Does anything control what you are wearing today? Do you entirely make your own decisions. Most likely, you make your decisions. However, certain things have possibly help shape your opinions in regard to style.
What are the most popular and influential clothing categories that affect the apparel industry and consumers? On this page you will find clothes, shoes, or fashionable accessories that begin with the letter "R".
Social media has helped many designers and fashion companies show off new products and brands. Does this mean that social media is the most important influence on fashion? Well, to be honest, social media is only one of many factors that has the capacity to influence what we wear. In regard to clothing, footwear, and accessories, consumers are influenced by many different factors. Fashion magazines, social media, red carpet dresses, movies, music videos and a wide assortment of other things influence our buying decisions and what we choose to wear on a particular day.
Learn more about a few of the clothes categories that have an influence on our industry and consumers.
You are probably wearing clothing at this very moment. Do you know why you selected to wear today what you are wearing?


Cue conspiracy theories and bust out your tinfoil hats.
According to the Irish Times, a copy of the Irish budget got its way into the hands of the German bundestag, where it was presented and reviewed.
Folks who think Ireland is being run by the Germans are going to have a field day.
Mr Kenny met chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin yesterday after which reports emerged that the Irish Government was planning raise the top rate of VAT by 2 per cent to 23 per cent.
According to documents presented to a Bundestag budget committee, the measure would generate an additional €670 million for the Government.
Opposition parties rounded on the Government today accusing it a "staggering breach of faith", with suggestions that the German chancellor was now "pulling the strings".


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Suggested changes include a tougher ban on intimate relationships between faculty and students.
Mary Jo White's work is done. Now the University of Rochester's work begins in earnest.
White, the former U.S. attorney and Securities and Exchange Commission chairwoman, presented a 207-page report Thursday focused on fact-checking the narrative around professor Florian Jaeger and adjudicating the university's response to it. On both counts, she found substantial compliance with law and policy, though she had harsh words for the way Jaeger conducted himself at work.
There are many questions facing the university in the next several months: a permanent replacement for President Joel Seligman; the outcome of a federal lawsuit naming him and the university as defendants; whether Jaeger is allowed to return to work; and whether the White report will help UR restore its national reputation, which has taken a bruising in the last five months.
At the same time, White left the school with a list of recommendations for policy and structural changes. Following them, she said in an interview Friday, could position UR as the "thought leader and moral leader for the academic community."
Here are some of the recommendations to which she referred. The university has said it intends to create a working group of administrators, faculty and other campus constituencies to implement them.
The university's current policy prohibits faculty from having relationships with students over whom they exercise power, and advises them to err on the side of caution in interpreting that.
The more expansive policy would have covered some of the relationships Jaeger had with students that made other women in the department uncomfortable.
"The university's policies did not prohibit these relationships at the relevant times, but did prohibit sexual harassment," the report states. "Jaeger's conduct ... (highlighted) the acute challenges that can arise when intimate relationships between faculty and students are permitted," the report stated.
One major complaint regarding the Jaeger investigation was the UR Office of Counsel (OOC)'s dual role in investigating claims of sexual harassment and defending the university against them.
According to the original Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint, Richard Aslin, one of the plaintiffs, "expressed concern than (UR employment and labor relations lawyer Catherine Nearpass)'s role meant she had to protect the institutional interests of the university, her employer and client, while also having to elicit difficult testimony from women who felt the University had let them down, and at the same time protect the rights of Jaeger, a University employee — a tangle of conflicting interests."
The White report "credit(ed) that she acted neutrally in that role in this case," but recommended the university address the issue by creating a dedicated office to investigating claims of misconduct by faculty members.
Not just at UR but on college campuses across the country, those involved in cases of sexual harassment or assault have reported confusion as to their rights and obligations. The complainants against Jaeger, for instance, said they were not allowed copies of official documents, while Jaeger himself touted having been "cleared" of all charges at one point when the complainants thought they were prohibited from discussing the case.
White recommended that UR immediately recruit several such advisers from people already on campus, including faculty or academic deans. Within three months, she said, the university should hire two additional lawyers, one to advise claimants and one to advise defendants.
investigations that took place in this matter," White wrote.
In the same spirit, White said the university should develop a "plain English 'Advice of Rights and Procedures' brochure." Other universities, including Case Western and Johns Hopkins, already do so. She also recommended adding examples of inappropriate actions to the existing policy on sexual harassment.
There was significant confusion in the Jaeger case as to what the parties — including the university itself — were expected to keep confidential.
they followed up actively. One student expressed the sentiment that in an investigation, 'One side has to be confidential about it, and the other side does not.'"
A new policy, White wrote, should "more carefully and flexibly balance the requirements and needs of confidentiality and the benefits of transparency."
The complainants also accused UR of searching their university email accounts in an attempt to discredit them. As at most universities, UR has the right to search university email accounts for legitimate purposes.
White did not criticize UR but said its actions — including sharing some of the emails it obtained with Greg DeAngelis, chair of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department — "upset and concerned many members of the university community."
The report recommends "new, more specific criteria governing any such review."
Many of UR's peer institutions already publish annual data on the number of sexual harassment complaints filed and how they were resolved, as well as some summary information. The report suggests that UR do the same.


When I think of Recess, I reflect back to my elementary school daze; the torturous boredom of being dictated to only broken by the brief of mid-day Recess. Only a couple more classes until my imminent release, a true feeling of euphoria I'm always striving for. It's why I make art and music. The empowering knowledge that I go about my days differently than most is truly liberating!


