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Down and dirty: Scarbrough, Simontacc Brisson capture off-road titles at XTERRA Hawaii Island
By J.R. De Groote West Hawaii Today jdegroote@westhawaiitoday.com | Monday, August 26, 2019, 12:05 a.m.
Tailiko Scarbrough (right) won the second annual XTERRA Hawaii Island in 1:39:58 on Sunday. (J.R. De Groote/West Hawaii Today)
Bree Brown at the the second annual XTERRA Hawaii Island in 1:39:58 on Sunday. (J.R. De Groote/West Hawaii Today)
Tailiko Scarbrough won the second annual XTERRA Hawaii Island in 1:39:58 on Sunday. (J.R. De Groote/West Hawaii Today)
KOHALA COAST — As the classic Mike Tyson quote goes, "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth — or get a kiawe spike in their bike tire or slip on a loose trail rock."
XTERRA Hawaii Island is as much about how athletes can handle the challenges that arise and the mental hurdles as it is about endurance — albeit the grueling .5-mile swim, 10-mile mountain bike and 3.1-mile trail run is a trek few have the guts or skill to take on.
Tai Scarbrough, a Hawaii County fireman, was the quickest on the course on Sunday during the second edition of the event, stopping the clock in 1 hour, 39 minutes and 58 seconds. On the women's side, Karen Simontacc Brisson crossed first in a time of 2:01:10 to take the crown.
"Brutal," Scarbrough said when asked to describe the race. "It's really challenging. The objective is just to push, push, push. It's hard to have plan for something like this. Luckily we had some calm water for the swim this morning. The run you're pretty much winded the whole time. The bike has some fast sections, but it's real technical. There's also that kiawe factor and I was just hoping my tires hold up."
Scarbrough finished second last year, getting caught by veteran Big Island triathlete Jose Graca on the trail run portion of the race. Graca didn't participate this year but Scarbrough couldn't rest on his laurels. Benjamin Kieffer finished less than a minute behind and Sergio Florian rounded out the overall male podium.
"[Graca] really pushed me to my limit last year on the run," Scarbrough said. "But these guys gave me a run for my money too."
Amanda Frost (2:05:58) and Amy Young (2:07:31) finished second and third among the women, respectively.
The event offered 25 slots to the XTERRA World Championship on Maui, which is more than double the length of the Big Island event. The championship includes a 1-mile swim, 20-mile mountain bike that traverses 3,500 feet of elevation on the lower slopes of the West Maui Mountains and a 6.5-mile trail run that spans the forest trails and beach sand on the Valley Isle. Scarbrough said he took on the test last year and was stunned by the challenge. He plans to do it again this year.
"It was so challenging. It was just a mud course. I had to hike the bike for half of it," Scarbrough said. "I bonked and had to sit down and rub cramps out. It was super humbling."
This year's World Championship is scheduled for Oct. 27.
1 Tailiko Scarbrough #33 40 – 44 :14:14 :58:18 :27:26 1:39:58
2 Benjamin Kieffer #29 35 – 39 :15:00 1:02:50 :22:48 1:40:38
3 Sergio Florian #31 40 – 44 :14:36 1:02:28 :25:06 1:42:10
4 Daniel Hartong #24 30 – 34 :16:00 1:01:45 :28:30 1:46:15
5 Jonah Kirkham #20 15 – 19 :13:39 1:05:46 :27:16 1:46:41
6 Daniel Hill #41 45 – 49 :22:11 1:07:15 :28:11 1:57:37
7 James Twigg-Smith #26 30 – 34 :16:24 1:07:53 :33:32 1:57:49
8 William Mcmahon #68 60 – 64 :16:35 1:10:08 :31:44 1:58:27
9 Patrick Leatherman #28 35 – 39 :16:10 1:14:04 :29:54 2:00:08
10 Karen Simontacc Brisson 50 – 54 1 :15:15 1:11:09 :34:46 2:01:10
11 Jacob Head #40 45 – 49 :19:34 1:06:34 :36:07 2:02:15
12 Joe Barcia #42 45 – 49 :14:43 1:21:27 :26:58 2:03:08
13 Kiley Momohara #23 30 – 34 :16:27 1:15:41 :31:39 2:03:47
14 Don Baldassari #70 60 – 64 :14:39 1:19:16 :31:47 2:05:42
15 Amanda Frost #6 40 – 44 2 :15:40 1:13:22 :36:56 2:05:58
16 Nick Muragin #46 50 – 54 :20:35 1:14:26 :32:25 2:07:26
17 Amy Young #3 35 – 39 3 :16:55 1:24:18 :26:18 2:07:31
18 Junior Fischer #22 25 – 29 :14:49 1:19:27 :36:46 2:11:02
19 Matthias kusch #52 50 – 54 :17:19 1:15:06 :41:22 2:13:47
20 Adam Busek #60 55 – 59 :17:28 1:21:05 :36:18 2:14:51
21 Mike Fairchild #64 55 – 59 :15:42 1:19:26 :43:15 2:18:23
22 Joan Campbell #15 50 – 54 4 :16:01 1:25:24 :38:05 2:19:30
23 Aaron Bowens #25 30 – 34 :19:03 1:27:28 :36:05 2:22:36
24 Staci Lovell #1 15 – 19 5 :16:21 1:28:50 :39:34 2:24:45
25 Chris Seymour #59 55 – 59 :22:16 1:13:15 :51:25 2:26:56
26 Obediah (Obie) Levine #3 40 – 44 :19:02 1:29:08 :39:22 2:27:32
27 Christian Engelhardt #58 50 – 54 :24:05 1:18:02 :45:36 2:27:43
28 Mark Van Heukelem #54 50 – 54 :15:10 1:26:43 :46:05 2:27:58
29 Randy Campbell #67 60 – 64 :19:13 1:29:03 :42:12 2:30:28
30 Robert Gibbens #47 50 – 54 :22:31 1:21:41 :48:31 2:32:43
31 Kate Ligler #4 35 – 39 6 :17:52 1:33:49 :41:53 2:33:34
32 Tamara Hynd #10 45 – 49 7 :20:15 1:38:38 :34:52 2:33:45
33 David Fediuk #34 40 – 44 :16:33 1:36:10 :41:25 2:34:08
34 Dina Strittmatter #9 45 – 49 8 :20:02 1:36:38 :38:28 2:35:08
35 Vince Schaper #55 50 – 54 :17:19 1:38:56 :42:33 2:38:48
36 Kevin Rooney #51 50 – 54 :19:42 1:36:22 :45:02 2:41:06
37 Tim Robinson #50 50 – 54 :19:01 1:31:13 :51:05 2:41:19
38 Jess Griffiths #48 50 – 54 :21:20 1:38:33 :45:13 2:45:06
39 Billy Rickards #39 45 – 49 :16:20 1:42:30 :47:08 2:45:58
40 Fred Wawner #38 45 – 49 :20:46 1:46:19 :40:16 2:47:21
41 Robert Murray #71 60 – 64 :15:43 1:52:41 :40:18 2:48:42
42 Timothy Wiley #65 55 – 59 :22:20 1:38:07 :49:26 2:49:53
43 Jeff Fischer #57 50 – 54 :21:18 1:36:24 :52:17 2:49:59
44 David Bozarth #30 40 – 44 :21:25 1:44:14 :44:49 2:50:28
45 Mark Lewis #35 40 – 44 :17:54 1:37:22 :56:25 2:51:41
46 Jim Lovell #63 55 – 59 :15:53 1:41:16 :54:45 2:51:54
47 Ian Hersey #62 55 – 59 :19:29 1:53:40 :45:07 2:58:16
48 Griffith Yamaguchi #72 60 – 64 :17:21 1:45:41 1:00:39 3:03:41
49 Steven Simontacchi #61 55 – 59 :22:41 1:55:55 :55:10 3:13:46
50 Kailey Fediuk #2 15 – 19 9 :16:09 2:25:22 :52:14 3:33:45
51 Rachel Sheehan #17 50 – 54 10 :28:50 2:10:09 :56:21 3:35:20
52 Kathleen Pelkan #19 55 – 59 11 :28:54 2:10:06 :56:20 3:35:20
53 Charles Cholet #73 65 – 69 :19:20 2:16:16 1:04:14 3:39:50
54 Dave Mandelkern #66 60 – 64 :25:56 3:07:31 1:10:19 4:43:46
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Bee-ing flexible: School pollinator program engages students at home
Emilia Moulechkova
The Northwest BEE SEE program was able to quickly adapt to fit the needs of students learning from home.
(Note: this article was authored with support from Margo Peill, Northwest region community animator with Farm to School BC)
In the last months of the 2019-2020 school year, schools worked hard to find inventive ways to connect with students and families. As learning shifted from schools to homes, teachers and community organizations worked to develop and adapt creative solutions to help keep students connected to local food systems.
The Northwest BEE SEE program was no exception. With the help of some incredible teachers and dedicated community partners, the program was able to quickly adapt to fit the needs of students learning from home. In the autumn of 2019, the project received funding from an IMAGINE Grant and was supported by Farm to School BC.
The original plan for the funding was to bring a beekeeper and an observation hive into classes in Northwest BC in the spring of 2020. The grants also included funding for field trips so that students could see pollinators and food systems in action.
Then, the pandemic closed schools and the program was indefinitely postponed. Breeann Doerksen, a teacher at Muheim Elementary School in Smithers, saw an immediate need, and reached out to Farm to School BC with an idea. She wondered whether a portion of the program's funding could be used to purchase seeds, soil, and pots for students to learn about pollinators and the food system from home.
