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Conundrum: Gay conservatives
Thread starter radcen
radcen
Phonetic Mnemonic ©
Look to your right... I'm that guy.
Where does a gay person go if they're strongly fiscally conservative?
To the Republican Party? They're hardly a gay person's best ally. And the whole fiscal conservative idea seems to have escaped them the last 20+ years, too. These two points make me wonder why a gay person would be a Republican. What else would the Republican Party have to offer them that no one else could?
To the Democratic Party? Not even close to fiscally conservative, but better on social issues.
The social aspect would be important, sure, but the fiscal aspect would affect them more on a mundane day-to-day basis. (I know it's difficult for some to understand there is more to life than just social issues.)
It almost seems like the Libertarian Party would be the better fit for a gay fiscal conservative.
Glen Contrarian
Bernie to the left of me, Hillary to the right, he
radcen said:
"Gay conservative". These days, that's like "Poultry for KFC" and "Health Fanatics for McDonald's".
Glen Contrarian said:
Why is it so far-fetched that a gay person could be responsible with money?
Patrickt
Oaxaca, Mexico
And care about his country?
Patrickt said:
San Antonio Texas
Cause not all homosexual people are just fiscally conservative. Maybe you should stop trying to neat box people based on your preconceived notions of what's best for them.
poweRob
USMC 1988-1996
They are called Log Cabin Republicans. They've been around for some time.
blaxshep
Huh? I'm sure there are a butt load of gay conservatives out there.
Renae said:
Where did I say, or suggest, or imply, that they "all" are? Of course not all are, duh!, but clearly some are primarily fiscally conservative, and this thread is about them.
Seems someone is a tad thin-skinned.
poweRob said:
Right. And I chose to not go with the common name because I don't see how the Reps represent them. Can you address the question?
Yes, and it ain't me. If this thread is purely about fiscally conservative gay folks, well have fun. I'll leave it be.
I would think they'd be libertarian. Gay republicans tend to be the lying deceitful closeted gays who are dictating morality to everyone then telling everyone how gays will all go to hell and how evil butt sex is right before they get busted doing meth with their gay prostitute.
Wow, you thought about this a lot.
Skeptic Bob
Libertarian - Left
Of parties I can think of off the top of my head the Libertarian party would seem to be the best fit for fiscally conservative members of the LGBT community. There was a time when the Log Cabin Republicans perhaps made sense. But given the Republican's newest platform it really doesn't.
And here is a press release by the Log Cabin Republicans regarding the new platform changes.
Log Cabin Republicans | Log Cabin Republicans to GOP Platform Committee in USA Today: SAD!
blaxshep said:
Nah... I just read the news.
Evangelical Leader Admits to Buying Meth, Receiving Massage From Gay Escort
RetiredNSmilin
They should join the LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS. A gay Republican conservative group.
I had not heard about them until I saw an episode on American Dad about them.
(looking for a link)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_Cabin_Republicans
If you can find a decent one with the short musical number (1:22 min) Gregg & Terry do in the episode of American Dad, it is precious.
RetiredNSmilin said:
Read up the thread a couple posts.
The GOP has been walking a fine line for some time. There are two third parties that together make up what the GOP actually is. The Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party. The Libertarian Party is the fiscally conservative party that is what the GOP only TALKS like but never walks the walk. The Constitution Party is the God party that wants evangelical social conservatism to rule over everyone. THAT is the party that the GOP leans towards emulating. Not the Libertarians. And it's going to bite them in the ass this election.
Beaudreaux
Preserve Protect Defend
veni, vidi, volo - now back in NC
I'm not gay, but I'm in the exact position you spell out for gay fiscal conservatives. My impression is, unless gay fiscal conservatives have at least a few crazy genes, they won't fit into the Libertarian Party either. Have you watched the YouTube video's of their official convention? If I remember correctly, they had a fat Viking looking guy in his undies giving a speech about something.
Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl3ylFtOius BE WARNED - NSFW - FAT GUY IN HIS G-STRING
not real diplomatic with the wording....
Has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with LGBT rights.
My apologies. I made the post without reading the whole thread first.
This isn't the first time I screwed up like this.
Sometimes I shoot off a passionate reply, then wind up reading a Mod Warning on page 8 or so, saying to NOT DO, what I just did.
I do it all the time in the long threads. I'll start reading at the beginning and start commenting on those posts and it'll have been hashed over already 75 pages later. lol
Anti-Socialist
Dungeon Master
El Paso Strong
Or even religious or more socially conservative on other issues like abortion?


After 8 months of kvetching and wondering I decided that the the 'why' was really a 'why the hell not?' so I booked 10 days in a Maui bungalow to start, then I looked for a cheap one way ticket.
I'm blessed with a job and a life that is not strictly tethered to one location – just decent WiFi. I sold or gave away 85% of my possessions and headed west to Maui 6 days ago.
I'm still arriving. You know, in the existential sense.
I've also been working on my relationship to ambiguity (as in trying not to wrestle it to the ground and force it into a nice neat controllable situation). Ain't nothing in this life that is for sure 'cept death and taxes, so why fight it eh?
I could never say that this walkabout has been on my own steam. Not by a long shot. I'm blessed with friends & family who helped me sell my stuff, move my stuff, store my stuff, provided a mailing address, surprised me with birthday/travel gift$, wrangled my car and drove me to the airport. I also have an amazing team who covered projects so I could take my first real vacation in years. It takes a village yo!
Stepping onto the plane at 6:30am I was groggy but still awake enough to wonder WTF I was doing. Then I got the back row of the plane all to myself and watched movies which knocked out the part of me that still thought this was a crazy idea. Distractions can be lovely.
A tail wind and a half empty plane made for a quick 5 ish hour flight to OGG (Kahului airport Maui). No turning back now lady! The valley isle awaits! Also waiting was my 2004 Toyota Echo which I nicknamed "The Tuna Can". She makes a funny sound in reverse, has seen better rust-free days but the A/C works and doesn't scream 'Rob me I'm a tourist". Also the price was right. When in Hawaii – do as the locals do – don't be a jerky tourist.
Aloha Hawaii! So many vowels and glottal stops! I love you already even if I feel like I'm not really here yet and there are ants crawling all over my laptop.
If you are going to Maui you'll need a car. The folks at Maui Car Rental / No Ka Oi Motors have been fantastic!


