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import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import tester.annotations.*;

@Exercises({ @Ex(exID = "Locale", points = 1) })
public class UnitTest {

	@Rule
	public final PointsLogger pointsLogger = new PointsLogger();
	@ClassRule
	public final static PointsSummary pointsSummary = new PointsSummary();

	@Test(timeout = 500)
	@Points(exID = "Locale", bonus = 1)
	public void test() {
		assertEquals(42, ToTest.test());
	}
}

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The Reaction in Lhasa: Protest Against the Tibetan Railway
Written by Michael Buckley	August 11, 2009
Tibetans around the world spoke out against the July 2006 opening of the Beijing-Lhasa railway, but we heard little noise from within Tibet.
The virtual lack of protest from within the country was not for lack of opposition to the railway, according to Rinchen Tashi of the International Campaign for Tibet. Rather, it was due to fear of punishment from the Chinese government.
"Most Tibetans in Tibet were not happy," says Tashi, "but they did not carry out any special actions to show their feeling because they were under Chinese control."
According to Tashi, Tibetans are concerned about the long-term effects the railway might have on them, as even more ethnic Chinese start to arrive in Lhasa by train. "People think Lhasa will become a city which is politically and economically Chinese-dominated. They think that the railway is the tool to accelerate the Chinese government's long-term plan to control Tibet," says Tashi.
One Tibetan living in the West, who spoke to us on the condition of anonymity, was in Lhasa at the time of the railway opening. He agreed that Tibetans were, in fact, concerned about their future with the train's arrival, but no one would dare protest because of the use of intimidation on the part of the Chinese government. "Most reacted with disguised apprehension and fear," he says. "Although there was little likelihood of organized protests given the efficient security apparatus, many troops and police were deployed. I saw trucks full of soldiers with rifles and even a 'sound cannon' crowd-control device."
According to the same source, almost immediately after the train started running there was an increase of young Chinese on the streets of Lhasa who seemed to be looking for work.
Some students and middle-class Tibetans, according to him, are trying to make the best of the situation and are using the train to travel to China. But even though some Tibetans are taking advantage of the train, he says most people do not welcome it.
"There is a sense of desperation that the flood of Chinese cannot be stopped and Tibetans will become even more marginalized, and not just the Tibetans who are under-educated and/or unable to speak Chinese but also the relatively more well-off ones as well. There is a general fear that soon, everything will be controlled by ethnic Chinese and that Tibetans will lose even the few shops they currently own."
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I'm admiring the people who did it back in the mists of time and wonder if there is a particular rock somewhere that is known to have been continually 'updated' over time so that it covers many many centuries?
Achnabreck up near Kilmartin [and the wonderful Templewood with one of my favorite chambers - Nether Largie South near it, a truly amazing place with an even better feeling] has old rock art that has been "defaced" with clearly newer stuff, the older stuff even looks like it might have been quite old when it was gone over, but that's hard to prove for sure, i believe there's a hell of lot more, and it all proves that these places were important for a long long time, i believe many would have been found in forest glades, and the glades were very important for hunting [a lot of natural glades are animal mating sites as well] and also the places where the paths meet [the paths and the glades are normally long gone], and were very important long before any human hands added to the landscape.
Just thinking off the top off my head but would this possibly involve ley lines and the 'hot spots' along it (can't remember what they were called now)?
"Leylines" were something i think people called straight bits of natural faulting in the land before they realised what they were, some monuments [not all] are placed on faults [so therefore some monuments are on straight lines], faults do certainly have some straight bits but are mainly curved in a way the geology of that region would allow, but it's at the meeting [to be honest it's normally right next to them] of these faults that you find the most monuments [the faults been the very first paths, meeting at the glades, if fact making them, as trees don't like growing on metal lobes], so these could be the "hotspots" you speak of, you'll become a dowser next if you keep bloody going like that, i bet them dogs of yours are good at it.
I think the hotspots were called 'blind springs'. Can't find my original 1925 Watkins Old Straight Track right now but do have a rare copy of his 1922 work Early British Trackways, Moats, Mounds, Camps and Sites. I also have his Ley Hunters Manual first published in 1927.
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Coates: It's 'Shocking' Kelly Is So Ignorant on Civil War
Writer rebuts White House chief of staff's assertion that inability to compromise caused it
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(Newser) – White House chief of staff John Kelly has been taking criticism over comments he made about the Civil War, mainly because he said the war was caused by "the lack of an ability to compromise" and made no mention of slavery. Now, Ta-Nehisi Coates has issued a rebuttal in the form of a 31-tweet stream, per the Hill. "Shocking that someone charged with defending their country, in some profound way, does not comprehend the country they claim to defend," Coates writes in one of the most damning tweets, after disputing some of Kelly's assertions. He points out that prior to the war, multiple "compromises" were made to appease slave-owners, but they failed to prevent the conflict. A few of his notable tweets:
"Notion that Civil War resulted from a lack of compromise is belied by all the compromises made on enslavement from America's founding."
In the war, slavery proponents "did not merely want to preserve the right to own people, they wanted to expand that right."
"Praising Bobby Lee as an honorable man is just sad. Like some kid insisting his deadbeat dad is actually a secret agent away on a mission."
"Notion that we are putting today's standards on the past is, in itself, racist--implies only white, slave-holding, opinions matter."
"Been a lot of hemming and hawing over the term 'white supremacist.' Fools who won't be satisfied until Trump literally lynches someone."
Coates isn't the only Kelly critic. The Washington Post talks to historians who think Kelly's view of things is skewed. He's parroting an "old reconciliationist narrative" that has been disproven, says one. (Read more Ta-Nehisi Coates stories.)


