Greetings from the high-tech Baume Theatre at the Australian National University in Canberra, where we are hosting a day of workshops on technology-enhanced learning, with alliance partner the University of Southern Queensland. I will be talking about "Mentored and collaborative techniques in e-teaching" later in the day. At the moment Jerry Maroulis (USQ) (is presenting on "Supporting science and education students with sustainable solutions by leveraging technology". He made the claim at the start that he gets the students to write their own examination papers. That got my attention, as preparing examinations is stressful for educators.
Jerry gets groups of students to each compose six questions. He then selects the best 84 questions and provides them to all the students. Then 60 of these questions are given to the students in an examination (which can be online). The idea is that the students will select questions that they see as important. The students then feel involved in the process. It should be noted that Jerry just gets the students to provide the questions, he prepares the answers.
What I found most interesting in this was that Jerry is teaching teachers at USQ. It is likely that his students will the go on to use these techniques when teaching their students at secondary schools. It may seem that such advanced techniques using student initiative and technology based learning are not feasible at school. However, those schools are now being equipped with the same computer technology as used at university and the students are no less responsive to being empowered to learn.


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Chrome 62 for Android shows passwords (finally)
Google Chrome 62 for Android comes with a set of new features that Google announced on the official Chrome releases blog a couple of days ago.
The most important feature of the set, if you ask me, is the ability to view and copy passwords that users saved using the mobile web browser.
Earlier versions of the Chrome browser for Android did not come with the functionality, and the only option you had in those versions was to access passwords.google.com to manage saved passwords; this was not really the most user friendly way of handling passwords.
Google rolls out Chrome 62 currently but it may take weeks before the new build is pushed to all user devices.
Chrome users who don't want to wait can download the latest version of Chrome from APK Mirror. Please note that you need to enable the installation of Android apps from unknown sources in the security settings before you can install that version (as it is not distributed through Google Play but a third-party site).
Password management in Chrome version 62.0.3202.73 is available in the settings then. Here is how you manage passwords in Chrome for Android directly:
Tap on the menu icon in the Chrome web browser, and select Settings from the context menu when it opens.
Select Save passwords when the Settings page opens in the mobile browser.
Google Chrome lists saved passwords on the page, but only the name of the site and the email address that you signed up with.
You can tap on any of the saved passwords to open its details page. There you find listed the password as well.
Tap on the eye icon to reveal the password, or on the copy icon instead to copy it (as well as the user name)
Chrome for Android provides the functionality only if the Android device is protected by PIN (or other supported forms of protection).
The two other features that Google highlighted are accelerated downloads, and an option to see data savings in the Chrome menu when the Data Saver feature is enabled. google did not provide any additional information on the download acceleration feature.
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CHEF-KOCH said on October 29, 2017 at 11:25 pm
Finally? This is a bad thing, b'cause Chrome stores the passwords in plain text in other words the database can be read out with proper tools. In my opinion there should be an option to temp. save passwords and of course to encrypt the database with a master password or YubiKey.
Sidney said on October 30, 2017 at 7:26 pm
Passwords are synced with encryption.
Marco said on February 12, 2018 at 9:42 am
Hi Martin, have you already reviewed WebBrowserPassView https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/web_browser_password.html?
I think it's an extremely useful tool to view all your Chrome passwords.
At the same time, it's very scary since it shows that such passwords are apparently not encrypted…
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'North Korea's desire to provoke a nuclear conflict with the U.S. should not be minimized or ignored."
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It is a Broadway tradition that the show must go on. And so the Tony Awards did go on Sunday night as scheduled. But before the show officially started, host James Corden began on just the right note with his heartfelt tribute to those who died or were wounded in this nation's worst mass shooting in Orlando:
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"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
The Missing Subject at the Presidential Primary Debates that is Vital for Americans to Know.
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pain – Purpose and Prose.
It's hard watching other people hurt. I was in Al-Anon for 5 years, a 12-step program to help friends and family members of Alcoholics, and while I was attending meetings I heard so many rock bottoms. Every story is unique to the person. To one, it could sound as mundane as just losing a job, while others could make you question how a human could degrade themselves so severely. In all of my years of hearing the hurt of rock bottoms, one thing I've learned is that they all feel the same.
A person is standing in front of you; broken, shattered and feeling unfixable. Their pain is palpable. Tiredness is heard in every breath. On-lookers can see lifetimes of sleepless nights, restless days and impossible amounts of solutionless problem solving happening behind their eyes. They are beaten and they appear to have lost any resilience or faith they once had.
My husband is in his rock bottom and my heart is breaking for him. While I've been confessing my pain about my father here on these posts, I've been witnessing the slow and yet so steady debasement of my husband's once uncompromising joy for life. There are so many things I want to say to him.
There is a moment in our lives when we get introduced to ourselves. It could be the moment you won an award for a Science Fair project, the time you played too loudly over the jazz band, when you finally gained enough courage to leave your abusive boyfriend, or when you – for the first time – danced naked in your kitchen while eating a pie you baked just for yourself.
Or, when you hit your rock bottom.
Humans are not immortal, but hell, we have a remarkably strong will to survive. I am consistently in awe of our strength, perseverance and this basic human instinct that is so deep-rooted in our genetic makeup that it has kept our species alive for roughly 200,000 years. If when we feel weak, may we find the sliver of energy remaining to access this gift of fire that burns from our ancestral roots. Then feed it with your tenacity.
Meet yourself; the naked, vulnerable, and bruised warrior that has been living in your skin since the dawn of time and hear the lesson that has been whispering in your ear since you were born: You are love.


