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MsCHIKEE: new name same blog! Hi Petals! I finally got around to changing my blog title to something more appropriate name based on what I really wanted this blog to be in the first place. It's a new name - CurrentObsession but the blog theme remains the same. I'll still be blogging about all girly things that I am currently obsessed about and maybe a few travels and food listings. But expect makeup, skin care, shopping, jewellery, shoes, perfumes..well you get the picture. So the site is still a work in progress so please excuse the blandness but expect new things popping in and out of this site in the coming weeks. I actually thought of putting the site offline while I am revamping it but I thought nah, just roll it into 'operation'. Toast to the new name!

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Jelena Jankovic Lindsay Davenport Davenport upsets top seed Jankovic in Bali Lindsay Davenport's comeback turned out to be more successful than she had expected. The 31-year-old American stunned top-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4 2-6 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Bali, Indonesia. Neither Davenport nor Jankovic played well, but the experienced former world number one took advantage of the Serb's constant arguments with Sri Lankan umpire Asitha Attygala. "The umpiring was just terrible. When the ball was in, he called it out, when it was out, he called it in," Jankovic said. Oh my God, when will Jelena learn to deal with this, will she keep on ruining her matches? Experienced Davenport grabbed her chance: "When your opponent self-destructs, that's good from your perspective. I just worried about my own game. In professional tennis you have to deal with line calls. When she blew up I knew I had a great shot at winning." Jelena Jankovic is still one of my favorite players, but I can't help noticing that her behavior is unprofessional. I think that she's even letting her fans down. Look what Jankovic said after the loss: "I didn't train much and it's tough to get motivated here. But it's OK, now I can finally go to the beach." Even though I would probably feel the same way if I were in beautiful Bali, and even though it's nice to look from a brighter side, I find Jelena's behavior irresponsible, and as her fan, I feel a little betrayed. Previous articleJelena Jankovic and Lindsay Davenport to clash in Bali quarterfinals Next articleRussia takes 2-0 lead in Fed Cup final against Italy Jankovic undergoes urgent surgery after Luxembourg exhibition Clijsters, Jankovic, Radwanska, Hingis to compete at Luxembourg Ladies Tennis Masters Jankovic, Radwanska bring back good old times at Wimbledon Vicki September 15, 2007 At 4:03 am Well as a fan of her opponent I agree with you. I also like Jelena and thought this kind of behavior was stuff that Serena Williams came out with when she lost. If she felt the way she did fine but she shouldn't have gone to the press with it. It in way belittled Lindsay victory. Whtvr September 17, 2007 At 2:19 am Bad, bad one JJ. I can see where she's coming from though – she needs vacations! If she keeps playing that many tournaments for no reason whatsoever it's hard to think she'll prefer practicing and motivating herself over going to the beach in Bali.

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Soldiers, police, and personnel from search and rescue office and disaster management agency jointly attempted to pull out quake victims stuck in rubbles of twisted wreckage. A man takes a picture of the ruins after an earthquake in North Lombok, Indonesia, on August 9, 2018. Thousands of rescuers have been struggling to search and rescue victims of Sunday's powerful quake in Lombok Island of Indonesia under the wreckage of buildings as a 5.9-magnitude aftershock amplified the risks on Thursday, a disaster agency official said. Soldiers, police personnel, and personnel from search and rescue office and disaster management agency jointly attempted to pull out quake victims stuck in rubbles of twisted wreckage. It is estimated many of the victims remain underneath the ruin, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster management agency said. A total of 24 heavy machinery equipment have been deployed to the scene, Sutopo added. The most recent and strongest aftershock to hit the region occurred on Thursday, with a magnitude of 5.9, with a shallow of 12 km under-earth and epicenter in the already quake-affected areas. The aftershock amplified the downside risks of Sunday's 7.0-magnitude quake, he said. As a whole, the spokesman said that Sunday's powerful earthquake has killed 259 people, with 1,033 injured and 270,168 displaced. Meanwhile, a total of 67,857 houses, 468 school buildings, six bridges, three hospitals, 50 Islamic religious buildings, 20 office buildings were devastated or collapsed, he said. About a week ahead of the 7.0-magnitude quake that hit Lombok Island, a 6.4-magnitude quake struck the popular tourism destination. Indonesia has been frequently stricken by quake as it is situated on a vulnerable quake-affected rim so called "the Pacific Ring of Fire."

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Johnston to spearhead Kumuls in Pacific Test 17 Jun 22, 8:16PM 0 Comments Written by International Rugby League The most prolific try scorer in the NRL, Alex Johnston, is set to spearhead Papua New Guinea's Pacific Test campaign. After being named in a 19-man Kumuls squad to play Fiji at Campbelltown Sports Stadium on June 25, Johnston was chosen at fullback and is one of four NRL stars in the squad, along with Sydney Roosters playmaker Lachlan Lam, Melbourne Storm centre Justin Olam and Brisbane Broncos veteran David Mead. The majority of the squad for the first Test under the coaching of the recently appointed Stanley Tepend play in the Queensland Cup, including six players from the PNG Hunters. With 14 tries in 13 appearances for the South Sydney Rabbitohs this season, Johnston is on track to be the NRL's leading tryscorer for the third consecutive year. Among his achievements are: *Setting an NRL-era record for the most tries in a season, with his 30-try haul in 2021 being the most in a season since Newtown's Ray Preston (34) in 1954 and Eastern Suburbs Roosters great Dave Brown (38) in 1935; *Becoming the highest try scorer in South Sydney history after scoring a hat-trick for the 1908 foundation club against Wests Tigers two weeks ago to better Nathan Merritt's tally of 146 tries, and; *Twice equalling the record for the most tries in an NRL match when he crossed five times in games in 2017 and 2020. At just 27-years-of-age and with a strike rate of 1.21 tries per match, Johnston is on track to pass Ken Irvine's record of 212 tries as the greatest tryscorer in Australian premiership history. He qualifies for the Kumuls through a PNG-born grandmother and made his Test debut in 2019. Canterbury Bulldogs playmaker Bailey Biondi-Odo was unavailable for personal reasons but is expected to make his PNG debut during the end-of-season World Cup in England. St George Illawarra Dragons forward Jack de Belin and former Kumuls captain James Segayaro, who has recently revived his career with Manly's NSWRL feeder team, were not selected but may still play for PNG at the World Cup. Tepend, who replaces Michael Marum as coach after previously serving as his assistant, said he was excited by the challenges ahead and looking forward to getting into camp with the players on Tuesday. "There are six Hunters players who have been named, even though we haven't been doing well but I feel that the players named have earned their positions," Tepend said. "Once we get into camp, we will have a light run on Tuesday, Wednesday is our big day, we'll have two sessions, Thursday we'll have a day off, then on Friday we have the captains run and Saturday is game day." PNGRFL CEO Stanley Hondina said: "The last mid-year Test the PNG Kumuls were involved in was back in 2019. After that we have had a quiet period attributed to COVID-19 and all the other challenges, but we are delighted that this event is coming up".

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Home Top News Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actor Clark Gregg Breaks Bad as Sarge in New... Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actor Clark Gregg Breaks Bad as Sarge in New Season Alexander Lu Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s 6th season premieres on ABC tonight. After the stunning events of last season, Agent Phil Couslon rode off into the sunset, leaving his friends and teammates behind as he lives his final days on Earth in peace. But just because Coulson gets to rest doesn't mean that his actor, Clark Gregg, does. Gregg returns to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s latest storyline as Sarge, a mysterious new character with a decidedly darker bent than Coulson. Recently, Beat contributor Yael Tygiel sat down with Gregg to talk about his new mercenary role on the show. We dig into what it was like for Gregg to transition from playing a giving hero to someone darker with mysterious, but decidedly more selfish, intent. What was it like for Gregg to go from fighting alongside his fellow cast mates to being an obstacle in their way? Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stars Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Natalia Cordova-Buckle, and Jeff Ward. The sixth season premiere, "Missing Pieces," follows a scattered team of agents as they work "to find their footing in the wake of losing Coulson." The episode is written by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen and directed by Clark Gregg. Check out the video interview and remember to subscribe to the Beat's YouTube channel. We're just getting started. Previous articleAll Those Teasers Were About MARVEL COMICS #1000: 80th Anniversary Special Next articleINTERVIEW: Why Priest Added Vampirella to His Iconic List http://alexanderlu.com Alex is the Managing Editor of the Comics Beat. He is also a freelance comics editor with previous credits at Papercutz. He is your go-to fella for creator interviews, conversations about comic book structure, and general DC Comics nerding. Currently geeking out over movies, too. SDCC '19: Our reporters trade donuts for secrets on the show floor Beat Staff - 07/19/2019 8:30 pm SDCC '19: Hickman's cipher may reveal titles for the new X-line SDCC '19: New CREEPSHOW trailer looks like a horror comic come to life! Plus, a comic! SDCC '19: Darth Vader will "definitely" be in Marvel Comics #1000...

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Ivar Asbjørn Følling (23 August 1888 – 24 January 1973) was a Norwegian physician and biochemist. He first described the disease commonly known as Følling's disease or phenylketonuria (PKU). Career He was born at Kvam, Steinkjer in Trøndelag, Norway. Følling studied chemistry at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and graduated in 1916. He then went to the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo), graduating in medicine in 1922. He received his cand.med. in 1929 after doing postgraduate work in Norway and abroad in Denmark, England, Vienna and the U.S. Starting in 1932, Følling occupied a series of medical posts in Oslo, culminating in his being Professor of Biochemistry and Physician-in-Chief at the central laboratory at the Norwegian national research hospital Oslo University Hospital. Følling was a professor of biochemistry at the University of Oslo for more than 30 years. He retired in 1958. Discovery In 1934 at Oslo University Hospital, Følling saw a young woman named Borgny Egeland. She had two children, Liv and Dag, who had been normal at birth but subsequently developed mental retardation. When Dag was about a year old, the mother noticed a strong smell to his urine. Følling obtained urine samples from the children and, after many tests, he found that the substance causing the odor in the urine was phenylpyruvic acid. The children, he concluded, had excess phenylpyruvic acid in the urine, the condition which came to be called phenylketonuria (PKU). This abnormal condition reflects an inability to break down the amino acid phenylalanine due to an hereditary deficiency of the necessary enzyme which is called phenylalanine hydroxylase. Perspective Føllings discovery provided the basis for the so-called metabolic screening of newborns. Today a screening blood test for PKU is done on newborns to detect the disease. With a special diet low in phenylalanine, PKU newborns can grow and develop into normal children and adults. Følling's work was too late to save Liv and Dag from severe progressive mental retardation (and in Dag's case, death) but it has saved thousands of children since then. It has been said that: "Følling is by many considered the most important medical scientist not to receive the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine". Honors Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research -1949 Knight 1st Grade of Order of St. Olav - 1958 Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research- 1960 Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Foundation Awards - 1962 Gunnerus Medal - 1966 References External links Great Norwegians (In Norwegian) The first evidence of links between brain development and metabolism. 1888 births 1973 deaths People from Steinkjer Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni University of Oslo alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Oslo University Hospital people Norwegian biochemists Norwegian geneticists Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal 20th-century Norwegian physicians Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Born in southwest of Sichuan, China, Shen Nalin studied composition at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music with Professor Gao Wei Jie and Yao Yi Rang. During the late 1980s he was active in radio, film and television, including working as a broadcaster of classical music in Guangdong. In 1994, he moved to New Zealand and worked at Auckland AM 1476 and AM 990 Chinese Radio for five years before enrolling at the School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington, where he studied with Jack Body, and graduated in 2000 with Master of Music with Distinction. In 2001 and 2002 he was granted a Postgraduate Scholarship for Ph.D study and a Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship. For his PhD studies, Nalin composed a work focussing on the integration of Chinese Opera and western musical conventions. He has composed chamber and orchestral music for piano, strings, orchestra, voices and compositions using Chinese instruments including The Mortal World for sheng, zheng, suona and percussion, and The Cold Dream for zheng, sheng, strings and percussion. He completed his First Symphony in 1988. Nalin has received awards from the Autumn Musical Festival of Chengdu, the 21st Annual Composition Contest 1990 Composers Guild USA, the fifth Guangzhou Musical Festival, and the Composer's Competition of Victoria University of Wellington. His compositions had been performed at The 2002 Melbourne Festival Australia, the Asia Pacific Festival in Wellington in February 2007 and the ISCM-ACL World Music Days 2007 in Hong Kong. Recent compositions have included Meng Yuan 朦塬 for piano trio and guzheng (2014), and Meng Yuan 朦塬 for piano trio (2016). The second version of the piece had it's New Zealand premier delivered by the NZTrio at their Loft Series concert, 'Swoop' in May of 2017. The initial version, commissioned by Jack Body featured as part of the New Zealand School of Music's 'China Crossing' event, where students from the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music also had works performed.

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package org.assertj.core.api.file; import org.assertj.core.api.FileAssert; import org.assertj.core.api.FileAssertBaseTest; import java.io.File; import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify; /** * Tests for <code>{@link org.assertj.core.api.FileAssert#hasParent(String)}</code>. * * @author Jean-Christophe Gay */ public class FileAssert_hasParentWithStringParameter_Test extends FileAssertBaseTest { private String parent = "parent"; @Override protected FileAssert invoke_api_method() { return assertions.hasParent(parent); } @Override protected void verify_internal_effects() { verify(files).assertHasParent(getInfo(assertions), getActual(assertions), new File(parent)); } }

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Watch Triage (2009) Online The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague. Director: Danis Tanovic Actors: Branko Đurić, Christopher Lee, Colin Farrell, Jamie Sives, Juliet Stevenson, Kelly Reilly, Paz Vega Country: Austria, Belgium, Cayman Islands, France, Ireland, Spain Berlin, I Love You (2019) An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital. Sharpe's Justice Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company of Yorkshire… A hockey enthusiast since 12 years of age, Toronto-based Rajvinder Singh, even went to the extent of trimming his hair, discarding his Pagri/turban, did not complete his education, incurred the… Country: Canada, India Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail. Rialto (2019) Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive figure in his life, Colm struggles with his relationship to his… Country: Ireland, UK Gwen (2018) A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the… Genre: Drama, History, Mystery The River (1984) Farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses their farm, and other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm. Airlift (2016) When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen. Almost Love (2019) Adam and Marklin's 5-year relationship has gone from a passionate flame to a simmer, forcing them to reconcile with each other's shortcomings while their friends endlessly search for love in… 22 Bullets (2010) Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children…. The Alibi (2006) Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant others. It seems that… Country: Netherlands, USA Dark Waters (2019) A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his… Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller Trailer: Triage (2009)

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That's The Way Her Love Is 12. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 56. Michael Learns To Rock - Breaking My Heart. Jennifer Lopez - Promise Me You'll Try 48. Bosson - I Don't Wanna Say Goodbye. I Think It's Going To Rain Today 11. Mike+The Mechanics - All The Light I Need 61. Unchain My Heart 90's Version. Simon Webbe - Lay Your Hands 15. Всё о joe cocker джо кокер - скачать дискографию в mp3, видео смотреть а сингл с альбома получил две премии музыкального конкурса грэмми. Jason Mraz - The Woman I Love 83. Aura Dione - What It's Like 94. Unchain My Heart 90's Version 02. Sarah Connor - I'll Find You In My Heart. Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time 73. Eros Ramazzotti - Un Angelo Non E 33. Bodies Without Organs - Angel Of Night 85. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 05. Taylor Swift - Back To December. Hold On I Feel Our Love Is Changing 10. Annie Lennox - A Whiter Shade Of Pale. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 09. Do I Still Figure In Your Life 09. По причине злоупотребления алкоголем его некогда мощный голос превратился в предельно хриплый баритон. Michael Learns To Rock - Breaking My Heart 77. Chris Isaak - Life Will Go On 35. Nelly Furtado - Build You Up 14. Кокер был одним из немногих вудстоковских ветеранов, который выступил и с успехом на Woodstock '94. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 09. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window LennonMcCartney. Aerosmith - Fly Away From Here. Его визитной карточкой является низкий хриплый баритон. Mark Medlock - Never Let You Go 07. Anastacia - Pieces Of A Dream 58. White Lion - When The Children Cry 13. Helene Segara - Ailleurs Comme Ici. Sissel - Where The Lost Ones Go 100. Meghan Trainor - Kindly Calm Me Down 16. That's What I Like In My Woman 02. Aerosmith - Fly Away From Here 89. Espen Lind - When Susanna Cries. Faith Hill - Let Me Let Go 50. Duran Duran - Leave A Light On 25. Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles. Hello, Little Friend Leon Russell. With A Little Help From My Friends 10. Rock, Blues Joe Cocker - 1969. It's All Over But the Shouting. Кокер испытывал проблемы с репертуаром, в котором преобладали перепевки песен других исполнителей. Girl From The North Country 04. You Don't Know What You're Doing To Me. It's All Over But the Shouting 10. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 08. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood. Just To Keep From Drowning 06. Love Don't Live Here Anymore 10. Lene Marlin - Hope You're Happy. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow. With a Little Help from My Friends. Tony Carey - Room With A View.

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ISAAC ALBERT FRANKEL Review: Bright Urban fantasy allows for the premise, what if a fantasy world like Middle-Earth from The Lord of the Rings or Westeros from Game of Thrones were allowed to progress up until the modern age? Elves, orcs, humans, and magic, dwelling side-by-side in a modern, urban setting, driving cars and firing guns instead of riding horses and shooting arrows. In principle, this is an extremely useful vehicle for exploring morals and ethics of the modern age (see: Harry Potter). But in the wrong hands, written by people who don't understand the appeal of fantasy in the first place, it becomes something like Bright. In this Netflix Original, nearly every cliché in the book plays out note-for-note as Daryl Ward (Will Smith)—a career cop who can't play nice with anyone—gets partnered with the first ever orc police officer, Nick Jakoby (played by Joel Edgerton, the only actor who seems to really be trying in this whole endeavor). Ward must learn to accept Jakoby while Jakoby has to come to terms with being labeled a traitor for joining the police force, who have historically oppressed the orc community in order to protect upper-class elf culture. Sound familiar? If it doesn't, you should pay more attention to both historical and modern events, because the world of Bright is nothing original. Blacks have been swapped out for orcs, and the rich are replaced by elves. There's even a horrible (or hilarious, depending on where you stand) montage when the elves are introduced, showing them driving around the ritzy part of town in fancy cars, shopping. Now, this in and of itself isn't a bad idea—to use imaginative races from fantasy or science-fiction to explore the dynamics playing out between ethnic and class groups today. It worked to great affect in Neill Blomkamp's District 9, and both iterations of Blade Runner, among many other great films. What doesn't work here is that the writer, Max Landis, has made no attempts to codify his own original social systems and history to explore such issues, as was done in the films just mentioned. Science-fiction and fantasy are both genres that thrive on their ability to sell you on the reality of another world. Without a sense of history—that the world in the film has been around for a long time and will continue to exist long after you step away from the screen—the story has no weight and the viewers will not be able to empathize with the characters. This suspension of disbelief is key to both genres, and is the critical component that both Max Landis and the director, David Ayer (of 2016's Suicide Squad), fail to understand. Fantasy fans are students of history, which is what makes the genre such a perfect medium for social commentary. Without a history, the entire appeal of the world falls apart and people won't engage. Sure, there are some mentions in the film of an old war and a generic "Dark Lord", but these come across more as setup for a potential sequel than a serious attempt to breath life into a secondary world. It's as if the creators of this film knew nothing about the appeal of fantasy before deciding to use the genre to explore contemporary issues. There are multiple instances in the film where fantasy creatures are placed into a shot for no reason other than to remind you "this is a fantasy movie". A centaur clad in full police body armor helps guard the scene of a crime in progress. Why? A dragon flies through the sky during one transition shot. Why? Daryl Ward starts his morning by exterminating a pestering fairy that is assaulting their bird feeder. Why? The answer to all these identical questions is depressingly straightforward: Because they don't want the viewer to forget that they're in a fantasy world. Perhaps even more offensive, for a film that really wants to champion the rights of the oppressed, the movie sure does do a lot of oppressing of its own. In a surprising lack of foresight, the creators of Bright have written the film's Latino characters into the archetype of the tatted gang-bangers. The angry Latino cop also makes an appearance, using one of his few lines of dialogue to complain about the Alamo. While I ultimately leave it to those in that ethnic group to comment on the respect exhibited by the Latino roles in this film, it seemed to me a show of insensitivity that railed against the very message Bright intended to promote. David Ayer is no stranger to narratives about the conflict between the police/government and urban communities, with five of his seven films exploring the topic. But with Bright, Ayer has taken a huge step back from the potential he showed with a film like Fury—2014's World War II tank movie that was most often compared to Saving Private Ryan—and begins to cement his reputation as a middle-of-the-line director who uses "cops vs. street" as a fallback. A far cry from Fury's intense and brutal action scenes, Bright opts for cheesy, flash-cut sequences with bad gymnastics and clear wire stunts reminiscent of Blade, the first X-Men film, or any other bad comic book adaptation from the early 2000s (I'm looking at you, Daredevil). The creators of Bright clearly wanted to craft a narrative that explored contemporary ethics through the lens of something that felt "safe", something like the fantasy medium that modern film-goers were already engaging with on a regular basis, but in the process they've only assaulted the decency which serves as a medium of exchange between any two groups of people. Worse, they've demonstrated their failure to understand the depth that fantasy can truly have. In this way, they've created a film that feels like it was written by someone standing entirely outside of the genre looking in, making a checklist of things that people find appealing. One critic argued that the film felt like it was written by algorithms, and with the sheer amount of clichés and tropes present in the film, I have to say this doesn't feel far off the mark. Fantasy and science-fiction are not genres to be entered without understanding and without a true cognizance of what makes the genres great for emotional storytelling. If you just swap "blacks" and "rich" out with "orcs" and "elves", you haven't created something compelling, you've created something bland, and offended the sensibilities of a group of people who take their genre loyalties very seriously. Bright could have been a step in the right direction, the transition of a longstanding genre in literature and comics to the big screen. It could have been written seriously and shown Hollywood the potential for new stories from science-fiction and fantasy. Instead, it will have to consign itself to the history books of the real world as a laughing stock, something that people pull out shortly after they've finished watching The Room. That is, at least until Bright 2 releases. Review: Only The Brave Review: Interstellar

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Quick Turnaround - 7 to 10 days! Efficient form fill and seal packaged cereal, dehydrated foods, animal feed and other loose perishable products. Form fill and seal packaging is designed for loose products requiring airtight conditions, providing a practical and efficient packaging process to take these products from warehouse to shelf. Due to the packaging process and the airtight conditions it creates, form fill and seal, and vertical form fill seal packaging is ideal for food manufacturers and the agricultural market ensuring perishable products reach customers in the best quality. Form fill and seal packaging is made from a strong material, meaning you can ensure it stays airtight throughout the transport and storing process. By ensuring the quality of the containment with no rips or tears in the packaging, it can reduce the likelihood of contamination, returned products and increase confidence in the quality of your product. Whether you use standard form fill seal systems or a variation, our packaging can be ordered to fit your existing production lines, tailoer to your specific requirements, meaning simple installation and an efficient production line. Reduce form fill and seal costs by up to 20% with our exclusive polythene. Our exclusive Tristar™ material is designed from a unique blend of three polymers to produce a strong, tear-resistant polythene. A stronger, lightweight polythene means fewer production costs, which translates into direct savings for our customers - up to 20% less than standard polythene. We can manufacture FFS and VFFS packaging in custom dimensions and volumes to suit our customers' specific requirements, enabling us to assist a wide a variety of companies and organisations with their packaging. Call one of our specialists on 02380 232153 about our form fill and seal packaging, or request a quick quote to find out how Polystar can help you. Fill in this simple form, send us a sample and we'll get back to you with an accurate quote for the product you require. Polystar Plastics has been operating since 1993 and has stayed a family owned business with the main emphasis on customer service. From the heart of the south we serve all areas of the United Kindgom in all lines business and will meet all of your requirements.

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Liberia ALERT: Private newspaper found guilty of defamation, to pay 5 million US dollars or be shut down Liberia's Civil Law Court found the privately owned New Broom newspaper liable for defamation, ruling that it paid a damage claim of five million US dollars to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf or be shut down. The court in its ruling said it gave default judgment because the paper's publisher, Roland Worwee failed to appear in court despite series of court precepts served on him. President Sirleaf filed the defamation proceeding against the paper in 2009 after it published an article accusing the president of accepting a bribe of 2 million USD from a western investor. The September 3, 2009, article alleged that the president received the bribe from the Cavalla Rubber Corporation to award it a plantation in Maryland County. In her lawsuit, the president among other things requested the court to render a judgment with monetary value of US$5 million, order the closure of the paper and stop Worwee from practicing journalism in the country. At one point of the trial, Worwee wrote the court claiming that all the lawyers he contacted to represent his legal interest refused on grounds that the case involved the Liberian leader.

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Q: Java - Abstract classes and concrete classes I'm working on my assignment but I got confused with the abstract classes and concrete classes, and I get error from my program... Suppose there is an abstract class Person and a concrete subclass Student: abstract class Person{ private String name; public Person(String s){ name = s; } public String getName() { return name; } public abstract void doAction(Person other); } class Student extends Person{ public Student(String name){ super(name); } public void doAction(Person other){ System.out.println("This person's name is " + getName()); } } Then I implement a main function to test it but I got an error...: public class TestMain { public static void main(String[] args) { Person person; Student student; person = new Student("Sam"); student = person; student.doAction(person); } } It is said student = person receiving an error saying that "Error: Incompatible types: Person cannot be converted to Student". What's wrong with that actually and why...? Does anyone can explain this...? A: A Student is a Person, but not every Person is a Student. If you have a variable of type Person, you can't assign its value to a variable of type Student because, in general, that might not be safe. If you are certain that it's definitely a Student (e.g. you use an instanceof check, or you have reasoned about the code and thus "know"), you can cast the variable; but one of the central ideas on object-oriented programming is that you shouldn't need to care about the specific subclass. There are two ways round this: * *Assign the new Student() to the Student variable first, and then assign that value to the Person variable: student = new Student("Sam"); person = student; student.doAction(person); This is fine because every Student is a Person, so a Person variable can be assigned the value of a Student variable. *Forgo the student variable entirely, since you only need a reference to a Person on which to call doAction, not specifically a Student: person = new Student("Sam"); person.doAction(person); A: During run-time the person variable can refer to instances of Person which are not instances of Student. Therefore the assignment student = person; is not allowed. You have to check the run-time type of person and perform a cast in order for the assignment to work (well, the type check is not mandatory, but recommended, in order to avoid potential ClassCastException): if (person instanceof Student) student = (Student) person; A: package taskassignment; public abstract class Person { public String name; public Person(String n) { name = n; } public String getName() { return name; } public abstract String doAction(Person other); } public class Student extends Person { public Student(String n) { super(n); } @Override public String doAction(Person other) { return "The Person Name is : "+ getName(); } } public static void main(String args[]) { Person person = new Student("Sam"); Student student = (Student) person; System.out.println(student.doAction(person)); }

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The MercatorGear R&D Lab has been experimenting with windshields made from used aluminium drinks cans. These greatly improve boil time and fuel efficiency. We have developed 3 designs and tested them extensively in different conditions. Here are some of our test configurations. Mark 1: 2 sections of can. Optional foil pie dish base. Air inlet on down-wind side. Mark 1: Cold weather test running on pure butane. Foil pie dish reflects heat and provide stability in a gusty wind. The wide base of the aluminium kettle makes for an extremely efficient and light weight water boiling system. The windshield covers most of the sides of the kettle. This increases the heating area, and prevents heat loss through the sides. Large air inlet on the down wind side helps to maintain efficient combustion and provides a heat outlet to help prevent overheating. By retaining and reflecting the heat, the windshield contributes to even heating of the base of the pan. This further improves frying/cooking performance. Mark 2: Ultra-light solo version. Weighs 12g. Clips onto legs of KOVEA Spider. Air-inlet on down-wind side. Windshield fits inside titanium pot. This configuration is optimised for solo usage and minimal size. The large air inlet provides plenty of oxygen for combustion and acts as a heat outlet to prevent overheating. Mark 3: Wrap around version made from 3 sections of drinks can, stapled together. Cut-out for pot handles. Cut-out for gas pipe inlet. Air holes at base. Using large/tall beer cans allows the wind shield to go most of the way up the pan, thereby improving heating efficiency. Weight 22g. Used with any 1.3 litre pan. For lightest weight configuration we use an Evernew Titanium 1.3L pan. When packed, the windshield wraps around the butane canister and is held with rubber bands. This takes up virtually no space and is quick to deploy, and is extremely efficient. Reduced airflow adversely impacts combustion efficiency resulting in an increased generation of dangerous carbon monoxide. All testing is conducted outside for this reason. When used inside a tent (where wind in not a problem) make sure there is a large air gap on one side of the windshield to allow plenty of oxygen to reach the flame. Reuse aluminium cans to make windshields for your KOVEA Spider. Reduce your gas consumption and canister usage by using a windshield. . Recycle: off-cuts from drinks can experiments .

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From Hong Kong comes the idea for the bubble waffle items and there are nine flavours that are quite local and current. The wrap waffles are filled with ice cream and then lots of sweet madness. The Toffee Apple one is stuffed with double caramel ice cream, tumbling with sweet praline nuts but also slightly sour crisp apple chunks. They're all almost designed for Instagram and the Rainbow Nation bubble waffle is exactly that – a buzz of wild colours and chocolate. Try the sweet tacos that come loaded with toppings, ice cream and drizzles. The banana split taco takes you back, with vanilla ice cream, banana, chocolate drizzle, nuts, cream and cherries. The caramello has caramel ice cream. The churro bites are small and come served with ice cream. The giant churros come with a caramel or chocolate dipping sauce. There are even filled churros, oozing with chocolate custard or white chocolate. The desserts are intended to keep changing in order to remain exciting. There are lots of good shakes, including a black and tan freeze of choc and caramel swirls. Then there are waters in lovely bottles with labels designed by local artists. The coffee is very good. It's Terbedore and you can also buy the blend here. Carla Fitton is the owner and the staff are happy and even funny. Packaging is rather neat. The tiny, countered shop has cute baby blue and honey colours with little milking stools. When you feel the irresistible urge for sweetnesss.

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The Big Happy Smile Fun Gift Set is the perfect present for any young child whom you want to make happy. It's great for a birthday or any other occasion. It features an assortment of board games to keep your kids entertained. There is also a doodle pad for the kids who love to draw. For the puzzle lovers there's a puzzle cube jumble. Included is also a finger bowling game and a kickball game to keep active. And best of all there is a wide assortment of snacks and treats too! This gift box will surely brighten their day.

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Just the way transformations can transform examples of text, filters can identify whether an example follows some pattern of text! The only difference is that while transformations return another example of the same input format, filters return True or False! ### The List of Filters This directory contains filters that are used to create contrast sets. A list of data points are fed through the filter to match the condition (e.g. the input text length should be above certain threshold, the input text should contain some keywords, etc.). Each subdirectory contains a single filter to construct contrast sets. A summary table of these filters follows. The following describes the list of filters or conditions which split the dataset into contrast sets. | Filter | Description | ------- | ----------- | [TextContainsKeywordsFilter](keywords) | Selects examples which contain a pre-defined set of keywords. | [TextLengthFilter](length) | Selects sentences/paragraphs of a specified length. ### How to Add a New Filter Note that the instructions below are exactly the same as that of adding a new transformation except that new filters should be created in the the filters folder (current one). ### Setup First, [fork the repository](https://docs.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo) in GitHub! :fork_and_knife: <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo"> <div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/repository/fork_button.jpg" alt="fork button" width="500"/></div> </a> Your fork will have its own location, which we will call `PATH_TO_YOUR_FORK`. Next, [clone the forked repository](https://docs.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/cloning-a-repository) and create a branch for your filter, which here we will call **my_awesome_filter**: ```bash git clone $PATH_TO_YOUR_FORK cd NL-Augmenter git checkout -b my_awesome_filter ``` We will base our filter on an existing example. Create a new filter directory by copying over an existing filter `keywords`: ```bash cd nlaugmenter/transformations/ cp -r keywords my_awesome_filter cd my_awesome_filter ``` ### Creating a filter 1. Rename `keywords.py` to `my_awesome_filter.py` and choose one of the interfaces from the `interfaces/` folder. See the full list of options [here.](../interfaces) 2. Now put all your creativity in implementing the `filter` method. If you intend to use external libraries, add them with their version numbers in [`requirements.txt`](../requirements.txt) 3. Once done add at least 5 example pairs as test cases in the file `test.json` so that no one breaks your code inadvertently and update `my_awesome_filter/README.md`. **Testing and evaluating** Once the filter is ready, test it: ```bash pytest -s --f=my_awesome_filter ``` **Code Styling** To standardized the code we use the [black](https://github.com/psf/black) code formatter which will run at the time of pre-commit. To use pre-commit hook, install `pre-commit` with `pip install pre-commit` (installed by default if you've followed the above instructions). Then run `pre-commit install` to install the hook. On future commits, you should see the black code formatter is run on all python files you've staged for commit. ### Submitting Once the tests pass and you are happy with the transformation, submit your transformation for review. First, commit and push your changes: ```bash git add filters/my_awesome_filter/* git commit -m "Added my_awesome_filter" git push --set-upstream origin my_awesome_filter ``` Finally, [submit a pull request](https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request). The last `git push` command prints a URL that can be copied into a browser to initiate such a pull request. Alternatively, you can do so from the GitHub website. <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request"> <div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://docs.github.com/assets/images/help/pull_requests/pull-request-start-review-button.png" alt="pull request button" width="500"/></div> </a> :sparkles: Congratulations, you've submitted a filter to NL-Augmenter! :sparkles:

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Hodgkins Lymphoma Epstein-Barr Virus and Survival with Hodgkin's Lymphoma The presence of Epstein-Barr virus in tumor cells is associated with better survival among young Hodgkin's lymphoma patients and worse survival among older Hodgkin's lymphoma patients, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system and is diagnosed by the identification of a characteristic cell under the microscope (the Reed-Sternberg cell). Hodgkin's lymphoma typically begins in the lymph nodes in one region of the body and then spreads through the lymph system in a predictable manner. It may spread outside the lymph system to other organs such as the lungs, liver, bone and bone marrow. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects a majority of the world's population and is the cause of infectious mononucleosis. In a small proportion of infected individuals, EBV is also thought to play a role in the development of certain types of cancers, including Hodgkin's lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal cancer. Evidence of EBV is found in the Reed-Sternberg cells of roughly 30% of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma in the U.S. In order to assess the relationship between the presence of EBV in tumor cells and survival with Hodgkin's lymphoma, researchers evaluated 922 patients who were diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1988 and 1997. Patients were followed for a median of 8 years after diagnosis. Overall, EBV was present in the Reed-Sternberg cells of 27% of patients, but this varied by age. EBV was found in 40% of children and older adults and 19% of young adults. The relationship between EBV presence in tumor cells and survival varied by age. o In patients under the age of 15 years, EBV appeared to result in better survival, but the small number of deaths in this age group made it difficult to assess survival differences. o In young adults (15-44 years), there was no relationship between EBV and survival. o In older adults (45 years or older), the presence of EBV in Reed-Sternberg cells appeared to result in worse survival, but only among patients with a particular subtype of Hodgkin's disease (nodular sclerosis). The researchers conclude that the presence of EBV in the Reed-Sternberg cells of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma may provide prognostic information. The effect on survival, however, appears to vary by the age of the patient and the subtype of Hodgkin's lymphoma. The presence of EBV in tumor cells is associated with better survival in young patients, and worse survival in older patients with the nodular sclerosis subtype of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Reference: Keegan THM, Glaser SL, Clarke CA et al. Epstein-Barr virus as a marker of survival after Hodgkin's lymphoma: A population-based study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2005;Early online publication September 26, 2005. Copyright © 2018 CancerConnect. All Rights Reserved. Overview of Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Evaluation, & Screening & Prevention of Hodgkin's lymphoma Treatment & Management of Hodgkin Lymphoma Precision cancer medicines and immunotherapy are improving outcomes for individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma. CAR T Cells for Hodgkin's Lymphoma Initial reports of CAR T cell immunotherapy treatment of advanced Hodgkin lymphoma. Recurrent Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment With Adcetris The precision cancer medicine Adcetris is changing the way recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma is managed. Treatment for Stage IIB - IV A or B Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment of stages IIB - IV A or B Hodgkin lymphoma: Adcetris + AVD is a new standard of care. Keytruda® for Adult and Pediatric Patients with Classical Hodgkins Lymphoma KEYNOTE trials demonstrate Keytruda immunotherapy is highly effective treatment of advanced-refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma Adcetris Combination with Chemotherapy-New Standard of Care for Hodgkin Lymphoma Adcetris + AVD and G-CSF significantly improves outcomes compared to ABVD - 4 years follow up.from ASH 2019. Caring for Yourself During Chemotherapy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma Caring for Yourself During Chemotherapy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma: How to Manage Hair Loss, Dry Skin, and Brittle Nails Treatment of Relapsed Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment consists of high dose chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, CAR T cells and precision cancer medicines. Hodgkin's Survivors: Increased Fatigue, Cardiac, and Thyroid Complications HL: Be aware of longer term complications and issues.

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Ray knows next to nothing about music and even less about the playing of musical instruments. During a long and strange career Ray finally found his niche in life by setting up Services Online Ltd in December 1997. After forming a sponsorship deal with local rock & blues band "Arizona Calling" in late 1998, Ray found it extremely frustrating that amateur and semi professional bands were unable to promote themselves without the expensive and time consuming formalities involved with advertisers, managers, agents, promoters and contractual obligations. Gig Guide grew from that humble beginning. The idea of a Gig Guide devoted to ALL bands and groups (not just a list of gigs for mainstream top professional bands) was something which grew in the early part of 1999 when Ray registered the Domain Name www.gig-guide.co.uk and set in place the ideas for providing a web site that could serve ALL bands and music related services. Now the searchable database, which is updated daily thanks to the input of information from bands and music related businesses provides an inexpensive format for them to reach a new and wider audience. Sally is the heart of the organisation and also lives in Bedfordshire. Her administrative skills include the the laborious and thankless task of pre-qualifying and approving (or deleting) all entries submitted to the complimentary advertisements and running the accounts side of the business. The manual checking and approval of listings enables the Gig Guide to supply and retain current quality information and filter out unwanted spam and "off topic" submissions. Her enthusiasm and light hearted approach in supporting the work we do is invaluable in providing a service to our users.

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This is from the article published by The Economic Times on SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2005 01:16:48 AM. Ignore the spelling mistake of Chiranjeevi by them. With its advertising market ballooning at Rs 4,000 crore, star power is going south. Marketers are rushing to snap up southern stars for brand and product endorsements. Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan, the most sought after stars in the endorsement orb, charge around Rs 2-3 cr a year per deal, while Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgan and others are paid around Rs 1-1.5 cr a deal. Whereas Cheeranjeevi, Vijay, Madhavan and Vikram, top stars in south, charge around Rs 2-4 cr depending upon the exposure required. Cheeranjeevi, incidentally, is one of the highest paid actors in the country. He charges around Rs 7-8 cr a film, whereas SRK, the highest paid actor in Bollywood, gets around Rs 5 to 6 cr a film, say sources.Amitabh Bachchan, with a price tag of around Rs 4 cr a deal, of course, remains the costliest star. But sources say that if Rajnikanth, the mega star of south, were to jump into the fray, he would be as pricey as Big B. Nature?s fury knows no geographical boundaries. Mumbai was witness to this on Tuesday as the highest-ever rainfall (94.4 centimeters, 37.1 inches) recorded in a single day in India shut down the financial hub of Mumbai, snapped communication lines, closed airports and thousands of commuters were stranded on the way home or were in their offices far away from home. Tens of thousands of people were stranded for hours on roads in Bombay. The All India Radio reported about 150,000 people were stranded in railway stations across Mumbai, India's main financial center. Due to heavy water-logging in low lying suburban stations, the local trains services had to be suspended.Thousands of commuters were stranded on trains for 5-6 hours without water or food. The heavy downpour forced the AAI to shut down Mumbai airport — one of the busiest in the country and divert all Domestic as well as International flights to Ahmedabad and New Delhi as dark clouds and showers hampered visibility on the two runways.Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the airport as all flights were cancelled. India's previous heaviest rainfall, recorded at Cherrapunji in the Meghalaya state, one of the rainiest places on Earth, was 83.82 centimeters (33 inches) on July 12, 1910. This is the picture taken by a juice shop guy when Ragz came over to meet me, niru and suresh in Hyderabad. This is for all the newcomers who wants to mount those NTFS partitions in Linux. You must begin here and download according to your kernel. These instructions are only for users of Fedora or RedHat kernels. It is important to install exactly the same version of NTFS kernel module as the kernel you have installed. Below are some simple instructions to help you find the file you need. A quick way to find the version is to use the whichrpm script. Save the file and run it. I have changed my hosting from 1and1, as it is expiring this month. So its time to make a move to new housing. This time it is provided by people at Novacyber.net. Thank you very much niru for your generous hospitality, it has been most welcome. Hope to start blogging soon. 21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel. 20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious. 19. Sprays duo such so that he doesn't need to take bath. 18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.

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the history and legacy of slavery in Virginia. This workshop will focus on researching and treasuring the harder stories that we all have in our family histories. We'll talk about how to research the history of enslavement in our families, about how look into criminal histories, about how to locate family members lost (or found) through adoption, and much more. Then, we will discuss the ways we can come to terms with these hard stories, how we might want to share them with family and beyond, and how our own processes of research and acceptance can be helpful to people who are researching their own hard histories. This workshop is designed for genealogists, family historians, or anyone with a family history that intrigues or troubles them. No specific skills needed. Bring a piece or two of family history in the form of a photo or document that tells or symbolizes a hard part of your family story, along with a notebook and pen or a laptop. Come and meet me for an evening of discussion and support for writers and would-be writers at The Arts Center In Orange. Love Letters to Writers: Encouragement, Accountability, and Truth-Telling is a collection of 52 letters that I crafted for members of the writing community I coordinate. The letters explore everything from making time to write to what happens when we are surprised by the emotion that comes up when the words flow. There are no prescriptions or demands here, just gentle hope and support for a writer's spirit. In this workshop, we will discuss the necessaries for creating complex, real-to-life characters in your fiction or memoir writing. From physical description to dialect, from behaviors to beliefs, we'll talk about various ways to get at who your characters—even if they were/are real people—are on the page. Andi will lead exercises to help you explore your characters when you feel like you need new insight into who they are. This workshop is designed for writers of all experience levels. No experience necessary. Bring a notebook and pen or your laptop. Join Andi and her co-hosts Shawn Smucker and Kelly Chripczuk at Andi's farm at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains for a weekend of connection, relaxation, and craft. Get all the details and register here.

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Q: Vim: Delete from cursor to next period Is there a shortcut in vim to delete from the current cursor to the end of the sentence? cursor v This is half a sentence. My cursor is here, but I would like to delete to this period. I do not want to delete this part. ^ delete from cursor to here Imagine my cursor is somewhere on the text that says My cursor is here,. How can I delete from this line all the way (and including) that next .? A: Though there's no exact motion for that, there are several possibilities: * *The ) motion deletes the remainder of the sentence, but that also includes the whitespace after the period. *If there were no hard line break, you could use the useful f motion (which only works in the current line, unless you install a plugin): f. This is also useful if you want to keep the period: t. *The most general motion is search via /. You need to search for a literal period (\.), and to include it, move to the end (/e) of it: /\./e<Enter>. All of these have to be appended to the d "delete" command, which takes a {motion}. Learn how to look up commands and navigate the built-in :help (here, :help motion.txt in particular); it is comprehensive and offers many tips. You won't learn Vim as fast as other editors, but if you commit to continuous learning, it'll prove a very powerful and efficient editor. A: you should combine d with motion command. for your example, this will be d/\.<Ret> A: This visual-mode editing may help you understand what actually happen: v/\.<Ret>ld

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View all property records, sales, and owners for properties in Bexar County Texas. View owner information for parcels within Bexar County Texas. See the sales history for every parcel/property in Bexar County Texas.

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One of the reasons that I decided to move to Berkshire Hathaway was because I love the benefits it brings to my clients. We are a collaborative agency, and we like to work together to find solutions for each of our buyers and sellers, providing the best customer service and peace of mind. While the real estate markets climb up and down, and with homes moving so quickly, it can feel prudent to cut corners in the areas of customer service. I understand—it seems wise to pinch pennies, even when it comes to a real estate agent. I like to work for my clients first, and that is why finding an agent you can trust is the smartest choice. There is much news to report on behalf of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services this month, a company that I am pleased to be a part of because I believe in their models and practices. First, HomeServices has acquired The Long & Foster Companies, including Long & Foster Real Estate and its market-leading affiliated lines in mortgage, settlement services, insurance, and property management. This is an important acquisition for our company because Long & Foster, and their team of 11,000 agents, has a storied reputation of exceptional leadership. By joining them to our organization, Berkshire Hathaway now becomes the nation's largest homeownership services provider. Not only are we the largest, but JD Power has also again awarded us its best Home Seller Satisfaction Ranking, noting in particular the quality of our sales teams, marketing tools, and closing process factors. This was decided by a survey of more than 5,000 consumers who bought or sold a home between March 2016 and April 2017. You can read more about the results of the survey here. At Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, we are proud to offer you exceptional service and advice on both the buying and selling sides of the real estate process. I guarantee exceptional service to all of my clients, and am honored to be a part of this team.

