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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.IO;

namespace System.Xml.Xsl.Runtime
{
    [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
    public sealed partial class XmlCollation
    {
        // lgid support for sort
        private const string deDE = "de-DE";
        private const string huHU = "hu-HU";
        private const string jaJP = "ja-JP";
        private const string kaGE = "ka-GE";
        private const string koKR = "ko-KR";
        private const string zhTW = "zh-TW";
        private const string zhCN = "zh-CN";
        private const string zhHK = "zh-HK";
        private const string zhSG = "zh-SG";
        private const string zhMO = "zh-MO";
        private const string zhTWbopo = "zh-TW_pronun";
        private const string deDEphon = "de-DE_phoneb";
        private const string huHUtech = "hu-HU_technl";
        private const string kaGEmode = "ka-GE_modern";

        // Invariant: compops == (options & Options.mask)
        private readonly CultureInfo _cultInfo;
        private Options _options;
        private readonly CompareOptions _compops;

        /// <summary>
        /// Extends System.Globalization.CompareOptions with additional flags.
        /// </summary>
        private struct Options
        {
            public const int FlagUpperFirst = 0x1000;
            public const int FlagEmptyGreatest = 0x2000;
            public const int FlagDescendingOrder = 0x4000;

            private const int Mask = FlagUpperFirst | FlagEmptyGreatest | FlagDescendingOrder;

            private int _value;

            public Options(int value)
            {
                _value = value;
            }

            public bool GetFlag(int flag)
            {
                return (_value & flag) != 0;
            }

            public void SetFlag(int flag, bool value)
            {
                if (value)
                    _value |= flag;
                else
                    _value &= ~flag;
            }

            public bool UpperFirst
            {
                get { return GetFlag(FlagUpperFirst); }
                set { SetFlag(FlagUpperFirst, value); }
            }

            public bool EmptyGreatest
            {
                get { return GetFlag(FlagEmptyGreatest); }
            }

            public bool DescendingOrder
            {
                get { return GetFlag(FlagDescendingOrder); }
            }

            public bool IgnoreCase
            {
                get { return GetFlag((int)CompareOptions.IgnoreCase); }
            }

            public bool Ordinal
            {
                get { return GetFlag((int)CompareOptions.Ordinal); }
            }

            public CompareOptions CompareOptions
            {
                get
                {
                    return (CompareOptions)(_value & ~Mask);
                }
                set
                {
                    Debug.Assert(((int)value & Mask) == 0);
                    _value = (_value & Mask) | (int)value;
                }
            }

            public static implicit operator int(Options options)
            {
                return options._value;
            }
        }

        //-----------------------------------------------
        // Constructors
        //-----------------------------------------------

        /// <summary>
        /// Construct a collation that uses the specified culture and compare options.
        /// </summary>
        private XmlCollation(CultureInfo cultureInfo, Options options)
        {
            _cultInfo = cultureInfo;
            _options = options;
            _compops = options.CompareOptions;
        }

        //-----------------------------------------------
        // Create
        //-----------------------------------------------

        /// <summary>
        /// Singleton collation that sorts according to Unicode code points.
        /// </summary>
        private static readonly XmlCollation s_cp = new XmlCollation(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, new Options((int)CompareOptions.Ordinal));

        internal static XmlCollation CodePointCollation
        {
            get { return s_cp; }
        }

        internal static XmlCollation Create(string collationLiteral)
        {
            return Create(collationLiteral, /*throw:*/true);
        }
        // This function is used in both parser and F&O library, so just strictly map valid literals to XmlCollation.
        // Set compare options one by one:
        //     0, false: no effect; 1, true: yes
        // Disregard unrecognized options.
        internal static XmlCollation Create(string collationLiteral, bool throwOnError)
        {
            Debug.Assert(collationLiteral != null, "collation literal should not be null");

            if (collationLiteral == XmlReservedNs.NsCollCodePoint)
            {
                return CodePointCollation;
            }

            Uri collationUri;
            CultureInfo cultInfo = null;
            Options options = new Options();

            if (throwOnError)
            {
                collationUri = new Uri(collationLiteral);
            }
            else
            {
                if (!Uri.TryCreate(collationLiteral, UriKind.Absolute, out collationUri))
                {
                    return null;
                }
            }
            string authority = collationUri.GetComponents(UriComponents.Scheme | UriComponents.UserInfo | UriComponents.Host | UriComponents.Port, UriFormat.UriEscaped);
            if (authority == XmlReservedNs.NsCollationBase)
            {
                // Language
                // at least a '/' will be returned for Uri.LocalPath
                string lang = collationUri.LocalPath.Substring(1);
                if (lang.Length == 0)
                {
                    // Use default culture of current thread (cultinfo = null)
                }
                else
                {
                    // Create culture from RFC 1766 string
                    try
                    {
                        cultInfo = new CultureInfo(lang);
                    }
                    catch (ArgumentException)
                    {
                        if (!throwOnError) return null;
                        throw new XslTransformException(SR.Coll_UnsupportedLanguage, lang);
                    }
                }
            }
            else if (collationUri.IsBaseOf(new Uri(XmlReservedNs.NsCollCodePoint)))
            {
                // language with codepoint collation is not allowed
                options.CompareOptions = CompareOptions.Ordinal;
            }
            else
            {
                // Unrecognized collation
                if (!throwOnError) return null;
                throw new XslTransformException(SR.Coll_Unsupported, collationLiteral);
            }

            // Sort & Compare option
            // at least a '?' will be returned for Uri.Query if not empty
            string query = collationUri.Query;
            string sort = null;

            if (query.Length != 0)
            {
                foreach (string option in query.Substring(1).Split('&'))
                {
                    string[] pair = option.Split('=');

                    if (pair.Length != 2)
                    {
                        if (!throwOnError) return null;
                        throw new XslTransformException(SR.Coll_BadOptFormat, option);
                    }

                    string optionName = pair[0].ToUpper();
                    string optionValue = pair[1].ToUpper();

                    if (optionName == "SORT")
                    {
                        sort = optionValue;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        int flag;

                        switch (optionName)
                        {
                            case "IGNORECASE": flag = (int)CompareOptions.IgnoreCase; break;
                            case "IGNORENONSPACE": flag = (int)CompareOptions.IgnoreNonSpace; break;
                            case "IGNORESYMBOLS": flag = (int)CompareOptions.IgnoreSymbols; break;
                            case "IGNOREKANATYPE": flag = (int)CompareOptions.IgnoreKanaType; break;
                            case "IGNOREWIDTH": flag = (int)CompareOptions.IgnoreWidth; break;
                            case "UPPERFIRST": flag = Options.FlagUpperFirst; break;
                            case "EMPTYGREATEST": flag = Options.FlagEmptyGreatest; break;
                            case "DESCENDINGORDER": flag = Options.FlagDescendingOrder; break;
                            default:
                                if (!throwOnError) return null;
                                throw new XslTransformException(SR.Coll_UnsupportedOpt, pair[0]);
                        }

                        switch (optionValue)
                        {
                            case "0": case "FALSE": options.SetFlag(flag, false); break;
                            case "1": case "TRUE": options.SetFlag(flag, true); break;
                            default:
                                if (!throwOnError) return null;
                                throw new XslTransformException(SR.Coll_UnsupportedOptVal, pair[0], pair[1]);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            // upperfirst option is only meaningful when not ignore case
            if (options.UpperFirst && options.IgnoreCase)
                options.UpperFirst = false;