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'Tron: Legacy' Soundtrack — Most Depressing Daft Punk Album Yet
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It would be a fantastic understatement to say that we've been looking forward to hearing Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack since the project was announced last year. So there was no way we were skipping a listening party and Q&A with Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski (moderated by the film's music supervisor and KCRW Music Director Jason Bentley), co-presented by KCRW and Disney at Apogee Studio in Santa Monica. The French electro duo was not in attendance, though they could have been there without their helmets on, for all we know. Jump below for highlights from the hour-long discussion and music clips from the most highly anticipated soundtrack of 2010. (Sorry, Burlesque.)
Director Joseph Kosinski wanted Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) for the movie's soundtrack not only because he's a giant fan of electronic music, but because of the work Bangalter and de Homem-Christo have done outside of Daft Punk. (Bangalter did the score to the 2002 French movie Irreversible, and the duo made the film Electroma together.) He knew they were "more than just dance music guys… There's a lot going on behind those masks."
Kosinski explained that Disney expressed interest to the band, and when word got back that DP was also interested in the gig, he had a "pancake meeting" with the group at Café 101 in Hollywood to make it happen. They all had the same goal in mind: to create a "classic film score that blended electronic music and classical in a way that had never been done before."
DP recorded the album across the pond at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in England, but the final mix was at Skywalker Ranch (which Kosinski calls "the most gorgeous slave labor camp") in Northern California. Thanks to Daft Punk's music, the folks at Skywalker called Tron: Legacy "the loudest film they've ever mixed."
Creating the soundtrack was a back and forth process that took over two years — Bangalter and de Homem-Christo would send over demos from their England studio to Kosinski in California. One particularly funny anecdote the director shared was the horror he had upon recieving an email from the band saying that they lost all the tracks on their hard drive, and they needed all the demos they had sent to him thus far to be shipped to some random address in France. Kosinksi called DP in a flush, and Bangalter said, "I don't know what you're talking about." Basically, Daft Punk fans are so desperate to hear new Daft Punk music, they'll do whatever they can do get their hands on it.
We know you Punkheads are more interested in the music than anything else — so here it is. Kosinski previewed this track, "Adagio For Tron", which takes place during a flashback sequence in the film. He calls the sweet and sorrowful tune "out of the box" for Daft Punk:
[wpaudio url="//static.idolator.com/uploads/2010/11/10-daft_punk-adagio_for_tron.mp3″ text="Daft Punk – Adagio For Tron" dl="0″] This next track, "Recognizer", was also previewed at the listening party. Kosinski says this track shows up in the film when "3-D really kicks in". It's another threatening-sounding tune, and has some Inception-esque brass horn wails: [wpaudio url="//static.idolator.com/uploads/2010/11/04-daft_punk-recognizer.mp3″ text="Daft Punk – Recognizer" dl="0″] Pretty much all of the soundtrack is as dramatic and somber as these two tracks. ("Derezzed" seems to be the only truly upbeat, cheerful tune on the whole CD.) This isn't Discovery Part II, or similar to any Daft Punk album you've ever heard, but it's a gorgeous mix of classical and electronic. You won't be dancing to this melancholy soundtrack – you may drive furiously in the rain while weeping, though. But still, it's an evocative and cathartic listen. As reported, the band does make a cameo in the movie, though the director had to persuade them to do it. "We have a nightclub scene, which is our [Star Wars] Cantina scene. It made sense that the house DJs would be Daft Punk." "They're guys dressed as robots," he says. "It's not a huge leap." Unfortunately, don't expect any live shows from the duo to promote the soundtrack — Kosinski says it's unlikely. "They want this music married to the picture," he says. "That's the mystique of Daft Punk. But it works for them."Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack drops December 7. The film is released in theaters December 17. Watch the entire Q&A over at KCRW.
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GitHub issues are great for humans to correspond over software, or any other project. At rOpenSci we use an issue based software review system (ropensci/onboarding). Software authors and reviewers go back and forth on the software, making a better product in the end.
As we are managing more package submissions through our system, automated things done by machine, or robot, will be increasingly helpful to keep the system moving smoothly.
A big red flag with automated systems is the annoyance factor. We can try to be smart about this and only remind people when it's really needed.
I've been working on a thing for a while now, it's called heythere. It's a Ruby application that is currently set up to run on Heroku, though you could run it anywhere you want. It's running right now once per day to check to see if it should send any reminders to organizers, authors, reviewers.
heythere is controlled through a series of environment variables that controls GitHub authentication, the first day post reviewer assignment when a reminder should be sent, how many days after reviews are submitted to ask if the author needs any help, and more. Check out the repo for all the env var options.
The Ruby app can be run via a rake task from the command line, or triggered with a scheduler on something like Heroku.
When the app runs, we look for environment variables that you set. If we don't find them we use sensible defaults.
Using the env vars, we grab the issues for the repository you chose, limit to a subset of your choosing based on a series of labels, then compare dates on comments compared to your env vars, and either skip or send of comments on issues.
We use ockokit under the hood to work with GitHub issues.
Change the repo in Rakefile to whatever your repository is.
Create a GitHub personal access token just for this application. You'll need to set a env var for your username and the token. We read these in the app.
Add the task rake hey to your heroku scheduler and set to whatever schedule you want.
You could set up a different GitHub account as your robot so it's clearly not coming from a real person.
I'll continue to improve heythere as we get feedback on its use in ropensci/onboarding. Would also love any feedback from you, internet. Thanks!


"Shadow of Deception" by Sophia L. Johnson is the story of Kazumi, a nineteen-year-old amnesiac who is thrust into a world of clashing powers and deception. After being found as the sole survivor of a mysterious plane crash, Kazumi is left with no memories, not even her own name. Following recovery in the hospital, blood tests reveal that she has a certain genetic mutation that grants her access to an underground society of super-humans, known as the Sarcomeres. However, the Sarcomeres are locked in a secret war with their counterparts, the Neuronics. The Sarcomeres' key to winning this struggle rests with Kazumi, but only if she can recover her memories.
As Kazumi begins training with the Sarcomeres, her hidden genetic potential surfaces, accompanied with hints of her past. However, some of these memories carry darker secrets. Some of these secrets might threaten Kazumi's ties to the Sarcomeres and reveal her origins, however insidious. Can Kazumi balance her loyalties and her past, or will she be torn apart by a dark history?
In "Shadow of Deception," the author had a very clever and intricate web of various plot twists. However, these plot twists were unfortunately easy to spot approaching. In addition to the transparent plot developments, the setting seemed somewhat inconsistent. For two warring factions in the year 2153, it would have made more sense for them to be using weapons besides swords and simple firearms. Despite these shortcomings, it was an engaging read.
I would recommend "Shadow of Deception" by Sophia L. Johnson to people who like action books. It was a relatively quick read and I finished it within two days. The book was the first in The Kazumi Chronicles and I cannot wait to read the next.