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package com.github.jinahya.database.metadata.bind; import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.SQLException; import static java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection; /** * @author Jin Kwon <onacit_at_gmail.com> */ @org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledIfSystemProperty(named = "memory", matches = "true") @Slf4j class MemoryHsqlTest extends MemoryTest { private static final String DRIVER_NAME = "org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver"; private static final Class<?> DRIVER_CLASS; static { try { DRIVER_CLASS = Class.forName(DRIVER_NAME); } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) { throw new InstantiationError(cnfe.getMessage()); } } private static final String CONNECTION_URL = "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:test"; @Override protected Connection connect() throws SQLException { return getConnection(CONNECTION_URL); } @Override Context context(Connection connection) throws SQLException { return super.context(connection) ; } }

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December 30 is National Baking Soda Day http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com Here are today's five thing to know about Soda: Drinkable carbonated water was first produced in 1767 by J.B. Priestley. Jacob Schweppes began producing carbonated water commercially in 1783. The first soda pop was marketed in the U.S. in 1807. Carbonation results from releasing pressurized carbon dioxide in liquids. Sometimes sodium or potassium salts are added to produce specific tastes. 1781 John Turberville Needham died. He was an English naturalist, and one of those who believed in the spontaneous generation of life. He boiled some mutton broth, sealed it in glass containers and when he found living organisms present after a few days, he believed they came from nonliving matter. He was wrong – boiling does not destroy all bacterial and fungal spores. 1817 The first coffee is planted in Hawaii. 1851 Asa Griggs Candler was born. In 1887, Asa Candler (1851-1929) a wholesale druggist, purchased the formula for Coca-Cola from John S. Pemberton an Atlanta pharmacist for $ 2,300. He sold the company in 1919 for $25 million. 1982 A second full moon occurred during the month ( a 'blue moon'). What makes this one even more unusual was that it was also a total lunar eclipse in the U.S. (A 'blue moon' occurs once every 2.7 years) 2003 The FDA banned the use of 'downer' cattle from the human food supply, due to 'Mad Cow' fears. Categories: December Food Holidays, Food Holidays Tagged: december food holidays, national bicarbonate of soda day thehutowner says: Reblogged this on "Midnight Press". rjbailey says: Reblogged this on Locating Frankenstein's Brain. « December 29 is National "Get on the Scales Day" December 31 is National Vinegar Day »

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Adam Hadwin falls short to Adam Long at Desert Classic Updated: January 21, 2019 8:28 AM EDT Adam Hadwin of Canada reacts to a missed birdie putt on the 15th green during the final round of the Desert Classic at the Stadium Course on January 20, 2019 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images) LA QUINTA, Calif. – Adam Long bounced around golf's backwoods for years, winning only a lone Hooters Tour event. Now, he's headed to the Masters as a PGA Tour winner. Long won the Desert Classic on Sunday at PGA West, beating Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson and Canadian Adam Hadwin by a stroke with a 14-foot birdie putt on the final hole after a 6-iron approach from an awkward stance. "In some ways it's been a little bit of a roller-coaster, but it's been a steady improvement throughout my career," Long said. "I've played in pretty much most tours around the world that there are and just kind of steadily progressed. "It kind of can seem like it came out of nowhere, but my game's been trending in the right direction for really the last two years now." Long closed with a 7-under 65 on the Stadium Course, holing the winning putt after Mickelson's 40-foot birdie try curled left at the end. Adam Long of the United States celebrates after making the winning putt on the 18th green during the final round of the Desert Classic at the Stadium Course on January 20, 2019 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images) "I got a pretty good read off Phil's putt," Long said. "It was one of those putts that you just stand over you just know you're going to make. And you can't control that, but when you have that feeling it's a good one. I'm in pretty disbelief right now. I don't really know what happened." Mickelson, the leader after each of the first three rounds, shot 69. "I had a terrible putting day – one of the worst I can recall in a while," Mickelson said. "Started right on the first hole with a little 4-footer uphill and three-putting that green. And I missed a bunch of short ones on the front and some birdie opportunities, but it felt awful with the putter. I hit a lot of good shots today, but just couldn't get the ball to go in the hole." Phil Mickelson of the United States tees off on the 16th hole during the final round of the Desert Classic at the Stadium Course on January 20, 2019 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images) Long set up with the winning putt with the 6-iron approach from 175 yards with the ball below his feet in dormant grass on a mound to the right of the fairway. The 31-year-old former Duke player earned his PGA Tour card with a 13th-place finish last year on the Web.com Tour's regular-season money list. In five previous PGA Tour starts, he had made only one cut – a tie for 63rd in October in the Safeway Open. Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., finished with a 67, losing a three-stroke lead on the back nine. "It's golf," Hadwin said. "I made a bunch of putts all week and then honestly I was kind of battling it a little bit swing-wise, didn't quite have it like I did the first three days. … It just kind of flat-lined on me there in the last few." The Canadian had his fourth straight top-six finish in the event. He was second in 2017 after a third-round 59 at La Quinta Country Club and tied for third last year. Adam Hadwin of Canada hits his second shot on the 14th hole during the final round of the Desert Classic at the Stadium Course on January 20, 2019 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) Long finished at 26-under 262 and earned $1,062,000. He chipped in twice on the back nine to remain in contention. "Those chip-ins were huge and some putts on the front nine as well to just kind of hang in there," Long said, He opened with a 63 on PGA West's Nicklaus Tournament Course, shot 71 on Friday at the Stadium layout and had another 63 on Saturday at La Quinta to get into the final group with Mickelson and Hadwin. "It was a huge thrill to play with Phil," Long said. "I looked up to him my whole life and big fan of his and he couldn't have been greater to me out there and he was awesome to play with, a lot of fun." The 48-year-old Mickelson was making his first tour start since the Safeway and first competitive appearance since beating Tiger Woods in Las Vegas in November in a made-for-TV event. Mickelson entered the day two strokes ahead of Hadwin and three ahead of Long. The tournament winner in 2002 and 2004, Lefty matched his career-low score with an opening 60 at La Quinta. "It's a weird game how sometimes if you haven't played for a while it just can click and come right back," Mickelson said. "But usually you need a little bit of a foundation there coming down the stretch. When you get to feel the pressure you need to have that foundation of practice and seeing the shots that you want to hit, seeing the ball go in on the greens and so forth and I didn't really have that today." Talor Gooch was fourth at 24 under after a 64, Dominic Bozzelli followed at 22 under after a 66, and Jon Rahm, the 2018 winner, shot 67 to get to 21 under. Top-ranked Justin Rose closed with a 70 to tie for 34th at 14 under. He's the first No. 1 player to play the tournament since the world ranking began in 1986.

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Back in March, I headed down to Alpharetta, GA to spend time with the American half of our Vulnerability and Exposure Research Team (VERT). While the Sunday travel was a nightmare (issues with customs, car rental and hotel), the week proved to be incredibly valuable. Just prior to my trip, a customer had complained that they had a laptop that was crashing whenever it was scanned with Tripwire IP360. Given the non-invasive nature of our product, this indicated one of two things: We'd made a mistake with new content or our product had inadvertently discovered a new vulnerability. Given our process of triple-checking for scan interaction issues prior to shipping and a history of identifying new vulnerabilities via IP360, I figured that this was the most likely scenario and had our support team gather data from the customer. It just so happened that this "data" included a laptop exhibiting the issue that arrived at our Alpharetta office the day before I arrived. This gave those of us on-site a unique project, the rare situation where your hobby and your job overlap one hundred percent and you feel like you're the Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew solving the world's greatest mystery. As a team, we tackled the problem reproducing the crash and then working our way through the scan process, packet by packet. A couple members of the team quickly produced a proof of concept python script allowing us to streamline our testing while another team member dove into the memory dump. We looked at the software installed on the laptop and the data from the memory dump and all indicators screamed video drivers. We uninstalled the drivers, rebooted, and … success! The BSOD had been averted. Reinstalling the drivers once again caused the issue to return. We debated on the correct point of contact at this point, Microsoft or the video card manufacturer, NVIDIA. Ultimately, we decided to start at the base of the pyramid and work our way up, and we contacted Microsoft on March 14, 2016. Multiple emails were exchanged over the next 48 hours, followed by silence while Microsoft investigated. We contacted Microsoft again on April 7, 2016, and discovered that they could not reproduce the issue and that they had determined the issue to be with the driver, suggesting that we expand the conversation. That same day, we submitted information to NVIDIA. Contact with NVIDIA continued throughout April and we also informed Lenovo PSIRT of the issue, providing them with details. May was met with silence, so in June, we followed up with NVIDIA – they apologized for the lack of an update, provided the CVE (CVE-2016-4959) for the issue and mentioned that they were planning on publishing a fix. On June 20, VERT was provided with a timeline for the fix and agreed to work with NVIDIA to responsibly disclose the issue. NVIDIA's advisory on the publication can be found here. In the end, it's worth stating that it's absolutely amazing to spend a decade working with a product that, while not its intended purpose, can find new vulnerabilities in major products. It was a pleasure to work with NVIDIA on this and, given some of the poor examples of responsiveness we've seen from security teams, it was great to see how responsive they were.

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"Свети Димитър" () е късносредновековна православна църква в село Дион (Малатрия), Егейска Македония, Гърция, част от Китроската, Катеринска и Платамонска епархия. Разположена е веднага източно след развалините на античния град Дион. Църквата е еднокорабен храм от XV век. На западната фасада са запазени фрески от XVIII век, изобразяващи Второто пришествие. Бележки Дем Дион-Олимп Димитър (Дион)

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Coal, conveyor belts, and creativity AGL has a proud history of innovation – and that innovation is driven at a strategic level all the way down to the day-to-day tasks done by our people. Around 30 km of elevated conveyor belts carry the coal from the Loy Yang Coal Mine to Loy Yang A Power Station, which provides enough power to supply more than two million Victorian homes per year. Because of the volume of fuel and the speed with which it is carried to the power station, invariably there is spillage – and the spillage collects under the belts. This can be a fire hazard, but it also makes making structural inspections of the belts and their support infrastructure considerably more difficult. Previously the task had been done with an integrated tool carrier (ITC) – a variant of a front-end loader – and an attachment called a 'frypan', which – according to Mine Production Supervisor Brad Greenough – was not always the most practical or effective method. Thus began the search for a better solution. 'After a process of trial and error the operators identified what they'd need in a new tool,' Brad said. 'We couldn't find exactly what we needed on the market – so we engineered our own tool and found a local manufacturer who could custom-make it.' 'The new tool has an extendable arm that fits neatly under the conveyor structure, and – crucially – it can be used with the nimbler tracked skid-steer, rather than the ITC.' After the tool was delivered to the site in April, more than 500 cubic metres of spill was removed from the conveyor system in just four 12-hour shifts. 'The spill had buried much of the conveyor frame-supporting pontoons and was encroaching on the rotating elements of the conveyor,' Brad said. 'Now that it's cleared, we can better conduct structural checks of conveyor frames. The service life of belt components is boosted, as they no longer work in abrasive coal chewing out bearings/casings, and – most importantly – it's also reduced our fire risk under operating conveyors.'

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Home > What were your favorite entries from the Sri Lanka environment photo contest? Inspired by Sri Lanka's incredible natural beauty, the World Bank organized a photo contest starting on June 21st aimed at showcasing the many talented photographers among us as well as celebrating the rich flora and fauna of Sri Lanka. We received an overwhelming response from many talented photographers, both professional and amateur, who sent us hundreds of awe-inspiring entries. After the contest ended on June 30th, 167 entries were shortlisted . We asked you which photos were your favorites and you voted until 6PM Monday on your selections through social media. Without further ado, here are the top 10 based on your choices! Let us know what you think in the comments below and don't forget to follow World Bank Sri Lanka on Facebook as well as the World Bank's Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives, @Idah_WB on Twitter .

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Download Kodi For iPhone: – After discussing the downloading Kodi App for PC and for all platforms separately, we are now going to discuss how to Download Kodi For iPhone. Kodi is available for all platforms, and thus it is necessary for us to share everything about Kodi iPhone App and how to get it installed on any device including PC, Windows, Android and iPhone too. Kodi is most popular media player software right now on the market. It was formerly known as XBMC which stands for XBox Media Center which shows that it was truly dedicated to XBox Players only. Kodi App was developed by a group of volunteer engineers known as Team Kodi at XBMC/Kodi Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium. Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software application. Kodi is available for multiple operating systems and hardware platforms, with a 10-foot user interface for televisions and remote controls. Kodi allows users to watch videos, music, podcasts, and videos from the internet, as well as all common digital media files from local and network storage media. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. Kodi supports most common audio, video, and image formats, playlists, audio visualizations, slideshows, weather forecasts reporting, and third-party plugins. Unlike other devices, it is capable of doing nearly everything. Kodi is the ultimate entertainment center software. It plays almost every kind of media you can find and it looks great while doing it! Thanks to the developers. Since then more than 450 programmers from all over the world have come forward and contributed to Kodi to make it better. As a result of which, Kodi Home Theater now supports more than 65 languages which are huge itself. Kodi For iPhone was written in programming language C++. Recently, on Aug 2014, XBox Media Center (XBMC) was renamed as Kodi App Player, and it was granted trademark in Nov 2015. It is an open source software with the massive user base. Kodi app is compatible with nearly all operating system platforms including Windows PC, Android, macOS, iOS and Linux. The level of its popularity can be judged by its user base. Kodi iPhone App also offers Media player software, smart TV platform, digital media player digital video recorder. Kodi App comes with a software ten-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. Just like Apple provides macOS operating system for desktop PCs, iOS comes with iPhone. So, if you want to download Kodi for iPhone, you will need to work on iOS. Since Apple has stepped into Smartphone Market, it has been working hard to make it more awesome and feature-rich smartphone so that people keep loving it. In iPhone with iOS 9, it helps to have a split view and picture in picture view. In order to install Kodi for iPhone, you need to check these requirements first of all. A Jailbroken iDevice with iOS 5.1.1 or Higher. A Standard iDevice with iOS 5.1.1 or Higher. A Mac with Xcode 7 and higher. Hardware requirements: iPad (1,2,3,4), iPad Air (1,2), iPad Mini (1,2,3), iPhone (4, 4s, 5, 5c, 5s, 6, 6+, 6s, 6s+), iPod touch (4, 5, 6). Step 1: Tap the Cydia icon on your iPhone home screen to download Kodi App. Step 2: Select Sources -> Edit and click on Add. Step 4: Now Tap on the team Kodi source. Step 5: Now Tap on 'All Packages' and then click on 'Kodi-iOS'. Step 6: Finally Tap install button, then confirm. Step 7: Let it install, then exit Cydia. You should now have a new Kodi icon on your screen. Congrats, you have successfully installed Kodi App on iPhone. Start using it right away and start enjoying the Kodi iPhone App. Step 1: You need to create a new iOS project in Xcode. Step 2: Provide a new name and unique identifier to identify it easily. 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Trekking to see the golden monkeys is another highlight of Volcanoes National Park. The Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus Mitis Kandti) is a local subspecies of the widespread Sykes Monkey, also known as the "Blue Monkey" and is endemic to the high altitude forests of the Volcanoes National Park area. The monkeys are playfully curious and spend most of their time leaping between bamboo branches around the forest. After breakfast your picked by our guide from your overnight hotel to transfer to Ruhengere province via Kigali Genocide memorial center for an emotional experience before continuing to our final destination of the day. Have lunch along the way before continuing on the drive to the lodge. This morning after an early breakfast, drive to the park headquarters to take part in an adventure of tracking the "Little Primates" of the Virungas, the Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus Kandti), now listed as endangered because of their small numbers. You will be part of a select group of a maximum of 6 people, and the tracking will take most of the day. After the trek, return to the lodge for relaxation or opt to go for a community walk after lunch. Enjoy a relaxed breakfast before driving back to Kigali to be dropped off at your preferred hotel or the airport for your departure flight home.

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Oppo A7 official press render leaks the front panel Unknown Wednesday, October 24, 2018 GSMArena.com - Latest articles Oppo is following keeps pumping mid-range phones, and the next to come will likely be called Oppo A7. It already appeared on TENAA, reminding us of the Oppo F9/Oppo A7x, but with a plain color on the back. Now the first official render popped up, confirming the resemblance of the phones. The source shared some specs along the render that unsurprisingly match the ones TENAA listed - 6.2" HD+ IPS LCD and Snapdragon 450 chipset. The Oppo A7 might come with 3/4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage, but with a microSD slot for up to 256 GB more. Is that the Oppo A7 on TENAA? There... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2O1QlGk By Unknown at Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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The ISA Sign Expo just wrapped up its 2018 show right here in Orlando, FL this past weekend. We had the opportunity to attend this amazing event to see some of the amazing innovations coming to the various signage industries. One of our cornerstones for delivering quality lead generation and brand awareness is through outdoor digital billboards throughout Orlando. This was a great way to see some of the newest tech on the horizon and learn some new methods of displaying our clients brands in unique and fresh ways. The ISA Sign Expo is targeted towards business owners. There are businesses from all walks of life showcasing themselves at this event. Massive portions of the convention center are dedicated to large format printing, LED lighting for signage uses, steel and metal structure manufacturers, machine cutters, high powered laser equipment, business software solutions, apparel industry professionals, outdoor advertising solutions, and many more. I spent a few hours walking around the trade floor speaking with various different companies from a wide range of backgrounds just trying to soak up as much as I could. A popular category on display is apparel. From heat presses, to different forms of vinyl or inks, to plotters or printers, there is a huge variety of companies that fall within this spectrum on display at the expo. I made it a point to try and speak with some of these innovative companies that are offering really interesting ways of changing the apparel printing industry. A German company, FOREVER, showcased a very interesting digital transfer product which allows various colored printing methods utilizing printing methods from a regular laser printer. They pitch their product as the ultimate vinyl alternative. It is a really interesting product that I may look into further to test out its viability. Usual vinyl industry provides such as Siser and Chemica US were also present with their traditional setups with 4-5 employees ready to offer information regarding their set up samples or about distributors in your local area. Large format printers are another industry that have a resounding presence at this event. Industry titans like Mimaki and Roland of course had massive setups showcasing a myriad of different printers. The sheer size of some of these pieces of equipment is absolutely staggering. The NOVUS Imaging Ultra 3200 (pictured below) was one of these gigantic pieces of tech I decided to take a look at closer. The sheer printing capabilities of all the machines on display was truly amazing. It's understandable how some of these giant pieces of machinery are accompanied with an over $100,000 price tag! Big names within the outdoor advertising industry were present in the forms of Prismview (Now owned by Samsung) and Watchfire, both provide extremely powerful scheduling software for outdoor digital units as well as various other tech and hardware solutions for outdoor and indoor signs. I was personally a huge fan of the Watchfire booth. The use of color while showcasing their various technological innovations made for an extremely striking visual. It was great speaking with some of the professionals that have a background within the digital outdoor advertising spectrum. The expo also showcased one of the most interesting competitions I've ever witnessed. The 'Ultimate Wrap Stars' competition saw 32 competitors pitted head to head applying various vehicle wraps throughout the weekend. It was fascinating watching these men work at such an amazing pace and yet still able to maintain top notch quality. Witnessing the application of a vehicle wrap first hand adds an appreciation for the work and the technical skill involved when working with this type of medium. It was an awesome change of pace from viewing all of the different vendors and exhibitors on display. Goodbong – Despite the name this company actually creates large format auto industry logos. USTech – One of the few local to Orlando companies at the event which specializes in large format laminators. SIGNINDUSTRY.COM – An online magazine strictly for companies within the signage industry. Feel free to browse the rest of the gallery of images from the event located below. Overall, the 2018 ISA Sign Expo was a really fun and interesting event. ISA alternates the expo location each year between Las Vegas and Orlando, so we'll have to wait until 2020 befor it to make it's return to the City Beautiful. But, once they announce the date I will be one of the first ones heading online to register and get my ticket!

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Officials hope stronger laws help curb domestic violence Read more:The Daily Home - Officials hope stronger laws help curb domestic violence by David Atchison St. Clair County has seen an increase in domestic violence murders committed by men against women. "I find it disturbing we saw an increase last year," said Carrie Leland, the YWCA Central Alabama Rural Domestic Violence Services coordinator. She said St. Clair County logged one homicide each year resulting from domestic violence in 2009 and 2010, but that number jumped to two last year. Leland said there have been two domestic violence murders committed against women already this year, and it is only February. "I'm alarmed we had two in the first month of 2012," she said. Leland said she hopes the recent strengthening of new domestic violence laws will help curb domestic violence and hold perpetrators accountable for their actions. "In September 2011, some changes were made to Alabama's domestic violence laws, which added new felony and misdemeanor crimes and mandatory jail sentences for multiple convictions," Leland said. "There are now mandatory jail sentences for people convicted for their second and third domestic violence offenses." She said domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women in the United States, and in 2010 Alabama was ranked second in the nation for women killed by men in domestic violence incidents. Leland said since 2009, 97 women and 78 children have stayed in the YWCA confidential domestic violence shelter in St. Clair County. "Unfortunately, we are a very busy operation, but we also know that every victim does not reach out to us for help," she said. "Some suffer in silence and some do not know help is available." In 2011 alone, the YWCA St. Clair County office served 1,904 victims in courts and through crisis calls. Court systems across the state are filled with domestic violence cases, with most cases involving the abuse of women committed by a boyfriend or husband. "I think one of our biggest problems is that the victim refuses to cooperate," St. Clair County Assistant District Attorney Gwendolyn Connelly said. "We try to make them understand that we are trying to get their partner help. The violence is going to increase over time unless they get help." She said St. Clair County contracts with outside services to help break the cycle of domestic violence against women. Domestic violence offenders sometimes volunteer and others are ordered to the six-month domestic violence intervention program. Connelly said the program can work. "It seems to be really effective for first-time offenders," she said. "It certainly gets their attention." She said some offenders return to court and face prosecution. Connelly said offenders could face up to 12 months in jail for domestic violence misdemeanor convictions. Felony convictions could mean stiffer penalties and possible prison time. If convicted, she said, an offender could lose their right to carry a gun. Connelly said it is not uncommon for domestic violence offenders to use alcohol or drugs. "I have seen alcohol and drug abuse as one of the factors in the majority of domestic violence cases," she said. "It can be a challenge to get the defender clean before you can address the domestic violence issues." Connelly said it's important that women cooperate with law enforcement so their partner can get help before the violence escalates. "They could end up being a homicide victim," she said. Talladega County District Attorney Steve Giddens said his office has and will prosecute domestic violence offenders with or without a victim's cooperation, but he said it is a challenge for law enforcement if the victim does not cooperate. "We tried a case three years ago where the wife refused to testify," Giddens said. "He (her husband) hit her in the head with a hammer." He said the children testified in the case. Prosecutors used 911 tapes and the victim's statements made to officers who arrived on the scene. "She refused to testify, but we tried the case, and the guy was found guilty by a jury," Giddens said. He said one of the biggest changes in recent domestic violence laws that has helped law enforcement prosecute domestic violence offenders is the "probable cause law." The law enables police to arrest a suspect of domestic violence if there is probable cause that a domestic violence crime occurred. Giddens said the Talladega County District Attorney's Office also employs a victim's advocate who assists and aids victims. He said the victim advocate can assist in filing restraining orders and help the victims through the court process. Giddens said the Domestic Violence Victim's Advocate position is funded through a federal grant the District Attorney's Office applied for several years ago. He said domestic violence cases are sometimes difficult to prosecute when the witnesses refuse to testify in court or refuse to go forward with charges against the offender. Giddens said there are many reasons a witness may refuse to testify against their husband or boyfriend, including fear. "Sometimes they move back in with them and, of course, they (the offender) are absolutely on their best behavior," he said. He said the District Attorney's Office had one case where the offender pointed a gun and attempted to shoot his wife. The gun malfunctioned. "Instead he beat her with the gun, breaking the butt of the rifle," Giddens said. "If that gun had operated like it should have, we would have been trying a murder case." The woman did not want her husband prosecuted. He said it is important that people report domestic violence incidents. "People need to be held accountable for what they have done," Giddens said. Leland agreed, saying domestic violence is not a momentary loss of temper and is inexcusable. "It is a behavioral choice that only the batterer is responsible for and is not caused by job stress, economic stress, family stress or substance abuse," she said. "Domestic violence is a deliberate pattern of abusive tactics by one partner in an intimate relationship to obtain and maintain power and control over the other partner." Leland said everyone should feel safe in their own home, which is where most domestic violence incidents occur. "Victims of domestic violence my be isolated from friends, family and neighbors and lose their network of social support," Leland said. "With time, the abusive partner may use increasingly severe methods to maintain control. 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Apple Just Announced Something Unthinkable About the iPhone. Here's Why It's Actually Great News Apple's services and wearables divisions have made up for slowing iPhone sales, and now represent the company's most important product areas for the future. By Jason Aten@jasonaten Steve Jobs. Yesterday, Apple announced its most recent quarterly results, and while iPhone sales have continued to cool, there's good news overall as the company beat expectations. Expectations, it turns out, are everything. In fact, one of the most interesting things we learned is that you can make the case that the iPhone is no longer Apple's most important product. Which is saying a lot considering that it's probably the most successful product, ever. It transformed Apple from a niche computer manufacturer into the first trillion-dollar company. It also made Apple the most profitable company on the planet and increased the company's revenue by a factor of 10. It's been a no-brainer to say that the iPhone is Apple's most important product ever--but not anymore. At least not if you measure it by its importance to the future of Apple. Because something has happened--for the first time in seven years, the iPhone represents less than half of Apple's total sales. Certainly, the iPhone is important. In fact, the iPhone still generates enough revenue that, if it were its own company, it would rank in the top 30 on the Fortune 500. Higher, in fact, than UPS or Wells Fargo. It also still makes up the largest chunk of Apple's revenue. Apple's iPhone problem isn't that people are giving up them and buying Android devices, but rather that almost everyone already has a smartphone. That market is highly saturated, meaning it's harder and harder to continue to grow. Sure, there are plenty of people who don't have an iPhone, and I'm sure Apple would be happy to sell them one. But that often depends on factors like price and features, two areas Apple has never intended to compete with the iPhone. Instead, the company competes on the overall user experience. This has led to what I think you can argue are now its two most important products, or at least, product categories. Apple said its services division saw an increase of almost 13 percent, and now makes up 20 percent of the company's revenue. That means that one of every five dollars spent with Apple is for a subscription to iCloud, Apple Music, Apple News+, or an App Store purchase. There's always been an interesting dynamic between Apple's services and the iPhone: whether Apple offers services as an enticement to buy an iPhone or the other way around. I think you could argue that moving into the future, the services that Apple builds on top of its devices are becoming more and more important as a driver of growth. That will become even clearer when Apple's upcoming TV+ service launches later this year. Certainly, streaming video is another increasingly saturated market, but if Apple can leverage its enormous scale and platform of devices to gain traction here, it has the potential to disrupt that market the way it did music. Apple's services division also happens to be its most profitable by far, meaning that over time it will increasingly become more important to the future of the company. And since subscription services renew every month, there's less pressure to persuade people to upgrade to the latest version of the coolest new device--they're already signed up and are paying their $10 per month. In some ways, the Apple Watch is the natural evolution of the iPhone. There are only so many things you can make a smartphone do before you have to do something totally different. That's basically the Apple Watch, which happens to be the most successful wearable product, ever. Apple sells more watches than any other company on earth, more than all the Swiss makers combined. And, in addition to being the logical extension of your iPhone, it's become a killer device in its own right. The health tools are best-in-class, and it's probably the best productivity device you can buy. It also happens to have a much greater untapped market than the iPhone, meaning that moving forward, it's a far more important device to the success of Apple. Mac and iPad It's been a while since the Mac was the most important product made by Apple. I'm not sure you can really argue that it's back in that spot, but, unlike the iPod, Mac sales are growing. And the iPad has been growing even faster, now barely trailing all Mac desktop and laptop sales. I personally think Apple has made it clear that it wants to position the iPad as the future of creative work, and it appears that users have started to catch on. Apple is rumored to be introducing two new iPad models later this year, and I'll be keeping an eye on what it announces next.

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Q: Google Sheet API with writing permission without Google sign-in I am going to build a web page that using Google spreadsheet as a database to read and write, thus I try to implement sheet API for the purpose. I know that in order to grant writing permission, oauth 2.0 should be used for the sheet api. As the database is opened to public and no user data will be used, I would like to skip the Google sign-in. Is there any measure to grant writing permission without Google sign-in? A: If you want to use a single spreadsheet, you need a Google account for your application which will own the spreadsheet. The application users will not have direct access to the spreadsheet from their own Google accounts - you would have to share it with them and I think there is no need for that. For this scenario, Google want you to create a service account. You can create in in Google API Console. For detailed info, please take a look at the Google develeopers page.

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Home Geopolitics US-Taliban truce begins, feeding hope of a peaceful, more prosperous Afghanistan –... US-Taliban truce begins, feeding hope of a peaceful, more prosperous Afghanistan – Elizabeth B. Hessami (02/24/2020) US-Taliban truce begins, feeding hope of a peaceful, more prosperous Afghanistan Taliban fighters surrender their weapons in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2020. Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua via Getty Images Elizabeth B. Hessami, Johns Hopkins University If a seven-day truce between the United States and the Taliban holds until Feb. 28, 2020, Afghanistan's decades-long conflict may finally end. A peace deal could be signed as soon as Feb. 29, according to the State Department. The draft accord follows months of stop-and-go negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, an armed insurgency promoting an ultra-conservative form of Sunni Islam. The Taliban has battled the Afghan government for power for three decades. Since the U.S. invasion of 2001 following the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, it has also fought the United States – an 18-year war that killed 2,300 American soldiers and more than 43,000 Afghan citizens. A peace deal with the Taliban would set the terms for a staged withdrawal of the remaining 14,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan. In exchange, the Taliban must agree to enter talks with Afghan government officials and cut ties with terrorist groups like al-Qaida. But peace in Afghanistan will take more than an accord. History shows that economic growth and better job opportunities are necessary to rebuild stability after war. My work on armed conflict, the environment and peacebuilding indicates that careful and sustainable use of Afghanistan's abundant natural resources could be one path toward recovery. A market in the Old City of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2019. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi Building a lasting peace Insurgent groups recruit people who desperately need an income. As Wired magazine reported back in 2007, the Taliban paid its soldiers far better than the Afghan government. Today, salaries for members of ISIS-KP, the Islamic State's local branch, are reportedly even higher. Creating well-paid alternatives to extremist groups, then, is a critical piece in solving Afghanistan's national security puzzle. And since many fighters for insurgent groups in Afghanistan come from a farming background – and agriculture accounts for 40% of total jobs in Afghanistan – rural development will be particularly important for peacebuilding. "Strengthening natural resource-related livelihoods can [provide] a future for youth who might otherwise join rebel forces," says Carl Bruch, president of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association, a nonprofit organization that studies the relationship between armed conflict and natural resources. The United States Agency for International Development, which also funds efforts to build the economy of post-conflict countries like Colombia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, sees sustainable economic growth as crucial for a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan. Figs, saffron and pine nuts The export market for coveted Afghan agricultural products like cashmere, pine nuts, figs and saffron is one potentially lucrative sector of the rural economy. In November 2019, several Chinese importers finalized a deal with Afghan companies to buy US$2.2 billion in Afghan pine nuts over the next five years. Other agricultural exports from Afghanistan are finding their place in the world market, too. Grape sales brought Afghanistan $143 million in 2017. Tropical fruits earned $101 million. Afghanistan's economy grew 2.9% in 2019, largely driven by agriculture. Afghan women work in a saffron field in Herat, Afghanistan, Nov. 27, 2013. AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi, File The Afghan government recognizes its potential as a global source of fine foods. Eight months after Afghan president Ashraf Ghani created several new air corridors in 2018 – safe and direct flight paths created for trade and other purposes – exports from Afghanistan increased 32%. These air routes connect Afghanistan to India, Turkey, China, Saudi Arabia, Europe, Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan – commercial hubs that give Afghan products access to other trade destinations. Recently, browsing in a local health food store in Los Angeles, I was surprised to come upon a bright red bag of Kandahar figs. The distributor, Ziba Foods, told me that 80% of their workforce – both management and staff positions – is female, and that the company provides English lessons and other professional development to staff. "We are committed to providing our Afghan staff with year-round employment despite the cyclical nature of the agricultural sector," Ziba partner Raffi Vartanian said. Emerald mining Emeralds are another Afghan product with the potential to drive economic growth. High up in the Hindu Kush mountains of Panjshir Province are buried vivid green emeralds of noted color and purity. The inhabitants of Panjshir once sold these famous emeralds to finance their resistance to Soviet occupation. In a more stable future, these precious stones could provide substantial incomes for people in an area that's too mountainous for farming or herding. Afghanistan exported an estimated $100 million in emeralds in 2018, according to InColor Magazine, a publication of the International Colored Gemstone Association. In 2015, Christie's auction house sold an Afghan emerald for $2,276,408, a record price for Christie's. Despite some recent road repairs, the mountainous and remote Panjshir region remains extremely difficult to get in and out of. With better access, improved technology and more training for miners, analysts estimate Panjshir could produce $300 to $400 million worth of emeralds each year. If signed, the Afghanistan peace deal would come just over 40 years after the 1979 Soviet Invasion that triggered a cycle of armed conflict that has destabilized this Central Asian nation since. Afghan rebels on top of knocked out Russian armored vehicle in Afghanistan in February 1980. AP Photo An estimated 2.5 million Afghans were killed or wounded during the decade-long Soviet occupation. The withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989 left the country in chaos, vulnerable to the eventual rise of militant groups like the Taliban, al-Qaida and, eventually, IS-KP. Though the 27.5 million Afghans under the age of 25 have only known war, the population is hopeful about their country's prospects for peace. A recent survey by the Asia Foundation of 18,000 Afghans found that 90% of those surveyed strongly support efforts toward a deal with the Taliban. Older Afghans remember happier times. My husband, who left Afghanistan as a young man after the Soviet invasion, has photo albums showing his family grilling kebabs and lounging in the rose-filled Paghman Gardens, just outside the city. Back then, beautiful Kabul was known as "the Paris of Central Asia." Many of Paghman's lawns and palaces are now in the process of careful restoration – a hopeful sign after decades of destruction. Visitors in 2009 at at a lake in Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan's first national park. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul In the 1960s and 1970s, Afghanistan's spectacular natural landscapes attracted thousands of tourists each year, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. Young travelers who took the famous "Hippie Trail" – a 4,660-mile journey from London to Goa, India – would pass through Afghanistan. Ecotourism is another industry that could develop in Afghanistan if armed conflict ceases. A Taliban accord is necessary to end the Afghanistan war. But creating meaningful jobs and sustainable economic growth will help create a durable peace. This is an updated version of an article originally published Dec. 10, 2019. Elizabeth B. Hessami, Faculty Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University Previous articleTrump's New Spy Chief Used to Work for a Foreign Politician the U.S. Accused of Corruption – Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica (02/24/2020) Next articleCarmine Savastano: Historical Dominion Slavery Business – Source – The Ochelli Effect (02/24/2020) Why the US cares about what happens in Kazakhstan – 5 questions answered by former ambassador – Larry C. Napper U.S. Foreign Policy and the Military-Industrial Complex w/ Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson – Source – Parallax Views Progressives Demand Biden End Sanctions to Avert Mass Starvation in Afghanistan – Andrea Germanos

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Using WASD with tiling window managers, some thoughts about floating windows and an ominous note about Fn keys that I never wrote about. Why am I doing it to myself? I'm trying to use Emacs again instead of Vimming. And some update about hiring real singers for my songs. I wanted to share advice for myself in case I get stuck while composing Metal songs. After that, I describe a bit what I was doing for Croc farm, my awesome tool/app/thing that I'm reviving this weekend instead of working on cloud timers. Was working on a project. The day after Cubase will load the project but then just quit. A tip from an old friend: just delete this one folder and Cubase is back in business. It's under %APPDATA% -> Steinberg/Cubase/<cubase version>. This is for future me reminding myself how to fix a bluetooth audio stutter. Disable BT in location settings. I present a way I currently use to sort-out what I'm doing and stay focused in my daily life.

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The successful implementation and go-live of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) is the culmination of years of planning and work. Understanding and preparing for the challenges that an organization faces in the weeks leading to go-live and effectively navigating those challenges will ultimately determine the project's success. Successful implementations are the result of effectively managing the months of planning and preparation for go-live and the rush of activity and preparation in the weeks leading to go-live. How do you prepare and support your organization, your end users, and your application teams? Are you prepared for the obstacles that await you? A trusted partner that has a history of leading clients through the challenges of large-scale technical EHR go-lives is imperative. Optimum Healthcare IT provides years of EHR implementation and go-live experience and insight that will ensure a successful outcome. In most cases, preparation for an Epic EHR implementation begins years in advance of the actual go-live date or dates. Implementations of this magnitude are not only the culmination of intense planning and preparation but are likely one of the most significant challenges an organization will undertake – one that will be felt in nearly every aspect of the organization. It will alter the way clinicians work, the way revenue is captured, the way information is reported and analyzed, and the way the organization operates. Invariably, no matter how much planning and preparation goes into the go-live, there is always a rush of activity in the months and weeks leading to go-live. The changes are epic … pun intended! So how do we get there? How can you properly prepare for an implementation that will effectively change the way your organization operates? What is waiting for you in those final months and weeks leading to and including the go-live? Go-Lives don't take weeks, they take months, and sometimes years.

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[email protected] Baxter Publishing Group, LLC PinterestTwitterFacebook Maryland Pets Animal Shelters, Kennels, Pet Stores, Veterinarians, Pet Sitters, Groomers, Dog Trainers Support for Animal Charities Pet Friendly License Plates Maryland Animal Rescues Maryland Animal Shelters Petfinder Search Bird Articles Ferret Articles Guinea Pig Articles Rabbit Articles Wild Bird Articles Animal Welfare Resources Pet Food Resources Three Questions To Ask Before You Get A Dog The pandemic and its lockdowns have highlighted the benefits of owning a dog like never before. It may not, however, have highlighted the challenges quite so well. Pets aren't toys, they need care for all their lifetime. With that in mind, here are three questions to ask before you decide if you're really prepared for that commitment. What are your life plans for the next 20 years? That's a big question, but you need at least a rough answer to it. In particular, you need to think about whether you're likely to have any major lifestyle changes. House moves, traveling and, in particular, having children, can all play a role in whether or not you can have a dog right now. If you can't plan that far ahead, then shorten your time frame and see where that leads you. If you figure out that you can look after a dog for at least five years, then you could think about adopting an older dog. Remember, however, that you will need a plan in place as to what you will do if your circumstances change during your dog's lifetime. What experience do you have training dogs? Shelters have dogs of all ages. If you get a puppy, then you will have to organize for him or her to be trained. If you get an older dog, then their training will depend on their previous life. Shelter staff will generally do their best to train adult dogs before adoption. They will not give away any dog they believe to be dangerous. They may not, however, train all dogs perfectly. In other words, you should probably assume that you're going to have to undertake some level of dog training. You may find this a lot easier if you get help from a reputable dog training company. You should certainly be prepared for a certain level of house-training. In particular, expect there to be at least a few accidents in the early days. Even though your dog will probably be delighted to be adopted, it will be a big change for them. Would another pet be a better fit? Owning a dog, in the right situation, is hugely rewarding, but it's also a lot of responsibility. Other pets can also offer companionship and interaction while being much lower maintenance. They may also be more affordable, both to buy and to keep. Even if you think of yourself as a "dog person", you might want to think about getting a cat instead. Cats are very capable of forming strong bonds with humans, but they tend to be less dependent on them. In particular, they don't need to be exercised the way dogs do. They also don't bark. This can be a huge bonus if you're working from home. Rodents and birds come in all kinds of shapes, sizes, life-spans, and care needs. Many of them make excellent companions. Most shelters will have cats up for adoption as well as dogs. It's not unusual for them to have other types of pets as well. Dog Adoption Dogs Pinterestpin itFacebookshareTwittertweetGoogle+share How To Make Sure Your Dog Feels Safe & ComfortableFive Considerations To Make When Adding A Pet To The Family The Basics of Dog Care How To Make Sure Your Dog Feels Safe & Comfortable What to Do With Your Dog When You Travel What To Do To Help Your Pet Manage Pain Christmas Foods Your Dog Can and Can't Eat Simple Ways to Ensure a Healthy Life for Your Pet Search MarylandPet.com Pet Articles Library Animal & Pet News Feeds Animal Welfare News Animal/Pet News & Videos Baltimore Cat News Baltimore Dog News FDA Pet Health News FDA – What's New MD Animal Shelter News Maryland Cat News Maryland Dog News Maryland Pet News Maryland Wildlife News Veterinary / Health News Washington DC Cat News Washington DC Dog News Contact Maryland Pet INSURANCE FOR CATS & DOGS ALL NATURAL PET FOOD TEDDY "MENZA" RECOMMENDS Copyright & Web Design by Baxter Publishing Group 2004-2020. All rights reserved.

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The destination for 29-year-old Zarir Aibara and Freeyan Neterwala, 36, may be the same, but their journeys so far have been as different as chalk and cheese. While the former worked in analytics and was keen on pursuing a career in finance, Freeyan was inclined towards the arts, the proof of which lies in her BFA degree in Graphic Design. The torch bearers at Neterwala & Aibara, the interiors solutions firm founded by their mothers Sunu Aibara and Phirosa Neterwala, in Mumbai, agree unequivocally that learning on the job is the best way to grow. They both joined the studio four years ago almost simultaneously, through sheer coincidence. The young and ambitious pair share how they have already become an integral part of the company, their vision and what keeps them motivated and moving. Freeyan Neterwala: I am inspired by everything I see. Every time I drive to office or back home, there are so many elements that you encounter, especially in South Mumbai. There is a set of pillars I see daily and they have such intricate detailing. I'm able to appreciate these little things thanks to my graphic design background. There is no set method or ritual when I start a project. I usually do a lot of research, scour through reference images till it sparks a greater idea. For me, key elements that go into a solid client presentation – colours, materials, textures – matter a great deal. Zarir Aibara: You feel the pressure when your parent is also your boss. There is actually a bit of both – comfort of having your mother with you but also the drive to prove your worth in the office. The eventual goal is to make their work lighter by taking on greater responsibilities. My dream project would be to envision the inside of a yacht, private jet or a car. Interior design applies to areas beyond the house and office too, and I'd love to explore untapped and new opportunities.

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King's Independent News Magazine Live Twitter King's Briefs News BREAKING: Dr Anne Leavitt will be president of King's Post author By David J. Shuman No Comments on BREAKING: Dr Anne Leavitt will be president of King's The Board of Governors of King's has announced that Dr. Anne Leavitt will replace Dr. William Barker as president on August 1. Leavitt is currently Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Vancouver Island University and has held this post since 2005. She is a Liberal Studies professor and previously held academic positions at Brock University and McMaster University. In an email sent out to the King's community, Leavitt said "I am deeply honoured to have been asked to serve as the next President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of King's College. I have long admired the model of education embraced by King's and the considerable accomplishments of its faculty. I very much look forward to enhancing the national profile of King's as an institution that has succeeded in its commitment to provide an integrated and highly stimulating learning environment for its students." "I am very excited about the Board's decision to appoint Dr. Leavitt. Dr. Leavitt is an experienced university administrator with a long-term commitment to the kind of education King's values. I am fully confident that King's will be well served by her leadership," said Bob Mann, Search Committee Chair and Vice-President of the King's Alumni Association, in the same email. The president holds a five-year term. Dr. Barker's term was renewed. By David J. Shuman David is the current editor-in-chief of The Watch and writes on student issues and events. Find him on Twitter: @DavidJShuman ← UPDATED: Don Desserud will not be King's new president → Editor's note We welcome your feedback on all content. Letters to the editor should be signed. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. The Watch is owned and operated by the students of the University of King's College. "But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand." – Ezekiel 33:6 © 2022 The Watch

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Boston, MA ­ Continuing its unconditional commitment to host the most accessible and integrated Convention in history, the 2004 Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today released a comprehensive "Accessibility Guide" for delegates with disabilities. The guide contains detailed information concerning relevant services and products in the Greater Boston area to help ensure accessibility for delegates participating in this year's Convention. The DNCC is taking numerous steps to make the Democratic National Convention accessible, including assembling a team of volunteers to provide support to individuals with disabilities in utilizing appropriate transportation services, accommodations, and access in and around the FleetCenter during Convention week. The volunteer team will manage a "Guest Services Desk" at the arena, which will provide assistive listening devices and printed materials in alternative formats, including Braille. The DNCC will also provide a wide range of technologies at the arena, including ASL interpreters on stage during all Convention proceedings, which will also be captioned. Accessible phone service and computer service will be available at the FleetCenter and DNCC hotels. McGuire has served as an accessibility consultant during design, construction, or renovation at numerous area arenas and public facilities, including the New England Patriots' Gillette Stadium, the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, the Shubert Theatre, Boston Symphony Hall, and FleetCenter. McGuire advised these facilities on a host of disability-related access issues, including wheelchair access and captioning policies for the deaf and hard of hearing. He also led sensitivity trainings of both management and frontline staff. McGuire will perform similar duties for the Convention.