            // other CompareOptions are only meaningful if Ordinal comparison is not being used
            if (options.Ordinal)
            {
                options.CompareOptions = CompareOptions.Ordinal;
                options.UpperFirst = false;
            }

            // new cultureinfo based on alternate sorting option
            if (sort != null && cultInfo != null)
            {
                string cultName = cultInfo.Name;
                switch (sort)
                {
                    case "bopo":
                        if (cultName == zhTW)
                        {
                            cultInfo = new CultureInfo(zhTWbopo);
                        }
                        break;
                    case "strk":
                        if (cultName == zhCN || cultName == zhHK || cultName == zhSG || cultName == zhMO)
                        {
                            cultInfo = new CultureInfo(cultName);
                        }
                        break;
                    case "uni":
                        if (cultName == jaJP || cultName == koKR)
                        {
                            cultInfo = new CultureInfo(cultName);
                        }
                        break;
                    case "phn":
                        if (cultName == deDE)
                        {
                            cultInfo = new CultureInfo(deDEphon);
                        }
                        break;
                    case "tech":
                        if (cultName == huHU)
                        {
                            cultInfo = new CultureInfo(huHUtech);
                        }
                        break;
                    case "mod":
                        // ka-GE(Georgian - Georgia) Modern Sort: 0x00010437
                        if (cultName == kaGE)
                        {
                            cultInfo = new CultureInfo(kaGEmode);
                        }
                        break;
                    case "pron":
                    case "dict":
                    case "trad":
                        // es-ES(Spanish - Spain) Traditional: 0x0000040A
                        // They are removing 0x040a (Spanish Traditional sort) in NLS+.
                        // So if you create 0x040a, it's just like 0x0c0a (Spanish International sort).
                        // Thus I don't handle it differently.
                        break;
                    default:
                        if (!throwOnError) return null;
                        throw new XslTransformException(SR.Coll_UnsupportedSortOpt, sort);
                }
            }
            return new XmlCollation(cultInfo, options);
        }

        //-----------------------------------------------
        // Collection Support
        //-----------------------------------------------

        // Redefine Equals and GetHashCode methods, they are needed for UniqueList<XmlCollation>
        public override bool Equals(object obj)
        {
            if (this == obj)
            {
                return true;
            }

            XmlCollation that = obj as XmlCollation;
            return that != null &&
                _options == that._options &&
                object.Equals(_cultInfo, that._cultInfo);
        }

        public override int GetHashCode()
        {
            int hashCode = _options;
            if (_cultInfo != null)
            {
                hashCode ^= _cultInfo.GetHashCode();
            }
            return hashCode;
        }

        //-----------------------------------------------
        // Serialization Support
        //-----------------------------------------------

        // Denotes the current thread locale
        private const string LOCALE_CURRENT = "<!-- LOCALE CURRENT -->";

        internal void GetObjectData(BinaryWriter writer)
        {
            // NOTE: For CultureInfo we serialize only LCID. It seems to suffice for our purposes.
            Debug.Assert(_cultInfo == null || _cultInfo.Equals(new CultureInfo(_cultInfo.Name)),
                "Cannot serialize CultureInfo correctly");
            writer.Write(_cultInfo != null ? _cultInfo.Name : LOCALE_CURRENT);
            writer.Write(_options);
        }

        internal XmlCollation(BinaryReader reader)
        {
            string cultName = reader.ReadString();
            _cultInfo = (cultName != LOCALE_CURRENT) ? new CultureInfo(cultName) : null;
            _options = new Options(reader.ReadInt32());
            _compops = _options.CompareOptions;
        }

        //-----------------------------------------------
        // Compare Properties
        //-----------------------------------------------

        internal bool UpperFirst
        {
            get { return _options.UpperFirst; }
        }

        internal bool EmptyGreatest
        {
            get { return _options.EmptyGreatest; }
        }

        internal bool DescendingOrder
        {
            get { return _options.DescendingOrder; }
        }

        internal CultureInfo Culture
        {
            get
            {
                // Use default thread culture if this.cultinfo = null
                if (_cultInfo == null)
                    return CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;

                return _cultInfo;
            }
        }

#if not_used
        /// <summary>
        /// Compare two strings with each other.  Return <0 if str1 sorts before str2, 0 if they're equal, and >0
        /// if str1 sorts after str2.
        /// </summary>
        internal int Compare(string str1, string str2) {
            CultureInfo cultinfo = Culture;
            int result;

            if (this.options.Ordinal) {
                result = string.CompareOrdinal(str1, str2);
                if (result < 0) result = -1;
                else if (result > 0) result = 1;
            }
            else if (UpperFirst) {
                // First compare case-insensitive, then break ties by considering case
                result = cultinfo.CompareInfo.Compare(str1, str2, this.compops | CompareOptions.IgnoreCase);
                if (result == 0)
                    result = -cultinfo.CompareInfo.Compare(str1, str2, this.compops);
            }
            else {
                result = cultinfo.CompareInfo.Compare(str1, str2, this.compops);
            }

            if (DescendingOrder)
                result = -result;

            return result;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Return the index of str1 in str2, or -1 if str1 is not a substring of str2.
        /// </summary>
        internal int IndexOf(string str1, string str2) {
            return Culture.CompareInfo.IndexOf(str1, str2, this.compops);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Return true if str1 ends with str2.
        /// </summary>
        internal bool IsSuffix(string str1, string str2) {
            if (this.options.Ordinal){
                if (str1.Length < str2.Length) {
                    return false;
                } else {
                    return String.CompareOrdinal(str1, str1.Length - str2.Length, str2, 0, str2.Length) == 0;
                }
            }
            return Culture.CompareInfo.IsSuffix (str1, str2, this.compops);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Return true if str1 starts with str2.
        /// </summary>
        internal bool IsPrefix(string str1, string str2) {
            if (this.options.Ordinal) {
                if (str1.Length < str2.Length) {
                    return false;
                } else {
                    return String.CompareOrdinal(str1, 0, str2, 0, str2.Length) == 0;
                }
            }
            return Culture.CompareInfo.IsPrefix (str1, str2, this.compops);
        }
#endif
    }
}