The first day of spring has passed and now is an important time for all residents to be prepared for serious weather events, especially tornadoes. Tornadoes can happen anywhere, any time of the year; however, early spring is the start of increased risk for many states.
Having access to early alerting can make all the difference in the event of a tornado. Emergency Communications Network (ECN) clients proactively use the CodeRED mass notification system to alert residents of severe weather. Signing up for CodeRED Weather Warning alerts specific to their participating community should be an essential part of an individual's emergency preparedness plan. CodeRED Weather Warning delivers advanced warning of severe weather as soon as a bulletin is issued by the National Weather Service. The system delivers voice calls, text messages and emails to subscribed residents within the direct path of the storm. Messages provide residents extra time to prepare that has proven to save lives.
Residents should also download the CodeRED Mobile Alert app as part of their preparation efforts ahead of severe weather. The app uses geospatial technology to deliver location-based alerts directly to any subscriber's mobile device. App users can add a 1-year subscription of CodeRED Weather Warning only .99. You can download the app here.
Knowing the difference between a warning and watch can help an individual know what action they should take once they receive a CodeRED alert. A tornado warning means a tornado has been sighted. Tornado warnings indicate imminent danger to life and property. Residents should immediately under ground to a basement, closet, hallway or bathroom. A tornado watch indicates a tornado is possible near the watch area. Talk to your family about your severe weather plan. Be ready to act quickly if a warning is issued. Please note, the CodeRED Weather Warning system only delivers tornado warnings. The system does not deliver watches or advisories.
Participating in local events organized by local public safety officials can provide an individual with the tools they need to prepare for the next tornado. Communities across the nation are organizing activities during America's National PrepareAthon, a nationwide community-based action campaign aimed at increasing emergency preparedness for hazards, including tornadoes. Many PrepareAthon participants are conducting tornado safety and evacuation drills. These drills can serve as a reminder to residents who haven't yet signed up for CodeRED to add their phone numbers to their county or city database. Help spread the word about PrepareAthon events and the CodeRED system by sharing the social media posts of your local emergency managers and encouraging your family and friends to sign up for alerts.