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Top: Washington State Redistricting Commissioners (from left) April Sims, Brady Pinero Walkinshaw, Joe Fain, Paul Graves and Sarah Augustine. Center: Congressional map (left) and Legislative map. Bottom: Washington State Supreme Court Justices (from left) Gonzalez, Gordon McCloud, Johnson, Whitener, Madsen, Montoya Lewis, Owns, Stephens and Yu. Supreme Court won't take up lawsuits challenging redistricting Plaintiffs argued the political maps should be tossed because the people who drew them up met in secret. by Jerry Cornfield Thursday, January 6, 2022 5:54pm Local NewsElection 2022 OLYMPIA — The state Supreme Court said Thursday it won't dive back into the fight over redistricting. In a unanimous vote, justices declined two lawsuits that sought to toss out political maps because state redistricting commissioners negotiated in secret, purportedly in violation of open meeting laws. The Washington Coalition for Open Government and Arthur West of Olympia, filers of the lawsuits, along with the Redistricting Commission and the state, the defendants, had collectively asked the Supreme Court to step in. They argued the state constitution allows the court to take on such cases. But Chief Justice Steven Gonzalez, in a pair of one-page orders, said the court "declines to exercise original jurisdiction." The orders do not provide any reasons. That means both lawsuits would now proceed in Thurston County Superior Court, where they were originally filed. Joan Mell, an attorney for the open government coalition, called the orders "disappointing because it slows down the opportunity for a quick and certain remedy that won't cost the public a lot of money." "It signals to the Superior Court that (Supreme Court justices) do not want to be the ones that do the redistricting," she said. And it probably means a Superior Court judge "would be loath to invalidate the plans knowing the Supreme Court doesn't want the job of redistricting." Zach Pekelis Jones, an attorney for the commission, declined to comment. Thursday's action appears to mean the new boundaries the commission approved for legislative and congressional districts — albeit after their appointed deadline — will go on to the Legislature. Lawmakers may amend the maps within the first 30 days of the session by a two-thirds vote of both chambers. Any changes to individual districts may not exceed 2% of the total population. The session starts Monday. Once the 30-day period ends, the new political maps will take effect and will be in force for a decade, starting with this year's elections. Thursday's action marked another twist in the bizarre tale of the once-a-decade process of redrawing boundaries for Washington's 10 congressional and 49 legislative districts. The four voting members of the commission gathered at 7 p.m. Nov. 15, facing a deadline of 11:59 p.m. to approve final maps and resolutions, and send them to administrators of the state House and Senate. While the meeting was conducted virtually and televised on TVW, the quartet — Democrats April Sims and Brady Walkinshaw Pinero, Republicans Joe Fain and Paul Graves — were themselves at a hotel. In the course of the five-hour meeting, commissioners negotiated privately off-camera, in groups of two. There was no discussion or deliberation in public before they cast a series of votes to seemingly carry out their duties. Turned out the commission didn't finish on time. Under the state Constitution, the map-making chore automatically fell to the Supreme Court. But on Dec. 3, justices, relying in part on an affidavit from the commission's chair, concluded the panel "met the constitutional deadline and substantially complied with the statutory deadline" and should send its work to the Legislature. Mell argued the court should take up the cases because a bounty of information had since surfaced. "This Court has blessed Commission action that was blatantly nontransparent and incomplete by the requisite constitutional deadline that puts redistricting defects squarely before this Court," she wrote in a court filing. Jerry Cornfield: 360-352-8623; [email protected]. Twitter: @dospueblos. Drive-up COVID testing line clogs north Everett neighborhood Inslee: Officials' lies about election results should be crime

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August Robert Schreiber, född 15 september 1893 i Wien, död 20 maj 1963 i Göteborg, var en österrikisk-svensk målare och tecknare. Han var son till medicine doktor Karl Schreiber och Anna Kreuziger och från 1939 gift med Märtha Ingrid Margareta Adamsson. Efter studier vid Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien 1920 och Akademie der Bildenden Künste München 1922 var Schreiber verksam som lärare vid Hoffmans målarskola i München 1922–1933. Han var sedan 1923 en flitig resenär till Italien där han studerade vid universitetet i Florens. Han företog ett antal kombinerade studie- och målarresor till bland annat Frankrike, Spanien, Schweiz och Jugoslavien. Han bosatte sig i Göteborg 1939. I Sverige ställde han ut separat i Östersund 1942, Gummesons konsthall 1943 och ett flertal gånger i Göteborg sedan 1940 han medverkade i Göteborgs konstförenings Decemberutställningar på Göteborgs konsthall. Hans konst7 består av blomsterstilleben, tachistiska abstraktioner och landskapsmålningar från Bohuslän och Italien. Tryckta källor Svenskt konstnärslexikon del V, sid 82, Allhems Förlag, Malmö. Svenska målare under 1900-talet Österrikiska konstnärer Män Födda 1893 Avlidna 1963 Personer från Wien Svenska tecknare under 1900-talet

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Articles Tagged with Cambridge Cambridge, MA – Man Injured in Hit and Run on Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA (July 13, 2018) – A Cambridge man was hurt in a hit and run that took place along Massachusetts Avenue on Wednesday. Cambridge Police were called to the Central Square area in reference to a hit and run on Wednesday just after 10:00 pm. Once on scene, they discovered that a man had been hit by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene shortly after hitting the man and was not present when police arrived to investigate. The man was transported to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries sustained in the incident. Police have been unable to locate the hit and run driver as of Friday. The investigation into the crash remains ongoing and the hit and run driver is expected to be charged once they are apprehended. No additional details are available at this time. Posted in: Accident News Tagged: Cambridge, Central Square, hit and run attorneys and Hit-and-Run Cambridge, MA – Bicyclist Hurt in Hit and Run Collision Cambridge, MA (July 12, 2018) – A bicyclist in Cambridge, Massachusetts reported a hit and run crash to police on Wednesday. The report came in at 7:13 pm. The bicyclist was riding near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Langdon Street when he was struck by a vehicle traveling in the same direction. The bicyclist did suffer injuries in the crash but the extent of injuries is unspecified at this time. Police are actively searching for the hit and run vehicle and have made no arrests as of Thursday morning. They have not released a description of the vehicle they are searching for at this time. No other details regarding this crash were made available. Boston Hit and Run Accident Attorneys Tagged: accident, Cambridge, hit and run accident attorneys and Hit-and-Run Cambridge, MA – Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle Cambridge, MA (July 6, 2018) – A pedestrian suffered injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday. Cambridge police report that a pedestrian was walking along Washington Street just before 8:00 pm when they were struck by a vehicle. An ambulance came to the scene and took the patient to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Police investigated the crash for some period of time. Eventually, they concluded that the driver was at fault for the crash and that the pedestrian was struck while in a crosswalk. The driver was charged with Failure to Stop for a Pedestrian in a Crosswalk. There is no additional information available at this time. Boston Pedestrian Accident Attorneys Tagged: Cambridge, pedestrian accident and pedestrian accident attorneys Cambridge, MA – Child Struck by Vehicle Cambridge, MA (July 3, 2018) – Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a child pedestrian on Monday. Officers were called to Rindge Avenue just before 5:00 pm in reference to a car vs. pedestrian crash. Once there, they discovered that a child had been struck by a car. Pro EMS also responded to the crash to treat the injured child. The child was transported to a hospital for evaluation. The injuries are not believed to be serious. Police are investigating the crash. They do not suspect that any foul play was involved, however, there is no final word on whether the driver will be charged for hitting the child. No further information about the crash is currently available. Boston Pedestrian Accident Attorney Posted in: Accident News and Uncategorized Tagged: Cambridge, pedestrian accident and pedestrian accident attorney Cambridge, MA – Two Car Accident on Main Street Cambridge, MA (June 29, 2018) – A two car accident took place in Cambridge, Massachusetts Friday morning. The crash occurred at the intersection of Main Street and Broad Canal just after 8:00 am. Two vehicles were involved in the crash, although Cambridge police have not said how the accident occurred. One person was injured in the crash and was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital. The injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Main Street was closed briefly while police investigated the accident and cleared away debris and wreckage from the scene. Traffic was delayed momentarily while police were on scene but began flowing again once the road was re-opened. Cambridge police have not identified those involved in the crash or released any further information. There were no charges immediately filed. Boston Car Accident Lawyers Tagged: Cambridge, car accident lawyers, injuries and two-car collision Cambridge, MA – MIT Police Officer Involved in Crash Cambridge, MA (June 28, 2018) – An MIT police officer was on routine patrol Wednesday when he was struck by a vehicle at an intersection. The accident occurred around 10:30 am when the MIT officer was working detail patrol on Vassar Street. At that time, Cambridge police say a vehicle approached the intersection and failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. The vehicle operator proceeded through the stop sign an struck the officer. The officer, who has not been identified at this time, suffered injuries which are not considered to be life-threatening. The crash investigation remains ongoing at this time with the Cambridge Police Department. The driver, who was also not identified, was issued a citation for failure to yield. There is no word on the condition of the injured MIT officer. Failure to Yield Tagged: accident, Cambridge, failure to yield and MIT Cambridge, MA – Bicyclist Struck by Car Door Cambridge, MA (June 28, 2018) – A bicyclist in Cambridge, Massachusetts was hurt on Wednesday when they were struck by a car door. The bicyclist was riding on Cambridge Street just after 9:00 am when they approached a parked car. The driver was still inside the vehicle and opened their door to get out. However, prior to opening the door, the driver failed to see the oncoming bicyclist. The door struck the bicyclist, knocking them off their bicycle. The motor vehicle driver failed to stay at the scene. The cyclist then left the area to locate Cambridge police. Once an officer was located, the cyclist reported the incident to police. Police were able to contact the driver and issued a them a citation for an unsafe movement. The bicyclist sustained injuries as a result of being struck by the door, however, the injuries do not appear to be serious. Boston Personal Injury Attorneys Tagged: bicycle, bicyclist hurt and Cambridge Cambridge, MA – Pedestrian Hurt on Vassar Street Cambridge, MA (June 28, 2018) – A pedestrian in Cambridge, Massachusetts was injured on Wedensday while walking at the intersection of Vassar Street and Amesbury Street. Cambridge police were told that the accident occurred just before 6:00 pm when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. Police responded to the scene and spoke with both the pedestrian and the driver of the vehicle. The pedestrian and driver cooperated with the police investigation into the accident. It is not known at this time what caused the crash to occur. Police did not immediately charge either party in association with the crash. The pedestrian suffered injuries as a result of the accident. Fortunately, the injuries were not life-threatening and the pedestrian was treated on scene. Neither the pedestrian nor the driver have been identified by Cambridge police. Camrbidge, MA – Bicyclist Hit by Car, Injured Cambridge, MA (June 28, 2018) – A bicyclist in Cambridge was hurt Wednesday when they collided with a car in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The bicyclist was riding on Franklin Street, near Bay Street around 1:00 pm when they collided with a car traveling at the same location. The resulting collision left the bicyclist with injuries. Cambridge Police investigated the crash. Officers have not released additional details surrounding the collision as they continue to investigate. Fortunately, the bicyclist's injuries are not life-threatening and it appears as though they escape this crash relatively unscathed. There is no word on whether police intend to charge the driver for their role in the accident or why this collision occurred in the first place. Tagged: Bicycle Accident, Cambridge and police Cambridge, MA – Injuries Reported in Two Car Collision Cambridge, MA (June 27, 2018) – Cambridge was the site of a two car collision on Tuesday morning. Officers with the Cambridge Police Department responded to an accident scene at Cambridge Street around 9:50 am. While on scene, officers located two vehicles that had just been involved in a collision at the location. There were injuries sustained in the crash but they are not life-threatening. Cambridge police have not said how the accident occurred, however, they did charge 37 year old Mirian Dos Santos with operating a motor vehicle without a license. Dos Santos was also cited for unsafe operation based on witness statements at the scene that she was using a cell phone at the time of the crash. There is no word on the current condition of the injured driver. Massachusetts Car Accident Attorneys Tagged: Cambridge, Cambridge Street, Car accident and massachusetts car accident attorneys

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Other Names*: Ann Booth Dennett, Ann Booth Dennett Clopton, Ann Booth Clopton, Ann Dennett, Ann Clopton, Anne Booth Dennett, Anne Booth Dennett Clopton, Anne Booth Clopton, Anne Dennett, Anne Clopton. Note*: When she married William Clopton, she was the widow of Capt. Thomas Dennett, who died about 1673 and by whom she had four children. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), pp. 86-91, 222. [S992] National Soc'y of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, The Parish Register of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, Va. from 1680 to 1787, above, p. 57 (spelling her name as Anne and giving the date but not the place). [S248] Supposition as to place, as her death is recorded in the register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. Marriage*: He married Frances _____ in England. Note*: He lived at Belle Ville in Gloucester County, Virginia. He was one of two physicians in early Jamestown, Virginia, and was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1653-54 and Clerk of York County, Virginia from 1640 to 1657. At his death he owned 23,000 bricks, valued at 184 shillings, and a library of at least 300 volumes. He had extensive land holdings in Charles County (later York County), Virginia. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), pp. 87 (citing Stannard's Colonial Virginia Register; York Co., Va. Records; Wm. & Mary Q. Mag., vol. XI), 222. [S36] Rose Edwards, letter to Roger Bartlett, 25 May 1994, citing Hazel Lawler, The Descendants of Steven Lacy. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 91 (citing York Co., Va. Records generally and Deed Book vol. VII, p. 55). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 91 (stating that she was born before 1682 and citing York Co., Va. Records generally and Deed Book vol. VII, p. 55). [S678] Sandy Carneiro, electronic mail to e-mail address, 5 Sep 2001, (giving only the date). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 91 (citing Tyler's Q. Hist. Mag., vol. XIV, p. 237). Birth*: She was born before 1682 in York County, Virginia. Marriage*: She married Alexander Moss after 1718. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), pp. 91-92 (citing York Co., Va. Records). [S992] National Soc'y of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, The Parish Register of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, Va. from 1680 to 1787 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1966), p. 52 (giving the date but not naming the place). [S248] Supposition as to place, as their marriage is recorded in the register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. Death*: He died on 12 September 1718. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 91 (citing St. Peter's Parish Reg., New Kent Co., Va.). Marriage*: He married Elizabeth Clopton, daughter of William Clopton and Ann Booth, after 1718. Death*: He died in 1772. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), pp. 91-92 (citing Cumberland Co., Va. Records, Will Book II, p. 53). Birth*: He was born on 27 January 1683 in York County, Virginia. Marriage*: He married Sarah Scott on 18 December 1711. Marriage*: He married Mary Crump on 22 March 1720. Death*: He died on 30 December 1742 at age 59. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), pp. 91, 92 (citing Clopton bible records, Va. Archives; Land Office Records, book XII, 1724-1725, old Record, p. 434; St. Peter's Parish Reg., New Kent Co., Va.). [S992] National Soc'y of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, The Parish Register of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, Va. from 1680 to 1787, above, p. 80 (naming Robert Clopton as her father). Birth*: He was born circa 1685 in Virginia. Death*: He died before 1733 in Virginia. Note*: He was on the staff of Governor Spottswood of Virginia and participated in the 1716 expedition to explore the newly discovered part of Virginia that lay west of the mountains, which traveled 483 miles in four weeks. By a ceremony conducted by Gov. Spottswood on Christmas Day, 1716, each explorer was made a Knight of the Golden Horseshoe. He served in the French and Indian War. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), pp. 91, 92 (citing St. Peter's Parish Reg., New Kent Co., Va., generally and p. 47; Ludwell Mss., Va. Hist. Soc'y; New Kent Co., Va. Records; Wm. & Mary Q. Mag., vol. X, p. 57; Hanover Co., Va. Records, book XIII, p. 468; Mrs. Richard I. Manning, Columbia, S.C.). [S114] Joyce Wilkinson Wallace, 9 Aug 1897 statement, above (giving the year but no other information). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 99 (naming Benjamin Clopton as her father). [S851] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 1, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/goochland/vitals/…, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1 (Jul 1906), p. 36 (naming Benjamin Clopton as her father). The preface to part 1 reads in part: "This register, which was kept by Rev. William Douglas, is the property of R. Lee Traylor, Esq., of Memphis, Tennessee." [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 99. [S851] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 1, online, above, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1 (Jul 1906), p. 36 (giving the date but not naming the place). [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online, above, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 114 (naming Agnes Morgan as her mother). [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online, above, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 114 (giving the date but not the place). [S270] Kathleen Booth Williams, comp., Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia, 1733-1815 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1979), p. 76 (citing to Marriage Register, Goochland Co., Va. [Va. State Lib'y], p. 273). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 99 (not giving the date or place). [S272] Gale Fuller, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 17 Aug 1997, (naming Olive Judith Clopton as his mother). [S272] Gale Fuller, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 17 Aug 1997, (naming Olive Judith Clopton as her mother). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 99 (naming Olive Judith as her mother). [S995] R.V., electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 21 Aug 2004 (naming Olive Judith Clopton as her mother). [S272] Gale Fuller, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 17 Aug 1997, (naming John Perkins as his father). [S272] Gale Fuller, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 17 Aug 1997, (naming Lucy Mitchell as his mother). [S272] Gale Fuller, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 17 Aug 1997, (naming William Perkins as his father). [S272] Gale Fuller, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 17 Aug 1997, (naming William Perkins as her father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 99 (indicating that William Perkins was her father). [S995] R.V., electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 21 Aug 2004 (naming William Perkins as her father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 99 (giving his name as Hudson and not giving the date or place). [S270] Kathleen Booth Williams, comp., Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia, 1733-1815 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1979), p. 44 (giving his name as Hudson and citing to Marriage Register, Goochland Co., Va. [Va. State Lib'y], p. 39). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 99 (giving his name as Hudson and not giving the date or place). [S851] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 1, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/goochland/vitals/…, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1 (Jul 1906), p. 34. The preface to part 1 reads in part: "This register, which was kept by Rev. William Douglas, is the property of R. Lee Traylor, Esq., of Memphis, Tennessee." [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/goochland/vitals/…, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 115 (giving her name as Susannah and naming Benjamin Clopton as her father). The preface to part 1 reads in part: "This register, which was kept by Rev. William Douglas, is the property of R. Lee Traylor, Esq., of Memphis, Tennessee." [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online, above, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 115 (giving her name as Susannah and giving the date but not the place). [S270] Kathleen Booth Williams, comp., Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia, 1733-1815 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1979), p. 41 (citing to Marriage Register, Goochland Co., Va. [Va. State Lib'y], p. 34) (giving her name as Susaa Clopton). [S270] Kathleen Booth Williams, comp., Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia, above, p. 41 (citing to Marriage Register, Goochland Co., Va. [Va. State Lib'y], p. 34) (giving her name as Susaa). [S272] Gale Fuller, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 17 Aug 1997, (giving 23 Jul 1760 as her birthdate). [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online, above, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 115 (giving her name as Susannah). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 99 (not giving the date or place). Marriage*: He married Adosha Glover on 7 February 1799. [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/goochland/vitals/…, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 116 (giving his name as Ben Michaux Clopton and naming Benjamin Clopton as his father). The preface to part 1 reads in part: "This register, which was kept by Rev. William Douglas, is the property of R. Lee Traylor, Esq., of Memphis, Tennessee." [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online, above, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 116 (giving his name as Ben Michaux Clopton and giving the date but not the place). [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/goochland/vitals/…, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 118 (naming Ben. Clopton as his father). The preface to part 1 reads in part: "This register, which was kept by Rev. William Douglas, is the property of R. Lee Traylor, Esq., of Memphis, Tennessee." [S1533] Milton Web Site, above, (naming Agnes Morgan as his mother). [S852] Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., Va., part 2, online, above, viewed 5 Jul 2003, attributing information to William and Mary College Quart. Hist. Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2 (Oct 1906), p. 118 (giving the date but not the place). [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Anthony Clopton, memorial no. 15663871, viewed on 21 Dec 2018. [S245] Byron Sistler and Barbara Sistler, comps., Early Middle Tennessee Marriages (Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1988), vol. 1, Grooms, p. 106 (giving her name as Rhoady Hoggett). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Rhoda Hoggatt Clopton, memorial no. 15663881, viewed on 21 Dec 2018 (stating that they married in 1804 with no further information). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Anthony Clopton, memorial no. 15663871, viewed on 21 Dec 2018 (stating that they married in 1804 with no further information). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, pp. 105-6 (naming Anthony Clopton as his father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, pp. 105-6, 118 (naming Anthony Clopton as his father). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Benjamin Michaux Clopton, memorial no. 58845024, viewed on 21 Dec 2018 (naming Anthony Clopton as his father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, pp. 105-6, 118 (naming Anthony Clopton as her father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, pp. 105-6 (naming Anthony Clopton as her father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, pp. 105-6, 120 (naming Anthony Clopton as his father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, pp. 105-6, 120 (naming Anthony Clopton as her father). Marriage*: He married Jane Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 105 (naming Thomas E. Randolph as her father). Marriage*: She married Thomas E. Randolph. Other Names*: Jane Carey, Jane Cary Randolph, Jane Carey Randolph, Jane Randolph. [S1099] Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, s.v. "Archibald Cary," viewed on 12 Aug 2016 (naming Archibald Cary as her father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 105 (naming Jane Carey as her mother). Other Names*: Rhoda Hoggatt Clopton, Rhoda Clopton. • Her Find A Grave memorial, which includes a picture of her cenotaph, is here. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Rhoda Hoggatt Clopton, memorial no. 15663881, viewed on 21 Dec 2018. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), pp. 105-6 (naming Rhoda Hoggatt as his mother). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, pp. 105-6 (naming Rhoda Hoggatt as her mother). Birth*: He was born in 1809 in Tennessee. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 105. [S207] Thomas E. Partlow, comp., Wilson County, Tennessee, Wills: Books 1-13, 1802-1850 (Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981), p. 106 (stating that will of Walter Clopton, Sr. names John A. Clopton as an heir and son). [S207] Thomas E. Partlow, comp., Wilson County, Tennessee, Wills, above, pp. 106 (stating that will of Walter Clopton, Sr. names Eleanor Clopton as Walter's wife and John A. Clopton as an heir and son), 108 (stating that will of Eleanor Clopton names John A. Clopton as an heir and son). [S209] Edythe Rucker Whitley, comp., Marriages of Wilson County, Tennessee, 1802-1850 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981), p. 109. [S245] Byron Sistler and Barbara Sistler, comps., Early Middle Tennessee Marriages (Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1988), vol. 1, Grooms, p. 106. [S14] "Descendants of Joseph Callaway of Virginia," above, p. 76 (naming Elizabeth Hopkins as her mother). [S724] Descendants of Joseph and Peter Callaway, above, p. 6 (naming Elizabeth Hopkins as her mother). [S714] Mary P. Funkhouser, "A Callaway Tour of Bedford County [Virginia]," The Callaway Journal, vol. 4, p. 18 (1979), p. 25 (citing grave marker). [S714] Mary P. Funkhouser, "A Callaway Tour of Bedford County [Virginia]," The Callaway Journal, above, p. 25 (not giving the date and stating that her grave marker gives her name as Anna and identifies her as "wife of Col. Wm. Callaway"). [S714] Mary P. Funkhouser, "A Callaway Tour of Bedford County [Virginia]," The Callaway Journal, above, p. 25 (citing grave marker and stating that the year may be 1835). [S714] Mary P. Funkhouser, "A Callaway Tour of Bedford County [Virginia]," The Callaway Journal, above, p. 25. [S724] Descendants of Joseph and Peter Callaway, above, p. 6 (naming Ann Bowker Smith as her mother). [S724] Descendants of Joseph and Peter Callaway, above, p. 6 (naming Ann Bowker Smith as this child's mother). [S724] Descendants of Joseph and Peter Callaway, above, p. 6 (naming Ann Bowker Smith as his mother). Death*: He died circa 1864. Note*: In the Civil War he was wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Chickamauga and died of his wounds. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 117. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 117 (naming Walter Clopton, Jr. as his father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 117 (naming Walter Clopton, Jr.'s first wife, whose name is now known, as his mother). Texas state historical marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex., mentioning J. A. Clopton. Click on image to enlarge it. Scrapbook*: "Have Been Married Fifty Years. "J. A. Clopton, age 91 years, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. A. J. McKnight in Hillsboro Thursday, December 14, and was buried the following day with Masonic honors at Rice. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Day, pastor of the Baptist church of that city. "The deceased was born in Virginia moving to Tennessee when yet a young man, later moving with his family to Texas, arriving at Rice on February 19, 1874, where he lived until the death of his wife. Since the death of his wife he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. A. J. McKnight of Hillsboro, spending a part of his time with his other children and visiting his old home in Tennessee. [S94] Mrs. John Bowden, "First Baptist Church," in Navarro County History, vol. 2 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Hist. Soc'y, 1978), p. 383. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 117 (naming Walter Clopton, Jr. as his father). [S335] Kathy Wilcox, computer files sent to Roger Bartlett, 25 Nov 1997 (naming Walter Clopton as his father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (stating that he was born in Wilson County, Tennessee but giving the date as 4 Jul 1830). [S335] Kathy Wilcox, computer files sent to Roger Bartlett, 25 Nov 1997 (stating that he was born in Wilson County, Tennessee but giving the date as 4 Jul 1830). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Sep 1901, p. 7 (not giving the date but stating that he was seventy years old when they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Sep 1901). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132. [S208] Edythe Rucker Whitley, comp., Marriages of Rutherford County, Tennessee, 1804-1872 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981), p. 126. [S335] Kathy Wilcox, computer files sent to Roger Bartlett, 25 Nov 1997 (not giving the city). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Sep 1901, p. 7 (not giving the date or place but stating they had celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary). [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript, 1903-40, vol. 10, p. 4793, file 34861. [S9] Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. (common marker with Lucy W. Clopton). [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 84 (common marker with Lucy W. Clopton). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Sep 1901, p. 7. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive at http://corsicana.newspaperarchive.com, 19 Dec 1922, p. 1, col. 3. [S165] Mrs. M. S. Miles and Mrs. S. A. Moore, "A History of Rice," in Navarro County Scroll, 1967, pp. 46-47. [S335] Kathy Wilcox, computer files sent to Roger Bartlett, 25 Nov 1997 (giving 4 Jul 1830 as his birth date). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (giving 4 Jul 1830 as his birth date). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (naming John Anthony Clopton as his father). [S204] Records of Bank Sutherland Funeral Home (later McCammon Funeral Home), Corsicana, Texas, in Navarro Leaves and Branches, vol. VI, no. 1 (Feb 1983), p. 10 (naming John Clopton, born in Tennessee, as his father). [S330] Ellis A. Davis and Edwin H. Grobe, comps. and eds., The Encyclopedia of Texas (Dallas, Tex.: n.pub., n.d. [ca. 1922]), p. 267 (naming J. A. Clopton as his father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (naming John Anthony Clopton as her father). Birth*: She was born in Tennessee. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 117 (not giving her name and naming Walter Clopton, Jr. as her father). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 117 (naming Walter Clopton, Jr. as her father). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 27 Sep 1901, p. 7 (not giving the date but stating that she was sixty-five years old when they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Sep 1901). [S9] Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. (common marker with J. A. Clopton). [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 84 (common marker with J. A. Clopton). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (indicating that Lucy Wade Martin was his mother). [S204] Records of Bank Sutherland Funeral Home (later McCammon Funeral Home), Corsicana, Texas, in Navarro Leaves and Branches, vol. VI, no. 1 (Feb 1983), p. 10 (naming Lucy Martin, born in Tennessee, as his mother). [S330] Ellis A. Davis and Edwin H. Grobe, comps. and eds., The Encyclopedia of Texas (Dallas, Tex.: n.pub., n.d. [ca. 1922]), p. 267 (naming Lucy Wade Clopton as his mother). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (indicating that Lucy Wade Martin was her mother). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 132 (naming John Anthony Clopton as his father). 1916 newspaper advertisement for Clopton Planing Mill, Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex. Scrapbook*: "B. M. CLOPTON, owner of the Clopton Planing Mills, 213 East Fourth Avenue [in Corsicana], in establishing the Clopton Mills thirty years ago erected one of the commercial strongholds that has helped to increase the wealth and population of Navarro County. "This concern was organized in 1892 under the joint ownership of Clopton and Bragg, but was later bought out by Mr. Clopton who owned the business alone until some years later when Mr. Charles Hagins purchased a partnership. The mill turns out every kind of novelty mill work including sash, doors, windows, built-in cabinets, and various other built-in features. All ornamental work and inside fixtures of the Palace and Grand Theaters were done by this concern. "A native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and the son of J. A. and Lucy Wade Clopton, Mr. Clopton came to Texas with his parents February 19, 1874, when he was nineteen years of age. The family settled in Navarro County where a farm was purchased, and Mr. Clopton spent the first year of his life in Texas plowing his father's land with a team of oxen. By the end of that year, however, he determined to follow his own trade as contractor and came to Corsicana to establish himself in business. He continued in the contracting business until 1892 when he opened the Clopton Planing Mills. "In 1884 he erected a home for himself and family at 521 North Beaton Street and he is still living there. He has a son, Sam H. Clopton of Beaumont, and one daughter, Mrs. A. P. Simpson of Corsicana, whose son Donald Simpson is Mr. Clopton's only grandchild. "The death of Mr. B. M. Clopton, one of Corsicana's valued citizens, which occurred Saturday morning about 10 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. P. Simpson, has brought sadness to the hearts of his large concourse of friends, who extend deepest sympathy to the heart-broken loved ones left to mourn his loss. The funeral took place this afternoon from the First Christian church at 3:30 with burial in Oakwood. [S204] Records of Bank Sutherland Funeral Home, above, in Navarro Leaves and Branches, vol. VI, no. 1 (Feb 1983), p. 10 (naming Lucy Martin, born in Tennessee, as his mother). [S330] Ellis A. Davis and Edwin H. Grobe, comps. and eds., The Encyclopedia of Texas, above, p. 267 (naming Lucy Wade Clopton as his mother). [S189] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1989), p. 156 (giving only the year and not naming the place). [S204] Records of Bank Sutherland Funeral Home, above, in Navarro Leaves and Branches, vol. VI, no. 1 (Feb 1983), p. 10. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (giving the date but not the place). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 12 Apr 1926, part 2, p. 7 (not giving the date or place but stating that he was seventy-one years old when he died on 11 Apr 1926). [S1076] 1900 U.S. Census, Navarro County, Tex., sheet 13A, line 18 (stating that he was born in Oct 1854 in Tennessee). [S7] Navarro County, Texas Marriages, vol. 1, 1846-1888 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1987), p. 66 (citing Navarro County, Texas Marriage Records, vol. IV, p. 133). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (giving only the date). [S15] Navarro County, Texas Marriages, vol. 2, 1889-1899 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1987), p. 195 (citing Navarro County, Texas Marriage Records, vol. XI, p. 187) (giving their names as B. M. Clopton, Jr. and Mrs. Josephine Collier) (giving the date and county but not the city). [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript, 1903-40, vol. 10, p. 4793, file 15406 (giving his name as Ben Clopton) (giving the date and county but not the city). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 12 Apr 1926, part 2, p. 7. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive at http://corsicana.newspaperarchive.com, 12 Apr 1926, p. 15, col. 3 (reprinted here with consent of the Corsicana Daily Sun) (stating that he died Saturday morning, April 10, which apparently is incorrect, at his daughter's home). [S189] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 156 (naming the place but not giving the date). [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 12 Apr 1926, p. 15, col. 3 (obituary of B. M. Clopton). [S330] Ellis A. Davis and Edwin H. Grobe, comps. and eds., The Encyclopedia of Texas, above, p. 267. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 12 Apr 1926, p. 15, col. 3 (reprinted here with consent of the Corsicana Daily Sun). [S330] Ellis A. Davis and Edwin H. Grobe, comps. and eds., The Encyclopedia of Texas, above, p. 267 (giving all information except his survivors). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 12 Apr 1926, part 2, p. 7 (describing his survivors). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 132 (giving only the date). [S189] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 156 (giving her name as Lizzie Viola Clopton). Samuel Walter Clopton's tombstone, Myrtle Cemetery, Ennis, Tex., courtesy of Carol Cox. "Side Rod Breaks and Is Hurled Through Cab. "Ennis, Tex., May 16 .—As the passenger train on the Fort Worth branch of the Central was coming from Fort Worth today, at a point two miles west of Kennedale, the side rod on the right side of the engine broke and was hurled with tremendous force against the cab, tearing away timbers and irons. Engineer Sam Clopton was hurled from his seat against the top and sides of the cab and is said to be seriously hurt. He was brought to his home here for treatment." "ATTEMPT MADE TO WRECK H. & T. C. TRAIN. "Plano, Texas, Dec. 30 —An attempt was made early Friday morning to wreck the northbound Houston & Texas Central passenger train No. 19, two miles north of Plano. A crosstie was discovered placed across the tracks at this point by Sam Clopton, engineer. The train was stopped barely in time to avoid a wreck. Twenty minutes was lost in removing the crosstie. [S277] Ellis County, Texas, Cemetery Records, vol. 9 (Waxahachie, Tex.: Ellis County Gen. Soc'y, 1986), p. 119. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Samuel W. Clopton, memorial no. 44940899. [S7] Navarro County, Texas Marriages, vol. 1, 1846-1888 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1987), p. 84 (citing Navarro County, Texas Marriage Records, vol. V, p. 33). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1 Oct 1929, part 1, p. 2 ("Former Ennis Woman Dies") (not giving the date or place). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 17 May 1906, p. 17 (first item). [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive at http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/, 31 Dec 1921, p. 11 (second item). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1 Oct 1929, part 1, p. 2 ("Former Ennis Woman Dies") (stating that for many years he was a railroad engineer out of Ennis, Texas). Idaho Church Clopton's tombstone, Myrtle Cemetery, Ennis, Tex., courtesy of Carol Cox. Other Names*: Ida Church, Idaho Church Clopton, Idaho Clopton, Ida Clopton. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Idaho Clopton, memorial no. 44940917. [S277] Ellis County, Texas, Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 119 (giving the date but not the place). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1 Oct 1929, part 1, p. 2 ("Former Ennis Woman Dies"). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Idaho Clopton, memorial no. 44940917 (giving the date but no other information). [S277] Ellis County, Texas, Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 119 (naming the place but not giving the date of burial). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1 Oct 1929, part 1, p. 2 ("Former Ennis Woman Dies") (stating that she would be buried in Ennis, Texas on 2 Oct 1929 without naming the cemetery). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Idaho Clopton, memorial no. 44940917 (not giving the date). [S624] Thelma Cooper, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 10 Jun 2001, (citing 1900 U.S. Census, Ellis Co., Tex., for birthdate). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 29 Aug 1910, p. 2 (obituary of Miss Eugenia Clopton). [S67] The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., 1 Oct 1929, part 1, p. 2 (obituary of Mrs. S. W. Clopton). [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1985), p. 84 (naming Ida Clopton as his mother). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Atlanta, Ga.: Phoenix Printing, Inc., 1984), p. 132 (naming John Anthony Clopton as her father). "UNUSUAL ACCIDENT ON THE FORT WORTH & DENVER RAILWAY NEAR ELECTRA. "Wichita Falls, Texas, March 22 .—Two men were instantly killed and a third perhaps fatally injured at noon today when an engine on the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad exploded two miles north of Electra [Texas]. The entire top of the cab was blown off, but the locomotive did not leave the rails, although the train was going at a rate of fifteen miles an hour when the accident occurred. "J. R. Clopton, engineer, was perhaps fatally injured. "All resided in Wichita Falls. "Engineer Clopton is one of the oldest men in the service of the Fort Worth & Denver, having been on the payroll of the company continuously for the last twenty-eight years. "Both the dead and injured were brought to this city in a caboose. "The accident is said to have been due to a stuck safety valve. The engine, No. 57, had originally belonged to the Trinity & Brazos Valley, but under the pooling plan covering equipment of all lines had been in this territory for the last week. Obituary*: "THIRD VICTIM OF BOILER EXPLOSION DIES OF INJURY. [S1076] 1900 U.S. Census, Donley County, Tex., City of Clarendon, sheet 7A, line 26 (stating that he was born in Sep 1865 in Tennessee). [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for J. R. Clopton, memorial no. 22512980, viewed on 12 Apr 2014 (giving the year but no other information). [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 132 (giving the year but no other information). [S1298] Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Tex., online archive at http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/, 24 Mar 1918, p. 37 (notice stating that masonic lodge would conduct funeral that afternoon, suggesting death had occurred within a few days previously; place of death not given). [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive at http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/, 24 Mar 1918, sec. 4, p. 2, col. 7 (stating, in an article dated 23 Mar 1918, that he died "late last night" in a Wichita Falls, Texas hospital). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for J. R. Clopton, memorial no. 22512980, viewed on 12 Apr 2014 (not giving the date). [S1298] Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Tex., online archive, above, 24 Mar 1918, p. 37 (notice stating that masonic lodge would conduct funeral that afternoon). [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 23 Mar 1918, p. 1, col. 2. [S1299] Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex., online archive, above, 24 Mar 1918, sec. 4, p. 2, col. 7. [S1076] 1900 U.S. Census, Donley County, Tex., City of Clarendon, sheet 7A, line 26. [S1074] 1880 U.S. Census, Navarro County, Tex., p. 7, line 1. [S1076] 1900 U.S. Census, Donley County, Tex., City of Clarendon, sheet 7A, line 31 (stating that she was born in Jul 1868 in Tennessee). [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript, 1903-40, vol. 35, p. 17143, file 19189 (giving her name as Lizzie Belle). HILLSBORO, Dec. 31.—Mrs. Angelina Hester McKnight, aged 64 years, died at her home here Sunday morning [29 Dec 1935] after an extended illness. The funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon with burial in Rice, Navarro county. [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive at http://corsicana.newspaperarchive.com, 31 Dec 1935, p. 9, col. 4 (obituary of Mrs. Angelina Hester McKnight) (not giving the date but stating that she was sixty-four years old when she died on 29 Dec 1935). [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript, 1903-40, vol. 32, p. 15935, file 57437 (giving her name as Angeline Hester) (giving the date and county). [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 84 (giving the date but not the place). [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 31 Dec 1935, p. 9, col. 4 (obituary of Mrs. Angelina Hester McKnight) (stating that she died in her home on Sunday morning after a long illness). [S9] Grave marker, Rice Cemetery, Rice, Tex. (common marker with Alex J. McKnight) (not giving the date). [S440] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 4, above, p. 84 (common marker with Alex J. McKnight) (not giving the date). [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 31 Dec 1935, p. 9, col. 4 (obituary of Mrs. Angelina Hester McKnight). [S1207] Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., online archive, above, 31 Dec 1935, p. 9, col. 4. Note*: • From the Rice Rustler, 6 Apr 1906: "T. S. Clopton, who has been night ticket agent for the Cotton Belt at Mt. Pleasant for some time, was here Wednesday evening en route to Amarillo. Tom has accepted a day job and a much better position with the road at that place. We are glad to see the promotion." • In 1938 he was living in Topeka, Kansas and working for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. Co. [S35] Gene Carlton Clopton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton [etc.], above, p. 154. [S1027] Jim Shepherd, electronic mail to e-mail address, 25 Jun 2005, (spelling his middle name as Steel). [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Thomas Steele Clopton, memorial no. 16359447, viewed on 9 Mar 2014 (giving the date but not the place). [S499] Austin Statesman, Austin, Tex., 18 Jul 1921, p. 4, col. 3 (obituary of Mrs. Mary W. Clopton, stating that she was the wife of T. E. Clopton but not giving the date or place). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Thomas Steele Clopton, memorial no. 16359447, viewed on 9 Mar 2014 (not giving the date or place). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary W. Browning Clopton, memorial no. 16359453, viewed on 9 Mar 2014 (not giving the date or place). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Thomas Steele Clopton, memorial no. 16359447, viewed on 9 Mar 2014. [S18] Rice Rustler, Rice, Tex., 6 Apr 1906 (first bullet). [S504] Chante Bryant, 17 Sep 1999 letter, above, (third bullet). Note*: The 1880 census for Navarro County, Texas describes him as "crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled." Other Names*: Mary Browning Clopton, Mary Webster Clopton, Mary Clopton. Obituary*: "MRS. MARY W. CLOPTON. [S499] Austin Statesman, Austin, Tex., 18 Jul 1921, p. 4, col. 3 (obituary of Mrs. Mary W. Clopton, stating that she was thirty-four years old when she died on 16 Jul 1921). [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Thomas Steele Clopton, memorial no. 16359447, viewed on 9 Mar 2014 (not giving the date or place). [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript, 1903-40, vol. 10, p. 4793, file 20894 (naming the county but not the town). [S499] Austin Statesman, Austin, Tex., 18 Jul 1921, p. 4, col. 3 (obituary of Mrs. Mary W. Clopton). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary W. Browning Clopton, memorial no. 16359453, viewed on 9 Mar 2014 (giving the date but not the place). [S499] Austin Statesman, Austin, Tex., 18 Jul 1921, p. 4, col. 3 (obituary of Mrs. Mary W. Clopton) (giving the city but no other information). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Mary W. Browning Clopton, memorial no. 16359453, viewed on 9 Mar 2014. [S499] Austin Statesman, Austin, Tex., 18 Jul 1921, p. 4, col. 3. Bartlett Smith (right) and his first cousin, J. M. Bartlett, in front of their Bartlett grandparents' home in Rice, Texas, courtesy of Ann Dilworth Cavender. Note*: He was an accountant and was known as Bartlett Smith. [S58] Index to Texas Birth Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1903-09, vol. 6, p. 2506, file 112478. [S190] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1990), p. 120 (giving only the date). [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for William Bartlett Smith, memorial no. 140302847, viewed on 6 Sep 2015 (giving the date but not the place). [S2] Holy Bible (1873), originally owned by J. M. Bartlett and Mollie Clopton, above (giving his name as Bartlett Smith and giving only the date). [S2] Holy Bible (1873), originally owned by J. M. Bartlett and Mollie Clopton, above (giving his name as W. Bartlett Smith) (date only). [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript, 1973, vol. 4, p. 1568, file 20900. [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 6 Apr 1998 (stating that he died in Mar 1973; not naming the place of death but stating that he lived in Houston, Texas when he died). [S190] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 120. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for William Bartlett Smith, memorial no. 140302847, viewed on 6 Sep 2015. [S468] Janette Dilworth, letter to Roger Bartlett, 17 May 1973 (naming Bartlett Smith as his father). Velma Holloway Smith's tombstone, Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas, courtesy of Eva Whearley. Photograph of tombstone for Velma Holloway Smith, Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas, by Eva Whearley. Copied 9/6/15 from Find A Grave. Other Names*: Velma Holloway Smith, Velma Smith. [S190] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1990), p. 120 (date only). [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Velma Holloway Smith, memorial no. 140302929, viewed on 6 Sep 2015 (giving the date but not the place). [S2] Holy Bible (1873) (giving his name as Bartlett Smith and giving only the date). This bible was originally owned by J. M. Bartlett and Mollie Clopton and was in the possession of Ruby Lynn Shelton, Rice, Tex., when viewed by Roger Bartlett in 1974. [S11] Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript, 1988 (microfiche), p. 1910, file 43905-88 (giving her middle name as Holloway). [S190] Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 120 (giving only the date). [S312] Social Security Death Index, online at http://tinyurl.com/AncestrySSDI, viewed on 16 Mar 1998 (not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Houston, Texas when she died). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Velma Holloway Smith, memorial no. 140302929, viewed on 6 Sep 2015. [S779] "Nearly One Thousand Have Graduated from Corsicana High School Since 1884," Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, Tex., 10 May 1923, as reprinted in Navarro Leaves & Branches, vol. XXV, no. III (Aug 2002), p. 6. [S468] Janette Dilworth, letter to Roger Bartlett, 17 May 1973 (naming Velma Holloway as his mother). Charles Randolph Smith's tombstone, Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Tex., courtesy of Gale Green Brister. Photograph of joint tombstone of Charles Randolph Smith and Evelyn Bucek Smith, Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, Texas. Copied from Find A Grave on 9/6/15. • His Find A Grave memorial, which includes pictures of his tombstones, is here. [S2] Holy Bible (1873) (date only) (omitting his surname). This bible was originally owned by J. M. Bartlett and Mollie Clopton and was in the possession of Ruby Lynn Shelton, Rice, Tex., when viewed by Roger Bartlett in 1974. [S58] Index to Texas Birth Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1927, vol. 4, p. 1522, file 71953. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Charles R. Smith, memorial no. 76304139, viewed on 6 Sep 2015 (giving the date but not the place). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Charles R. Smith, memorial no. 76304139, viewed on 6 Sep 2015 (not giving the date or place). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Evelyn Ann Bucek Smith, memorial no. 25891209, viewed on 6 Sep 2015 (not giving the date or place). [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Charles R. Smith, memorial no. 76304139, viewed on 6 Sep 2015. [S961] Find A Grave, online, above, memorial for Charles R. Smith, memorial no. 76304139, viewed on 6 Sep 2015 (as to military service). Photograph of Evelyn Ann Bucek Smith, by Anonymous, copied from Find A Grave on 9/6/15. Other Names*: Evelyn Ann Bucek Smith, Evelyn Bucek Smith, Evelyn Ann Smith, Evelyn Smith. [S58] Index to Texas Birth Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), typescript 1928, vol. 1, p. 250, file 33208. [S961] Find A Grave, online at http://www.findagrave.com, memorial for Evelyn Ann Bucek Smith, memorial no. 25891209, viewed on 6 Sep 2015.