Bee-lieve in the power of community
With the help of partners, the program was adapted:
Farm to School BC worked quickly with the Northern Health IMAGINE Grants team to distribute funding to schools to purchase the materials needed to support at-home growing kits and learning.
Seeds donated to Farm to School BC from West Coast Seeds and the Terrace Food Association were incorporated into some of the at-home growing kits. This helped stretch the funding even further, and support as many students as possible.
A local business offered support as well. The Bulkley Valley Credit Union Community Support Committee provided grants to three additional schools in Hazelton and Kitwanga to purchase gardening supplies, pots, seeds, and soil for students and families. This helped grow the amount of kits available beyond the original estimations.
Innovative teachers empowered students to learn with their kits – Breeann created a YouTube video about the lifecycle of the bee for students to watch at home. Also, two packages of bee-themed activities were put together to support hands-on learning.
With the help of partners, the program was adapted to support at-home growing and learning.
"The project was so well received by families that were schooling from home," says Breeann. "This project encouraged some hands-on learning, encouraged students to dive deep into one topic, and provided a connection to each other, remotely."
Bev Dow, another teacher at Muheim School, welcomed the opportunity for outdoor learning, and a program that could be adapted for both in-class and at home learning.
"We did bee-themed math and often observed wild bees when we walked on the trails behind the school," says Bev. "Definitely the pollinator project helped students to observe bees more closely and to think about the role they play in producing the food we eat."
In total, seven schools in the Northwest participated and over 300 at-home growing kits went out to families. We hope students will still get the opportunity to have the observation hive visit their classroom in spring of 2021, and that they'll be able to continue to learn about the un-bee-table pollinators supporting our regional food system!
To learn more about Farm to School BC and the Northwest Hub, read Farm to School BC blossoms in the Northwest.
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America Should—But Probably Won't—Take Responsibility for Promoting Violence in Central America
Posted on July 11, 2018 July 18, 2018 Categories Immigration, Law, Military/Defense, Politics, Social Issues
No one is here to defend MS-13, but the United States government's approach to combating gang violence and illegal immigration from Central America, as well as its refusal to take ownership of its role in perpetuating poverty and unrest in the so-called Northern Triangle, may be counterproductive to its aims in these regards. (Photo Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation)
When you are Donald Trump or one of his surrogates and regularly divorce cause and effect—or are simply divorced from reality—you are free to distort details and expel falsehoods to support your narrative. Though it has been repeatedly observed, it's worth stressing that Trump started his presidential campaign spewing inaccuracies about Mexican people as criminals and rapists, without revealing any master plan to fix this "broken" immigration system. It was outrageous. It was reprehensible. What's more, it worked.
Since then, Trump and Co. haven't exactly gotten more accurate or presidential over time. While concern for the separation of immigrant families, how and where they're being detained, and how and when—if at all—those already separated will be re-united have dominated headlines, the Trump administration hasn't softened its rhetoric any. Outside of relenting on the issue of separating children from their mothers, President Trump has authorized the creation of a "denaturalization" task force, one that seeks to remove naturalized citizens on clerical or other "technicalities" and which has evoked comparisons to the Red Scare.
Critics of the White House's immigration policy have taken to referring to it in rather dark terms, labeling it "ethnic cleansing." They're not wrong, either. Amid the elaboration of a white nationalist agenda which has seen senior advisor Stephen Miller and Department of Homeland Security head Kirstjen Nielsen emerge as figureheads of the ongoing crisis and, at that, perpetrators, Trump has engaged in more than his fair share of scaremongering in public speeches, at rallies, and on Twitter.
A particular source of animus—and deservedly so in light of their actions, let's be clear—is Mara Salvatrucha, better known as MS-13. The international gang, associated with various acts of criminality and violence, has served as a go-to bogeyman for Trump in his attacks on Democrats. As Trump would have it, a vote for the Dems in November is a vote to "let MS-13 run wild in our communities." ICE, meanwhile, is "liberating" communities every day from the organization whose motto reportedly is "kill, rape, control."
Indeed, MS-13 and other gangs that recruit from Central America and Mexico are a real concern, but Trump is using the specter of past incidents involving its members and existing fears and urban legends about gang violence to try to drum up support for his "zero tolerance" immigration policy and enhanced border security measures. Even belaboring the use of the word "animals" to describe MS-13 has a dog-whistle underlying meaning, as Trump's indiscriminate employ of this pejorative has been interpreted as a general dehumanization of immigrants and people of color. If Trump hadn't kicked off his presidential bid denigrating an entire country and its people, we might have a chance of giving him the benefit of the doubt. By now, though, many of us know better, and that Trump knew exactly what he was saying when he used the word "animals" with all its vagaries.
It's bad enough that Donald Trump and his flunkies embrace an "us vs. them" mentality when it comes to undocumented immigrants as a subset of the larger conversation about who is or isn't considered a "true" American. You know, largely because of that whole "being a decent human being" thing that Trump seems not to be able to understand. What makes this stance yet more problematic is the notion it fails to recognize—unconsciously or willingly—the United States' complicity in the conditions which have led to a refugee/asylee crisis in Central America, notably in its "Northern Triangle" (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras).
Cole Kazdin, writing for VICE Media, outlines how the U.S. has had a hand in destabilizing Central American nations long before the era of Trump. Citing Elizabeth Oglesby, an associate professor of Latin American studies at the University of Arizona, heavily throughout the piece, Kazdin depicts a pattern of American intervention on behalf of its own interests—and usually at the expense of competing interests within those countries.
In Guatemala, back in the 1950s, under the guise of fighting communism, the United States helped organize a coup to overthrow the democratically-elected government and continued to train the Guatemalan army into the 1970s, a civil war that Oglesby characterizes in no uncertain terms as "genocide." In 1970s Nicaragua, the U.S. government directly inserted itself in the clash between the democratic nationalist Sandinistas and the dictatorship helmed by the Somoza family, later supporting the Contras, a material relationship that infamously saw the Reagan administration fund these contrarrevolucionarios through the covert sale of arms to Iran. In El Salvador and Honduras, meanwhile, the U.S. intervened on behalf of the Salvadoran government in an effort to squelch the socialist group FMLN and held military exercises in Honduras.
