later we were in her lodge. Fernanda looked distraught; white as a sheet. We’d never seen her like that and we’ve known her since we were little . . . We used to go around to her place and she’d make us bread with loads of butter and strawberry jam which we dipped in our Nesquik . . . She’s Lourdes’ mother—all our moms treated the other kids as if they were their own . . . She sat us down and was barely able to speak. “Laura, Laura . . .” That was all she could bring herself to say: just saying her first name over and over. We had already guessed but we didn’t want to believe it. Finally she let it all out in one breath. “Dead, killed, murdered.” I will never forget the way she said that, never in all my life. We wept together, all three of us, crying our eyes out. There you have it. That’s it. She didn’t see anything, apparently. Just heard the police talking to each other. It sounded horrible, but she spared us the details. At 2:00 a.m. we left and went back to my place. We had to be together. We kept on crying and fell asleep in each other’s arms. This morning we slept in. At 1:00 p.m. we left to go to school. We told ourselves that’s what Laura would have wanted. For us not to sink into despair; for this not to stop us from doing what we needed to do. She was a strong girl, Laura. But she had no enemies. I don’t get it . . . Who would do something like this? I don’t get it . . .”
Aïcha shakes her head. She is desolate, she has nothing more to say.
“No enemies?” Rachel says.
Bintou and Aïcha share a rather pained look. Silence. Bintou’s turn to speak.
“She had issues with her family. But I can’t imagine a parent doing something like that to their daughter—this isn’t Kurdistan . . .”
“What sort of issues?”
“The Vignolas are Jehovah’s Witnesses. Laura was brought up as one. Completely nuts! Anyone not like them is considered a demon, the world’s going to end tomorrow, no movie theater trips, no birthday celebrations . . . It’s pretty straightforward—basically everything is banned. Laura left when she turned eighteen. She started planning her escape when she was thirteen. Her parents never forgave her, preferred to consider her dead. She really struggled to get them out of her head—them and the Witnesses. She was really courageous. For years she lived in a hostel for young workers. She worked as a checkout girl at Carrefour during the day and learned English in the evening. Her dream ever since she was small had been to work as an air hostess for Air France. She persisted for six years and ended up getting recruited on the day of her twenty-sixth birthday. Three weeks later she moved here. She tried to go and visit her parents at least once a year, but they chased her off as though she was the devil incarnate. Her last attempt was less than two weeks ago. Hopeless, as ever.”


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Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most celebrated and revered figures in the history of classical music. While he is often associated with the Romantic era, he actually straddled the line between Classical and Romantic music. His music represents a pivotal moment in the development of Western classical music, as it emerged during the transition from the Classical era to the Romantic era.
Beethoven's early works were heavily influenced by the Classical tradition, particularly by the works of Haydn and Mozart. In fact, he saw himself as a continuation of their legacy, even dedicating his first published works to them. However, even in these early works, Beethoven demonstrated a boldness and originality that would set him apart from his predecessors.
In particular, Beethoven was known for his innovative approach to form. While classical composers typically adhered to strict rules of structure and form, Beethoven experimented with pushing those boundaries. He also expanded the scope of the orchestra and created grander, more virtuosic works that showcased the capabilities of each instrument.
Despite his departures from traditional forms, Beethoven's music still retained many aspects of the Classical style. His emphasis on melody, counterpoint, and clarity of expression were all hallmarks of the Classical era. However, he infused these elements with a heightened sense of emotion and drama, foreshadowing the expressive intensity of the Romantic era.
Perhaps no work embodies Beethoven's place in the intersection of Classical and Romantic music better than his Ninth Symphony. The final movement features a chorus singing Friedrich Schiller's "Ode to Joy," which celebrates the brotherhood of all humanity. This choral finale represented a radical departure from earlier symphonies, which typically ended with a purely instrumental movement. Yet, even in this dramatic gesture, Beethoven stayed true to classical principles, skillfully weaving the themes of the previous movements into the choral section.