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'E' is for Eckoes
Hypnotic, infectious and stunning; the music of Eckoes sounds as if it comes from another world. Her deep, soulful electronica combines with pop hooks, dance beats and glorious vocals to entrance and enthrall.
London based Eckoes is an artist you may have heard of already. If not, she is someone you will definitely be hearing more of in the future. A successful songwriter for other artists, she has recently been scouted by Grammy Award winning producer Naughty Boy. This is in addition to being a FAC Advocate Artist who helps and advise other up and coming artists. Oh, and then of course there is her own music, which is incredible and has received support from 6Music and BBC Introducing as well as a slew of glowing and effusive posts from legitimate tastemakers.
Eckoes' music has evolved over the years; her pop skin has been stripped back, exposing her bare electro endoskeleton to the world. In so doing, Eckoes has revealed a sound that is altogether darker, more intense and bewitching.
Taken from her forthcoming EP, Eckoes' latest single "Black & Red" is a stark and seductively dangerous slice of electronica. Dystopian in its sensibility, it could easily be the soundtrack to a dark sci-fi opera (think Blade Runner meets Event Horizon). It is absolutely perfect for that moment where we focus entirely on the protagonist and blur the surroundings. It feels like being being isolated and alone whilst surrounded by the incessant noise and hubbub of a densely populated megalopolis. The layered, almost choral, vocal is utterly captivating. A thing of pristine beauty in this otherwise dark and twisted world.
The melody glows and hums like vast neon signs while the sparse, crisp electronic beats pulse like beacons in deep space. At times claustrophobic and intense, at others cinematic and boundless, "Black & Red" is one of those incredible pieces that offers the listener something new on each listen.
Earlier single "S.B.F" has a driving intensity to it. It throbs and pounds with a bristling menace, whilst rippling and undulating with a sensual intoxicity. Startlingly open and honest, it is a track that stirs the emotions, that simultaneously gives in and fights back, standing tall in defiant submission.
Travel further through the back catalogue and you will find the deep rooted pop aesthetic becomes more overt. "Nobody Else" has a delightfully subtle 90s dance feel to it, while "Pieces" is a gorgeously deep soulful cut, complete with an infectious, eyes closed and sing along chorus. Keep travelling back, past the multi-layered "Human", past the sorrowful beauty of "Blue Deep", keep going and eventually you will find a remarkable, and swoonsome, cover of Mr. Mister's 1985 classic, "Broken Wings". Trust us, it's fantastic.
Her music is something we can get lost in. As she takes us to other worlds, to darker places and to the intimate recesses of her soul, the sounds hypnotise and captivate. Hairs stand up on the back of our neck, goose bumps tingle on our arm and our feet tap along incessantly. It is only fitting that an artist as incredible as Eckoes be part of our Alphabet.
Eckoes is playing Birthdays on Friday 14 September with fellow Alphabet Bands favourites, HEZEN and Hydra Lerna.
"Black & Red" is out now and available to buy or stream here.
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Rag'N'Bone Man – "Hell Yeah" feat. Vince Staples
Stop whatever it is you are doing, grab a pair of headphones, plug in and prepare to be blown away by one of the biggest, most polished and chart ready tunes we've heard all year.
Hearing this gave us one of those rare and so exciting 'holy fuck this is just amazing' moments.
On "Hell Yeah" Brighton's Rag'N'Bone Man has bottled soulful-hip-pop lightning and the result is quite remarkable. The vocals are raw and powerful, full of soul and heart, yet still manage to rise up into a little Bond theme-esque moment or two. The use of choral backing vocals to supplement the hook gives it an ever richer, deeper sound that fills every nook and cranny of your cranium. It adds an uplifting element to the darkness and world-weariness that runs throughout the song.
It feels a bit like the aural equivalent of watching The Wire, which as we all know is one of the best TV shows ever created. It's dirty, rundown and desperate, but there's hope, there's light at the end of the tunnel and there's an incredible and surprising soundtrack.
It is, frankly, huge and if, like us, you can't get enough of it, check out his free EP, Wolves as well.
Via Breaking More Waves
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AViVAA – "XX"
Being Norwich based, getting an email from AViVAA threw us somewhat. Initially we wondered what the city's largest employer wanted to talk to us about. Had they formed a choir and were looking for exposure? Was our writing ability so amazing that they wanted to offer us some special insurance cover in case something ever happened that diminished it? Clearly it was never going to be the latter and whilst the former wasn't entirely out of the question (we have had some pretty odd emails in our time on the site), it wasn't actually representatives from the former Norwich Union contacting us at all.
In fact it was an email introducing us to Aviva Payne and Matais Coulter, a pair of 19 year olds from Australia who do a very nice line in muted, distressed electronic pop. The duo has just released their second single, "XX", and while you may imagine it to be homage to or cover of The XX, the influences and comparisons lay elsewhere. Not that they are hidden, for the band themselves acknowledge the likeness to aspects of the work of Lana Del Ray, and it would be churlish to try and pretend they are not there. But there is a lot more to AViVAA than 'they sound a bit like Lana'.
They are not as obsessed with 'vintage' for example, instead focusing on the sensual and soulful melody. The cool electronica glistens next to the soft and wonderfully lazy beat. It's a bit like watching an old swinger dancing in his three-piece suit, hat and tie. Shoes polished impeccably, he glides and swirls perfectly with the rhythm, his moves practiced and precise yet unhurried. He dances with grace and elegance, entirely at his own pace but never out of time.
The harmonies are haunting, disarming even and the whole package is one of sublime beauty. It's delicate, poised and enthralling, a magical and potent elixir that leaves you feeling fuzzy, warm and happy. Aviva's vocals are sultry and seductive, "All I know is that I want to kiss you" she whispers as the piano drips notes effortlessly at our feet. She may not be able to deliver on that, but we've already been kissed by the melody and it felt so good.
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Slow Club – "Complete Surrender" (video)
Last week, just seven short days ago, Slow Club dropped a brand new track on the world and the world went "woah". The pair of Rebecca Taylor and Charles Watson has been together for nine years and it's fair to say that we had not heard anything like "Complete Surrender" from them before.
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Then they went and released a video to go along with it and we realised we were wrong. It does get better.
Take a look below, see what you think but for us, it just hit all our buttons. Drama, invisible violins, topless drumming (it's ok, it is safe for work), dance moves, intrigue, Rebecca channelling ScarJo and looking utterly stunning. The whole thing is just fan-fucking-tastic.
Also, their new album has a song on it called "The Queen's Nose", which we believe is named after the old kids TV show. Literally cannot wait to hear that one.
n.b, this is not an April Fools, this really is a fabulous video and song.
Slow Club's new album 'Complete Surrender' is due out on 14 July 14. You can pre-order it on iTunes and get the title track instantly or head to the Slow Club store for additional exclusives. The pair are playing London's Village Underground on 13 May and tickets are available here.
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Nick Hakim – "Pour Another"
It's been a while since we heard a song quite as onomatopoeic as "Pour Another", the latest offering from 23 year old Nick Hakim, as it immediately evokes images of a glass of red tumbling from the bottle, shoes being kicked off and feet being rested on the coffee table. It's a wonder it doesn't let out an audible exhalation of relaxed relief as it begins.
Taken from his forthcoming debut album, Where Will You Go, it is a gorgeously stripped back tune of soft greys and misty whites. The percussion ebbs gently like a tide against rocks, as the caress of piano and guitars bob effortlessly on an ocean of warm vocals, glistening like sunlight catching the crest of the water's rippling furrows.
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2017 cruise season ended in Kiel on October 21 with a visit from AIDAvita. This year the cruise port was visited on a total of 143 occasions by 29 cruise vessels with a combined total 10 million GT.
The number of travelers embarking or disembarking at port's cruise shipping terminals for the first time passed the half million mark.
In 2018 Kiel will again be the base port for all cruise companies active on the German market. The most frequent callers will be the vessels of AIDA, MSC and TUI Cruises.
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package com.swfarm.biz.paypal.srv.impl;

import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.hibernate.criterion.DetachedCriteria;
import org.hibernate.criterion.Order;
import org.hibernate.criterion.Restrictions;

import com.paypal.sdk.core.nvp.NVPDecoder;
import com.paypal.sdk.core.nvp.NVPEncoder;
import com.paypal.sdk.exceptions.PayPalException;
import com.paypal.sdk.profiles.APIProfile;
import com.paypal.sdk.profiles.ProfileFactory;
import com.paypal.sdk.services.NVPCallerServices;
import com.swfarm.biz.chain.bo.CustomerOrder;
import com.swfarm.biz.chain.bo.CustomerOrderItem;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.bo.PayPalAccount;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.bo.PayPalBalance;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.bo.PayPalTransaction;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.bo.SearchPayPalTransactionsCriteria;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.dao.PayPalAccountDao;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.dao.PayPalTransactionDao;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.dto.ExpressCheckoutDetails;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.dto.PayPalPaymentInfo;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.dto.SearchTransactionCriteria;
import com.swfarm.biz.paypal.srv.PayPalNvpService;
import com.swfarm.pub.framework.PaginationSupport;
import com.swfarm.pub.framework.srv.PersistenceService;
import com.swfarm.pub.utils.DateParser;

public class PayPalNvpServiceImpl implements PayPalNvpService {

	static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PayPalNvpServiceImpl.class);

	private PayPalAccountDao payPalAccountDao;

	private PayPalTransactionDao payPalTransactionDao;

	private PersistenceService persistenceService;

	public void setPayPalAccountDao(PayPalAccountDao payPalAccountDao) {
		this.payPalAccountDao = payPalAccountDao;
	}

	public void setPayPalTransactionDao(PayPalTransactionDao payPalTransactionDao) {
		this.payPalTransactionDao = payPalTransactionDao;
	}

	public void setPersistenceService(PersistenceService persistenceService) {
		this.persistenceService = persistenceService;
	}

	public NVPCallerServices getDevNVPCallerServices(PayPalAccount payPalAccount) {
		NVPCallerServices caller = new NVPCallerServices();
		try {
			APIProfile profile = ProfileFactory.createSignatureAPIProfile();
			profile.setAPIUsername(payPalAccount.getApiUsername());
			profile.setAPIPassword(payPalAccount.getApiPassword());
			profile.setSignature(payPalAccount.getSignature());
			profile.setEnvironment("sandbox");
			caller.setAPIProfile(profile);
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return caller;
	}

	public NVPCallerServices getNVPCallerServices(PayPalAccount payPalAccount) {
		NVPCallerServices caller = new NVPCallerServices();
		try {
			APIProfile profile = ProfileFactory.createSignatureAPIProfile();
			profile.setAPIUsername(payPalAccount.getApiUsername());
			profile.setAPIPassword(payPalAccount.getApiPassword());
			profile.setSignature(payPalAccount.getSignature());
			profile.setEnvironment("live");
			caller.setAPIProfile(profile);
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return caller;
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		NVPCallerServices caller = new NVPCallerServices();
		APIProfile profile;
		try {
			profile = ProfileFactory.createSignatureAPIProfile();
			profile.setAPIUsername("minyudan_api1.gmail.com");
			profile.setAPIPassword("NMV74H3AAZDNVLSG");
			profile.setSignature("AcgvBcfA17aqGULy6oqVcWWqqMMeAqUAB6-Mdvo2ZsYUWoXJwryAhVQ-");
			profile.setEnvironment("live");
			caller.setAPIProfile(profile);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "GetBalance");
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String payPalResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
	}