As Kazdin notes, this is before we even get to the "war on drugs," an ongoing situation set in motion as part of Richard Nixon's political agenda that pushed cartels out of Colombia and into the impoverished, unstable Northern Triangle. Going back to MS-13, while its activities are relevant to the war on drugs and their criminality is certainly not to be lauded, Kazdin, via Oglesby, stresses that while the group has strong Salvadoran roots, its origins are traced back to Los Angeles, not Central America.
Furthermore, dwelling on MS-13 overlooks the larger issue of government-linked crime networks that come directly out of the counterinsurgency experience of the 1980s," according to Oglesby. The American government may not be directly encouraging the rise of gang numbers, but by indirectly paving the way for their growth, its influence looms large. As it is in the Middle East and elsewhere, regime change can produce some unfortunate unintended consequences.
With all this in mind, and getting to the issue of migration and asylum-seeking, despite its hand in catalyzing unsafe, untenable situations in Central America, the United States has made it a habit of refusing asylum to applicants from south of its border, particularly those coming from El Salvador. Now with Attorney General Jeff Sessions's announcement that domestic violence and gang violence are no longer grounds for asylum, there is every concern that people will continue to try crossing the desert and relying on criminal networks to help smuggle them north, which presents a new set of dangers. Trump and Co. are keeping with the historical trend, but in a way that is seemingly even more overt in terms of racism and xenophobia, and holding to the idea that these additional perilous hoops through which to jump will prove an effective deterrent to illegal immigration, and a disincentive to would-be gangbangers near and south of the border.
Here's the thing, though: these methods may not be having their intended effect, or may be even serving to exacerbate the situations they profess to fix. On the migration front, Elizabeth Oglesby indicates that militarizing the border serves only to increase migration. Not only has the price of smuggling people north soared commensurate with the uptick in danger, but since it is that much more difficult to return, more families are migrating together to try to keep the unit together.
Another point worth considering: what people are trying to escape in Central America might be as bad or worse than what they face trying to immigrate illegally into the United States. Andres Oppenheimer, writing for The Miami Herald, agrees, and believes the problem will keep getting worse as long as parents have to fear for their lives and those of their children.
Oppenheimer cites Roger Noriega, who served in the State Department under George W. Bush, and who points to gang violence and organized crime—fed to a large extent by a demand for illegal drugs in the States—as destructive forces to economies and state institutions, not to mention individuals who run afoul of bad actors. For too many families in Central America and Mexico, there is a real risk of their children being forced into the employ of gangs and/or having to pay these gangs off for "protection." Moreover, governments and officials are too often corrupt, powerless to diminish the influence of gangs, or both. Such is not a recipe for substantive positive change.
Trying to put a bandage on the illegal immigration situation in the form of fences/walls and more Border Patrol agents, as Oppenheimer and others would argue, therefore does a poor job of stopping the bleeding when the underlying health of these source countries for asylum-seekers is suspect. In terms of possible solutions, therefore, it would seem prudent, if not necessary, to invest in these countries in a humanitarian capacity and to help fund and mobilize efforts to help combat corruption and crime. Instead, Congress has reduced assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras by almost $85 million since 2017, which almost certainly won't help willing governments combat the influence of criminal organizations. In other words, isolationism isn't the answer.
As for MS-13, treating its influence with a "firm hand" may limit its effectiveness and bring up a new set of ethical and moral issues about the procedures used to combat gang violence. In El Salvador, the U.S. government has thrown millions of dollars at curbing the influence of Mara Salvatrucha and other gangs, and the brutality and corruption associated with the Salvadoran government's approach may be proving counterproductive. A detailed special report for CNN by Nick Paton Walsh, Barbara Arvanitidis, and Bryan Avelar on the link between U.S.-funded police and illegal executions in El Salvador provides a sense of perspective on this note:
While the US program is aimed at improving the effectiveness and legality of El Salvador's fight against gangs, narcotraffickers and human smugglers, the "Firm Hand" strategy being deployed now by the country's government — against a gang culture so widespread it amounts to an insurgency of sorts — runs counter to lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to some analysts. In those US-led conflicts, corrupt security forces and brutality exacerbated the ferocity of the insurgency.
Analysts have noted that brutal police tactics have previously backfired, as the gang members killed are sometimes looked upon more favorably in their neighborhoods, or less guilty than intelligence suggests, causing anger in the community and prompting some residents to turn away from the police and towards the gangs.
Not for nothing, but Afghanistan and Iraq are not the kind of examples you want to lead with as analogs of success in dealing with hostile groups. Even when dealing with a potential criminal element in an environment as conducive to drug-related violence as El Salvador, abuses by authorities are liable to produce a backlash, despite the public's desire for their leaders to be tough on crime. Simply put, a balance has to be struck, and extrajudicial killings tip the scales the wrong way.
At the end of the day, and at a fundamental level, the questions that should be asked by the Trump administration are as follows: 1) "What are we trying to accomplish regarding immigration and violence as it impacts the United States, Mexico, and Central America?" 2) "Are we accomplishing what we have set out to accomplish?" and 3) "If so, are the solutions worth the costs?" Thus far, however, there is little to suggest the relevant problems have even been adequately defined, let alone sufficiently addressed, and with all the finger-pointing that President Trump has done, you can be sure he hasn't considered America's role in perpetuating worrisome trends.
Returning to Cole Kazdin's column for a moment, while Elizabeth Oglesby's damning analysis of U.S. relations with Central America features prominently in her analysis, the words of civil rights advocates and other experts carry as much weight—if not more—and succinctly state the case for America's direct engagement with Mexico and the countries of the Northern Triangle in a more diplomatic and even-handed way.