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We have also been working on adding crosswalks in the questionnaire so campuses can quickly see how a particular response would map to other standards or requirements. We'll include the crosswalk in the next version of the tool.
The working group has a survey we'd like campuses to complete to help us gather metrics on the use of the HECVAT, perceived vendor reaction to the HECVAT, and suggestions for further improvements and refinements. Please take our quick 13 question survey and share your feedback. We've reviewed the preliminary responses and would like to get some additional campus feedback to fine-tune our work.
In the NET+ program, we've added the HECVAT to the standard documents we collect for service providers. More updates on this to come out soon in a separate blog post.
We continue to get questions about how to share completed HECVATs, where to find them, etc. We're still working on more details and a specific sharing paper, so expect more updates soon on that! We know that is one of the priorities the community is looking for.
As part of the sharing paper discussions, we have also discussed how to engage with potential service providers. If you're a service provider interested in participating, please contact us. If you have a specific service provider you're interested in working with, please let us know so we can work on coordinating efforts and reducing duplicate work across campuses.
As part of EDUCAUSE's Industry and Campus Webinar series, the webinar on Demystifying Third-Party Vendor Risk in Higher Ed might be of some interest to campuses.
Our dedicated, task-oriented chair, Jon Allen, was recently profiled in EdScoop about the importance of working with other community members and interested organizations in tackling really big IT problems for campuses.
We received several requests from different campus, regional, and national groups about giving a presentation to their communities on our work. Be on the lookout for local presentations near you!
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I know that nobody really wants to think about the imminent arrival of the Passover holiday, but face it, friends. Passover is coming. The good news is that today I am reviewing a cookbook that aims to make Passover cooking easy. I know, it sounds too good to be true. But this book proves that it can be done!
Passover Made Easy is a brand new book, written by the fabulous duo of Leah Schapira (or Fresh & Easy fame) and Victoria Dweck, food editor of a number of top kosher magazines, including the one I write for. The book is a project of CookKosher.Com, and actually features about a third of the recipes by a number of the members, myself included! Leah and Victoria took the recipes, tweaked them and triple tested them, then compiled them into one gorgeous book at a very affordable price! So read what I thought about the book, then scroll down for details on how to win a copy…oh, and a recipe for one of my favorite salad recipes ever!
The book is visually gorgeous. The pictures are bright and modern, and beautifully styled, the graphics are amazing, and the whole layout is fun and inviting and makes you want to just dig in!
Once I flipped through the book a bit, I was amazed at how none of the recipes screamed Passover. This sure isn't your bubby's passover cookbook! There's a really wide variety of recipes in this book- it even features a brunch and dairy section. (I always thought of that category with regard to passover as scrambled eggs. But no, this book features recipes like Banana French Toast and Matzahroni and Cheese!
You all know how much photography in cookbooks is important to me, and this book fulfills my expectations in a *big* way. Not only does every recipe have a beautifully photographed picture to go with it, but there are step by step pictures to guide you through the process of things like plating the Potato and Flanken Kugel, a delicious dish that doesn't usually look very nice on the plate.
Another thing I loved about the book were the cute little anecdotes and stories that come with each recipe. I have to admit that both of the authors are good friends, so I felt like I could hear them talking to me as I read these little stories. But that's how this cookbook is – it invites you into their kitchens to make Passover together with them.
I'm not a big wine gal (I know!) but for those who are, there are wine pairings alongside many of these recipes.
Due to the vastly varied customs within the Jewish community regarding which ingredients are acceptable for Passover, some of the recipes feature ingredients that some may not use. However, the book features a Replacement Index of substitutions you can make if your customs don't allow for all of the ingredients. As someone with rather restrictive customs for Passover, I found this feature especially useful!
Most importantly, I loved the variety of ideas and flavors in this book. The biggest challenge for me, every year, on Passover, is to make foods that don't all taste and look the same. With this book at my disposal, I know I won't face that challenge this year!
Brisket Eggrolls: Do I really need to say anything else?? I had (non-passover) at Abigails a while back, and I've been obsessed ever since. But the idea of making a Passover version of such a delicious dish is mind-bogglingly awesome. This is so going on my menu this year.
Roasted Tomato and Eggplant Soup: We've all established how much I love soup, but this one sounds totally different. I might not be able to wait for passover to make this one!
Sweet Potato Pepper Steak: my family doesn't love the traditional pepper steak, but this looks like a recipe they could really get behind!
Pecan Pie with Cookie Crust: everyone loves pecan pie during the year. I am so excited to try this passover version!
Anyone who is cooking for passover this year and needs a fresh batch of ideas will find this cookbook ultra useful!
Obviously this book is for passover recipes, so if you either aren't celebrating passover, or are going away (or not cooking for any other reason) this book isn't for you.
My main complaint about this book is that there are a number of recipes that I can't make due to my restrictive Passover customs. As I mentioned, there's an index of helpful substitutions, but there will still be some recipes I can't make.
My other issue with this book is that a bunch of the recipes do require an extra step or two, but again, I think that's more of a complaint about Passover cookbooks and recipes than this book specifically, because there are so many things you can't buy, so they require extra steps to make them.
This is an innovative, exciting, fun and totally beautiful book that everyone who is cooking for passover should own. Not cooking for passover this year? Consider this as a gift for your hosts – that way everyone reaps the benefits!
Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Toss the butternut squash cubes with the oil, salt, pepper and sugar.
Bake at 475 for about 30 minutes, until the cubes are tender and cooked through.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Combine nuts, sugar, spices and oil on tray.
Bake at 300 for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
combine all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Alternatively, place all ingredients in a tall container and blend with a hand blender until smooth.
Combine lettuce, diced apple and butternut squash in a bowl. Toss with the dressing and top with nuts.
Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM on Monday, March 11th. A valid email address or twitter profile must be provided.
Disclaimer: I was sent a review copy of this book, and one of my recipes is featured in it. All opinions are my own. There are affiliate links within this post.
Thank you so much for the chance to win this cookbook! I've been drooling over it every time I see it! My favorite thing to make for Pesach has got to be my Bubby's brownie cake. It's quick, easy, lasts the whole holiday, and everyone loves it.
I am already a follower on Pinterest, I love your kitchen inspiration pins!
I am already subscribed via email, I don't see how I'd live without that one!
I am already a twitter follower too.
i love chicken soup and matzo balls during the seder! they always taste better on pesach!
Your blog was among the first few I started following!
my moms matzoh ball soup will always be my favorite Passover recipe!
My favorite pesach food is shabbos cholent!
Ps: I just saw this cookbook and it looked fun !!
like you on facebook already!
My family's addicted to butternut squash kugel. This recipe will be a nice change!
I get your emails. Love 'em!
My newest favorite for pesach is a pesadik blondie recipe. Yum!
chocolate mousse pie!..I like you on facebook and get your emails…thanks!
Jerusalem mix is 1 of our favorite main dishes! We eat it all yr round too!
My mom's pesach crepes….they can be filled in so many ways or just used to make a wrap or sandwich.
I follow you on ur blog!
My favorite pesach food is mushroom crepes! I look forward to that all year round!
I follow you on face book!!!
And my favorite Passover dish, now this is a hard one, maybe the chicken my mom makes for the seder night. Maybe more nostalgia than flavor, though.
I love my mother's pesach blintzes/crepes.
I love to make my mother's recipe for cold borscht. It is the most refreshing drink and when served in a beautiful goblet, it has the most luxurious fuschia color. It makes me feel connected to my mother and to my grandmother, whose recipe it is. Of course it doesn't only have to be made on Pesach. It makes a great summer cold soup.