	private NVPCallerServices getCurrentNVPCallerServices(PayPalAccount payPalAccount) {
		NVPCallerServices caller = null;
		if (payPalAccount.getTestUser()) {
			caller = getDevNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
		} else {
			caller = getNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
		}
		return caller;
	}

	public PayPalBalance getBalance(PayPalAccount payPalAccount) {
		PayPalBalance payPalBalance = new PayPalBalance();
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "GetBalance");
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String payPalResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
			NVPDecoder resultValues = new NVPDecoder();
			resultValues.decode(payPalResponse);
			String strAck = resultValues.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				String amount = (String) resultValues.get("L_AMT0");
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(amount)) {
					payPalBalance.setAmount(new Double(amount));
				}
				String currencyCode = (String) resultValues.get("L_CURRENCYCODE0");
				payPalBalance.setCurrencyCode(currencyCode);
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return payPalBalance;
	}

	public PayPalTransaction getTransactionDetails(PayPalAccount payPalAccount, String transactionId) {
		PayPalTransaction payPalTransaction = null;
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "GetTransactionDetails");
			encoder.add("TRANSACTIONID", transactionId);
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String ppresponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
			NVPDecoder resultValues = new NVPDecoder();
			resultValues.decode(ppresponse);
			String strAck = resultValues.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				String payerEmail = (String) resultValues.get("EMAIL");
				String receiverEmail = (String) resultValues.get("RECEIVEREMAIL");
				String payerId = (String) resultValues.get("PAYERID");
				String payerBusinessName = (String) resultValues.get("RECEIVERBUSINESS");
				String firstName = (String) resultValues.get("FIRSTNAME");
				String lastName = (String) resultValues.get("LASTNAME");
				String parentTransactionId = (String) resultValues.get("PARENTTRANSACTIONID");
				String shipToName = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTONAME");
				String shipToStreet = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTOSTREET");
				String shipToStreet2 = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTOSTREET2");
				String shipToCity = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTOCITY");
				String shipToState = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTOSTATE");
				String shipToZip = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTOZIP");
				String shipToCountryCode = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTOCOUNTRYCODE");
				String shipToPhoneNumber = (String) resultValues.get("SHIPTOPHONENUM");
				String orderTime = (String) resultValues.get("ORDERTIME");
				String currencyCode = (String) resultValues.get("CURRENCYCODE");
				String grossAmount = (String) resultValues.get("AMT");
				String feeAmount = (String) resultValues.get("FEEAMT");
				String taxAmount = (String) resultValues.get("TAXAMT");
				String settleAmount = (String) resultValues.get("SETTLEAMT");
				String exchangeRate = resultValues.get("EXCHANGERATE");
				String paymentStatus = resultValues.get("PAYMENTSTATUS");
				String protectionEligibility = (String) resultValues.get("PROTECTIONELIGIBILITY");
				String pendingReason = (String) resultValues.get("PENDINGREASON");
				String invoiceNumber = (String) resultValues.get("INVNUM");
				String custom = (String) resultValues.get("CUSTOM");
				String note = (String) resultValues.get("NOTE");
				payPalTransaction = this.findPayPalTransactionByTransactionId(transactionId);
				if (payPalTransaction == null) {
					payPalTransaction = new PayPalTransaction();
				}
				payPalTransaction.setPayerEmail(payerEmail);
				payPalTransaction.setReceiverEmail(receiverEmail);
				payPalTransaction.setTransactionId(transactionId);
				payPalTransaction.setParentTransactionId(parentTransactionId);
				payPalTransaction.setPayerId(payerId);
				payPalTransaction.setPayerName(payerBusinessName);
				payPalTransaction.setPayerFirstName(firstName);
				payPalTransaction.setPayerLastName(lastName);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToName(shipToName);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToStreet(shipToStreet);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToStreet2(shipToStreet2);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToCity(shipToCity);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToState(shipToState);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToZip(shipToZip);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToCountryCode(shipToCountryCode);
				payPalTransaction.setShipToPhoneNumber(shipToPhoneNumber);
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(orderTime)) {
					if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(orderTime)) {
						orderTime = orderTime.replace('T', ' ');
						orderTime = orderTime.replace("Z", "");
						Date payDate = DateParser.getDate(orderTime);
						if (payDate != null) {
							payPalTransaction.setOrderTime(new Timestamp(payDate.getTime()));
						}
					}
				}
				payPalTransaction.setCurrencyCode(currencyCode);
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(grossAmount)) {
					payPalTransaction.setGrossAmount(new Double(grossAmount));
				}
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(feeAmount)) {
					payPalTransaction.setFeeAmount(new Double(feeAmount));
				}
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(taxAmount)) {
					payPalTransaction.setTaxAmount(new Double(taxAmount));
				}
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(exchangeRate)) {
					payPalTransaction.setExchangeRate(new Double(exchangeRate));
				}
				payPalTransaction.setPaymentStatus(paymentStatus);
				payPalTransaction.setProtectionEligibility(protectionEligibility);
				payPalTransaction.setPendingReason(pendingReason);
				payPalTransaction.setInvoiceNumber(invoiceNumber);
				payPalTransaction.setCustom(custom);
				payPalTransaction.setNote(note);
				this.savePayPalTransaction(payPalTransaction);
				logger.warn("transaction [" + transactionId + "] detail synchronized");
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return payPalTransaction;
	}

	public List<PayPalTransaction> searchTransactions(PayPalAccount payPalAccount,
			SearchTransactionCriteria searchTransactionCriteria) {
		List<PayPalTransaction> payPalTransactions = new ArrayList<PayPalTransaction>();
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "TransactionSearch");
			encoder.add("TRXTYPE", "Q");
			if (searchTransactionCriteria.getStartDate() != null) {
				Calendar startDateObj = Calendar.getInstance();
				startDateObj.setTime(searchTransactionCriteria.getStartDate());
				encoder.add("STARTDATE", startDateObj.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "-" + (startDateObj.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
						+ "-" + startDateObj.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + "T00:00:00Z");
			}
			if (searchTransactionCriteria.getEndDate() != null) {
				Calendar endDateObj = Calendar.getInstance();
				endDateObj.setTime(searchTransactionCriteria.getEndDate());
				encoder.add("ENDDATE", endDateObj.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "-" + (endDateObj.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "-"
						+ endDateObj.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + "T24:00:00Z");
			}
			if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(searchTransactionCriteria.getTransactionId())) {
				encoder.add("TRANSACTIONID", searchTransactionCriteria.getTransactionId());
			}
			if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(searchTransactionCriteria.getBuyerEmail())) {
				encoder.add("EMAIL", searchTransactionCriteria.getBuyerEmail());
			}
			if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(searchTransactionCriteria.getReceiverEmail())) {
				encoder.add("RECEIVER", searchTransactionCriteria.getReceiverEmail());
			}
			if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(searchTransactionCriteria.getStatus())) {
				encoder.add("STATUS", searchTransactionCriteria.getStatus());
			}
			String strNVPRequest = encoder.encode();
			String strNVPResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPRequest);
			NVPDecoder resultValues = new NVPDecoder();
			resultValues.decode(strNVPResponse);
			String strAck = resultValues.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				int intCount = 0;
				while (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(resultValues.get("L_TRANSACTIONID" + intCount))) {
					String transactionId = resultValues.get("L_TRANSACTIONID" + intCount);
					String status = resultValues.get("L_STATUS" + intCount);
					String payerName = resultValues.get("L_NAME" + intCount);
					String currencyCode = resultValues.get("L_CURRENCYCODE" + intCount);
					String grossAmount = resultValues.get("L_AMT" + intCount);
					String feeAmount = resultValues.get("L_FEEAMT" + intCount);
					String netAmount = resultValues.get("L_NETAMT" + intCount);
					String email = resultValues.get("L_EMAIL" + intCount);
					String type = resultValues.get("L_TYPE" + intCount);
					String tstamp = resultValues.get("L_TIMESTAMP" + intCount);
					String tzone = resultValues.get("L_TIMEZONE" + intCount);
					PayPalTransaction payPalTransaction = this.findPayPalTransactionByTransactionId(transactionId);
					if (payPalTransaction == null) {
						payPalTransaction = new PayPalTransaction();
					}
					payPalTransaction.setTransactionId(transactionId);
					payPalTransaction.setPaymentStatus(status);
					payPalTransaction.setPayerName(payerName);
					payPalTransaction.setCurrencyCode(currencyCode);
					if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(grossAmount)) {
						payPalTransaction.setGrossAmount(new Double(grossAmount));
					}
					if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(feeAmount)) {
						payPalTransaction.setFeeAmount(new Double(feeAmount));
					}
					if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(netAmount)) {
						payPalTransaction.setNetAmount(new Double(netAmount));
					}
					payPalTransaction.setReceiverEmail(payPalAccount.getEmail());
					payPalTransaction.setPayerEmail(email);
					payPalTransaction.setTransactionType(type);
					if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(tstamp)) {
						tstamp = tstamp.replace('T', ' ');
						tstamp = tstamp.replace("Z", "");
						Date payDate = DateParser.getDate(tstamp);
						if (payDate != null) {
							payPalTransaction.setOrderTime(new Timestamp(payDate.getTime()));
						}
					}
					payPalTransaction.setTzone(tzone);
					payPalTransactions.add(payPalTransaction);
					this.savePayPalTransaction(payPalTransaction);
					intCount++;
				}