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Profile of a three-bay screen wall, with a central fountain in the ground storey, with a strigilated containing wall, supported by a stylobate of three steps, a mask-shaped spring flanked by festoons, and set within a relieving arch ornamented with a fan. On the first storey is a central balustraded balcony, flanked by lotus capital columns, and showing a view to a lotus capital colonnade behind; this area is attended by staffage to give scale. The outer bays of the first storey contain figurative sculpture on pedestals, and are flanked by lotus capital pilasters. There is a frieze of festoons across the entire façade, surmounted by an attic in the end bays, ornamented with busts within oval niches, flanked by bands of scrolled hearts
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
datable to c1768-69
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (233 x 339)
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 69, 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.


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SPECULATION ABOUNDS ON WHO WILL SEEK CHILES' SENATE SEAT
DIANE HIRTH, Tallahassee Bureau Staff Writers Ken Cummins, Steve Nichol, and Linda Kleindienst contributed to this reportSUN-SENTINEL
Lawton Chiles' decision not to seek re-election to the U.S. Senate immediately had many Florida politicians scrambling on Monday to assess their potential in this now wide-open 1988 race.
"The effect will be probably to change a lot of political futures," Lt. Gov. Bobby Brantley said.
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral, had been positioned as Chiles' only major challenger. The Republican Party "has coalesced behind me," Mack said on Monday. "It's been a hell of a day. We felt like we had a cake walk if Chiles had run again," said state Democratic Party Chairman Charles Whitehead, noting polls had shown Chiles running ahead of Mack by a 2-1 margin.
Former two-term Democratic Gov. Reubin Askew is said to be weighing the race and is under pressure from supporters to run. He is, however, formally denying interest.
Five legislators are either in the running or contemplating becoming a candidate.
U.S. Rep. Dan Mica, D-West Palm Beach, is forming an exploratory committee and told Whitehead he is definitely a competitor. Other Democrats scouting the race are U.S. Rep. Larry Smith, Hollywood, and U.S. Rep. Kenneth "Buddy" MacKay, Ocala.
Two Republican legislators, U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum, Altamonte Springs and U.S. Rep. Bill Young, Seminole, also are testing the waters.
"We should have papers filed in a couple of days: Mica for Senate," Mica, a five-term legislator said.
Mica said he would decide in the next two months if he would officially run.
"I'm considering the idea very seriously," said Smith. "For a congressman, it isn't easy. You lose your career if you lose."
If many current legislators decide to run, it would have a major domino effect -- opening up many U.S. House of Representative seats.
Steve Pajcic, the 1986 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, said, "I have received a lot of phone calls from around the state urging me to look at it. I guess I'll take a good look at it."
State Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter, who lost a hard-fought 1980 Senate race in the general election, talked to supporters on Monday about seeking the Chiles' seat. Gunter, who is rumored to be looking at the 1990 governor's race, has drawn the largest number of votes in any statewide race in Florida's history.
"If Gunter wanted to run for the U.S. Senate, most of these people would get out," a Gunter political associate said. "You can't take on Bill Gunter. He's too powerful. He's too well-liked."
The list goes on. Former Democratic attorney general and now Republican Secretary of State Jim Smith, who ran last year for governor, sent out a press release discounting any speculation he was looking at the U.S. Senate seat. He said he will seek re-election of his current post in 1988..
Former Republican U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins, defeated last year, also was mentioned as a possible candidate. She could not be reached for comment.
U.S. Rep. Bill Nelson, D-Melbourne, said he definitely was not interested in running for the U.S. Senate.
In a presidential year where the man at the top of the ticket is expected to have considerable coattails, state Republican Party Chairman Jeanie Austin said, "The scenario is set for a Republican landslide ... This seat is ours."
The last time the GOP took a U.S. Senate seat in Florida was Hawkins' victory in 1980, when Ronald Reagan was re-elected.
C.W. Bill Young


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Golf roundup: Jason Day in 3-way tie for lead at RBC Heritage Classic
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Jason Day is back at the top in a bid for his third PGA Tour title in a month.
Coming off a disappointing Masters, the top-ranked Day shot a 2-under 69 on Friday at the RBC Heritage to share the second-round lead with Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman.
Chappell and Hoffman shot 68s for the second straight day to match Day at 6-under 136..
Luke Donald, tied for the first-round lead after a 66, was a stroke back along with Russell Knox and Patton Kizzire. Donald had a 71. Knox shot a 65, the best round of the week. Kizzire had a 68.
Past tournament champion Matt Kuchar topped the group at 4 under after a 71.
Day has won two of the past three times he's entered, starting with a one-shot victory over Chappell a month ago in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Day followed that with a victory at the WCG-Dell Match Play and was a strong choice to slip on his first green jacket last week at Augusta National. Instead, Day tied for 10th and was never truly part of the drama in Jordan Spieth's late collapse and Danny Willett's triumph.
Now, Day is fighting off the fatigue and finding success again at Harbour Town Golf Links.
"I felt like I was kind of punch drunk a little bit," he said of Thursday's start. "But came out today a lot more alert and on top of it."
That's bad news for the rest of the field because Day has shown there aren't many who can match him when he's playing like this.
"I may be a little bit mentally fatigued, but it's not an excuse," he said. "I need to get out there and hit the shots and focus."
Chappell's pushing on, too.
He has earned more than $1.4 million in 11 events this year, the bulk from two runner-up finishes. Chappell's best showing in his nine other tournaments? A tie for 26th at the Northern Trust Open.
"My game didn't go anywhere," Chappell said. "I'm still on form and really excited to be here and really excited about where things are at."
Hoffman, who held the 54-hole lead here in 2013, had a tying birdie on the difficult par-4 eighth hole, then scrambled for par from the pine straw when his drive on No. 9 landed near the merchandise tent.
"Once you get in the lead, you can't let up, you've got to keep making birdies," Hoffman said. "That's what Tiger did so well during the early 2000s and that's what I'm going to try and do on the weekend."
DULUTH, Ga. — Tom Watson was in position to make PGA Tour Champions history after shooting a 4-under 68 for a share of the first-round lead with Tom Byrum and Mark O'Meara in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.
A week after making his final appearance in the Masters, the 66-year-old Watson is trying to become the oldest winner on the 50-and-over tour. Mike Fetchick set the mark in the 1985 Hilton Head Seniors International on his 63rd birthday.
Todd Hamilton, Jesper Parnevik and Kenny Perry were a stroke back at TPC Sugarloaf.
Spanish Open
SOTOGRANDE, Spain — Spain's Pablo Larrazabal shot an even-par 71 in strong wind to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the European Tour's Spanish Open.
Larrazabal had a 3-under 139 total at Valderrama.
England's Andrew Johnston was second after a 74.