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9 Things To Know About Reince Priebus, Donald Trump's New Chief Of Staff
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Earlier this month, President Elect Donald Trump announced that Reince Priebus, the current chairman of the Republican National Committee will transition into Chief of Staff once Trump takes office. In his victory speech, Trump referred to Priebus as "a superstar," despite previous tension between the president elect and RNC. As always, FFL aims for our readers to be opinionated AND informed, so here are 9 fast facts about Reince Priebus.
Reince Priebus is 44 years old and has been the longest serving RNC Chairman.
When he took over, the RNC was $24 million in debt. By the end of his first year, he had raised more than $88 million. In addition, he cut the RNC's debt to $11.8 million.
Reince is actually short for Reinhold.
Priebus attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he was the student body president and president of College Republicans. He graduated cum laude in 1994 with a political science and English degree. He went on to the University of Miami School of Law, where he was president of the Student Bar Association. He graduated cum laude in 1998.
Mr. Priebus is the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, where he is credited with helping to bring Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, and Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, into power. He is the youngest chairman the RPW has seen.
Reince got involved with politics at a young age, beginning when he was 16 and volunteered for several political campaigns in high school.
Reince Priebus married his high school girlfriend Sally whom he met at church when he was 18 and she was 16. Rumor has it he "wooed" her by taking her to a Lincoln Day Dinner. They now have two children together, Jack and Grace.
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Ronald Hutton, Sir James Frazer and the Discrediting of Pagan Beliefs in "The Stations of the Sun"
1. Abstract and Introduction
2. The Jack-in-the-Green
3. The Green Man
4. The Celtic New Year
5. Frazer
6. Samhain as a Festival of the Dead
7. The Corn Spirit (1)
10. References Cited
11. About the author
In dealing with the Jack-in-the-Green, Hutton relies on a book by Roy Judge The Jack in the Green (1979), which Hutton praises as showing "how much could be learned from a systematic investigation of historical evidence", and he describes it as "one of the first triumphs" of the "determination of some folklorists to reintroduce a scholarly rigour to their field". He claims that Judge "discovered that the origins of the custom lay in the mid-seventeenth century, when London milkmaids began to dance in the streets upon May Day with their pails and heads crowned with flowers" (Hutton 1996, 242, 265).
Unfortunately this is nothing like what Judge actually says. He does mention the milkmaids. But he says that the only satisfactory answer to the question of the origins of the Jack is that he appears as an entity between 1775 and 1795 and in the shape and structure suggested in Sports and Pastimes of the People of England by Joseph Strutt (1801). Judge observes that George Phillips, writing in Folk-Lore (1951), deduced that the Jack developed from the Garland associated with the milkmaids. However Judge states that the resemblance between the Jack and the Garland is superficial, and he describes Phillips' theory as "a theory that runs counter to all other available evidence". He also refers to Phillips' "bold and ill-founded assertion" (Judge 1979, 19-23). Clearly Judge did not believe there was good evidence to link the 17th century milkmaids with the Jack.
Perhaps Professor Hutton noticed the error he had made about the milkmaids, because in Pagan Britain (2013) he provides a different explanation. He states that Judge proved that the Jack evolved out of a London chimney sweeps' dance in the late eighteenth century (Hutton 2013, 348). Actually this was a return to an explanation he had expressed forcefully in 1991.[1] However this account is also wrong. What Judge actually says is that there is no evidence for any earlier history of the Jack than its appearance in the late eighteenth century in a context of May Day begging (Judge 1979, 77). He says of a picture of that period that contains a Jack "It is tempting to see its humble place in the grouping as indicative of a recent innovation, but this may be going beyond the evidence". He also says of the Jack in times before the late 18th century "Of course this does not mean that he did not exist. He may have done so, unmentioned and undescribed, although this seems perhaps unlikely in the case of so odd a phenomenon". So Hutton has turned lack of evidence, with a suggestion that the Jack had not yet come into existence, into proof of non-existence before the late 18th. century.
The attribution of the earliest recorded instances of the custom to the sweeps alone also seems to be absent from Judge's book. He refers to early evidence of Mayday festivities that involved bunters and cinder-sifters, as well as sweeps and milkmaids, though it contains the "clear implication" that the Jack-in-the-Green "was a different thing (or group) again" . He states that "May-day called forth a diversity of activity which changed its associations and relationships in kaleidoscopic fashion" (Judge 1979, 15, 18-20). There was a strong association of chimney sweeps with the Jack and Mayday through the 19th. century, but this is a different matter. The error about the sweeps has had a wider currency. For instance, Bob Trubshaw writes "His [Judge's] detailed study reveals that their origins are in the Mayday revelries of sweeps" (Trubshaw 1996).[2]
An associated error, which appears in several of Hutton's books, is that he cites Judge as authority for the notion that it is now known that the Jack-in-the-Green and the foliate heads have no connection with each other, or he says that Judge proved there was no connection (Hutton 1991, 315-6; 1999b, 128; 2013, 348).[3] In fact Judge never claims to prove this. He denies that Lady Raglan succeeded in showing that the green man had been taken from the kind of figure represented by the Jack (Raglan 1939, 45-57), and "the suggestion is made that these connections go beyond the available evidence and should be viewed with scepticism" (Judge 1979, introduction). He approves the "open-ended" approach of Kathleen Basford, in a letter, to the history of the foliate heads (Judge 1979, 73). Mrs. Basford also deals with this in her book The Green Man (1978), where she states that "very little is known about the early history of the Jack in the Green" (Basford 1978, 19). Again, a matter suggested by Judge has been turned by Hutton into a proven fact. Others have followed Hutton in making this mistake. Mercia Macdermott writes: "Unfortunately this seemingly plausible theory was disproved by….Roy Judge. He showed that the custom, which is peculiar to chimney sweeps, went no farther back than the late eighteenth century" (Macdermott 2006, 15).
Incidentally, Hutton takes no account of material Frazer produced on this subject. Frazer points out that figures similar to the Jack-in-the-Green appear in customary practices in France, Switzerland and Germany (Frazer 1890, 1: 88-89; 1911b, 2:83 et seq.).[4] For instance "In some parts of Thüringen also they have a May King at Whitsun…A frame of wood is made in which a man can stand; it is completely covered with birch boughs and is surmounted by a crown of birch and flowers". Frazer also gives examples from elsewhere, eg "in some parts of Russia on St. George's Day…a youth is dressed up, like our Jack-in-the-Green, with leaves and flowers. The Slovenes call him the Green George". There are also traditions of the Green George in Carinthia, Transylvania and Rumania (Frazer 1911b, 2: 75-6, 79 et seq). Similar figures are recognized among Whitsuntide mummers elsewhere (Frazer 1911a, 211). For Frazer, this leaf-clad person "represents the beneficent spirit of vegetation". The activities of 17th century London milkmaids, whatever they were, cannot account for this widespread type of traditional practice. Judge states that Frazer's Jack as a representative of the spirit of vegetation was "not to be supported within the English evidence" (Judge 1979, 70). But a possibility that might be considered here is that the Jack came to England from the continent in fairly recent centuries, in which case its true roots might be much older.
However the basic position on the origins of the Jack is that we can't be sure what they were. They might have been in fairly recent centuries or they might be far older. In continental Europe older origins of the traditions seem more likely because of their widespread distribution. Further, bearing in mind the ancient origins of the Green Man (see below), Lady Raglan's theory about the two phenomena was not necessarily wrong.[5] Her theory was that the style of green man that appeared from the thirteenth century onwards had been influenced by the Jack or a similar figure. This, so suggested Judge, went beyond the available evidence. He did not claim to disprove it. Also, the influence could have been in continental Europe, which Judge was not dealing with. I would add that we also don't know that the spiritual significance that might be accorded the Jack by present-day pagans was not present in the minds of the Jack's original inventors.
The assumption of origins at the time of the earliest records of a tradition represents a pattern that has often been repeated with similar traditions. For instance, Hutton states that the mummers' play and the sword dance "proved to have developed in the eighteenth century" (Hutton 2013, 371).[6] This assumption about origins is a dubious practice, because the possibility of older origins of the custom in question has not actually been proved to be wrong. For instance, how could the possibility of subsequent discovery of earlier records be excluded? Note that, whilst Judge acknowledges that this practice cannot provide proof, Hutton does not.[7] He writes scornfully of Violet Alford, though her theory pushing back the history of hobby horses to much older practices relating to animal disguises and fertility customs is not obviously wrong (Alford 1978, 18-25, 155-8).[8]
[1] Hutton stated "Lady Raglan's original comparison with the foliage-covered figure who danced in May Day processions was shattered in 1979 by Roy Judge, who proved that this folk ritual had itself only appeared in the late eighteenth century" (Hutton 1991, 315-6). Hutton also produced a third theory "The late medieval foliate heads carved in churches are now known to have nothing to do with the foliage-covered figure dancing in May Day processions, who appeared in the nineteenth century" (my underlining) (1999a, 30). The three theories, incompatible though they are with each other, are all presented as the clear truth by Hutton.
[2] Others put the matter in slightly less absolute terms, though more firmly than Judge, eg Larrington 2015: "The Jack-in-the-Green….originated, it's fairly clear, in money-making performances got up by chimney sweeps in the late eighteenth century, as Roy Judge has shown". Caroline Larrington's view may have been closer to Judge's, in that she was commenting after the publication of the 2nd. edition of Judge's book in 2000. Although Judge did not change his conclusions about the Jack in any major way, he was ruder about Lady Raglan, describing her evidence as "history-as-wished-for". However I note that, despite Hutton's praises of Judge in his 1993 and 1996 books, Judge appears not to mention Hutton.
[3] See also Anderson 1990 at 149: "If it was – as seems certain from the evidence – a custom that rose up only during the period of the Industrial Revolution,..". See also Hutton 1999a, 30.
[4] Frazer relied on various sources, including Mannhardt 1875, Kapitel IV passim.
[5] Others had preceded Lady Raglan in expressing the idea that the Jack might have had ancient origins. See eg W.Y.Evans-Wentz: "And in many parts of modern England, the Jack-in-the-Green may be another example of a very ancient tree (or else agricultural) cult of Celtic origin" (Evans-Wentz 2002, 435). The notion of an ancient Jack-in-the-Green is certainly not impossible. Gary Varner refers to "a large amount of historical references" that "document long-established traditions around the world featuring similar Jack figures and festivals. It is unlikely that a regional bit of entertainment would have been so widely dispersed at that time in the world without some ancient causation" (Varner 2006, 107-8).
[6] However his statement, at least as regards the sword dance, is contradicted by his comments on these subjects at Hutton 1996, 75-6.
[7] Neither does folklorist Bob Trubshaw, see Trubshaw 2002, 40-1 and his article "Paganism in British Folk Customs" in At the Edge. On the morris dance, he refers to "the evidence long since garnered that the origins lay with sixteenth century courtly dances (Trubshaw 2002, 40-1). Actually there are records of the morris dance from the fifteenth century, but even with these it is not clear that it was then that the practice originated.
[8] Hutton states that "the traditional hobby horse dance…apparently begun as a professional entertainment in the Middle Ages" (Hutton 2013, 371). Again he assumes that the earliest record represents the time when the tradition began. Because we don't know when May Day traditions such as the hobby horse, the Jack in the Green and the Maypole began, there can be no proof that the original motivations behind them were mundane and based on entertainment, rather than magical and based, say, on the promotion of fertility.
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Just recently, it has been the case that if England think you are good enough, then you are very definitely old enough.
When Ollie Pope takes his place in the middle order for the second Test against India at Lord's on Thursday, he will become the third England debutant in four matches to be aged 20 or under, following Dom Bess and Sam Curran.
Of the three, it is 20-year-old Pope's ascent that has been the quickest.
In 2016, he was still playing school cricket for Cranleigh. His last game of club cricket in the Surrey Championship was little more than a year ago.
The right-hander has had a prolific summer - his 684 runs in Division One of the County Championship bettered only by Surrey team-mate Rory Burns - following a similarly successful winter in Australia.
In the notoriously tough Sydney First Grade competition, Pope racked up 994 runs for Campbelltown-Camden, a club that counts former England spinner Monty Panesar among its former players.
It was while staying in Campbelltown, about an hour's drive from the Sydney Cricket Ground, that he learned not only about cricket, but also laundry and nature.
"He had his own space that I called the Vatican, because that's where the Pope sleeps," said Campbelltown-Camden club secretary Jason Ellsmore, with whom Pope lived.
"When it came to laundry, he didn't realise that in Australia we let our clothes dry outside. He asked me where the dryer was. His first life lesson was how to use a washing line.
"Another time, his parents came over for a holiday and they went on a bush walk in the Blue Mountains.
"They met a brown snake on a pathway. I'd said to him before that if you see a brown snake, you go the other way, because it can kill you. I think he just thought it was a stick."
Such was Pope's impact on and off the field for Campbelltown-Camden that, when he left, he received a commendation in the New South Wales parliament from MP Chris Patterson, who is also the club's vice-president.
In response, NSW minister for sport Stuart Ayres said: "It is a rare moment that a New South Wales member of parliament speaks with such passion about an Englishman."
As well as that lofty recognition, Pope left a lasting impression on the Ellsmore household.
"There was one time when I was cooking a roast dinner and he said: 'Have you ever heard of Yorkshire pudding?' I said I've heard of it, but I don't know how to cook it," said Ellsmore.
"He missed the dogs he had at home, so looked after mine. He was happy around the barbecue with the other lads from the team, or sitting watching sport in the lounge with the dogs on his lap."
When Pope learned of his England call-up, Ellsmore was one of the first people he called.
"I was particularly touched that I got a phone call from him on Sunday night," he said.
"He knew how happy I was. It's a shame that I can't be there on Thursday. Hopefully he's in the team for the Ashes next summer. I told him to make himself part of the furniture."
Pope, who can also keep wicket, has made himself "part of the furniture" in the Surrey team despite having played only 14 first-class matches for the county.
In that time, he has made four centuries, including one in his second match against Hampshire and 158 not out against a Yorkshire side captained by England skipper Joe Root.
It was also against Yorkshire that Pope made his senior debut for Surrey in the semi-finals of the 2016 One-Day Cup, just weeks after leaving Cranleigh School. He made 20 from 23 balls.
"I thought that his best route would have been in the shorter formats," said Cranleigh director of cricket Stuart Welch.
"In one game against Tonbridge, he scored 120 with ramps and scoops, looking head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch."
Pope, who also played football and hockey for the school's first XI, needed special permission from Cranleigh to play for the Surrey second team.
"It was clear that he would play international cricket at some stage, although maybe not this early," added Welch, who has also coached the MCC's Young Cricketers.
"I've seen the likes of Alex Tudor, Hamish Marshall and Ross Taylor come through. I'd put Ollie in the top 5% of all the youngsters I've encountered."
As well as Cranleigh, Pope spent his formative years at Guildford, one of the largest clubs in Surrey that also produced Ashley Giles, Rikki Clarke, Jade Dernbach and the Bicknell brothers.
He made his first XI debut in 2013 at the age of 15. In the same year, he was part of a Surrey youth tour to South Africa that included Curran, as well as current Surrey team-mates Ryan Patel and Amar Virdi.
The quartet were pictured in Cape Town and again four years later when they played together for the Surrey senior team. Both pictures are pinned to the top of Pope's Twitter page.
Now, Pope and Curran are set to line up for England at Lord's - Curran on the back of a man-of-the-match performance in the first Test at Edgbaston, Pope with a first-class batting average of 63.25.