			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return payPalTransactions;
	}

	public void refundTransaction(String transactionId) {

	}

	public String setExpressCheckout(PayPalAccount payPalAccount, CustomerOrder customerOrder, String returnUrl,
			String cancelUrl, String callbackUrl) {
		String token = null;
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "SetExpressCheckout");
			encoder.add("RETURNURL", returnUrl);
			encoder.add("CANCELURL", cancelUrl);
			encoder.add("PAYMENTACTION", "Order");
			encoder.add("ADDROVERRIDE", "1");
			encoder.add("CALLBACK", callbackUrl);
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CUSTOM", customerOrder.getCustomerOrderNo());
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPTONAME", customerOrder.getBuyerFullname());
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPTOSTREET", customerOrder.getBuyerAddress1());
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPTOCITY", customerOrder.getBuyerCity());
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPTOSTATE", customerOrder.getBuyerState());
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPTOCOUNTRYCODE", customerOrder.getBuyerCountry());
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPTOZIP", customerOrder.getBuyerZip());
			int index = 0;
			for (Iterator iter = customerOrder.getCustomerOrderItemList().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
				CustomerOrderItem customerOrderItem = (CustomerOrderItem) iter.next();
				encoder.add("L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NAME" + index, customerOrderItem.getStockKeepingUnit().getName());
				encoder.add("L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_NUMBER" + index,
						String.valueOf(customerOrderItem.getStockKeepingUnit().getArticleNumber()));
				encoder.add("L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_DESC" + index, customerOrderItem.getStockKeepingUnit().getName());
				encoder.add("L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT" + index, String.valueOf(customerOrderItem.getPrice()));
				encoder.add("L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_QTY" + index, String.valueOf(customerOrderItem.getQuantity()));
				encoder.add("L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_ITEMWEIGHTVALUE" + index, "50");
				encoder.add("L_PAYMENTREQUEST_0_ITEMWEIGHTUNIT" + index, "lbs");
				index++;

			}
			Double totlePrice = customerOrder.getTotalPrice();
			Double shippingAmount = 8.00d;
			Double taxAmount = 2.00d;
			Double insuranceAmount = 1.00d;
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CURRENCYCODE", "USD");
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_ITEMAMT", String.valueOf(totlePrice));
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_TAXAMT", String.valueOf(taxAmount));
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_AMT",
					String.valueOf(totlePrice + shippingAmount + taxAmount + insuranceAmount));
			encoder.add("MAXAMT", String.valueOf(totlePrice + shippingAmount + taxAmount + insuranceAmount));
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SHIPPINGAMT", String.valueOf(shippingAmount));
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_INSURANCEOPTIONOFFERED", "true");
			encoder.add("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_INSURANCEAMT", String.valueOf(insuranceAmount));
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONISDEFAULT0", "false");
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONNAME0", "Ground");
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONLABEL0", "UPS Ground 7 Days");
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONAMOUNT0", "3.00");
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONISDEFAULT1", "true");
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONNAME1", "UPS Air");
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONlABEL1", "UPS Next Day Air");
			encoder.add("L_SHIPPINGOPTIONAMOUNT1", "8.00");
			encoder.add("CALLBACKTIMEOUT", "4");
			String strNVPRequest = encoder.encode();
			String strNVPResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPRequest);
			NVPDecoder resultValues = new NVPDecoder();
			resultValues.decode(strNVPResponse);
			String strAck = resultValues.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				token = resultValues.get("TOKEN");
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return token;
	}

	public ExpressCheckoutDetails getExpressCheckoutDetails(PayPalAccount payPalAccount, String token) {
		ExpressCheckoutDetails expressCheckoutDetails = new ExpressCheckoutDetails();
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "GetExpressCheckoutDetails");
			encoder.add("TOKEN", token);
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String strNVPResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
			NVPDecoder decoder = new NVPDecoder();
			decoder.decode(strNVPResponse);
			String strAck = decoder.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				String customerOrderNo = decoder.get("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CUSTOM");
				String payerId = decoder.get("PAYERID");
				String payerEmail = decoder.get("EMAIL");
				String amount = decoder.get("AMT");
				String currency = decoder.get("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_CURRENCYCODE");
				expressCheckoutDetails.setToken(token);
				expressCheckoutDetails.setCustomerOrderNo(customerOrderNo);
				expressCheckoutDetails.setPayerId(payerId);
				expressCheckoutDetails.setPayerEmail(payerEmail);
				expressCheckoutDetails.setAmount(Double.valueOf(amount));
				expressCheckoutDetails.setCurrency(currency);
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return expressCheckoutDetails;
	}

	public PayPalPaymentInfo doExpressCheckoutPayment(PayPalAccount payPalAccount, String payerId, Double totalAmount,
			String currency, String token) {
		PayPalPaymentInfo payPalPaymentInfo = new PayPalPaymentInfo();
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "DoExpressCheckoutPayment");
			encoder.add("TOKEN", token);
			encoder.add("PAYERID", payerId);
			encoder.add("PAYMENTACTION", "Sale");
			encoder.add("AMT", String.valueOf(totalAmount));
			encoder.add("CURRENCYCODE", currency);
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String strNVPResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
			NVPDecoder decoder = new NVPDecoder();
			decoder.decode(strNVPResponse);
			String strAck = decoder.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				String transactionId = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_TRANSACTIONID");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setTransactionId(transactionId);
				String transactionType = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_TRANSACTIONTYPE");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setTransactionType(transactionType);
				String paymentType = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_PAYMENTTYPE");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setPaymentType(paymentType);
				String paymentAmount = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_AMT");
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(paymentAmount)) {
					payPalPaymentInfo.setPaymentAmount(new Double(paymentAmount));
				}
				String feeAmount = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_FEEAMT");
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(feeAmount)) {
					payPalPaymentInfo.setFeeAmount(new Double(feeAmount));
				}
				String settleAmount = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_SETTLEAMT");
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(settleAmount)) {
					payPalPaymentInfo.setSettleAmount(new Double(settleAmount));
				}
				String taxAmount = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_TAXAMT");
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(taxAmount)) {
					payPalPaymentInfo.setTaxAmount(new Double(taxAmount));
				}
				String exchangeRate = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_EXCHANGERATE");
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(exchangeRate)) {
					payPalPaymentInfo.setExchangeRate(new Double(exchangeRate));
				}
				String currencyCode = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_CURRENCYCODE");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setCurrencyCode(currencyCode);
				String paymentStatus = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_PAYMENTSTATUS");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setPaymentStatus(paymentStatus);
				String pendingReason = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_PENDINGREASON");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setPendingReason(pendingReason);
				String reasonCode = decoder.get("PAYMENTINFO_0_REASONCODE");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setReasonCode(reasonCode);
				String sellerPayPalAccountId = decoder.get("PAYMENTREQUEST_0_SELLERPAYPALACCOUNTID");
				payPalPaymentInfo.setSellerPayPalAccountId(sellerPayPalAccountId);
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
		return payPalPaymentInfo;
	}

	public void refundTransaction(PayPalAccount payPalAccount, String transactionId, String invoiceId,
			String refundType, Double amount, String currency, String note) {
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "RefundTransaction");
			encoder.add("TRANSACTIONID", transactionId);
			if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(invoiceId)) {
				encoder.add("INVOICEID", invoiceId);
			}
			encoder.add("REFUNDTYPE", refundType);
			encoder.add("AMT", String.valueOf(amount));
			encoder.add("CURRENCYCODE", currency);
			encoder.add("NOTE", note);
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String strNVPResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
			NVPDecoder decoder = new NVPDecoder();
			decoder.decode(strNVPResponse);
			String strAck = decoder.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				String refundTransactionId = decoder.get("REFUNDTRANSACTIONID");
				String feeRefundAmount = decoder.get("FEEREFUNDAMT");
				String grossRefundAmount = decoder.get("GROSSREFUNDAMT");
				String netRefundAmount = decoder.get("NETREFUNDAMT");
				String totalRefundAmount = decoder.get("TOTALREFUNDEDAMT");
			} else {
				Map responseMap = decoder.getMap();
				String longMessage = (String) responseMap.get("L_LONGMESSAGE0");
				if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(longMessage)) {
					throw new RuntimeException(longMessage);
				}
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
	}