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A record number of tourists from Russia will visit Vietnam in 2017
“The number of tourist arrivals from Russia to Vietnam for 10 months of 2017 increased by 38.3% against the same period of the last year - up to 457.3 thousand people”, - said the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), citing the Vietnamese National Tourism Authority. Over the past year 434,000 tourists from Russia visited Vietnam. Thus, the result for the 10 months of 2017 already exceeds the figures of entire 2016 year. The share of Russian tourist flow to Vietnam is about 4.4% of all international arrivals for 10 months of 2017 (10.5 million people). According to forecasts, the growth of the tourist flow from Russia will be at least 35-40% by the end of the year. As ATOR notes, the flow of tourists from Russia to Vietnam has been growing dynamically during the last five years, with the exception of a slight decline in 2015. The share of Russia in the general tourist flow also returns to pre-crisis levels, even despite the boom of Chinese arrivals to this country for the last two years. In 2012, the share of Russian tourists was 2.55%, in 2013 - 3.93%, in 2014 - 4.63%. Then there was a short-term decline - to 4.4% in 2015 and to 4.33% in 2016. Now the share of Russians in the total volume of tourists arriving to Vietnam has grown again up to 4.4%. At the same time, Russia leads in Vietnam by the number of tourists among all European destinations, almost double more than the number of tourists from UK (237,000 tourists) and France (208,000 tourists).


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Mount Everest is Mecca for all serious climbers; an opportunity to climb to a high camp on its slopes is as good as a summit attempt for many. Location and weather are the two biggest obstacles to overcome for such an adventure, and money can only help with one of them. The teenage protagonist of this tale has a biological father whom he has never met, and that man is a world-famous mountain climber. When the young man is facing a judge for inappropriate use of his climbing skills, he is reunited with his natural father and whisked off to Nepal to join a Himalayan expedition already in progress.
Smith is a master of the first-person voice, and his point of view as a young teen is sharp and believable. His descriptions of climbing equipment and techniques are easily understood for any reader, experienced or not. One can sometimes actually feel the cold weather as the writer tells us about the trek through the mountains and up the glaciers.
I did not think much of a couple of plot events; in fact, the entire story of how the teenager leaves the country is pretty far-fetched, and, in my opinion, borderline lame. Even though the kid is not meant to be a true delinquent, he seems to get off pretty easy considering how he ends up in the court system in the first place.
Once the story reaches Asia, however, it develops into a true page-turner and is a lot of fun to read. The development of the father character is very well done, and not as predictable as it appears. Very little ink is expended on the social aspects of the story, which I thought was too bad. Talented writers have the ability to discuss certain issues from which I believe their target audience would benefit, rather than just another adventure story.
Rated: Mild. Three mild swear words amid a half-dozen typical teen terms for body parts and functions.


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'Second-half Marcus' is back. And so is UNC (26-11, 11-7 ACC), into the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2012. With the win, the Tar Heels advance to the regional semifinals and will face the winner of Sunday’s game between West Region No. 1 seed Wisconsin and No. 8 seed Oregon.
“It feels great. At North Carolina, the expectations are always to make deep runs and advance in the tournament,” Paige said. “My freshman year, we played Kansas, they were a No. 1 seed and lost. Sophomore year, we had a great opportunity — lost to Iowa State, a great team. This year, you know, we finally got over that hump. Arkansas’ a great team, athletic, strong, physical. But we played Carolina basketball tonight. We weren’t perfect, but it was good enough to get us to the Sweet 16 and it feels good.”
The path to the Final Four, the Sweet 16 even, is a marathon, not a sprint. But don’t tell that to UNC or Arkansas — the two fastest teams in this year’s tournament field, according to data from college basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy.
On schedule, both teams came out fast Saturday night as UNC sought to run against Arkansas’ full-court press.
“We wanna run and get easy buckets. We feel like when a team presses us that’s welcoming us to get layups,” said sophomore guard Nate Britt, who finished the night with 10 points off the bench. “We always wanna make ‘em pay. Coach always says, ‘Make ‘em pay, make ‘em pay, make ‘em pay.’ I feel like early in the first half we struggled some knocking down some shots but after a while we got it going.”