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Grammar Girl Podcasts – Listen and Learn! – Media! Tech! Parenting! Grammar Girl Podcasts – Listen and Learn! Just about every day I have a grammar question, despite that in junior high school I was an ace at diagramming sentences. Most commonly I need to figure out how to punctuate something I have written. I search for an answer, and I want to remember the information — if possible — so that I can use it the next time the same question arises. Yes, I could consult The Elements of Style, On Writing Well, The Chicago Manual of Style, or countless other good grammar books. These days, however, when I am puzzling over a comma or a particular word, I almost always go online to find a podcast at Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips. I listen to the explanation, usually accompanied by music and amusing examples, and even days later I still remember the rule or the spelling or usage — even if the topic has not reappeared in my writing. If you have not checked out the Grammar Girl podcasts, take some time to do so. They are great fun — two words that I never associated with sentence diagrams. To get started, think of the grammar or writing problem that causes you the most grief, search through the episodes, and voilà, you can discover the answer by listening to a short podcast, cleverly presented. A menu on Grammar Girl's site divides the podcast tips into categories — grammar, punctuation, word choice, and style — or you can simply go to the All Tips tab and work your way through. Sometimes she puts up special feature podcasts such as the Top Ten Grammar Myths, and Grammar Girl's site also features apps and widgets to download. The site has more advertising than I am used to — this is Grammar Girl's professional work, after all — but rarely is it in your face. Sometimes she has a short ad on her podcast — usually she reads it — but even these are not intrusive. The site also connects to Quick and Dirty Tips on topics such as health, pets, money, and a variety of other topics — podcasts produced by others. Grammar Girl, however, is the best. Grammar Girl publishes her own grammar books, and I've purchased some of them. Yet, most of the time I just go to the site to listen, understand, remember, and get back to writing. Most of the books remain on the shelves.

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Валентин Петрович Бухтояров (род. 11 февраля 1955 года, Кемеровская область, РСФСР, СССР) — предприниматель, менеджер, один из создателей, акционеров и вице-президент по финансам холдинга «Сибуглемет». Биография Валентин Бухтояров родился 11 февраля 1955 года в Кемеровской области. В 1978 году окончил Сибирский металлургический институт и распределился на шахту им. Калинина производственного объединения «Прокопьевскуголь». Через некоторое время был назначен директором шахты «Есаульская». В 1994 году назначен директором по материально-техническому снабжению объединения «Кузнецкуголь». В 1995 году совместно с Анатолием Скуровым, Владимиром Мельниченко и бывшим коммерческим директором «Кузнецкугля» Анатолием Смоляниновым организовали компанию «Сибуглемет». В 2003 году Валентин Бухтояров стал вице-президентом холдинга «Сибуглемет», где курирует экономику, финансы и учёт. Семья Трижды женат, трое детей. Состояние Обладая личным состоянием $ 1,8 млрд, в 2011 году занял 52 место в списке 200 богатейших бизнесменов России (по версии журнала Forbes) В Рейтинге российских миллиардеров 2010 года, по данным журнала Финанс занимает 120 место с состоянием 610 млн долларов США. См. также Щукин, Александр Филиппович Примечания Предприниматели России Выпускники Сибирского индустриального университета Директора шахт

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The frame design of the Chief is clean and sleek, with a touch of the classic elements mixed with newer designed elements. The curve of the top is high arches but dips low, making it an easy bike to get on and off of. The length of the frame is the most noticeable element, while it still resembles the standard riding position design, it differs slightly because of how pedals are shifted 4" in front of the rider's hips. Generally, the pedals sit directly below the rider's hips, requiring the rider to push directly downward to pedal. In the case of the Chief Ladies 7 Speed, the pedals are moved forward, so the rider will push slightly down and slightly forward on the pedals to get the bike moving. This does a few things, firstly it creates added leg room for riders with longer legs because without having to raise their seat they will get 4" additional inches of leg extension. Secondly, it creates a more laid back riding position, the rider can still have a straight back but they have their feet kicked forward a little making the position a little more relaxed taking some of the pressure off the hips of the rider. Also, because the pedals are moved forward riders can keep the seat lower, thus stay lower to the ground while still getting good leg extension, this provides some riders a great sense of stability. While different than a standard cruiser frame, the Chief is a very comfortable bike especially suitable for taller women. This is a big, long cruiser great for the women who want something they can get comfortable on but also look feminine cruising around on.

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Request Tool Home Android 5 Apps that Can Record Your Android/iPhone Screens in Android, APK, Life Hack, Mobile, Reviews, SmartPhone, Tips & Tricks, Tutorial List of Phone recorder app for android and iOS 1. AZ Screen Recorder (Android) 2. Reflector (iOS) 3. Google Play Games (Android) 4. QuickTime Player (iOS) 5. Vysor (Android) Whether you are an iPhone or an Android user, it is intuitively simple to record the screen of your phone. All you need is a good app that will capture the face of your phone's screen and record it for as long as you like. While the screen recording function has been in the hunt for quite some time, it was never as smooth and seamless as it is now. But it still takes some tinkering and adjustments to reach to the end of it. In this article, we will share with you some iOS and Android apps that can help record the screen of your smartphone. Download Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hecorat.screenrecorder.free&hl=en Price: Free [upgrade for $3] The AZ screen recorder is among the more popular screen recording apps on Android. It finds a place among the "sure fire" category of apps. As soon as you open the app, it starts recording. The moment you are done, the clip will be saved. There is no time limit, water limit or unwanted advertising. If it is needed, the recording can be paused anytime you want. There are many tweaks and additions that can be made to complete the videos you are working on. You can always check out the free version and see its feasibility. For a more premium, ad-free experience, you just need to upgrade at $3. Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/ph/app/reflector-director/id974747588?mt=8 The reflector software belongs to Squirrels LLC – a private software and application development company based in Ohio. The app is priced at $14.99. It has the smartest layouts you will get for a screen recording app for iPhone. These intelligent layouts are meant to minimalize distractions and send more emphasis on the screens that are being recorded. The intelligent design of the layout is totally free from distractions. With reflector, you can immediately shift attention to a screen that matters the most to you. You can also place the spotlight on just one screen when you have connected many screens at a go. Also, you can switch easily between the devices that are emphasized. If you want to make the mirrored screen look like a cool device, you can choose one of the device frames. Download Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.play.games&hl=en Price: 100% FREE The most common notion about the free-of-cost Google Play Games is that of a place where you can view your gaming profile for free. But those willing to give all the buttons a go, have already realized that it has an inbuilt screen recording capability. It can be used with games or you could record just about anything. Once the recording interface is active, you will have to exit out of the game. After that, you can record almost anything you want. There are aren't many free screen recording apps that work as well as Google Play games. The app is also very simple to use. The only drawback would be that you can only record on 480p or 720p on the app. This app is for iOS 10 laptop. It is possible to record your screen using a cable that connects your iphone to the laptop. Tutorial below. Here are the steps to do it: Connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac using a cable Open QuickTime player App Under the file tab select 'New Movie Recording' Click the little arrow of the drop down menu in front of the record button, then select iPhone or iPad Click the Mic of your iPhone if you want to record sound. Click the Record Red button and save if you are done! Download Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.vysor&hl=en Price: Free [upgradedable] Vysor is a simple and free application that allows to you cast the screen of your phone to a computer with the help of USB. Right from there, you can use the device on the computer or on your screen in case you like it that way. The app does not go and record things on its own. While the free version works quite well, you may have to shell a little bit of extra money for the best quality videos. The ad-version is available for free. The ad-free, HD versions are available in multiple options – $2 for a month, $10 for a year or $40 for lifetime. Now, that is not a bad offer at all. Additionally you can go to google play store and search for "screen recorder" from their you will bunch of results. Or just google screen recorder google play. 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What makes a given book a bestseller, and not another? Let's say that one nonfiction book's subject, such as psychic abilities, has a lot of best seller potential, doesn't become hugely popular as another on the same or similar subject. I have a few theories: 1. Readers know and like a given author and will "read" as much of that person as possible. 2. The book has been promoted more widely than the other. 3. The book presents information that interests people in a new way, such as including practical exercises in each chapter. 4. The book has received good reviews. What do you think? I think it's the media promotions that make books best sellers because some I've seen were not the sort of books I would be interested in. Books by Dan Brown are good but the controversey surrounding them helped to sell more copies.

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The debate over the future of the 17-building Neumann Leather complex located at 300 Observer Hwy. is heating up again after the Hoboken City Council declared an area including the property in need of rehabilitation. On Oct. 19, the council unanimously agreed with the Planning Board's recommendation that the area's deteriorated sewer and water systems merited rehabilitation. The city will form a committee to create a recommended plan for the area. It cannot, however, take its propertes or force owners like Neumann Leather's William Bernheim to follow their recommendation, said Planning Board attorney Clifford Gibbons. Hoboken Councilwoman Beth Mason spoke out about the $600,000 severance package the former CEO of the Hoboken University Medical Center received after resigning. "This morning the Star Ledger and Jersey Journal began to shine a light on what is really going behind the scenes as the sale of our hospital moves forward," Mason wrote. "Financial records reveal that the hospital's former CEO was awarded a $600,000 severance package shortly before the hospital's management company filed for bankruptcy. This golden parachute was approved by Mayor Zimmer and the members of the Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority...The parachute is an absolute disgrace and should be terminated immediately," she wrote. Former chief operating officer Spiros Hatiras will receive a $600,000 severance package from the Hoboken University Medical Center even though the agency that oversees the hospital is not obligated to pay it. And what Hoboken taxpayers may find more appalling is that they are on the hook for $100,000 of that package. Hatiras, who resigned on July 14, was CEO for just two years. According to a resolution approved by the Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority, the city-created agency that oversees the city-owned hospital, new owners HUMC Holdco LLC are responsible for 80 percent, or $500,000, and the city is responsible for the remaining $100,000. In the worst economic climate since the Great Depression… Hoboken, New Jersey moves to use Eminent Domain against private property owners to build a Park! In addition to the faltering U.S. economy, property owners in a six acre area of Hoboken, N.J. designated as "Southwest Six (SW6)" will now have to contend with the City's threaten use of Eminent Domain to acquire their property for a Park. I have reviewed the PBA funded analysis of the DLGS (Division of Local Government Services) audit of the Hoboken Police Department. Unfortunately, I agree with the conclusions of Northeast Labor Consultants, Inc. that the DLGS report regarding first line "patrol" officers is based on errors, miscalculations, omissions, and contradictions. oboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has hired Michael Kates as the city's new corporation counsel, she announced today. Steve Kleinman, who has served as corporation counsel since April of 2007, has resigned as of Monday, to go into the private sector, but will serve in a transitional capacity as an assistant corporation counsel through Jan. 15, according to to a news release from Zimmer. Kates, who is currently a partner at Kates Nussman Rapone Ellis & Farhi, will start the position Monday, according to Zimmer spokesman Daniel Bryan. Wednesday night, the council voted to approve a redevelopment study for the now-19 block area near the Burlington Coat Factory, where a subsidiary of the Rockefeller Group has been buying land. The area now under review by the Planning Board was expanded westward to the Palisade cliffs, including the land occupied by the Academy Bus Company. If a city declares an area a redevelopment zone, the city can change the zoning, seek developers with plans that conform to the new guidelines, take over certain property by eminent domain if necessary, and possibly offer a tax abatement agreement.

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This article is more than 1 month old Chile's right rejoices after pro-Pinochet candidate wins presidential first round José Antonio Kast will face progressive former student leader Gabriel Boric in runoff election next month Presidential candidate José Antonio Kast spoke with the press on the outskirts of Santiago. Photograph: Esteban Félix/AP John Bartlett in Santiago Last modified on Mon 22 Nov 2021 23.37 EST Chile's right wing have claimed a jubilant victory after José Antonio Kast, a former congressman with a history of defending the Pinochet dictatorship, secured a surprise win in the first round of the country's presidential election. Kast, who campaigned on a platform of public order, migration controls and conservative social values, confounded expectations to take 28% of the vote and beat the progressive former student leader Gabriel Boric by two percentage points. The two will face off in a second-round repechage on 19 December. "I would like to thank God and my family," Kast announced to rapturous applause on Sunday night in a leafy square in one of Santiago's wealthiest neighbourhoods. "Chile deserves peace and freedom – and that's what we're going to give you." Across town in a middle-class barrio lined with bars and restaurants, Boric expressed confidence that "hope will triumph over fear". But the result is a bracing reality check for the Chilean left after two years in which the country has followed a broadly progressive trajectory. Since 2019, mass anti-inequality protests have rocked the country, leading to the election of a broadly leftwing assembly to rewrite Chile's Pinochet-era constitution. But Sunday's result suggested that the protest movement's ability to galvanise support has worn thin. Kast survived a bruising final week of campaigning in which his open support for Genl Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship and its economic legacy were the subject of intense scrutiny. As he took to the brightly lit stage on Sunday night, he had regained some of the composure that had deserted him before the vote, presenting the runoff election as an existential fight against "the intransigent left". "We are going to chose between freedom and communism – between democracy and communism," he said. Kast's campaign spokesperson, Macarena Santelices – a great-niece of Gen Pinochet who briefly served outgoing President Sebastián Piñera as women's minister – also appeared on stage. 'I will never get my eyes back': the Chilean woman blinded by police who is running for senate Supporters – some wearing Make America Great Again caps, others with the Chilean flag draped around their shoulders – joined in chants hailing "liberty" and mocking the crowds who gathered in 2019. Later, some stopped to cheer officers from the Carabineros national police force, which was accused of torture, cover-ups and a litany of human rights abuses during the protests. Throughout the campaign Kast has managed to project his short, simple messages on TikTok to a younger generation of voters far more efficiently than his competitors. And his vision for Chile has found a solid foil in Gabriel Boric, a former student protest leader who has served two terms in congress since being elected in 2013. Boric's agenda is feminist, green and progressive, but his strong support among young, middle-class, university-educated Chileans in Santiago appears not to have seeped into other demographics. "It looks like some of the things Boric stands for don't respond to people's urgent needs," says Valentina Rosas, a political scientist at Chile's Pontifical Catholic University. "They have no bearing on the price of bread or stopping people breaking into your home." Abstention is a persistent feature of Chilean elections – where rarely more than half of the electorate turns out. Despite the seemingly high stakes of yesterday's election, participation hit just 47%. An important factor in next month's runoff will be the votes of those who backed the libertarian businessman Franco Parisi in the first round. Parisi did not set foot in Chile during the campaigns owing to a child support dispute with his ex-wife, but defied expectations to take 13% of the vote. Chile far-right candidate rides anti-migrant wave in presidential poll The destination of Parisi's share of the vote, which largely comprised young, lower-middle-class men from outside the capital according to one early study, is likely to prove pivotal in the second round. The more moderate centre and centre-right candidates Yasna Provoste and Sebastián Sichel took 12% of the vote apiece. "My fear for the second round is that this turns into an election based on fear. People might end up voting against certain policies, rather than in favour of what they actually want," says Rosas.

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Q: C++ Socket Programming - Socket won't bind. While working earlier I have created a Socket class, everything was working perfect earlier. And just now every time I try to bind the socket server-side, it throws a bind error with message "Address already in use" while the port is free. I am using macOS. Should i use AF_INET or AF_UNIX? This some of the code for the socket & bind. // socket object class. class Socket { public: int sock; string address; string port; struct addrinfo address_info; bool connected; // initialize. public: Socket(string address__ = "", string port__ = "", bool initialize = false, int domain = -999, int type = -999, int protocol = -999) { address = address__; port = port__; connected = false; if (domain == -999) { //domain = AF_INET; domain = AF_UNIX; //domain = 2; } if (type == -999) { type = SOCK_STREAM; } if (protocol == -999) { protocol = 0; } memset(&address_info, 0, sizeof address_info); address_info.ai_family = domain; address_info.ai_socktype = type; address_info.ai_protocol = protocol; if (initialize) { print("Initialize socket..."); sock = socket(address_info.ai_family, address_info.ai_socktype, address_info.ai_protocol); if (sock < 0) { int e = errno; string error = "BindError: Unable to initialize the socket."; print(error); throw BindError(error); } } } // bind server. public: int bind() { int optVal = 1; set_opt(SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &optVal); if (address_info.ai_family == AF_UNIX) { //print("UNIX"); struct sockaddr_un addr; memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr)); addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX; strncpy(addr.sun_path, address.c_str(), sizeof(addr.sun_path)-1); int status = ::bind(sock, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)); if (status < 0) { int e = errno; string error = "BindError: Unable to bind with "+address+":"+port+" - "+strerror(e)+"."; print(error); throw BindError(error); } return status; } //print("NON UNIX"); int status; struct addrinfo *res; address_info.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE; if ((status = getaddrinfo(address.c_str(), port.c_str(), &address_info, &res)) != 0) { throw std::runtime_error("GetInfoError"); // gai_strerror(errno) } address_info.ai_addrlen = res->ai_addrlen; address_info.ai_addr = res->ai_addr; freeaddrinfo(res); int max_attempts = 1; for (int attempt = 0; attempt < max_attempts; ++ attempt) { status = ::bind(sock, address_info.ai_addr, address_info.ai_addrlen); if (status >= 0) { break; } if (status < 0 && attempt >= max_attempts - 1) { //cout << sock << " - " << address_info.ai_addr << " - " << address_info.ai_addrlen << " - " << "\n"; int e = errno; string error = "BindError: Unable to bind with "+address+":"+port+" - "+strerror(e)+"."; print(error); throw BindError(error); } } return status; } }; Does anyone have an idea how to fix this?

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Home » Arts and Culture » Performing Arts Arts and Culture (Performing Arts) Article - Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Kathy Knotts - 12/1/16 Twin Beach Player's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Our best family night at the theater — ever Anight at the theater — or anywhere, for that matter — is always an adventure when you have children in tow. A few weeks ago, our family of four attended a musical production in Baltimore that left me wondering if I had made a big mistake thinking my sons would enjoy the theater. Dad slept through the whole thing, the younger said there was too much singing, and the elder commented all the way through, despite my insistent hushing. So when we were invited to see Twin Beach Players' holiday production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in North Beach, I was hesitant. Turns out I had no reason to worry. This was a performance crafted especially for the younger set. The boys began way more interested in the snack selection than the production to come. But once we were seated in our second row spots (they thought being so close to the stage was super-cool), their eyes were glued to the action. That revolves around a typical small-town Protestant church recreation of the nativity, complete with baby angels, shepherds in bathrobes and Mary and Joseph at the manger. This particular church, however, gets shaken to its core by the arrival of the Herdman children, a group of juvenile delinquents who terrorize and bully everyone they meet. The boys noted that it was "very meta. A Christmas play about a Christmas play." They enjoyed watching the kid actors running around the stage during a faux fire in a type of Freleng Door Gag. "It was pretty nice," says Jonah, the 12-year-old. "My favorite part was all the Herdmans — those are the naughty kids — discussing how they are going to change the church's Christmas pageant. I can't believe what they wanted the Wise Men to bring to the baby Jesus." The entire cast did a delightful job bringing this hilarious story to life. I totally related to the stressed-out mom, Mrs. Bradley, played by Terri McKinstry, who is stretched thin trying to wrangle this production into something just short of organized chaos. Then I remembered … I was Mrs. Bradley! During my high school years, I portrayed this very woman in our own church performance of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. I wore my mom's corduroy jumper in that role. McKinstry was much more believable in the role. Elle VanBuskirk, playing the lead role of Beth Bradley, was composed, engaging and quite professional. It wasn't till the show was almost over (a speedy two hours with one intermission) that we realized that the remarkable actress portraying the manipulative and cunning Imogene Herdman was VanBuskirk's sister Emma. These two actresses were standout performers; we expect to see them in lead roles in many future shows. Son Jordan, eight, had his own favorite. "The girl who plays Gladys (Melly Byram) stole the show," he says. He gave the production a hearty thumbs-up, his favorite ranking system. "I give it 4.8 stars," he said. "I think people of all ages should see it, but it was very funny and especially good for children. And they should call it Revenge at Bethlehem, like the Herdmans suggested." Jordan was also happy that there was very little singing … until the end, when he glared at me as the cast sang Christmas carols. I had promised him it was not a musical. "I gave it 4.5 stars," Jonah said. "It was a little slow in parts but it was pretty good overall. It made me feel like I should look at people a bit differently in the future. We shouldn't judge kids who act bad or are messy." Thanks, Twin Beach Players, for opening his eyes — and for showing me that there is plenty of room in the theater for kids. Fri. Dec. 2 & Sat. Dec. 3 7pm; Sun. Dec. 4, 3pm, Boys and Girls Club, North Beach, $15 w/discounts, rsvp: ­www.twinbeachplayers.com. Article - Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Jane C. Elkin - 11/10/16 Colonial Players' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Like a horrific accident, it makes you cringe even as you brake to see it better When outrage-stage author Edward Albee passed away in September, the theater world mourned with a collective gasp, as if his death from old age were just another violent trick designed to snap us out of complacency. The triple Pulitzer prize-winner aimed to make audiences so uncomfortable they would "run out of the theater — but come back to see the play again." He succeeded most notably with his first full-length production, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. The Pulitzer committee chose to grant no prize in 1963 rather than award it to Albee. Virginia Woolf, wrapping up its run at Colonial Players this weekend, is a ­surreal stress-fest about a middle-aged couple of psychological sado-masochists at a quaint New England college who entangle a pair of unsuspecting newlyweds in their calamitous sport. The ensuing mental warfare and infidelity, stemming from ancient domestic skirmishes, is booby-trapped with antagonistic gibes, outrageous lies, professional sniping and personal sabotage. Like a horrific accident, it makes you cringe even as you brake to see it better. It all starts one Sunday morning at two o'clock when Martha (Debbie Barber-Eaton), the college president's feisty daughter, informs her weary husband George (Joe Mariano), a history professor, that she has invited the new faculty couple, Nick (Ron Giddings) and Honey (Sarah Wade), over for a post-party nightcap. George balks, but Martha rules, drunkenly and teetering with schizophrenic fervor between love and hate. The feeling is mutual, and George, less a victim than he appears, ultimately proves more acerbic and dangerous than even Martha could imagine, increasingly so as night lifts to morning amid broken and empty liquor bottles. As campus royalty, Barber-Eaton is a superb braying siren with a magical hold on her subjects and surprising frailty that she drowns in gin. Mariano delights as the only man who can tolerate her, percolating with ironic menace like sunrise coffee laced with arsenic. Giddings is every inch the uptight opportunist with Ivy League breeding and athletic bearing. Wade is adorably vulnerable as his naïve wifey. So impressive is this foursome that they just may sweep this year's WATCH awards for acting. The only catch in casting, which would not be a big deal save for significant references in the script, is the unfortunate fact that the slim-hipped and therefore implicitly weaker of the two women plays Martha rather than Honey. The set is homey and collegiate with costumes richly detailed and period appropriate. Sound and lighting effects are few and unnecessary, as the characters provide all the pyrotechnics. It's quite remarkable to watch these people drink, an average of six stiff drinks each in the three and a half hours it takes for the action to unwind. Yes, you read that right: for by the time the sun rises, presumably at 5:30, the audience has endured this emotional roller-coaster in real time, and that is most unfortunate. The script bills this as a three-hour production, already longer than most, yet Director Craig Allen Mummey chooses to draw out the dialog for dramatic effect at the expense of audience comfort. That trade-off many resented on the weeknight I resented. Still, this is theater at its best. Come fresh, without the kids. Director: Craig Allen Mummey. Stage managers: Bernadette Arvidson and Kevin Brennan. Set designer: Barbara Colburn. Sound: Ben Cornwell. Lights: Alex Brady. Costumes: Carrie Brady. Playing thru Nov. 12, Th-Sa 8pm, Colonial Players, 108 East St. Annapolis, $20 with discounts, rsvp: 410-268-7373; thecolonialplayers.org. Article - Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Jim Reiter - 10/27/16 2nd Star Productions' H.M.S. Pinafore This comic opera sparkles like sunshine on the sea with all the charm that made it a hit more than a century ago You may have never heard of Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert, but you've certainly heard of Gilbert and Sullivan. The two had a run of comic opera hits in England whose popularity propelled them across the pond to America, where that popularity was magnified. Because Gilbert's father was a naval surgeon, life on the seas and the politics of power were often themes of the librettist. That's certainly the case with H.M.S. Pinafore, the light yet acerbic jab at patrician politics and love that 2nd Star Productions in Bowie has brought to seafaring life. Gilbert's propensity for detail took him to the seaside of Portsmouth to measure and record every detail of a real ship so that his sets would be as realistic when the play opened in 1878. His could have been no more lifelike than 2nd Star's. Director Jane Wingard has designed a nearly life-size two-level ship so real it makes us feel we're bobbing along the waves with the crew. The detail is impressive, down to other ships far off in the background. The gorgeous set anchors (ha, see what I did th… oh never mind) a production that is brisk as a sea breeze. Josephine (Emily Mudd), the captain's daughter, is in love with Ralph Rackstraw (James Huchla), a lowly deckhand. But she is expected to marry The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter (Paul Koch), First Lord of the Admiralty. Porter's lack of actual seafaring experience is revealed in his admonitions that each order be accompanied by a friendly "If you please." So does his insistence that class hierarchy has no place on a ship, as all are equal. Which of course leads Josephine and Ralph to believe it's clear sailing ahead (uh-oh, I did it ag… never mind) for their love. As Josephine, Emily Mudd is as bright as the North Star. One second she is perfectly and hilariously melodramatic and camp; the next she is regaling us with the beautiful and haunting 'Sorry the Lot Who Loves Too Well.' It's as professional a performance as you'll see on any stage. Her vocal chemistry with Huchla's soaring tenor is thrilling, especially when the two square off on 'Refrain, Audacious Tar,' as she pretends to play hard to get when he professes his love. Huchla in fact leads a male chorus whose harmonies brilliantly permeate the show's group numbers but are especially in evidence on the a capella sailors' boast 'A British Tar.' As Porter, Koch is quite funny, and his musical explanation of how he rose to his position through sheer ineptitude, 'When I Was a Lad,' is a comic delight as well — if only we could hear all of it. In giving his refined fop a constricted manner, Koch, at least on opening night, allows that manner to impede the rat-a-tat of so many of Gilbert and Sullivan's staccato lyrics, thus forcing the audience to strain to understand what's being sung. I hope he can crank the volume a bit; his performance is too good to miss. Brian Binney brings a pleasant baritone to the role of Captain Corcoran, and to the captain's reluctant flirtation with Pam Shilling's beautifully sung Little Buttercup, the dockside vendor who harbors (there I go …) a deep secret. As the humpbacked, twisted-legged, one-eyed Dick Deadeye, Nicholas Mudd is so in character that the deformed leg maintains its twistedness even during the dances. Music director Joe Biddle understands that lyrics are key in a comic opera, so he ensures that his very good orchestra plays a less-is-more supporting role. There's even a nice glossary of nautical and other terms in the playbill to help us track the language of the day. 2nd Star's H.M.S. Pinafore sparkles like sunshine on the sea. It's a funny and very well-sung comic opera that gives us all the charm that made it a hit more than a century ago. About two hours, including intermission. Choreographer: Christine Asero. Costumer: Hillary Glass, Lighting/sound designer: Garrett Hyde. Thru Nov. 19: FSa 8pm, Su 3pm, plus 3pm Nov. 19, 2nd Star Productions, Bowie Playhouse, $22 w/discounts, rsvp: www.2ndstarproductions.com. Article - Performing Arts; , Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Jim Reiter - 6/9/16 Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's The Wedding Singer To celebrate its 50th season bringing musical theater to Annapolis, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre has chosen this summer to stage, in reverse order, The Producers, Rent … and The Wedding Singer. The Producers won 12 out of its 15 Tony nominations, setting the nominations record and joining the short list of musicals winning in every nominated category. Rent was nominated for 10 Tonys and won four, plus the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Wedding Singer … five nominations, no wins and critical yawns. The fact that The Wedding Singer was a loveable but mediocre 1998 movie didn't stop its writer, Tim Herlihy, from turning it into a loveable but mediocre 2006 Broadway show. It is, of course, set in the 1980s, and most of its purpose seems to be to remind us of that fact. Big hair, big music, big money and big names are tossed around like rice at the newlyweds — with results nothing near the quality of The Producers and Rent. Yet a game and talented Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre cast answers the call of the decade with talent and humor that in more cases than not rises above the material. In case you missed the movie, the plot is basic: Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, lives with his Grandma Rosie in Ridgefield, NJ. He's engaged to skanky waitress Linda but at a gig meets Julia, who herself is engaged to smarmy Wall Street banker Greg Guglia. Robbie promises to sing at Julia's wedding, Linda hilariously dumps Robbie at the altar — claiming she wants to marry not a mere wedding singer but a rock star — and Julia pines for Greg to pop the question. As Robbie and Julia, Jamie Austin Jacobs and Hayley Briner (who splits the role on alternating weekends with Layne Seaman) generate chemistry and do some nice vocal work together, especially on the delightful Grow Old with You, which is carried over from the movie. Briner also delivers an upbeat, very '80s-like Someday, one of the few songs in this score you might leave the theater humming. And while Jacobs needs to remember that wearing a body mike doesn't negate the need to project when speaking, he's got the personality and presence, and certainly the singing voice, to make you forget Adam Sandler. As Linda, Hannah Thornhill delivers attitude, punch and the vocal chops to match. In Let Me Come Home, she doesn't just beg to be taken back, she demands it … physically as well as emotionally, in a comic highlight of the show. Jeffrey Hawkins plays Julia's fiancée Glen with the right amount of Wall Street Gordon Gekko (look it up kids) and also displays a very nice voice on the greed is good message It's all About the Green. As Robbie's bandmates, Robbie Dinsmore as a wannabe Boy George and Fred Fletcher-Jackson as a wannabe Van Halen show solid comic timing. Ashley Gladden is Julia's cousin, a sassy, sexy Holly, whose Saturday Night in the City comes with a Flashdance finale. Even Grandma Rosie channels the '80s, with Phyllis J. Everette breaking into a very funny rap, Move that Thang. Members of a fine supporting ensemble effectively back up leaders with solid vocals, energetic dance and comic characters. Director Mark Briner keeps the pace moving, as does the choreography of Becca Vourvoulas, and Ken Kimble's backstage orchestra hits all the right notes. Andrew Mannion's set design puts the fun in functional, and Lin Whetzel's costumes are full of '80s fun, with big shoulder pads and bigger colors (but why oh why does the Wall Street tycoon walk around in ratty jeans? Not even Guess?). All in all, an invested and energetic cast and crew bring you a slick and rollicking evening. You won't cry at the romance, you might even groan at the references, but you'll also smile and tap your feet — especially if you lived through the decade that bored many of the people you're watching on the stage. About two and one-half hours with one intermission. Thru June 18. ThFSaSu (plus W June 15) 8:30pm, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, $22 w/discounts, rsvp: www.summergarden.com. Article - Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Jane C. Elkin - 6/2/16 2nd Star Productions' Guys and Dolls A sure bet for a good time From auditions to curtain, every theater production is a gamble, but 2nd Star Productions' Guys and Dolls beats the odds. A period piece lampooning its own subculture, this 1950 Tony winner for Best Musical still feels funny and frisky from the opening Call to Post to the classic Fugue for Tinhorns. It grabs you by the lapels and doesn't let go as Nicely Nicely Johnson (James Hulcha), Benny Southstreet (Nathan Bowen) and Rusty Charlie (Daniel Starnes) vow I Got the Horse Right Here. Ya gotta love characters like Nathan Detroit (Brian Mellen), who runs The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York, and his adorable doxie, Miss Adelaide (Jamie Erin Miller), who headlines at The Hot Box nightclub. Never was there a sweeter, more devoted couple, even after 14 years of engagement. Then there's suave Sky Masterson (E. Lee Nicol), a high-roller on the sticky end of a sucker bet whereby he must convince prim Sister Sarah (Erica Miller) of the Salvation Army to go out with him — to Havana. Despite their professed disdain for each other, it's an offer she can't refuse when he promises to deliver 12 certified sinners to a critical prayer meeting where General Cartwright (Carole Long) will determine the mission's fate. Broadway is crawling with sinners. There are gamblers: Big Jule from Chicago (Steve Streetman), Harry the Horse (Julian Ball), Brandy Bottle Bates (Eric Meadows), Liver Lips Louie (Stevie Magnum), Angie the Ox (Joshua Hampton), Society Max (Tyler White), Scranton Slim (Andrew Gordon), Li'l Pete (Michael Mathes), Jimmy Two Bags (Jerry Murray) and Black Jack Jolly (Brian Jollie). And the Hot Box dolls: Mimi (Lucy Bobbin), Betty Lee (Debra Kidwell), Penny (Allison Baudoin), Lily (Victoria Brown), Josephine (Emily Morgan), Ruby (Christa Kronser), Charlie (Genevieve Ethridge) and La Rue (Sarah Williams and Angeleaza Anderson). Despite Sarah's daily sermonizing to Follow the Fold and Stray No More — complete with a band of Uncle Arvide (Dave Robinson), Agatha (Hillary Glass), Calvinette (Alice Goldberg) and Martha (Kimberly Hopkins) — the sinners see the mission as just another potential gaming site where they can hide from Police Lt. Brannigan (Gene Valendo). It's all so suspenseful! Will the sinners find salvation? Will Sarah and Sky find each other's arms? Will Adelaide drag Nathan to the altar? Jamie Miller is phenomenal as the old-fashioned girl in fishnets, whether spouting her mother's homespun wisdom or performing at the Hot Box. Brian Mellen makes it easy to see why she loves such a weasel as Detroit in his Sue Me. E. Lee Nicol (recently of The Music Man) charms in such hits as Luck Be a Lady and I've Never Been In Love Before. Erica Miller is flush in the campy If I Were a Bell and her Marry the Man Today duet with Adelaide. Dave Robinson delivers a tender More I Cannot Wish You. James Hulcha and Nathan Bowen are Aces in the title song and dance. Hulcha's jackpot of Pentecostal fervor, Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat, brings the house down. From barbershop to choral extravaganzas, the harmonies are always true and the clever lyrics clear to the back row. The choreography is kitschy and tight with several big dance numbers such as Havana and The Crapshooters' Dance spotlighting the eye-popping moves of choreographer Andrew Gordon alongside Bobbin, Kidwell and White. The Hot Box chorus girls, under the management of the Emcee (Mangum), turn burlesque into burlee-cute whether dressed in short coveralls for I Love You a Bushel and a Peck or undressed in lacy corsets for Take Back Your Mink. With a live pit of 12 musicians, five winning sets and at least 60 period costumes, this is spectacle to beat all spectacles. For a little action, Guys and Dolls is a sure thing for all ages. Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Director: Debbie Barber-Eaton. Music Director: Sandy Melson Griese. Choreographer: Andrew Gordon. Producer: Nathan Bowen. Stage Manager: Joanne D. Wilson. Set Designer: Jane B. Wingard. Costumes, Makeup and Hair: Linda Swann. Lights & Sound: Garrett R. Hyde. Playing thru June 25, F & Sa at 8 pm, Su at 3pm at Bowie Playhouse, 16500 White Marsh Park Dr., Bowie. $22 with discounts, rsvp 410-757-5700; ­www.2ndstarproductions.com. Anne Arundel Community College's Les Liaisons... Can you stretch your comfort zone into 18th century debauchery? Give The Theatre at Anne Arundel Community College credit for refusing to play it safe, for going out on a theatrical limb in its choice of productions. Last spring's Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, as complex and raucous as any musical you'll see, was a case in point. The current Les Liaisons Dangereuses is another example of the theater's propensity for asking itself, and its audiences, to stretch beyond their comfort zones. You may know Les Liaisons Dangereuses from the 1988 movie with John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer and Glenn Close. That was just one of several adaptations of French author Choderlos de Laclos' 1782 novel of the same name. The novel described the dangerous manipulations of former lovers Le Vicomte de Valmont and La Marquise de Merteuil, two aristocrats who treat love, lust and the feelings of their prey as little more than their own little chess game, with human hearts and bodies as the pieces on their board. Valmont wants to seduce Madame de Tourvel, the virtuous wife whose husband is out of town. Merteuil, meanwhile, is angry because Cécile Volanges has been pulled out of the convent to marry a former lover. When Valmont falls in love with de Tourvel, Marteuil becomes jealous. She and Valmont turn their fantasy league into a battleground of the sexes, winner take all. Hearts are broken and lives destroyed. Revealing too much of the plot would reveal too much of what is designed to keep you as interested in these two players as you are disgusted by their hubris. The bottom line is that these are nasty people, inflicting their nastiness onto others as sport. Director Kristen Clippard, whose previous work you may have seen locally with the Annapolis Shakespeare Company, does an admirable job taking us back to the 1700s. The pace moves right along, from the characters' dialogue to the tightly choreographed scene changes. The set is ingenious, majestic and beautiful. Instead of the usual painted flats, we have regal gilded frames flanking see-through material that not only allows us to observe the comings and goings of characters but also provides cleverly lit placement of two bedchambers and a climactic sword fight. Costumes are as beautiful as the set; clearly no expense was spared in securing era-appropriate finery. As Valmont and Merteuil, Erik Alexis and Aladrian Wetzel do a credible job keeping the pace of a dialogue-heavy piece. Their back-and-forth helps the audience understand the machinations they are planning. Each does a nice job enunciating, critical in a piece translated from French. But the spark needed to help the audience believe that these two are former lovers was missing, as was the maliciousness that should underlie their immoral string-pulling. Perhaps it was opening night jitters, and subsequent performances will see them relax into the calculating chemistry the two must share with the audience. The supporting cast is solid overall, though in several cases, as with the leads, a little more emotional connection would help link individual performances with the whole. Especially natural in their roles are Natalie Carlisle as de Tourvel, giving us the virtue and uncertainty of one of the few women who, at least at first, is able to fend off Valmont's advances, and Kat McKerrow as Madame de Rosemonde, Valmont's aunt. This is a show worth seeing, beautiful visually, with Clippard and the cast doing a fine job keeping things moving. All that's needed is for some of the cast to sink their teeth into what drives these multi-dimensional characters, and to connect with each other. This, in turn, will strengthen their connection with the audience, so that we can feel the inherent danger of these dangerous liaisons. 2.5 hours with intermission. Playing thru Nov. 16: Th 7:30pm, FSa 8pm; Su 2pm at Robert E. Kauffman Theater at AACC Pascal Center, Arnold; $15 w/discounts; rsvp: 410-777-2457; [email protected] Article - Performing Arts; , Arts and Culture; , Theatre Reviews; by Jim Reiter - 7/17/14 Infinity Theatre's I Do! I Do! The formula for the chemistry of commitment I Do! I Do! has been done over and over in community theaters, repertory theaters, dinner theaters and church basements since it closed on Broadway in 1968. One reason is that its two-person cast and simple single set of a four-poster bed make it far easier and less expensive to mount than the typical big-cast-and-chorus musical, thus very attractive to those looking to bring in an audience at relatively little cost. That's not the only reason. The material was lightweight even for the 1960s, and the score produced only one recognizable hit. Yet both bring so much humor and empathy that anyone who is, has been or will be married can identify with Agnes and Michael Snow. It is their union the show follows for some 50 years from the honeymoon night all the way through to the sale of the house they lived in, loved in, argued in, raised kids in and sang to each other in for all those decades. It was written to begin in 1895 and end in 1945. Infinity's production, tightly directed by Tina Marie Casamento and starring Daniella Dalli and Craig Laurie, takes a more modern setting, starting in the late 1950s and ending in the current day. The story is timeless enough that the change is barely noticeable. On Broadway, I Do! I Do! was a hit because the personalities and chemistry of stars Mary Martin and Robert Preston raised the level of the material. Infinity's production is likely to be very popular for the same reason. Both Dalli and Laurie have personality plus, and their vocal chemistry elevates a score that was never one of Broadway's more popular. Together, they turn the show's hit, "My Cup Runneth Over," a pop smash for big-baritone-voiced Ed Ames, into a more real-life paean to growing old together. The chemistry between Dalli and Laurie doesn't stop with their vocals. As wide-eyed young love dims with the passing of the years — and the giggling embarrassment of the honeymoon night gives way to the inevitable vocal sparring of two people wondering years later whether they are where and with whom they want to be — both of these New York actors display an empathy for their characters and each other that remains strong throughout the rises and falls of a long marriage. That arc — from love to frustration to anger to cheating to loneliness and back — is one we've all seen on stage and film time and time again. Still, these actors know how to deliver a vocal quip and a physical take in ways that make it all seem fresh. Through it all, they never lose sight of the depth of feeling that must anchor each of these moments, just as it anchors the ups and downs of any long-term relationship. Dalli takes Agnes through the decades with a charming and knowing subtlety, gradually aging in body and blooming in attitude but never varying from the personality that makes her the anchor of this production. Her beautiful, rich soprano is the perfect vehicle to carry the emotional ups and downs of Agnes' songs. Laurie is more of a character actor than a leading man à la Robert Preston, so we get a Michael who is a bit broader than one might expect. Laurie pulls it off because of that chemistry with Dalli, because he connects with the audience in a way many actors can't and because, through it all, he never loses touch with that aforementioned depth. Music director David Libby keeps it simple, with pianist Paul Campbell playing a single keyboard in accompaniment because, frankly, that's all two people singing a nice, relatively simple score really need. A single live keyboard played well is almost always more emotionally satisfying and effective than a recorded and digitized orchestra. That simple set with the four-poster bed? Turns out it's not so simple. Being a professional theater company, Infinity knows how to get the most out of a set, and does so with this one. What appears to be just a big headboard, for example, turns into everything from the altar of a church to a quilt of lights mimicking Agnes' and Michael's raised voices in the same ritual married couples everywhere have engaged in since time began: talking past each other from opposite sides of the house. It is this, and so much more of ourselves, our parents and our married friends, that we recognize in I Do! I Do! The play is a salute to the institution of marriage, and Infinity carries on the tradition delightfully. Scenic designer Paul Tate DePoo III; Sound designer Wes Shippee; Stage manager Geoffrey Weiss; Costume designer Tristan Raines; Lighting designer Jimmy Lawlor. About 2 hours and 15 minutes including intermission. Runs through August 3: Thursdays at 2pm and 7pm; Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm; added performances on Wednesday, July 23 at 7pm and Friday, August 1 at 8pm. Advance tickets $35, $40 at the door (seniors $34/$29): call 877-501-8499 or visit www.infinitytheatrecompany.com Article - Performing Arts; , Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Michelle Steel - 6/26/14 Twin Beach Players' Harvey Teen players give you hope in youth and humanity An all-teen cast draws a fine line between the real and unreal in Twin Beach Players' Harvey. We've known Elwood P. Dowd since 1944, when Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play opened on Broadway, but most notably in James Stewart's 1950 movie incarnation. In all those years, nobody has ever seen Dowd's best friend and constant companion, a six-foot-three-inch tall white rabbit named Harvey. Dowd describes Harvey as a pooka, a benign but mysterious creature from Celtic mythology who is especially found of social outcasts — like Dowd. The word comes up several times in the play, always with a mysterious air as if it's too taboo to be spoken. Nobody else wants to think like Dowd, who is either a nut or a drunk. Or is he? Twin Beach Players give us glimpses of Harvey — a fedora hat with two holes poked out for rabbit ears, a door that mysteriously opens when Harvey is invisibly passing through, Dr. Chumley sideswiping by Harvey and Elwood's conversations with his imaginary friend. As Dowd, 14-year-old Cameron Walker does such a believable job of talking to Harvey you'd think the oversized rabbit was in the room next to him. Dowd's family doesn't share his wide-eyed guilelessness. Prim sister Veta (Marina Beeson) is as much put out by his dinner invitations to people he's just met as she is to his constant opening of doors for invisible lapine friends. And how will she ever find a husband for her daughter Myrtle Mae (Abby Petersen), with an uncle whom most of the town regards as a nutcase. Myrtle Mae and Veta join forces to have Dowd committed to a sanitarium run by Dr. Chumley (Jeffrey Thompson). Naturally, things do not go according to plan. Twin Beach Players keeps the set simple — a cushioned chair, a phone, a bookcase and a desk and chair. All three acts take place in either the library or Chumley's Rest, the ­asylum. The only sound effects are a ringing telephone and the one-time sound of a large rabbit hopping across the stage. The elaborate costumes, made to order by Dawn Denison, suit an era of propriety. The teen actors playing grown-ups are mature in roles and dramatic skills. No one missed a beat — or a line. Veta is dramatic and loud, overbearing to her brother but not to her audience. Newcomer and first-time actor Danielle Heckart, who plays Judge Ophelia Gaffney, shows the audience that even a fourth-grader can pull it off. Asylum orderly Wilson (Matthew Konerth) adds humor with impromptu actions and one-liners. I couldn't wait to see him pop back on stage and hear his next crack. Dr. Sanderson (Dean Stokes) and Nurse Kelly (Olivia McClung) are believable in their roles as medical professionals: He, the stoic psychiatrist with a secret crush on her and she, the obedient employee with an underlying twist of sarcasm. Camden Raines keeps her duel roles — Betty Chumley and Ethel Chauvenet — separate and ­successful. Cab driver E.J. Lofgren (Ethan Croll) is true to his role as a cabbie, complete with New York accent and toughness. Despite his short time on stage, he resolves the conflict with his worldly view of patients with mental illness. You leave this quirky comedy about human oddities and outcasts feeling pretty good about yourself and everybody else, including large rabbits. Director: Annie Gorenflo. Producer: Matthew Konerth. Light and set design: Sid Curl. Sound: Michael Happell. Prop master: Camden Raines. Music: Bob Snider. Costumes: Dawn Denison. Youth Troupe directors: Rob and Valerie Heckart. Playing thru June 29: FSa 7pm; Su 2pm at North Beach Boys and Girls Club. $5; rsvp: www.twinbeachplayers.com. Article - Performing Arts; , Arts and Culture; , Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Jane C. Elkin - 6/5/14 2nd Star's Hello, Dolly! It would be a shame for one seat to go empty during this run. Debuting to 10 Tony Awards 50 years ago, Hello, Dolly! is a rarity among musicals: song and dance blend seamlessly with story, its buoyant innocence saving it from contrivance. Based on Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker, it's a perfect vehicle for 2nd Star Productions, long recognized for outstanding musicals. The combination of strength in show and talent makes this the best amateur musical production I have seen in 13 years of reviewing. Dolly Levi (Nori Morton), as charming as she is perceptive and manipulative, is a marriage broker who, after a long widowhood, has set her own matrimonial sights on Horace Vandergelder (Gene Valendo), the half-millionaire from Yonkers who also happens to be her client. Horace is set to marry Irene Molloy (Pam Schilling), a lovely widow and milliner from the city. But his quest does not end as he — or six younger romantics — anticipated, as Dolly lets drop some slanderous rumors about Irene's character. Horace's two clerks at Vandergelder's Feed Store — Cornelius (Nathan Bowen) and Barnaby (Daniel Starnes) — close the store without Horace's knowledge to follow him, intent on sightseeing and kissing a girl — all on two dollars. Horace's niece Ermengarde (Emily Freeman), meanwhile, steals off to the city at Dolly's urging with her forbidden love Ambrose (Josh Hampton). Dolly enters the pair in a polka contest at the swanky Harmonia Gardens Restaurant, where Horace will dine. In the city, Cornelius and Barnaby spot their boss and take refuge in Irene's hat shop, where Horace discovers them and abandons Irene. She and her assistant Minnie (Colleen Coleman) then fall for Cornelius and Barnaby. Dolly next sets up Horace with a mannequin, then with Ernestina (Rebecca Feibel), a crass floozy, interrupting their miserable tête à tête so that he will fall for her in desperation. Horace's employees, meanwhile, are trying to entertain the milliners on a pittance in an adjacent booth when an accidental wallet swap saves their day but causes Horace to be arrested for not paying his bill. The polka contest turns into a riot. Everyone is hauled to court, but Cornelius saves the day with a speech on the power of love that moves the Judge (Mark Jeweler) to free everyone but Horace. Dolly, of course, is there to save his day. There is not a clinker in this cast. The leads, all well cast, know how to sell their songs. With hummable hits like Put on Your Sunday Clothes, It Takes a Woman and It Only Takes a Moment, the singing is pitch-perfect and the dancing precise. Morton is every inch the marvelous meddler; Valendo delivers just the right blend of tightwad anxiety; Bowen charms with naïve sincerity and energy to burn; Starnes is an impressive presence as the teen playing a teen; Schilling sings like a lark in Ribbons Down My Back and Coleman is her perfect ingénue foil. Tim Sayles is hilarious as Rudolph, the maître d' who barks orders like a German drill sergeant in the Waiters' Galop, a stunning ballet of tuxedoed servers. Feibel wrangles the laughs with her bumptious shenanigans. There are even children — two talented girls — always a welcome sight in community theater choruses. Sets and costumes are a feast for the eyes with half a dozen ornate set changes and two dozen beautiful ensembles complete with parasols, plumes, boaters and bonnets. The robust nine-piece orchestra sometimes overpowers the soloists, but never a word is lost. Money is like manure. It isn't worth anything unless you spread it around, Dolly is fond of saying. The same is true for talent. It would be a shame for even one seat to go empty during this run. So buy your tickets now, Before the Parade Passes By. Hello, Dolly! by Stewart and Herman. Director and set designer: Jane B. Wingard. Costumes: Linda Swann. Musical director: Joe Biddle. choreography: Vincent Musgrave. Lights and sound: Garrett R. Hyde. With Heather Jeweler as Mrs. Rose and Brianne Anderson, Aaron Barker, Rosalie Daelemans, Austin Dare, Genevieve Ethridge, Samantha Gardner, Ethan Goldberg, Ann Marie Hines, Julie Hines, Amy Jones, Crista Kirkendall, Brigid Lally, Erin Lorenz, Rebekka Meyer, Spencer Nelson, Malarie Novotny, Sharon Palmer, Sophia Riazi-Sekowski, CeCe Shilling, Jordan Sledd, Deb Sola and Sarah Wessinger. Playing thru June 29. F & Sa at 8 pm; Su at 3pm at 2nd Star Productions: Bowie Playhouse, White Marsh Park. $22 w/discounts; rsvp 410-757-5700; www.2ndstarproductions.com. Article - Performing Arts; , Arts and Culture; , Performing Arts; , Theatre Reviews; by Jane C. Elkin - 5/29/14 Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's 42nd Street Gather under the stars for satins and sequins, top hats and tails and vocal harmonies with that Merry Melodies brand of manic sweetness It seems only yesterday we were urged to come and meet those dancing feet … on 42nd Street. But the 2001 revival of the 1980 Broadway hit (both multiple Tony Award winners) debuted as a 1933 Warner Brothers film starring Ruby Keeler and Ginger Rogers. Now Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre brings back this buoyant musical extravaganza, after a 20-year hiatus, in a show billed as a "bold celebration of the transcendent joys of Broadway." Packed with show-stopping classics, it stars several dynamic leads guaranteed to satisfy the strongest nostalgia craving. ASGT's stage can't provide the same trademark visuals of Busby Berkeley's film choreography, but the tapping is complex and tight, highlighting the virtuoso performances of Hannah Thornhill as Peggy Sawyer, the sudden starlet, and Summer Garden Theatre newcomer Nicholas Carter as her friend Andy, the dance captain of her star vehicle, Pretty Lady. Maggie (Allie Dreskin), the show's wisecracking writer, is equally impressive for her singing. Because even the spunkiest musical needs a story line, no matter how flimsy, Peggy the small-town-girl takes the city by storm and wins the hearts of hard-nosed producer Julian Marsh (Brandon Deitrick) and sweet chorus boy Billy (Kyle Eshom). Meanwhile, aging diva Dorothy Brock (Allison Erskine) gives Peggy her lucky break, literally, when age trips over youth in rehearsal. Dorothy was due for a change, anyway, having tired of her sugar daddy who is the show's backer, Abner Dillon (Wendell Holland), and desperate to reunite with her secret love, Pat Denning (Thomas Brandt). For a show with two love triangles, there is nary a spark beyond the music. But with hits like We're in the Money glittering green as a lotto commercial, Lullaby of Broadway with its great male harmonies, and Shuffle Off to Buffalo staged in train cars, the rest is fluff. Thornhill, ASGT's star of Thoroughly Modern Millie and Chicago, has it all: voice, moves, personality and Renée Zellweger's looks. Carter astounds as an Astaire for the modern age. Dreskin brings a Bette Midler quality to Maggie, wowing early on in Shadow Waltz, and dominating the stage for a third of the show. Newby Erskine's strong contralto is best showcased in About a Quarter to Nine and I Only Have Eyes for You. Eshom shines in Dames. Caitlyn Ruth McClellan, Lacy Comstock, Amanda Cimaglia and Trent Goldsmith excel in the tertiary lead chorus roles of Anytime Annie, Phyllis, Lorraine and Brent, featured in the big-production numbers. From an acting perspective, Aubrey Baden is worth mentioning for his terrific impersonation of a rehearsal pianist, despite the fact that he doesn't play or speak. All the music, in fact, is provided by a tiny, tinny backstage combo. Holland is a quintessential milksop. 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While we had no appointment at Koto, we did lurk around their booth and take pictures of all the new and upcoming stuff. Koto is still going strong with the Marvel and DC superheroes. If so, I never thought I'd see her in anything quite so... revealing. Unsure if like. Past there, in the anime section, anyone know who the girl in the red kimono and parasol is? That's a lovely sculpt. The girl in the kimono is Yui Takamura from Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse. How come Kotobukiya doesn't show off their Bakemonogatari figures in these toy shows? Don't pretend like there's no market for that here in the west, because there is. --Looking at the Ray Is it just me, or either someone did a nice paint job or the model will have a powder coat like the HD Jehuty has? Koto doesn't traditionally show their model kits at Toy Fair. They still sell and distribute them in the states, but they never allocate much space in their booth for them.