Per Xochitl Sanchez, TPS (Temporary Protected Status) coordinator for CARECEN, the Central American Resource Center in Los Angeles, the United States has "a moral and social responsibility to this population of immigrants as they are complicit in the creation of the conditions of forced migration" of these countries, notably El Salvador. Charles Kamasaki, senior cabinet advisor for UNIDOS US, also cited within Kazdin's piece, likewise believes in acting in accord with a moral imperative steeped in equanimity and reciprocity. As Kamasaki puts forth, "For those who felt strongly that we should intervene in Central America, whether it was to fight communism, or to maintain good conditions for business so American consumers could enjoy cheap bananas or Nicaraguan coffee, I would argue that responsibility's a two-way street. If we enjoy benefits, then that brings with it some obligations."
Alas, "diplomacy" in the era of President Donald Trump evidently involves starting trade wars and other confrontations with our presumed allies, railing against the likes of Justin Trudeau and Angela Merkel while praising dictatorial leaders like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong-un. If we can't get along with Canada, a row with whom comedian Seth Meyers likened to "holding a grudge against a golden retriever puppy," there's obviously little room for a spirit of cooperation with countries like El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, nations replete with brown-skinned individuals who speak Spanish and, therefore, must be demonized as part of Trump's demagoguery.
For Christ's sake, the man picked a fight with Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, after the island was hit by a devastating hurricane. These storm victims are American citizens. Just because they are people of color and can't vote in congressional and presidential elections doesn't mean they should be an after-thought, especially not when noting the mainland's role in loading the territory with crippling debt. Instead, Trump being Trump, he lashes out on Twitter and calls people names—especially when they are women and/or people of color and dare to challenge him. I mean, if one were to visit the Oval Office and find a dartboard with a picture of Maxine Waters's face on it, would he or she be really surprised? Dude's got an ax to grind.
While harboring guilt about the treatment of Central America's Northern Triangle to the extent it stunts our ability to act and move forward would be its own issue, that the United States' historical culpability continues to go largely unspoken makes the prospects of fixing problems which affect North America too (such as gang violence and mass migration) rather grim. America should take more responsibility for promoting violence in Central America. But it probably won't, and until it does, it would seem the wounds that mark many Central American institutions will continue to stay open.
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The Zapad 2017 international strategic military exercises take place from September 14-20 in Belarus and three regions in the western part of Russia.
The joint Russia-Belarus Zapad 2017 military exercises have kicked off amid ongoing hysteria from western officials and media over their nature, numbers and purpose. RT sums up several facts you need to know to draw your own conclusions.
The Zapad 2017 international strategic military exercises take place from September 14-20 in Belarus and three regions in the western part of Russia. The drills are held by Russia and Belarus every few years (the most recent drills were held in 2009 and 2013), with their timing announced months ahead. However, this year the maneuvers have become the subject of media hype and huge scrutiny by NATO amid further Russia scaremongering.
Moscow believes that "the wave of whipping up passions" around the drill is a provocation, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
he said Thursday, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin may also attend the exercises.
The exercises involve up to 12,700 troops, a majority of which – 7,200 – are from Belarus, and the other 5,500 from Russia, according to official data from Russia's Defense Ministry. Some 70 aircraft and 680 land vehicles, including 250 tanks, are also participating in the maneuvers.
Despite Moscow and Minsk repeatedly announcing the official numbers of personnel involved, some politicians have speculated over the figures, exaggerating them a dozen times over. German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen claimed that the upcoming drills would involve over 100,000 troops on the eastern periphery of NATO, showing a "demonstration of capabilities and power of the Russians." The Russian military were "astonished" by those"baseless figures," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement last Saturday.
In early September, Aleksandr Turchinov, the Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, came up with even more impressive estimates, saying that Zapad will involve around 240,000 troops as well as 10,000 pieces of military equipment and 100 aircraft, what contradicts any official data.
The Zapad 2017 drills have been designed to test the operational compatibility of the Russian and Belarusian military forces and to practice anti-terrorist operations. According to the drills scenario, extremist groups supported with arms and supplies from outside have penetrated to Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad Region to carry out terrorist attacks.
Moscow has repeatedly stressed that the maneuvers are purely defensive in nature and said that the imaginary aggressor does not refer to any particular nation state.
However, many have turned a deaf ear to Russia's statements. In the run-up to the exercises, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite branded them "aggressive games directed against the West." In July, Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges, commander of US Army forces in Europe, referred to exercises as a "Trojan horse," noting there were suspicions they could be used to move forces and equipment closer to NATO's eastern flank.
Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Fomin stated in August. He also blasted as a "myth" any allegations that they could be used as a basis to invade neighboring countries.
Speculation that the Zapad 2017 exercises are much larger than Russia has announced led to calls for more transparency. Despite the number of troops deployed under the drills not exceeding the threshold for mandatory monitoring stated in the 2011 Vienna document, Belarus has invited international monitors from various foreign countries to observe the active phase of the drills.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko stated in September.
While the world's attention and criticism is focused on Zapad 2017, NATO and its allies have increased their military activity on Russia's borders. For example, Sweden is holding its largest war games in over two decades, which coincide with the Russia-Belarus drills. Apart from exceeding the number of troops participating in Zapad 2017 by several thousand, the maneuvers are aimed to prepare for a possible Russian attack.
Moreover, around 40,000 NATO troops and allied forces have taken part in various military drills in Europe this summer, according to Air Force Brigadier General John Healy, who directs the drills of US forces in Europe. Eighteen NATO exercises, including Noble Partner in Georgia, occurred in the Black Sea Region alone, close to the Russian border, in summer 2017.
At the same time Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria joined separate US-led Saber Guardian 2017, which took place this summer. Around 25,000 service members from 22 allied and partner nations were involved in the drills, making them the largest of the 18 Black Sea region exercises this year.
Earlier, Ukraine hosted the US-led Sea Breeze 17 naval drills, involving around 2,500 troops and more than 30 ships from 17 participating countries.