	public void managePendingTransactionStatus(PayPalAccount payPalAccount, String transactionId, String action) {
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "ManagePendingTransactionStatus");
			encoder.add("TRANSACTIONID", transactionId);
			encoder.add("ACTION", action);
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String strNVPResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
			NVPDecoder decoder = new NVPDecoder();
			decoder.decode(strNVPResponse);
			String strAck = decoder.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
				String pendingTransactionId = decoder.get("TRANSACTIONID");
				String status = decoder.get("STATUS");
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
	}

	public void massPay(PayPalAccount payPalAccount, String emailSubject, String currencyCode, String receiverType) {
		try {
			NVPCallerServices caller = getCurrentNVPCallerServices(payPalAccount);
			NVPEncoder encoder = new NVPEncoder();
			encoder.add("METHOD", "MassPay");
			encoder.add("EMAILSUBJECT", emailSubject);
			encoder.add("CURRENCYCODE", currencyCode);
			encoder.add("RECEIVERTYPE", receiverType);
			String strNVPString = encoder.encode();
			String strNVPResponse = (String) caller.call(strNVPString);
			NVPDecoder decoder = new NVPDecoder();
			decoder.decode(strNVPResponse);
			String strAck = decoder.get("ACK");
			if ("Success".equals(strAck) || "SuccessWithWarning".equals(strAck)) {
			}
		} catch (PayPalException e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			logger.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
		}
	}

	public PayPalAccount findPayPalAccount(Long payPalAccountId) {
		return this.payPalAccountDao.read(payPalAccountId);
	}

	public PayPalAccount findPayPalAccountByEmail(String email) {
		DetachedCriteria detachedCriteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(PayPalAccount.class);
		detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.eq("email", email));
		List result = persistenceService.findAllByCriteria(detachedCriteria);
		if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(result)) {
			return (PayPalAccount) result.iterator().next();
		} else {
			return null;
		}
	}

	public void savePayPalAccount(PayPalAccount payPalAccount) {
		this.payPalAccountDao.update(payPalAccount);
	}

	public void removePayPalAccount(Long payPalAccountId) {
		PayPalAccount payPalAccount = this.findPayPalAccount(payPalAccountId);
		if (payPalAccount != null) {
			this.payPalAccountDao.delete(payPalAccount);
		}
	}

	public List<PayPalAccount> findPayPalAccounts() {
		DetachedCriteria detachedCriteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(PayPalAccount.class);
		return persistenceService.findAllByCriteria(detachedCriteria);
	}

	public PayPalTransaction findPayPalTransaction(Long payPalTransactionId) {
		return this.payPalTransactionDao.read(payPalTransactionId);
	}

	public PayPalTransaction findPayPalTransactionByTransactionId(String transactionId) {
		DetachedCriteria detachedCriteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(PayPalTransaction.class);
		detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.eq("transactionId", transactionId));
		detachedCriteria.addOrder(Order.desc("orderTime"));
		List result = persistenceService.findAllByCriteria(detachedCriteria);
		if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(result)) {
			return (PayPalTransaction) result.iterator().next();
		} else {
			return null;
		}
	}

	public void savePayPalTransaction(PayPalTransaction payPalTransaction) {
		this.payPalTransactionDao.update(payPalTransaction);
	}

	public void removePayPalTransaction(Long payPalTransactionId) {
		PayPalTransaction payPalTransaction = this.findPayPalTransaction(payPalTransactionId);
		if (payPalTransaction != null) {
			this.payPalTransactionDao.delete(payPalTransaction);
		}
	}

	public PaginationSupport findPayPalTransactions(int startIndex, int pageSize) {
		DetachedCriteria detachedCriteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(PayPalTransaction.class);
		PaginationSupport ps = persistenceService.findPageByCriteria(detachedCriteria, pageSize, startIndex);
		return ps;
	}

	public PaginationSupport searchPayPalTransactions(SearchPayPalTransactionsCriteria criteria, int startIndex,
			int pageSize) {
		DetachedCriteria detachedCriteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(PayPalTransaction.class);
		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(criteria.getReceiverEmail())) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.eq("receiverEmail", criteria.getReceiverEmail()));
		}
		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(criteria.getPayerEmail())) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.eq("payerEmail", criteria.getPayerEmail()));
		}
		if (criteria.getPaymentStatuses() != null && criteria.getPaymentStatuses().length > 0) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.in("paymentStatus", criteria.getPaymentStatuses()));
		}
		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(criteria.getPayPalTransactionId())) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.eq("transactionId", criteria.getPayPalTransactionId()));
		}
		if (criteria.getStartDate() != null) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.ge("orderTime", criteria.getStartDate()));
		}
		if (criteria.getEndDate() != null) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.lt("orderTime", criteria.getEndDate()));
		}
		if (criteria.getPaymentStatuses() != null && criteria.getPaymentStatuses().length > 0) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.in("paymentStatus", criteria.getPaymentStatuses()));
		}
		detachedCriteria.addOrder(Order.desc("orderTime"));
		PaginationSupport ps = persistenceService.findPageByCriteria(detachedCriteria, pageSize, startIndex);
		return ps;
	}

	public List searchPayPalTransactions(SearchPayPalTransactionsCriteria criteria) {
		DetachedCriteria detachedCriteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(PayPalTransaction.class);
		if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(criteria.getReceiverEmail())) {
			detachedCriteria.add(Restrictions.eq("receiverEmail", criteria.getReceiverEmail()));
		}
		detachedCriteria.addOrder(Order.desc("orderTime"));
		return persistenceService.findAllByCriteria(detachedCriteria);
	}

}

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"I'd rather die in the will of God than to live outside of it."
"By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity."
"Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back."
"Effort, weakness, trust, victory: that's my biography."
"Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God."
"In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain."
"I know of nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to my God till death, still to be a soul winner, still to be a true herald of the cross, and testify the name of Jesus to the last hour. It is only such who in the ministry shall be saved."
"He that seeketh anything else but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow."
"Oh! it irradiates all our days with lofty beauty, and it makes them all hallowed and divine, when we feel that not the apparent greatness, not the prominence nor noise with which it is done, nor the external consequences which flow from it, but the motive from which it flowed, determines the worth of our deed in God's eyes. Faithfulness is faithfulness, on whatsoever scale it be set forth."
"There is no man living that can do the work that God has got for me to do. No one can do it but myself. And if the work ain't done we will have to answer for it when we stand before God's bar."
"Let us remember, there is One who daily records all we do for Him, and sees more beauty in His servants' work than His servants do themselves... And then shall His faithful witnesses discover, to their wonder and surprise, that there never was a word spoken on their Master's behalf, which does not receive a reward."
"Unless we are firmly anchored in the Rock of Ages, unless we trust in the living God, unless we are vigilant in prayer and fellowship with God, the enemy will be able to vanquish our children."
"That man is the most immortal who has done the most and the best praying. They are God heroes, God's saints, God's servants, God's vicegerents."
"We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart."