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When Will We Get the first F-F-F-Frost of the Season?
James Patrick
James Patrick Published: September 7, 2021
I know, you don't want to think about it, but it's inevitable…it's going to get cold -- sooner than later.
In 2020, Waterloo's first date of the season below 32* was October 4. The last time temps bottomed out below the freezing point in September in Waterloo was 9/23/2012 when it was a chilly 29. (It also reached 29* on 9/30/12)
It has only reached at or below 32* just 40 times in September in Waterloo since 1895. So, frost this month is a bit rare. The latest in the fall for the temperature to finally reach at/below 32* was October 29th in 1963 and 1973.
As for Cedar Rapids, the first time of the fall season in 2020 to dip at/below 32* was October 2 when it was 30 degrees.
It has only reached at or below 32* just 20 times in September in Cedar Rapids since 1895, most recently in 2012 on September 23 when it was 29*.
The latest in the season that Cedar Rapids has gone before hitting 32* or colder was November 8, 1900.
According to Iowa State University's Horticulture Extension, Waterloo's first frost, generally, occurs on September 30th. (Using weather data collected from 1971 to 2000).
Iowa State Horticulture
The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts that the first Frost in Cedar Rapids generally falls in the first week of October.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship shows the average date of the first freeze across the state falls between September 30 and October 15, earlier in the northwest and later in the southeast part of the state.
Frost is predicted when air temperatures reach 32°F (0°C), but because it is colder closer to the ground, a frost may occur even when air temperatures are just above freezing.
Light freeze: 29° to 32°F — tender plants are killed.
Moderate freeze: 25° to 28°F —widely destructive to most vegetation.
Severe freeze: 24°F and colder—heavy damage to most garden plants.
Another UFO Sighting in Evansdale, Iowa - Photos
Keep scrolling and see what you think - is it a UFO or not?
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The City of Gold Coast (City) is not a direct provider of these services but supports and assists a range of initiatives in partnership with community groups and other levels of government. We also advocate for improved services and facilities for Gold Coast residents.
Free call 1800 47 47 53 (24x7) or visit www.qld.gov.au/homelesshotline.
Homeless Connect is a one-stop shop providing free goods and services to the city's homeless.
The annual event is organised by the Gold Coast Homelessness Network and supported by City of Gold Coast (City), State Government, local businesses, community groups and volunteers.
Each year organisers ask the Gold Coast community to donate goods to ensure the event assists as many homeless people as possible. Items needed include toiletries, disposable nappies, clothing, canned goods, blankets, sleeping bags and bottled water. You can support the Gold Coast's homeless by donating to this worthwhile cause.
For further information, please contact the Gold Coast Homelessness Network on 07 5572 0400.
The Queensland Government Department of Housing and Public Works provides housing assistance to people on low to moderate incomes.
The Department of Housing also provides bond loans for those who cannot afford to pay a full rental bond to move into private rental accommodation.
The Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority provides a comprehensive range of information for both tenants and lessors about renting in Queensland including beginning and ending tenancies and resolving disputes. It provides information for general tenancies, movable dwellings, student accommodation and residential services.
If you have information that can help police stop, solve or prevent crime phone 1800 333 000 or visit the Crime Stoppers website.
In case of an emergency or to report a crime in progress telephone 000 for Police. For all non-life threatening matters, please phone or visit your local police station.
Phone numbers can be found in the White Pages, through directory assistance - dial 1223. Alternatively, follow the link to the Police Station Locator on the Queensland Police Service website.
Relationships Australia Victims Counselling and Support Service provides free counselling and support to people affected by crime directly or indirectly. They assist with understanding the court process but do not provide court support.
For further information phone 1300 139 703, or visit the Relationships Australia website.
Counselling for women who have been raped or sexually assaulted.
To contact the centre, please phone 07 5591 1164.
Neighbourhood Watch groups exist throughout Australia. They aim to minimise the incidence of preventable crime, increase the incidence of reporting crime to the Police, improve the level of personal and household security, encourage individuals to mark their property for ease of identification if stolen and to improve the relationship between local Police and the community.
Contact the Gold Coast Police District Crime Prevention Unit on 07 5581 2840 or email DCPC.GoldCoast@police.qld.gov.au for details of your local neighbourhood watch.
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Redwater Decision: Bankruptcy Not a License to Ignore Environmental Obligations
February-6-2019
Lawyer Catherine Lyons
Area Environmental Law
On January 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (the "SCC") released its much anticipated decision, Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thornton Ltd., 2019 SCC 5 (the "Redwater Decision"). The SCC, in a 5-2 split decision, concluded that provincial end-of-life environmental abandonment and reclamation obligations, that are not claims provable in bankruptcy, must be satisfied by the bankrupt estate notwithstanding the impact that may have on secured creditor recovery in an insolvency proceeding.
While this decision rests in part on the provincial oil and gas well licensing framework, it takes a broader view of what has been called the "untidy intersection"1 of environmental and insolvency law, which view will not likely be confined to the oil and gas regulatory regime. The majority held "Bankruptcy is not a licence to ignore rules" while the minority commented that the majority decision would effectively displace "the 'polluter pays' principle enacted by Parliament in favour of a 'lender pays' principle." The majority and minority decisions also arrived at different conclusions in applying the "Abitibi tests"2 to determine whether a claim is provable in bankruptcy. It seems the intersection will remain rather untidy.
In Alberta, an oil and gas company is required to assume certain end-of-life abandonment and reclamation obligations (such as capping oil wells to prevent leaks and restoring the surface to its previous condition) to receive a license by the Alberta Energy Regulator (the "Regulator") to extract, process or transport oil and gas in the province. The Regulator may require a security deposit from a licensee for end-of-life obligations should it fall below the Regulator's Liability Management Rating (LMR).
In 2014, Redwater Energy Corporation ("Redwater"), an Alberta-based publicly-traded oil and gas company, fell into financial difficulty. One year prior, Alberta Treasury Branches (ATB) agreed to provide secured financing to Redwater with knowledge of the end-of-life environmental obligations associated with its assets and in return was granted security in Redwater's present and after-acquired property. By 2015, Redwater's finances had deteriorated and Grant Thornton Limited (GTL) was appointed receiver of the company's property, assets and undertaking. At that time, Redwater owed ATB approximately $5.1 million, and its assets consisted of 84 wells, 7 facilities and 36 pipelines. Many of its assets were inactive or spent, but given its LMR, Redwater was never required to pay a security deposit to the Regulator for its end-of-life obligations.
Following Redwater's receivership, the Regulator advised GTL that it was legally required to fulfil Redwater's abandonment and reclamation obligations for all licensed assets before distributing funds to creditors. GTL concluded it could not meet the end-of-life obligations, as the cost would likely exceed the sale proceeds for the productive wells, and determined it would only take possession of Redwater's productive wells and related assets (the "Retained Assets"). GTL took the position it had no obligation to fulfill any regulatory requirements associated with Redwater's unproductive oil and gas assets it was disclaiming and did not take possession of (the "Renounced Assets"). This effectively meant Redwater's end-of-life reclamation obligations applicable to the Renounced Assets would be ignored, resulting in numerous environmental and safety hazards throughout the province. In response, the Regulator issued orders against Redwater to properly suspend, abandon and reclaim the Renounced Assets. A bankruptcy order was eventually issued for Redwater and GTL was appointed the trustee in bankruptcy.
The Issue and Lower Court Decision
The question before the courts was how should a trustee in bankruptcy deal with such environmental obligations when tasked with distributing assets of a bankrupt company to secured creditors according to the rules in the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (the "BIA").
GTL argued that as it was disclaiming Redwater's unproductive oil and gas assets, the BIA empowered it to walk away from those assets (and their associated environmental liabilities) and to deal solely with Redwater's producing oil and gas assets. GTL also argued that, under the priority scheme in the BIA, the claims of Redwater's secured creditors must be satisfied ahead of Redwater's environmental liabilities, and that the applicable provincial legislation was inoperative to the extent it required the Regulator to interfere with the BIA's priority scheme.
The chambers judge and a majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal agreed with GTL and held that Redwater's compliance with provincial end-of-life abandonment and reclamation obligations conflicted with the BIA for two reasons: (i) it imposed on GTL the obligations of a licensee in relation to the Redwater assets disclaimed by GTL, contrary to the BIA; and (ii) it upended the priority scheme for the distribution of a bankrupt's assets by requiring that a provable claim of an unsecured creditor, the Regulator, be paid ahead of the claims of Redwater's secured creditors.
In a much anticipated re-visit of these issues, the SCC disagreed with the lower courts.
SCC Decision - "Bankruptcy is not a licence to ignore rules"
In a 5-2 majority decision, the SCC concluded GTL could not walk away from environmental liabilities of the Renounced Assets. The SCC found that while the BIA protects trustees and receivers from being personally liable for environmental liabilities of the bankrupt estate, this does not mean Redwater's estate could avoid its environmental obligations. In applying the "Abitibi test", the SCC found that "the Redwater estate must comply with ongoing environmental obligations that are not claims provable in bankruptcy." It further held that the reclamation costs were not provable claims as they were not technically debts requiring payment. Rather, the end-of-life obligations represent duties to the public and thereby fall outside of the BIA's priority scheme. The SCC noted that the Regulator, in seeking to enforce those claims, was acting in a regulatory capacity (not as a creditor) and does not stand to benefit financially. For these reasons, there is no conflict between the provincial and federal laws. Rather, the provincial and federal acts could co-exist, requiring that the end-of-life environmental obligations first be addressed, following which the remaining assets may be distributed to the secured creditors in accordance with the BIA's priority scheme. The SCC held "Bankruptcy is not a licence to ignore rules, and insolvency professionals are bound by and must comply with valid provincial laws during bankruptcy."
The Redwater Decision will most certainly impact lenders in the oil and gas sector and in other industries that have significant end-of-life environmental abandonment and reclamation obligations. Directors and officers should also be cognizant of the impact this decision may have on a company's lending value and capacity.
For further information about the Redwater Decision and its implications, please contact any member of our Environmental Law Group.
1 Re Nortel Networks Corporation, 2012 ONSC 1213, para. 8, Justice Morawetz referring to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act on one hand and Ontario's environmental laws on the other.
2 Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc., 2012 SCC 67 ("Abitibi"). In Abitibi, the Court established a three-part test, rooted in the language of the BIA, to determine whether a claim is provable in bankruptcy.