My mom makes real gefilte fish- ground whitefish and pike stuffed in carp. YUM!
Potato Kugel:) I like you on facebook.
another charoset fan- but the sephardic type, from medjul dates. my mother makes huge containers of it. wont touch the ashkenazi sort.
Matzo balls made with whole matzahs (not matzah meal) and fried onions and a dash of ginger…like my grandmother used to make. Also my niece makes a killer chocolate mousse pie using those nasty canned macaroons, but in this case they taste great.
I already subscribe to the email. Thanks!
pesach brownies are the best!
Favorite Pesach Dish! My Knaidlach – growing up non-Gebrokts, I love the freedom that comes with marrying into a Gebrokts family!
Thanks for another GREAT REVIEW. I already follow you on FB!
Of course on Pinterest – got many great ideas from you there!
And signed up for email!
U know I liked on Facebook! Long time ago! Now liked on Pinterest. What else to do to win????
I just subscribed to your email- I love your blog!
My favorite pesach dish is my husband's chremslach!
My favorite Passover food is guacamole. (Seriously.) I'm also a big fan of charoset.
email follower, will definitely try the recipe, thanx for you good humor!
i subscribed via email, facebook, twitter, and pinterest!! i love my aunt's recipe for mandel bread, we usually need to make a batch daily, and my grandma's recipe for eggrolls…. mmm! thanks for the opportunity. i have been making so many of ur recipes lately!
My favourite passover food is one that isn't a real traditional food, but I love it because it reminds me of the passovers I attended back in school: my best friend's mum (who held it) loved deviled eggs and so she always served deviled eggs. It's a nice memory for me!
I love eating lots of salads on Pesach. Especially with interesting lettuce.
My favorite Pesach recipe is my meatballs.
My favorite Pesach dish is definitely a sweet matzo brie with cottage cheese, cinnamon, and sugar – YUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!
my favorite pasover food is the pesachdiga lukshen my mother always always used to make. It's like a blintz cut up into pieces! This recepe looks amaizing!!!!
i like you on facebook!!!! My favorite pesach recepe would have to be lukshen. This book looks amaizing!!!
Liked you on FB, subscribe to your emails. My favorite recipe is potato knishes. They are easy and look like they took you forever.
I am already subscribed :). I saw the cookbook, but my customs are probably even more restrictive than yours, so I didn't think it would be worth buying it. But if I'd win it, it would be worth it even if I could only pick out a few recipes!
I love cooking gratins on Pesach.
I make an AWESOME Pesach Farfel Kugel, with mushrooms, onions and celery. It tastes just like stuffing!
I liked you on FB. My favorite recipe for Pesach is "chugel" aka yapchik.
Thanks for bringing this cookbook to my attention. Passover brisket eggrolls?! I must get that recipe! My favorite passover foods are kugels; sweet matzah kugel and savory potato kugel. My family waits all year for my passover mandel bread.
I think my favorite Pesach dish is matzoh brie, with cinnamon and sugar. Pesach is normally about dietary restrictions, but I just remember it being such a special morning when my mom would teach us how to cook it. It was a really cool change from cold cereal. It became about family and dietary additions.
Subscribed to emails. Can't wait to start getting them.
Favorite passover dish is homemade egg noodles. Never mind the cholesterol!
We rarely make schnitzel during the year, but always on Pesach. Funny, I know. But we all really look forward to that pesachdik schnitzel! I really like that even though you were given this cookbook, you included your dislikes about it! It allows me to believe in your honesty about all the positive comments.
I follow (and retweet) you on Twitter.
I just started following you on Pinterest (with my different Pinterest name).
I follow your every recipe!
My favorite Passover dishe(s) are anything with roasted veggies, and home-made egg noodles!
my favorite pesach food is chicken soup seder night, for some reason, it always tastes better!
that salad looks great – would love to try it!
I really love just about everything I make for Pesach- Everything is just so fresh & so simple & good. If I must name a fav it's probably the nut brittle I started making one year when my nieces came by in the afternoon & I had no nosh (We are really restricted in what we buy) Toasted some nuts ifn a non-stick pan then melted some sugar over it, poured it out on foil & let it cool. Now everyone waits for my Pesach Candy.
I receive your emails, am now following you on twitter and pinterest.
love my mother's pesach cakes!
I like matzah pizza best!
I like matzoh pizza. I'm the only one in the family that does.
I follow you on Pinterest (as ohyoucook).
I follow you on twitter (as @ohyoucook).
My mom taught me how to make matza brei and now I make it for my kids!
I subscribed, cant wait to start receiving them!
Favorite Pesach dish is matzoh schnitzel!
I already follow you via email !
my favorite Pesach dish is homemade rolls. absolutely delicious, especially when theyre still hot and u put on butter, and it melts.. yummm ….. and of course chocolate chip cookies and jelly thumbprint cookies!
Hi there! I follow you on instagram, read your column in ami religiously… you are awesome!!
My favorite is Matzo Ball Soup!
Following you on Pinterest now!! (is that supposed to be capitalized?) Thanks for the opportunity!
I love matzoh with salted butter or cream cheese.
I always look forward to homemade pesach applesauce. I love your recipes, and your pictures are fantastic!
Already subscribed (and love!) your emails!
Thanks for the opportunity to win the cookbook. Anything that makes Pesach easier is a help.
I get your emails & follow you on Facebook, I love cooking different foods for the Seders and for Pesach.
My mom's famous kneidlach! Look forward to that on pesach!
My favorite pesach dish is charoset-I could eat it with any meal!
I love making blondies. I have a recipe that keeps getting passed down!
My best dish on pesach is homemade matza Brie with jam/jelly!!!!
i like overtime cook on fb! also, I love fried chicken coated in matzah meal!
My favorite pesach dish are my special blondies!
I just signed up for your emails – nowi don't have to stalk your blog for the next new recipe!
Favorite Pesach dish is my mom's apple crumble!
oh, and i subscribed to your e-mails. wanna win this book!
My favorite Pesach dish is the savory matzoh Brie with salt and pepper and sometimes I will fold in sauteed mushrooms and onions.
I also love the plain ol matzoh, butter and salt.
I am a (HUGE) fan on Facebook!
My favorite passover food is chocolate toffee matzah crunch!
favorite dish?? your unbreaded cauliflower now get to work and make a pesach one! 🙂 then i can comment that its my favorite pesach dish!
Harosset is my favorite spread for pesach!
I follow you on Facebook and on pinterest!
Love your blog, always enjoy reading and making your recipes! I liked, followed and subscribed. It's my first year making pesach, and my parents are coming, I could really use and would really love to win this cookbook!
…and my favorite Passover dish-I know the suspense is killing you- is matza pizza- better than real pizza I reckon!
Apple Kugel all the way!! YUM!!
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EM 06-02 Access to State Government by Persons with Disabilities.
effect on March 15, 2012. The EEOC rules for the ADAAA became effective on May 24, 2011. This directive reaffirms the State's commitment to accessibility for individuals with disabilities set forth under the ADA, the previous directives, and highlights the changes found in the new administrative rules promulgated by the DOJ and EEOC.
Facility accessibility involves new construction and alteration of buildings, facilities, and sites by the State (or on behalf of the State), existing state facilities, state agencies occupying space in leased facilities, and a state facility that is leased to a private entity. Each type of facility shall be fully accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.
For new construction and alteration, the State of Hawai'i adheres to legal requirements set forth under §103-50, Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) that provides for the review of state and county construction projects by the Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) as well as the issuance of interpretive opinions. The Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG), Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act Accessibility Guidelines (FHAG), and DCAB interpretive opinions are the guidelines reviewed under §103-50, HRS.
Each department and agency shall ensure that all plans and specifications are submitted to DCAB for timely review prior to construction consistent with Hawai'i Administrative Rules (HAR), Title 11, Chapter 216, Disability and Communication Access Board Rules of Practice and Procedure.
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De individualpsychologie of individuele psychologie werd opgericht door Alfred Adler. Deze verbrak in 1911 de samenwerking met Sigmund Freud. Als reactie op de leer van de psychoanalyse stichtte hij zijn eigen leerschool, die van de individuele psychologie. De individuele psychologie is een onderdeel van de dieptepsychologie.