Whereas industrialization plays a major role in economic growth of most countries across the globe, the industrial processes also produce adverse environmental consequences through the release of water and air pollutants. The careless disposal of hazardous substances can also harm the health and wellness of the people who live near the factories. This is the same case that applies to Arab countries where very little attention is paid towards environmental protection and their environmental standards are generally inappropriate. In most instances, the same standards are not implemented effectively. However, not all manfacturing processes are harmful to the environment. centerless grinding, for instance, is a resourceful and careful process.
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With rapid economic development across the globe, many developing countries including Arab countries face a myriad of environmental concerns. One of these concerns is the environmental pollution that comes as result of hazardous technologies or industries that are transferred from the developed nations. Most of these hazardous products are not allowable in the developed nations but are allowed in the developing countries since their environmental legislation is looser. There are even some countries which have no legislation regarding industrial liquid filtration considering that it can be quite hazardous in most instances.
The other major issue here is the rapid proliferation of small scale enterprises in both rural areas and townships. These developments in Arab countries normally create serious water and air pollution effects. Some experts argue that this happens due to lack of sufficient funds and knowledge. However, there are still a lot of concerns with regards to the environment and what people can do in order to protect it.
Air pollution in Arab countries is derived not just from stack pollutant emissions but also from fugitive emissions of pollutants in a small scale. These are the pollutants that are emitted from cement mills, lead refineries, pesticide factories, chemical fertilizer and many others. In countries where inadequate control measures have been put in place, most of these air pollutants are allowed to find their way into the atmosphere.
Since industrial processes in most instances involve the generation of energy, combustion of fossil fuels is a major cause of air pollution in developing countries. For instance, in Arab countries, coal is largely used for not just industrial but also domestic consumption. Most Arabian countries rely largely on direct coal consumption. Of course the types of air pollutants in these countries vary from one industry to the other. The concentrations of the pollutants are also varied.
Inappropriate and careless disposal of industrial wastes can also result in soil and water pollution. Uncontrolled disposal or discharge into water sources and land is what causes pollution. This is again another crucial concern for most Arab countries today. This form of pollution is mainly caused by small scale township enterprises which are very common in most of these countries. Remember, soil pollution can advance and even contaminate ground water sources.
The other problem of soil and water pollution in these developing countries is the transfer of hazardous and toxic materials from developed to developing nations. The countries suffer the adverse effects of pollution. Most developed nations do this because the developing nations might have less strict legislation with regards to environmental pollution.


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' Copyright (c) Microsoft.  All Rights Reserved.  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.  See License.txt in the project root for license information.

Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CodeFixes
Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics
Imports Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.MakeMethodSynchronous

Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Editor.VisualBasic.UnitTests.Diagnostics.MakeMethodSynchronous
    Public Class MakeMethodSynchronousTests
        Inherits AbstractVisualBasicDiagnosticProviderBasedUserDiagnosticTest

        Friend Overrides Function CreateDiagnosticProviderAndFixer(workspace As Workspace) As (DiagnosticAnalyzer, CodeFixProvider)
            Return (Nothing, New VisualBasicMakeMethodSynchronousCodeFixProvider())
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestTaskReturnType() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Async Function [|Goo|]() As Task
    End Function
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestTaskOfTReturnType() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Async Function [|Goo|]() As Task(of String)
    End Function
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Function Goo() As String
    End Function
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestSecondModifier() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Public Async Function [|Goo|]() As Task
    End Function
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Public Sub Goo()
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestFirstModifier() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Async Public Function [|Goo|]() As Task
    End Function
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Public Sub Goo()
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestRenameMethod() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Async Sub [|GooAsync|]()
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestRenameMethod1() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Async Sub [|GooAsync|]()
    End Sub

    Sub Bar()
        GooAsync()
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
    End Sub

    Sub Bar()
        Goo()
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestSingleLineSubLambda() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Action(of Task) =
            Async [|Sub|]() Return
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Action(of Task) =
            Sub() Return
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestSingleLineFunctionLambda() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Func(of Task) =
            Async [|Function|]() 1
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Func(of Task) =
            Function() 1
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestMultiLineSubLambda() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Action(of Task) =
            Async [|Sub|]()
                Return
            End Sub
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Action(of Task) =
            Sub()
                Return
            End Sub
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        Public Async Function TestMultiLineFunctionLambda() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Func(of Task) =
            Async [|Function|]()
                Return 1
            End Function
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System
Imports System.Threading.Tasks

Class C
    Sub Goo()
        dim f as Func(of Task) =
            Function()
                Return 1
            End Function
    End Sub
End Class",
ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        <WorkItem(13961, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13961")>
        Public Async Function TestRemoveAwaitFromCaller1() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Async Function [|GooAsync|]() As Task
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Await GooAsync()
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Sub Goo()
    End Sub

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Goo()
    End Sub
End Class", ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        <WorkItem(13961, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13961")>
        Public Async Function TestRemoveAwaitFromCaller2() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Async Function [|GooAsync|]() As Task
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Await GooAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Sub Goo()
    End Sub

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Goo()
    End Sub
End Class", ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        <WorkItem(13961, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13961")>
        Public Async Function TestRemoveAwaitFromCaller3() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Async Function [|GooAsync|]() As Task
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Await Me.GooAsync()
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Sub Goo()
    End Sub

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Me.Goo()
    End Sub
End Class", ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        <WorkItem(13961, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13961")>
        Public Async Function TestRemoveAwaitFromCaller4() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Async Function [|GooAsync|]() As Task
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Await Me.GooAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Sub Goo()
    End Sub