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Q: Ajax reload only in the first 10 seconds of each minute I'm using this code now and it works.
But i like to refresh only in the first 10 seconds of each minute, so 00, 03, 06 and ,09
Anyone who can help ?
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src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.0/jquery.min.js">
</script>

<script>
var auto_refresh = setInterval(
function()
{
$.ajaxSetup({ cache: false });
$('#loaddiv') .load('test5.asp');
}, 3000);

$(document).ready(function(){
$('#loaddiv').load('test5.asp')
})
</script>

A: You just need to change interval to 3 seconds and inside the set interval function check  the current time. Something like
var auto_refresh = setInterval(
                function ()
                {
                    var second = new Date().getSeconds();
                    if (second > 0 && second < 10) {

                        $.ajaxSetup({cache: false});
                        $('#loaddiv').load('test5.asp');
                    }
                }, 3000);

If you need to execute the code precisely at zero third six and ninth second then you need to set the interval to a 1 second and check if the current second is in the list (0,3,6,9).

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package com.amazonaws.services.elasticbeanstalk.model;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
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 * Describes the AWS resources in use by this environment. This data is
 * not live data.
 *

 */
public class EnvironmentResourcesDescription implements Serializable, Cloneable {

    /**
     * Describes the LoadBalancer.
     */
    private LoadBalancerDescription loadBalancer;

    /**
     * Describes the LoadBalancer.
     *
     * @return Describes the LoadBalancer.
     */
    public LoadBalancerDescription getLoadBalancer() {
        return loadBalancer;
    }

    /**
     * Describes the LoadBalancer.
     *
     * @param loadBalancer Describes the LoadBalancer.
     */
    public void setLoadBalancer(LoadBalancerDescription loadBalancer) {
        this.loadBalancer = loadBalancer;
    }

    /**
     * Describes the LoadBalancer.
     *

     * Returns a reference to this object so that method calls can be chained together.
     *
     * @param loadBalancer Describes the LoadBalancer.
     *
     * @return A reference to this updated object so that method calls can be chained
     *         together.
     */
    public EnvironmentResourcesDescription withLoadBalancer(LoadBalancerDescription loadBalancer) {
        this.loadBalancer = loadBalancer;
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of this object; useful for testing and
     * debugging.
     *
     * @return A string representation of this object.
     *
     * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("{");
        if (getLoadBalancer() != null) sb.append("LoadBalancer: " + getLoadBalancer() );
        sb.append("}");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        final int prime = 31;
        int hashCode = 1;

        hashCode = prime * hashCode + ((getLoadBalancer() == null) ? 0 : getLoadBalancer().hashCode());
        return hashCode;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (this == obj) return true;
        if (obj == null) return false;

        if (obj instanceof EnvironmentResourcesDescription == false) return false;
        EnvironmentResourcesDescription other = (EnvironmentResourcesDescription)obj;

        if (other.getLoadBalancer() == null ^ this.getLoadBalancer() == null) return false;
        if (other.getLoadBalancer() != null && other.getLoadBalancer().equals(this.getLoadBalancer()) == false) return false;
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public EnvironmentResourcesDescription clone() {
        try {
            return (EnvironmentResourcesDescription) super.clone();

        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                    "Got a CloneNotSupportedException from Object.clone() "
                    + "even though we're Cloneable!",
                    e);
        }

    }

}


I thought this would make a good topic for the one hundredth post in this forum.
The Greater German Reich is beginning to crumble. The efforts of General Montgomery have forced the Afrika Korps to submit, and Italy has been knocked out of the war. In the east, the Russians have won by numbers and now march on Eastern Europe. In the far east, Japan has lost its vital battles and is on the brink.
All that remains is a great offensive into France. For months, Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery have been planning an attack on Normandy. The plan, code-named Operation Overlord, will have British, American and Canadian troops storming the beaches of Normandy and breaking out towards Paris. Churchill and Roosevelt will give the green light any minute now. Its the beginning of the end.
-You play as a squad of four as either foot soldiers or in a tank. They can be fiction characters, people you know, made up people...anything!
-Please be serious. I've always wanted to do a D-Day game.
-You can be one of three nations: Britain, Canada or the US.
We'll start when at least one other person volenteers to join.
Ok, This sounds cool! I'll join!
BTW: This is like an RPG right?
'Tis indeed. Do you want to start or do you want me to?