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The 15 Hardest Bosses in Kingdom Hearts II (And KH 2.5)
15. Oogie Boogie
14. Groundshaker
13. Luxord
12. Hostile Program
11. Xaldin
10. Xemnas, First Encounter
9. Xigbar
8. Saix
7. Cloud, Yuffie, Leon, and Tifa
6. Demyx
5. The Grim Reaper
4. Final Form Xemnas
3. Roxas
2. Sephiroth
1. Lingering Will
Ask anyone what they remember most about Kingdom Hearts 2.
Some people might say the story, or the combat, or maybe even the worlds. There's a whole plethora of things they could remember fondly, but one thing's for certain: a lot of people are going to say they remember those tough-as-nails boss fights.
Kingdom Hearts 2 has some of, if not the hardest bosses in the entire series.
Not only are the regular story bosses pretty difficult, but you have the super difficult hidden bosses and even a whole Organization XIII rematch section to sprinkle in. So for this ranking we'll take a look at the tougher bosses in KH2, going from the kinda-sorta weakest to the absolute most dreadful.
Keep those potions close, you're gonna need 'em.
Note: this list doesn't include any data organization fights, as they count as their own category of boss fights.
Oogie's back and he's craving vengeance for his last encounter with Sora.
Similar to Kingdom Hearts 1, Oogie has found a way to avoid hand to hand combat in hijacking Santa's factory.
This array of gizmos and gadgets makes for a confusing and kind of complex fight. The conveyor belts make movement tricky, and the constant attacks from a giant punching fist doesn't help with maintaining balance.
You definitely want to pay attention to when the belts lights are blue, in order to move between them accordingly.
This boss fight can drag on for quite a while, as Oogie doesn't stay long for hits once he falls from his lift. Use this time to figure out the patterns of attacks and squash this bag of bugs for good.
Who would've thought the Pridelands would suddenly turn into Shadow of the Colossus?
This big ole' boy can pose quite the threat if you don't learn how to properly time your reaction commands.
This whole fight can be pretty disorienting with his massive size and lion Sora's speedy, floaty movement.
If you use your dodges on time and pay attention to where you're at, this beast can be brought down efficiently. Just don't forget about the big magic shaman monkey riding on his back, he'll need to be struck down as well.
Focus on wiping out the large Heartless first, as steady terrain makes whacking the monkey a lot easier.
So you've turned into a card, now what?
The Gamble of Fate can be really tricky to battle if you're used to just hacking and slashing your way through things.
Luxord is more brains than brawn, after all. He'd much rather play games than brute force his way to victory.
Instead of health, Sora and Luxord have time gauges that are ticking down. You must best him in several minigames while striking him in between to whittle his time down.
If you're patient then this fight can be rather fun and easy. Just take your time figure out which card to attack and what reaction command to hit.
If you're turned into a die, just roll with the punches and continue to fight.
This glitchy mess of a Heartless can be really annoying to fight.
His attacks can be hard to time against, or they're just flat out almost unavoidable at times. He rotates quickly in a circle arena, so catching up to him can be either easy or irritating depending on where you are.
Not only do you have to keep track of him and his rapid attacks, but you also have to deal with his cluster meter gimmick.
If you collect enough little pellets from hitting him, you can use a freeze command to stop him in his tracks.
This sounds pretty good on paper. But once you start wailing on him while he's frozen, his health meter has a buggy chance to not go down no matter where you hit him.
I guess it makes sense for Space Paranoids to have some glitches, but this is a bit ridiculous.
After having his plan ruined with a single elbow from Belle, you'd think he'd go home from a loss of pride, but alas. Xaldin, the Whirlwind Lancer, is similar to Luxord in the sense that you can't expect to win by mashing attack.
Xaldin's fight contains a lot of reaction commands that need proper timing and guarding to set up.
Running headfirst hoping your keyblade will do all the work sadly won't cut it here.
His attacks are heavy and rapid, so keep a close eye on when you're able to use the Learn command to counter him.
Although it seems menacing, you don't need to panic too much about his big wind dragon move. It deals manageable enough damage if you run through it.
Try to use good jump combos and match his commands to snuff out his wind.
The big baddy has finally begun to attack, and Sora is all alone.
If you haven't gotten guarding or reflecting down, then this battle could be a bit of a nightmare for you.
Xemnas' laser attacks and combos are swift and fierce without proper protection. Be warned, as he also tends to reflect every now and again with a shield wall. I mean it's only fair.
Now there is a trick to this fight that makes it pretty easy, hence why this fight's so low on the list.
When Sora goes full Shonen anime protagonist and runs up the building to fight Xemnas, a reaction command will appear.
It sounds crazy, but ignore your instincts and don't use it. Afterwards another will appear, don't use that one either.
Trust me on this, you'll only want to use the third reaction command that appears.
This will do about half health damage to Xemnas, and make your fight a lot easier.
Do this again for the next wall running moment, and you'll be on to the next battle in no time.
Bringing a gun to a sword fight is kind of rude, albeit pretty metal.
If you're bad at reacting quickly or using reflect, then prepare to become swish cheese.
His laser guns fire rapidly, and he only has a good opening when he's reloading. Thankfully, he gives you a nice cue by shouting "RELOAD!" when he's reloading. What a guy.
When's he not reloading, he's barraging you with an onslaught of bullets from various directions.
This fight involves lots of dodging in a small square space, and then an even smaller space in his second "forms", so be prepared for that.
He doesn't like to stand on the ground so prepare for aerial combos to be your best friend.
When the time is right in between shots, use your opportunity to silence the Freeshooter.
All's calm and steady until you hear the words "Moon, shine down".
Normally calm and calculating, Saix has now revealed his berserk mode!
Obsessing over the moon (in this case Kingdom Hearts), this Luna Diviner will stop at nothing to bring Sora down.
In this berserk state, he deals stronger combos and is much less vulnerable. It's best to strike him before he enters it, and focus on dodging and getting him out of the state whenever he's in it.
Wielding his hefty claymore, Saix uses strong, heavy, and brutal attacks.
But why should he get all the fun?
Use your blocks to knock his weapon out of his hands and pick it up to give him a taste of his own medicine. This weapon gives you the upper hand with new reaction commands that really pack a punch.
A four v. one?! Talk about unfair.
Well then again, this is the Hades Cup. And he's not really know for playing fair.
It's time to show these four how much you've grown from KH1, or at least die trying.
This fight can get very overwhelming very quickly. It's four flashy fighters coming at you all at once. So it's best to lock on and target one of them at a time, rather than who's ever closer.
Gliding and dodging will be lifesavers here.
The arena is big enough to give yourself some distance. It's just that trying to keep that distance will be your problem.
Use long ranged spells to slowly wipe each of them out and show them you're not the scrapy young boy you once were.
Are you ready to hear "Dance Water, Dance!" in your nightmares for the next week?
Because Demyx is here to make sure you have a bad time.
You start out the fight with a timer to take out a certain number of watery figures. This isn't too bad once you get the hang of reactions, but then things quickly amp up.
Demyx sends wave after wave of extremely hard to avoid water pillars.
These attacks can be hard to time and get used to, so expect to die at least once or twice.
This fight is widely recognized as one of the most difficult non-optional story fights. It's sort of a trial-and-error fight, as you slowly recognize how to tank and recover from his various attack sets.
Once you get it down pat, it's time to have this one hit wonder strum his last melody.
Why is a Heartless from an early world so high on the list?
Well, I'll tell you: The Grim Reaper is a janky and messy battle.
The whole gimmick is to gather the cursed medallions into the wide-open chest, all 882 of them. What happens if a single one is missing?
You can't deal a single bit of damage to him.
Picking up the coins he drops after stealing them isn't enough either, no. You have to manually put them back in the chest, leaving you wide open and vulnerable.
The only way to make the Grim Reaper drop the medallions is to use magic.
The spells can be difficult to land too, as they either miss or sometimes not hit him at all due to the game's error.
Luckily, being an early game boss, he doesn't have too much health. So try to deal as much damage as possible in between chest rounds.
Overall, this heartless isn't worth the gold he's stealing from.
Right when everything seemed to be wrapping up, Xemnas decides to pull a surprise attack to end it all.
Alone with Riku, you must put an end to Xemnas and finally return home. If only it were that easy.
Xemnas' final fight comes in 3 phases, the first two being kind of easier than the other fights on this list.
The first phase is kind of like a Gummi Ship fight, so if you have issues with those you're already in hot water.
The second is Xemnas on a throne. His attacks are slow and lethargic so you should be able to dodge them fairly easily.
For his last phase, Xemnas bears a Final Form similar to that of Sora's. You best prepare that triangle button because you have reaction times a plenty.
Dodge his attacks, fight his phantom forms, and try to put an end to this journey once and for all.
Face to face for the first time. Roxas has a lot of pent-up emotions towards Sora, trying to prove he's worthy of being the one to exist.
This drive and will gives him the strength to rival Sora, so you better prepare yourself for this tussle.
He attacks like a truck and dodges as frequently as Sora, so good luck trying to get long combos in. His quick flurry of double keyblade slashes partnered with his nobody lasers provide for a frightening combination.
Roxas also teleports around like a madman. So keeping track of him can be difficult.
One of his big moves is a hurricane of dark orbs, so reflect as much as you can.
Combos and drive forms come in handy here, as they provide great movement and attacks, preventing him from doing the same.
Go and show Roxas why you're the part of the heart who remains.
Queue the Latin choir, it's that time again.
The One-Winged Angel himself is back and ready to torment you once more.
Being the undeniably hardest boss in KH1, Sephiroth has come back to claim his place on the throne for at least KH2 – but sadly not KH2.5.
Although this version of Sephiroth is more simplified than his KH1 counterpart, that doesn't mean this fight is anywhere near a cake walk.
He starts the battle coming full force right out of the bat.
Using a variety of slashes, fire spells, and dark orbs, he's an extremely formidable foe.
Dodging and blocking are not recommended, they're required to even get close to defeating him.
Once you managed to tough it out and get him down to low health, he'll start dealing hellfire attacks that are hard to avoid and hurt a lot.
Follow that up with surrounding you in orbs that quickly overwhelm you and you have a hot date with the continue button.
Alone in the dust fields lies something unnatural. An empty set of armor kneels, staying active purely from its unresolved rage and will.
Lingering Will is one of the most difficult and cutthroat boss the series has to offer. Your level, stats, and armor mean nothing to him as he can slice and dice you with relative ease.
Taking on a wide variety of keyblade forms, there's seemingly no end to his onslaught of attack varieties.
He has incredible range, speed, and power that makes dodging unbelievably difficult.
And he's nearly unable to be damaged until he finishes dealing on of his own attacks. He's even able to cancel one attack to move onto the next, so predicting his next move becomes a game of mental chess.
Oh, did I mention he can also lock your command menu so you can't do anything except run?
Fun right?
Like Sephiroth, you'll get absolutely nowhere without precise guarding, dodging, and reflecting.
You'll need all the damage you can get in, so when you start hitting him, deal as many combos as you can.