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Leave No Trace is a set of 7 guidelines or principles (not rules or laws) that help govern and inspire responsible use and stewardship of natural resources.


HUGE traffic jams built up on the A64 near York today as thousands of motorists heading for the coast got stuck in a bottleneck.
FIREFIGHTERS have fought their third hay bale fire in 24 hours in York and North Yorkshire.
MALTON & Norton RUFC finished the season with a 49-26 defeat at Cleckheaton, who secured North One East rugby for another season.
MALTON Food Lovers Festival returns next month for its 11th year.
MALTON & Norton RUFC overturned a 7-3 half-time deficit to win 16-14 at Bridlington and record a league double over the seaside outfit.


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In today's Society we all have lost sight of what true People skills are.
True People skills is something we all have within us, but with all the negative crap around us, around the planet Earth and even when we go to work, we get caught up with what we "think" is normal cause everybody else is doing it, through all the life events and world events that happen to each of us daily and with the Political correction that has engulfed this Society, we have forgotten and become lost at what true People skills really mean.
With the Political Correction in our Society, we have become afraid to say anything to anybody, for fear of offending someone, instead of being truthful and honest, we say nothing like it never happened, than we ignore and move forward like that person or persons don't exist, eventually this way of walking our paths along our Journey of life, will only lead to a Society of Individualism and this Society is all the proof we need to prove this.
The life events that happen to each of us along our Journey, is in direct correlation with all the World events that is happening around the globe today, because we are in a Society of Individualism is the reason why others want to bring harm and hurt others, because of the fear of this hurt and harm, we further this Individualism, by keeping to ourselves and not properly interacting with each other, when we communicate better with each other as a Society, is when we as a Society are at it's strongest and can be better to overcome anything, that may cross our paths along our Journey of life.
Social Media is another avenue that furthers this Individualism, cause now we can hide behind our computers and techy devices, we don't have to interact "face to face", which buries our People skills deeper inside us, to the point we become lost at something as simple as true communication and a simple face to face talk, when people are hurting they are afraid to communicate their hurt, cause their people skills are buried and they become lost within themselves, which leads to more hurt and pain, then they project their pain on others to try to ease their own, eventually you end up with a Society that is hurting deeply and will do anything to ease the pain, which leads to destruction of all that is around us.
People skills are a natural skill within us all, you don't need to be taught them, you don't need to read them from a book, all you need is to feel inside what is right and let them flow like water from a faucet, when you show true empathy of yourself and all those around you, is when the true power of the people skills are at its strongest and when we all communicate better with each other, leaving behind all the other crap that has engulfed everything within this Society, true People skills are an important part to each of us walking our paths along our Journey of life in peace, when we are happy and peaceful, is when we are at our best to be stronger for anything that may cross our paths along our Journey, so we can thrive in a Society which makes the Society better and stronger for all.