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The Odyssey Charter School Board is a volunteer position typically filled by teachers and parents of students of OCS as well as business professionals from throughout our community. Meeting monthly through the school year, the Board of Directors oversees business decisions, future planning for the school, and adherence to the schools' mission and vision. The Board seeks out and accepts applications from capable individuals within the school and community when filling vacancies. Initial term of office is typically one year with an additional three years during re-election to the Board to help get a working overview of school activities, needs, and directions. All OCS Board Members can be contacted by calling 321-733-0442.
Leslie Maloney, President
maloneyl@odysseycharterschool.com
Educator/Community Member, Term: 2020-2023
Leslie Maloney has been an educator for over thirty years. She has taught extensively in the fields of sociology, psychology and history and has built successful life enrichment and educational programs at the high school, college and community levels. She loves to have discussions and conversations that broaden perspectives and deepen understanding of ourselves and each other. This is evident in the books she has published - Mermaid Meg and the Magic Lagoon and Things to Remember When You Fly From the Nest. She currently teaches at Eastern Florida State College and serves on several community boards that promote the environment and education. She is a proud mom of two and lives with her husband, Dan, in Melbourne Beach. Leslie has been a Board member since 2014
Andy Ziegler, Vice President
zieglera@odysseycharterschool.com
Community Member, Term: 2020-2023
Mr. Ziegler has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and was elected to the Brevard County School Board in 2008 and served for 10 years. He is a Palm Bay Rotarian of 30 years and has held board positions including President in 1997. His primary career expertise is Network Specialist. Mr. Ziegler is a current member of numerous Boards of Directors including the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce, AmiKids, and past Chair of Central Florida Public School Board Coalition. Mr. Ziegler was instrumental in paving the way for the Children's Hunger Project to operate through public schools and continues to serve as an advisor. Mr. Ziegler has been a Board member since January 2019.
Amber Miller, Secretary
millera@odysseycharterschool.com
Ms. Miller has a Bachelor's degree in Fine/Studio Arts. Ms. Miller is currently a director of digital learning and development. She has former experience as a Training Specialist at Ford Motor Company, Director of Marketing, Social Media Specialist, and Merchandise Coordinator/Trainer at Walt Disney World. Ms. Miller has been a Board member since November 2019.
Condrado Martinez, Board Member
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title: Latches
date: 2016-11-09 20:00
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In the last chapter, we discussed multiplexing and demultiplexing --
respectively merging and splitting many streams of information over a single
pipeline. As previously hinted, we're getting surprisingly close to having all
of the pieces in place to make an honest-to-goodness computer.

We don't plan to stop there, it's just that we'll need one in order to jump to
the next level of abstraction; dealing directly with wires is so *barbarian*.

But we're not there yet. Today we set our sights on coming up with a way of
representing *changes over time* in our machine diagrams. This is a harder
problem than it sounds, because we don't even have a notion of time yet. Our
machine diagrams are defined in terms of *function tables*, which, as we've
repeatedly stressed, *always provide the same output given the same input*.
They're not allowed to do anything except for syntactic manipulation of values
on the underlying wires.

And so, it would seem, we find ourselves at an impasse. We could obviously just
loosen the constraints on what our function tables are allowed to do, but this
is undesirable for two reasons:

The first is that ensuring our machines depend on nothing but their inputs means
they are easy to reason about, and can always be decomposed and recomposed to
and from their constituent parts. Because function tables must depend only on
their inputs, this kind of reasoning is safe to do, since no externalities in
the system can influence our analysis.

The more practical reason is that it's not even clear how we would *allow*
function tables to do these crazy things that don't depend on their input, like
determine whether it's Tuesday. Half the time I'm not entirely convinced about
whether or not today is Tuesday; I usually resolve the question by asking
someone. Again, we get a win from parsimony on this one; "Tuesday" and most
other arbitrary things you can ask about are very obviously *human concepts*.
Humans are great and all, but we shouldn't expect the universe to fundamentally
agree with us that time should be subdivided into seven units, upon which our
machines behave differently.

So, how can we make a machine whose future depends on its past? Easy. Consider
the following simplified example:

```{#simple}
circuit = labeled "Hold" $ runCircuit $ void $ do
  or <- liftDia orGate
  c <- liftDia con
  input <- liftDia wire
  done <- liftDia wire
  orOut <- liftDia wire
  orDown <- liftDia $ scale 2 <$> vwire
  assertSame or (In 0) input (Out 0)
  assertSame or (Out 0) orOut (In 0)
  assertSame orOut (Out 0) orDown (In 0)
  assertSame orOut (Out 0) done (In 0)
  assertSame c Split orOut (Out 0)
  b <- aligning bend Split (or, In 1) (orDown, Out 0)
  arr (b, Split) (or, In 1)
  arr (b, Split) (orDown, Out 0)
```

Whoa. This `Hold` machine outputs a 0 at first, but a 1 forever after its input
has been raised high. What we've done is created a **feedback loop** from this
machine's output to its input. Somehow the output of this machine is *defined in
terms of itself*, which is actually pretty spooky if you think about it.

It will be informative to look at this machine's function table, since it is a
little different than we are used to seeing.

| Input | Last Output | Next Output |
|:-----:|:-----------:|:-----------:|
| 0     | 0           | 0           |
| 0     | 1           | 1           |
| 1     | 1           | 1           |
| 1     | 0           | 1           |

We've cleverly snuck around our limitation of requiring a function table to
depend only on its inputs by splitting its output into its *last output* and its
*next output*.

The very labeling of *last* and *next* outputs is informative; it strongly
suggests that these machines can change over time, so long as their inputs
change over time. And this makes sense; if some external force influences our
wires (eg. maybe the user presses a button), we want our systems to react to
that stimulus.