De individuele psychologie is een holistische benadering die stelt dat we de mens als een geheel moeten beschouwen (individu = individe = ondeelbaar) en niet als een optelsom van driften en verwerkte en onverwerkte traumatische ervaringen. Daar waar Freud zich toespitste op psychische stoornissen en op de rol van het onbewuste was Alfred Adler geïnteresseerd in het fenomeen persoonlijkheid, met name de factoren die de persoonlijkheid vormen en vervormen. De benadering van Alfred Adler was ook hier holistisch. Eerder dan te spreken over persoonlijkheidstrekken sprak Adler van de persoonlijkheid als een levensstijl (= hoe een individu leeft, problemen oplost, interpersoonlijke relaties aangaat). Voor Freud bepaalde het verleden (bijvoorbeeld traumatische ervaringen in de kindertijd) de persoonlijkheid. Voor Adler speelde de toekomst (onze doelstellingen, onze waarden en idealen) een belangrijke rol bij de ontwikkeling van de persoonlijke levensstijl. Aldus kan Adler beschouwd worden als een aanhanger van de teleologie.

Als beoefenaar van de psychoanalyse onderzocht Adler niet enkel de onbewuste maar ook de bewuste processen die de persoonlijkheid of de levensstijl vormen en beheersen.

Aanvankelijk besteedde Adler veel aandacht aan compensatie (verwerken, overkomen).  Iedereen kent problemen, tekortkomingen, gebreken en frustraties. Onze persoonlijkheid of levensstijl wordt gevormd door de wijze waarop we hiermee omgaan (wel of niet compenseren).

Later ontwikkelde Adler het concept van het minderwaardigheidscomplex (sterke gevoelens van minderwaardigheid en onzekerheid die voortkomen uit reële of ingebeelde tekorten) dat zich soms via compensatie omvormt tot een meerderwaardigheidscomplex. Belangrijk hierbij is het verlangen naar superioriteit''' dat volgens Adler een van de sterkste menselijke drijfveren is (in tegenstelling tot de Eros- en de Thanatos-driften van Freud).

Uiteindelijk in zijn definitieve theorie verving Adler het verlangen naar superioriteit door het streven naar perfectie. Het streven naar perfectie is het verlangen om onze capaciteiten te realiseren om ons ideaal te benaderen. Dit streven naar perfectie is sterk vergelijkbaar met de idee van zelfverwezenlijking of zelf-actualisatie die centraal staat in analytische psychologie van Carl Gustav Jung. In tegenstelling tot wat de term individuele psychologie'' doet vermoeden kende Adler een groot belang toe aan de sociale en de morele dimensie. Basisvoorwaarde voor het streven naar perfectie is het gemeenschapsgevoel of het sociale gevoel. Adler stelde dat niemand in staat is te streven naar perfectie zonder rekening te houden met de sociale en maatschappelijke omgeving. De kern van de geestesziekte bestaat er volgens Adler in dat een persoon met een neurose of een psychose in zijn of haar streven naar perfectie onvoldoende of geen rekening houden met het gemeenschapsgevoel en doelen nastreeft die enkel voor het (neurotische of psychotische) individu zelf enige betekenis heeft.

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Why You Should Watch Netflix's House of Flowers
Everything to Know About House of Flowers—a.k.a. La Casa de Las Flores—Season 2
Netflix's delightful novela is back this October.
By Arianna Davis Published: Oct 21, 2019
Javier Ávila/Netflix
Season 2 of House of Flowers—a.k.a. La Casa de Las Flores—officially debuted on Netflix October 18, and the reviews are in: Season 2 was just as wild as the first, with fans still loving Cecilia Suárez's Paulina, plus a new character named Marilu, played by Teresa Ruiz.
If you haven't watched on Netflix yet, here's the official trailer for season 2. Ahead, everything we know about season 2, has arrived, and revisits the De la Mora family as they deal with a death and try to earn back their flower shop.
Before I dive into everything there is to know about House of Flowers season 2—or La Casa de Las Flores, in Spanish—if you haven't yet binged season 1, allow me to explain exactly why this series needs to be at the top of your queue.
The first season, which dropped back in August 2018, delivered 13 telenovela-inspired episodes centering on the hilarious De la Mora family, a clan whose glitzy exterior is shaken when they discover the extramarital affair of their patriarch. Antics that are familiar to any family quickly ensue: sibling rivalries, steamy, complicated love stories, and a mother with a penchant for dramatics. (The latter is perfectly played by iconic novela star Verónica Castro, whom some might also know as the mother of singer Cristian Castro.)
Every single episode of season 1 had me laughing out loud—like, belly laughing, which I rarely find myself doing these days, given just how much TV there is out there. But despite its novela-style cliffhangers, House of Flowers manages to poke fun at the genre while also being surprisingly progressive, tackling storylines like transitioning and interracial relationships. Plus, even if you need the English subtitles, the series is so darn delightful that I guarantee you'll completely forget you're watching a show in another language.
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Ok, so now, House of Flowers newbies, please exit before you encounter any spoilers ahead. If you haven't watched season one yet, here's a recap of where things left off: As you might recall, the de La Mora family was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the flower shop when they found out that Virginia had sold it to La Chiquis. The oldest de la Mora daughter, Paulina, had decided to fight for María José back, while Julián is still mourning the loss—and betrayal—of Diego, and Elena is basically still a hot mess in a love triangle. By the end of the episode, we saw that all of the drama had gotten to be too much for Virginia, who flees from her family.
Now, on to what we know about season 2, which returned October 18. Ahead, all of the details we know so far about about House of Flowers Season 2, including casting updates and some good news: Netflix has confirmed not just a season 2, but also a season 3!
But while we wait, here's what I was able to find out so far about season 2—in the hopes that more info will come faster than a Paulina de la Mora sentence.
When does Season 2 of House of Flowers premiere on Netflix?
House of Flowers returned for season 2 on October 18.
And last fall, House of Flowers creator Manolo Caro confirmed that Netflix had renewed his series for not just one more season, but two. That's right: House of Flowers a.k.a. La Casa de Las Flores will get both a season 2 and a season 3. And with the news, he delivered a short, 35-second teaser that basically did nothing but get us excited about what's next for each of his characters:
AQUÍ VAMOS! Gracias a ustedes LA CASA DE LAS FLORES 2 -2019- y para sorpresa de todos LA CASA DE LAS FLORES 3 -2020- pic.twitter.com/Psn8Ogukai
— Manolo Caro (@ManoloCaroS) October 9, 2018
Is there a trailer for Season 2 of House of Flowers—or Casa de Las Flores—and what will the new season be about?
Based on the new trailer—which you can watch below—there is a lot happening with the De la Mora family. First, we see Paulina is in Madrid, but she's miserable and missing her home country of Mexico—which she explains she left because her family is "completely destroyed." She's telling a new friend there about her life back home, and how she can't stop thinking about her mom because she lost her flower shop because of her. The shop is now owned by Los Chiquis, but through the the trailer, we can see the family is still up to their old antics—this time with the intention of winning their florería back.
And remember Julian's boyfriend, Diego, who stole the family's money and ran off? Well, we get a little hint in the trailer that things might not be over between him and Julian.
But perhaps the biggest clue in the Season 2 sneak peek is that we see the De la Mora children looking melancholy and crying over a casket. And there is indeed no inclusion of Verónica Castro—who played the matriarch Virginia—in the clip. Does this mean Virginia dies? It would make sense given the below...
Will the House of Flowers cast be back for season 2—and are the rumors that Verónica Castro isn't returning true?
While we know for sure that the actors who portray the three de La Mora children—Cecilia Suarez (Paulina), Aislinn Derbez (Elena), and Dario Yazbek Bernal (Julián)—are set to return, last August, Castro told Quién that she didn't see herself repeating the role of Virginia because her character's storyline was done. Earlier this year, Caro confirmed to ET that Castro would not be coming back for season 2 of House of Flowers. And that all makes sense given the moment in the trailer featuring a casket and the De la Mora children clearly being distraught over a loss.
"To be honest, the storyline didn't change for the second season because from the beginning we know that there was a chance that she wouldn't be returning," the creator, writer, and director said. "So we had a version that clearly explained how the rest of the characters would evolve with the absence of their mother, and we would have to use that to our benefit because that is also a very important topic to touch on and explore in the second season."
Will Paulina's voice in House of Flowers remain the same?
Perhaps one of the first season's biggest highlights was Paula's signature voice, with an accent so irritatingly slow it launched the #PaulinadelaMoraChallenge on social media of fans trying to imitate her.
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A ver has-ta cuan-do se le o-cu-rre a @ManoloCaroS sa-car la tem-po-ra-da 2 de La @CasaFloresTV
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Since Suarez is confirmed to return, you can bet that her hilarious accent will be back, too.
Until the show comes back, can I get some Casa de Las Flores memes and gifs?
I wouldn't leave you any other way.
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Bicycles are vehicles that do not require a license to operate and share the road with cars, motorcycles, and other fast moving vehicles. An improper lane change from a bicyclist, such as one without any warning, can lead to great injury or death (especially after sundown). Bike Safe addresses this safety concern by providing a low-cost device that mimics the warning system motorists' use every day. The system consists of a red brake light and amber turning signal lights that mounts to the rear of the bike, as well as a white headlamp that mounts to the front handlebars. The bicyclist safely and easily controls the turning lights signal without removing their hands from the handlebars. In addition, when the bicyclist applies the brakes, the red brake light significantly brightens until the bicyclist releases the brakes. Bike Safe also has a solar panel that charges the battery in order to provide a more reliable power source and a longer battery life for night-time bike rides.