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Critchley Salver
Gerald Micklem Cup
Sunningdale has a rich history of hosting many major amateur and professional events across both courses, since the clubs founding in 1900.
Starting with the 1903 News of the World Matchplay, the club has gone on to host The Walker Cup, The European Open, The Open Championship Qualifying, the Ladies British Open and more recently the Senior Open which the club hosted in 2021.
Today the club boasts a large number of member tournaments along with open competitions including the Sunningdale Foursomes, The Critchley Salver and The Gerald Micklem Cup.
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The last guided tour of the year
New year's eve in Castell'Arquato
Piazza del Municipio - Castell'Arquato
Excursions and guided tours
Culture & Castles
https://castellarquatoturismo.it/
On the last day of the year, to say goodbye to 2021, in Castell'Arquato, on the Piacenza hills, a guided tour of the Rocca Viscontea will reveal the New Year's traditions in the Middle Ages in Italy and in Europe.
The fortress, built to defend the village and highlight the imposition of the Visconti power on the territory, still dominates the town hall square with its over 35 meters in height and makes the profile of the village unmistakable for those arriving from the plain.
At the end of the visit, the last of the year, a toast in the Municipal Enoteca with wines from the Val d'Arda and a taste of Piacenza cold cuts.
The DOC of the valley is called Monterosso, it is actually white vinified still and sparkling wine, that comes from the union of different grapes. It owes its name to the red color of some hills in the valley, which, due to the strong ferrous component of the earth, have a characteristic red color.
PDOs are those that are widespread throughout the province: salami, pancetta and coppa.
Tourist Information Office Castell'Arquato
Piazza del Municipio Castell'Arquato (PC)
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Gay Male Escorts in High Demand at The RNC
Posted by Aaron Kesel | Jul 22, 2016 |
Male escorts are making crazy money at the RNC
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(New York Post)
It's been a great week for gay escorts in Cleveland.
Male prostitutes contacted by The Post said business is booming and Republican National Convention attendees — most of them married — are clamoring for their services.
"Business has been way better. I've seen 10 clients so far," one male escort said.
"Most of them were first-timers. You could tell they were nervous, but once they became more comfortable, they seemed to be having a good time."
Another escort said he had already earned $1,600 since Monday — over six times the amount he usually makes.
"I normally only make $200 to $300, but I've been seeing lots of guys in hotels downtown," he said, noting the boom in business near the Quicken Loans Arena.
The clientele has included mostly married white men between the ages of 40 and 50, said another escort who's seen eight johns so far.
"One of them was from Texas and visiting for the convention. He said he was a politician," he said, claiming he didn't remember the client's name.
One gigolo who charges $250 an hour said he's been making about $800 per day since the convention kicked off — all from men visiting from Florida, Louisiana and Washington, DC.
"Usually I need to go out of town," he said with a chuckle.
Most men paid to have sex, but one client requested to "do his business in the corner" while watching his wife in bed with the escort.
One of the hookers said he wasn't surprised that the convention — filled with politicians who openly oppose gay marriage — brought such a boom in business.
"When it comes to anything people aren't supposed to be doing, they like to do it," the escort said.
"The Republicans have a lot of delegates in the closet, let's put it that way."
But ladies of the night weren't reaping the same benefits.
When contacted by The Post, females for hire said they're making much less money than normal.
"Has business been better for me? Honestly, no," one woman said before abruptly hanging up the phone.
"Business is slower than usual," said another. "I haven't been getting any calls."
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This month's song and artist will be a nostalgic step back in time to celebrate our wonderful endless diversity as one species on this pale blue-dot we've always called home… sung by one of music's most creative, boundary-breaking late artist.
There are two play modes: the long YouTube version or the non-video just audio short version right below.
"Black or White" by Michael Jackson, my epic February 2019 artist and song.


Michael James "Mike" Ellis (born 29 September 1946) is a South African politician and former educator, who has served as Deputy Chief Whip of the opposition Democratic Alliance since 1999, and as the party's provincial leader in KwaZulu-Natal since 2006. Ellis is one of the party's longest serving Parliamentarians, having first entered parliament as a candidate of the pro-Democracy Progressive Federal Party in 1987. Prior to that he was President of the Natal Teachers' Society, and served as headmaster and deputy headmaster at several KwaZulu-Natal schools.
Ellis was born in Pietermaritzburg, and attended Northlands Boys High School and the University of Natal. He graduated with a BA in History and Political Science, and also obtained a University Education Diploma. He later also obtained a B.Ed degree. Upon graduating, Ellis worked as a teacher at Beachwood High School, which later became Northwood School. In 1976 he took up a post as deputy headmaster at Penzance Primary School, and after spending two years as deputy headmaster at Kingsway High School, returned to Penzance to become the school's headmaster. In 1984 he returned to another of his former schools, Beachwood, as head teacher. He was also appointed President of the Natal Teachers' Society.
In 1987 Ellis left teaching to enter a career in politics. He won a seat in the House of Assembly in the Durban North constituency, under the banner of the Progressive Federal Party, and then won the seat again in 1989 under the party's new name, the Democratic Party. Ellis was reelected to Parliament in 1994, in the country's first democratic election. In 1995 he became a party whip in the National Assembly, and he was appointed Deputy Chief Whip in 1999 - a position he has now held for a decade.
During his tenure in Parliament, Ellis has served on numerous portfolio committees, including Health, Education and Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
His current constituency in the south of the province stretches from Scottsburgh to Port Edward, and as far inland as Kokstad, and includes large towns such as Port Shepstone as well as large rural and farming communities.
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When you think about your style and your fashion, you might be inclined to dress up, looking anything but natural. Perhaps you love painting your face with nearly an inch of makeup and becoming a completely new person when you walk out the front door. However, if you do this, you might be missing out on the beauty of a more natural look. What are we talking about here? Well, let's examine some of the key ways you could choose a more natural style and look all the more stunning because of it.
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You might love coloring and dying your hair. Perhaps you like to get highlights, or maybe you love completely altering your style with a brand new redye. Either option could be a great idea, but they certainly won't look natural. For instance, you might choose to dye your hair purple. No matter how hard you try, that's never going to blend in naturally with the rest of your style.
However, there are ways to style and color your hair that are a little more subtle. First of all, you should consider what you're trying to achieve with this style choice. You probably want your hair to shine and to be a little more eye-catching. Well, you can do that with colors that look completely natural. A brilliant style choice that matches this idea would be balayage. Originating from France, this style choice is perfect because the highlights blend in beautifully with the rest of the hair. If people didn't know any better, they could presume they were natural highlights, or you had caught the best rays from the sun.
We're of course talking about makeup. If you want to aim for a natural style, it stands to reason that you can not coat your face in makeup. What you can do instead is use makeup that looks quite natural. An example of this could be the spray makeup that you can buy online. Since it is very subtle, it can make it look as though you're not wearing any at all. However, it will still cover and conceal all the imperfections on your face. While makeup kits like this are expensive, they can be worth it if your aim is to get the natural look.
You might also want to think about the shades of color that you use in your makeup. Lighter colors and pastel shades are going to be more effective at highlighting your natural beauty. If you are using techniques such as contouring, make sure you blend effectively. There are some great videos online that can show you how to blend so that it looks like you have the perfect, high cheekbones.
There are a few natural beauty tricks you can try as well. For instance, it is possible to make your hair shinier without highlights if you use the tea bag trick. The tea bag trick is just a matter of dipping your hair in warm water with, shockingly enough, tea bags. Once you have done this, you should find, after it's dry, your hair is noticeably shinier and has a beautiful gloss.
You might also want to think about using a natural beauty technique to improve your smile. To get a brilliant bright smile, you need super white teeth, but that doesn't mean you have to look at teeth whitening options. Instead, there's a natural tip that you can try. All you need is a little lemon juice and baking soda. Rub it on your teeth, and a few minutes later you can take it off. In about two weeks, they'll look bright and beautiful.
Lastly, let's think about fashion because fashion does play into achieving the natural look. Sometimes, you see this in fashion magazines with 'no makeup' shoots. They don't just change that style choice, the celeb in question often chooses a completely different wardrobe. They tend to choose clothes that are more carefree and laid back. Loose fitting t-shirts, cream colors, and plain outfits are some of the typical options.
The brilliance of this is that it matches a minimalistic style which always looks effortless and chic.
Using this advice, you can achieve the natural style yourself and adopt a completely carefree look. There's a lot of freedom that comes with this choice. You won't have to worry about spending hours getting ready in the morning or being judged when you're seen in a more typical state. You might even gain more confidence in how you appear without all the glamorous choices.


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E. Hatzikos, L. Anastasakis, N. Bassiliades, I. Vlahavas, "Applying neural networks with active neurons to sea-water quality measurements", 2nd Int. Scientific Conf. on Computer Science, Plamenka Borovska, Sofoklis Christofordis (Ed.), IEEE Computer Society, Bulgarian Section, 30th Sep-2nd Oct 2005, Halkidiki, Greece, 2005.
N. Bassiliades, "Semantic Web: Vision and Technologies", 2nd Int. Scientific Conf. on Computer Science, Plamenka Borovska, Sofoklis Christofordis (Ed.), IEEE Computer Society, Bulgarian Section, 30th Sep-2nd Oct 2005, Halkidiki, Greece, 2005.
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Jan 2006 – To update the addresses of all their account holders, the Bank of Kathmandu has awarded the outsourcing contract to bitarak.com. The work entails filtering the addresses of the account holders, verify them and update them for the bank.
Sep 2005 – Nepal Telecom has authorized bitarak.com to set up 101 Samparka Kendras (contact points) in Kathmandu Valley to collect Namaste prepaid mobile phone forms and distribute the sim cards to the customers.