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Me.Goo()
    End Sub
End Class", ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        <WorkItem(13961, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13961")>
        Public Async Function TestRemoveAwaitFromCallerNested1() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Async Function [|GooAsync|](i As Integer) As Task(Of Integer)
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Await GooAsync(Await GooAsync(0))
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Function Goo(i As Integer) As Integer
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Goo(Goo(0))
    End Sub
End Class", ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function

        <Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.CodeActionsMakeMethodSynchronous)>
        <WorkItem(13961, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13961")>
        Public Async Function TestRemoveAwaitFromCallerNested2() As Task
            Await TestInRegularAndScriptAsync(
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Async Function [|GooAsync|](i As Integer) As Task(Of Integer)
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Await Me.GooAsync(Await Me.GooAsync(0).ConfigureAwait(false)).ConfigureAwait(false)
    End Sub
End Class",
"Imports System.Threading.Tasks;

Public Class Class1
    Function Goo(i As Integer) As Integer
    End Function

    Async Sub BarAsync()
        Me.Goo(Me.Goo(0))
    End Sub
End Class", ignoreTrivia:=False)
        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace


text:
Pentagon: No Link Between Rumsfeld, Iraq Abuses
By Liane Hansen
The Pentagon issues a denial of charges that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld began a secret program to collect intelligence from foreign detainees independently of the CIA. The report, in a New Yorker article by Seymour M. Hersh, describes Rumsfeld approving the use of Special Access Programs personnel for interrogations in Iraq. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Hersh.
Liane Hansen
Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.
Florida, other states face steep challenges as Medicaid coverage cliff approaches


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Van Noy tells Maine fans he's proud of achievements, excited for Patriots' future
Ernie Clark | BDN
Kyle Van Noy of the New England Patriots signs a jersey worn by 9-year-old Shawn Green of Hancock during an appearance in Brewer on Tuesday night.
By Ernie Clark, BDN Staff • June 26, 2019 6:01 am
New England linebacker, a two-time Super Bowl champion, entertains crowd at Townsquare Media event
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Kyle Van Noy understands that when he makes a public appearance in New England, his audience usually wants to know about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick more than they do about him.
The 28-year-old outside linebacker out of Brigham Young University is fully understanding. He has won just two Super Bowls in his three seasons with the New England Patriots while the team's legendary quarterback and head coach have combined to win six Lombardi trophies.
"I've got plenty of stories for both of them," Van Noy told a gathering of fans hosted by Townsquare Media on Tuesday night at Jeff's Catering in Brewer. "We could be here all night talking about them, that's for sure, but I'm happy to do it. They've earned it. Tom's played forever and Bill's coached forever and they've been the best at what they've done so I'm happy to do it."
But Van Noy, a second-round draft pick of the Detroit Lions in 2014 who was traded to the Patriots midway through the 2017 season, also shared insights about his commitment to the reigning National Football League dynasty and what has set it apart from the other 31 teams.
"It's hard but it's rewarding," he said. "You sacrifice a lot of family time and different things like that to the game. You've got to love football and if you do so like I love football it's OK. You get used to it, and winning cures all."
Van Noy is coming off his best season in 2018 when he had 36 quarterback pressures and 34 run stops while seeing more playing time than any other Patriots linebacker.
He performed even better during the team's postseason run. He posted 10 tackles, including two quarterback sacks, and a forced fumble in New England's 37-31 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. He followed that up with three tackles (1 sack) and five quarterback pressures during the team's 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
That the Patriots came up so big defensively against the Rams came as no surprise to Van Noy, particularly given how they had played a year earlier in their 41-33 loss Super Bowl LII loss to the Philadelphia Eagles — an offensive shootout in which the teams combined for 1,151 yards.
"There's no one harder on each other than we are," Van Noy said. "It's even crazier when you get into a room the next year like we did, and I knew everybody was hungry because we lost that game and the way we lost it. It sucked, so when we got to the Super Bowl against the Rams I already knew what was going to happen because of the mindset the defenders had going into that game.
"We were not about to let that happen again."
Van Noy and the other veterans on the Patriots' roster are scheduled to report to training camp for the 2019 season on July 24. And while Van Noy was a bit weary Tuesday night after a cross-country trip to Maine from his California home, talk of the upcoming season briefly swept the fatigue away.
"I think us turning the page and focusing on this next season, we're excited about it," he said. "We've got a really good group. We're returning a lot of guys, we've also lost a lot of guys, but we're confident with the group we have.
"The core is still there and we're excited for the future. There's going to be a lot of young players that are going to be good and the old players are going to step their games up — like myself."
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Erdan Denies New 'Gas Mask Tax'
Minister says there won't be a new tax to cover the 300 million cost of gas masks. 40% still without protection.
Maayana Miskin
Aug 6, 2013, 5:44 PM (GMT+3)
Home Front CommandGilad ErdanPreparednessAmnon CohenGas MaskTax Increase
Gas masks in Israeli school drill (file)Israel news photo: Flash 90
The Ministry for Home Front Defense may ask the government to impose higher taxes in order to purchase millions more gas masks, it was revealed Tuesday during a meeting of the Knesset's State Control Committee.
The extra tax would come in the form of an increased Bituach Leumi (National Insurance Institute) payment.
According to Home Front Command data, roughly 40% of Israelis do not have up-to-date gas masks. The cost of supplying gas masks to those millions of Israelis is estimated at 300 million shekels.
The army estimates that it will need an additional 300 million shekels each year to refresh old gas mask systems.
MK Amnon Cohen of Shas was outraged by the proposal. "This is crazy. They've imposed enough budget cuts and economic burdens on the public… The state must bear the cost of the gas masks," he argued.
Cohen also spoke about the State Comptroller's report on Home Front preparedness. The lack of preparedness indicated by the report is worrying, he said, "It's very concerning that citizens' safety is not certain. Nobody is taking responsibility… I pray to G-d that there will not be attacks that expose the failures."
Minister of Home Front Defense Gilad Erdan said the Comptroller's report has guided him since he came into office.
In any future war, hundreds or thousands of missiles will hit Israel, he warned – including major population centers and strategic installations.
"It's been seven years since the Second Lebanon War and we still don't have a law that regulates Home Front activity," he warned. However, he added, "I am sure that the Prime Minister will make a significant decision in the near future… The lessons from the Second Lebanon War have been learned."
"Delegating authority properly could save lives," he said.
Erdan later clarified that while ministry officials had discussed the possibility of funding gas masks with a new tax, his ministry will not be asking the government to impose new taxes.