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from django.urls import reverse
from neutronclient.client import exceptions
from openstack_auth import policy
from openstack_dashboard import api
from unittest import mock

from manila_ui.api import manila as api_manila
from manila_ui.api import network as api_manila_network
from manila_ui.dashboards import utils
from manila_ui.tests.dashboards.project import test_data
from manila_ui.tests import helpers as test

INDEX_URL = reverse('horizon:project:share_networks:index')

class ShareNetworksViewTests(test.TestCase):

    def test_create_share_network(self):
        share_net = test_data.active_share_network
        url = reverse('horizon:project:share_networks:share_network_create')
        neutron_net_id = self.networks.first().id
        formData = {
            'name': 'new_share_network',
            'description': 'This is test share network',
            'method': 'CreateForm',
            'neutron_net_id': utils.transform_dashed_name(neutron_net_id),
        }
        for net in self.networks.list():
            sanitized_net_id = utils.transform_dashed_name(net.id)
            subnet_choices_field = 'subnet-choices-%s' % sanitized_net_id
            formData[subnet_choices_field] = net.subnets[0].id
        self.mock_object(
            api.neutron, "subnet_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=self.subnets.list()))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila_network, "network_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=self.networks.list()))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_create",
            mock.Mock(return_value=share_net))

        self.client.post(url, formData)

        sanitized_neutron_net_field = formData[
            'subnet-choices-%s' % utils.transform_dashed_name(neutron_net_id)]
        api_manila.share_network_create.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, name=formData['name'], neutron_net_id=neutron_net_id,
            neutron_subnet_id=sanitized_neutron_net_field,
            description=formData['description'])
        api_manila_network.network_list.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY)
        api.neutron.subnet_list.assert_has_calls([
            mock.call(mock.ANY, network_id=network.id)
            for network in self.networks.list()
        ], any_order=True)

    def test_delete_share_network(self):
        share_network = test_data.inactive_share_network
        formData = {'action': 'share_networks__delete__%s' % share_network.id}
        self.mock_object(api_manila, "share_network_delete")
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=[
                test_data.active_share_network, share_network]))
        self.mock_object(
            api.neutron, "network_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=self.networks.list()))
        self.mock_object(
            api.neutron, "subnet_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=self.subnets.list()))

        res = self.client.post(INDEX_URL, formData)

        self.assertRedirectsNoFollow(res, INDEX_URL)
        api_manila.share_network_list.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, detailed=True)
        api_manila.share_network_delete.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_network.id)
        api.neutron.network_list.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY)
        api.neutron.subnet_list.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY)

    def test_detail_view(self):
        share_net = test_data.active_share_network
        sec_service = test_data.sec_service
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_server_list", mock.Mock(return_value=[]))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_get", mock.Mock(return_value=share_net))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_security_service_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=[sec_service]))
        network = self.networks.first()
        subnet = self.subnets.first()
        self.mock_object(
            api.neutron, "network_get", mock.Mock(return_value=network))
        self.mock_object(
            api.neutron, "subnet_get", mock.Mock(return_value=subnet))
        url = reverse('horizon:project:share_networks:share_network_detail',
                      args=[share_net.id])

        res = self.client.get(url)

        self.assertContains(res, "
Share Network Details: %s
"
                                 % share_net.name,
                            1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "
%s
" % share_net.name, 1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "
%s
" % share_net.id, 1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "
%s
" % network.name_or_id, 1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "
%s
" % subnet.name_or_id, 1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "%s" % (sec_service.id,
                                                   sec_service.name), 1, 200)
        self.assertNoMessages()
        api_manila.share_network_security_service_list.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.id)
        api_manila.share_server_list.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, search_opts={'share_network_id': share_net.id})
        api_manila.share_network_get.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.id)
        api.neutron.network_get.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.neutron_net_id)
        api.neutron.subnet_get.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.neutron_subnet_id)

    def test_detail_view_network_not_found(self):
        share_net = test_data.active_share_network
        sec_service = test_data.sec_service
        url = reverse('horizon:project:share_networks:share_network_detail',
                      args=[share_net.id])
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_server_list", mock.Mock(return_value=[]))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_get", mock.Mock(return_value=share_net))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_security_service_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=[sec_service]))
        self.mock_object(
            api.neutron, "network_get", mock.Mock(
                side_effect=exceptions.NeutronClientException('fake', 500)))
        self.mock_object(
            api.neutron, "subnet_get", mock.Mock(
                side_effect=exceptions.NeutronClientException('fake', 500)))

        res = self.client.get(url)

        self.assertContains(res, "
Share Network Details: %s
"
                                 % share_net.name,
                            1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "
%s
" % share_net.name, 1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "
%s
" % share_net.id, 1, 200)
        self.assertContains(res, "
Unknown
", 2, 200)
        self.assertNotContains(res, "
%s
" % share_net.neutron_net_id)
        self.assertNotContains(res,
                               "
%s
" % share_net.neutron_subnet_id)
        self.assertContains(res, "%s" % (sec_service.id,
                                                   sec_service.name), 1, 200)
        self.assertNoMessages()
        api_manila.share_network_security_service_list.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.id)
        api_manila.share_server_list.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, search_opts={'share_network_id': share_net.id})
        api_manila.share_network_get.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.id)
        api.neutron.network_get.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.neutron_net_id)
        api.neutron.subnet_get.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.neutron_subnet_id)

    def test_update_share_network(self):
        share_net = test_data.inactive_share_network
        formData = {
            'method': 'UpdateForm',
            'name': share_net.name,
            'description': share_net.description,
        }
        url = reverse('horizon:project:share_networks:share_network_update',
                      args=[share_net.id])
        self.mock_object(api_manila, "share_network_update")
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_get", mock.Mock(return_value=share_net))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "share_network_security_service_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=[test_data.sec_service]))
        self.mock_object(
            api_manila, "security_service_list",
            mock.Mock(return_value=[test_data.sec_service]))
        self.mock_object(
            policy, 'check',
            mock.Mock(side_effect=(lambda *args, **kwargs: True)))

        res = self.client.post(url, formData)

        self.assertRedirectsNoFollow(res, INDEX_URL)
        api_manila.share_network_security_service_list.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.id)
        api_manila.security_service_list.assert_has_calls([
            mock.call(mock.ANY),
            mock.call(mock.ANY, search_opts={'share_network_id': share_net.id})
        ])
        api_manila.share_network_get.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY, share_net.id)
        api_manila.share_network_update.assert_called_once_with(
            mock.ANY,
            share_net.id,
            name=formData['name'],
            description=formData['description'])
        self.assertTrue(policy.check.called)