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11 Small Colleges That Cost the Least but Reap the Most Earnings
The White House has created a tool that ranks colleges across several metrics. We've used it to find 11 small schools that cost the least and lead to lucrative careers.
Laurie Kulikowski
Sep 19, 2015 9:26 AM EDT
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- I want to go to a small school. I want to make a lot of money after graduation. I don't want to pay an exorbitant amount for my college education. Where should I go?
A new tool called the College Scorecard, a data-rich Web site launched on Saturday by the Obama Administration, came up with a list of 11 public and private universities that satisfy these parameters for would-be students.
The tool, which allows users to plug in a variety of factors to find the best school to go to, compares and contrasts "nearly all post-secondary institutions in the United States" based on size, pricing, degrees, graduation rates and salary after graduation, among other measurements of more than 7,000 higher-ed institutions. The Web site does not attempt to rank schools. The data is based on students who have received a federal loan or grant to attend college, according to The New York Times.
"For the first time, students and their advisors can search for the earnings of students who attended an institution, along with the most up-to-date information about other measures of a college's quality, including the percentage of students who graduate or repay their loans," according to a Sept. 14 blog post by The White House. "Students can also access a new measure of cumulative student debt for borrowers who complete their degree at each institution and an improved measure of students' success in repaying their loans."
To find the small colleges where students have the highest salaries after graduation, TheStreet chose to use parameters of colleges that have less than 2,000 students; with average annual costs of $15,000 or less; and an annual salary after attending of more than $50,000. (The College Scorecard notes that the national average for salary after attending college is $34,363.)
The big message? If you want to get the most bang for your buck -- by a long shot -- you might consider a life at sea. Want to know why? Read on to the end to find out.
Here's the list of colleges, sorted from least to most salary after attending. And when you're done be sure to check out the best schools to earn an MBA degree.
Note: The average annual cost is the annual net price for students who get financial aid, after aid from the school, state or federal government is applied. For public schools, the annual cost is the average cost for in-state students. Salary after attending is the median earnings of former students who received financial aid at 10 years after entering the school.
11. Cleary University
450 Undergraduates
Average Annual Cost: $11,516
Graduation Rate: 31%
Average Salary After Attending: $50,500
Approximately 81% of students who attend Cleary University earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
As a business school, its most popular programs of study are: business, management, marketing and related support services. Approximately 93% of students obtain in a degree in these areas.
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10. Trinity Washington University
Trinity Washington University is a women-only, private Catholic university.
Approximately 53% of students who attend earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
Its most popular programs include: health professions and related programs, 29% of students chose this field; psychology, 24% of students chose this area of study; business, management, marketing and related support services, 10% of students chose to focus their studies here; and homeland security, law enforcement, firefighting and related protective services, where 9% of students are focusing their studies.
9. Pomona College
Claremont, Calif.
Approximately 61% of students who attend Pomona College, a small liberal arts school outside of Los Angeles, earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
Pomona College's most popular programs include: Social Sciences, 22% of its students have chosen to focus their studies; biological and biomedical sciences, 19% of students chose these areas of study; psychology, 9% of students chose to focus their studies here; mathematics and statistics, 8% of students chose to focus their studies; and physical science, 7% of students are focusing here.
8. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, N.M.
Approximately 66% of students who attend New Mexico Tech, as its known, earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
Engineering is by far the most popular field of study at this science, engineering and research university, located about 75 miles south of Albuquerque, with 59% of students choosing this field. Other popular majors include biological and biomedical sciences, 10% of students chose these areas of study; computer and information sciences and support service, 9% of students chose to focus their studies here; and the physical sciences, where 7% students chose to focus their studies.
7. University of Phoenix - Puerto Rico campus
Approximately 71% of students who attend the for-profit college, earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
Students who attend University of Phoenix focus on business, management, marketing and related support services studies.
6. University of Connecticut - Stamford
Stamford, Conn.
Average Annual Cost: $8,438
Approximately 79% of students who attend University of Connecticut, earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
Areas of study vary widely at this Connecticut public institution. Approximately 13% of students choose health professions and related programs to focus their studies. Another 12% choose the social sciences, while 12% choose business, management, marketing and related support services studies as their areas of focus.
One of several UConn campuses, the downtown Stamford campus provides easy access to internships, field placement and jobs with many large companies and non-profit organizations.
5. University of Connecticut - Avery Point
Groton, Conn.
Areas of study vary widely at this public school. Approximately 13% of students choose health professions and related programs on which to focus their studies. Another 12% choose the social sciences, while 12% choose business, management, marketing and related support services studies as their areas of focus.
One of several UConn campuses, the Avery Point campus specializes in marine and maritime studies. The campus is home to the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, Project Oceanology, the National Undersea Research Center, and the Long Island Sound Resource Center.
4. Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences
Approximately 85% of students who attend Baptist College of Health Sciences earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
The private Christian college specializes in preparing students for health care careers. All of the students who attend focus their studies in health professions and related programs.
3. Crouse Hospital - Pomeroy College of Nursing
Approximately 84% of students who attend Crouse Hospital - Pomeroy College of Nursing, earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
The private college specializes in preparing students to become nurses. All of the students who attend focus their studies in health professions and related programs.
2. University of the Potomac - VA Campus
Vienna, Va.
Graduation Rate: N/A
Approximately 75% of students who attend the University of the Potomac, earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
Approximately 86% of students who attend the for-profit school mainly specialize in business, management, marketing and related support services. Another 14% tailor their studies on computer and information sciences and support services.
1. United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, N.Y.
Approximately 90% of students who attend the United States Merchant Marine Academy, earn, on average, more than those with just a high school diploma.
Approximately half of the students who attend the school specialize in engineering, while the other half focuses on transportation and moving materials.
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This is my 'F' block for the A-B-C challenge. There were a number of blocks with names beginning with F that were appealing, so it was hard to choose. I might do another one.
I really like that blue. It comes out a little darker on my screen than in real life, but is a very calming color.
Kathleen did the same block, but in black and white. It it always fun for me to see the same blocks done in different colors and sizes. As I have said many, many times, that is one of my joys in making blocks.
I saw Kathleen's Electric Fan at the last meeting. Even though 'E' blocks were due last month, I really liked this block, so I decided to make one. It gave me the opportunity to try and figure out how to use the triangle technique for a block from Around the Block. I didn't make the Flower Pot that I posted, but am seriously tempted. You can just have one basket block in a sampler quilt!
I like to use fabrics at least three times in a quilt and preferably in odd numbers, if I use them more than three times. I looked at the total fabrics I had used in the previous blocks and used some I hadn't yet used as much. I used the Empire Gold in another project so it was out, so I used that. I also had only used the yellow-green in the Basement Window block.
These are the log cabin blocks I made for the Heirloom challenge. I added the Empire yellow solid from the Pat Bravo Art Gallery line. I think it goes well with these fabrics. I think the one flower fabric with the pink and burgundy reminds me of the Flea Market Fancy line.
I meant not to do this challenge as I don't like making log cabin blocks. They are a bit too…fiddly for me. I am not sure if fiddly is the right term, but not a lot of bang for my buck, I guess. Still, I signed up so I stepped up. I tried using the technique that TFQ uses, which is to cut the strips the width they need to be rather than cutting a longer strip and trimming later. That worked ok.
Zoom in to see the variety of log cabin blocks that people came up with within the log cabin format. Amazing!
There were a few blocks that I particularly liked. The wave one (far left) would look great in a quilt with a variety of its fellows. I wouldn't make it, but I would admire a quilt made with such blocks quite a lot.
The block on the bottom left has lovely graphic quality. The block ont he right looks like a doorway and I really like the fussy cutting.
Above are the members who participated in the Secret Swap. I just couldn't commit to the time to make a gift and boy am I glad I didn't participate, because these ladies are a hard act to follow! Everyone really did their best work. I was impressed and pleased to see such care.
Kathleen received this gorgeous pillow. The thing I like about it was how full it is. No matter how many pillows I make, I feel like they aren't very full.
There was a lot to tell and many quilts and projects to show. Sewing Time, despite all the other business was quite productive as well.
Thank you very much to Ruth, founder and 2011 Secretary, who will be leaving the board and taking over the challenge coordinator position.


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Bags of joy from Merijn Hos, the Utrecht-based illustrator who can liven up the dullest of briefs. Merijn Hos is a visual artist living and working in Utrecht. Although he creates joyful, bonkers illustrative work for unlikely clients such as Bose, Red Bull, Google, The Guardian and Keds among others, Merijn is also renowned for his beautiful wooden sculptures sold as pieces of art to his ever-growing fanbase. His curious, optimistic characters and passion for mixed-media are testament to Merijn's ability to make every brief as important as the last, and treat every commission with the same respect and attention as his personal work.


There have been bells in St. Peter's church for many centuries.
It is notable that today's bells weigh almost double that of the original bells in the tower.
Records tell us that the SIX bells were recast in 1603, and again in 1810, when their total weight was 38cwt 3 qtrs and 3 lbs. Again the peal was recast in 1889 and two bells added, bringing the total weight to 52cwt and 3 qtrs.
In 1894, following receipt of a legacy from a wealthy London merchant, Mr John Hill who had grown up in Newnham, the present ring of EIGHT bells was recast by the Master Founders, Mears and Stainbank, Whitechapel.
The total weight of the bells was increased again to 72cwt and 3 qtrs.
Records show that the bells were rung regularly in the early 1900s, silent during the Second World War, then less frequently until the 1970s. Local Forest of Dean Ringers attempted to patch up the bells again in 1982, and for about 5 years from 1987 a number of Newnham teenagers learnt the art of bellringing, but found the bells very difficult and progress to be slow.