The Tar Heels started the game 2-for-10 from the field despite ultimately taking a 39-36 halftime lead after shooting 16-for-40 from the floor in the first half.
“First of the game, they hit us right in the mouth and we stumbled a little bit,” Coach Roy Williams said.
But no player struggled more in the first half than Paige, who had only two points and was just 1-for-8 from the field, 0-for-3 from the 3-point line.
Eventually, 'Second-Half Marcus' was unleashed. The player that Johnson joked had been missing in action for a while started with a 3-pointer to put UNC ahead 54-52 with 13:25 left in the game.
Paige had 16 of UNC’s next 21 points over about an eight-minute span to give the Tar Heels their largest lead of the night at 75-63 with 5:38 left in the game.
“When you see him hit a deep 3 like he did in the second half, you can just kind of feel it coming,” Britt said. “You can feel that he’s getting locked in and that’s what he did tonight.”
Paige’s second-half performance fended off a 27-point, 10-rebound night from Arkansas guard Michael Qualls and an 18-point, 14-rebound effort from Arkansas forward and SEC Player of the Year Bobby Portis.
His late-game heroics made UNC’s foul trouble and lack of big men down the stretch a little easier to bear. Johnson and sophomore forward Isaiah Hicks each fouled out while sophomore forward Kennedy Meeks left the game with 3:15 to go after sustaining a left-knee sprain. His status for the Sweet 16 is currently unknown, said Williams after the game at the end of his press conference.
'Second-half Marcus' made it into Williams’ opening statement.
“I thought Marcus was sensational in the second half,” he said.
On Saturday, the Tar Heels advanced past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in Paige's career.
“I don’t think we’re done,” he said. “We’ve got a little bit more left in the tank.”
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Coaching Management, 15.1, January 2007, http://www.momentummedia.com/articles/cm/cm1501/bbthinair.htm
Almost everyone agrees that athletes who take a banned substance to improve their performance violate the spirit of competitive athletics. But when it comes to performance enhancing practices, the line between fair and unfair can be harder to define. This fall, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) examined the issue as it applies to athletes using high-altitude tents, deciding—for now—that the practice resides on the fair side of the line.
WADA ruled against adding hypoxic chambers, or high-altitude tents, to its list of prohibited substances and training aids in September. The decision means Olympic-level athletes are still allowed to use artificially induced hypoxic conditions in their training. If WADA had banned the hypoxic chambers, the NCAA likely would have followed suit.
In recent years, many athletes, especially those competing in endurance events, have used altitude tents to follow a “live high, train low” training philosophy. Their school of thought says that if athletes live at high altitudes and train at lower elevations, their performance improves. Acclimatizing the body to higher altitudes—7,000 to 8,500 feet—increases the number of circulating red blood cells as the body compensates for the lower-oxygen environment. More red blood cells mean more oxygen is delivered to tissue during exercise. Altitude simulation allows athletes to create more red blood cells, which helps them to work out longer and harder under normal conditions and results in greater physiological gains.
The hypoxic chambers, usually set up around an athlete’s bed, pump in nitrogen to lower the space’s oxygen level, simulating the air at higher altitudes. Starting at around $5,000, altitude tents are cost-prohibitive for many high school and college athletes. However, a number of professional and world-class athletes are utilizing the technology, including Suzy Favor-Hamilton, a three-time Olympian and former U.S. record holder in the 1,000 meters.
WADA’s decision is immersed in debate regarding what constitutes “performance enhancing.” Dr. Benjamin D. Levine, Director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas and a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, believes altitude tents are no different than an athlete traveling to a mountain location to sleep—they’re simply cheaper and more practical. As a result, Levine believes that banning the tents should not be on WADA’s priority list.
Levine expressed his views in a letter to WADA, which was also signed by 76 other scientists and bioethicists. Levine feels it’s problematic to target altitude tents when other, similar legal practices athletes use to enhance performance are legal—for example, sitting in a sauna to acclimate to heat and humidity, or wearing a cooling vest or sitting in cold water to cool the body before a race in hot weather. “If you’re going to ban altitude tents, why not ban those practices, too?” Levine asks.