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Mass Surveillance in Pop Culture
More and more lately, the idea of creeping mass surveillance has been playing itself out on the dreamscape of humanity in the form of popular entertainment. Here's a relatively recent manifestation: an episode of The Regular Show, a cartoon about a blue jay (Mordecai) and a raccoon (Rigby) who work at a local park as groundskeepers. Note that in this particular episode, entitled "Peeps," the main dilemma of the story is solved only when the targeted individuals (Mordecai and Rigby) turn the tables on the invading presence and stare back at it....
A parable for perilous times?
To view the entire episode, simply click HERE.
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Mass Surveillance in England
An excerpt from Jenny Jones' 6-12-14 Guardian article entitled "The Met Turned Me into a Domestic Extremist--with Tweets and Trivia":
"I would describe myself as many things, but domestic extremist is not one of them. In the eyes of the Metropolitan police, however, that is what I am; and that's why my name is on a file in their secret database of 'domestic extremists.'
"In June 2013, after having paid £10 and filled out a very long form, a copy of my police file arrived in the post. I don't know what I expected to find, but the three pages can only be described as pathetic […].
"The supposed point of this database, which is managed by the Met, is to gather intelligence from police forces, counter terrorism units, industry and open sources about domestic extremism threats, of which I am apparently one […].
To read the complete article, click HERE.
Here's an excerpt from a related Guardian story, this one from 6-3-14, entitled "Why I'm Fighting the Met in Court over Undercover Relationships":
"I am one of eight women currently taking legal action against the commissioner of the Metropolitan police. We were all deceived into long-term intimate relationships with undercover police officers who were infiltrating environmental and social justice campaign groups. From 1995 until 2000 I was in a relationship with Mark Jenner, who I knew as Mark Cassidy – a joiner from Birkenhead.
"We were members of the Colin Roach Centre, an independent political group that had exposed police corruption in the early 1990s and promoted trade union, anti-fascist politics. For four years we lived together in what I believed was a monogamous relationship. I have since found out he was married with children at the time […].
"Having had our lives abused and disrupted by the activities of undercover officers, some of us searched for individuals for years, tenaciously tracking down their true identities. We now openly challenge those responsible for what was done to us."
To read the entirety of this article, click HERE.
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CIA Devil Doll
An excerpt from Adam Goldman's 6-19-14 Washington Post article entitled "CIA Hatched Plot to Make Demon Toy to Counter Osama bin Laden's Influence":
"For more than a decade, the CIA has deployed drones, satellites, spies, informants and tracking devices to thwart al-Qaeda in Pakistan.
"The spy agency also considered a plan to wage war with toys.
"Beginning in about 2005, the CIA began secretly developing a custom-made Osama bin Laden action figure, according to people familiar with the project. The face of the figure was painted with a heat-dissolving material, designed to peel off and reveal a red-faced bin Laden who looked like a demon, with piercing green eyes and black facial markings.
"The goal of the short-lived project was simple: spook children and their parents, causing them to turn away from the actual bin Laden.
"The code-name for the bin Laden figures was 'Devil Eyes,' and to create them the CIA turned to one of the best minds in the toy business, said those familiar with the project, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the project publicly…."
To read Adam Goldman's entire article, click HERE.
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Fun with Drones
From Steve Watson's 6-18-14 Infowars article entitled "'Riot Control' Drone to Shoot Pepper Spray at Protesters":
"A drone that is capable of firing 400 rounds of pepper spray and paint balls, as well as employing 'blinding lasers' and loudspeakers to deter protesters, has been developed and sold to an undisclosed company following a demonstration at a trade show in London.
"Reports indicate that an undisclosed mining company in South Africa has purchased 25 of the 'Skunk riot control copter' devices developed by military surveillance and communications contractor Desert Wolf.
"The company's website describes the drone as being 'equipped with 4 high-capacity paint ball barrels firing at up to 20 bullets per second each, with 80 Pepper bullets per second stopping any crowd in its tracks.'
"'The current hopper capacity of 4000 bullets and High Pressure Carbon Fiber Air system it allows for real stopping power,' the description continues. 'Bright strobe lights, blinding Lasers and with on-board speakers enables communication and warnings to the crowd,' the company also notes.
"Defence Web notes that the eight-rotored drone also has high definition and thermal vision cameras, and comes with a ground control station to be operated by two people.
"Desert Wolf's director, Hennie Kieser, notes that the operators will be monitored by a camera and microphone, to ensure that they are not 'too aggressive'.
"Exactly who will be watching them on the camera and listening to them on the microphone is not explained."
To read the rest of Watson's article, click HERE.
Here's a related article, this one from today's L.A. Times, about a "mystery" drone that was "smashed to bits" by a mob of L.A. Kings fans outside Staples Center in Los Angeles. According to Joseph Serna and Brian Bennett of the L.A. Times:
"[A]s the aircraft hovered over the throngs of fans last week, people took it upon themselves to let the drone know it wasn't welcome. A mob mentality set in and soon after, revelers were throwing everything they could to knock the drone down -- minus the kitchen sink.
"After a light tap from an unidentified object on its left side, a black Kings T-shirt knocked the drone on the right and sent it careening down within arm's reach of the fans.
"Video footage shows the drone getting pulled into the mass, where it was smashed to bits by a skateboard, according to the person who posted the video.
"The owner of the drone hasn't come forward, Los Angeles police said, and the Staples Center and Kings organizations have said the aircraft wasn't theirs."
To read the entire L.A. Times article, click HERE.
John Keel, NASA, and a Flying Saucer on Mars
On March 16, 1966, John A. Keel delivered a lecture to a gathering of Saucer News readers about his initial investigations into the infamous West Virginia anomalies that later became the basis for his most popular book, The Mothman Prophecies (1975). For this reason alone, this particular lecture has considerable historical and literary significance—at least for fans of Keel, Mothman lore, flying saucer esoterica, and related High Weirdness. Because the talk ends rather abruptly, I'm not entirely certain the complete recording is included here, but the fact that we have even a half hour of it is pretty incredible all on its own. You can hear this nearly 50-year-old lecture by clicking HERE.
It just so happens, thanks to NASA, that this is a rather appropriate time to listen to Keel's lecture, as the space agency has just announced that they have a very serious plan to send a "flying saucer" (AKA, a "Low Density Supersonic Decelerator") to Mars. For that story, as reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and many other news outlets, click HERE.
A Cryptoscatological Roundup
Earlier today I came across a fascinating conversation between Sean David Morton and John B. Wells, which first aired on Morton's Strange Universe radio show back on January 31st of this year. This episode aired the same week that Wells was unceremoniously fired from his gig as a weekend host on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Stick around to hear about Sean David Morton's dinner with Eldridge Cleaver and Ayn Rand (!) back in 1973, which Morton somehow manages to weave into the conversation at around 52:00. Click HERE to listen to the entire interview.
Also, for a cogent roundup of recent cryptoscatological events, simply click HERE to check out Loren Coleman's 6-9-14 Twilight Language post entitled "Slender Man Mayhem & Las Vegas Killings." You might also want to take the time to click HERE and read Coleman's latest post, this one entitled "Full Moon on Friday the 13th: PsyWar or SubGenius?"