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Picture of the Day: Air Force One Departs Yokota Air Base, Japan
by FighterSweep Staff Nov 16, 2017
Air Force One departs Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 7, 2017, after President of the United States Donald J. Trump's first visit Japan. Trump was in Japan for three days as part of a 12 day tour of the Indo-Asia Pacific region.
U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe
Picture of the Day: C-130J Super Hercules and Fireworks Display at Yokota Air Base, Japan
Picture of the Day: Crew Chief 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Walks the Flight Line at Yokota Air Base
Picture of the Day: Air Force Capt. Kyle Schneider, C-130J Super Hercules Pilot, Flies near Mount Fuji
Air Force Cancels $24 Million Dollars Refrigerators for Air Force One
Watch: Operation Christmas Drop


On the 16th (Tue), get your game on at Moomin World, then step into the grandiose world of Turku Castle, then examine the collection at Luostarinmaki Handicrafts Museum, and finally contemplate in the serene atmosphere at Turku Cathedral. Here are some ideas for day two: get lost in a book at Turku City Library, don't miss a visit to Naantali Old Town, and then trek along The Archipelago Trail.
To see photos and other tourist information, read Turku trip itinerary app .
Madrid, Spain to Turku is an approximately 11-hour flight. You can also drive. The time zone difference when traveling from Madrid to Turku is 1 hour. Traveling from Madrid in July, expect nights in Turku to be a bit cooler, around 13°C, while days are cooler, around 24°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 17th (Wed) to allow enough time to drive to Helsinki.
Step out of Helsinki with an excursion to Nuuksio National Park in Espoo--about 46 minutes away. Pack the 20th (Sat) with family-friendly diversions at Linnanmaki Amusement Park. Next up on the itinerary: brush up on your military savvy at Sea Fortress Suomenlinna, take in the spiritual surroundings of Kamppi Chapel of Silence, take in the architecture and atmosphere at Helsinki Cathedral, and get to know the fascinating history of The Esplanadi Park.
To find photos, more things to do, reviews, and tourist information, read our Helsinki trip itinerary tool .
Traveling by car from Turku to Helsinki takes 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train; or fly. July in Helsinki sees daily highs of 25°C and lows of 15°C at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 22nd (Mon) to allow time to travel back home.


NOTE: The Calendar Announcement and Event with Detail Page types have been removed. These Event Types are only available via the front-end CMS listing option for creating these non-registration types of Events that only exist in Listings or as content pages.
Select the Create a new event radio button and the 4 registration models will be displayed.
Select the option Allow registrants to bring guests. This option is selected by default and adds the Guest step and Guest category to the event. The Guest step will be added as the second step to the form by default. If this option is disabled, a warning message will appear letting you know that collecting guest information without using this guest control will cause issues in reporting. Guest information can only be reported accurately when this control is used.
NOTE: The 'Allow registrant to bring guests' option is available on the Content Properties page for the Event and can be turned on or off at anytime.
Guests collected through the guest category will always count towards registration limits.
The option Enable registration limits across all registrants will include the primary registrant and their guests. Guests are considered registrants in Encompass and will be included in member limit counts.
The option Enable registration limit for each primary registrant is set to a maximum of 20. This means that the primary registrant can register themselves plus 19 guests by default. The admin has the ability to restrict the number of guests to less than 19 through this option. See Member Registration Limits for more information.
If the option to Create related activities is enabled, the activity that is added will be added to a third step by default if the event has guests. It will be added to the second step by default if the event doesn't have guests.
The Message to coordinator option is unchecked (disabled) by default.
The Guest category is displayed to the admin in data entry mode and to the registrant with only the Add Guest button in the category. The fields in the category are not rendered until the Add Guest button is selected.
Selecting the Add Guest button will display the new guest category allowing the admin to enter guest information. By default the fields that will be displayed in the Guest category are First Name, Last Name, Email, option to Send this guest a copy of the confirmation email, Class Year and the Attendee List Opt-Out option. If the email address is removed by the admin as a field in the Guest category, then the check box to Send this guest a copy of the confirmation email is also removed. These items are tied together, since an email can't be sent if we don't have the email address.
If an email address that is entered in the guest email field has already been registered for the event, a message is displayed letting the primary registrant know that the guest has already been registered for the event. They will not be allowed to register the guest using that email address.
Once all the required fields have been completed on the guest category and the admin/primary registrant hits the Save button, they are returned to the Guest step with the guest added under the Add Guest button. The guest is displayed with all of the fields from the guest category with the exception of the 'Send this guest a copy of the confirmation email.' check box field. Fields with and without values will be displayed. The admin / primary registrant can remove the guest by selecting the 'X' in the upper right hand corner of the guest section. This will bring up a message confirming that the user wants to remove the guest. If the user selects 'OK' they are returned to the guest page and the guest is no longer displayed under the guest list. If the user selects 'cancel' they are returned to the guest page and the guest remains under the guest list. The admin/primary registrant can edit the guest information by selecting the 'edit' link next to the guest name. This will display the guest category with the guest information displayed in editable fields.
The guest category is displayed to the admin in the build form mode with the Add Guest button in the category and all of the fields rendered in the guest category. The admin will set up and configure one guest category per event.
By default, the new guest step with the guest category will be added to the second step on the event form. The admin will be able to move the Guest Step using the Sort Steps option under Manage Forms, but the Guest Step has to be after the Registrant Step and before any Activity Steps. If the admin attempts to move the Guest Step before the Registrant Step or after an Activity Step, there will be messaging displayed to the admin and the admin will not be able to proceed.
The Guest Category is called Guests when added to the event form. This can be changed by using the pencil icon to the right of the name.
The button will default to Add Guest and the messaging displayed to the user when no guests have been added will default to 'You currently have no guests'. Both of these can be changed through Category Settings.
The Guest Category will include First Name, Last Name, Email, option to 'Send this guest a copy of the confirmation email' (unchecked by default), Class Year and the Attendee List Opt Out option as default fields.
If the site does not have a field with the system alias of Class_Year, then the class year field is not added to the registrant or guest step.
If the Attendee List Opt Out option is enabled when you create an event, it will automatically be added to guest category. If it's disabled when you create an event it is not added to the guest category. If you want to add it to the guest category, you have to add it to primary registrant category and then add via Add Existing Field.
The field that drives registration for the main event can be added to the Registrant step or any step before the guest step. Adding the registration driver will automatically add that field to the guest category. NOTE: The system will allow the event to be configured with the field driving registration on a step after the guest category, but this will result in the guests not being registered correctly. The registration driver for the main event should always be added before the guest category.
Admins will be able to remove any of these fields by selecting, the red "X", remove field option to the right of each field. They can also sort the fields by selecting the sort option to the right of each field. The admin will not have the ability to edit any fields that are shared with the registrant step of the form. These fields should be edited from the registrant step and the changes would be applied to the fields on the guest category. Any new fields added to just the guest category, can be edited through the guest category.
Category settings will allow the admin to enable the category header, include category instructions and edit the Guest Button and No Guest Message verbiage.
Adding rich text will allow the admin to add specific help text to the guest category. Displaying the rich text can be driven off of the Primary Registrants role.
Fields that are added to the guest category from the registrant step will not show up as new columns in the export.
When the guest option is enabled, the Guest step with the Guest category are added. Admins will not be able to add any additional categories to the Guest step or remove the guest category from the Guest step. To remove the Guest Step and Guest category, the admin should go into Content Properties and disable (uncheck) the 'Allow registrants to bring guests' option.