Those in WADA who favor a ban argued that because the training method is performance enhancing, it could be considered in violation of the organization’s “spirit of sport” doctrine and may not be completely safe. WADA President Dick Pound said that despite the decision to allow altitude tents, discussions and studies remain ongoing, and athletes who use hypoxic chambers should do so with caution.
“We are pleased with the progress of the discussion surrounding artificially induced hypoxic conditions,” Pound told Reuters. “While we do not deem this method appropriate for inclusion on the [banned] List at this time, we still wish to express the concern that, in addition to the results varying individually from case to case, use of this method may pose health risks if not properly implemented and under medical supervision.”


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Celebrating South Dakota's Favorite Shutterbug
Jan 21, 2013
One of our favorite photographers, Chad Coppess, received a real honor last week at the State Tourism Conference. Chad was given the 2013 A.H. Pankow Award, which honors those who have made a contribution to South Dakota's tourist indusry.
Coppess is the senior photographer for South Dakota Tourism. He's traveled all over our state with his camera, taking shots that capture our state's beauty and fun. He co-founded the Black Hills Photo Shootout with Scott Howard, created South Dakota-themed backdrops for an online racing game, and writes three blogs celebrating South Dakota in music, film and photography. You've seen his photos in the pages of South Dakota Magazine and on this website many times.
Let's celebrate this honor with a few of our favorite Coppess photos. Congratulations, Chad, and keep up the great work!
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Ryan Clayton, Rapid City, shared these recent photos from Custer State Park.
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Could a White Knight Rescue Dow Jones?
The financial wires are abuzz with word that.a white knight in the form of Pearson PLC -- publisher of the Financial Times! -- is putting together partners to bid for Dow Jones.
That has got to be the truth because it was reported in the Wall Street Journal online edition, natch.
In an article sourced to the usual anonymous suspects, the Journal said Pearson has reached out to Hearst Corp. and General Electric Co.
Personally I don't think this has much chance of being pulled off, but stranger things do happen. If Pearson et al can put together a bid even significantly less than $60, I am sure the Dow Jones board will grab it.
So I henceforth will no longer say that Rupert Murdoch "will" buy Dow Jones, until this report is knocked down. The market seems to believe it.
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Wall Street Versus America was published by Penguin USA on April 6.
Click here for its Amazon.com listing and here for more information on the book, from my web site, gary-weiss.com.

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Please I want to know if anyone can help me rrepetir signal zeroshell my router, the case is that I have a router with zeroshell version 1.0 beta 11 and works perfect with a network card in a PCI bridge with Atheros wifi, working as AP and I add to my network router to make a WDS or repeating the signal to other area where the signal does not reach, and do not like to repeat, the router is a Linksys WRT54G with dd-wrt installed and working as perfect Linksys another repeater but I do repeat the signal with the router zeroshell installed, will be that someone can help me
my network structure is
Mode AP Zeroshell as WiFi router
Mode AP Lisksys Router with DD-WRT as WDS repeater
tranca me and there the matter, do not like to repeat my Linksys signal zeroshell. my email is firstname.lastname@example.org porsi someone wants help, I am in Venezuela, thanks in advanceJanuary 24, 2009 at 11:36 am #47471imported_fulvioParticipant
Is the repeater Linksys WRT54G with dd-wrt able to associate with access point built with Zeroshell ? If so, probably you just have to enable the WDS modality for the SSID you decided to repeat.
FulvioJanuary 24, 2009 at 1:52 pm #47472mapirenetMember
Thanks for your attention, In the Linksys router configuration WDS, he adds the mac address of the router you want to repeat this and add in the router which will repeat, this is where the problem, ¿that instead of setting zeroshell, add the mac address of the Linksys router so that it can effectively recognize zeroshell WDS repeater?, I look for running out and there is no Web interface for wireless configuration and command line wifi in the wifi-manager I can adjust my card the Atheros: dbi, ssid, channel and how to activate or deactivate the WDS, but I do not see or not and how to add the mac address team which will accept as a repeater . excuse my ingles here hen the google translator.January 24, 2009 at 3:25 pm #47473imported_fulvioParticipant
The WDS of Zeroshell does not need to authorize the MAC address of the repeater. Could you use the key in the wifi-manager to look if your repeater is associated?