Feedback is actually a really interesting phenomenon. We can use it to implement
rather exotic things, like a clock:

```{#clock}
circuit = labeled "Clock" $ runCircuit $ void $ do
  or <- liftDia $ (spacer |||) <$> notGate
  c <- liftDia con
  done <- liftDia wire
  orOut <- liftDia wire
  orDown <- liftDia $ scale 2 <$> vwire
  assertSame or (Out 0) orOut (In 0)
  assertSame orOut (Out 0) orDown (In 0)
  assertSame orOut (Out 0) done (In 0)
  assertSame c Split orOut (Out 0)
  b <- aligning bend Split (or, In 0) (orDown, Out 0)
  arr (b, Split) (or, In 0)
  arr (b, Split) (orDown, Out 0)
```

This is not a "clock" in the usual human sense, but more in the sense of "it
ticks and it tocks and in general could be used to measure time if you knew how
fast it was ticking".

| Last Output | Next Output |
|:-----------:|:-----------:|
| 0           | 1           |
| 1           | 0           |

Neat. So with a couple of these examples under our belt, let's build something
useful. There is a canonical first impression of these things, and it looks like
this:

```{#rs}
circuit = labeled "RS" $ runCircuit $ void $ do
  nor1 <- liftDia norGate
  nor1out <- liftDia wire
  nor1in <- liftDia vwire
  c <- liftDia $ (\x -> x ||| inputWire ||| wireLabel "Q") <$> con
  nor2 <- liftDia norGate
  nor2out <- liftDia wire
  nor2in <- liftDia vwire
  liftCircuit $ constrainWith (vsep 1) [nor1, nor2]
  assertSame nor1 (Out 0) nor1out (In 0)
  assertSame nor2 (Out 0) nor2out (In 0)
  assertSame nor1 (In 1) nor1in (In 0)
  assertSame nor2 (In 0) nor2in (Out 0)
  assertSame c Split nor1out (Out 0)
  in1 <- liftDia $ (wireLabel "R" |||) <$> wire
  in2 <- liftDia $ (wireLabel "S" |||) <$> wire
  s1 <- liftDia vwire
  s2 <- liftDia vwire
  assertSame s1 (In 0) nor1out (Out 0)
  assertSame s2 (Out 0) nor2out (Out 0)
  assertSame in1 (Out 0) nor1 (In 0)
  assertSame in2 (Out 0) nor2 (In 1)
  arr (nor1in, Out 0) (s2, In 0)
  arr (nor2in, In 0) (s1, Out 0)
```

This is known as an `RS` latch. A useful mnemonic for keeping track of what it
does is that the `S` stands for "set" and the `R` stands for "reset". Which is
to say, that raising the `S` input will "set" the latch, and keep output `Q` be
1, while raising the `R` input will "reset" the latch and return the output to
0.

Its function table, if you're into that kind of thing, is presented here:

| R | S | Last Q | Next Q  |
|:-:|:-:|:------:|:-------:|
| 0 | 0 | 0      | 0       |
| 0 | 0 | 1      | 1       |
| 0 | 1 | 1      | 1       |
| 0 | 1 | 0      | 1       |
| 1 | 0 | 0      | 0       |
| 1 | 0 | 1      | 0       |
| 1 | 1 | 1      | Invalid |
| 1 | 1 | 0      | Invalid |

What's this "invalid" stuff? Well, setting both `R` and `S` high makes both of
the `nor` gates output a 0, which if you trace the diagram will cause crazy
behavior in our output `Q`, and break the semantic model we have of what it
means to "set" or "reset" this thing.

The function table is kind of gnarly, so we can also write it like the
following, which helps to convey the *semantics* of what we're trying to
accomplish:

| R | S | Q |
|:-:|:-:|:--|
| 0 | 0 | No Change |
| 0 | 1 | 0         |
| 1 | 1 | Invalid   |
| 1 | 0 | 1         |

where "No Change" obviously indicates `Next Q = Last Q`.

The `RS` machine is our first exposure to **latches**: machines which hold some
kind of "state" depending on what has happened in the past. In this case, `RS`
remembers which of `R` or `S` was most recently high. As such, we can think of
it as having a some **memory**. Indeed, the `RS` latch stores one bit of
information for us.

Unfortunately, the `RS` latch is finicky. Whenever you see an *Invalid* set of
inputs, you should become very worried, because of Murphy's law: despite your
best efforts, something will cause the illegal combination of inputs, and the
rest of our machine will explode -- either logically, or in some cases of real
electronics, physically.

What we'd really like to do is to provide some sort of "interface" to the `RS`
latch, which *guarantees* that `R` and `S` can't possibly be high
simultaneously. The only way to ensure that is if the input to `R` were somehow
derived from the `not` of the input to `S`. But, if that were the case, we'd
also want another wire `and`ed against both of them, to prevent the latch from
toggling indefinitely.

```{#snap}
circuit = labeled "Snap" $ runCircuit $ void $ do
  split <- liftDia $ machine [""] ["-", "+"] "Split"
  and1 <- liftDia $ scale 0.6 <$> andGate
  and2 <- liftDia $ scale 0.6 <$> andGate
  assertSame split (Named "-") and1 (In 1)
  assertSame split (Named "+") and2 (In 0)
  c <- aligning ((labeledWire "S" |||) <$> con) Split (split, In 0) (and1, In 0)
  b <- aligning bend Split (c, Split) (and2, In 1)
  input <- liftDia $ (wireLabel "V" |||) <$> wire
  assertSame input (Out 0) split (In 0)
  arr (c, Split) (b, Split)
  arr (c, Split) (and1, In 0)
  arr (b, Split) (and2, In 1)
  rs <- liftDia $ (\x -> x ||| inputWire ||| wireLabel "Q") <$> machine ["R", "S"] ["Q"] "RS"
  liftCircuit $ constrainWith (hsep 1.3) [split, rs]
  arr (and1, Out 0) (rs, In 0)
  arr (and2, Out 0) (rs, In 1)
```