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Young Playwrights' Theater inspires young people to realize the power of their own voices.
Elijah Brown
Promising Playwright, June 2011
"YPT is fun. They come to my class all the Wednesdays, and I like being there because it's exciting. It's fun!" explodes Elijah Brown, a fourth grader at Watkins Elementary School.
Elijah hasn't finished his play yet, but he is looking forward to seeing it performed. "We get to write our own plays and then other people perform it," he shares. "I'll get to see it myself. They'll do MY play!"
Elijah hopes his play is funny like his favorite book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. "I feel like I'm funny, because I make jokes and my friends laugh at them," he explains.
When he isn't in class, Elijah enjoys playing outside, playing basketball and football, drawing, doing math and reading.
However, Elijah would rather be in school. "If I could be anywhere, I would be at school. You get to learn and you get to play!"
For more Promising Playwrights click here.
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Home Crime News Armed man arrested in grounds of Windsor Castle as Queen celebrates Christmas
Police have arrested an armed man has after breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day, police have said.
Police officers from Thames Valley & the Metropolitan Police were called by security after a breach which happened at about 8.30am in the grounds of the Castle.
A 19-year-old man from Southampton has been arrested and is in custody.
The Queen is celebrating Christmas at Windsor this year after cancelling traditional plans to go to Sandringham.
Superintendent Rebecca Mears, of Thames Valley Police, said: "An investigation is ongoing following this incident and we are working with colleagues from the Metropolitan police.
Police gave confirmed an arrest has been made and an investigation in now underway.
Hartlepool: House fire being treat as suspicious.


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Jun 30 Call Answered: Video interview with The Monkees' Micky Dolenz
Author, Broadway, Call Me Adam, Choreographer, Circus, Comedy, Composer, Dancer, Director, Drag, Entertainment, Film/Motion Picture, Gay Culture, Lyricist, Mime, Music, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, Pantomime, Photography, Playwright, Radio, Singer, Songwriter, Sports, Television, Theater, Theatre, Writing
Live from 54 Below, "Call Me Adam" chats with The Monkees' lead singer Micky Dolenz about his new show at 54 Below A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll which will take place July 7, 10, & 11 at 7pm! A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll will explore Micky's journey in both rock 'n' roll and musical theatre. Micky will perform some of The Monkees' biggest hits along with songs from his theatrical endeavors!
"A Little Bit Broadway A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll", "I'm A Believer", 54 Below, AIDA, Actor, Adam Rothenberg, Broadway, Call Me Adam, Micky Dolenz, Musical Theatre, Singer, The Monkees
Jul 1 Call Answered: Video Interview with Tony Nominee Tony Yazbeck
Jun 29 Call Answered: Video Interview with Michael McCormick and Lucia Spina


Nike England 16/17 Away SS Vapor Match Shirt - Challenge Red/Deep Royal Blue/White.Show your support on the pitch with the new Nike England 16/17 Away SS Vapor Match Shirt, to be worn by the national team at this summer's EURO 2016 tournament.. The Match edition of the new England shirt is an exact replica of the kit that will be worn by the likes of Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling at this year's European Championships, complete with all the cutting-edge technology that elite players expect.
The major innovation in the new Match shirt comes in the form of AeroSwift Technology – Nike's proprietary fabric construction that improves both breathability and fit. Made with a new yarn, the Vapor kits that feature AeroSwift manage moisture more effectively than ever before, wicking sweat away from the body 20% faster than previous shirts, while also drying 25% quicker. In addition to its sweat-wicking properties, the yarn used in AeroSwift has been optimised for improved fit and feel – an AeroSwift shirt is 10% lighter and allows 50% more stretch compared to previous kits. By using a combination of single and double knit yarn – single in areas where breathability is important, double for areas that require structure – the shirt adapts to different types of movement and different conditions.
Three Lions detailing on the sleeve cuffs celebrates English pride, while the seamless silicon mesh crest gives the shirt its authentic identity. On the reverse of the crest, a rose graphic pays tribute to the heritage of the England kit, referencing the symbol found on the early England caps given to players in the 19th century.
Running down the side of the shirt all the way from the sleeve cuff to the hem, a bold blue stripe adds definition and further improves breathability, expanding when stretched to reveal a flash of red as you move through the gears.
Lightweight AeroSwift Dri-FIT fabric for sweat management and ventilation.
Hem vents allow for full range of motion.
Replica design is the same jersey players wear on the pitch.
Lightweight England team crest is stitched on the left chest. An inner pride label is screen printed behind the crest.
Team pride labels are stitched on the outer back neck and inside the sleeve cuffs.
Laser perforations on the back and shoulder panels enhance breathability. They each have a flat ink heat-transferred overlay for durability.
Swoosh design trademark is heat-transferred on the right chest.


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The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth
The Book of Dust, Volume 2
Written by: Philip Pullman
Narrated by: Michael Sheen
The windows between the many worlds have been sealed, and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue's youth are long behind her - or so she thought. Lyra is now a 20-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia's College, and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon, Pantalaimon, is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less she is sure of.
Darkest materials yet
By Oliver on 2019-12-27
Series: His Dark Materials, Book 0.5
5 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
Price: CDN$ 52.63
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
Book of Dust, Volume 1
Renowned storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for a thrilling and epic adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play parts.
Worth the wait!
By Olivia Baudais on 2017-11-08
Series: His Dark Materials, Book 0
Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Musical Drama
An Audible Original Drama
Written by: H. G. Wells, Jeff Wayne
Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Taron Egerton, Theo James, and others
When H. G. Wells first published The War of The Worlds in 1898, the novel quickly became a sci-fi classic. The story of extraterrestrials from Mars invading Earth captured the public's imagination, inspiring a famed 1938 radio broadcast with Orson Welles, several feature films, countless video games, and a best-selling musical concept album by Jeff Wayne in 1978, among others.
Poorly normalized audio, stupid sound effects
By Paul Cousins on 2019-09-26
Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Taron Egerton, Theo James, Adrian Edmondson, Anna-Marie Wayne
The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection
Five Full-Cast Productions
Written by: Oscar Wilde
Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, and others
A sparkling collection of the major works of the ever-adored Oscar Wilde, with incredible casts including Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, Michael Sheen, Miriam Margolyes, Ian McDiarmid, Joely Richardson, Penelope Keith, Martin Jarvis, Diana Rigg, Simon Russell Beale, Sheila Hancock, Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry.
Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, Michael Sheen, full cast, Martin Jarvis, Martin Clunes, Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Simon Russell Beale
Oedipus the King
Written by: Sophocles
Narrated by: Michael Sheen, full cast
In the hands of Sophocles, the master dramatist, the anguished tale of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother retains its power to shock and move beyond any Freudian reference.
Narrated by: Michael Sheen, Kate Beckinsale, full cast
Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text, and starring Michael Sheen as Romeo and Kate Beckinsale as Juliet.
Distracting Transitions
By Jonathon Horel on 2019-08-18
The beautiful young Dorian Gray has his portrait painted by society artist Basil Hallward. Admired by all, the dazzling, wealthy, handsome young man has everything anyone could wish for, or so it appears. Oscar Wilde's novel is a masterly study of moral corruption, a tour-de-force of suspense and surprise.
Great Poets of the Romantic Age
Written by: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others
With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth. Each chose a different path, but they are united in a love of moods, impressions, scenes, stories, sights and sounds. In this collection of more than forty poems are some of the finest and most memorable works in the English language.
Written by: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Lord Byron, John Clare
Written by: Feodor Dostoyevsky
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The DG834GUM is a 3G wireless ADSL2+ router. It has one RJ-11 WAN port, four 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN ports and a single USB 2.0 port, used for connecting a 3G USB modem to the router.
The integrated access point complies with the IEEE 802.11b/g standards, providing wireless transmission rates of up to 54Mbps. It supports WEP and WPA/WPA2 wireless encryption and uses WMM(QoS) to prioritize the traffic over the network. A WPS button allows for worry-free wireless security configuration.


The children now select their name on-screen at the hotplate or are compiled on a printed list. Their meal choice is displayed to the cook, as well as their dietary needs. If a mismatch is detected the cook will advise of an alternative.
If your child wishes to have a school lunch our catering team offer delicious healthy meals at a small cost of £2.15 per day, further information can be found on the live kitchen page. Children may bring pack lunches in a clearly labelled container.