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I haven’t found much to blog about this month. It isn’t that I have been bored. I have been very busy. But I think I’m still working on getting used to the fall routine. I have to keep reminding myself that writing is a good way to focus on things at home. It gives me motivation to finish projects. It is certainly fun in an ADHD way to start projects. But it is no fun to only blog about starting projects. It is much more fun to write about finishing projects.
I decided to do a little more than just clean the workshop. I am doing a reorganization of the entire shop, and adding a new floor (just rough pine 1×10 boards on top of the existing floor). I moved my workbench to the back wall, under the window. I will move the table saw back a foot or two to allow for more room when cutting long boards. So far about 1/3 of the floor is installed. I’m also adding insulation around the bottom half of the walls. Pictures will follow when the workshop no longer looks like an example of typical ADHD organization (or a 10-year old’s room). Really, I will get it organized. It will just take some time.
I haven’t finished too many of the house projects that are still hanging out there. So, they are still sitting out there. But at least they aren’t in the way. I have been focusing on getting the workshop finished. I think the workshop had been enough of a mess after building the chicken coop, that I figured I might as well just do the walls and floor now. Nothing is as much fun as starting a new project. The trick is to finish them. Or at least mostly finish them. A workshop is never really finished.
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Evening at the Swiss Residence celebrating the public-private partnership!
Wednesday 14 September 2022
Evening in honour of the public-private partnership in favour of international Geneva!
The Swiss Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva and the Fondation pour Genève gathered yesterday some 70 business leaders at the Swiss Residence to thank them for their support to international Geneva.
On this occasion, Ambassador Jürg Lauber, State Councillor Nathalie Fontanet and the President of the Fondation pour Genève, Marc Pictet, said a few words.
International Geneva is our common good, it is everyone’s business! It is by working together, in the public and private sectors, that we will make our city more attractive, more dynamic and even more radiant.
The speeches will be published here shortly.
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Off-licences ban cheap super-strength booze in Islington’s problem areas
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Shopkeepers have launched a clampdown on street drinkers in the borough by refusing to sell cheap super-strength alcohol.
Violence and crime have reduced outside off-licences since the ban was put in place, business owners have said.
Shops in problem areas targeted by the council – such as Exmouth Market, Spa Fields, King’s Cross, Finsbury Park, Elthorne Park and Nag’s Head – were sent a letter asking them to voluntarily reduce the sale of beer, lager and cider with an alcohol content of 6.5 per cent or more.
Around 65 per cent of the shops are already part of the “reducing the strength” project, with all 12 of the targeted off-licences in Spa Fields and Exmouth Market banning the cheap super-strength booze.
Hafiz Nadeem, who has run Parmar News in Pentonville Road for eight years, said there were fights and muggings outside the shop before he put the ban in place.
“Business is a little down but we’re happy because they were here every day, druggies and drunks from Camden and Islington,” he said.
“A lot of people would come here and stand outside – we used to have fighting outside all the time but that’s not happening anymore.
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“People still come but we explain to them that we don’t sell it anymore. They are angry but it doesn’t matter to us.
“It’s much better in the area now, it’s made it much easier for staff as they no longer have to serve the street drinkers and it’s safer for tourists.”
Pamar News is one of 11 off-licences of 15 in King’s Cross which no longer sells super-strength alcohol thanks to the scheme.
The project has been less successful in the Nag’s Head and Seven Sisters Road areas where only 11 of 25 shops which the council wrote to having agreed to take the cheap, potent booze of the shelves.
Cllr Paul Convery, Islington Council’s executive member for community safety, said: “This is just one of many things we’re doing like the late-night levy to make Islington’s town centres and parks a better place for everyone.
“It’s hard to say why some off-licences have decided to decline but I think they will soon realise it’s in their best interests.
“Some of them we’ve been tough on for selling contraband and selling to kids – we’ve been coming down hard, taking away licences, but this is voluntary.