The `Snap` machine is exactly this interface we desire. As you might expect from
the name, `Snap` takes a *snapshot* of `V` ("value") whenever `S` ("set") is
high. Behind the scenes, `Snap` is nothing more than a fancy `RS` latch, but now
we've guaranteed that we can't possibly toggle the illegal input condition on
the latch. Our semantic function table for `Snap` looks like this:

| S | Q         |
|:-:|:---------:|
| 0 | No Change |
| 1 | **V**     |

Of course, being able to store a single bit isn't particularly useful.
Thankfully, as usual, multiwires give us a convenient way of "lifting"
single-wire machines to multi-wire machines. Thus, we present `Snap*`, a
*polymorphic* snapshot machine capable of taking a snapshot of an entire
multiwire at once:

```{#snap_nybble}
circuit = labeled "Snap*" $ runCircuit $ void $ do
  snap <- liftDia $ (\x -> x ||| sspacer # scale 0.5 ||| inputMulti ||| wireLabel ":n") <$> machine' [inputWire, outputMulti] ["S", "V"] ["Q"] "Snap"
  d <- liftDia $ const $ vspacer # scale 0.6
  spaceV 0.1 snap d
  input1 <- liftDia $ scale 2.2 <$> wire
  input2 <- liftDia $ multiIn ":n"
  assertSame input1 (Out 0) snap (In 0)
  assertSame input2 (Out 0) snap (In 1)
  return ()
```

It's worthwhile to stop and think about how far we've come, and exactly how many
little details are hiding away inside of this simple diagram for `Snap*`. The
multiwire makes `n` copies of the internal `Snap`, which itself contains two
machines. We've managed to pack an incredible amount of *machinery* into this
one diagram, and the functionality of it is no longer anywhere close to being
"trivial". We really and truly have designed something worthwhile here, both in
terms of `Snap*` and in terms of the abstraction tools we've built in order to
actually describe it.

Something that might further pique your intrigue is that we are *nowhere near*
the limit of the abstraction tools we'll have built by the end of this book.
We're still just getting started.

In the next chapter, we'll build big blocks of these `Snap*` machines, capable
of storing many different nybbles simultaneously. We'll further design machinery
to *read* and *write* from any particular cell in this snapshot block, at which
point we'll have a working memory component for our computer.


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» In Defense of Burdensome Government Regulations
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On Inequality
published by Bruce on Mon, 03/30/2015 - 23:30
Washington Post columnists George Will and E. J. Dionne both wrote about inequality last week. Not surprisingly, they had very different takes on the subject.
Dionne has taken note of how Congressional Republicans are increasingly turning to rhetoric usually associated with Democrats.
In a moment whose irony he noted, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) told a bunch of rich Republicans gathered by the Brothers Koch this year that those doing well in America were "the top 1 percent, the millionaires and billionaires the president loves to demagogue, one or two of whom are here with us tonight" while the "people who have been hammered for the last six years are working men and women."
But Dionne is not ready to applaud today's conservatives as champions of the working class. He says they don't put their money where their mouths are.
Thanks to the House and Senate GOP budgets, we now know that conservatives and Republicans (1) aren't serious about the plight of working-class and lower-income Americans and (2) would actually make their situations much worse.
Next year's budget--in either the House or the Senate version--reduces funding for Medicaid, food stamps, Pell Grants, and other programs that primarily benefit the poorest citizens. It increases funding for the Pentagon.
George Will takes a different tack, meandering through the correlation between college graduation rates and dog ownership, a surprisingly sexist quote from a Princeton graduate, and a rant about something called "privilege theory" before arriving at his main topic in the penultimate paragraph.
Although some individuals have advantages they did not earn, "very often someone else did earn them" — by, for example, nurturing children in a stable family. It is hardly an injustice — an invidious privilege — for nurturing parents to be able to confer on their children the advantages of conscientiousness. The ability to do so, says Pullmann, is a powerful motivation for noble behavior that, by enlarging society's stock of parental "hard work, self-control and sacrifice," produces "positive spillover effects for everyone else."
He does make a valid point. Good parents do what they can to give their children a better chance at success. No government program can take what the most successful parents do and replicate it in every family. There will always be some people who, due to having the right parents, are more likely to succeed than their peers.
But Will misses the larger point. The goal of anti-poverty programs is not to create a magical utopia where parenting doesn't matter. These programs exist because in any normal distribution of families, the ones that give their kids the best chance to succeed will be counterbalanced by those that give their kids the greatest chance to fail. Somewhere in between will be the vast majority of kids who will grow up to have a pretty good life simpy by virtue of being born in a nation with a relatively high median standard of living.
The aim of anti-poverty programs not to completely flatten the bell curve; it's to help the most disadvantaged. For every family that can give their kids extra privilege, there is another family that leaves their kids at a serious disadvantage. It may be the result of chronic gambling or of taking a risk on a business that failed; they may be an abusive alcoholic or a soldier wounded in combat. Whether through their own actions or simply by circumstance, some parents will struggle financially and have trouble providing for their kids.
It would be wonderful if we all lived in the world Will imagines, where hard work always pays off, and thereby creates an incentive for parents to make the sacrifices that will ensure a better future for their children. Some lucky families live in such a world, but for many others it's just a dream, and for some it's beyond imagination.
The United States may have been founded on the ideal of a classless society, but two and a half centuries into this experiment, it doesn't seem to be working. Social mobility is lower in the U.S. than in Europe, and despite the common perception that it's getting worse, the reality is that it's been low for decades. We're just now starting to pay attention.
And that's why it's a shame that Congressional Republicans are moving now to cut social programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and Pell Grants. Better nutrition, better health care, and a better education give poor kids a chance to overcome the obstacles that were placed in their path by the circumstances of their birth. If these programs aren't achieving that end, a better case could be made for increasing rather than decreasing their funding.
By all means, let's applaud parents who, as George Will says, "confer on their children the advantages of conscientiousness." But we as a society can do that without abandoning the children who grow up without such advantages.