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LAPD Officer Revives Unresponsive Baby; Father Booked on Child Abuse Charge: Police
by: Marissa Wenzke, John Fenoglio
Posted: Mar 4, 2018 / 08:40 PM PST / Updated: Mar 4, 2018 / 11:00 PM PST
A newborn baby just three weeks old was unresponsive when police arrived to a home in the Westlake district of Los Angeles Saturday night, but one of the responding officers managed to revive the infant with chest compressions and the father has since been booked on a child abuse charge, police said.
The officer who got the newborn boy breathing again, through giving modified chest compressions, is Officer Alex Frazier of the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division, police said. He found the baby unresponsive when LAPD arrived to a home in the 200 block of Columbia Avenue at about 11 p.m.
Officer Frazier of the LAPD is seen holding a baby he managed to resuscitate after police responded to a domestic dispute call in L.A.'s Westlake district on March 4, 2018. (Credit: Loudlabs)
Police had received multiple calls from neighbors about possible domestic abuse, and later child abuse, occurring at the home. Once officers arrived, they said they discovered the mother outside the home crying as she sat in an Uber car.
She told the officers the baby's father had been holding him loosely, like a football, while hitting her, police said. When pleaded for him to give her the baby back, he threw the infant to the ground.
"The mom kept stating that the baby was not breathing, was not moving," said Officer Ivan Ibarra, who responded to the scene with Frazier. "Baby was cold, unresponsive. I tried waking the baby up."
When the baby still wouldn't respond, Ibarra handed him to Frazier. From there, the officer started doing modified chest compressions to try waking the infant.
"I've seen a lot on this job, but to see a baby that wasn't moving, lifeless — it was pretty scary," Frazier said.
After about a minute, the baby appeared to awaken.
"Eventually, he just kinda rolled his head a little bit, and let us know he was in there a little bit more," Frazier said. "So I just continued until the paramedics got there."
The father was arrested at the scene and booked on a charge of child abuse, LAPD officials said. The mother and baby were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
While the baby is slightly bruised, he did not suffer major injuries, police said, and his mother has a few minor scratches and bruises.
"It hits home, especially when you have small children," Ibarra said. "My son's only 10 months old."
Frazier said the experience made him think of his own children, too.
"I went home immediately and kissed my kids," Frazier said. "I'm a parent. My kids are my everything."
No further information has been released by LAPD.


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Q: Starting a new room planner web application So I'm learning Python and beginning to grasp the fundamentals. I want to start a project that seems slightly over ambitious for my current knowledge level but I think I can do it bit by bit and it will look good in my portfolio.
Basically, I'd like to create a web application that generates a grid and allows the user to create rooms to scale. Dragging and dropping pieces of furniture to visualise how much space they will have between various pieces of furniture and checks if pieces will fit. Also I'd like the user to be able to save real furniture for example, using the Ikea website that will, when they're finished, generate a basket containing links and pictures to the items they have chosen and give them an idea of total cost.
It feels daunting starting out, what modules/libraries would I use to get this going? I'd like it to be a web app that is mobile friendly ideally?
Thanks in advance.

A: Making interactive web apps like that are not really within Python's capability.
On the web, Python (via Django) is good for back-end things and making websites, but for client-side interactivity like you are suggesting, you need to use Javascript.
There is a tool called Brython that lets you write client-side Python and then it will convert it into Javascript for you, but it is quite complicated.
I would suggest picking another project for Python (here is a great list), or if you want to continue with that furniture idea, then picking up some JS, React, and using a library like react-dnd would be a good starting point.

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Inflict conditions on your next few strikes based on your attunement. Each strike deals increased damage.
Glyph of Elemental Power Glyph 25 Inflict conditions on your next few strikes based on your attunement. Each strike deals increased damage.
The damage increase is only displayed at the skill overview, but not on the four attuned skills. However this is just a visual bug, the increased damage application is working properly.
Applying stacks on top of each other of the same type causes one to decay resulting in 4 stacks instead of 5.
The determined condition does not change when swapping attunements and affects any source of direct damage.
Effect ends upon entering the Downed state.
In addition to its previous effects, this glyph now also increases outgoing damage by 25% for each strike.
Fixed an issue that prevented this glyph from losing stacks when enhanced attacks were blocked, blinded, or evaded.
Reduced recharge to 25 seconds.
Now gives 5 charges instead of using a 5-second cooldown interval.
Decreased duration to 25 seconds.
Reduced burning duration to 1 stack for 3 seconds.
Changed crippled condition to 1 stack of bleeding for 6 seconds.
Changed weakness condition to 4 stacks of vulnerability for 5 seconds.
Fixed a bug that allowed striking a downed enemy to activate this ability's effect with no internal cooldown.
Reduced the weakness applied from 6 seconds to 3 seconds.
Fixed a bug that caused this ability's effect to have an unintentional reduced cooldown.
The trigger chance of this ability has been increased from 25% to 100%.
Weakness duration has been reduced from 6 seconds to 3 seconds.
Internal cooldown can now be shared between elementalists. This ability will no longer apply conditions to nonenemies.
Fixed a bug that caused this skill to have separate recharges between attunements.
The earth portion of this skill will now be appropriately reduced when traited with Inscription.
This skill will no longer set Glyph of Renewal on full recharge.
This skill now applies 2 stacks of burning for 3 seconds when used in fire attunement.
Updated the description to indicate that the condition application chance works for all spells rather than just spells of a specific element.
Added a skill fact to indicate the recharge when the skill triggers its effect.
This skill is now a stun breaker.
Added a skill fact to indicate the percent chance.
Glyph of Elemental Power has been added to the game.
This is the only Glyph without a skill animation or sound effect when cast.
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ARKS Testing. If you are thinking of racing Karts with an MSA licence and indeed on MSA circuits, you will need to have passed an ARKS test. We at Forest Edge Kart Club carry out ARKS tests on the Saturday prior to a race meeting with our two club ARKS testers.... 14/06/2010 · Hi guys, Bit confused here, i've been sent an MSA licence today with all my details on and everything. I competed in the BSKC (British Schools Karting Championship) and at the final we all had to apply for MSA licences.
Overview of Owner Driver karting and MSA Championship driving.
* A Competition Licence application form (the cost of your first licence is included in the pack price) * A USB featuring the Motorsport UK Karting Yearbook and an instructional film * A booklet outlining the next steps to take in order to acquire your first Motorsport UK Competition Licence. how to make mexican fish ceviche On successfully passing the test the examiner will stamp and sign your licence application form and after completing a medical if you are over 18 years, it can be sent off to the MSA for your new novice kart racing licence.
You are required to take a test to obtain your kart licence. (There are costs involved to obtain such a licence and do the test.) There are centralised rules which govern all MSA events, so many like the consistency this gives.
Historically, or today, if you wanted to do motor racing as a youngster, you'd end up going and buying yourself a crash helmet and a set of overalls and a go-kart and off you go to a kart track.
The ARKS pack contains the current MSA Rules & Regulations, a Licence Application Form (this must be signed-off by the ARKS Examiner) and a training DVD which explains the rules of Karting and the standards expected by drivers and officials.
Next you need to get your MSA Go Karting starter pack, then pass an ARKS test. You can then apply for your Kart National B Novice Competition Licence . If you are under 18 years old one of your parents must also apply for an Entrant Kart PG Licence.


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Indian Coast Guard (Dewanagari भारतीय तट रक्षक Bharatiya Thatrakshak) – Indyjska Straż Wybrzeża, paramilitarna formacja indyjska odpowiedzialna ze przestrzeganie prawa, ochronę interesów Indii i działania chroniące życie i mienie w obrębie Wyłącznej Strefy Ekonomicznej tego kraju.

Historia
25 sierpnia 1976 roku w Indiach została przyjęta ustawa proklamująca Wyłączną Strefę Ekonomiczną (The Martime Zones of India Act) o powierzchni 2,8 mln km². W celu ochrony swoich interesów w strefie powołano Indian Coast Guard. 1 lutego 1977 roku indyjski rząd wydał rozporządzenie o utworzeniu straży wybrzeża a rok później, 1 lutego 1978 roku parlament wydał ustawę (The Coast Guard Act) określającą ramy prawne działania służby. 18 sierpnia 1978 roku Straż Wybrzeża ogłosiła swoją gotowość. Powołanie straży poprzedzone były pracami studyjnymi mającymi określić charakter nowo powstałej służby. Indie nie kryją faktu, że wzorem dla nowej organizacji była amerykańska US Coast Guard.

Zadania
Podstawowe zadania jakim musi sprostać Indian Coast Guard to:
 ochrona bogactw naturalnych w Wyłącznej Strefie Ekonomicznej
 zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa morskim instalacjom indyjskim w strefie.
 ochrona rybołówstwa i pomoc jednostkom rybackim w razie potrzeby.
 ochrona środowiska naturalnego, zapobieganiu powstawaniu zanieczyszczeń.
 akcję Search and Rescue
 walka z przemytem i nielegalną imigracją oraz wspieranie innych służb (celnych, policji) w tych działaniach.