“Taking part in the project will stand them in good stead with the licencing authority. We want to have a positive relationship with as many off-licences as possible.”


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I finished up my Fly Carpin 2nd Annual International Almost Famous Carp Swap Extravaganza flies in record time. I generally haven't even rolled out of fly swap bed this early on... but the weather has helped the motivation, and gave me some time to tie as well as organize my space a little better. We've had nonstop rain since Sunday-ish. The creeks are swollen, the rivers are raging, and roofs are leaking. No need to load the kids and farm animals into the boat just yet since we're expecting several inches of snow tonight, so we've got that going for us.
I ended up tying 3 sets of ten.
Orange Egg Bitters
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And I'm calling this one 'The Yiman', cause that's the guys internet handle that I stole the pattern from.
The gang's all here
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Mark Zuckerberg Gets Restraining Order Against Stalker
Facebook.com founder Mark Zuckerberg has obtained a restraining order against a man who reportedly used the social networking site to threaten his safety. Zuckerberg, who is portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg in the Academy Award-nominated movie "The Social Network", has asked a judge to ban Pradeep Manukonda from going anywhere near him after the 31 year old bombarded him with messages via Facebook.
In Zuckerberg's legal filing, Manukonda is accused of attempting to "follow, surveil and contact Mr. Zuckerberg using language threatening his personal safety", as well as the wellbeing of his girlfriend and sister."
According to TMZ.com, Manukonda has visited the Facebook offices in Palo Alto, California to beg Zuckerberg for money for his family. Zuckerberg was also left fearing for his safety after Manukonda sent a handwritten letter to his home and even showed up at his door last month.
The judge has ordered Manukonda to stay at least 300 yards away from Zuckerberg, girlfriend Priscilla Chan and sister Randi, pending a hearing later this month.
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Within the last week or so, a few of the big names in the mainstream and underground hip hop world decided they wanted to release new videos. Luckily for us, they are all pretty dope and worth the watch. Check it.
J Cole - Lights Please
After a forty-six year wait, J. Cole dropped a video for one of my favorite songs of his, "Lights Please". This is in conjunction with him bringing back the Dollar And A Dream tour where he’ll perform Warm Up in full for select cities. And like before, tickets are only $1, but are on a first come, first serve basis. Can't hate on that at all.
Common - "Kingdom" featuring Vince Staples
All you need to know is that this video is over seven minutes long and it's directed by Hype Williams. The line that Common spits, "You created me from dust, that's why I did dirt", lays out the narrative of the video as we follow a blurred-out man going from desperation, all the way to the top and everything that comes with it. With a feature from Vince Staples, both the song and video will resonate with you until Com's album comes out later this year. And from these first few singles, I'm pretty hype for it.
Dilated Peoples - "Good As Gone"
As Dilated prepares for their new album Directors Of Photography to drop in August, they released visuals for the first single "Good As Gone", produced by the one and only DJ Premier. They keep it simple with just a desert and graffiti as the backdrop, but this song knocks so hard that I don't care. Let's just hope Dilated signing to Rhmyesayers and this album can give their career the resurgence all us old dudes are looking for.
2 Chainz - Flexin' On My Baby Mama
As a special request by Jank, we had to include this new joint from 2 Chainz. "Flexin' On My Baby Mama" is from his Freebase EP and if you listened to it and keep it in rotation, you are lying. The EP shows the range 2 Chainz has to rap about money and the things he buys with his money, over some trap beats. That is all but it's so fire. This video is an extension of that as he flexes in a parking lot with cars. That's pretty much it.
Skyzoo & Torae - Sway In The Morning Freestyle
Now that we've got you in the mood for some heat with the last video, check out Skyzoo and Torae aka the Barrel Brothers freestyle on Sway In The Morning and completely smash it. Their self-titled album has been stuck in my CD player ever since the day it comes out and its because they both are true lyricists with an ear for beats that showcase their skills the best. If you liked the "4 Bar Friday" joint on the album, you'll especially enjoy this as they go back and forth rhyming the whole time.