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Barinder Rasode, Director of Social Responsibility for the Resource Works Society, is encouraging Vancouverites to come out to the Race for Resources fundraising event to help fund research and create fact-based information on the contribution of responsible resource development and extraction.
That good cause involves the work done by Barinder and her team at Resource Works Society, providing fact-based information to the news media as well as the community in general on responsible resource development in British Columbia.
After donning your finest summer wear and hat, you can head down to the Hastings Park racetrack to enjoy a day at the races complete with cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and a buffet lunch.
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Welcome to the seventh edition of MAMA Boards, an AppsFlyer video project featuring leading mobile marketing experts on camera. For today's mini whiteboard master class, we have Ira Krachanovskaya, Head of Growth Marketing at Badoo, one of the world's largest dating apps with over 360 million users.
Ira explains the challenges of standard event optimization with ad networks (primarily, that either revenue OR ROI can be optimized at a given time), then presents Badoo's self-created activity score, the solution for complex event optimization. In the end, she offers 10 practical steps for getting started with activity score and optimizing all metrics which are important to your marketing goals.
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My name is Ira and I work for Badoo. We are one of the biggest dating apps in the world and have over 360 million users. On a daily basis, we have over 40K registrations, which is why we need to be very smart with optimization, how we bring those users, and what those users do for us.
Today, I would like to talk about how complex event optimization can boost your retention and your ROI.
We will cover why we came up with this approach, what we actually got in the end, and some tips for you if you will decide to implement this idea.
What are the standard events typically optimized?
Facebook and Google are two major traffic platforms where you can get traffic. That's why it's important to put in the work with them on all steps.
Often, marketers have two main goals on their backend: user retention and the revenue that they get from those users. Optimization on Facebook and Google is usually done such that you can only optimize towards one event. This is the main disadvantage for us as marketers, because we are looking for two of those metrics.
Usually, we can choose from Registration, Purchase, Retention, and [others which are vertical-specific]. If you're a gaming app, you could go for Level Achieved, Tutorial Completed. If you're an e-commerce app, you choose Add to Cart, Checkout. If you're a dating app like us, you could go for Likes, Matches, Messages Received, any event that is relevant to you on your side.
What are the disadvantages of standard event optimization?
And yet, there are some disadvantages to this optimization. First, it takes time. For example, if you optimized towards long-term retention and you need to wait up to 14 days in the decision making process, this is a disadvantage for both users and marketers, because you come to the office, you work to make your campaigns effective, and you ultimately have to wait and perhaps lose money.
Second, it can be inaccurate. If you optimized towards LTV and it's one of your projections, you will again need to wait for the most accurate data. In our case, we can go up to seven days to retrieve the most accurate data for our LTV projections for the following year.
Last but not least, some events can be placed too soon or too deep in the funnel. For example, registration is one event that occurs too soon in the funnel. Since around 80% of your installs will have users registering, this metric won't tell you if the user will be retained or if the user convert to paying.
What is complex event optimization based on activity score?
So, with this in mind, we come to complex event optimization. This actually occurred because we shared our concerns with our data analyst team, who, in the end, came up with a user-level activity score which is based on user behavior occurring within the first 12 hours.
Activity score combines several events, as I have just said. It's a faster metric to calculate and use because you can get the results within the first 12 hours. The idea is that you take certain sub-events and weigh them based on how engaging each event is for the user. You use the median at the benchmark for your combined organic and paid users. So, if the user is above the median, then it's an active user and you optimize towards those campaigns where you have the biggest percentage of active users.
For our own optimization, we have also done a breakdown per country and platform because we see different behaviors there.
This is an example for you of how your activity score can look.
On our side, we use different events which we believe, for us, are the most important. Here, you need to think of which events you would like to measure, and which events make your users most engaged with your app.
We came up with our activity score last year and tested for the first time in November. Even back then, we could already see that active users have higher week 1 retention and higher ARPU, which are the two most frequent metrics measured by advertisers.
So, if you will decide to implement this, I would like to share with you some tips and how you could actually get practical on your side.
First, don't overcomplicate your complex events. Try to use a maximum of 5-7 sub events because, as you might remember, the first disadvantage is that these events are lingering. Try to select only those events that you would be able to make a decision about within the first 12 hours.
So, you begin to get a sense of your activity score.
Second, validate the accuracy. When you are in the implementation stage with your tech team on either the client or server side, make sure the work is in accordance with what was done by your data analyst team. You have the same naming, calculation, all the conventions are there.
Third, place the complex event correctly in the funnel. What we do on our side is that we simply find the funnel itself on Google and Facebook. On Google, we send one event per ad account and on Facebook, instead of, let's say, up to 8 – 10 standard events, we only send 2 events currently. We send registration, we send the complex event, and we send the furthest event that we have on our funnel, which is a purchase.
Alright, I'm interested. How do I get started?
Okay guys, let's get practical.
I would like to share with you the additional steps that we have taken to optimize complex events and that you could implement on your side.
First, talk with your BI team, share your concerns, try to find the events that are important for you.
Second, give weight to those events based on how engaging they are for your users.
Third, make technical implementations on the client or service side.
Fourth, send your complex event to the tracking platform you use and map it with Facebook and Google. It will make it easy, fast, and accurate if you work through one platform and then send it to any tracking source you have.
Fifth, start optimizing toward this event. Test different campaigns and give it some time, feed the algorithms with the events – the more events you send, the better.
Sixth, see the results. If the results are positive, go on with this score. If not, try to rethink your formula – maybe you need to change some events or the weight you have for each of them.
Finally, I would really like to thank our data analyst team who actually came up with the activity score metric.
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Perspectives on the Dobbs Decision Overruling Roe v. Wade
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Dobbs signals a significant retreat from the days when the Supreme Court creatively crafted imaginary rights to strip the states of their constitutional role.