Organizacja
Na czele Straży stoi Dyrektor Generalny (który odpowiada swoją rangą wiceadmirałowi w marynarce), jego zastępcą jest Inspektor Generalny. Straż podporządkowana jest Ministerstwu Obrony Indii. W momencie wybuchu wojny Straż przechodzi pod rozkazy marynarki wojennej. Obszar działania służby podzielony jest na trzy Regiony Morskie a każdy z nich na Obszary Morskie. W sumie jest jedenaście obszarów. Dodatkowo dowództwom obszarów morskich podlegają cztery samodzielne placówki Straży Wybrzeża. Siły powietrzne Straży zorganizowane są w dwa obszary powietrzne i trzy placówki powietrzne podlegające bezpośrednio dowództwom regionów morskich. Kwatera główna Straży mieści się w New Delhi. Obecnie siły liczą 5440 ludzi w tym 633 oficerów.

Lista Dyrektorów Generalnych od początku istnienia Indyjskiej Straży Wybrzeża

Wyposażenie
Indyjska Straż Wybrzeża swoje zadania realizuje wykorzystując jednostki pływające oraz samoloty i śmigłowce.

Główne typy używanych jednostek pływających

Lotnictwo Indyjskiej Straży Wybrzeża
Obecnie Straż Wybrzeża jest w posiadaniu 24 samolotów patrolowych Dornier Do 228 oraz 17 śmigłowców Aérospatiale Alouette III (produkowanych w Indiach jako HAL Chetak) i 4 śmigłowce HAL Dhruv. Straż posiada następujące dywizjony:
 700 Squadron w Damanie i Kolkacie
 744 Squadron w Ćennaju
 745 Squadron w Port Blair
 800 Squadron w Goa (jednostka śmigłowców)
 841 Squadron w Damanie (jednostka śmigłowców)
 842 Squadron w Mumbaju (jednostka śmigłowców)
 848 Squadron w Ćennaju (jednostka śmigłowców)
 Indian Coast Guard Extensive Flying Unit w Goa (jednostka śmigłowców)
 Port Blair Chetak flight w Port Blair (śmigłowce które stacjonują na lądzie, ale operacyjnie podlegają dwóm okrętom patrolowym typu Vikram)

Bibliografia
 Krzysztof Kubiak, Straż wybrzeża Indii, "Raport", nr 6 (2002), s. 76–80, .

Linki zewnętrzne

Marynarki wojenne
Wojsko indyjskie

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In the last few months an 18-hole and a 9-hole golf course and surrounding grounds have been laid out in the heart of Tuscany between Pisa and Florence. The golf courses are set in the 1,100 hectar grounds of the Castelfalfi Estate, consisting of a Borgo with Castello, vineyard and olive grove. The course, which was over 20 years old and was originally designed by Mancinelli, needed to be remodelled. By moving the location of the clubhouse to the centre of the two golf courses with spectacular views of the Castello, the way was clear for a complete redesign. Whilst retaining the most beautiful aspects of the landscape, the existing course was redesigned and brought up to modern standards. By doing so, blind holes and holes which sloped too steeply were eliminated and new fairways were developed and in part integrated into both courses. From the future terrace of the clubhouse you have a fascinating view across the lake area where the last green of each course is set.


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The Town of Bassendean in Perth, Western Australia was established as the West Guildford Road District, with a chairman and councillors, on 10 May 1901 under the District Roads Act 1871. It was renamed Bassendean on 7 July 1922. With the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, all road districts became Shires, with a president and councillors, effective 1 July 1961. On 1 July 1975, the Shire of Bassendean became the Town of Bassendean, with a mayor and councillors.

The female mayor was Vicki Philipoff, who was elected in 1995, and served two years.

West Guildford Road District

Bassendean Road District

Shire of Bassendean

Town of Bassendean

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Court of Appeals asks supreme court to untangle expert confrontation cases
by admin on February 10, 2016
State v. Rozerick E. Mattox, 2015AP158; District 2, 2/10/2016, certification granted 4/7/16, conviction affirmed, 2017 WI 9, ; case activity (including briefs)
Does it violate a defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution for the State to introduce at trial a toxicology report identifying certain drugs in a deceased victim's system and/or testimony of a medical examiner basing his/her cause-of-death opinion in part on the information set forth in such a report, if the author of the report does not testify and is not otherwise made available for examination by the defendant?
Ever since the Supreme Court reworked its Confrontation Clause jurisprudence in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), the high Court and others have been struggling to work out the Clause's application to reports created by non-testifying experts. In Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. 305 (2009) the Court found the Clause violated by an affidavit giving the results of forensic testing of purported cocaine, and in Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 131 S. Ct. 2705 (2011), likewise rejected the use of a lab result when the state did not call the scientist who had performed the test, but instead another scientist who was familiar with testing procedures. But in Williams v. Illinois, 132 S. Ct. 2221 (2012), the Court, while permitting a state expert to testify that an outside lab's report tied a DNA profile matching the defendant to the crime scene, failed to produce a majority rationale for doing so.
The court of appeals, searching, in the words of Professor Blinka, for the "correct path among the cryptic trail markings and side routes" post-Crawford, now throws up its hands and concludes that it has been walking in circles. This certification presents a set of facts, and a question, that's become familiar to the court: in a reckless homicide prosecution for delivering heroin allegedly causing the death of its user, the state calls the medical examiner who autopsied the decedent but not the lab analyst who performed the chemical tests claimed to indicate the drug's presence. (pp. 2-6). Does the opportunity to cross-examine the medical examiner–who lacks any expertise in performing drug tests and has no direct knowledge of the lab's raw data or testing procedures–satisfy the Clause despite the inability to cross-examine the person who actually performed the test?
The problem, as the court sees it, is that these facts and this question have now generated two published decisions difficult to reconcile with each other or with binding state and federal authority:
Certification of this case stems from significant tension between our recent decisions in State v. Heine, 2014 WI App 32, 354 Wis. 2d 1, 844 N.W.2d 409, and State v. VanDyke, 2015 WI App 30, 361 Wis. 2d 738, 863 N.W.2d 626—cases that bear substantial similarities to the present case—and decisions of the United States Supreme Court and our state supreme court. Unfortunately, neither Heine nor VanDyke was appealed to the supreme court. Adding yet a third court of appeals decision on facts similar to Heine and VanDyke would do little to clarify the law regarding the admission of toxicology reports and related testimony; however, a supreme court decision could lay this issue to rest for the bench and bar.
(p. 8).
As the court goes on to detail, Heine and VanDyke presented very similar facts yet reached opposite results, with Heine admitting the reports and testimony and VanDyke excluding them. (pp. 8-14). And the court's not buying its own attempt, in VanDyke, to justify the discrepancy on the theory that the report in Heine was less significant to the examiner's conclusion:
[W]e do not see how the extent to which the examiner relied upon the report for his/her ultimate cause-of-death opinion controls whether a defendant has a Confrontation Clause right to cross-examine the author of the report, or an appropriate person from the laboratory, regarding the findings in the report. Significantly, such a position would appear to be at odds with the United States Supreme Court's holdings in Melendez-Diaz and Bullcoming, and our supreme court's recent holding in State v. Griep, 2015 WI 40, 361 Wis. 2d 657, 863 N.W.2d 567, cert. denied, Griep v. Wisconsin, No. 15-126, 2016 WL 100365 (U.S. Jan. 11, 2016).
Griep involved the testimony of a section chief from the Wisconsin State Laboratory, who reviewed not only the report but the raw data of the analyst who had tested the defendant's blood alcohol, and who knew about the relevant procedures and testing protocols. As the certification explains, the holding of Griep did not really address the issue in Heine, VanDyke, and this case, since unlike the lab section chief, a medical examiner untrained in drug testing cannot "do his own analysis and reach his own conclusions," but must necessarily be relying on the analysis and conclusions of the absent lab analyst. (p. 19). The court of appeals, having previously approved the admission of such findings, more or less cops to its mistake (though unfortunately too late for Mr. Heine):
Does a defendant not have a Confrontation Clause right to test those findings by cross examining either the author of those findings or an appropriate person from the laboratory? Does a defendant have a Confrontation Clause right to cross-examine an analyst who provides facts and data introduced at trial and relied upon by a medical examiner for a cause of death opinion only if the examiner relies on the facts and data to a significant extent (VanDyke) but not if an examiner relies on the facts and data to a more modest extent (Heine)? Does a defendant not have a Confrontation Clause right to test the reliability of the facts and data a medical examiner is relying upon, at least in part, as being true and accurate?
(p. 21-22) (citations omitted).
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