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SHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 1, 2006–On December 1st 2006, in an extraordinary installation of light and art, Le Royal Meridien Shanghai will officially open with a First Night(SM) celebration entitled "The Sky is the Limit". The internationally acclaimed artist Thierry Dreyfus will re-imagine the Shanghai cityscape, unveiling a permanent and contemporary light installation that will enrich the electric Shanghai skyline. Five powerful "light cannons" will beam red light vertically into the sky and gently pulse, creating a beating effect that will establish Le Royal Meridien Shanghai as the "heart of Shanghai". Inside the hotel at 789 Nanjing Lu Bar, located on the top 64th, 65th and 66th floors of the hotel, guests will literally see Shanghai in a new light through a unique one-of-a-kind art installation of multi-colored filters on the expansive windows, providing a new perspective onto the city of Shanghai.
Le Meridien brand's First Night celebration is the brand's signature artistic experience designed for new hotel openings worldwide and is illustrative of the new direction of Le Meridien since it was acquired by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: HOT) on November 1, 2005. Focused on transforming Le Meridien into a leading edge lifestyle brand that the "creative guest" is drawn to, Le Meridien has launched a number of non-traditional cultural initiatives. Le Meridien is forming partnerships with contemporary art institutions around the globe and recently appointed Jerome Sans, a Paris-based arts provocateur, as the brand's cultural curator, who is responsible for creating relationships with artists, museums and galleries worldwide, designed to truly elevate the guest experience.
Le Meridien, with the guidance of Jerome Sans, identified acclaimed lighting artist Thierry Dreyfus to design artistic light installations for all three introductory FIRST NIGHT events in 2006 & 2007. Beginning with First Night San Francisco on November 1, 2006, Le Meridien San Francisco was transformed into a work of art through Thierry's colorful reinterpretation of the building's exterior into Mondrian-like light installation. The 24-story building became an ever-changing piece of contemporary art designed so that each guest interacts with the experience. First Night San Francisco will remain until January 31, 2007 and First Night Croatia will be unveiled in April 2007.
"We are proud to engage artists of this caliber to strengthen Le Meridien. Through their contributions, we will stimulate our guests' passion for art and culture by providing artistic experiences that inspire and stimulate them. To do so in the most forward-looking and modern city of Shanghai makes this event even more unique," said Eva Ziegler, senior vice president, Le Meridien Brand.
Thierry Dreyfus' involvement in the project was conceived of by Jerome Sans.. Jerome Sans, the internationally renowned curator of The Baltic gallery, Gateshead (UK) and co-founder of Paris' acclaimed Palais de Tokyo museum, is directing the artistic restaging of the European-influenced brand by forging partnerships for Le Meridien with contemporary artists and art institutions worldwide. On speaking about the aim of his work with Le Meridien he said, "The goal for Le Meridien is first to become a cultural hub for all people attracted to art, design, fashion, by discovery, people who appreciate chic culture in general."
Thierry Dreyfus started working in stage lighting in the late 1980s for the Strasbourg Opera. He created world headlines in 2005 when he won an international competition to create the artistic design for the highly-anticipated re-opening of Paris' Grand Palais, a celebration that attracted 500,000 visitors to experience Thierry Dreyfus' strikingly innovative lighting of the building's magnificent glass and steel copula. He is also the lighting designer of choice for the fashion elite, from Yves Saint Laurent and Helmut Lang to Calvin Klein and Miguel Androver.
As part of its ongoing pursuit to bring art and culture alive in a new light for guests and host cities alike, Le Meridien has formed an alliance with The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Shanghai. The partnership will offer Le Meridien guests special access to MOCA as part of their stay on presentation of their room key. The room key itself has become a piece of art as it has been designed by the renowned Franco-Chinese artist Yan Pei-Ming whose paintings are a bridge between East and West. The latest triumph from this talented painter was an immense portrait of French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, exhibited last spring at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Located in the heart of the city as the tallest building in Shanghai Puxi, Le Royal Meridien Shanghai stands between the historic Nanjing Road East and the greenery of People's Square. Dominating the skyline with 66 floors, it offers unparralled views over the Shanghai Museum, Grand Theatre and Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in the Puxi district and Pudong with the Huangpu River and the Bund. Le Royal Meridien Shanghai boasts 770 luxurious rooms and suites with floor-to-ceiling glass windows and an ultra modern design. The services include; 10 restaurants and bars, 2000 square metres of meeting space, two grand ballrooms, a spa, sauna and gym plus an indoor swimming pool with Jacuzzi, sauna and steam bath. Le Royal Meridien Shanghai raises the standard of five star hotels in China's most stylish city.
Synonymous worldwide with style, originality, and a passion for art, architecture, food, fashion, music and film since its founding in Paris in 1972, Le Meridien has come to represent the "art" of hospitality throughout the world, known as much for its elegance, finesse and panache, as for its well-trained staff and commitment to providing guests with a new way of seeing the individuality of each of its locales.
Le Meridien brand, currently represented by more than 120 properties in 52 countries, was acquired by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in November 2005. With close to 70 percent of its properties located in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, Le Meridien provides a strong international complement to Starwood's primarily North American holdings. Plans call for dynamic expansion of Le Meridien-branded hotels within the next five years, concentrating in the U.S., Latin America, and Asia-Pacific, including destinations such as India, Thailand and China.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced Aloft(SM) and Element(SM) Hotels. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
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struct cpu_functions {
	int (*start)(struct cpu_info *);
	int (*stop)(struct cpu_info *);
	void (*cleanup)(struct cpu_info *);
};