"PsyWar. Wag the dog. Psy Ops. Black ops. Political warfare. False flag. Astroturfing. There are so many words being used in common jargon today that few understand the depths or even reality of psychological warfare taking place. How much of it is actually activated by a third party? That hardly seems important any more, due to the mere fact that the copycat effect, behavior contagion keeps the cycle going within its own self-repeating process.
"Sometimes people get a feeling deep in their bones. They don't know why or what's going on. But it is very real to them. They don't know where it's coming from. Among some folks, the ones triggered and vulnerable, who are pushed around and sparked by such things, this Friday June 13th may be especially troubling. There is the sense to some that this Full Moon Friday the 13th might be one in which the human mood is provoked by the tidal wave of lunacy and phobias that haunt some people.
"Let us not get bogged down in theories, beliefs, and conspiracies. I suggest we look at the data, open our eyes, and watch what happens, but not in some analytic frozen state.
"I say, 'Be aware.'"
--Loren Coleman, 6-13-14
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PALANTIR
Excerpts from Andy Greenberg and Ryan Mac's 8-14-13 Forbes article entitled "How a 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, a CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut":
"[Alex] Karp's 24/7 security detail is meant to protect him from extremists who have sent him death threats and conspiracy theorists who have called Palantir to rant about the Illuminati. Schizophrenics have stalked Karp [Palantir's chief executive] outside his office for days at a stretch. 'It's easy to be the focal point of fantasies,' he says, 'if your company is involved in realities like ours.'
"Palantir lives the realities of its customers: the NSA, the FBI and the CIA–an early investor through its In-Q-Tel venture fund–along with an alphabet soup of other U.S. counterterrorism and military agencies. In the last five years Palantir has become the go-to company for mining massive data sets for intelligence and law enforcement applications, with a slick software interface and coders who parachute into clients' headquarters to customize its programs. Palantir turns messy swamps of information into intuitively visualized maps, histograms and link charts. Give its so-called 'forward-deployed engineers' a few days to crawl, tag and integrate every scrap of a customer's data, and Palantir can elucidate problems as disparate as terrorism, disaster response and human trafficking […].
"And now Palantir is emerging from the shadow world of spies and special ops to take corporate America by storm. The same tools that can predict ambushes in Iraq are helping pharmaceutical firms analyze drug data. According to a former JPMorgan Chase staffer, they've saved the firm hundreds of millions of dollars by addressing issues from cyberfraud to distressed mortgages. A Palantir user at a bank can, in seconds, see connections between a Nigerian Internet protocol address, a proxy server somewhere within the U.S. and payments flowing out from a hijacked home equity line of credit, just as military customers piece together fingerprints on artillery shell fragments, location data, anonymous tips and social media to track down Afghani bomb makers […].
"The biggest problem for Palantir's business may be just how well its software works: It helps its customers see too much. In the wake of NSA leaker Edward Snowden's revelations of the agency's mass surveillance, Palantir's tools have come to represent privacy advocates' greatest fears of data-mining technology — Google-level engineering applied directly to government spying. That combination of Big Brother and Big Data has come into focus just as Palantir is emerging as one of the fastest-growing startups in the Valley, threatening to contaminate its first public impressions and render the firm toxic in the eyes of customers and investors just when it needs them most […].
"Karp seems to enjoy listing reasons he isn't qualified for his job. 'He doesn't have a technical degree, he doesn't have any cultural affiliation with the government or commercial areas, his parents are hippies,' he says, manically pacing around his office as he describes himself in the third person. 'How could it be the case that this person is cofounder and CEO since 2005 and the company still exists?'
"The answer dates back to Karp's decades-long friendship with Peter Thiel, starting at Stanford Law School […]. Thiel had cofounded PayPal and sold it to eBay in October 2002 for $1.5 billion. He went on to create a hedge fund called Clarium Capital but continued to found new companies: One would become Palantir, named by Thiel for the Palantiri seeing stones from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, orbs that allow the holder to gaze across vast distances to track friends and foes.
"In a post-9/11 world Thiel wanted to sell those Palantiri-like powers to the growing national security complex: His concept for Palantir was to use the fraud-recognition software designed for PayPal to stop terrorist attacks. But from the beginning the libertarian saw Palantir as an antidote to–not a tool for–privacy violations in a society slipping into a vise of security. 'It was a mission-oriented company,' says Thiel, who has personally invested $40 million in Palantir and today serves as its chairman. 'I defined the problem as needing to reduce terrorism while preserving civil liberties.'"
To read the entire Forbes article about Palantir, click HERE.
For more on Palantir and its impact on local law enforcement (specifically in regard to the LAPD), you should watch Rachel Crane's recent CNN report. Here's a brief excerpt from Crane's exchange with Captain John Romero of the LAPD:
RACHEL CRANE (CNN): "Anybody who is a vehicle owner is in Palantir?"
CAPTAIN JOHN ROMERO (LAPD): "Anybody who is a vehicle owner in a public place, and has passed a license plate reader, will be in our data set. [W]e have a lot of data for people who have done nothing [illegal]." [Emphasis mine.--RG]
To see CNN's entire report on Palantir, click HERE.
John Keel on David Letterman
I had no idea that John A. Keel (author of such groundbreaking books as Jadoo, Strange Creatures from Time and Space, Our Haunted Planet, and many others) once appeared on a very early version of the David Letterman show. I just happened to stumble across this footage the other day thanks to the beauty of synchronicity. Apparently, this interview occurred on July 28, 1980 when Keel was still the editor-in-chief of Pursuit Magazine. Note that the closest Keel gets to outlining his "ultraterrestrial theory" about the paranormal (explored in-depth in such books as UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse, The Mothman Prophecies and The Eighth Tower) is when he tosses out the line, "The same place the dinosaurs are coming from." Keel probably felt that delving any deeper into the theory would have been far too heady for the average television viewer in 1980 (and his instincts were no doubt correct). For a variety of reasons, it's fascinating to see Keel do his best to discuss his work in such a superficial venue. Click HERE to watch the eight-minute-long conversation.
More San Diego Mayhem
According to Monica Garske's 6-5-14 article entitled "3 Homes Destroyed in Military Plane Crash":
"Military officials are investigating what caused a military plane to crash into homes in an Imperial Valley neighborhood about two hours southeast of San Diego County Wednesday.
"The pilot safely ejected from the plane before it crashed, officials said, and no civilians on the ground were injured. Three homes were destroyed in the crash [...].
"MCAS Miramar officials said the Third Marine Aircraft Wing AV-8B Harrier was stationed at MCAS Yuma and crashed around 4:20 p.m. The pilot was transported to a local hospital for evaluation. He sustained minor injuries but is expected to make a full recovery [...].
MCAS Miramar 1st Lt. Jose Negrete said authorities were on scene collecting evidence and assessing the damage. An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash [...].
"According to NBC News, this is the second crash in less than one month involving a Harrier jet from the MCAS Yuma base. On May 9, another crashed in a remote desert area near the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona during a routine training exercise.
"In that case, the jet was destroyed and the pilot ejected safely as well [...]."
To read Garske's entire report, click HERE.