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There has been much perfervid shouting and rending of garments (or these days, parading about with red splotches on the crotches of their clothing or performative displays in Handmaid's Tale costumes — red hooded capes) to protest the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. On the other hand, those opposed to abortion hail this decision, claiming abortions will end or be much reduced.
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Neither side is right. I believe the decision will not substantially lessen the number of abortions. On the other hand, I do think that it signals a significant retreat from the days when the Supreme Court creatively crafted imaginary rights to strip the states of their constitutional role. Federalism is back.
I also believe the attorney general's response to the rioting and threats by Roe proponents and to the Bruen decision on gun ownership reveals him as a man insufficiently respectful of the Supreme Court and unwilling to perform his sworn duty to impartially enforce the law. He deserves to be impeached.
Dobbs in short: a New Respect for Federalism
In Dobbs, Justice Samuel Alito, speaking for the majority, wrote:
We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely — the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. That provision has been held to guarantee some rights that are not mentioned in the Constitution, but any such right must be "deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition" and "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty."
The right to abortion does not fall within this category.
Indeed, as the Wall Street Journal editors note:
Roe was the real "exercise of raw judicial power," as Justice Byron White put it in dissent in 1973. That's when seven Justices claimed to find a constitutional right to abortion that is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution and had no history in American common law. The Court on Friday finally corrected its mistake, which has damaged the legitimacy of the Court and inflamed our politics for 49 years. [snip]
Justice Alito's majority opinion hews closely to his draft, and it is a careful, thoughtful survey of abortion law and its history in the constitutional order. His opinion takes apart, brick by logical brick, the reasoning of Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the other main abortion precedent the Court overrules in Dobbs.
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The decision does not, contrary to some of its critics, constitute legislating by unelected judges — that was the Roe Court. This decision puts the entire question in the hands of the states, which pre-Roe handled the issue. In other words, the citizens of each state can now decide when and under what conditions abortions can be performed within its borders.
Why is returning power to the states so important and why is this notion of a return to federalism gaining ground? I think the best explanation is found at Bari Weiss's substack.
One thing I keep thinking about is a piece that Alana Newhouse, the editor in chief of Tablet, wrote for us last year about the urgency of state power — the dawn of a renewed federalism in the 21st century.
"For decades, a strong federal government was the preferred soldier for me, and for many people I knew," she wrote. No longer. In the era of lockdowns and vaccine passports and, especially, the emergence of social credit systems, federal power no longer looked so benign.
"In the face of this seemingly omnipresent power, where can one find shelter?" she asked. Her answer: the states. Don't like the lockdowns in Brooklyn? Move to Miami. Don't like the income tax in Los Angeles? Consider Juneau.
"In ways the founding fathers did not foresee — or did they? — we seem to be facing something quite unexpected. A new era of the states is upon us,"
Justice Clarence Thomas said many things in his concurring opinion worthy of mention, but the most important is that the "substantive due process" argument underpinning Roe "exalts judges at the expense of the People from whom they derive their authority." He and the Court's majority have now handed the right to decide back to the voters.
The Impact of Dobbs
Dobbs is unlikely to substantially reduce the number of abortions, will fatten Planned Parenthood's coffers as the fight will continue state by state, and will increase abortion tourism to states like New York and California. (It may result in the organizations shifting their campaign work and contributions to local races, away from national ones, imagining, as I do, Congress will not pass a national abortion act.)
Between 2017 and 2020 when many GOP states placed restrictions on abortions — such as waiting periods and parental notification requirements when minors were involved — "abortions increased 8%."
How can that be? "Local and national abortion funds increased their capacity and helped even more people pay for their abortions." The prospect of the end of Roe fattened Planned Parenthood's coffers. Do you imagine that the actuality will not increase this bonanza?
Attorney General Merrick Garland Deserves to be Impeached
This week, the Department of Justice twice took a swipe at the Supreme Court, something I have never seen before or hope to see again. It's disrespectful, but worse, ignores the deference the Executive must pay the Judicial branch. On June 23, it fired the first salvo. Regarding the decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc, et al, v. Bruen, the Department of Justice issued a press release "respectfully" disagreeing with the Court's decision that the Second Amendment forbids making individuals seeking to carry a concealed weapon show they need it for self-defense. The press release concluded:
"The Department of Justice remains committed to saving innocent lives by enforcing and defending federal firearms laws, partnering with state, local and tribal authorities and using all legally available tools to tackle the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our communities."
DoJ did not specify which, if any, federal laws were impacted by the decision. I can't imagine any. I do remember the DoJ's role in Fast and Furious, where federal agencies purposely allowed the sale of firearms to illegal strawmen, firearms which were used to commit crimes in the U.S., including the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, and where the then-attorney general, Eric Holder, refused to provide Congress with relevant documents, even after the courts ruled these were not covered by executive privilege.
Following the leak of the Alito decision, picketers began loud demonstrations outside the homes of justices listed as being in the majority on Dobbs. Governors Glenn Youngkin (Virginia) and Larry Hogan (Maryland), where the targeted justices live, wrote to the attorney general, urging him to "enforce the law as written." There is a federal statute specifically prohibiting such conduct, but he never condemned it or arrested those involved even after one man attempted to break into Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home and murder him. (An attempted murder that was halted only when the plotter got cold feet and turned over his weapons.) After the decision was released this week, the demonstrations continued in greater force at the homes of the justices and the Supreme Court itself. Churches and centers that work to help pregnant women avoid abortion have been attacked with fire bombs and defacements. Still, nothing from Garland.
President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, Congresswomen Maxine Waters, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, and Senator Elizabeth Warren made incendiary statements after the release of the opinion. On social media, dissenting groups openly threatened violence. No condemnation from the attorney general. Instead, the Department of Justice released a statement condemning the decision and thereby adding to the vitriol.
"The Justice Department strongly disagrees with the Court's decision. This decision deals a devastating blow to reproductive freedom in the United States. It will have an immediate and irreversible impact on the lives of people across the country. And it will be greatly disproportionate in its effect – with the greatest burdens felt by people of color and those of limited financial means."