extern struct cpu_functions mp_cpu_funcs;

#define CPU_ROLE_SP	0
#define CPU_ROLE_BP	1
#define CPU_ROLE_AP	2

struct cpu_attach_args {
	const char *caa_name;
	int cpu_number;
	int cpu_role;
	struct cpu_functions *cpu_func;
};

#define MP_PICMODE	0x00000001      /* System booted in picmode */

#ifdef _KERNEL

#include "opt_multiprocessor.h"

#ifdef MULTIPROCESSOR
extern u_int32_t cpus_running;
#endif

int x86_ipi(int,int,int);
void x86_self_ipi(int);
int x86_ipi_init(int);

void identifycpu(struct cpu_info *);
void cpu_init(struct cpu_info *);
void cpu_init_first(void);

#endif

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By: Victor H. Royer
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//
//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

#if !defined(BOOST_SPIRIT_KARMA_EOL_JUL_08_2008_1014AM)
#define BOOST_SPIRIT_KARMA_EOL_JUL_08_2008_1014AM

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma once
#endif

#include <boost/spirit/home/support/common_terminals.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/home/support/info.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/home/support/unused.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/home/karma/detail/attributes.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/home/karma/domain.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/home/karma/meta_compiler.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/home/karma/delimit_out.hpp>
#include <boost/spirit/home/karma/detail/generate_to.hpp>

namespace boost { namespace spirit
{
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Enablers
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    template <>
    struct use_terminal<karma::domain, tag::eol>       // enables eol
      : mpl::true_ {};

}}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
namespace boost { namespace spirit { namespace karma
{
#ifndef BOOST_SPIRIT_NO_PREDEFINED_TERMINALS
    using boost::spirit::eol;
#endif
    using boost::spirit::eol_type;

    struct eol_generator : primitive_generator<eol_generator>
    {
        template <typename Context, typename Unused>
        struct attribute
        {
            typedef unused_type type;
        };

        template <
            typename OutputIterator, typename Context, typename Delimiter
          , typename Attribute>
        static bool generate(OutputIterator& sink, Context&, Delimiter const& d
          , Attribute const& /*attr*/)
        {
            return detail::generate_to(sink, '\n') &&
                   karma::delimit_out(sink, d);   // always do post-delimiting
        }

        template <typename Context>
        info what(Context const& /*context*/) const
        {
            return info("eol");
        }
    };

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Generator generators: make_xxx function (objects)
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    template <typename Modifiers>
    struct make_primitive<tag::eol, Modifiers>
    {
        typedef eol_generator result_type;
        result_type operator()(unused_type, unused_type) const
        {
            return result_type();
        }
    };

}}}

#endif


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Caregivers likely to develop Alzheimer's
Posted on July 6, 2015 by kloushin
Health of Alzheimer's disease caregivers takes serious toll, research shows
Caregivers of dementia patients more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's
Author: Rachel McNeill, Anchor/Medical Expert, rmcneill@kprc.com
Aaron Wische, News Executive Producer
Published On: Jul 05 2015 10:15:00 PM CDT Updated On: Jul 05 2015 10:13:36 PM CDT
HOUSTON –Five million American families deal with the day-to-day challenge of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease. New research shows it's taking a serious toll on the health of the caregiver.
Lisa McBride watched the effects of Alzheimer's disease on her mother first-hand.
"She sent the IRS about 20 checks when she should not have, and that's when my father got the bank statement and realized that she couldn't remember that she had made a quarterly payment and had paid it again," McBride said.
Her mother, Sybil, was 75 years old, but was active and well-educated. McBride's father, Whit, took on the role of caregiver to keep his wife at home.
"My father was adamant about keeping my mother in the home. He was almost 80 and … (it) soon became apparent that that situation was just not working," McBride said.
That's a scenario Annette Tritico and Debbie Hayes with the Alzheimer's Association said is all too familiar — the scenario of caregivers becoming overwhelmed by the burden of this progressive and fatal brain disease.
Five evenings a week, Hayes visits the facility that is now her dad's home to feed him and spend time with him in the late stages of Alzheimer's.
"It's an overwhelming, devastating disease to watch someone you know deteriorate like that," Hayes said.
That deterioration also affects caregivers, according to research from Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and Utah State University showing that caregivers of someone with dementia are six times more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's as well.
"Long-term married people have the same diet, health habits, exercise habits. They have the same stressors and lifestyles. It can also be attributed to the stress of caring for a loved one and seeing them deteriorate," McBride said.
That happened to McBride's father.
"We had such a focus on what was going on with my mother, that we really weren't paying attention to my father as much and he was exhibiting some signs of early stage Alzheimer's," she said.
The Alzheimer's Association is funneling research dollars and resources to caregivers to lighten the burden.
Tritico said she's even working with researchers at Stanford University on an app that will give answers to common questions and tips on caregiving.
"This will be quick, it will be very narrowed down education to where you can get your answer quicker," she said.
These women, all impacted by this disease, said it really does take a village to care for someone with Alzheimer's and the time to get a plan is now.
"It is so important that families that have a diagnosis for Alzheimer's or dementia develop a support system early on," Hayes said.
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Relive Your Big Wins in 2020 With FanDuel Sportsbook 'Year in Review'
Posted on December 30, 2020 - Last Updated on January 6, 2021
by Katie Kohler
Putting a Spotify spin on sports betting, FanDuel has provided users with a "Year in Review."
If you have a quick finger on any pop-up and closed it, don't worry, you can still access the "Year in Review" by logging in and scrolling through the carousel at the top of the app. Hurry up, though; it's only there until Dec. 30 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
FanDuel's "Year in Review" highlights users':
Longest odds
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FanDuel's Year in Review
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FanDuel's Director of Publicity Kevin Hennessy commented to PlayPennsylvania:
"We like to give our customers a snapshot of their betting history. Previously, we have done a 'season in review' for a customer's NFL season or their college football season, but this is the first time we have done a year in review."
Hennessy said the most common answers for favorite sports of FanDuel users were football, basketball and baseball.
Favorite teams:
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Since it's time to review, we turn the focus to FanDuel.
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The DFS turned sports betting operator already was the top-performing sportsbook in New Jersey. Would it find similar or greater success across state lines?
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Q: Parsing a document with BeautifulSoup while not-parsing the contents of  tags I'm writing a blog app with Django. I want to enable comment writers to use some tags (like , a, et cetera) but disable all others.
In addition, I want to let them put code in  tags, and have pygments parse them.
For example, someone might write this comment:
I like this article, but the third code example could have been simpler:

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
}

Problem is, when I parse the comment with BeautifulSoup to strip disallowed HTML tags, it also parses the insides of the  blocks, and treats <stdbool.h> and <stdio.h> as if they were HTML tags.
How could I tell BeautifulSoup not to parse the  blocks? Maybe there are other HTML parsers better for this job?

A: The problem is that  is treated according to the normal rules for HTML markup, and content inside  tags is still HTML (The tags exists mainly to drive CSS formatting, not to change the parsing rules).
What you are trying to do is create a different markup language that is very similar, but not identical, to HTML. The simple solution would be to assume certain rules, such as, " and  must appear on a line by themselves," and do some pre-processing yourself.

*

*A very simple — though not 100% reliable — technique is to replace ^$ with <![CDATA[ and ^$ with ]]>. It isn't completely reliable, because if the code block contains ]]>, things will go horribly wrong.

*A safer option is to replace dangerous characters inside code blocks (<, > and & probably suffice) with their equivalent character entity references (<, > and &). You can do this by passing each block of code you identify to cgi.escape(code_block).

Once you've completed preprocessing, submit the result to BeautifulSoup as usual.

A: From Python wiki
>>>import cgi
>>>cgi.escape("<string.h>")
>>>'<string.h>'

>>>BeautifulSoup('<string.h>',
...               convertEntities=BeautifulSoup.HTML_ENTITIES)

A: Unfortunately, BeautifulSoup can not be blocked to parse the code blocks.
One solution to what you want to achieve is too
1) Remove the code blocks
soup = BeautifulSoup(unicode(content))
code_blocks = soup.findAll(u'code')
for block in code_blocks:
    block.replaceWith(u'')

2) Do the usual parsing to strip the non-allowed tags.
3) Re-insert the code blocks and re-generate the html.
stripped_code = stripped_soup.findAll(u"code", u"removed")
# re-insert pygment formatted code

I would have answered with some code, but I recently read a blog that does this elegantly.

*

*http://iboris.com/page/add-source-code-syntax-highlighting-your-django-content-pygments.html

A: EDIT:
Use python-markdown2 to process the input, and have users indent the code areas.
>>> print html
I like this article, but the third code example could have been simpler:

    #include <stdbool.h>
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {
        printf("Hello World\n");
    }

>>> import markdown2
>>> marked = markdown2.markdown(html)
>>> marked
u'
I like this article, but the third code example could have been simpler:
\n\n
#include <stdbool.h>\n#include <stdio.h>\n\nint main()\n{\n    printf("Hello World\\n");\n}\n
\n'
>>> print marked

I like this article, but the third code example could have been simpler:

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
}

If you still need to navigate and edit it with BeautifulSoup, do the stuff below.
Include the entity conversion if you need the '<' and '>' to be reinserted (instead of '<' and '>').
soup = BeautifulSoup(marked,
                     convertEntities=BeautifulSoup.HTML_ENTITIES)
>>> soup

I like this article, but the third code example could have been simpler:

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
}

def thickened(soup):
    """

    blah blah <entity> blah
        blah

    """
    codez = soup.findAll('code') # get the code tags
    for code in codez:
        # take all the contents inside of the code tags and convert
        # them into a single string
        escape_me = ''.join([k.__str__() for k in code.contents])
        escaped = cgi.escape(escape_me) # escape them with cgi
        code.replaceWith('%s' % escaped) # replace Tag objects with escaped string
    return soup

A: If  element contains unescaped <,&, > characters inside the code than it is not a valid html. BeautifulSoup will try to convert it to a valid html. It is probably not what you want.
To convert the text to a valid html you could adapt a regex that strips tags from an html to extract the text from a  block and replace it with cgi.escape() version. It should work fine if there is no nested  tags. After that you could feed sanitized html to BeautifulSoup.

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A recent version of netatalk primarily enables long file names on Linkstation Mac shares. There's more to it of course, check out http://www.afp548.com/ and http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/.
Debian Sarge ships with the outdated netatalk 2.0.2, which wouldn't be too problematic if it wasn't missing a feature, uams_dhx, a secure authentification mechanism (which is still missing in Testing, by the way). Here's how to get and set up an improved Debian package.
You might see unresolved depencies and recommendations, apt-get install each of them, until dpkg -i is satisfied.
user1, user2, and user3 must exist on your system, use "adduser user1" etc. if they don't exist yet. Don't forget to adjust the permissions on the shared directory and files, so they can be accessed by the users you defined.
It will take a minute or two until everything is started up.
To connect to /mnt/shared/ on server LS from your Mac, go to "Finder | Go | Connect To Server | afp://LS". Note everything is case sensitive! user1 is not User1!
Please refer to http://forum.nas-central.org/index.php?action=vthread&forum=7&topic=1152, also check out the given configuration samples.
Browse your LinkStation services from the Mac.
Although http://www.porchdogsoft.com/products/howl/ is no longer available, Linkstation PPC binaries still are (source available on request; or from http://www.porchdogsoft.com/download/howl-1.0.0.tar.gz).
Then edit /etc/howl/mDNSresponder to your needs. Note: If you also run mt-daapd (see below), keep the hash (#) character preceding the daap line.
For information on Apple iTunes, visit http://www.apple.com/itunes/.
You could share your iTunes contents by moving your iTunes library to an AFP network share (cf. netatalk). Or you could set up a streaming server like Firefly Media Server (formerly mt-daapd), as described below. Your Linkstation share will show up in iTunes (Mac or Windows) as another library.
An improved version of rsync can be found at http://www.onthenet.com.au/~q/rsync/.
Either add "insecure" to your share definitions in /etc/exports; or add the "-P" on Mac OS X in the client role.