Sohrab Arora, Rajesh Ahlawat. Robot assisted partial nephrectomy for complex renal hilar tumors: Technical caveats. Presented at the North American Robotic Urology Symposium, Las Vegas, February 2017.
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Mani Menon, Deepansh Dalela, Madhu-Ashni Prasad, Marcus Jamil, Akshay Sood, Firas Abdollah, Patrick Karabon, Mireya Diaz, Jesse Sammon, Christopher Tallman, Brad Baize, Andrea Simone, Wooju Jeong. Learning Curve and patient safety monitoring for an experienced surgeon performing a new procedure: results from an IDEAL Phase 3 study comparing two techniques if robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
Sohrab Arora, Rajesh K. Ahlawat, Ronney Abaza, James Adshead, Ben Challacombe, Prokar Dasgupta, Giorgio Gandaglia, DA Moon, Giacomo Novara, F Porpiglia, James Porter, Alex Mottrie, Mahendra Bhandari, Craig Rogers. Trifecta outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in solitary kidney - A GQI-RUS database analysis.
Sohrab Arora, Rajesh K. Ahlawat, Ronney Abaza, James Adshead, Ben Challacombe, Prokar Dasgupta, Giorgio Gandaglia, DA Moon, Giacomo Novara, F Porpiglia, Alex Mottrie, Mahendra Bhandari, Craig Rogers and James Porter. Retroperitoneal vs. transperitoneal robot assisted partial nephrectomy – an propensity score weighted comparison in the GQI-RUS database analysis.
Sohrab Arora, Rajesh K. Ahlawat, Ronney Abaza, James Adshead, Ben Challacombe, Prokar Dasgupta, Giorgio Gandaglia, DA Moon, Giacomo Novara, F Porpiglia, James Porter, Alex Mottrie, Mahendra Bhandari, Craig Rogers. Robot assisted partial nephrectomy for multiple renal tumors – A Vattikuti Collective Quality Initiative database analysis.
Disparities In The Utilization Of Partial Nephrectomy In The United States: A Case For Concern?
Can quantitation and sub-categorization of extraprostatic extension at radical prostatectomy predict biochemical recurrence?
Cortney Wolfe-Christensen, Ph.D., Larisa Kovacevic, M.D., F.A.A.P., Jelena D. Mirkovic, M.D. and Yegappan Lakshmanan, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Lower Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychosocial Difficulties In Children with Nocturnal Enuresis: Is Snoring a Marker of Severity?
Larisa Kovacevic, MD, F.A.A.P., Cortney Wolfe-Christensen, Ph.D., Fe Consolacion and Yegappan Lakshmanan, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Ariella A. Friedman, M.D., Cortney Wolfe-Christensen, Ph.D., Amanda Toffoli, Jack S. Elder, M.D., F.A.A.P. and Yegappan Lakshmanan, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Janae Preece, M.D., Kristina D. Suson, M.D., Ming-Hsien Wang, M.D.
Angela D. Gupta, M.D., Kristina D. Suson,, M.D., and Ranjiv Mathews, M.D.
The Fate of the Complete Female Epispadias and Female Exstrophy Bladder: Is There A Difference?
Kristina D. Suson, M.D. and Ranjiv Mathews, M.D.


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Nigerian architect Kunle Adeyemi has created an innovative floating school to address the impact of climate change and the need for safer, more livable buildings in Lagos.
Six gutsy architects revisited
Who would be a rebel architect, you might well wonder. As it happens, there are several of them out there. Based on a recent series of videos produced by Al Jazeera, six daring architects from diverse parts of the globe are producing work that challenges the norms and makes a great difference to the context in which it exists. DAMN° offers an overview of these individuals and their respective projects, dividing them into two groups and linking the types of practice with the effects that are generated.
Léopold Lambert February 2016
In 2014, Al Jazeera released six 25-minute documentaries forming a series entitled Rebel Architecture. These short films introduce six architects from around the world (Spain, Pakistan, Palestine, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Brazil) who practice their discipline with the acute understanding of its political impact. The differences between sensitivities is palpable and also varies significantly depending on the context in which they operate; yet all share a certain idea of an interventionist attitude through architecture. What they also have in common is a critical reading of state policies and their architectural manifestation (or lack of architectural manifestation), against which they orient their own practices. We can, however, sensibly categorise these six architects into two groups: one that intervenes in lieu of the State, where there is a crucial need for architecture, while the other, through its practice, triggers a more or less explicit antagonism towards the State.
In the first group, we find Yasmeen Lari (Pakistan) – regrettably, the only woman amongst the six architects, Vo Trong Nghia (Vietnam), and Kunle Adeyemi (Nigeria). The three have profitable businesses, designing architectural projects for the favoured economic classes of their respective countries with varying degrees of creative freedom (Nghia's work is notable for its qualitative consistency). They then use the profits generated by this part of their practice to dedicate time and effort to designing architecture for populations in a situation of economic precariousness. Lari partakes in
the reconstruction of villages after severe flooding or destruction by earthquakes. Since 2010, she has participated in the construction of 36,000 houses, using vernacular building techniques and materials rather than importing mass-produced architecture. Nghia also uses the success of his sustainability- oriented practice in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City to experiment with low-cost and qualitative forms of dwelling for inhabitants of the Mekong Delta. The 3,800 houses that his office designs are built thanks to prefabricated elements transported by boat, which can reach areas inaccessible over land. As for Adeyemi, his project for a floating school to provide education to the population of Makoko in the Lagos lagoon obtained him international recognition. The video also shows his project for the Chicoco Radio in Port Harcourt (Nigeria), another audacious building that involved the local community in its design.
Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari taps into local building techniques to reconstruct villages in the flood- stricken Sindh region.
The second group, composed of Ricardo de Olivera (Brazil), Santiago Cirugeda (Spain), and Eyal Weizman (Palestine), emits the real sense of rebellion suggested in the title of the series. de Olivera has the particularity to be a self-taught architect from Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's largest favela. He designs and builds dwellings for himself and for others in this informal settlement, as an alternative to the prohibitive prices of the Brazilian city. The precision and care he demonstrates in the film demystifies the usual imagery associated with the favelas that depicts them as chaotic and dirty aggregations of shanty houses. Cirugeda's office, Recetas Urbanas, is based in Seville, where he has been designing several small buildings that often negotiate their (sometimes temporary) existence through ambiguities in the law. His architectural contributions always encourage and promote a sense of community in the public space. As the film shows, Recetas Urbanas shares the economic uncertainty of the communities with which it works, and sometimes invents new forms of labour and economy in order to make its projects happen. Weizman might be the most influential of all, since he has redefined an entire branch of the discipline by way of his writings and the Forensic Architecture research project that he created and directs at Goldsmiths College in London. The film introduces these two dimensions, beginning with an exposé of the violence of architecture employed by the Israeli government and army to implement the occupation of the Palestinian territories, and then presents the work carried out by Forensic Architecture. The latter intends to produce a scientific-legal discourse on architecture that would allow spatial experts to intervene in geopolitical trials.
Not everyone might separate these architects into two groups as done here, but doing so underlines how architecture can be understood as a political instrument. The strategy that consist of dedicating most of one's efforts to a profitable practice of architecture while finding time for philanthropic projects, is not morally condemnable as such. It might be argued that the former is the condition of the latter, a paying-the-rent tactic that many of us understand all too well.
Eyal Weizman explains architecture's key role in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the evolution of urban warfare.
Although ethical considerations can intervene depending on how these projects are understood, i.e. are they generously offering expertise to people who might or might not need it, or are they involved in a holistic challenge of the political status quo that creates drastic social discrepancies and transmits a sense of urgency to these architectures? The works presented in the second group certainly belong to the latter scenario, which is what gives them a political dimension. Whether they challenge the segregationist association of law and capital in Rio de Janeiro, a hermetic public space in a country violently experiencing an economic depression, like Spain, or a five-decade long military occupation of a territory and its inhabitants, we can see that these works use architecture as a political weapon. Beyond its technical and cinematographic quality, the Al Jazeera series allows us to reflect on what such a practice of architecture might mean.
This article appeared in DAMN°54. Order your personal copy.
Over 100 houses in the community of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro, the city's largest favela, have been built by Ricardo de Oliveira, an untrained yet highly regarded and accomplished architect.
The 'post-nuclear spider' structure at the heart of La Carpa, Seville's first self-built arts space, by maverick Spanish architect Santiago Cirugeda
Vo Trong Nghia attempts to return greenery to Vietnam's choking cities and design affordable homes for poor communities. This is the framework of a low-cost house.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rebelarchitecture
Léopold Lambert is an architect, writer, and editor of The Funambulist Magazine and Archipelago podcast that both examines the politics of the built environment in relation to bodies. He is the author of Weaponized Architecture (dpr-barcelona, 2012), as well as Topie Impitoyable: The Corporeal Politics of the Cloth, the Wall and the Street (punctum books, forthcoming 2015), and La politique du bulldozer (B2, forthcoming 2015).
Gentle power / Radical imagination #61
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Feria Valencia #64
Design fair, Feria Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Erwin Wurm: O Corpo é a Casa #61
Exhibition, CCBB, São Paulo, Brazil.
Italo-Brazilian design at Palazzo Litta
Collection of luxurious furniture made by four 'Linking Minds'


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Мумія: Принц Єгипту () — британсько-американський фільм жахів 1998 року.