New music dropped today from rapper Dana Coppa and producer Mammyth in honor of the late great J. Dilla. A couple weekends ago we held "Raise It Up: A Celebration Of J Dilla" (footage coming soon), where all Milwaukee MCs, DJs and artists got together and held a tribute for J Dilla. Everyone put their own spin on Dilla's work but Dana Coppa and Mammyth did something pretty special, as he explains below:
"The other night, here in Milwaukee, a few of my homies, DJ Bizzon & Jank One, held a J Dilla tribute event in order to raise money for the J Dilla Foundation. Plus, just to out right celebrate the great music that J. Dilla is known for, I was asked if I would like to participate in this event awhile ago. I really couldn't refuse considering the fact that I love everything Dilla. I thought it would be dope if I got the homie Mammyth to remix the Dilla beats I chose to rhyme over.
He did, which sounded dope because they had the essence of Dilla's. They even kind of sounded like Dilla's, but it was all Mammyth's take on these Dilla beats. (Well two are Dilla beats and one is a Mad Lib joint.) Anyway, the night was awesome and successful. A lot of money was raised. It was so awesome that I thought we should record our tribute and release to the internet for the people to enjoy. So if you missed the event here check out our contribution. Turn it up."
Geek Down - J Dilla (Donuts)
Beat Provider (through The Years) - MadLib (Vol.5 Dil Cosby Suite)
Gobstopper- J Dilla (Donuts)
(Hey Bizzon, why are you posting this new Kendrick Lamar song but you haven't said anything about Good Kid Maad City? No worries, the review is coming)
After selling a projected 240,000 copies of his debut album "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City", Kendrick Lamar drops this new gem, "The Jig Is Up", produced by J. Cole. Yes, that J. Cole. He produces too if you didn't know and does a good job at it. On this track, Kendrick comments on his recent successes and has some choice words for Shyne, who is trying to stay relevant in the worst way. Check it.
You already know about Unlooped. You already know about Unlooped vs Dilla. Now it's time to be a part of it. With the release of the newest single See You Cry which is already a remix of a Dilla song, they are having a remix competition.
All the stems are available for download for you to make something new, fresh and interesting out of it. They are releasing the best remixes in April as part of a free Compilation so hurry up and get ya Timbaland on.
Next Friday, December 2nd, the new partnership between Unlooped and Haz Solo begins. The series entitled, "Winter Beats" is a showcase of Milwaukee's finest electonic producers and beatmakers.
The line-up includes: adoptahighway (1/2 of Omega Clash), Haz Solo (from the upcoming Unlooped vs Justin Vernon), J Todd (Def Harmonic, Wizard of Cause) and Dave Olson (Plight of A Parasite, Figureheads). They've all been working hard for years in this city and all over the country so you know they'll bring it at the show.
And lucky for us they are giving us a sample of what to expect so take a listen below:
Last year, Kid Cut Up told me about a new mixtape from J Cole called Friday Night Lights. I said, "Wooooord, he has that single Who Dat which is dope and surprisingly has been getting some play on BET even though it's not about gold chains, poppin' bottles and guns" I downloaded it, burnt it and listened to it while i ran some errands. I thought to myself, "Wow self, this is a really good mixtape. Variety of sounds, dope beats, decent lyricism. This probably should of been his album".
Fast forward to today, the release of Cole World: The Sideline Story, the official first album from J Cole and unfortunately, I'm still saying the same thing. Next to Jay Electronica, J Cole (who both happened to be signed to Jay-Z's label Roc Nation. Do I smell a corny triple J r&b group coming?) has been getting much of the "this dude is the next one" barbershop talk.
With all of this buzz, expectations were high and since he is new, I felt he'd have much more to say after Friday Night Lights. Apparently, not so much because this album has a few of the tracks from that free mixtape on it. Does this happen all the time? Yes, but I still don't like it, especially when this is your first outing.
Similar to my disappointment with Lil Wayne's How To Love after releasing 6'7, I was surprised when I heard the r&b top 40 cut Work Out was on the album and the insanely bangin', self-produced, speaker bustin' track Blow Up was not. It had me afraid that he was moving in a more radio friendly direction.