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#ifndef SRC_CPP_SVCS_STMGR_SRC_UTIL_TUPLE_CACHE_H_ #define SRC_CPP_SVCS_STMGR_SRC_UTIL_TUPLE_CACHE_H_ #include <list> #include <vector> #include <map> #include "proto/messages.h" #include "basics/basics.h" #include "network/network.h" namespace heron { namespace stmgr { class StMgr; class TupleCache { public: TupleCache(EventLoop* eventLoop, sp_uint32 _drain_threshold); virtual ~TupleCache(); template <class T> void RegisterDrainer(void (T::*method)(sp_int32, proto::system::HeronTupleSet2*), T* _t) { drainer_ = std::bind(method, _t, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2); } // returns tuple key sp_int64 add_data_tuple(sp_int32 _task_id, const proto::api::StreamId& _streamid, proto::system::HeronDataTuple* _tuple); void add_ack_tuple(sp_int32 _task_id, const proto::system::AckTuple& _tuple); void add_fail_tuple(sp_int32 _task_id, const proto::system::AckTuple& _tuple); void add_emit_tuple(sp_int32 _task_id, const proto::system::AckTuple& _tuple); void release(sp_int32 _task_id, proto::system::HeronTupleSet2* set) { get(_task_id)->release(set); } private: void drain(EventLoop::Status); void drain_impl(); class TupleList { // not accessible to anyone else friend class TupleCache; private: TupleList(); ~TupleList(); sp_int64 add_data_tuple(const proto::api::StreamId& _streamid, proto::system::HeronDataTuple* _tuple, sp_uint64* total_size_, sp_uint64* _tuples_cache_max_tuple_size); void add_ack_tuple(const proto::system::AckTuple& _tuple, sp_uint64* total_size_); void add_fail_tuple(const proto::system::AckTuple& _tuple, sp_uint64* total_size_); void add_emit_tuple(const proto::system::AckTuple& _tuple, sp_uint64* total_size_); void drain(sp_int32 _task_id, std::function<void(sp_int32, proto::system::HeronTupleSet2*)> _drainer); std::vector<proto::system::HeronTupleSet2*> heron_tuple_set_pool_; proto::system::HeronTupleSet2* acquire() { if (heron_tuple_set_pool_.empty()) { return new proto::system::HeronTupleSet2(); } proto::system::HeronTupleSet2* set = heron_tuple_set_pool_.back(); heron_tuple_set_pool_.pop_back(); return set; } proto::system::HeronTupleSet2* acquire_clean_set() { proto::system::HeronTupleSet2* set = acquire(); set->Clear(); return set; } void release(proto::system::HeronTupleSet2* set) { heron_tuple_set_pool_.push_back(set); } private: std::list<proto::system::HeronTupleSet2*> tuples_; proto::system::HeronTupleSet2* current_; sp_uint64 current_size_; sp_int32 last_drained_count_; }; TupleList* get(sp_int32 _task_id); // map from task_id to the TupleList std::map<sp_int32, TupleList*> cache_; EventLoop* eventLoop_; std::function<void(sp_int32, proto::system::HeronTupleSet2*)> drainer_; sp_uint64 total_size_; sp_uint32 drain_threshold_bytes_; // Configs to be read sp_int32 cache_drain_frequency_ms_; sp_uint64 tuples_cache_max_tuple_size_; }; } // namespace stmgr } // namespace heron #endif // SRC_CPP_SVCS_STMGR_SRC_UTIL_TUPLE_CACHE_H_

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Matthew Gary Pouliot (born 1986) is an American politician and realtor from Maine. A Republican from Augusta, he is member of the Maine State Senate, representing District 15, which includes Augusta, China, Oakland, Sidney, and Vassalboro. Elected in November 2012 at the age of 25, Pouliot is one of the youngest members of the Maine Legislature. He graduated from Cony High School in Augusta, received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Maine at Augusta, and works as a Realtor. In December 2020, he was elected by other Republicans to serve as Assistant Minority Leader. Pouliot serves on the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, where he has introduced several bills, passing measures to advance financial literacy in Maine's high school curriculum and allow municipalities to prohibit sex offenders from living within 750 feet of a recreational area. Pouliot is a native of Augusta. He serves on the Kennebec Valley Board of Realtors, the Augusta Rotary Club, the Augusta Downtown Alliance, and Junior Achievement of Maine. He is a member of the Franco-American Calumet Club. Pouliot married the former Heather Marie Veilleux on August 17, 2013. References 1986 births Living people Politicians from Augusta, Maine University of Maine at Augusta alumni Republican Party Maine state senators Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians

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20 Best Rock Albums of 2014 Loudwire Staff Loudwire Staff Published: December 15, 2014 Ethan Miller, Getty Images / Spinefarm Records / Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images As 2014 winds down, we can reflect on an eclectic year in rock albums. You had new bands like Nothing More, Crobot, Starset and Islander bringing something fresh and new to the game. There were established acts like Chevelle, Slash and Seether showing they could still deliver some of their best work well into their careers. Acts like Hellyeah and Sixx: A.M. took some creative risks and a host of others also created albums that left their mark on 2014. There was quite a bit of debating among the Loudwire staff, but we've put together what we feel are the 20 Best Rock Albums of 2014. Check out the list below and be sure to click on the button at the bottom of this post to see the 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014 as well. 'Violence & Destruction' Islander broke through in a big way in 2014 with their single 'Coconut Dracula,' a track featuring unique sounding guitar chords, a hopeful vocal from Mikey Carvajal, and just enough catchy hooks to pull in listeners. But there's so much more to dig into with 'Violence & Destruction,' with the Deftones-esque 'New Wave,' the hardcore riffing of 'Criminals' and the heavy 'Hearts Grow Cold' among the disc's standouts. 'The Hunting Party' For those looking to a return to the hard-rocking sounds of the band's early days, Linkin Park stepped up with 'The Hunting Party' album. Determined to capture energy and love of good rock music, the band set their path toward a more guitar driven album. The disc spawned the lead single 'Guilty All the Same,' featuring a guest appearance from rap icon Rakim. The album also features guest spots from rockers like Tom Morello and System of a Down's Daron Malakian. Razor & Tie 'Transmissions' The mysterious outfit known as Starset arrived on the scene in 2014 with one of the more unique sounding discs of the year in 'Transmissions.' Buoyed by the dreamy electronic-driven single 'My Demons,' Starset connected with radio listeners across the country and began to build a name for themselves. The other single, 'Carnivore,' showed a grittier side, but the album's true standout may be the slow-building hypnotic track 'Telescope,' which ends with a symphonic flare. '1000hp' It's been a few years since we've heard from Godsmack, but with '1000hp,' it didn't take long for the band to shake off any rust. The anthemic title track begs the listener to "turn that s--t up louder," and that's exactly what fits for this collection of hard-hitting tracks. With cuts like 'Generation Day' and 'Locked and Loaded,' the group shows off plenty of swagger, but the song 'Something Different' offers up a more catchy and melodic standout that offers the perfect change of pace for the band. 'Going to Hell' The Pretty Reckless may have built some buzz in the past, but 2014 was the year they broke through and established themselves as a force on the rock scene. The 'Going to Hell' album featured the infinitely catchy single 'Heaven Knows,' the hard-rocking title track and the poppy, button-pushing single 'F---ed Up World.' As the year ended, the songs 'Follow Me Down' and 'House on a Hill' got some attention, as well. Eleven Seven Music 'Modern Vintage' Sixx: A.M. The Sixx: A.M. trio of Nikki Sixx, James Michael and DJ Ashba have channeled their '70s rock influences into a straight-up, good-time rock and roll album called 'Modern Vintage.' Whether it be the glam stomp of 'Gotta Get It Right,' the anthemic 'Stars' or the upbeat rocker 'Let's Go,' it's hard to deny the infectiousness of the music. Add in an interesting cover of The Cars' 'Drive' and other standouts like 'Give Me a Love' and 'Get Ya Some' and 'Modern Vintage' is an enjoyable listen from top to bottom. Hellcat/Epitaph '...Honor Is All We Know' Rancid have been churning out infectious punk rock for more than 20 years, and their latest effort, '...Honor Is All We Know' is no different. With sing-along choruses on tracks like 'Back Where I Belong,' 'Collision Course' and 'Already Dead,' the disc offers up a hefty dose of vintage-sounding Rancid, as Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen trade off vocals throughout the disc. We can imagine a handful of these tracks becoming live favorites as Rancid continue to play energetic gigs for their devoted fans. 'Rock or Bust' You may know what you're going to get with AC/DC, and they almost always deliver. 'Rock or Bust' ranks among the best works of their latter career, with the standout title track just begging you turn it up and rock it out. 'Play Ball,' the first single, also delivered, fist-pumping rock. But AC/DC could be primed to go deep on this disc with such standouts as 'Got Some Rock & Roll Thunder,' 'Sweet Candy,' 'Miss Adventure,' 'Baptism By Fire' and the outstanding album closer 'Emission Control' leading the way. Total Trebel Music 'Transgender Dysphoria Blues' Given the transformation of frontman Tom Gabel to frontwoman Laura Jane Grace on Against Me!'s 'Transgender Dysphoria Blues,' there was going to be a lot of attention on this disc regardless. But once you get past the headline grabber, you find that the spirit of Against Me! is still there. Songs like 'F---MyLife666' and 'Black Me Out' immediately caught the ears of listeners, but it's tracks like 'True Trans Soul Rebel,' 'Two Coffins,' and 'Drinking With the Jocks' that make 'Transgender Dysphoria Blues' worthy of a deeper listen. Wind-Up Records 'Something Supernatural' If there's one band who knows how to ride a groove on this list, it's Crobot. The band serves up some nasty, funky rock on their 'Something Supernatural' album, led by the songs 'Nowhere to Hide,' 'Legend of the Spaceborne Killer' and 'Night of the Sacrifice.' Turn it up and rock it out as killer riffs permeate through 'Necromancer,' 'La Mana de Lucifer' and 'Skull of Geronimo.' Pick this one up. 'Restoring Force' Of Mice & Men are in a state of transition, but the addition of bassist / co-vocalist Aaron Pauley to the lineup has given the band a boost, with 'Would You Still Be There' showing the perfect interplay between Pauley and Austin Carlile. The band has also struck a chord with the chaotic 'Bones Exposed' and the heavy hitting 'You're Not Alone.' Add in a blend of the heavy 'Public Service Announcement,' the more straight-ahead rocker 'Feels Like Forever' and the contemplative album closer 'Space Enough to Grow' and Of Mice & Men have one of their best albums to date. eOne 'Catacombs of the Black Vatican' At this point, Black Label Society have a very distinctive sound, but that being said, the band's 'Catacombs of the Black Vatican' disc offers a number of memorable tracks. 'My Dying Time' is one of the year's best rock songs, highlighted by Zakk Wylde's hauntingly bluesy guitar lines and an Alice in Chains-esque vocal. There's also plenty of variety on the disc, with the ballad 'Angel of Mercy,' the twangy 'Scars' and the heavy, uptempo guitar-led 'Heart of Darkness' leading the way. Roswell / RCA 'Sonic Highways' Foo Fighters have one of the year's most ambitious albums, recording 'Sonic Highways' in eight of America's most revered music scenes and attempting to show that influence in song. 'Something From Nothing' is the blistering standout single that kicks off the disc, while 'The Feast and the Famine,' 'What Did I Do? / God as My Witness' and 'Outside' are also favorites off the disc. Add in a special guest lineup of Rick Nielsen, Joe Walsh, Zac Brown, Gary Clark Jr., Ben Gibbard and more, it's definitely an attention grabbing disc. 'Nothing More' When history is written, it will note that 2014 was the year that Nothing More made their mark on the music industry. The San Antonio upstarts have had several under-the-radar releases, but with songs like 'This Is the Time (Ballast),' 'Christ Copyright' and 'Mr. MTV,' the band appears to be here to stay. Bicycle / Concord 'Isolate and Medicate' Seether continue to be one of rock's most consistent bands. The veteran rockers hit radio gold out of the gate with the impactful single 'Words as Weapons,' showed their fun and poppy side with the second single 'Same Damn Life' and still have plenty of great songs ('See You At the Bottom,' 'Suffer It All,' 'Save Today') to choose from as we approach 2015. 'Royal Blood' Royal Blood' Duo Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher, better known to listeners as Royal Blood, have truly enjoyed a breakout year in 2014 and it's due to the songs that make up their self-titled album. 'Out of the Black' introduced listeners to the band with its gritty riffing and killer beat. Then came the guitar driven coolness of 'Figure It Out' and the band also tested the waters with the trudging rocker 'Ten Tonne Skeleton.' Look for the Royal Blood invasion to continue into 2015. Eleven Seven 'Blood for Blood' 'Blood for Blood' will be looked at as a key album in Hellyeah's career as Chad Gray, Vinnie Paul and Tom Maxwell parted ways with two of the band's members to make the disc they wanted to make. The end result is a heavy, hard rocking release that is strong from top-to-bottom. 'Sangre Por Sangre' and 'Cross to Bier' were simultaneously released as singles, while the shout along anthem 'Demons in the Dirt' and the change of pace track 'Moth' are also worthy of your attention. Dik Hayd International 'World on Fire' Slash has definitely found his groove with his band, Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. Though the 'World on Fire' title track dominated radio for most of the year, there's much more worth checking out on this expansive album. The driving 'Wicked Stone,' the fist-pumper 'Automatic Overdrive,' the captivating '30 Years to Life' and the haunting live favorite 'Bent to Fly' are all worthy of your attention and provide the cornerstones for this all-around solid effort. 'La Gargola' Chevelle have a definitive sound, but that's not to say that they're still not experimenting and finding new ways to keep it fresh. In that sense, 'La Gargola' is a revelation, led by the dialed-in aggression of 'Take Out the Gunman,' the sinister single 'Hunter Eats Hunter' and the distortion filled 'Ouija Board.' Other standouts include the deceptively catchy 'One Ocean and the hypnotic, whisper-heavy album closer 'Twinge.' Spinefarm Records 'Silent So Long' Our No. 1 album of the year goes to a late 2014 release that many of you may not have heard yet. The disc 'Silent So Long' is the latest effort from Emigrate, led by Rammstein guitarist Richard Kruspe. The album offers up a mix of hard rock and industrial that is rock solid from beginning to end, but it's the songs that boast guest spots that truly shine. 'Rock City' featuring Lemmy Kilmister is one of the best rock songs we've heard in years, while 'Hypothetical' featuring Marilyn Manson is a tour de force. With Peaches and Jonathan Davis among the album's other guest stars, 'Silent So Long' stands out among the best rock albums of 2014. What Is Your Favorite Rock Album of 2014? We've given you our picks. Now it's your turn to let us know which hard rock album released in 2014 you think should be part of this list. Voice your opinion in the comments section below. 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014 Filed Under: Best of 2014 Categories: Lists, News, Original Features, Rock

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Q: Save RichTextBox content containing both images and custom token elements Struggling with how to successfully save and load my System.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox content containing all of the following: formatted text, images, custom type-defined token elements, custom dynamic token elements. By token elements I mean my custom classes inheriting from System.Windows.Documents.Run where type-defined is such that does not need to remember any dynamically set property values (since action is taken based on the type which needs to be remembered after loading) and dynamic ones are such that need to also retain dynamically set properties (action is taken not only based on type, but also based on these set values). I know of the following 3 methods to save/load, neither of which is sufficient: 1) string xamlStream = System.Windows.Markup.XamlWriter.Save(myRichTxtBx.Document); and then saving the string 2) TextRange content = new TextRange(myRichTxtBx.Document.ContentStart, myRichTxtBx.Document.ContentEnd); content.Save(myFileStream, DataFormats.XamlPackage, true); 3) TextRange content = new TextRange(myRichTxtBx.Document.ContentStart, myRichTxtBx.Document.ContentEnd); content.Save(myFileStream, DataFormats.Xaml, true); These are the problems with those: 1) unable to load image after restarting the application (but remembers properties) 2) does not remember the properties (but is able to load image after restarting the app) 3) won't load image not even in the same instance of the app and also does not remember the property values I could only find answers resolving image saving issues (2) or property issues (1), but never both. The goal is to have a tokenizable RichTextBox, where tokens are either replaced by values from database based on provided ORM object (= type-defined token) or by dynamically set values by user based again on a provided ORM object. A: I have solved the issue by a very ugly workaround: To save the document I use the method (1) described above. Before this, I traverse the FlowDocument by a custom walker and replace each image element with a custom inline token element (much like the other tokens). A hash ID is assigned as a property to this substitute element and the image itself is saved having the hash as its file name (serves to identify token with the image file). Images, along with the main document (saved by method (1)), are packaged into a single file. When loading everything back, package is unpacked, document loaded keeping the tokens with their properties and substitute image elements are replaced by the actual images from the files saved in the package using once again the before-mentioned custom walker and the established hash token-file relation.

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Q: Component dont call on init with fontawesome Im using the starter demo from angular-universal. This template has two routes on two buttons, /home and /about. In this two pages Im requesting different data from an api. The problem is when I clicked the other button ( /about) the constructor of my component request the data, but dont initialize the component. So i cant see the data on the web. But if I do perform double click on the button, on init will be called and the data appears. What im doing bad? Sorry for my english! Thanks Edit: Solved, the problem is fixed if I delete from the index.html this line: <script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/98c10c6.js"></script> A: I had the same problem. The solution is to not include the .js from an external source. To still use Font Awesome u need to download the files and put them in your public folder, and reference to those files in index.html. Then it will work properly.