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Великий фараон Аменхотеп видав свою дочку за чужоземця на ім'я Талас. Новий принц Єгипту виявився жорстоким і кровожерливим чорним магом. За наказом фараона Таласа вбивають, а на його гробницю накладають вічне прокляття. Але в день Великого параду планет Талас може повернутися до життя, якщо його гробниця буде відкрита. У XX столітті археологічна експедиція знаходить гробницю Таласа. Саркофаг принца перевозять в Британський музей. Наближається день Великого параду планет, коли жахливий дух зла знайде свободу. Мумія оживає і починає холоднокровно вбивати людей і забирати у них нутрощі. Тільки археолог Саманта і детектив Райлі можуть перешкодити новій реінкарнації Таласа.

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From the mailbag — the National Institute on Aging is sponsoring a week-long summer training course on biogerontology, to be held at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Marin County, just north of San Francisco.
It should be an excellent course, although the application process is likely to be competitive — spots are limited, and the course is completely free including travel.
The Summer Training Course provides intense exposure to current concepts in experimental aging research for 15-20 research scientists. It is designed primarily for junior faculty and advanced fellows with at least two years postdoctoral experience in cell or molecular biology or a related field. Senior scientists who wish to learn about current aging research are also welcome to apply.
Each day includes: i) overview lectures on a pivotal topic in modern aging research; ii) development workshops at which trainees present a research proposal, which will be critiqued by workshop faculty with aging expertise; iii) faculty research talks on selected topics. Faculty for the 2018 course include some of the world's leading scientists in the aging and longevity research community.


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Organized agitators infiltrating Iowa demonstrations, police and activists say
Jason Clayworth Tyler Jett
Organized agitators have infiltrated multiple Iowa protests in the past week, inciting violence in connection with what were intended to be peaceful demonstrations, protest organizers, police and city officials say.
There have been clashes with police in Des Moines, Waterloo, Coralville and Sioux City. Two people were shot and killed Sunday during a protest in Davenport, and two other people were wounded, including a police officer ambushed while driving in an alley early Monday morning.
Police have not identified the groups they believe to be inciting the violence in Iowa. But they say they have seen similar tactics at multiple events that have occurred in the state since the May 25 death of George Floyd, an African-American man who pleaded that he couldn't breathe while a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck. The officer was fired and has been charged with third-degree murder.
Some of the disorder appears to be connected to anonymous posts on social media. Last week, for example, the Des Moines Register identified posts urging people to "hit" the Target at Des Moines' Merle Hay Mall, claiming it was somehow complicit in the death of a black teenager who was last seen alive leaving his job there in January, and whose body was later found in the Des Moines River. A demonstration that started in the parking lot of the store Sunday night gave way to vandalism, looting and clashes with police.
In another post, a person using the Facebook handle "Get Gwop Steveo" called for violence, including setting a police station on fire, about six hours before the Davenport shootings. The chat string proposed gathering at a shopping center parking lot in that city, where violence later broke out.
Devell Carl Lewis, one of six people arrested in an alleged ambush shooting that wounded a Davenport police officer early Monday, had shared the Facebook post around 5:15 p.m. Sunday — about five hours before police say the violence began outside NorthPark Mall and a Walmart.
"The incidents of this last night were not about promoting justice and they were not about honoring the memory of George Floyd," Davenport Mayor Mike Matson said during a news conference Monday. "Instead, they were intended to create chaos and purposely inflict damage throughout our community."
On-site inciters
Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek and two Des Moines civil rights activists who have tried to lead peaceful protests in recent days — state Rep. Ako-Abdul Samad and Calvetta Williams — described scenarios in which groups of people strategically park vehicles loaded with riot supplies, including backpacks full of rocks or bottles and masks, near the sites of demonstrations.
They said members of the groups move briefly to the front of crowds and stir emotion with incendiary chants before some throw objects such as rocks.
The members of the groups quickly depart, leaving behind angry crowds, Parizek, Abdul-Samad and Williams said.
Parizek and Abdul-Samad said some of the first examples of such incitement came Friday, when violence erupted after a peaceful demonstration outside Des Moines police headquarters.
Disorder and vandalism has continued following Des Moines demonstrations on the nights since. Police arrested at least 51 adults and 13 juveniles following a demonstration at the Iowa Capitol on Monday.
"These organizations that want to create this chaos don't want to get arrested," Parizek said. "They want to create chaos and then get out and move to the next place to create chaos."
Jail records show those arrested in the demonstrations have been almost exclusively Iowa residents, most of them from metro Des Moines. But nationally, there have been widespread allegations that extremist groups or outside agitators have been behind looting and riots in cities from Seattle to Atlanta.
President Donald Trump in the past week repeatedly has named as a source of the problems the anti-fascist group Antifa — an organization described by the New York Times as a loosely affiliated, far-left group that doesn't have a leader or a defined structure or membership roles.
A social media site that identifies itself as "Des Moines Antifa" has provided information about upcoming local demonstrations and has advised people to "mask up and don't post videos/photos online incriminating your friends and community."
Other information posted or shared on the site advises people to cover tattoos, one alerting readers that the FBI could be seeking news footage.
The Register's efforts to reach Des Moines Antifa have been unsuccessful.
"Absent a positive identification of who is running Des Moines Antifa versus a comparison of who is arrested, we can't confirm" that the group is involved, Parizek said Tuesday. But he added: "You can't help but come to the conclusion that they are connected."
Des Moines activists witness chaos
Williams — a Des Moines resident and an organizer of a peaceful march on Saturday along University Avenue — said her event occurred as planned. But on Sunday night, she said, she witnessed at least one person in a gas mask at the Merle Hay Mall protest whom she believes had destructive intent.
"We would get the kids calmed down and then an older lady in a mask ... would hype them back up. She didn't look like me. She was a caucasian woman," said Williams, who is African-American. "We were trying to get these babies out of here safely and then she would say stuff like, 'You don't have to listen to them. What kind of protest is this?'"
Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad, a Des Moines Democrat who has served as a mediator between demonstrators and police, including at the Merle Hay demonstration, said he has witnessed similar activities. During a press conference with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday, he said the intent of peaceful protesters had been "hijacked" by the outside groups.
Reynolds, a Republican, shared the concern, saying they are "distractors that are here to really cause chaos and take advantage of a horrific situation."
Abdul-Samad said he believes only a small percentage of people at the Des Moines events are inciting violence. He said he does not recognize the people he believes are causing chaos and does not think they are part of the local community.
"What they do is they blend in with the crowd," said Abdul-Samad. "These are people I've never seen before. Never have. I mean, none of them."
Billy Weathers was part of a group of Des Moines-metro artists who organized a Friday rally at the Des Moines Police station. The group's event ended peacefully but hundreds of people congregated at the site afterward. Some destroyed police vehicles and smashed windows of nearby businesses.
Weathers' group has disavowed the violence but maintains that demonstrations are necessary.
"I wouldn't hesitate to be a part of this or actively rally again because of a poor decision by a minute group of people," Weathers said.
Protest turned deadly in Davenport
Jasmine Nicole Kelly, sister of Italia Marie Kelly, who was one of the two people killed in the violence at a Davenport rally Sunday, said her sister was betrayed by people she thought supported her cause.
"My sister is gone because one of you, a protester, shot my sister," she said Monday in a Facebook video.
Italia Kelly had decided to leave the rally after people started to break into businesses. But as she and some friends got into a car, someone fired a shot into the vehicle, killing her, Scott County Attorney Michael Walton said in a statement.
Unlike a mostly peaceful march in downtown Davenport on Saturday afternoon, police said, the rally that began near the Walmart and NorthPark Mall on Sunday night quickly became dangerously violent.
Facebook postings, including the string shared by Lewis, the arrested man, showed some in attendance planned to riot hours before they arrived.
"Because of you guys, I lost my sister," Jasmine Kelly said in her video. "I lost my sister because of you. You. You're so mad at the police, you're hurting everyone else. You're so mad at the police, you guys killed my sister."
Athena Gilbraith, a community organizer in Davenport, said she didn't know about the riot until friends texted her around 10 p.m. Sunday night. She spent the next hours listening to a police scanner, hearing reports of shootings, business break-ins and rioters waving machetes out of car windows.
"I have never heard or seen anything like that in this city ever," Gilbraith said.
Jason Clayworth is an investigative reporter at the Des Moines Register. He can be reached at 515-699-7058 or jclayworth@dmreg.com
Tyler Jett covers jobs and the economy for the Register. Contact him at 515-284-8215 and tjett@registermedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @LetsJett.
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