But, as I continued to listen to the album, I was thoroughly impressed by the production. J Cole himself produced 15 of the 19 of them and they are for the most part solid soulful beats mixed with some hard hitters.
On the lyricism side, sometimes the topics got too repetitive for me. Outside of the "we've heard this before, grab a tissue for the teen girls" abortion song Lost Ones, any verse could be on any song and nothing would feel too different. Even Never Told, which outs his father for teaching him to be a player, felt already done because it was constantly mentioned throughout.
The album gives you the feelings of a College Dropout by Kanye West in it's production and the Minstrel Show by Little Brother flow of "I'm just a regular dude you can relate to who isn't fronting or lying about my past like Rick Ross", but doesn't leave you with too much new if you've already heard the mixtape.
If you are a J Cole fan, as I am, your best bet is to dust off Friday Night Lights and bump that again. At least that had the Didn't Cha Know sampling Too Deep For The Intro song which I still bump to this day. Or if you are a fan of this sound or haven't heard Friday Night Lights, you'll be pleased with this debut.
Best Tracks: Dollar and A Dream III, Lights Please, In The Morning, Rise and Shine
Two Dope Events this weekend. Just go to both and don't complain.
MC Pizzle is performing his new Fame In Vain album which we reviewed a few weeks back. It's been getting tons of press and it's a dope album. Check him out perform it live along with Aliesa Nicole, Prophetic, Blizz McFly, Lah Kid, Yung Oki, Young Major, Sheba Baby and hosted by Martin2Cool.
Whew. That's alot. Meaning you need to be there because it will be a dope show.
Ok, live orchestra, Dilla music, best musicians in Milwaukee. You've seen the recap videos, you've heard about it, just go. I'm not gonna say anymore. Nope. Just be there Saturday. Please, especially since I can't.
I'm just gonna say that this will be the event of the year.
Where I'll Be
Catch me tonight for Taste Thusdays @ BYO with special guest Damion Thompson for a Drum and DJ set. Then Saturdays at Moct for Sick Saturdays.


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I love when I can showcase a local artist! Corvallis potter, Sam Hoffman, created this spectacular wood fire porcelain plate that radiates the eternal essence of mandala energy. To me, the curved lines look like dolphins swimming around the moon…with the deep heat of the sun’s energy pulsating in the background.
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Also grabbed this. Haven't had a chance to play yet though.
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Pigs in a blanket, bacon jalapeno poppers, bbq chicken tenders, mozarella sticks
Recipe Nutella Cookie Cups - Cute, bite-sized and always fun for Holiday desserts.
Leftover Halloween Candy Cookie Bars Lol what leftover candy
Mushroom and Spinach Lasagna This easy vegetarian lasagna has a light parmesan spinach sauce and earthy mushrooms. It also freezes wonderfully - perfect for make-ahead freezer meals!
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Starr Hill goes national with Anheuser-Busch
Drink up now, Charlottesville, so you can say you drank it when. Crozet-based Starr Hill Brewery announced today that the company has reached a distribution deal with megabrewer Anheuser-Busch to distribute Starr Hill's microbrewed suds across the mid-Atlantic region starting in 2011, with plans to go national as early as 2013.
"We want to follow the model of breweries like Sierra Nevada, Widmer, and Red Hook to become the next great national beer," says Starr Hill founder and president Mark Thompson. "Anheuser-Busch is the best distribution network anywhere, so the sky's the limit."
The deal means a definite increase in volume for the eight-year old brewery which got its start at the defunct Starr Hill Music Hall and counts music mogul Coran Capshaw among its backers. Yet, Thompson says the brewery has no plans to move or expand its operation beyond the old ConAgra frozen foods building on Three Notch'd Road in Crozet.
"They don't build buildings like this anymore," says Thompson. "We've got ample room to bring in more fermenters as we need them."
Currently, Starr Hill produces 5,000 barrels (or 155,000 gallons) of beer annually, and Thompson says he hopes to ramp up production. "We hope to grow to 7,500-10,000 barrels next year and then expand by 30-40 percent every year after that," he says. "We founded this company to give people the gift of great beer, and we hope to give that gift to as many people as possible."