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Mean, Humorless Profs By Gender Posted by pnuetz in Gender Differences Bias, Chronicle of Higher Education, Gender Discrepancies, Queen Bee Syndrome, RateMyProfessors.com, Social Expectations, STEM Fields, Student Evaluations, Word Frequency Do college kids disrespect female professors and cut male professors extra slack? Or do female professors act in ways that earn disrespect relative to their male counterparts? The data described here don't answer those questions, but they do show that consistent asymmetries exist. The results summarize certain features of student evaluations by gender of professor, and while seemingly incredible, they deserve further scrutiny. The study in the Chronicle of Higher Education covered 14 million evaluations housed at RateMyProfessor.com. Word frequencies from student evaluations indicate that female professors are perceived less frequently as "brilliant" and "funny" than male professors, and more frequently as "mean" and "rude". Directionally, the result applied to every area of study without exception. What could be driving such a gap? First, the scale of measurement needs a closer look. If evaluations average 50 words, let's say, then 500 single uses of a word per million words would amount to once in every 20 evaluations. That's a little easier to digest. It's clear from the charts that "funny" and "rude" are used more frequently than "brilliant" and "mean", regardless of the professor's gender. But the bulk of evaluations do not use any of those words. That's an important qualification, and yet the results are so strikingly consistent that it's hard to deny that differences exist, at least between extremes within the male and female faculty cohorts. For the moment, suppose the students' perceptions are accurate in some objective sense. If so, perhaps some women in academia overcompensate in an effort to be taken seriously in a world dominated by males. Males don't dominate all subject areas, however, and even in areas of study more likely to have high female representation. females are still evaluated more harshly on these criteria. In fact, a perusal of the subject areas might even suggest that some of these particular gender gaps are smaller in STEM fields, which are traditionally dominated by males. Still, the overcompensation hypothesis might have a grain of truth, even if "overcompensation" by female profs is merely a form of ongoing rebellion against traditional gender roles. For the same reason, maybe "severe" female personalities self-select for academic jobs in greater proportion than males, though I'm not sure that holds up. If the student perceptions are incorrect, what's driving them? Are expectations for women in academia simply more demanding? Such that many female profs fail to live up across a broad range of dimensions? There is strong support for the proposition that student evaluations are biased against female profs. If students are somehow conditioned to think that a female prof will be inferior, she might have to outperform her male counterparts along various dimensions simply to stay even. That might well explain the regular patterns of words used by some students. Other Qualifications and Contradictions The word frequencies described above aren't definitive by any means, even if you put great stock in student evaluations. In fact, using the interactive tool provided by the authors of the study, the word "nice" appears relatively often and in consistently higher numbers for female than for male profs. And, with consistent but very low frequency, the word "moron" is used to describe more male profs than females. Maybe there's greater variance across female professors in the "niceness" dimension, and more variance across males in the "smarts" dimension (and some research suggests that the latter is true). I'm not so sure about the "funniness" dimension, but I know some very funny women! It would be helpful to know the breakdown of word frequencies by student gender. What I often hear from female acquaintances is that women are harder on other women than on men. In relationships involving asymmetric power, this is the so-called "Queen Bee Syndrome", a phenomenon having some empirical support. There could be other biases baked into the study, such as a predominance of angry reviewers, but I'm not sure that would explain a bias against female profs. Finally, it's possible the RateMyProfessors site attracts more male reviewers. A rough (and amusing) feel for the proportion of male and female reviewers might be gleaned by entering the word "hot" into the tool (!). As expected, the mostly male engineers are much more likely to use that expression as a description of female profs, but reviewers in most fields are fairly balanced in their choice of that word. The word frequencies may well reflect the adoption of harsher standards by some students for female profs relative to male profs, and there may be female profs who "overcompensate". And maybe more women with relatively "thick-skin" are attracted to the ranks of the professoriate. College students can be a tough crowd, but it's important to remember that they are mostly young. Teachers can and should refine their approach in ways that might produce greater learning and satisfaction. But more than anything else, the results reinforce the conclusion that institutions should be cautious about the weight they place on student evaluations in assessing faculty performance. Statists Might Like To Vaccinate Against Many Things Posted by pnuetz in Vaccinations Anti-Vaxxers, Community Protection Threshold, Contagion, Contra-Indications, Externality, Federaalism, Herd Immunity, Immunization, Jeffrey Singer, Lancet, Measles, Mercury, Michigan Vaccine Law, Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, Precautionary Principle, Price Discrimination, Private Governance, Vaccine Hesitancy, Vaccine Preservatives, Vaccine Resistors, Whooping Cough The vaccine debate illustrates a widespread misunderstanding about the meaning of an "advanced society". It does not mean that difficult social problems must be dealt with always and everywhere in a uniform way, as supporters of vaccine mandates seem to assume. Instead, it often means that society can respect differences in the preferences of individuals by allowing varied approaches to problem-solving across jurisdictions, as well as across public and private institutions. This latter notion of advancement respects individual freedom and facilitates experiential social learning. But is that varied approach wise in a world of communicable diseases? One standard of "community" protection assumes that vaccines work with a high degree of certainty within groups of individuals, especially with a second booster. The share of the population vaccinated against most common childhood diseases is fairly high. In fact, these shares mostly exceed their respective "community protection thresholds" — the percentage required to prevent a particular disease from spreading. That means achieving so-called "herd immunity". Of course, that will not be true across many local subgroups. Nevertheless, if one accepts this standard, a runaway contagion in the U.S. is an extremely remote possibility, affording some flexibility for respecting preferences for and against vaccination. My Friend, the Vaccine Resistor One of my best friends is a passionate vaccine resistor (VR). I won't say he's "vaccine hesitant" because that doesn't come close to his position. I won't call him an "anti-vaxxer" because he doesn't mind if others avail themselves of vaccines (and besides, the term has taken on such derogatory connotation. He's a fine fellow, very smart, lots of fun to be with, and we have plenty of mutual interests. We've argued about vaccinations before, and a few other medical and nutritional issues, but we mostly stay out of each others' ways on these topics. But I recently witnessed my pal get into a "debate" on social media with a mutual acquaintance and some of her connections. She happens to be a nurse. She'd posted a photo of an attractive young woman in a t-shirt imprinted, "Vaccines Cause Adults". My buddy spoke up and said "Not for everyone!', and he posted a link to an article that he felt supported his position. Of course, a number of barbed responses came his way. Okay, some of those were fair debate points, though barbed, but others were quite derisive, ad hominem attacks on him. He responded by posting links to more articles and research, which might not have been productive. It's usually a waste of time to argue with people on social media. But to his great credit he maintained his equanimity. The episode made me feel a bit sad. People can be such assholes on social media. I was put off by the nurse's refusal to moderate . That's a typical pattern: posters allow their other friends to hurl terrible insults at anyone who disagrees, even when it's an old friend. Mind you, I stayed on the sidelines in this case, except that I originally "liked" the nurse's meme. Later, I had a private exchange with my friend. I'm on board with vaccinations. I believe that widespread immunization contributes to public health, but I told him there are certain points on which I can sympathize with VRs. Without knowing the details, he encouraged me to write a blog post on the subject. I'm not sure he'll like the results. However, as noted above, I'm willing to make a few concessions to my buddy's side of the argument, and I wish we could identify a path that would settle the debate. My Standpoint This is one part my pal won't like. Are VRs anti-science? First, VR's come in several varieties. Some might resist only some vaccines and not others. But VRs do not disavow empiricism, as they claim their own set of empirical findings to support their position, however one might regard the research quality. I believe many VRs are misled by a serious post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy: after this, therefore because of this. For example, for many observers, the purported link between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was put to rest when the British medical journal Lancet retracted the original article supporting that claim as faulty. That doesn't wash with more radical VRs, many of whom seem to have someone on the autism spectrum in their own families. They are understandably sensitive, but please forgive me: that suggests a need to find some external explanation, a source of blame not related to genetics. Radical VRs are selective proponents of the precautionary principle: any risk of harm from a vaccine delivered in any amount is too great a risk. They seem reluctant to acknowledge the reality of a dose-response relationship, which bears on the risks of exposure to certain compounds often present in vaccine formulations. VRs will not acknowledge that vaccines present a manageable risk. And then there are the misleading references to disease incidence counts, as opposed to disease incidence rates, that are all too common (though my friend is almost certainly innocent on this count). Vaccine resistance is not a new phenomenon, as the cartoon above from 1802 illustrates. Certain people will always find the idea of injecting germs into their systems deeply unsettling. Of course, that's a very natural basis of resistance. A person's body is their own property, after all. My default position is that an individual's control over their own body is inviolable, and parents should always be the first authority over decisions about their children. The real issue, however, is the question of whether unvaccinated children inflict external costs on others. Points of Contention The major objections of VRs fall into several categories: 1) preservatives; 2) multiple viruses; 3) vulnerable infants; 4) contra-indications; 5) inefficacy; and 6) free choice. There may be others, but I'll go with those. Preservatives: Some vaccines still use a form of mercury, but a much more innocuous variant than the one VRs found so objectionable a few decades ago. Still, they object. And they object to many other compounds used in minute quantities as preservatives, such as formaldehyde, which occurs naturally in our bodies. I think the following test is helpful: if it were proposed that VRs take new versions of the vaccines that had zero preservatives, many would still refuse, especially if they were asked to pay the additional cost of providing them in that form. Thus, preservatives are revealed to be something of a side show. Multiple Viruses: VRs object to the administration of vaccines that inoculate against several viruses in one dose or within a short window of time. This objection has some plausibility, since an injection of several different "bugs' at once might place excessive stress on the body, even if the risk is still small. But again, would VRs volunteer to take single strain vaccines in a schedule over a lengthier period of time? Probably not. Vulnerable Infants: VRs say it's too risky to vaccinate infants in their first few months of life. This too is a plausible objection, and it would seem like a relatively easy concession to make in the interests of compromise … except, it won't ever be good enough. Radical VRs will not agree to having their children vaccinated at any age. Contra-Indications: There are undoubtedly genetic factors that pre-dispose certain individuals to an adverse reaction to certain vaccines. These might be rare, so an effort to compromise by requiring a thorough genetic profile before vaccination would be costly. I believe profiling is a reasonable demand for individuals to make, however, provided they pay the cost themselves. Inefficacy: My friend posted an intriguing article about the drastic declines that occurred in the incidence of various diseases before the introduction of vaccines to prevent those diseases. This might not be the same link, but it makes the same argument. That doesn't mean vaccines don't work, of course. There is a vast literature that shows that they do. Bing it! And in cases such as smallpox, the use of "folk applications" of puss to a small scratch in the skin were in use long before the vaccine was available. Nevertheless, the VRs contend that the historical rates of disease incidence provide evidence against vaccinating. They also contend that diseases like measles are not serious enough to warrant precautions like vaccines. Measles can be deadly, though not as deadly as the flu. Free Choice: This is the point on which I'm most sympathetic to VRs. Again, we own our own bodies and should have authority over our own minor children, yet communicable diseases seem to be a classic case of externality. Susceptible individuals may inflict a cost on others by refusing vaccination or segregation. Other people own their bodies too, and they have a right to avoid exposure. They too can isolate themselves or take precautions as they deem necessary. If both parties wish to participate in society, then both hold rights they allege to be threatened by the other. That complicates the task of reconciling these interests in private, voluntary ways, and yet they often are reconciled privately. Solutions? The debate today often revolves around mandatory vaccination, which would be an extreme measure relying on the coercive power of the state. The rationale is that even a vaccinated majority would be subject to an unnecessarily high risk of infection when in frequent contact with an unvaccinated minority. It's difficult to endorse such broad intrusiveness when we're dealing with a negative externality of such minute probability. And such a policy is not at all defensible without exceptions for individuals for whom a vaccine is contra-indicated. Tolerating differences in vaccination rules across cities, school districts, or even states, may be a reasonable approach to settling the debate in the long run. These variations allow empirical evidence to accumulate on the efficacy of different vaccine regimes. It also allows individuals and families to "vote with their feet", migrating to jurisdictions that best suit their preferences. These are the basic foundations of federalism, a principle of great usefulness in preserving freedoms while addressing regional differences of opinion on contentious issues. Michigan has a policy allowing unvaccinated children to attend schools, but a waiver must be obtained requiring the child's parents to attend a vaccine education program. The policy is credited with increasing vaccination rates. The problem is that VRs tend to view this requirement as an infringement on their rights. Advocates of the policy might argue that the situation should be viewed as an arms-length, voluntary exchange between two parties, in this case a family and a public entity. The vaccine education program is just the price one must pay in lieu of vaccination. The exchange is not arms length, however, as it would be if the school were a private entity. The VR parents who refuse the waiver are not rebated for taxes paid for local schools. In fact, like all taxes, the payment is coerced. It's not always necessary to appeal to some form of government action, even at local levels. For example, private schools may require vaccination among enrollees, and private businesses, especially health care providers, may require staff to be vaccinated. Life and health insurers may wish to price risk differently for the unvaccinated. VRs might object that they are subject to discrimination by institutions requiring immunization, or who price discriminate in favor of the immunized, but VRs are free to form competitive institutions, even on small scales or as mutual companies. To the extent that such private rules are unjustified, the institutions who discriminate are likely to learn or lose eventually. That's the beauty of market solutions. In these ways, non-coercive private governance is far preferable to action by the state. Dr. Jeffrey Singer is an advocate of immunization who opposes mandatory vaccine laws, as he explained a few years ago in "Vaccination and Free Will". He suggested elsewhere, in "Seeking Balance In Vaccination Laws", that schools, instead of requiring immunization, could mitigate the risk of a contagion by insisting that unvaccinated children be held out of school when a particular threat arises and remain out until it passed. That's a reasonable idea, but I suspect many pro-vax parents would fear that it doesn't go far enough in protecting against the introduction of a disease by an unvaccinated child. Recent increases in the incidence of diseases such as measles, mumps and whooping cough are extremely troubling. Whether these outbreaks bear any relationship to patterns of vaccination in the population is certainly a valid question. To the extent that more families and individuals wish to be immunized, and that private institutions wish to take action to increase vaccination rates within their sphere of influence, I'm all for it. Vaccination laws are a different matter. Political action at the local level might mean that school districts and other public entities will require vaccinations or vaccine education programs. Alternatives exist for those refusing to vaccinate, but broad mandatory vaccination is too coercive. Such measures carry significant costs, not least of which is a loss of liberty and normalization of losses of liberty. It's not clear that a vaccination mandate at the national level, or even a state vaccination mandate, can offer benefits sufficient to justify those costs. Nudges are irritating and may be costly, but forcible intrusions are way out-of-bounds. Unfortunately, there are parties that simply can't resist the temptations of behavioral control, and that's worthy of resistance. Let's continue to muddle through with an essentially federalist approach to vaccination policy. I regard that as a hallmark of an advanced society. Rx Drug Prices Are Falling, But You're Aging Posted by pnuetz in Health Care, Prescription Drugs, Price Controls Alex Tabarrok, Drug Prices, Evergreen Patents, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Generic Drug Prices, Import Quotas, Insulin Pricing, Michael Mandell, National Bureau of Economic Research, Out-of-Pocket Costs, Prescription Drug Escalator, Progressive Policy Institute, Utilization Ask anyone on the street about prescription drug prices, or ask anyone in the press, and you'll probably hear they are out of control. That contention is false. The conventional wisdom is typified by this exaggerated BS about insulin pricing … actually, you can find a vial of the kind I used for many years for about $25 without much difficulty. Individual experience differs, of course. Yes, there are new drugs on the market that are exorbitant; there are older drugs still under patent that are pricey too. Those represent a fairly small part of the total market, however, and one on which policymakers should tread lightly if they hope to foster the development of new, life-saving drugs. Newer insulin varieties are not in that class, and those varieties don't always incorporate meaningful improvements for patients. Getting Old Is Hell In fact, prescription drug prices have been declining for a number of years. The real problem is we're always getting older! In a report from the Progressive Policy Institute, Michael Mandel describes what he calls the prescription drug escalator. Alex Tabarrok has a good summary of the article. The chart at the top of this post, from Mandel, shows that the number of drugs prescribed rises steadily with one's age. The total bill rises along with age, which may create the perception that you're paying higher prices. Unsurprisingly, more of each health-care dollar spent out-of-pocket (OOP) goes to prescribed medications as you age, and more goes to prescription drugs as health declines. As Mandell says, the increases experienced by individuals are a matter of utilization as opposed to pricing.. Generic Dominance Tabarrok notes that generic drugs account for somewhere between 80-90% of all prescriptions, and generic costs have been falling for some time. He links to one of his earlier posts on generics and to this study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which states: "… direct-out-of-pocket CPI for generic prescription drugs decline[d] by about 50% between 2007 and 2016 …" Average OOP prescription costs peaked in 2006, according to Mandel's data. Tabarrok quotes Mandell: "May 2019 research report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported that average out-of-pocket spending for prescribed medications, among persons who obtained at least one prescribed medication, declined from $327 in 2009 to $238 by 2016, a decrease of 27 percent. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey shows that average household spending on prescription drugs fell by 11% between 2013 and 2018. Moreover, OECD data shows that average out-of-pocket spending on prescribed medicines in the United States ($143 per capita in 2017) is actually lower than countries such as Canada ($144), Korea ($156), Norway ($178), and Switzerland ($215)." The declines in OOP drug costs came despite a shift in health-care payment responsibilities from insurers to consumers in recent years — OOP costs would have declined much more had the shift not occurred, according to Mandel. As he says, consumers now have more "skin in the game", and apparently they act on it. Another basis of the misperception about escalating drug prices has to do with the way they are reported. Mandel says: "List prices are the published prices that manufacturers charge to wholesalers. Net prices reflect the revenues that drug manufacturers receive, net of rebates and discounts to prescription benefit managers, insurance companies, and hospitals. Studies of list prices invariably show very strong growth. For example the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science found that the list price of the average brand rose from $364.92 to $657.08 since 2014, an 80% increase. Similarly, a widely cited recent study based on list prices found that from 2008–16, the costs of oral and injectable brand-name drugs increased annually by 9.2 percent and 15.1 percent, respectively. … By contrast, net prices and net pharma revenue have been growing much more slowly, once rebates and discounts are accounted for." The Pricey Segment There are a variety of circumstances that bear on the pricing of individual drugs. Clearly, non-generic drugs are subject to more upward price pressure and give rise to anecdotes that feed misperceptions about the overall trajectory of drug prices. These are either new drugs or older ones sold under extended patents, which are sometimes granted for even minor changes in a drug's chemical makeup. Some new drugs are life-saving breakthroughs targeting rare diseases. The unfortunate truth is that drug development is a very costly enterprise, often stretching well over a decade in the U.S. under the FDA's approval process. Moreover, U.S. consumers actually subsidize the cost of drugs for European consumers, where drugs are typically subject to price ceilings or are directly negotiated by government. By the time drugs go to market, development is treated as a fixed cost; even the low prices in Europe cover the marginal cost of production, so pharmaceutical manufacturers don't mind selling there as long as their development overhead is paid by someone. That's the rub. Drug development costs are heavily influenced by public policy, often to the detriment of consumers. The FDA's drug approval process is in dire need of reform, and patent extensions should be severely curtailed. As an advocate of free trade, I also favor a lifting of restrictions on imports of drugs to the U.S. You're likely to see more physicians as you age, they're likely to prescribe more drugs, and you're likely to pay more for prescriptions OOP. That's the escalator in action. You can minimize the slope of your personal prescription escalator by taking good care of yourself and using generics when possible, but the slope is often beyond a person's control. Nevertheless, over the past 13 years in the U.S., most of those experiencing higher OOP costs have this escalator, i.e., aging, to thank… it's drug utilization, not pricing. A relatively small but important share of the market has experienced price escalation. Newer, highly specialized drugs can carry high price tags. Patents give drug manufacturers considerably more pricing power, and drug companies have sought to maintain "evergreen" patents by manipulating their formulations. U.S. import quotas and restrictive pricing abroad have left consumers in the U.S. holding the bag for a large share of drug development costs. These shortcomings can be addressed via streamlined drug approval, patent reform, and lifting import restrictions. A critical policy prescription is to liberate market forces and foster competition in the pharmaceuticals industry. Price controls in the U.S. would eliminate all incentives for new breakthroughs, leading progress in many areas of treatment to a stand-still. Price controls merely substitute the arbitrary decisions of politicians and bureaucrats for the market's ability to balance dynamic consumer needs, medical expertise, and the costs faced by sellers. HyperBoondoggle Posted by pnuetz in infrastructure Delmar Loop, Dubai, Elon Musk, G-Force, Hyperloop, I-70 Rights-of-Way, Innovation Origins, Last-Mile Problem, Loop Trolley, Magnetic Levitation, Missouri Hyperloop, Passenger Throughput, Richard Branson, Vacuum Tube, Virgin One, Virginia Postrel, Willis Eschenbach The hyperloop: if you think the Delmar Loop Trolley in St. Louis, MO was a boondoggle, just wait till the state starts hemorrhaging cash for the proposed hyperloop test track, and later a possible route connecting St. Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City. The hyperloop would rely on magnetic levitation (maglev) technology that has been used for trains in some parts of the world, though always on relatively short routes. For a hyperloop, however, the maglev system keeps carrier "pods" suspended in a near-vacuum tube extending the length of the route, eliminating friction and air resistance. Proponents say the pods will move at top speeds of 700 miles an hour, traversing the state in about 30 minutes. And they say it will be a very green machine. Richard Branson's Virgin Hyperloop One wants to build the 15-mile test track, which is projected to cost $300 – $500 million. That range is centered just a bit higher than the cost of the Loop Trolley on a per-mile basis, and for a project with major technological uncertainties, that leaves me just a bit wary. The 250-mile cross-state route is now pegged at between $7.3 and $10.4 billion, according to the recent report issued by the state's "Blue-Ribbon Panel on Hyperloop". It's likely to cost much more by the time they get around to building it, if they do at all, and if it actually works. Hyperbole? My skepticism about hyperloops is based in part on the hucksterism that often characterizes appeals for public funding of large projects, and hyperloop hucksterism has already taken place. For example, in 2013 Elon Musk estimated that a Hyperloop system would cost about $11.5 million per mile. By 2016, the mid-point estimate for a route in the San Francisco Bay Area was over $100 million per mile. A friendlier route in Dubai is expected to cost $52 million per mile. So to be conservative, we saw 5x to 10x higher costs in a matter of three years. But now, Virgin One says it can construct a route in Missouri for less than the per-mile cost of the Dubai line. Well, the state Department of Transportation already owns the rights of way over significant stretches of the route (but not everywhere because the tube must be straighter than the highway). The hyperbolic claims for hyperloop technology include speed, projected passenger fares, and ridership. According to Innovation Origins, the so-called feasibility study for the Missouri hyperloop did not assess the technology or even address the fact that no working hyperloop has ever been built or proven at full scale over any distance longer than a kilometer or so. The consultants who prepared the "study" merely assumed it would work. No test pod within a vacuum tube has achieved more than a fraction of the promised speed. The tubes were not long enough to achieve top speeds, they say, but that raises another issue: creating near-vacuum conditions in a sizable tube over very long distances. At the Innovation Origin link above, they estimate that the Missouri tube would occupy over 1 million cubic meters of space, which is at least 30 times larger than the most expansive man-made vacuum space now in existence. As for the passenger experience, 30 minutes to traverse the state of Missouri would be impressive, but what about comfort? First, expanding the tube's circumference and the girth of the pods would have a disproportionate impact on cost, so conditions might either be more cramped than the promotional photos would have you believe, or the number of passenger seats per pod might be reduced. Second, rapid acceleration from zero to 700 mph would subject humans to fairly large G-forces over several minutes. Deceleration at the end of the trip might be even worse. Negotiating even mild curves would also require reduced speed and subsequent re-acceleration to avoid uncomfortably high radial G-forces. All that means the ride could be a bit uncomfortable. That also means the average speed between Kansas City and St. Louis would be significantly less than 700 mph, especially with a stop in Columbia. G-forces might not be much of a concern for freight traffic, unless it's fresh produce. Then there's the vulnerability of the system. Willis Eschenbach goes into detail on some technical problems that make the hyperloop risky, such as the pressure on the tubes themselves. It would be about 20,000 pounds per square meter of tube surface, all subject to significant thermal expansion and contraction over the course of a day, with large pods racing through joints and rounding curves. Any fault or crack at any point in the tube surface would cause catastrophic deceleration of pods along the entire length of the tube. The integrity of the pressurized pods themselves is also a safety issue. And what about an earthquake? Or a loss of control and fiery pile-up of vehicles traveling on I-70 near the tubes. Or any number of other foolish or intentional sources of damage to the tube along its route? One of Eschenbach's most interesting critiques has to do with passenger throughput. Musk's original plan called for 28-passenger pods departing every 30 seconds: 3,300 passengers per hour. That would represent a substantial addition to total cross-state transportation capacity. At full utilization (which of course is unlikely), that would exceed current estimated totals for daily travel between St. Louis, Columbia, and Kansas City. And while that capacity might reduce pressure to expand other modes, such as adding an extra lane to I-70, it would not offer an excuse to eliminate highway, rail, or airport infrastructure, nor would it eliminate the need to maintain it. Musks's assumption might be too optimistic, however: for safety, the time between pod departures might have to be longer. than 30 seconds. Eschenbach asserts 80 that seconds would be more reasonable, which would slash capacity by about 60% relative to Musk's estimate. And that doesn't account for potential bottlenecks at stops where pods must be depressurized and repressurized. And if substantially heavier freight pods are intermingled with passenger pods, as anticipated, the required intervals between departures might have to be longer. Few large transportation projects are self-funding. Typically, user fees fail to cover operating costs, let alone capital costs. The projected fares quoted by proponents of the Missouri hyperloop are low: "cheaper than the price of gas to drive" cross-state. Perhaps we could say about $25, based on that statement. That won't make much of a dent in the cost of construction. The hyperloop's economic viability for freight traffic is questionable as well, though freight traffic seems to be a fallback position among boosters when confronted with the uncertainties of passenger travel via hyperloop. The Blue-Ribbon report says the expected cost of freight via hyperloop might range from $1.40 per mile to $2.80 on the high end, putting the mid-point well above the $1.69 per mile average cost of shipping by truck. Will speed make the hyperloop a competitive alternative for shippers? In fact, freight via hyperloop might be much worse than rail or truck in solving the "last mile" problem. That's because the speeds that are its presumed advantage also mean fewer terminals are possible. The system would have to rely as heavily on integration with other modes of transportation as any other form of long-distance carriage, and perhaps more. The last-mile problem eats into hyperloop's presumed environmental advantages, which are not as clear cut as its enthusiasts would have you believe. Maintaining a vacuum in a gargantuan tube will not be a low-energy proposition, nor will powering the magnetic levitation/propulsion system, with or without a vacuum. Pressurized, climate-controlled pods will require still more power, and that's to say nothing of the energy required to fabricate one-inch thick steel cylinders, huge magnets, and the rest of the support infrastructure. Reassurances that hyperloop will be powered exclusively by "green" technologies should be taken with a grain of salt. Virginia Postrel believes that regulation might be the biggest threat to the success of hyperloop, though she seems a bit optimistic about the actual economics of the technology. Safety will be a major concern for regulators. The technology will be subject to common carrier rules, and there will be other hurdles at the federal, state and local levels. And what of the health effects of prolonged exposure to those powerful magnetic forces? They may be insignificant, but the question will come up and possibly litigated. A hyperloop cannot be built and operated without a significant and ongoing investment of public funds. The hoped-for public-private partnership needed to build the system would require major investors, and brave investors. Promoters say the project is not unlike efforts to build the railroads in the 19th century, which must have seemed like a daunting task at the time, and one involving huge financial risk. Fair enough, but the railroads stood to benefit in that age from a huge pent-up desire to exploit distant resources. The Missouri hyperloop is not quite comparable in that respect. It might be attractive mainly as a novelty, much like the Loop Trolley. Moreover, it didn't take long for the railroads to become desperate rent-seekers, unable to profit from their heavily-subsidized investments without further public intervention on their behalf. The hyperloop is a truly seductive idea. It's the sort of thing that even small government types find irresistible, but there is little doubt that taxpayers will pay dearly. It's not clear to me that the project will create meaningful social benefits or address compelling social risks. Therefore, let's be cautious about making huge public commitments until this technology is farther along in development and the benefits can be estimated with greater certainty. Yes, The Left Eats Its Own Posted by pnuetz in Leftism, Social Justice Autophagy, Cancellation, Dave Chappelle, David Marcus, John McDermott, New York Times, Quillette, Scarlett Johansson, Social Justice, The Federalist, Wokeness Here's a piece worth reading, published this weekend in The NY Times: "Those People We Tried To Cancel? They're All Hanging Out Together", by John McDermott. It provides some great illustrations of caretakers of "woke" culture forming circular firing squads. That's exactly where social justice warriors have led themselves. One very sore victim of cancellation is a conservative named David Marcus who, in his life before cancellation, worked in the New York theatre scene for years. Marcus writes in The Federalist that he found McDermott's article disgusting because it doesn't convey the real damage done by this sort of treatment. I'm not sure that's a fair criticism of the article, though it's true that McDermott can't resist taking swipes at a few individuals, including Dave Chappelle and Scarlett Johansson ("provocative or clueless or callous"). The article adds value, however, in showing that there's life after intellectual tyranny, speech suppression, and "othering", especially if you just don't give a damn about the self-annointed thought police. Many of them will have their own days of reckoning just around the corner. It doesn't take long in that sort of poisoned environment. Of course, they might go after poor McDermott first! Buttinskies Get Vapours Over Vapes, Rx Pain Killers Posted by pnuetz in Prohibition Black Market, Chronic Pain, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, e-Cigarettes, Opioid Deaths, OxyContin, Paternalism, Prescription Opioids, Prohibitionism, Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Rashida Tlaib, Smoking Cessation, Taxing Harms, Tort Reform, Trump Administration, Vaping Every now and then I have to grind my axe against reflexive prohibitionism and the misplaced blame for health issues that runs along with it. This time, my outburst is prompted first by a recent study of opioid deaths, and by developments in the vastly less horrifying vaping scare. Both of these issues are like red meat to the busy-bodies of the world, who just can't stand to sit by knowing that someone might be doing something into which they might affect an heroic intervention. Pain Is the Price Pharmaceutical companies have been settling opioid lawsuits brought against them for failing to provide adequate warnings with opioid painkillers about the potential for addiction, for allegedly distributing quantities in areas with "vulnerable" populations, and for other aggressive marketing tactics. Purdue Pharmaceuticals filed for bankruptcy after agreeing to $12 billion in settlements. Many more cases remain for these companies. Settlements, of course, are not admissions of guilt. Rather, they are the least costly way for these companies to extract themselves from situations in which they have been scapegoated by the grieving families of victims, plaintiffs' attorneys with instincts for deep pockets, and naive reporting by an uninformed news media. This week came reports of a new study in Massachusetts that found only a small percentage of opioid deaths in which decedents had been prescribed an opioid. According to the researchers: "The major proximal contributors to opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts during the study period were illicitly made fentanyl and heroin. … The people who died with a prescription opioid like oxycodone in their toxicology screen often don't have a prescription for it." And as Jacob Sullum notes at the last link, this is in line with a number of other studies: "A 2007 study found that 78 percent of OxyContin users seeking addiction treatment reported that they had never been prescribed the drug for any medical reason. Other studies have found that only a small minority of people treated for pain, ranging from something like 1 percent of post-surgical patients to less than 8 percent of chronic pain patients, become addicted to their medication. A 2015 study of opioid-related deaths in North Carolina found 478 fatalities among 2.2 million residents who were prescribed opioids in 2010, an annual rate of 0.022 percent." Most people who become addicted to opioids, and most people who OD, begin their use in pursuit of a high. There are issues over which the pharmaceutical industry can be criticized, but it does not deserve much blame for abuse of the medications it produces. Providing pain medications to health care providers for patients with legitimate needs should not be subject to such severe legal risk. This fraught legal environment has a chilling effect on the willingness of manufacturers to meet those needs, not to mention risk-averse physicians. You, too, are likely to suffer severe pain one day, and your plight will be made worse by these effective prohibitionists. The Vaping Panic The dangers of vaping are vastly exaggerated, and the tremendous benefits of vaping for those wishing to quit smoking cigarettes have seemingly been forgotten. Vaping products are far less dangerous than cigarettes, but it matters little to prohibitionists at the federal and state levels. This includes the Trump Administration and such Democrats as Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, who have jumped on the anti-vaping bandwagon with an opportunistic fervor. Vaping has increased dramatically among teenagers. Flavored or otherwise, it is likely to have substituted for cigarettes among teens to some extent. Many adult vapers seem to like flavored vaping products as well. As others have noted, a ban on flavored vaping products will make little difference: vapers like the nicotine! And like any form of prohibition, vaping bans will lead to more dangerous varieties of product as buyers turn to the black market for vaping supplies, or simply smoke more cigarettes. A recent proposal in the House Ways and Means Committee to tax e-cigarettes is also terribly misguided. If we're going to "nudge" anyone, which in this case is to follow the traditional economic prescription to tax things that harm, then surely we ought to consider where the greater harm lies. Cigarettes are already taxed. Introducing a tax on a relatively new alternative constituting a far lesser harm is sure to have undesirable effects on public health. It must be cathartic to identify someone or something to blame for tragedies for which the victims themselves are largely at fault. We know too that the enterprise of bringing legal action against corporate scapegoats is financially rewarding. Unfortunately, those scapegoats can have little confidence in the courts' ability to reach objective decisions, so they feel compelled to settle with plaintiffs at still great expense. It's a racket that leads to stunted development of new drugs and under-prescription of painkillers. Tort reform, potentially to include caps on damages and financial risks to plaintiffs attorneys, can mitigate these effects, and it is as important now as ever. Alarmism over vaping creates risks of a different nature. Vaping is not free of risk, but neither is it a massive threat to public health. It is, in fact, a less harmful alternative than cigarette smoking. Authorities should be cautious in their approach to regulating vapes and e-cigarettes, lest they discourage attractive and safer alternatives to smoking. Regulation, Crowding Out, and Malformed Capital Bentley Coffey, Compliance Costs, Congressional Budget Office, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Conversable Economist, crowding out, Gold Plating, James Whitford, Kieth Carlson, Mandated Investment, Mercatus Center, Patrick A. McLaughlin, Pietro Peretto, Real Clear Markets, Regulatory Burden, Regulatory State, Return on Capital, Robert Higgs, Roger Spencer, Susan E. Dudley, Timothy Taylor, Tyler Richards, Wayne Brough, Zero-Sum Economics Expanding regulation of the private sector is perhaps the most pernicious manifestation of "crowding out", a euphemism for the displacement of private activity by government activity. The idea that government "crowds out" private action, or that government budget deficits "crowd out" private investment, has been debated for many years: government borrowing competes with private demand to fund investment projects, bidding interest rates and the cost of capital upward, thus reducing business investment, capital intensity, and the economy's productive capacity. Taxes certainly discourage capital investment as well. That is the traditional fiscal analysis of the problem. The more fundamental point is that as government competes for resources and absorbs more resources, whether financed by borrowing or taxation, fewer resources remain available for private activity, particularly if government is less price-sensitive than private-sector buyers. Is It In the Data? Is crowding out really an issue? Private net fixed investment spending, which represents the dollar value of additions to the physical stock of private capital (and excludes investments that merely replace worn out capital), has declined relative to GDP over many decades, as the first chart below shows. The second chart shows that meanwhile, the share of GDP dedicated to government spending (at all levels) has grown, but with less consistency: it backtracked in the 1990s, rebounded during the early years of the Bush Administration, and jumped significantly during the Great Recession before settling at roughly the highs of the 1980s and early 1990s. The short term fluctuations in both of these series can be described as cyclical, but there is certainly an inverse association in both the short-term fluctuations and the long-term trends in the two charts. That is suggestive but far from dispositive. Timothy Taylor noted several years ago that the magnitude of crowding out from budget deficits could be substantial, based on a report from the Congressional Budget Office. That is consistent with many of the short-term and long-term co-movements in the charts above, but the explanation may be incomplete. Regulatory Crowding Out Regulatory dislocation is not the mechanism traditionally discussed in the context of crowding out, but it probably exacerbates the phenomenon and changes its complexion. To the extent that growth in government is associated with increased regulation, this form of crowding out discourages private capital formation for wholly different reasons than in the traditional analysis. It also encourages malformation — either non-productive or misallocated capital deployment. I acknowledge that regulation may be necessary in some areas, and it is reasonable to assert that voters demand regulation of certain activities. However, the regulatory state has assumed such huge proportions that it often seems beyond the reach of higher authorities within the executive branch, not to mention other branches of government. Regulations typically grow well beyond their original legislative mandates, and challenges by parties to regulatory actions are handled in a separate judicial system by administrative law judges employed by the very regulatory agencies under challenge! Measures of regulation and the regulatory burden have generally increased over the years with few interruptions. As a budgetary matter, regulation itself is costly. Robert Higgs says that not only has regulation been expanding for many years, the growth of government spending and regulation have frequently had common drivers, such as major wars, the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the financial crisis and Great Recession of the 2000s. In all of these cases, the size of government ratcheted upward in tandem with major new regulatory programs, but the regulatory programs never seem to ratchet downward. While government competes with the private sector for financial capital, its regulatory actions reduce the expected rewards associated with private investment projects. In other words, intrusive regulation may reduce the private demand for financial capital. Assuming there is no change in the taxation of suppliers of financing, we have a "coincidence" between an increase in the demand for capital by government and a decrease in the demand for capital by business owing to regulatory intrusions. The impact on interest rates is ambiguous, but the long-run impact on the economy's growth is negative, as in the traditional case. In addition, there may be a reallocation of the capital remaining available from more regulated to less regulated firms. The Costs of Regulation Regulation imposes all sorts of compliance costs on consumers and businesses, infringing on many erstwhile private areas of decision-making. The Mercatus Center, a think tank on regulatory matters based at George Mason University, issued a 2016 report on "The Cumulative Cost of Regulations", by Bentley Coffey, Patrick A. McLaughlin, and Pietro Peretto. It concluded in part: "… the effect of government intervention on economic growth is not simply the sum of static costs associated with individual interventions. Instead, the deterrent effect that intervention can have on knowledge growth and accumulation can induce considerable deceleration to an economy's growth rate. Our results suggest that regulation has been a considerable drag on economic growth in the United States, on the order of 0.8 percentage points per year. Our counterfactual simulation predicts that the economy would have been about 25 percent larger than it was in 2012 if regulations had been frozen at levels observed in 1980. The difference between observed and counterfactually simulated GDP in 2012 is about $4 trillion, or $13,000 per capita." In another Mercatus Center post, Tyler Richards discusses the link between declining "business dynamism" and growth in regulation and lobbying activity. Richards measures dynamism by the rate of entry into industries with relatively high profit potential. This is consistent with the notion that regulation diminishes the rewards and demand for private capital, thus crowding out productive investment. Regulation, Rent Seeking, and Misallocation Some forms of regulation entail mandates or incentives for more private investment in specific forms of physical capital. Of course, that's no consolation if those investments happen to be less productive than projects that would have been chosen freely in the pursuit of profit. This often characterizes mandates for alternative energy sources, for example, and mandated investments in worker safety that deliver negligible reductions in workplace injuries. Some forms of regulation attempt to assure a particular rate of return to the regulated firm, but this may encourage non-productive investment by incenting managers to "gold plate" facilities to capture additional cash flows. Regulations may, of course, benefit the regulated in certain ways, such as burdening weaker competitors. If this makes the economy less competitive by driving weak firms out of existence, surviving firms may have less incentive to invest in their physical capital. But far worse is the incentive created by the regulatory state to invest in political and administrative influence. That's the thrust of an essay by Wayne Brough in Real Clear Markets: "Political Entrepreneurs Are Crowding Out the Entrepreneurs". The possibility of garnering regulations favorable to a firm reinforces the destructive focus on zero-sum outcomes, as I've gone to pains to point out on this blog. Crowding out takes still other forms: the growth of the welfare state and regulatory burdens tend to displace private institutions traditionally seeking to improve the lives of the poor and disenfranchised. It also disrupts incentives to work and to seek help through those private aid organizations. That is a subject addressed by James Whitford in "Crowding Out Compassion". Just Stop It! President Trump has made some progress in slowing the regulatory trend. One example of the Administration's efforts is the two-year-old Trump executive order demanding that two regulatory rules be eliminated for each new rule. Thus far, many of the discarded regulations had become obsolete for one reason or another, so this is a clean-up long overdue. Other inventive efforts at reform include moving certain agency offices out of the Washington DC area to locales more central to their "constituencies", which inevitably would mean attrition from the ranks of agency employees and with any luck, less rule-making. The judicial branch may also play a role in defanging the bureaucracy, like this case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now before the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, tariffs represent taxation of consumers and firms who use foreign goods as inputs, so Trump's actions on the regulatory front aren't all positive. The traditional macroeconomic view of crowding out involves competition for funds between government and private borrowers, higher borrowing costs, and reduced private investment in productive capital. The phenomenon can be couched more broadly in terms of competition for a wide variety of goods and services, including labor, leaving less available for private production and consumption. The growth of the regulatory state provides another piece of the crowding-out puzzle. Regulation imposes significant costs on private parties, including small businesses that can ill-afford compliance. The web of rules and reporting requirements can destroy the return on private capital investment. To the extent that regulation reduces the demand for financing, interest rates might not come under much upward pressure, as the traditional view would hold. But either way, it's bad news, especially when the regulatory state seems increasingly unaccountable to the normal checks and balances enshrined in our Constitution. Ideology and the Public School Monopoly Posted by pnuetz in Education Claremont Institute, Common Core, Cory Koedel, Darleen Click, Deep State, FEE, Foundation for Economic Education, Horace Mann, J.D. Tuccille, James G. Martin Center, Jay Schalin, John Hinderaker, Justin Spears, Michael Crichton, Mike Margeson, Multiculturalism, Public School Monopoly, Rob Dreher, Ryan P. Williams, School Choice, SJWs, Social Justice, TFP Student Action, Victory Girls, White Privilege, Woke Teachers, Zero-Sum Society I toured our local public high school not long ago after some renovations. It's my old school and my kids attended there as well, though it's been largely stripped of its old character. Our sweet tour guide, when asked about school security and whether any staff are armed, said no, and then proudly informed us that the temperament of the school was "pretty progressive", and that sort of thing would not go over well. Later, as I stepped into the new library, I happened to notice a table right up-front intended to showcase several books. The first title I laid eyes on was "Social Justice", a topic emphasizing all manner of grievances, current and historical, the identification of culpable parties (and their unworthy descendants), and presumed correctives. The latter include reparations, redistribution, control of speech, criminalization, and often shaming. At best, these correctives deliver palliatives to the aggrieved that must be forcibly extracted by the state from others, with little consideration for the predictably disastrous second-order effects they engender. The prominent display of the social justice book and our tour guide's attitude regarding security were unsurprising manifestations of the educational emphasis our kids get today: the public schools have become indoctrination camps. Of course, a good class in American history will leave no doubt about the injustices that have occurred in our nation over 250 years. There were many individual victims and many groups were victimized. We could say the same about a good class in European history, or the history of events in any region of the world. However, the social justice doctrine being peddled to our children today assigns blame for victimhood to anyone deemed not to be a victim, as well as the growth and very success of western civilization, including capitalism, this despite the unprecedented comforts available today across the socioeconomic spectrum. It's as if the SJWs wish to convince our children that all economic gains are of the zero-sum variety. The politicization of the curriculum in our schools is an extremely dangerous phenomenon. Many schools are banning literature, distorting history, subverting science in favor of politicized orthodoxy, and teaching "social justice math", which I'm sure is heavy on zero-sum word problems. And how about this "Run from the cop" worksheet given to first graders in a Pittsburgh school! Federal and state education authorities are taking an active hand in much of this. For example, a new ethnic studies curriculum for California high schools proposed by the state Department of Education takes a notably anti-Israel perspective. At the federal level, there is the Common Core initiative (and see here) which, in addition to educational inefficacy, is a source of many of the same concerns cited above. President Obama's school discipline policy, heavy in its emphasis on "disparate impact", was perhaps even more disastrous (and see here). Social studies textbooks today are increasingly written by leftist authors who distort U.S. history, present anti-science viewpoints on environmental topics, and promote the divisive tenets of multiculturalism. The U.S. history covered in this prominent textbook is subject to a variety of left-wing biases, but it is not unique in that regard. And it's not only a matter of bias in favor of collectivist philosophy and leftist interpretations of historical events. For example, it's way over the top to teach public school children that Christians are bigots. But God bless the teachers, many of whom are indeed wonderful people, and many of whom are very good at what they do (my daughter being a prime example!). There is little doubt, however, that leftism dominates the faculty in most public schools. John Hinderaker writes of the political activism practiced by the faculty at a high school in Edina, Minnesota, where lessons about "white privilege" are part of the curriculum even in the feeder schools. It's a travesty that many of our nation's public school teachers are products of university schools of education with extremely low academic standards relative to other academic divisions within those universities. And these schools of education have been thoroughly politicized. Needless to say, a good many of their graduates are easily cowed by the typical "feel-good", free-lunch, social justice arguments made by the Left. In a sense, these civil servants are a local counterpart to the army of federal bureaucrats sometimes known as the "deep state". They are funded by taxpayers and are often represented by powerful unions. Under-performing teachers are difficult to dismiss, and they are able to exercise great discretion in the messages they deliver to students. As Darleen Click writes, "The 'woke' want your children". The leftist thrust of public education today descends from a long evolution shaped by "progressive" education reforms, and most reforms receiving attention within today's education establishment fail to address the single biggest problem: the public school monopoly. That inattention is reinforced by attempts to maintain ideological purity among participants in the debate over school reform. Social studies teachers Mike Margeson and Justin Spears, writing for the Foundation for Economic Education on the motives for establishing public education, say the following about historical reforms: "The objective was to nationalize the youth in a particular mold. … From Luther to Fichte, the idea to use the coercive power of the state to force kids into schools and indoctrinate them was clear. Horace Mann became instrumental in importing this system and helping it spread throughout the United States." Breaking the public education monopoly is imperative to improving both the quality and cost of education. That means choice, in all it's liberating glory. J.D. Tuccille has a great take on this issue: choice is the only way we can assure that our children are taught from a perspective that parents most prefer. Many parents know that they must take an active part in educating their children. That includes their role in selecting the school they believe will be best for their kids, as well as ongoing scrutiny of the school's performance. A simple by-product of choice is that schools and their faculties might be more circumspect about shading their instruction with their own political agendas. Another Flop at the Impeachment Playhouse Posted by pnuetz in Impeachment Adam Schiff, Australia, China, Cronyism, Donald Trump, FISA Abuse, House Intelligence Committee, Hunter Biden, Impeachment, Inspector General, Joe Biden, Michael Horowitz, Nancy Pelosi, Obama administration, Presidential Powers, Protectionism, Quid Pro Quo, Russia Investigation, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Whistleblower Listen, President Trump drives me crazy. His policy instincts often strike me as dangerous: trade protectionist, inflationist, and cronyist. I'm still suspicious that he might play ball with statists left and right on critical issues, when and if he perceives a political advantage in doing so. And Trump is hopelessly inarticulate and belligerent. Nevertheless, I will almost certainly vote for him in 2020 for several reasons, not least because the feasible alternatives are completely unacceptable. That view is reinforced by the behavior of the Democrat party in their effort to fabricate "high crimes and misdemeanors" on Trump's part. That effort is not just dishonest, it is foolish, and they have a lot to lose. Their machinations are likely to blow up in their faces. For one thing, the Democrats don't seem to have much of a case. This time they are focused on a May 2019 phone conversation that took place between Trump and the recently-elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The Democrats contend that Trump held up military aid in order to pressure Zelenskiy to investigate the Biden family's activities in the Ukraine, a charge flatly denied by Zelenskiy. In fact, at the time of the call, the Ukrainians has no idea that military aid had been suspended, a fact first reported by The New York Times. The Trump Administration released a transcript of the Zelenskiy call, which offers no evidence that a quid pro quo was offered by Trump. Even the text messages released this morning fail to support the claim. Joe Biden's name came up during the call in connection with potential interference by the Ukraine in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. That's reasonable in light of the events reported to have taken place, and it is certainly within the scope of presidential powers, as were Trump's efforts to discuss election interference with Australia, the U.K., and other countries. If you don't know it already, a successful impeachment in the House of Representatives will not remove Trump from office. It will constitute a referral of charges to the Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, and a conviction requires a two-thirds majority. Ain't gonna happen. In the meantime, there really is no formal "impeachment" underway, despite what you think you've heard. This is a "proceeding" that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi really had no authority to initiate, and there is no set of rules or procedures guiding the spectacle. An impeachment investigation requires a House vote, but Democrats voted to table a resolution calling for such a vote because they really don't want one, not yet anyway. Why? Because it would force them to go on record before they're quite sure they want to, but more importantly it would demand due process for the accused. A House vote for an impeachment investigation would give House Republicans subpoena powers, something Democrats don't want to take a chance on. Again, the whole effort by the Democrats will ultimately be futile, and the trial proceedings in the Senate might be very ugly for them as well. It is likely to shed light on several matters that offer unflattering context for the impeachment effort and might well lead to criminal charges against prominent Democrats and their operatives: Did members of the Obama Administration, the DNC, and Hillary Clinton's campaign work with the Ukrainian government to undermine the Trump's candidacy, hatching the Russian collusion narrative in the process? Politico said so in 2017. Did the Biden family trade on Joe Biden's position to attract capital from large investors for a venture in the Ukraine? What was exchanged in order for Joe Biden's son Hunter to land a $50,000/month job with a Ukrainian gas company? Did Joe Biden use the authority of his office to strong-arm the Ukrainians into dropping the prosecution of the company that employed his son? "Son of a B", Joe said, I threatened to walk away and they dropped the investigation. Son of a Biden? Members of Congress sent a letter to the Ukrainian government in May of 2018 that threatened reductions in aid without Ukrainian cooperation with the Mueller investigation into the Trump campaign. A member of the Obama Administration is known to have approached the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington in 2016 to solicit the Ukraine's participation in a scheme to interfere with the U.S. election. The Intelligence Community Inspector General's report stated that the "whistleblower" or operative had a political bias. Well, might that have been a motive in the case? Who authorized the change in requirements for whistleblower referrals from first-hand information to second-hand information, or hearsay? And when? Despite denials from left-wing fact-checkers, the Intelligence Community Inspector General's narrative here doesn't quite hang together. They gave the operative the wrong form? It's been claimed that the operative provided first-hand information after all, but where is it? Did members of Congress know about the operative's complaint before it was formally referred to Congress? Apparently Adam Schiff, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, knew before the complaint was drafted, and he lied about it. Was there collaboration with the operative? What are Adam Schiff's connections in the Ukraine? Let's find out! These are all troubling questions that should be investigated. We may or may not get to the bottom of it before the impeachment vote in the House, if it ever occurs. Senate Republicans will undoubtedly be interested in pursuing many of these areas of inquiry, and Joe Biden will not come out of this unscathed. There is likely considerable evidence to support claims that he used political influence to gain his son Hunter favor in the Ukraine and China. This month, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz is expected to release his report on the origins and conduct of the Russia investigation into Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. including potential corruption of the FISA process. His report will reflect the findings of two U.S. attorneys conducting separate inquiries into various aspects of the matter. These reports are a potential disaster for Democrats. Perhaps the distraction of impeachment theatre seems desirable to them, but the longer they continue the fruitless effort to "get Trump", which began well before he was elected, the more incompetent they look. They don't seem to have noticed that the whole spectacle is strengthening Trump's base of support. Which brings me back to Trump's belligerence, which I briefly decried above. And it's true, I often wince, but then I often laugh out loud as well. His political opponents and the media are constantly aghast at his every unapologetic response to their attacks. I will readily admit that it's deeply satisfying to witness him hurling the crap right back at them, right on the schnoz. In the case of the impeachment drama, his base of support and many others in the middle know the Dems richly deserve it. The Leninists Among Us Posted by pnuetz in Leftism, Marxism, Tyranny Bolshevik Revolution, Coercion, Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Gary Saul Morson, Glenn Reynolds, Identity Politics, Karl Marx, Leninthink, Redistribution, Social Justice, The New Criterion, Vladimir Lenin, Zero-Sum Economics, Zero-Sum Society I suggested recently that the pursuit of zero-sum gains, and zero-sum thinking generally, is a form of social rot. How timely that Gary Saul Morson has offered this interesting essay on "Leninthink" in the October issue of The New Criterion. It validates my conviction that a zero-sum view of the world invites social brutalism and economic cannibalism. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was of course the first premier of the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. His philosophy was a practical derivative of Marxism, a real-world implementation of a "dictatorship of the proletariat". Morson describes Lenin's view of social relations thusly: "Lenin regarded all interactions as zero-sum.To use the phrase he made famous, the fundamental question is always 'Who Whom?'—who dominates whom, who does what to whom, ultimately who annihilates whom. To the extent that we gain, you lose. Contrast this view with the one taught in basic microeconomics: whenever there is a non-forced transaction, both sides benefit, or they would not make the exchange. For the seller, the money is worth more than the goods he sells, and for the buyer the goods are worth more than the money. Lenin's hatred of the market, and his attempts to abolish it entirely during War Communism, derived from the opposite idea, that all buying and selling is necessarily exploitative. When Lenin speaks of 'profiteering' or 'speculation' (capital crimes), he is referring to every transaction, however small. Peasant 'bagmen' selling produce were shot. Basic books on negotiation teach that you can often do better than split the difference, since people have different concerns. Both sides can come out ahead—but not for the Soviets, whose negotiating stance John F. Kennedy once paraphrased as: what's mine is mine; and what's yours is negotiable. For us, the word 'politics' means a process of give and take, but for Lenin it's we take, and you give. From this it follows that one must take maximum advantage of one's position. If the enemy is weak enough to be destroyed, and one stops simply at one's initial demands, one is objectively helping the enemy, which makes one a traitor. Of course, one might simply be insane. Long before Brezhnev began incarcerating dissidents in madhouses, Lenin was so appalled that his foreign minister, Boris Chicherin, recommended an unnecessary concession to American loan negotiators, that he pronounced him mad—not metaphorically—and demanded he be forcibly committed. 'We will be fools if we do not immediately and forcibly send him to a sanatorium.'" The ruthlessness of Lenin's mindset was manifested in his unwillingness to engage in rationalizations or even civil debate: "Lenin's language, no less than his ethics, served as a model, taught in Soviet schools and recommended in books with titles like Lenin's Language and On Lenin's Polemical Art. In Lenin's view, a true revolutionary did not establish the correctness of his beliefs by appealing to evidence or logic, as if there were some standards of truthfulness above social classes. Rather, one engaged in 'blackening an opponent's mug so well it takes him ages to get it clean again.' Nikolay Valentinov, a Bolshevik who knew Lenin well before becoming disillusioned, reports him saying: 'There is only one answer to revisionism: smash its face in!' When Mensheviks objected to Lenin's personal attacks, he replied frankly that his purpose was not to convince but to destroy his opponent. In work after work, Lenin does not offer arguments refuting other Social Democrats but brands them as 'renegades' from Marxism. Marxists who disagreed with his naïve epistemology were 'philosophic scum.' Object to his brutality and your arguments are 'moralizing vomit.' You can see traces of this approach in the advice of Saul Alinsky—who cites Lenin—to 'pick the target, freeze it, personalize it.'" This offers a useful perspective on why it's so difficult to have civil discussions with leftists today. They have inherited versions of Lenin's polemic style. You're more likely to be verbally attacked by the Left than to be engaged in a productive exchange of ideas, as I'm constantly reminded by observing the behavior of SJWs on social media. Leftist retribution is swift. Glenn Reynolds has mused, "As the old saying has it, the left looks for heretics and the right looks for converts, and both find what they're looking for." That might be too optimistic! The richest source of zero-sum gains is through the levers of government, which possesses the necessary coercive power to achieve that aim. When coercive power is so ruthlessly exercised, the appearance of loyalty to those in power becomes paramount for survival. This can make it necessary to display an outward acceptance of fanciful claims: "Lenin's idea that coercion is not a last resort but the first principle of Party action. Changing human nature, producing boundless prosperity, overcoming death itself: all these miracles could be achieved because the Party was the first organization ever to pursue coercion without limits. In one treatise Stalin corrects the widespread notion that the laws of nature are not binding on Bolsheviks, and it is not hard to see how this kind of thinking took root. And, given an essentially mystical faith in coercion, it is not hard to see how imaginative forms of torture became routine in Soviet justice. Dmitri Volkogonov, the first biographer with access to the secret Lenin archives, concluded that for Lenin violence was a goal in itself. He quotes Lenin in 1908 recommending 'real, nationwide terror, which invigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory.'" Morson provides this revealing quote from the madman Lenin himself: "The kulak uprising in [your] 5 districts must be crushed without pity. . . . 1) Hang (and I mean hang so that the people can see) not less than 100 known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers. 2) Publish their names. 3) Take all their grain away from them. 4) Identify hostages . . . . Do this so that for hundreds of miles around the people can see, tremble, know and cry . . . . Yours, Lenin. P. S. Find tougher people." At least today the Lefties try to dox people first, rather than #2. The hanging might have to come later. There is a real danger in encouraging such zero-sum notions as redistribution and class warfare. Even today's preoccupation with identity politics is one of zero-sum emphasis. Furthermore, the concepts of mass victimization and social justice promote a delusion of righteousness, a necessary precondition to the kind of monstrous acts of a Lenin. Anyone truly interested in promoting an atmosphere of social cooperation should recognize the echos of Leninism we see today from Leftists on social media and in the streets. These tyrants must be resisted before we're all on the wrong side of the ultimate zero sum outcome.

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Dulce de leche: its kind of a big deal. You've probably heard of it, or been lucky enough to taste it. Translated literally, dulce de leche means "sweet from milk" and has a similar flavor to caramel. However, outside of Latin homes, it is commonly known as milk jam or milk candy that can be used as rich fillings to flavor ice cream, or to create delicious dulce de leche cheesecake bars. Created by accident in 1829 (talk about a perfect mistake), this decadent dessert traces back to Argentinean roots. Despite its origins, dulce de leche became a staple of Latin America with each country adding its own flare to the recipe. Usually, dulce de leche is made by boiling and continuously stirring milk and sugar until it browns and thickens. Sounds easy enough? There is an easier way! Try out this simple method to make homemade dulce de leche. Bring saucepan of water to a boil over medium heat. Remove label from milk can. Carefully place the can into boiling water. Let it sit for 3 hours for a soft texture or 4 hours for a thick texture. Add water to ensure that the can is completely covered as it boils. Enjoy with ice cream, saltines or any of your favorite snacks. Dulce de leche is extremely diverse and can be enjoyed in a variety of ways! My favorite is incorporating it into a sweet breakfast: dulce de leche crepes with strawberries. Be sure to check out Joy the Baker's Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies. What is your favorite dulce de leche dish?