The statement continues that women in states where abortion would be denied them can travel to other states where it is legal. It concludes that the department will not tolerate violence and threats of violence, but I have not seen a single arrest of those engaging in it.
The department pledges to "continue to protect healthcare providers and individuals seeking reproductive health services in states where those services remain legal," but says nothing about protecting churches and providers of alternate counseling and services.
It urges Congress to "codify Americans' reproductive rights, "which it retains the authority to do." (Fat chance.) And specifically contends that no state may ban the drug Mifepristone "based on disagreement with the FDA's expert judgment about its safety and efficacy." (This is an abortifacient drug used along with Misoprostol) to end pregnancies of less than 70 days.
In sum, it slams the court, talks about work-arounds, and, despite promising to act against violence toward those opposing abortion or supporting the decision, has no record of having done so.
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New England Patriots roster breakdown: #90 DT Malcom Brown
After a successful rookie campaign, Brown projects to be the Patriots premier defensive tackle.
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The New England Patriots' 2016 training camp is underway. Players fight for practice repetitions and playing time to earn one of the 53 spots on the roster. They have until late August, when each team has to start making its roster cuts, to secure a role.
Until then, players have to secure their spots on the team; they need to do their jobs (well) or someone else will. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will take a look at the men fighting for those spots on the 2016 New England Patriots. Today, we'll continue the series with defensive tackle Malcom Brown.
Name: Malcom Brown
Position: Defensive tackle
Jersey number: 90
Size: 6'2, 320 lbs.
2015 review: After a three-year career at Texas, the Patriots selected Malcom Brown with the 32nd and final pick of the first round of the 2015 NFL draft. New England was ready to trade out of the spot until Brown fell into their lap after most notably being passed on by the Indianapolis Colts.
Despite getting drafted to join a deep defensive tackle depth chart, Brown was able to quickly establish himself as a key rotational piece, and later in the season a starter, on the interior of New England's defense. He appeared in all 18 of the team's games – starting 14 – and played more snaps than any other defensive tackle on the roster: 598 of 1,249 (47.9%).
The big-bodied Brown was really good against the run and finished the season with 53 tackles and nine run-stuffs. He was no slouch against the pass either, and registered 3.0 sacks, one quarterback hit and six pressures. He also recovered two fumbles and drew three penalties. By the time the playoffs started, Brown was already the Patriots' most consistent defensive tackle. As a result, he was voted to the PFWA's All-rookie team.
2016 preview: Entering his second year in the league, Brown is not only a lock to make the roster but also to play a majority of snaps at defensive tackle. After all, he is the future – and judging by his 2015 performance, the present as well – at the position, especially now that the team has parted ways with Dominique Easley. Ideally, Brown will be on the field for 50–70% of the snaps and only come off in obvious passing situations.
Having laid a solid foundation his rookie season, the 22-year old is a prime candidate to make a second-year jump. He has already been a solid run defender and if he can further improve his pass defense, Brown might actually become more of a three-down defender for the Patriots (similar to Vince Wilfork a little later in his career). This will probably not yet take place in 2016, but Brown has already shown in flashes that he is capable of taking on more responsibilities.
No matter if the Patriots play a three-man front or a four-man front, Brown should be a fixture. And as such anchor New England's defensive line not only this season but hopefully for years to come.
While seeing Malcom Brown fall to the bottom of the first round last year was a surprise, his performance on the field was not. The Texas product entered the league as a talented prospect and has already been able to show why the Patriots felt comfortable drafting him. And yet, he has only scratched the surface of his potential and will continue his growth in 2016.
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The Plight of Electronic Engineering Times and Other Niche Publications
Word has circulated through the grapevine that EE Times has experienced yet another staff reduction. At least the move comes at a time when companies including those in the semiconductor industry have got the content marketing religion. For journalists open to exploring gigs outside the traditional media, they'll find options. But what about EE Times? …more
The Role of the Hashtag in a Forbes Headline Attracting Over 400K Views
Eric Savitz at Forbes oversees the CIO Network, a forum for executives to articulate a point of view. If you scroll through a few months of these byliners, you'll see the number of views at 1,000, 2,000 and a select few tipping the 5K mark for bragging rights. As noted in "Social Numbers Don't Mean …more
The Corporate Speak vs. #Storytelling Debate
Dare I say, storytelling has become downright trendy in business communications. "Narrative" has officially entered the PR vernacular. Yet, just because words like "protagonist," "story arc" and yes, "narrative," get bandied about doesn't guarantee storytelling has displaced corporate speak. The SlideShare deck, "The Return of Storytelling vs. Corporate Speak," shares some of the science and …more
Fortune Journalist Cuts to the Core of Storytelling in Business
In a time of gnat-like attention spans, few publications still practice long-form journalism. Fortune is one exception, and Patricia Sellers is one exceptional storyteller. If you recognize the name, it's likely because Sellers took Fortune's annual feature, "The Most Powerful Women in Business," and transformed it into franchise with its own brand cachet. The Stanford …more
Reverse Engineering the #Storytelling Techniques in a Fast Company Feature
Every company wants a signature win in heavyweight publications like Fast Company, BusinessWeek and Fortune. By signature win, I mean 1,000-plus words devoted to a behind-the-curtain look at the company. Yet, few PR teams cultivate the needed content assets to give themselves a fighting chance for this type of attention. It requires thinking like a …more
"Pragmatic" Approach to Social Media When Romance Goes South
In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a story that proves once again that life is better than fiction. Having been married for 20+ years, I never experienced the "anguish" of dealing with social media withdrawls from a romance gone south. Apparently, it's not easy. NPR recently ran the story, "When Social Media and Romance Mix, …more
Is Taking Business Personally a Problem?
Years ago we resigned a big brand account in the consumer electronics space. I tried to be diplomatic about the reason with the head of PR: requirements of the assignment changed, not a good fit, yada yada yada. She wasn't having it. Finally, I explained the core issue: "You don't need a PR agency. What …more
#LoveLocal Campaign: Savvy Communications Leverages Valentine's Day
Capitalizing on an almanac event by itself doesn't constitute creative communications. After all, it's easy enough to plan for these events. But the Square Valentine's Day promo stands out and not just because of the creativity and production values of the video. The nitty-gritty execution from Square shows a well-thought-out strike. For example, the company …more
Content Marketing from McKinsey, the Evolving Journalist, and Social Impacts Long Tail Search
A few thoughts from the grab bag. Yet Another Proof Point That Content Matters When it comes to professional services firms, the McKinsey brand stands by itself. That's why it's revealing to highlight the number of followers on the McKinsey corporate Twitter account. Not even 10,000 followers. On the other hand, take a look at …more


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