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"I Won't Compete": Two Olympians Take Courageous Stand Against Israel and Apartheid Visiting a bereaved family that lost a child is a terrible thing. It is really not something anyone should ever experience. In Palestine, where the lives of children are taken by Israeli soldiers almost daily, it is a regular occurrence. On any given day one will find in Palestine people sitting in a room filled with mourners, posters of a murdered child, coffee and dates ready to be served, and among the crowd of mourners one will easily spot the unmistakable faces of the child's parents. In the current reality in Palestine, one cannot possibly visit all the families who mourn the loss of their child because there are simply too many. Trigger-happy Israeli soldiers shoot and the young, unarmed Palestinians fall as though their life had no value to anyone. No one protects them from the brutality of the Israeli forces and there is no one they can call on for help. The families have no recourse and in the Israeli media, the death of a Palestinian is a minor news item, reported once and then forgotten. One rarely hears of a demand for an investigation and the press, like the Israeli public, are oblivious to the loss of these invaluable, precious lives. Being a Palestinian means that you have no protection, and any signs of protest or any calls for change will come only after you are killed. Any Palestinian alive today can be dead tomorrow and there will be no consequences to the perpetrators. While most of the world remains silent in the face of the horrors that Palestinians face daily, two people stood up and said "No!" This happened in what is perhaps the least likely place on earth. It was in Tokyo, during the 2021 Olympic Games, that two Judo competitors refused to compete against members of the Israeli team. They stood up and said they will not give legitimacy to the Zionist state, and by doing so they placed principle and justice ahead of their own careers and their personal ambitions. That was a rare sight. As someone who had practiced martial arts almost my entire life and tight for more than two decades, I know that all martial arts are based on values of justice and morality. The two competitors have shown the world that they were true martial artists first and Olympic athletes second. These two martial artists, who are also two Olympic athletes, are Algerian judoka Fathi Nourine and Sudanese judoka Mohamed Abdelrasool. They refused to compete with a member of the Israeli Judo team and instead withdrew from the Olympic Games. The dream of competing in the Olympic Games is one that few people actually achieve. Those who achieve it, having been allowed into this exclusive club, dedicate their entire lives, their entire beings to be worthy of being an Olympian. The countless hours of preparation, training — both mental and physical — are beyond what most of us can comprehend. What is perhaps even harder to comprehend is to have reached that pinnacle of one's career and to make the decision not to compete. To make a decision to put all of that hard work and ambition aside and to say, "no," I will not compete because I choose to stand with the oppressed. I am a person of principle and I will not lend a hand to legitimizing racism, violence and oppression, even though they are not directed at me but at someone else. This was not the first time that Fathi Nourine refused to compete against a member of an Israeli team. He did the same thing in 2019 when he pulled out of the Judo World Championships. He said that his political support for the Palestinian cause made it impossible for him to compete against an Israeli. It is no surprise that when he returned home he received a hero's welcome for his refusal to play Israeli competitor. The stance and the statement made by the Algerian and Sudanese Judo competitors is not unlike the stance taken by American football legend Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee while the American national anthem was being sung. When Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, took a knee it was in response to police violence towards Black people in the United States. He made it clear that he could not and would not stand for the national anthem while racism and violence were being perpetrated against people of color in the U.S. What Kaepernick did was a courageous move by an athlete who knew he had an opportunity to speak up and did. In a statement Kaepernick gave, later on, he said, "I am going to continue to stand with the people who are being oppressed," and continued, "This stand wasn't for me, …it's for people who don't have a platform." Fathi Nourine and Muhamed Abdelrasool refused to legitimize Israel and by doing so they stood for millions of Palestinians who are not being heard. Furthermore, these Olympic athletes set several examples for the rest of us. Israel should be banned from the Olympic Games because it is a violent, apartheid state. Since the Olympic Committee will not ban Israel for political reasons, athletes themselves can take a stance and make a difference. In a disappointing move, the Executive Committee of the International Judo Federation (IJF), announced the temporary suspension of Nourine and his coach, Ammar Benkhlef. The Committee said that Nourine and Abdelrasool's move was "completely inconsistent with the philosophy of the federation." This philosophy includes "the promotion of solidarity as a fundamental principle." The statement also makes it clear that "Fathi Nourine and Amar Benikhlef are now suspended and will face a decision by the IJF Disciplinary Commission." The statement by the IJF on this issue concludes by saying that, "Judo sport is based on a strong moral code, including respect and friendship, to foster solidarity." If this is all true then these two men acted in accordance with the IJF philosophy, and it is the IJF Executive Committee that should be suspended for allowing Israel to participate and not abiding by the Palestinian call for a boycott of Israel. The only way to stop Israel from killing innocent young Palestinians is to take a stance, to resist in any way possible. Resistance to injustice can take on many forms. Clearly, if these two African athletes in the Olympics and an American football player in the U.S. can find a way to resist, so should all people of conscience. Feature photo | Fethi Nourine poses with a Palestinian flag. Photo | @staddoha | Twitter By Miko Peled Source: MintPress News Post Tags: #Israel#Japan#Olympics#Palestine The Big Eco Dilemma: How Rare Earth Metals have become a Thorn in the Side of the Green Agenda Watching America Disintegrate The COVID World Order Is Coming The world's reaction to COVID-19 is already providing very strong hints of what our dystopian future will probably look like. *** COVID-19 has fundamentally changed life as we know it, and it's more than likely that our future will be a dystopian one given how various governments have already responded to this viral outbreak. The… Read More The COVID World Order Is ComingContinue Putin Front Runs QE, Proposes Taxing Investment Outflows Russia is going to be a destination for safe-haven flows in the post-COVID-19 world. It will be due to its vast savings, prudent fiscal policy and maneuver room available in monetary policy. The biggest reason, however, for why I think Russia looks attractive to foreign investors is simply because of its political stability. Putin deftly… Read More Putin Front Runs QE, Proposes Taxing Investment OutflowsContinue Bugocalypse Now! As Planet Faces Ecological Collapse, Monsanto Shrugs While it lacks the same Hollywood punch as an asteroid scoring a direct hit on planet Earth, or a tidal wave wiping out New York City, the mass extinction of insects would be no less catastrophic to humans. Around the world, people are beginning to ask the same worrisome question: where have all of the… Read More Bugocalypse Now! As Planet Faces Ecological Collapse, Monsanto ShrugsContinue Venezuela Is on the Path to Make Colonialism Obsolete Venezuelans should revel in the fact that President Maduro has also scored an important victory. The EU bloc of countries recognised self-appointed Juan Guaido as "interim president" of Venezuela last January 2019. Nevertheless, this recent diplomatic tête-à-tête has forced Brussels to implicitly admit who the legitimate government of Venezuela is and to accept Caracas terms… Read More Venezuela Is on the Path to Make Colonialism ObsoleteContinue China and the United States: The 21st Century's 'Great Game' From 1830 to 1895, the British and Russian empires schemed and plotted over control of Central and South Asia. At the heart of the "Great Game" was the United Kingdom's certainty that the Russians had designs on India. So wars were fought, borders drawn, and generations of young met death in desolate passes and lonely… Read More China and the United States: The 21st Century's 'Great Game'Continue What Happened in Armenia was a Defeat for Democracy When 9 legislators out of 105 lead an increasingly violent movement to topple an elected government via what ultimately ended up becoming a low-intensity "military coup", it's usually a worrying sign that dictatorship and not democracy is right around the corner. The Armenian Color Revolution was a success, and hyper-nationalist politician and small-time oligarch Nikol… Read More What Happened in Armenia was a Defeat for DemocracyContinue

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Governance and Operations Setting up an Operator Model Manal AlShraideh (BORDA) Martin Wafler (seecon) Understanding institutional roles and responsibilities is critical to ensure reliable, cost-effective services. An operator model defines and clarifies ownership, decision-making, responsibility, contracts and agreements, management, and money flows between the operator, client and revenue collector at the local level (GIZ 2015). The overall aim is to identify the right operational setup among key actors to provide services for the local community. By way of example: the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) is responsible for operating all treatment plants that serve more than 5.000 people. However, WAJ can transfer this responsibility to another entity (e.g. a private operator or municipality) by entering operational agreements. Thereupon, the delegated operator is responsible for the delivery of respective services. To successfully establish an innovative and sustainable operator model, the ISSRAR project supports WAJ in the preparing arrangements and agreements for the future operation of the sanitation system. The agreement will include everything that is required to facilitate a long-term sustainable sanitation project, from roles and responsibilities, operation and maintenance, revenue generation and financial management, to monitoring of the system. The agreements aim to empower both WAJ and the operator to fulfil their mandates, share the technical and financial risks, and strengthen their available capacities. See our practical experiences, lessons learned, and recommendations below. Factsheet Block Body Setting up an operator model ensures transparency, accountability, and long-term sustainability in operations and maintenance. What really matters: key lessons learned and recommendations Know who is the decision maker in operator selection The ISSRAR project supports WAJ in the development and implementation of an innovative and sustainable model for the operation of a reuse-oriented sanitation system. In doing so, it is important that all stakeholders understand that the ISSRAR consortium has merely an advisory role and that the decision makers in the operator selection are WAJ (as owner of the wastewater treatment plant), the Ministry of Municipal Affairs of Jordan (MoMA) and the mayor of Azraq (as a potential operator). Define requirements for sustainable operations and enable decision makers to select the ideal operator Prior to the selection of the operator best suited to run the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) at Azraq, we determined what exactly would be required to sustain operations of the sanitation system. Listing these requirements (i.e., financial sustainability, clear roles and responsibilities, administrative capacities, technical capacities, ownership and motivation, oversight mechanisms, etc.) enabled the decision-makers to select the ideal operator and allowed us to compare and evaluate operator alternatives: an operating unit under Azraq municipality, Miyahuna Water Company, and a private operator. It is worth pointing out that some deficiencies can be tackled effectively (e.g. technical capacities), while others are more difficult to overcome (e.g. willingness of actors to provide funding, paying fees, etc.). Furthermore, we believe that support from the community is a key decision-making factor that can only be evaluated very subjectively. Understand the overall governance framework It is important to understand the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders, and engage them from the beginning. Therefore, ISSRAR organized governance workshops for key national and local stakeholders. In this way, we were able to compile information on roles and responsibilities at an operational and supervision/management level, and clarify which relationships and agreements key stakeholders would need to enter into at an early project stage to then later successfully collect, transport, treat, and reuse wastewater and faecal sludge. Defining roles and responsibilities as relationships (e.g., between WAJ and the future operator) in the operator model helped us identify open questions and issues/topics that need to be addressed in contractual agreements. Be aware of community concerns about possible operators On paper, the local community doesn't have a major role to play in accepting WWTP operators in Jordan, given that this is WAJ's responsibility. However, due to the proximity of the WWTP to residential areas, as well as its location between North and South Azraq, adjacent communities had numerous concerns and questions about its operation. As one key task of the ISSRAR project was to establish an operator model that would ensure long-term sustainable operations of the new wastewater management system, the best-suited operator had not yet been determined at the beginning of the project. It was therefore very important to send a clear message to the community that their concerns would be heard and considered in the decision-making process. At the same time, the consortium always made it clear that the final decision concerning the operator would be made by the project owner (WAJ) and the municipality as well as the responsible ministry (Ministry of Municipal Affairs). Consider the entire sanitation service chain When developing an operator model with the aim of yielding maximum benefits and operating a sanitation system in a sustainable way, it is necessary to consider the entire sanitation service chain. Accordingly, any future operator should understand the required tasks, roles, and responsibilities related to collection, transport, treatment, and reuse processes. To assess the future role and responsibilities of Azraq Municipality as well as its willingness and ability to operate the WWTP over the long term, we hosted a "Willingness to Operate" workshop. Together with local stakeholders, we developed a "Hopes/Concerns/Engines/Anchors" chart. Participants noted their hopes and fears as well as the factors that could accelerate ("engines") or impede ("anchors") the process of Azraq Municipality becoming the operator of the WWTP. This exchange was documented on a simple matrix using colour cards. In this way, we developed a common understanding of the future role and responsibility of Azraq Municipality in operating and maintaining the WWTP. This shared understanding (as opposed to a mere stock-taking of the municipalities operational capacities) helped to transform ISSRAR's capacity-development interventions into a joint initiative of the project team and the municipality. Address all managerial, financial and technical aspects To select the ideal operator, it is necessary to address the managerial, financial, and technical aspects of each operation alternative. Managerial operation: Azraq Municipality needs to establish a new operating department/unit for sanitation services. This means that an organizational restructuring is required to handle the additional operational responsibility. Financial aspects: Revenue from collecting fees, WWTP entry fees, WWTP O&M cost, and selling treated wastewater all need to be addressed individually and carefully. It is important to consider the pros and cons for each operation alternative by means of the operation alternative matrix. This will enable the decision-makers to select the ideal operator. Technical aspects: WAJ has different technical capacities than the municipality and the private sector. It is important to explain the required technical capacities to potential operators. ISSRAR presented these operational functions to the Azraq municipality team in a workshop that supported them in assessing their capacity needs. Learn from previous experience Carefully assess already existing operator models. Meeting and interviewing mandated operators, reading any previous contractual agreements between WAJ and the municipality or private sector was crucial in informing and strengthening ISSRAR's contractual/operation agreement. Initiate business model thinking People used to see sanitation projects as a service. However, ISSRAR aims to develop a new financial model that can generate revenue to cover part of the operational costs. Presenting a clear operational and financial model to the local community is important to win their much-needed trust and support. In addition, any increase in desludging services will be met with scepticism by the community. They have to understand why it is in their best interest to pay for additional services. Did you define requirements that ensure sustainable operations? Did you enable decision-makers in the selection of the ideal operator? Do you understand the key stakeholders' roles and responsibilities at an operational and supervision/management level? Are you aware of community concerns towards possible operators? Did you consider the entire sanitation service chain in setting up the operator model? Are you addressing all managerial, financial and technical aspects in the selection of the best-suited operator? Are you considering lessons learned from previous experiences in setting up the operator model? Are you initiating a business model thinking process in developing a new financial model that contributes to covering part of the operational costs. Operator Models This study on operator models for integrated sustainable waste management (ISWM) aims to understand and classify the diversity of ways in which waste management services are organized across the world. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2013): Operator Models. Respecting Diversity. Concepts for Sustainable Waste Management. URL [Accessed: 09.06.2020]

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Q: 'Request had insufficient authentication scopes' from Google Translate API in R I am currently working on analyzing twitter data , however when I attempt to translate twitter text data through the translate() package leveraging the use of Google API in R I get this error. t <- gl_translate(my_data$text, source="ar", target="en", ) 2020-07-19 11:25:30 -- Translating text: 69597 characters - ℹ 2020-07-19 11:25:32 > Request Status Code: 400 2020-07-19 11:25:32 -- API returned: Request payload size exceeds the limit: 204800 bytes. 2020-07-19 11:25:32 -- Attempting to split into several API calls 2020-07-19 11:25:32 -- Translating text: 98 characters - Auto-refreshing stale OAuth token. ℹ 2020-07-19 11:25:33 > Request Status Code: 403 Error: API returned: Request had insufficient authentication scopes. why does it produce this error? this is my code: gar_auth(email="**@**.com") set.key('****') t <- gl_translate(my_data$text, source="ar", target="en", ) View(t) A: If you use googleLanguageR package (it is not clear from the question itself), it seems like an authentication issue. You'll probably need to authenticate with: library(googleLanguageR) gl_auth("translate_api_key.json") To get the JSON authentication file, see Google Cloud Translation - Creating service accounts and keys. For details on authenticating the googleLanguageR package in R, see Language tools for R via Google Machine Learning APIs - Authentication. Note that Google API has some pricing for this. If you want to use a Google Translate API key rather than JSON file, there are: * *translate package, where you store you API key in getOption("google.key") variable, or you pass a key argument with you API key, and *github/sumtxt/datatools package with gl_translate() function, where you can provide the API key in the key argument as well, but note that you have to generate you API key in Google Cloud Console as well (not to be confused with a password of your Google account).

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State level Consultation on Status of Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopthies in Karnataka organised "State level Consultation on Status of Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopthies in Karnataka" was organised by Sankalp India Foundation with the major thalassemia centers in Bangalore as co-hosts on 9th of March 2016 at Rashtrotthana Parishat, Bengaluru. The state of Karnataka has 3-4% population who are carriers for one or the other hemoglobinopathy. The median age of the individuals being treated with thalassemia is very low and there is a marked drop in the numbers as the age increases beyond 10 years. There is no specific support from the government for patients suffering from thalassemia unlike the neighbouring states of Maharashtra , Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. In most centers which treat children with thalassemia, access to chelation therapy, lab investigations etc. is a challenge. There is also no state support for prevention of thalassemia even in the targeted high risk population including the families of the children suffering from thalassemia. The disorder is being treated with different protocols across the state at various Government and Private institutions partially subsidised/supported by the institutions themselves. The state level consultation was organised with the following objectives: Enhance cooperation and coordination between the various centers to foster knowledge exchange and be able to benefit from the strengths of each other to ensure better care and management for thalassemia. Do a need-gap analysis for thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies for the state of Karnataka. The institutions/organisations involved in care-giving to thalassemiacs to come together and formulate a joint strategy to sensitise the government about the need to enhance organised support from the state to the individuals suffering from thalassemia. Establish long term working strategy for the group. Two representatives from each center involved in care-giving to a sizable number of patients with thalassemia are being invited to attend this program. Each institution was requested to do an pre-assessment of the care and management facility at their center and share the findings prior to the meeting. This allowed better understanding of common problems. The event was attended by the representatives from 7 major organisation involved in thalassemia care and management in Karnataka namely: Thalassemia Day Care Centre, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore Project Samraksha, Rashtrotthana Parishat, Bangalore Bangalore Medical Service Trust, Bangalore Karnataka Thalassemia Society, Bangalore Vanivilas Hospital, Bangalore Sankalp-People Tree Centre for Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, Bangalore KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & M.R.C Besides those who attended the meeting, responses were also received from the following institutions: Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Through the day-long consultation process, the group arrived at a consensus on the most urgent gaps in the prevention, management and cure of thalassemia in the state and agreed to the following key areas where urgent Government support is required. 1. MATERNAL SCREENING Large scale prevention program to be started with maternal screening for thalassemia as the first intervention area. It was discussed that currently the option of screening mothers is not available in the state leading to the birth of about 400 new born with the disease each year. Immediate steps are needed to offer screening for thalassemia to all women who are pregnant within the first trimester of pregnancy. Urgent need to offer screening to the family members of the known cases of thalassemia to prevent further births was also expressed. 2. SUPPORT FOR DETECTION and PREVENTION There is no support for molecular workup to confirm the disease for the children who are suspected of suffering from thalassemia. In addition, there is also no support for the antenatal screening which is crucial to avoid further births. Urgent state support is needed to make molecular work-up and antenatal screening. 3. SUPPORT FOR MEDICINES While blood is being organised free of cost by the centers involved in management of thalassemia, there is an urgent need to provide chelation therapy. Most children continue to face massive complications because they are unable to afford the crucial life saving medicines. With a cost burden of about Rs 25,000/- a year, chelation therapy is out of reach for most patients. Chelation medicines should be provided free of cost to all patients within the state. 4. SUPPORT FOR LAB INVESTIGATION Deaths in thalassemia are because of complications which build over a period of time. If detected early, they can be managed and reversed. Regular lab investigations including X-Ray, Ultrasound, MRI, Dexa- Scan, Ferritin levels, biochemistry and hematology investigations etc. are needed to detect and manage complications. There is an urgent need to cover the cost of all lab investigations needed for thalassemia management. 5. CURE Bone marrow transplantation(BMT) is the only known cure from thalassemia. This option is now available to the patients within the state of Karnataka for a cost which compares to a few years of management of thalassemia. However, at around Rs 8,50,000/- upwards, BMT is out of reach for most patients and those few who are able to get access to it rely upon the limited funds available through NGOs and public at large. BMT will not only cure the child, but also reduce the burden on the healthcare setup by reducing both the overall blood requirement and ongoing costs of management. The need is felt for the state to cover the cost of BMT and make it available to the patients of the state. The group agreed that the above 5 demands are the most crucial and urgent. The group requests the Government to take urgent note of the above and enable prevention and proper management of this disease. The group also decided to meet at least on a quarterly basis. "Dr. P L Nataraj with Joint Director Blood Safety, Karnata State AIDS Prevention Society, Bangalore also attended the meeting and assured the participants of support from the Government. He urged the organisations to work together towards the best interest of the patients " The group also felt urgent need to request KSRTC to offer travel concession to children suffering from thalassemia in-line with what is being done for the patients suffering from cancer. Beside the demand to the Government there was lively discussion on the possibility to collaborate with each other for the purpose of development of common treatment protocols and share the facilities which have been developed. The outcome of the first meeting was promising. We hope that the momentum which has been created will continue and yield positive outcome. April 2016, Volume 6 Issue 4

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A young juveniles dantian was sealed since childhood. He can learn all elementary laws and master all martial art techniques. Various Kings strive to reach the heavens, new warlords rise together simultaneously, great races stand with thousands of numbers. From the moment that youth awakens, Everyone will shiver in his presence…….Humans unfair to ME, millions of corpses on the ground. HEAVEN IS AGAINST ME , MY FURY WILL BURN THE HEAVENS ITSELF…….

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/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Utility methods for all modules * * ---------------------------------------- */ var utils; utils = { /** * * **/ each: function (subject, fn) { var length, i; for (i = 0; i < length; i++) { fn(subject[i], i, subject); } }, /** * * **/ merge: function () { var i, key; for (i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { for (key in arguments[i]) { if (arguments[i].hasOwnProperty(key)) { arguments[0][key] = arguments[i][key]; } } } return arguments[0]; }, /** * Attach child object prototype to parent object prototype * * @param child {object} - object to merge prototype * @param parent {object} - parent object prototype * @return child {object} - combined child & parent prototypes **/ extend: function(child, parent) { var key; for (key in parent) { if (utils.hasProp.call(parent, key)) { child[key] = parent[key]; } } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor(); child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; }, /** * Copy an Array or Object and return new instance * * @param data {various} - the array / object to clone (copy) * @return copy {various} - the new array / object **/ clone: function(data) { var copy, k, v; if (data instanceof Array) { copy = (function() { var i, len, results; results = []; for (i = 0, len = data.length; i < len; i++) { v = data[i]; results.push(v); } return results; })(); } else { copy = {}; for (k in data) { v = data[k]; copy[k] = v; } } return copy; }, /* Function Regex */ fnRgx: /function[^(]*\(([^)]*)\)/, /* Argument Regex */ argRgx: /([^\s,]+)/g, /* Array.prototype.slice */ slice: Array.prototype.slice, /* Shorthand reference to Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty */ hasProp: Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, /** * Check number of arguments passed to function / method * * @param fn {function} - function to test * @param idx {int} - number of arguments to check for * @return argument length {int} - number of arguments actually passed to function **/ hasArgs: function(fn, idx) { if (!idx || idx === null) { idx = 1; } return this.args(fn).length >= idx; }, /** * Check if passed object is empty * * @param obj {object} - object to check * @return boolean **/ isEmpty: $.isEmptyObject, /** * Check if passed object is empty * * @param obj {object} - object to check * @return boolean **/ isPlain: $.isPlainObject, /** * Check if passed object is instance of Object * * @param obj {object} - object to check * @return boolean **/ isObj: function(obj) { return $.isPlainObject(obj); }, /** * Check if passed value is Array * * @param arr {array} - array to check * @return boolean **/ isArr: function(arr) { return $.isArray(arr); }, /** * Check if passed function is indeed type function * * @param obj {object} - function to check * @return boolean **/ isFunc: function(obj) { return !!(obj && obj.constructor && obj.call && obj.apply); }, /** * Check typeof of passed value to name * * @param type {string} - string type to check against * @return boolean **/ isType: function(type, val, name) { if (typeof val !== type) { return 'Error :: ' + name + " must be of type " + type; } }, /** * Check if valid string * * @param object - string to check * @return boolean **/ isStr: function(str) { return (typeof str === 'string'); }, /** * Check for retina display on device * * @return boolean **/ isRetina: function() { return (window.retina || window.devicePixelRatio > 1); }, /** * Check if user agent is mobile device * * @param agent {string} - user agent * @return {boolean} **/ isMobile: function(agent) { return /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(agent); }, /** * Return number of keys in first level of object * * @param object - object to size * @return int **/ getObjectSize: function(obj) { var total = 0, key; for (key in obj) { if (this.hasProp.call(key)) { total += 1; } } return total; }, /** * Convert passed unit to its equiv value in pixles * * @param width {number} - size of the element to convert * @param unit {string} - the unit to convert to pixels * @return {number} **/ getPxValue:function(width, unit){ var value; switch(unit){ case "em": value = this.convertToEm(width); break; case "pt": value = this.convertToPt(width); break; default: value = width; } return value; }, /** * Returns a random number between min (inclusive) and max (exclusive) * * @param min - int min number of range * @param max - int max number of range * @return int **/ rand: function(min, max) { return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min; }, /** * Returns list of argument names from function * * @param fn {function} - the function to get arguments from * @return {array} **/ args: function(fn) { var ref; return ((fn !== null ? (ref = fn.toString().match(utils.fnRgx)) !== null ? ref[1] : void 0 : void 0) || '').match(utils.argRgx) || []; }, /** * Use to resize elemen to match window size * * @param $el {object} - jQuery wrapped element to resize * @return void **/ resize: function($el) { if (!$el.height) { $el = $($el); } $(function () { $(window).resize(function () { $el.height($(window).height()); }); $(window).resize(); }); }, /** * Called in controllers to add to turn strings into slugs for image upload * * @param event title - of title to turn to string for insertion into URI * @return void **/ slugify: function(text) { return text.toString().toLowerCase() .replace(/\s+/g, '-') // Replace spaces with - .replace(/[^\w\-]+/g, '') // Remove all non-word chars .replace(/\-\-+/g, '-') // Replace multiple - with single - .replace(/^-+/, '') // Trim - from start of text .replace(/-+$/, ''); // Trim - from end of text }, /* Run methods for async loading of modules and plugins */ /** * Compute passed value to em * * @return {number} - computed em value **/ convertToEm:function(value){ return value * this.getFontsize(); }, /** * Compute passed value to point * * @return {number} - computed point value **/ convertToPt:function(value){ }, /** * Get computed fontsize from created element in pixels * * @return base {number} - computed fontsize **/ convertBase:function(){ var pixels, elem = document.createElement(), style = elem.getAttribute('style'); elem.setAttribute('style', style + ';font-size:1em !important'); base = this.getFontsize(); elem.setAttribute('style', style); return base; }, /** * Mix properties of two objects, optional to override property names * * @param giv {object} - object to give properties * @param rec {object} - object to recieve givers properties * @param override {boolean} - optional arg to replace existing property keys * @return results {array} - new array of mixed object properties and values **/ mix: function(giv, rec, override) { var k, results, mixins, v; if (override === true) { results = []; for (k in giv) { v = giv[k]; results.push(rec[k] = v); } return results; } else { mixins = []; for (k in giv) { v = giv[k]; if (!rec.hasOwnProperty(k)) { results.push(rec[k] = v); } } return results; } }, /** * Mix various object / function combinations * * @param input {various} - input class to give properties * @param output {various} - receiving class to retain mixed properties * @param override {boolean} - override property names with new values * @return {function} - mix **/ mixin: function(input, output, override) { if (!override || override === null) { override = false; } switch ((typeof output) + "-" + (typeof input)) { case "function-function": return this.mix(output.prototype, input.prototype, override); case "function-object": return this.mix(output.prototype, input, override); case "object-object": return this.mix(output, input, override); case "object-function": return this.mix(output, input.prototype, override); } }, /** * Generate random unique identifier string * * @param length {number} - how long the random string should be * @return id {string} - unique identifier **/ unique: function(length) { var id = ''; if (!length || length === null) { length = 8; } while (id.length < length) { id += Math.random().toString(36).substr(2); } return id.substr(0, length); } }; ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Task Runner Utility methods for * * all modules * * ---------------------------------------- */ var GRun, utils = utils || {}; utils.run = {}; /** * Run all modules one after another * * @param args {array} - arguments list * @return void **/ utils.run.all = function (args, fn, cb, force) { var a, tasks; if (!args || args === null) { args = []; } tasks = (function() { var j, len, results1; results1 = []; for (j = 0, len = args.length; j < len; j++) { a = args[j]; results1.push((function(a) { return function(next) { return fn(a, next); }; })(a)); } return results1; })(); return this.parallel(tasks, cb, force); }; /** * Run asynchronous tasks in parallel * * @param args {array} - arguments list * @return void **/ utils.run.parallel = function (tasks, cb, force) { var count, errors, hasErr, i, j, len, results, paralleled, task; if (!tasks || tasks === null) { tasks = []; }else if (!cb || cb === null) { cb = (function() {}); } count = tasks.length; results = []; if (count === 0) { return cb(null, results); } errors = []; hasErr = false; paralleled = []; for (i = j = 0, len = tasks.length; j < len; i = ++j) { task = tasks[i]; paralleled.push((function(t, idx) { var e, next; next = function() { var err, res; err = arguments[0]; res = (2 <= arguments.length) ? utils.slice.call(arguments, 1) : []; if (err) { errors[idx] = err; hasErr = true; if (!force) { return cb(errors, results); } } else { results[idx] = res.length < 2 ? res[0] : res; } if (--count <= 0) { if (hasErr) { return cb(errors, results); } else { return cb(null, results); } } }; try { return t(next); } catch (_error) { e = _error; return next(e); } })(task, i)); } return paralleled; }; /** * Run asynchronous tasks one after another * * @param args {array} - arguments list * @return void **/ utils.run.series = function (tasks, cb, force) { var count, errors, hasErr, i, next, results; if (!tasks || tasks === null) { tasks = []; } if (!cb || cb === null) { cb = (function() {}); } i = -1; count = tasks.length; results = []; if (count === 0) { return cb(null, results); } errors = []; hasErr = false; next = function() { var e, err, res; err = arguments[0]; res = (2 <= arguments.length) ? utils.slice.call(arguments, 1) : []; if (err) { errors[i] = err; hasErr = true; if (!force) { return cb(errors, results); } } else { if (i > -1) { results[i] = res.length < 2 ? res[0] : res; } } if (++i >= count) { if (hasErr) { return cb(errors, results); } else { return cb(null, results); } } else { try { return tasks[i](next); } catch (_error) { e = _error; return next(e); } } }; return next(); }; /** * Run first task, which does not return an error * * @param tasks {array} - tasks list * @param cb {function} - callback method * @param force {boolean} - optional force errors * @return {function} execute **/ utils.run.first = function (tasks, cb, force) { var count, errors, i, next, result; if (!tasks || tasks === null) { tasks = []; } if (!cb || cb === null) { cb = (function() {}); } i = -1; count = tasks.length; result = null; if (!count || count === 0) { return cb(null); } errors = []; next = function() { var e, err, res; err = arguments[0]; res = (2 <= arguments.length) ? utils.slice.call(arguments, 1) : []; if (err) { errors[i] = err; if (!force) { return cb(errors); } } else { if (i > -1) { return cb(null, res.length < 2 ? res[0] : res); } } if (++i >= count) { return cb(errors); } else { try { return tasks[i](next); } catch (_error) { e = _error; return next(e); } } }; return next(); }; /** * Run asynchronous tasks one after another * and pass the argument * * @param args {array} - arguments list * @return void **/ utils.run.waterfall = function (tasks, cb) { var i, next; i = -1; if (tasks.length === 0) { return cb(); } next = function() { var err, res; err = arguments[0]; res = (2 <= arguments.length) ? utils.slice.call(arguments, 1) : []; if (err !== null) { return cb(err); } if (++i >= tasks.length) { return cb.apply(null, [null].concat(utils.slice.call(res))); } else { return tasks[i].apply(tasks, utils.slice.call(res).concat([next])); } }; return next(); }; ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Broker pub / sub implemntation * * ---------------------------------------- */ var Broker; Broker = (function() { function Broker(obj, cascade) { this.cascade = (cascade) ? true : false; this.channels = {}; if (utils.isObj(obj)) { this.install(obj); } else if (obj === true) { this.cascade = true; } } Broker.prototype.bind = function(fn, me) { return function() { return fn.apply(me, arguments); }; }; Broker.prototype.add = function(channel, fn, context) { var subscription, $this = this; if (!context || context === null) { context = this; } if (!this.channels[channel]){ this.channels[channel] = []; } subscription = { event: channel, context: context, callback: fn || function(){} }; return { listen: function() { $this.channels[channel].push(subscription); return this; }, ignore: function() { $this.remove(channel); return this; } }.listen(); }; Broker.prototype.remove = function(channel, cb) { var id; switch (typeof channel) { case "string": if (typeof cb === "function") { Broker._delete(this, ch, cb); } if (typeof cb === "undefined") { Broker._delete(this, ch); } break; case "function": for (id in this.channels) { Broker._delete(this, id, ch); } break; case "undefined": for (id in this.channels) { Broker._delete(this, id); } break; case "object": for (id in this.channels) { Broker._delete(this, id, null, ch); } } return this; }; Broker.prototype.fire = function(channel, data, cb) { var tasks; if (!cb || cb === null) { cb = function() {}; } if (typeof data === "function") { cb = data; data = void 0; } if (typeof channel !== "string") { return false; } tasks = this._setup(data, channel, channel, this); utils.run.first(tasks, (function(errors, result) { var e, x; if (errors) { e = new Error(((function() { var i, len, results1; results1 = []; for (i = 0, len = errors.length; i < len; i++) { x = errors[i]; if (x !== null) { results1.push(x.message); } } return results1; })()).join('; ')); return cb(e); } else { return cb(null, result); } }), true); return this; }; Broker.prototype.emit = function(channel, data, cb, origin) { var o, e, x, chnls; if (!cb || cb === null) { cb = (function() {}); } if (!origin || origin === null) { origin = channel; } if (data && utils.isFunc(data)) { cb = data; } data = void 0; if (typeof channel !== "string") { return false; } tasks = this._setup(data, channel, origin, this); utils.run.series(tasks, (function(errors, series) { if (errors) { e = new Error(((function() { var i, len, results; results = []; for (i = 0, len = errors.length; i < len; i++) { x = errors[i]; if (x !== null) { results.push(x.message); } } return results; })()).join('; ')); return e; } }, cb(e)), true); if (this.cascade && (chnls = channel.split('/')).length > 1) { if (this.fireOrigin) { o = origin; } this.fire(chnls.slice(0, -1).join('/'), data, cb, o); } return this; }; Broker.prototype.install = function(obj, forced) { var key, value; if (utils.isObj(obj)) { for (key in this) { value = this[key]; if (forced) { obj[key] = value; } else { if (!obj[key]) { obj[key] = value; } } } } return this; }; Broker.prototype._delete = function(obj, channel, cb, context) { var s; if (obj.channels[channel] === null) { obj.channels[channel] = (function() { var i, len, ref, results; ref = obj.channels[ch]; results = []; for (i = 0, len = ref.length; i < len; i++) { s = ref[i]; if ((typeof cb !== "undefined" && cb !== null ? s.callback !== cb : typeof context !== "undefined" && context !== null ? s.context !== context : s.context !== obj)) { results.push(s); } } return results; })(); return obj.channels[channel]; } }; Broker.prototype._setup = function(data, channel, origin, context) { var i = 0, len, results = [], sub, subscribers; subscribers = context.channels[channel] || []; len = subscribers.length; do { sub = subscribers[i]; results.push((function(sub) { return function(next) { var e; try { if (utils.hasArgs(sub.callback, 3)) { return sub.callback.apply(sub.context, [data, origin, next]); } else { return next(null, sub.callback.apply(sub.context, [data, origin])); } } catch (_error) { e = _error; return next(e); } }; })(sub)); i++; } while(--len); return results; }; Broker.prototype.pipe = function(src, target, broker) { if (target instanceof Broker) { mediator = target; target = src; } if (broker === null) { return this.pipe(src, target, this); } if (broker === this && src === target) { return this; } this.add(src, function() { return broker.fire.apply(broker, [target].concat(slice.call(arguments))); }); return this; }; return Broker; })(this); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @author: Garrett Haptonstall (FearDread) * * @module: $.GUI Sandbox API * * ---------------------------------------- */ var API; API = function() { // API Globals var DELIM = '__'; return { // create new API sandbox instance create: function(gui, instance, options, module) { /* Sandbox identefiers */ this.id = instance; this.module = module; this.options = (options !== null) ? options : {}; /* Attach Broker methods to sandbox api */ gui._broker.install(this); this.broker = gui._broker; /* Add utils object to sandbox api */ this.utils = utils; /* jQuery wrappers */ this.xhr = $.ajax; this.data = $.data; this.deferred = $.Deferred; this.animation = $.Animation; /* Module Namespaces */ this.ui = {}; this.dom = {}; this.net = {}; /** * Search DOM for selector and wrap with both native and jQuery helper methods * * @param selector {string} - the element to scan DOM for * @param context {object} - optional context object to be applied to returned object wrapper * @return {object} - GUI and jQuery wrapped element DOM object **/ this.query = function(selector, context) { var $el, _ret = {}, _this = this; // check for applied context if (context && context.find) { // use dom find $el = context.find(selector); } else { // wrap with jQuery $el = $(selector); } // set retainer object _ret = $el; _ret.length = $el.length; _ret.query = function(sel) { return _this.query(sel, $el); }; _ret.create = function(el) { if (!utils.isStr(el)) { this.warn('Error :: Element must be type String.'); return false; } return document.createElement(el); }; _ret.size = function() { return parseFloat( window.getComputedStyle($el).fontSize ); }; return _ret; }; /** * Assign $ as shorthand query method **/ this.$ = this.query; /** * Reference utils / jQuery each method **/ this.each = $.each; /** * Shorthand timeout method * * @return {function} **/ this.timeout = function(fn, ms) { return window.setTimeout(fn, ms); }; /** * Shorthand timeout method * * @return {function} **/ this.interval = window.setInterval; /** * Reference GUI core log method * * @return {function} **/ this.log = function() { return gui.debug.log(arguments); }; /** * Reference GUI core warn method * * @return {function} **/ this.warn = function() { return gui.debug.warn(arguments); }; /** * Get location with stored reference to window object * * @return {object} - specific window reference location **/ this.getLocation = function() { var win = gui.config.win; return win && win.location; }; /** * Take function and apply new context when executed * * @param fn {function} - the function to swap contexts * @return {function} - executes fn **/ this.hitch = function(fn) { var argc, all; argc = [].slice.call(arguments).splice(1); return function() { all = argc.concat([].slice.call(arguments)); return fn.apply(this, all); }; }; /** * Cache the results of a function call * * @param source {function} - the function to execute and store * @param cache {object} - optional store to keep cached results * @param refetch {string} - optional key to update in cache * @return {object} - the stored results **/ this.memoize = function(source, cache, refetch) { var key; cache = cache || (cache = {}); return function(args) { key = arguments.length > 1 ? [].join.call(arguments, DELIM) : String(args); if (!(key in cache) || (refetch && cache[key] === refetch)) { cache[key] = source.apply(source, arguments); } return cache[key]; }; }; return this; } }; }; ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @author: Garrett Haptonstall (FearDread) * * @module: GUI Core * * ---------------------------------------- * var GUI; /** * @todo - add two way / single data binding logic feature * @todo - add default config that will change behavior of GUI core * @tood - load modules via dependency injection, built framework should only contain core objects * @todo - allow async dependency loading to keep framework light - loads modules / plugins only when called via dependency array **/ // GUI Core GUI = (function ($) { // Make sure we have jQuery if (typeof $ === 'undefined' || $ === null) { throw new Error('Guerrilla UI requires jQuery library.'); } // GUI Constructor function GUI() { var $this = this; // default config this.config = { name: 'Guerrilla UI', /* Logging verbosity */ logLevel: 0, /* Single page app or Multiple page site */ mode: 'multi', /* GUI library version */ version: '0.4.7', jquery: true, animations: false }; this.injector = Injector; this.binder = new Binder(); // ability to pass optional config object this.configure = function (options) { if (options !== null && utils.isObj(options)) { // set custom config options this.config = utils.merge(this.config, options); // set logging verbosity this.debug.level = this.config.logLevel || 0; } }; // private objects & arrays for tracking this._modules = {}; this._plugins = []; this._instances = {}; this._sandboxes = {}; this._running = {}; this._dependencies = {}; // add broker to core object this._broker = new Broker(this); this.Broker = Broker; this.attach = function (imports) { console.log('dynamic asyn module loading.'); console.log('imports = ', imports); }; } // console log wrapper GUI.prototype.debug = { level: 0, history: [], timeout: 5000, /** * Adds a warning message to the console. * * @param {String} out the message **/ warn: function(out) { if (this.level < 2) { [].unshift.call(arguments, 'WARN:'); if (typeof window !== undefined && window.console && console.warn) { this._logger("warn", [].slice.call(arguments)); } else if (window.console && console.log) { this._logger("log", [].slice.call(arguments)); } else if (window.opera && window.opera.postError) { window.opera.postError("WARNING: " + out); } } }, /** * Adds a message to the console. * * @param {String} out the message **/ log: function(out) { if (this.level < 1) { if (window.console && console.log) { [].unshift.call(arguments, 'Debug:'); this._logger("log", [].slice.call(arguments)); } else if (window.opera && window.opera.postError) { window.opera.postError("DEBUG: " + out); } } }, _logger: function(type, arr) { this.history.push({type:arr}); if (console.log.apply) { console[type].apply(console, arr); } else { console[type](arr); } }, _stackTrace: function() { this.log(this.history); } }; /* Public Methods */ /******************/ /** * Create new GUI module * * @param id {string} - module identifier * @param creator {function} logic to execute inside module namespace * @param options {object} - optional object of extra parameters that will be passed to load() * @return this {object} **/ GUI.prototype.create = function(id, creator, options) { var error; if (!options || options === null) { options = {}; } error = utils.isType("string", id, "module ID") || utils.isType("function", creator, "creator") || utils.isType("object", options, "option parameter"); if (error) { this.debug.warn("could not register module '" + id + "': " + error); return this; } if (id in this._modules) { this.debug.log("module " + id + " was already registered"); return this; } this._modules[id] = { id: id, creator: creator, options: options }; return this; }; /** * Starts module with new sandbox instance * * @param moduleId {string} - module name or identifier * @param opt {object} - optional options object * @param cb {function} - callback function * @return boot {function} - call boot method and create new sandbox instance **/ GUI.prototype.start = function(moduleId, opt, cb) { var error, id, initInst; if (!opt || opt === null) { opt = {}; } if (!cb || cb === null) { cb = function() {}; } if (arguments.length === 0) { return this._startAll(); } if (moduleId instanceof Array) { return this._startAll(moduleId, opt); } if (typeof moduleId === "function") { return this._startAll(null, moduleId); } if (typeof opt === "function") { cb = opt; opt = {}; } error = utils.isType("string", moduleId, "module ID") || utils.isType("object", opt, "second parameter") || (!this._modules[moduleId] ? "module doesn't exist" : void 0); if (error) { return this._fail(error, cb); } id = opt.instanceId || moduleId; if (this._running[id] === true) { return this._fail(new Error("module was already started"), cb); } initInst = (function ($this) { return function (err, instance, opt) { if (err) { return $this._fail(err, cb); } try { if (utils.hasArgs(instance.load, 2)) { return instance.load(opt, function (err) { if (!err) { $this._running[id] = true; } return cb(err); }); } else { instance.load(opt); $this._running[id] = true; return cb(); } } catch (_error) { e = _error; return $this._fail(e, cb); } }; })(this); return this.boot((function ($this) { return function (err) { if (err) { return $this._fail(err, cb); } return $this._createInstance(moduleId, opt, initInst); }; })(this)); }; /** * Loads plugin to Sandbox or Core classes * * @param plugin {function} - method with plugin logic * @param opt {object} - optional options object to be accessed in plugin * @return this {object} **/ GUI.prototype.use = function (plugin, opt) { var i, len, p; if (utils.isArr(plugin)) { for (i = 0, len = plugin.length; i < len; i++) { p = plugin[i]; switch (typeof p) { case "function": this.use(p); break; case "object": this.use(p.plugin, p.options); } } } else { // must be function if (!utils.isFunc(plugin)) { return this; } // add to _plugins array this._plugins.push({ creator: plugin, options: opt }); } return this; }; /** * Stops all running instances * * @param id {string} - module identifier * @param callback {function} - optional callback to run when module stopped * @return this {object} **/ GUI.prototype.stop = function (id, callback) { var instance; if (cb === null) { cb = function () {}; } if (arguments.length === 0 || typeof id === "function") { utils.run.all((function () { var results = [], x; for (x in this._instances) { results.push(x); } return results; }).call(this), ((function ($this) { return function () { return $this.stop.apply($this, arguments); }; })(this)), id, true); } else if (instance === this._instances[id]) { // remove instance from instances cache delete this._instances[id]; // disable any events registered by module this._broker.off(instance); // run unload method in stopped modules this._runSandboxPlugins('unload', this._sandboxes[id], (function ($this) { return function (err) { if (utils.hasArgs(instance.unload)) { return instance.unload(function (err2) { delete $this._running[id]; return cb(err || err2); }); } else { if (typeof instance.unload === "function") { instance.unload(); } delete $this._running[id]; return cb(err); } }; })(this)); } return this; }; /** * Register jQuery plugins to $ nameSpace * * @param plugin {object} - plugin object with all logic * @param module {string} - identifier for jQuery plugin * @return {function} - initialized jQuery plugin **/ GUI.prototype.plugin = function (plugin, module) { var $this = this; if (plugin.fn && utils.isFunc(plugin.fn)) { $.fn[module.toLowerCase()] = function (options) { return new plugin.fn(this, options); }; } else { GUI.log('Error :: Missing ' + plugin + ' fn() method.'); } }; /** * Load single or all available core plugins * * @param cb {function} - callback to execute after plugins loaded * @return this {object} - return GUI object with tasks array **/ GUI.prototype.boot = function(cb) { var core, p, tasks; core = this; tasks = (function() { var j, len, ref, results; ref = this._plugins; results = []; for (j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; j++) { p = ref[j]; if (p.booted !== true) { results.push((function(p) { if (utils.hasArgs(p.creator, 3)) { return function(next) { var plugin; return p.creator(core, p.options, function(err) { if (!err) { p.booted = true; p.plugin = plugin; } return next(); }); }; } else { return function(next) { p.plugin = p.creator(core, p.options); p.booted = true; return next(); }; } })(p)); } } return results; }).call(this); utils.run.series(tasks, cb, true); return this; }; /* Private Methods */ /*******************/ /** * Called when starting module fails * * @param ev {object} - message or error object * @param cb {function} - callback method to run with error string / object * @return this {object} **/ GUI.prototype._fail = function(ev, cb) { this.debug.warn(ev); cb(new Error("could not start module: " + ev.message)); return this; }; /** * Called when starting module fails * * @param mods {function} - method with array of all modules to start * @param cb {function} - callback method to run once modules started * @return this {object} **/ GUI.prototype._startAll = function(mods, cb) { var done, startAction; // start all stored modules if (!mods || mods === null) { mods = (function() { var results = [], m; for (m in this._modules) { results.push(m); } return results; }).call(this); } // self executing action startAction = (function($this) { return function(m, next) { return $this.start(m, $this._modules[m].options, next); }; })(this); // optional done callback for async loading done = function(err) { var e, i, j, k, len, mdls, modErrors, x; if ((err !== null ? err.length : void 0) > 0) { modErrors = {}; for (i = j = 0, len = err.length; j < len; i = ++j) { x = err[i]; if (x !== null) { modErrors[mods[i]] = x; } } // store all available modules errors mdls = (function() { var results = [], k; for (k in modErrors) { results.push("'" + k + "'"); } return results; })(); e = new Error("errors occurred in the following modules: " + mdls); e.moduleErrors = modErrors; } return typeof cb === "function" ? cb(e) : void 0; }; // run all modules in parallel formation utils.run.all(mods, startAction, done, true); return this; }; /** * Create new sandbox instance and attach to module * * @param moduleId {string} - the module to create sandbox instance for * @param o {object} - options object * @param cb {function} - callback method to run once instance created * @return {function} - run sandboxed instances **/ GUI.prototype._createInstance = function(moduleId, o, cb) { var Sandbox, iOpts, id, j, key, len, module, obj, opt, ref, sb, val; opt = o.options; id = o.instanceId || moduleId; module = this._modules[moduleId]; if (this._instances[id]) { return cb(this._instances[id]); } iOpts = {}; ref = [module.options, opt]; for (j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; j++) { obj = ref[j]; if (obj) { for (key in obj) { val = obj[key]; if (!iOpts[key] || iOpts[key] === null) { iOpts[key] = val; } } } } // create new API Sandbox sb = new API().create(this, id, iOpts, moduleId); // add config object if avail if (this.config && this.config !== null) { sb.config = this.config; } // run sandboxed instance load method return this._runSandboxPlugins('load', sb, (function($this) { return function(err) { var instance; instance = new module.creator(sb); if (typeof instance.load !== "function") { // determine if module is jQuery plugin if (instance.fn && typeof instance.fn === 'function') { return $this.plugin(instance, id); } return cb(new Error("module has no 'load' or 'fn' method")); } // store instance and sandbox $this._instances[id] = instance; $this._sandboxes[id] = sb; return cb(null, instance, iOpts); }; })(this)); }; /** * Sets up needed tasks for module initializations * * @param ev {string} - check module for load / unload methods * @param sb {object} - the sandbox instance * @param cb {function} - callback method to run once instances initialized * @return {function} - utils.run.seris **/ GUI.prototype._runSandboxPlugins = function(ev, sb, cb) { var p, tasks; tasks = (function() { var j, len, ref, ref1, results; ref = this._plugins; results = []; for (j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; j++) { p = ref[j]; if (typeof ((ref1 = p.plugin) !== null ? ref1[ev] : void 0) === "function") { results.push((function(p) { var fn; fn = p.plugin[ev]; return function(next) { if (utils.hasArgs(fn, 3)) { return fn(sb, p.options, next); } else { fn(sb, p.options); return next(); } }; })(p)); } } return results; }).call(this); return utils.run.series(tasks, cb, true); }; return GUI; })(jQuery); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: $.GUI jQuery namespace * * ---------------------------------------- */ ;(function($) { var $G; $G = new GUI(); $.GUI = function() { var argc = [].slice.call(arguments), options = argc[0] || null; app = $G; if (options && options !== null) { if (utils.isArr(options)) { app.injector.register(arguments); } else if (utils.isObj(options)) { app.configure(options); } } return app; }; $.fn.GUI = function(options) { return this.each(function() { if (!$.data(this, 'guerrilla')) { $.data(this, 'guerrilla', new $.GUI().create(this, options)); } else { return new $.GUI().create(this, options); } }); }; })(jQuery); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Map, basic key value map store * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(gui) { var Map = this.Map || this.MozMap || (Map = (function() { function Map() { this.keys = []; this.values = []; } Map.prototype.get = function(key) { var i, item, j, ref; ref = this.keys; for (i = j = 0; j < ref.length; i = ++j) { item = ref[i]; if (item === key) { return this.values[i]; } } }; Map.prototype.set = function(key, value) { var i, item, j, ref; ref = this.keys; for (i = j = 0; j < ref.length; i = ++j) { item = ref[i]; if (item === key) { this.values[i] = value; return; } } this.keys.push(key); return this.values.push(value); }; return Map; })()); return { load: function(api) { api.dom.map = new Map(); }, unload: function() {} }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Event, dom & element events api * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(gui) { /** * A custom event handler for dom elements **/ Event = (function() { function Event() {} /** * Determine current mobile device for passed user agent * * @param agent {string} - the user agent currently in use * @return {boolean} **/ Event.prototype.isMobile = function(agent) { return /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(agent); }; /** * Create new event handler * * @param event {string} - name of the event * @param bubble {boolean} - whether or not to bubble the event in stack * @param cancel {boolean} - boolean value to determine event cancellation * @param detail {object} - optional data object * @return event {object} - new event **/ Event.prototype.create = function(event, bubble, cancel, detail) { var customEvent; if (!bubble || bubble === null) { bubble = false; } if (!cancel || cancel === null) { cancel = false; } if (!detail || detail === null) { detail = null; } if (document.createEvent !== null) { customEvent = document.createEvent('CustomEvent'); customEvent.initCustomEvent(event, bubble, cancel, detail); } else if (document.createEventObject !== null) { customEvent = document.createEventObject(); customEvent.eventType = event; } else { customEvent.eventName = event; } return customEvent; }; /** * Trigger specified event for given element * * @param elem {object} - the element with event handler * @param event {string} - name of the event to fire * @return {function} - calls event handler **/ Event.prototype.fire = function(elem, event) { if (elem.dispatchEvent && elem.dispatchEvent !== null) { return elem.dispatchEvent(event); } else if (event in (elem !== null)) { return elem[event](); } else if (("on" + event) in (elem !== null)) { return elem["on" + event](); } }; Event.prototype.add = function(elem, event, fn) { var newEvent; if (elem.addEventListener !== null) { return elem.addEventListener(event, fn, false); } else if (elem.attachEvent !== null) { return elem.attachEvent("on" + event, fn); } else { newEvent = elem[event] = fn; return newEvent; } }; Event.prototype.remove = function(elem, event, fn) { if (elem.removeEventListener !== null) { return elem.removeEventListener(event, fn, false); } else if (elem.detachEvent !== null) { return elem.detachEvent("on" + event, fn); } else { return delete elem[event]; } }; Event.prototype.innerHeight = function() { if ('innerHeight' in window) { return window.innerHeight; } else { return document.documentElement.clientHeight; } }; return Event; })(); return { load: function(api) { api.dom.Event = new Event(); }, unload: function() {} }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: MVC Model object class * * ----------------------------y------------ */ $.GUI().use(function(gui) { Model = (function(superClass) { // extend model prototype with superClass properties utils.extend(Model, superClass); function Model(obj) { // call super class ctor Model.__super__.constructor.call(this); // combine model object with passed model utils.merge(this, obj); /** * Set property of current Model object * * @param key {object} {string} - the object or string to merge into Model class * @param val {various} = value of key and can be any super type * @param silent {boolean} - rather or not to fire model change event * @return this {object} **/ this.set = function(key, val, silent) { var k; if (!silent || silent === null) { silent = false; } switch (typeof key) { case "object": for (k in key) { v = key[k]; this.set(k, v, true); } if (!silent) { return this.fire(Model.CHANGED, (function() { var results = [], k; for (k in key) { v = key[k]; results.push(k); } return results; })()); } break; case "string": if (!(key === "set" || key === "get") && this[key] !== val) { this[key] = val; if (!silent) { this.fire(Model.CHANGED, [key]); } } else { if (typeof console !== "undefined" && console !== null) { if (typeof console.error === "function") { console.error("key is not a string"); } } } return this; } }; } /** * Extend Model object with passed object properies * * @param obj {object} - the object to merge into Model class * @return this {object} **/ Model.prototype.extend = function(obj) { var k, v; for (k in obj) { v = obj[k]; if (this[k] === null) { this[k] = v; } } return this; }; /** * Handler that executes when Model object changes * * @param cb {function} - callback method for event register * @param context {object} - context to use when registering event * @return {function} - executed pub / sub **/ Model.prototype.change = function(cb, context) { if (typeof cb === "function") { // register model change event return this.add(Model.CHANGED, cb, context); } else if (arguments.length === 0) { // publish model change event return this.fire(Model.CHANGED); } }; /** * Fire the Modal change event * * @return {function} **/ Model.prototype.notify = function() { return this.change(); }; /** * Retreive property of current model object * * @param key {string} - property to search model object for * @return {various} - whateve value the found property holds **/ Model.prototype.get = function(key) { return this[key]; }; Model.prototype.toJSON = function() { var json = {}, key, value; for (key in this) { if (!utils.hasProp.call(this, key)) { continue; } value = this[key]; json[key] = value; } return json; }; /* The model change event identifier */ Model.CHANGED = "changed"; return Model; })(gui.Broker); return { load: function(api) { api.model = Model; }, unload: function() {} }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: MVC View object class * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(gui) { var View; View = (function() { function View(model) { if (model) { this.setModel(model); } } View.prototype.setModel = function(obj) { this.model = obj; return this.model.change((function() { return this.render(); }), this); }; View.prototype.render = function() { console.log('Render Template :: ', this); }; return View; })(); return { load: function(api) { api.view = View; }, unload: function() {} }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @author: Garrett Haptonstall (FearDread) * * @module: MVC Controller class module * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().create('Controller', function(gui) { var Controller; Controller = (function() { function Controller(model, view) { this.model = model; this.view = view; } return Controller; })(); return { load: function(api) { api.controller = Controller; }, unload: function() {} }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Basic Router implementation * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(gui) { function Router() { return { routes: [], mode: null, root: '/', /** * Sets needed properties for the router * * @param options {object} - the options to apply via router constructor * @return {this} **/ config: function(options) { this.mode = options && options.mode && options.mode === 'history' && !!(history.pushState) ? 'history' : 'hash'; this.root = options && options.root ? '/' + this.clearSlashes(options.root) + '/' : '/'; return this; }, /** * **/ getFragment: function() { var match, fragment = ''; if(this.mode === 'history') { fragment = this.clearSlashes(decodeURI(location.pathname + location.search)); fragment = fragment.replace(/\?(.*)$/, ''); fragment = this.root != '/' ? fragment.replace(this.root, '') : fragment; } else { match = window.location.href.match(/#(.*)$/); fragment = match ? match[1] : ''; } return this.clearSlashes(fragment); }, /** * **/ clearSlashes: function(path) { return path.toString().replace(/\/$/, '').replace(/^\//, ''); }, /** * **/ add: function(re, handler) { if(utils.isFunc(re)) { handler = re; re = ''; } this.routes.push({ re: re, handler: handler}); return this; }, /** * **/ remove: function(param) { var i, route; for (i = 0; i < this.routes.length; i++) { route = this.routes[i]; if(route.handler === param || route.re.toString() === param.toString()) { this.routes.splice(i, 1); return this; } } return this; }, /** * **/ flush: function() { this.routes = []; this.mode = null; this.root = '/'; return this; }, /** * **/ check: function(f) { var i, match, fragment = f || this.getFragment(); for(i = 0; i < this.routes.length; i++) { match = fragment.match(this.routes[i].re); if(match) { match.shift(); this.routes[i].handler.apply({}, match); return this; } } return this; }, listen: function() { var self = this, current = self.getFragment(), fn = function() { if(current !== self.getFragment()) { current = self.getFragment(); self.check(current); } }; clearInterval(this.interval); this.interval = setInterval(fn, 50); return this; }, navigate: function(path) { path = path ? path : ''; if(this.mode === 'history') { history.pushState(null, null, this.root + this.clearSlashes(path)); } else { window.location.href.match(/#(.*)$/); window.location.href = window.location.href.replace(/#(.*)$/, '') + '#' + path; } return this; } }; } function _load(api) { api.net.router = new Router(); } return { load: _load }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla JS * * @module: Dynamic media query callbacks * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(G) { return { load: function(api) { var Media; Media = function(options) { var _this = this.prototype, breaks, change, listen, matches, prototype, hasMatch = window.mediaMatches !== undefined && !!window.mediaMatches('!').listen; prototype = { /** * Event handler that checks and fires callbacks based on passed media query * * @param query {string} - the media query to execute on * @param options {object} - options object with media callbacks * @return {function} - execute callbacks **/ change: function(query, options) { if (query.matches) { if (api.utils.isFunc(options.in)) { options.in(query); } } else { if (api.utils.isFunc(options.out)) { options.out(query); } } if (api.utils.isFunc(options.both)) { return options.both(query); } }, /** * Add media listener to query and window orientation events * * @param options {object} - options object with media queries * @return {function} - execute change event **/ listen: function(options) { var _this = this, query, query_cb, window_cb; query = window.mediaMatches(options.media); query_cb = function() { return _this.change(query, options); }; window_cb = function() { return _this.change(window.matches(options.media), options); }; query.addListener(query_cb); window.addEventListener("orientationchange", window_cb, false); return this.change(query, options); }, /** * Check media query parts dimentions and height / width * * @param parts {object} the media query object to check * @return {string} - matched query string **/ check: function(parts) { var constraint, dimension, matches, ratio, value, windowHeight, windowWidth; constraint = parts[1]; dimension = parts[2]; if (parts[4]) { value = api.utils.getPxValue(parseInt(parts[3], 10), parts[4]); } else { value = parts[3]; } windowWidth = window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth; windowHeight = window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight; if (dimension === 'width') { matches = constraint === "max" && value > windowWidth || constraint === "min" && value < windowWidth; } else if (dimension === 'height') { matches = constraint === "max" && value > windowHeight || constraint === "min" && value < windowHeight; } else if (dimension === 'aspect-ratio') { ratio = windowWidth / windowHeight; // matches = constraint === "max" && JSON.parse(ratio) < JSON.parse(value) || constraint === "min" && JSON.parse(ratio) > JSON.parse(value); matches = constraint === "max" && JSON.parse(ratio) < JSON.parse(value) || constraint === "min" && JSON.parse(ratio) > JSON.parse(value); } return matches; }, /** * Attach event listener for changes in media / screen size * * @return {object} - the added event object via change method **/ mediaListener: function() { var opts, matches, media, medias, parts, _i, _len; medias = (options.media) ? options.media.split(/\sand\s|,\s/) : null; if (medias) { matches = true; for (_i = 0, _len = medias.length; _i < _len; _i++) { media = medias[_i]; parts = media.match(/\((.*?)-(.*?):\s([\d\/]*)(\w*)\)/); if (!prototype.check(parts)) { matches = false; } } opts = {media: options.media, matches: matches}; return prototype.change(opts, options); } } }; /* Return all needed event listeners */ return function() { if (window.mediaMatches) { return prototype.listen(); } else { if (window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener("resize", prototype.mediaListener); } else { if (window.attachEvent) { window.attachEvent("onresize", prototype.mediaListener); } } return prototype.mediaListener(); } }; }; // Add to sandbox ui namespace api.ui.media = Media; } }; }); ; $.GUI().use(function(gui) { return { load: function(api) { jQuery.easing.jswing = jQuery.easing.swing; api.utils.extend(jQuery.easing, { def: 'easeOutQuad', swing: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return jQuery.easing[jQuery.easing.def](x, t, b, c, d); }, easeInQuad: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c*(t/=d)*t + b; }, easeOutQuad: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return -c *(t/=d)*(t-2) + b; }, easeInOutQuad: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if ((t/=d/2) < 1) { return c/2*t*t + b; } return -c/2 * ((--t)*(t-2) - 1) + b; }, easeInCubic: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c*(t/=d)*t*t + b; }, easeOutCubic: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c*((t=t/d-1)*t*t + 1) + b; }, easeInOutCubic: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if ((t/=d/2) < 1) { return c/2*t*t*t + b; } return c/2*((t-=2)*t*t + 2) + b; }, easeInQuart: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c*(t/=d)*t*t*t + b; }, easeOutQuart: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return -c * ((t=t/d-1)*t*t*t - 1) + b; }, easeInOutQuart: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if ((t/=d/2) < 1) { return c/2*t*t*t*t + b; } return -c/2 * ((t-=2)*t*t*t - 2) + b; }, easeInQuint: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c*(t/=d)*t*t*t*t + b; }, easeOutQuint: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c*((t=t/d-1)*t*t*t*t + 1) + b; }, easeInOutQuint: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if ((t/=d/2) < 1) { return c/2*t*t*t*t*t + b; } return c/2*((t-=2)*t*t*t*t + 2) + b; }, easeInSine: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return -c * Math.cos(t/d * (Math.PI/2)) + c + b; }, easeOutSine: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c * Math.sin(t/d * (Math.PI/2)) + b; }, easeInOutSine: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return -c/2 * (Math.cos(Math.PI*t/d) - 1) + b; }, easeInExpo: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return (t===0) ? b : c * Math.pow(2, 10 * (t/d - 1)) + b; }, easeOutExpo: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return (t===d) ? b+c : c * (-Math.pow(2, -10 * t/d) + 1) + b; }, easeInOutExpo: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if (t===0) return b; if (t===d) return b+c; if ((t/=d/2) < 1) { return c/2 * Math.pow(2, 10 * (t - 1)) + b; } return c/2 * (-Math.pow(2, -10 * --t) + 2) + b; }, easeInCirc: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return -c * (Math.sqrt(1 - (t/=d)*t) - 1) + b; }, easeOutCirc: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c * Math.sqrt(1 - (t=t/d-1)*t) + b; }, easeInOutCirc: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if ((t/=d/2) < 1) { return -c/2 * (Math.sqrt(1 - t*t) - 1) + b; } return c/2 * (Math.sqrt(1 - (t-=2)*t) + 1) + b; }, easeInElastic: function (x, t, b, c, d) { var s=1.70158;var p=0;var a=c; if (t===0) return b; if ((t/=d)===1) return b+c; if (!p) p=d*0.3; if (a < Math.abs(c)) { a=c; s=p/4; } else { s = p/(2*Math.PI) * Math.asin (c/a); } return -(a*Math.pow(2,10*(t-=1)) * Math.sin( (t*d-s)*(2*Math.PI)/p )) + b; }, easeOutElastic: function (x, t, b, c, d) { var s=1.70158;var p=0;var a=c; if (t===0) return b; if ((t/=d)===1) return b+c; if (!p) p=d*0.3; if (a < Math.abs(c)) { s=p/4; a=c; } else { s = p/(2*Math.PI) * Math.asin (c/a); } return a*Math.pow(2,-10*t) * Math.sin( (t*d-s)*(2*Math.PI)/p ) + c + b; }, easeInOutElastic: function (x, t, b, c, d) { var s=1.70158;var p=0;var a=c; if (t===0) return b; if ((t/=d/2)===2) return b+c; if (!p) p=d*(0.3*1.5); if (a < Math.abs(c)) { s=p/4; a=c; } else { s = p/(2*Math.PI) * Math.asin (c/a); } if (t < 1) return -0.5*(a*Math.pow(2,10*(t-=1)) * Math.sin( (t*d-s)*(2*Math.PI)/p )) + b; return a*Math.pow(2,-10*(t-=1)) * Math.sin( (t*d-s)*(2*Math.PI)/p )*0.5 + c + b; }, easeInBack: function (x, t, b, c, d, s) { if (s === undefined) s = 1.70158; return c*(t/=d)*t*((s+1)*t - s) + b; }, easeOutBack: function (x, t, b, c, d, s) { if (s === undefined) s = 1.70158; return c*((t=t/d-1)*t*((s+1)*t + s) + 1) + b; }, easeInOutBack: function (x, t, b, c, d, s) { if (s === undefined) s = 1.70158; if ((t/=d/2) < 1) return c/2*(t*t*(((s*=(1.525))+1)*t - s)) + b; return c/2*((t-=2)*t*(((s*=(1.525))+1)*t + s) + 2) + b; }, easeInBounce: function (x, t, b, c, d) { return c - jQuery.easing.easeOutBounce (x, d-t, 0, c, d) + b; }, easeOutBounce: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if ((t/=d) < (1/2.75)) { return c*(7.5625*t*t) + b; } else if (t < (2/2.75)) { return c*(7.5625*(t-=(1.5/2.75))*t + 0.75) + b; } else if (t < (2.5/2.75)) { return c*(7.5625*(t-=(2.25/2.75))*t + 0.9375) + b; } else { return c*(7.5625*(t-=(2.625/2.75))*t + 0.984375) + b; } }, easeInOutBounce: function (x, t, b, c, d) { if (t < d/2) return jQuery.easing.easeInBounce (x, t*2, 0, c, d) * 0.5 + b; return jQuery.easing.easeOutBounce (x, t*2-d, 0, c, d) * 0.5 + c*0.5 + b; } }); }, unload: function() {} }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Charm, timed animations based * * on scrolling and page location * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(gui) { return { load: function(api) { var Charm; Charm = (function() { function Charm(options) { if (!options || options === null) { options = {}; } this.start = api.broker.bind(this.start, this); this.scrollHandler = api.broker.bind(this.scrollHandler, this); this.scrollCallback = api.broker.bind(this.scrollCallback, this); this.resetAnimation = api.broker.bind(this.resetAnimation, this); this.config = this.extend(options, this.defaults); this.charmEvent = this.Event.create(this.config.boxClass); this.scrolled = true; this.animationNameCache = api.dom.map; } Charm.prototype.defaults = { boxClass: 'charm', animateClass: 'animated', offset: 0, mobile: true, live: true, callback: null, scrollContainer: null }; Charm.prototype.extend = function(custom, defaults) { var key, value; for (key in defaults) { value = defaults[key]; if (custom[key] !== null) { custom[key] = value; } } return custom; }; Charm.prototype.vendors = ["moz", "webkit"]; Charm.prototype.Event = api.dom.Event; Charm.prototype.disabled = function() { return !this.config.mobile && this.Event.isMobile(navigator.userAgent); }; Charm.prototype.init = function() { var ref; this.element = document.documentElement; if ((ref = document.readyState) === "interactive" || ref === "complete") { this.start(); } else { this.Event.add(document, 'DOMContentLoaded', this.start); } this.finished = []; return this.finished; }; Charm.prototype.start = function() { var _this = this, box, j, length, _ref; this.stopped = false; this.boxes = (function() { var i = 0, length, _ref, results = []; _ref = this.element.querySelectorAll("." + this.config.boxClass); length = _ref.length; if (length > 0) { do { box = _ref[i]; results.push(box); i++; } while (--length); } return results; }).call(this); this.all = (function() { var j, len, ref, results; ref = this.boxes; results = []; for (j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; j++) { box = ref[j]; results.push(box); } return results; }).call(this); if(this.boxes.length){ if(this.disabled()){ this.resetStyle(); }else{ ref = this.boxes; for(j = 0, length = ref.length; j < length; j++){ box = ref[j]; this.applyStyle(box, true); } } } if (!this.disabled()) { this.Event.add(window, 'scroll', this.scrollHandler); this.Event.add(window, 'resize', this.scrollHandler); this.interval = window.setInterval(this.scrollCallback, 50); } if (this.config.live) { return new MutationObserver((function(_this) { return function(records) { var i = 0, length, node, record, results = []; for (length = records.length; i < length; i++) { record = records[i]; results.push((function() { var l, len2, ref1, results1; ref1 = record.addedNodes || []; results1 = []; for(l = 0, len2 = ref1.length; l < len2; l++){ node = ref1[l]; results1.push(this.doSync(node)); } return results1; }).call(_this)); } return results; }; })(this)).observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); } }; Charm.prototype.stop = function() { this.stopped = true; this.Event.remove(window, 'scroll', this.scrollHandler); this.Event.remove(window, 'resize', this.scrollHandler); if (this.interval !== null) { return window.clearInterval(this.interval); } }; /** * Check for MutationObserver support * * @param element {object} - dom element object * @return sync {function} - attempt to sync with dom element **/ Charm.prototype.sync = function(element) { if (MutationObserver.notSupported) { return this.doSync(this.element); } }; Charm.prototype.doSync = function(element) { var box, i = 0, length, ref, results = []; if (element === null) { element = this.element; } if (element.nodeType !== 1) { return; } element = element.parentNode || element; ref = element.querySelectorAll("." + this.config.boxClass); for (length = ref.length; i < length; i++) { box = ref[i]; if (api.Array.index.call(this.all, box) < 0) { this.boxes.push(box); this.all.push(box); if (this.stopped || this.disabled()) { this.resetStyle(); } else { this.applyStyle(box, true); } results.push(this.scrolled = true); } else { results.push(void 0); } } return results; }; /** * Add needed show events to reset animations * * @param box {object} - the box element with animation props * @return box {object} - updated box element with added events **/ Charm.prototype.show = function(box) { this.applyStyle(box); box.className = box.className + " " + this.config.animateClass; if (this.config.callback !== null) { this.config.callback(box); } this.Event.fire(box, this.charmEvent); this.Event.add(box, 'animationend', this.resetAnimation); this.Event.add(box, 'oanimationend', this.resetAnimation); this.Event.add(box, 'webkitAnimationEnd', this.resetAnimation); this.Event.add(box, 'MSAnimationEnd', this.resetAnimation); return box; }; Charm.prototype.applyStyle = function(box, hidden) { var delay, duration, iteration; duration = box.getAttribute('data-charm-duration'); delay = box.getAttribute('data-charm-delay'); iteration = box.getAttribute('data-charm-iteration'); return this.animate((function(_this) { return function() { return _this.customStyle(box, hidden, duration, delay, iteration); }; })(this)); }; Charm.prototype.animate = (function() { if ('requestAnimationFrame' in window) { return function(callback) { return window.requestAnimationFrame(callback); }; } else { return function(callback) { return callback(); }; } })(); Charm.prototype.resetStyle = function() { var box, i = 0, length, ref, results = []; ref = this.boxes; for (length = ref.length; i < length; i++) { box = ref[i]; results.push(box.style.visibility = 'visible'); } return results; }; Charm.prototype.resetAnimation = function(e) { var target; if (e.type.toLowerCase().indexOf('animationend') >= 0) { target = e.target || e.srcElement; target.className = target.className.replace(this.config.animateClass, '').trim(); return target.className; } }; Charm.prototype.customStyle = function(box, hidden, duration, delay, iteration) { if (hidden) { this.cacheAnimationName(box); } box.style.visibility = hidden ? 'hidden' : 'visible'; if (duration) { this.vendorSet(box.style, { animationDuration: duration }); } if (delay) { this.vendorSet(box.style, { animationDelay: delay }); } if (iteration) { this.vendorSet(box.style, { animationIterationCount: iteration }); } this.vendorSet(box.style, { animationName: hidden ? 'none' : this.cachedAnimationName(box) }); return box; }; Charm.prototype.vendorSet = function(elem, properties) { var name, results = [], value, vendor; for (name in properties) { value = properties[name]; elem["" + name] = value; results.push((function() { var i, ref, results1; ref = this.vendors; results1 = []; for (i = 0; i < ref.length; i++) { vendor = ref[i]; results1.push(elem["" + vendor + (name.charAt(0).toUpperCase()) + (name.substr(1))] = value); } return results1; }).call(this)); } return results; }; Charm.prototype.vendorCSS = function(elem, property) { var i = 0, length, ref, result, style, vendor; style = window.getComputedStyle(elem); result = style.getPropertyCSSValue(property); ref = this.vendors; for (length = ref.length; i < len; i++) { vendor = ref[i]; result = result || style.getPropertyCSSValue("-" + vendor + "-" + property); } return result; }; Charm.prototype.animationName = function(box) { var animationName; try { animationName = this.vendorCSS(box, 'animation-name').cssText; } catch (_error) { animationName = window.getComputedStyle(box).getPropertyValue('animation-name'); } if (animationName === 'none') { return ''; } else { return animationName; } }; Charm.prototype.cacheAnimationName = function(box) { return this.animationNameCache.set(box, this.animationName(box)); }; Charm.prototype.cachedAnimationName = function(box) { return this.animationNameCache.get(box); }; Charm.prototype.scrollHandler = function() { this.scrolled = true; return this.scrolled; }; Charm.prototype.scrollCallback = function() { var box; if (this.scrolled) { this.scrolled = false; this.boxes = (function() { var j, len, ref, results; ref = this.boxes; results = []; for (j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; j++) { box = ref[j]; if (!(box)) { continue; } if (this.isVisible(box)) { this.show(box); continue; } results.push(box); } return results; }).call(this); if (!(this.boxes.length || this.config.live)) { return this.stop(); } } }; Charm.prototype.offsetTop = function(element) { var top; while (element.offsetTop === void 0) { element = element.parentNode; } top = element.offsetTop; while (element == element.offsetParent) { top += element.offsetTop; } return top; }; Charm.prototype.isVisible = function(box) { var bottom, offset, top, viewBottom, viewTop; offset = box.getAttribute('data-charm-offset') || this.config.offset; viewTop = window.pageYOffset; viewBottom = viewTop + Math.min(this.element.clientHeight, this.Event.innerHeight()) - offset; top = this.offsetTop(box); bottom = top + box.clientHeight; return top <= viewBottom && bottom >= viewTop; }; return Charm; })(); api.ui.charm = Charm; }, unload: function() {} }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Cellar, handle local & session * * storage api's * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(gui) { /* Private methods */ /** * Check for browser compatibility of passed storage object * * @param storage {string} - the storage object to check * @return {boolean} **/ function checkStorage(storage) { var gui = 'guerrilla'; try { if (window === 'undefined' || !window[storage]) { return false; } window[storage].setItem(gui, gui); window[storage].removeItem(gui); return true; } catch(e) { return false; } } /** * Remove all items from a storage * * @param storage {string} - the storage object to remove all items from * @return {void} **/ function _removeAll(storage) { var i, keys = _keys(storage); for (i in keys) { _remove(storage, keys[i]); } } /** * Return array of keys from passed storage object * * @param store {string} - the storage object to get keys from * @return {array} - keys **/ function _keys(store) { var i, keys = [], obj = {}, length, storage, argc; argc = arguments; length = argc.length; storage = window[store]; // If more than 1 argument, get value from storage to retrieve keys // Else, use storage to retrieve keys if (length > 1) { obj = _get.apply(this, argc); } else { obj = storage; } for (i in obj) { keys.push(i); } return keys; } return { load: function(api) { if (checkStorage('localStorage') === false || checkStorage('sessionStorage') === false) { api.warn('Sorry but this browser does not support storage objects.'); return false; } /** * Get value from passed storage object and key * * @param store {string} - the storage object to search * @param sname {string} - the key to check for and return value of * @return {object} - value of passed key **/ function _get(store){ var i, length, sname, storage, argc, vi, _ret, tmp, j; argc = arguments; length = argc.length; storage = window[store]; sname = argc[1]; if (length < 2) throw new Error('Minimum 2 arguments must be given'); else if (api.utils.isArr(sname)) { // If second argument is an array, return an object with value of storage for each item in this array _ret = {}; for (i in a1) { vi = sname[i]; try { _ret[vi] = JSON.parse(storage.getItem(vi)); } catch(e) { _ret[vi] = storage.getItem(vi); } } return _ret; } else if (length === 2) { // If only 2 arguments, return value directly try { return JSON.parse(storage.getItem(sname)); } catch(e) { return storage.getItem(sname); } } else { // If more than 2 arguments, parse storage to retrieve final value to return it // Get first level try { _ret = JSON.parse(storage.getItem(sname)); } catch(e) { throw new ReferenceError(sname + ' is not defined in this storage'); } // Parse next levels for (i = 2; i < length - 1; i++) { _ret = _ret[argc[i]]; if (_ret === undefined) throw new ReferenceError(api.utils.slice.call(argc, 1, i + 1).join('.') + ' is not defined in this storage'); } // If last argument is an array, return an object with value for each item in this array // Else return value normally if(api.utils.isArr(argc[i])) { tmp = _ret; _ret = {}; for (j in argc[i]) { _ret[argc[i][j]] = tmp[argc[i][j]]; } return _ret; } else { return _ret[argc[i]]; } } } /** * Set value to passed storage object and key * * @param store {string} - the storage object to search * @param sname {string} - the key to store data value under * @param data {object} - optional data object or string to store * @return {object} - cellar data **/ function _set(store) { var i, length, argc, sname, data, vi, to_cellar = {}, tmp; argc = arguments; length = argc.length; storage = window[store]; sname = argc[1]; data = argc[2]; if (length < 2 || !api.Object.isPlain(sname) && length < 3) throw new Error('Minimum 3 arguments must be given or second parameter must be an object'); else if(api.Object.isPlain(sname)) { // If first argument is an object, set values of storage for each property of this object for (i in sname) { vi = sname[i]; if (!api.Object.isPlain(vi)) { storage.setItem(i, vi); } else { storage.setItem(i, JSON.stringify(vi)); } } return sname; } else if (length === 3) { // If only 3 arguments, set value of storage directly if (api.utils.isObj(data)) { storage.setItem(sname, JSON.stringify(data)); } else { storage.setItem(sname, data); } return data; } else { // If more than 3 arguments, parse storage to retrieve final node and set value // Get first level try { tmp = storage.getItem(sname); if (tmp !== null) { to_cellar = JSON.parse(tmp); } } catch(e) {} tmp = to_cellar; // Parse next levels and set value for(i = 2; i < length - 2; i++) { vi = argc[i]; if (!tmp[vi] || !api.Object.isPlain(tmp[vi])) { tmp[vi] = {}; } tmp = tmp[vi]; } tmp[argc[i]] = argc[i + 1]; storage.setItem(sname, JSON.stringify(to_cellar)); return to_cellar; } } /** * Check wether or not a value is set in passed storage object * * @param store {string} - the storage object to check * @param snamem {string} - the key to search storage object for * @return {boolean} * **/ function _isSet(store) { var i, value, length, argc, storage, sname; argc = arguments; length = argc.length; sname = argc[1]; storage = window[store]; if (length < 2) throw new Error('Minimum 2 arguments must be given'); if (api.utils.isArr(sname)) { // If first argument is an array, test each item of this array and return true only if all items exist for(i = 0; i < sname.length; i++) { if (!_isSet(storage, sname[i])) { return false; } } return true; } else { // For other case, try to get value and test it try { value = _get.apply(this, arguments); // Convert result to an object (if last argument is an array, _get return already an object) and test each item if (!api.utils.isArr(argc[length - 1])) { value = {'totest': value}; } for (i in value) { if (!(value[i] !== undefined && value[i] !== null)) { return false; } } return true; } catch(e) { return false; } } } /** * Check to see if passed storage is empty * * @param store {string} - the storage object to check * @param sname {string} - the key to search storage object for * @return {boolean} **/ function _isEmpty(store) { var i, value, length, argc, storage, sname; argc = arguments; length = argc.length; storage = window[store]; sname = argc[1]; if (length === 1) { // If only one argument, test if storage is empty return (_keys(storage).length === 0); } else if (api.utils.isArr(sname)) { // If first argument is an array, test each item of this array and return true only if all items are empty for(i = 0; i < sname.length; i++){ if(!_isEmpty(storage, sname[i])) { return false; } } return true; } else { // If more than 1 argument, try to get value and test it try { value = _get.apply(this, arguments); // Convert result to an object (if last argument is an array, _get return already an object) and test each item if(!api.utils.isArr(argc[length - 1])) value = {'totest': value}; for (i in value) { if (!( (api.Object.isPlain(value[i]) && api.Object.isEmpty(value[i])) || (api.utils.isArr(value[i]) && !value[i].length) || (!value[i]) )) return false; } return true; } catch(e) { return true; } } } /** * Remove items from a storage * * @param store {string} - the storage object to use * @param sname {string} - the key to remove from storage object * @return {boolean} **/ function _remove(store) { var i, j, length, storage, argc, sname, to_cellar, tmp; argc = arguments; length = argc.length; storage = window[store]; sname = argc[1]; if (length < 2) throw new Error('Minimum 2 arguments must be given'); else if (api.utils.isArr(sname)) { // If first argument is an array, remove values from storage for each item of this array for(i in sname){ storage.removeItem(sname[i]); } return true; } else if (length === 2) { // If only 2 arguments, remove value from storage directly storage.removeItem(a1); return true; } else { // If more than 2 arguments, parse storage to retrieve final node and remove value // Get first level try { to_cellar = tmp = JSON.parse(storage.getItem(sname)); } catch(e) { throw new ReferenceError(sname + ' is not defined in this storage'); } // Parse next levels and remove value for (i = 2; i < length - 1; i++) { tmp = tmp[argc[i]]; if (tmp === undefined) throw new ReferenceError(api.utils.slice.call(argc, 1, i).join('.') + ' is not defined in this storage'); } // If last argument is an array,remove value for each item in this array // Else remove value normally if (api.utils.isArr(argc[i])) { for(j in argc[i]) { delete tmp[argc[i][j]]; } } else { delete tmp[argc[i]]; } storage.setItem(sname, JSON.stringify(to_store)); return true; } } /* Public methods */ api.cellar = { _type: '', _cached: {}, ls: window.localStorage, ws: window.sessionStorage, /** * Method to directly call specified function with arguments * * @param fn {function} - the function to execute * @param args {array} - optional arguments array to be applied to function * @return {function} execute **/ _call: function(fn, args) { var type, argc, sname; type = [this._type]; argc = api.utils.slice.call(args); sname = argc[0]; if (api.utils.isStr(sname) && api.Array.index('.') !== -1) { argc.shift(); [].unshift.apply(argc, sname.split('.')); } [].push.apply(type, argc); return fn.apply(this, type); }, /* get data from cellar */ get: function() { return this._call(_get, arguments); }, /* store data in cellar */ set: function() { var length, argc, sname; agrc = arguments; length = argc.length; sname = argc[0]; if (length < 1 || !api.Object.isPlain(sname) && length < 2) { throw new Error('Minimum 2 arguments must be given or first parameter must be an object'); } return this._call(_set, argc); }, /* return array of keys from s cellar */ keys: function() { return this._call(_keys, arguments); }, /* remove item from cellar */ remove: function() { if (arguments.length < 1) { throw new Error('Minimum 1 argument must be given'); } return this._call(_remove, arguments); }, /* remove all items from cellar */ removeAll: function() { return _removeAll(this._type, reinit); }, /* check if cellar is empty */ isEmpty: function() { return this._call(_isEmpty, arguments); }, /* check if value is stored in cellar */ isSet: function() { if (arguments.length < 1) { throw new Error('Minimum 1 argument must be given'); } return this._call(_isSet, arguments); } }; } }; }); ;/* --------------------------------------- * * Guerrilla UI * * @module: Custom cookie api object * * ---------------------------------------- */ $.GUI().use(function(G) { function _load(api) { api.cookie = { has:function(cname){ if (!cname) { return false; } return ( new RegExp("(?:^|;\\s*)" + api.Lang.encode(cname).replace(/[\-\.\+\*]/g, "\\$&") + "\\s*\\=") ).test(document.cookie); }, get: function(cname) { if (!cname) { return null; } return api.Lang.decode(document.cookie.replace( new RegExp("(?:(?:^|.*;)\\s*" + api.Lang.encode(cname).replace(/[\-\.\+\*]/g, "\\$&") + "\\s*\\=\\s*([^;]*).*$)|^.*$"), "$1") ) || null; }, set: function(cname, cvalue, opts) { var params = arguments; if (params.length > 1 && !api.utils.isFunc(cval)) { options = api.utils.merge({}, opts); if ((typeof options.expires) === 'number') { var days = options.expires, time = options.expires = new Date(); 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Home | Insights | Blended assets, ESG, fluid working: Our fund industry predictions for 2022 Share to LinkedIn Share to Twitter Share to Email Blended assets, ESG, fluid working: Our fund industry predictions for 2022 Ian Lynch Ian has a track record of over 20 years in the alternative investment space. He joined Intertrust Group in 2019 as Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to that, he was at BNP Paribas Security Services where he was the Global Head of Alternative Investors and member of the company's executive team. Since joining BNP in June 2015, he has successfully integrated the Credit Suisse Prime Fund Services business into BNP and created a scalable Alternatives franchise, delivering a multi-asset platform to support clients' changing needs. Prior to that, Ian was Global Head of Prime Fund Services at Credit Suisse for eight years, where he also simultaneously managed its Irish business. Ian has held several other executive positions with Citco and Citigroup. After an iConnections Global Alts conference full of energy and ideas, Intertrust Group reveals its outlook for the fund industry in the coming year Predictions are hostages to fortune at the best of times. At the start of the third year of a global pandemic, that's even more so. But as a sponsor of the iConnections Global Alts 2022 conference, we have spent the last few days immersed in stimulating and wide-ranging debate about the future of the fund industry sector. So here is our forecast for the year ahead. There will be a continued push towards a blend of asset classes, driven by private credit Siloed asset management will continue its steady decline. That has been happening for some years, but investors are showing an ever greater appetite for blended asset classes – a mix of liquid and illiquid assets as well as more diversity within alternative funds. That will grow in 2022, fuelled by the continuing quest to balance high returns and low volatility. Investors are all too aware of the worth of private credit in alternative portfolios that might also include hedge funds, derivatives and commodities. It remains to be seen how rising global interest rates affect that balance. A background of rising prices and, as seems likely, steady interest rate growth will be a test for the private credit business in the coming year. The good news is that private loans historically offer lower volatility and higher returns than public markets, and remain attractive even in a rising interest environment. Managers may have to deploy all their skill and experience to identify the best deals, mind. Generally, the blended approach can lead to diverse, balanced portfolios that reduce risk, but it inevitably adds complexity. It can also lock up money for long periods, creating liquidity challenges. As a result, institutional investors in particular want more reassurance, in the form of data visualisation and portfolio transparency, than has been traditional with private credit. They want to understand fully liquidity horizons and where their risks lie. Providing transparency is part of the fund manager's role. That's where the support of a third-party administrator like Intertrust Group, equipped with the latest technology, can be invaluable. Private equity funds have traditionally been self-administered, but fund managers are increasingly turning to independent third parties to create an additional layer of trust around reporting, cash flows and valuation. Note, too, the growth of registered Business Development Companies (BDCs), which also aim to increase transparency and standardise reporting around specific assets. With more interest in complex blended assets than ever, the trend towards greater transparency is only likely to increase in 2022. ESG focus will tighten as sustainability targets creep closer On Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), 2022 will be the year when actions speak louder than words. ESG reporting will continue its journey to the mainstream. At investors' behest, funds will accelerate their exit from businesses that can't prove ESG compliance. Fund managers won't find this easy. Significant costs are associated with withdrawal from industries that continue to drive returns, despite concerns about their environmental or social impact. But more managers will be ready to take that risk. The US, for one, is in the middle of a huge transfer of wealth from older to younger investors – and younger tends to mean greener. Institutional investors will also come under mounting pressure to divest from unsustainable industries and channel cash into ESG-compliant funds. Attempts to prove that compliance will continue to be undermined by inconsistent global standards. That is why so many administrators are turning to third-party experts with ESG-focused fintech to make sense of the data regulators and investors demand. Ultimately, this is an investor-driven trend as much as a regulatory one. Though expectations differ around the globe, the direction of travel is clear: ESG compliance is increasingly expected. If you have sidestepped ESG so far, 2022 may be the year your position becomes unsustainable. Working models remain fluid – agility is key The iConnections Global Alts conference demonstrated pent-up demand for contact and confirmed the importance of sharing ideas and inspiration with peers in the same physical space. In fund management, it seems the demise of face-to-face meetings has been greatly exaggerated. The industry still relies on the personal relationships and caffeine-fuelled conversations that nurture mutual trust. Certainly, a major concern for both fund managers and investors throughout the pandemic is that, while it is easy to check in with existing contacts via Zoom or Teams, it is far harder to build the new relationships on which success depends. Of course, remote work is popular with employees and hybrid working is likely to become the default. But businesses must remain flexible in 2022. It might be unwise to make definitive decisions on new work models until the fog of the pandemic lifts. In the back office, many managers will turn to outsourcing for a scalable and cost-effective solution to the difficulties created by remote working and the Great Resignation. Elsewhere, fund managers might be best advised to avoid acting hastily. One of many take-homes from Global Alts is that, at its cutting edge, the fund industry feeds off the energy of face-to-face contact. New work models must take that into account. Why Intertrust Group? Our 4,000 industry experts give our clients the ability to scale quickly; from start-ups to publicly listed asset management firms we are the partner that enables sustainable growth. As a strategic partner, we offer a full-spectrum service tailored to meet all back-office needs throughout the lifecycle of a private capital fund. This against a background of ever-increasing reporting demands. Our proprietary innovative technologies are combined with global knowledge and experience to deliver added-value services catering for all asset classes, while increasing manager visibility of portfolios on behalf of a fund's investors. Our expert teams harness tools and cutting-edge technologies to eliminate costly errors in the handling of fund administration and corporate actions, investor relations and portfolio management. We offer bespoke, scalable solutions for fund managers of all sizes to meet administration requirements so they and their partners can concentrate on investor relations, fundraising, closing deals and profitable exits. We help funds navigate the increasingly complex regulatory environment with solutions tailored by jurisdiction and specific compliance requirements. Weekly insights Subscribe to receive the latest news and insights, personalised to your role, location and areas of interest.

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