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Q: Algorithm for finding mutual name in lists I've been reading up on Algorithms from the book Algorithms by Robert Sedgewick and I've  been stuck on an exercise problem for a while. Here is the question :
Given 3 lists of N names each, find an algorithm to determine if there is any name common to all three lists. The algorithm must have O(NlogN) complexity. You're only allowed to use sorting algorithms and the only data structures you can use are stacks and queues.
I figured I could solve this problem using a HashMap, but the questions restricts us from doing so. Even then that still wouldn't have a complexity of NlogN.

A: If you sort each of the lists, then you could trivially check if all three lists have any 1 name in O(n) time by picking the first name of list A compare it to the first name in list B, if that element is < that of list A, pop the list b element and repeat until list B >= list A.  If you find a match repeat the process on C.  If you find a match in C also return true, otherwise return to the next element in a.
Now you have to sort all of the lists in n log n time.  which you could do with your favorite sorting algorithm though you would have to be a little creative using just stacks and queues.  I would probably recommend merge sort
The below psuedo code is a little messed up because I am changing lists that I am iterating over
pseudo code:
assume listA, b and c are sorted Queues where the smallest name is at the top of the queue.
eltB = listB.pop()
eltC = listC.pop()
for eltA in listA:
    while(eltB<=eltA):
        if eltB==eltA:
            while(eltC<=eltB):
                if eltB==eltC:
                    return true
                if eltC<eltB:
                    eltC=listC.pop();
        eltB=listB.pop()

A: Steps:

*

*Sort the three lists using an O(N lgN) sorting algorithm.

*Pop the one item from each list.

*If any of the lists from which you tried to pop is empty, then you are done i.e. no common element exists.

*Else, compare the three elements.

*If the elements are equal, you are done - you have found the common element.

*Else, keep the maximum of the three elements (constant time) and replenish from the same lists from which the two elements were discarded.

*Go to step 3.

Step 1 takes O(N lgN) and the rest of the steps take O(N), so the overall complexity is O(N lgN).


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"The market fever towards such novels reflects deeper social problems in China," Liu Yingwu said.
In The Chief of the Beijing Liaison Office, for instance, Wang Xiaofang unveils the daily running of liaison offices as a breeding hub of corruption, feeding readers' insatiable curiosity.
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At probably the biggest bookstore in China in the novel section on the second floor are two shelves packed with titles on officialdom.
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As of the week of January 17, among the top 20 popular novels at www.sina.com.cn, China's largest news portal, four titles are novels on officialdom.
The popularity of officialdom novels occurs at a time when fiction and novels are experiencing a general decline in the publishing market. Officialdom novels can hardly rescue the sagging Chinese literature market, its critics say.
"Officialdom novels have little to do with literature," said Bai Ye. "They are practical writings, containing little literary value."
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Although a self-made novelist, Wang Xiaofang felt strongly about some of the government-sponsored mainstream writers who look down on his work.
"Novels on Chinese officialdom are the only watchdog on our society," he said. "They represent the conscience of society."
In his much-acclaimed The Civil Servant's Notebook, a novel published in June 2009, Wang recorded his reflections on the unspoken rules governing Chinese society. The lives of civil servants, he wrote, are like those living in a gigantic castle, following prescribed rules; and all citizens are equal under the law, but not everybody is a citizen.
"I'm a social critic type of novelist," he said.
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Year Make Model: 2019 Triumph Bonneville Speed Twin
Topline: An old name that dates back to 1938, the Speed Twin returns as a performance-oriented standard bike with a healthy dose of retro British styling.
What's New: The 2019 Speed Twin is an all-new addition to the ever-growing Bonneville family. It's slotted above the new Street Twin as a higher-performance model with a bigger engine. Specifically, a 1200cc Bonneville parallel twin engine with a "Thruxton" tune making 96 horsepower and 83 pound-feet of torque, which is a notable 49 percent increase in power and a 40 percent boost in torque over the 2019 Street Twin.
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What You Need to Know: Triumph's line of "Modern Classics" is getting pretty crowded. Dare we say the Speed Twin is a bit redundant? In terms of what it is as a motorcycle, it's pretty similar to the Bonneville T120. Granted, the Speed Twin is more performance oriented, has a new, lighter frame, and all kinds of modern tech. But it's a retro-styled roadster with a 1200cc parallel twin engine, so we have to ask, why not just make the Speed Twin the new T120? The idea is for the Speed Twin to be a high-performance variant of the new Street Twin, but its parallels to the T120 are hard to ignore. Their similarities might end up confusing potential buyers.
That said, the Speed Twin is an impressive bike on paper. Triumph Bonnevilles might be multiplying like rabbits (this is the sixth bike in Triumph's current lineup to wear the "Bonneville" name) but the Speed Twin looks to be one of the best among its many siblings. It will be available in the U.S. next February and pricing will be announced on January 18.


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This briefing is one of a series of occasional ICG briefing papers and reports that will address the issue of political reform in the Middle East and North Africa. The absence of a credible political life in most parts of the region, while not necessarily bound to produce violent conflict, is intimately connected to a host of questions that affect its longer-term stability:
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Ineffective political representation, popular participation and government responsiveness often translate into inadequate mechanisms to express and channel public discontent, creating the potential for extra-institutional protests. These may, in turn, take on more violent forms, especially at a time when regional developments (in the Israeli-Palestinian theatre and in Iraq) have polarised and radicalised public opinion.
In the long run, the lack of genuine public accountability and transparency hampers sound economic development. While transparency and accountability are by no means a guarantee against corruption, their absence virtually ensures it. Also, without public participation, governments are likely to be more receptive to demands for economic reform emanating from the international community than from their own citizens. As a result, policy-makers risk taking insufficient account of the social and political impact of their decisions.
Weakened political legitimacy and economic under-development undermine the Arab states' ability to play an effective part on the regional scene at a time of crisis when their constructive and creative leadership is more necessary than ever.
The deficit of democratic representation may be a direct source of conflict, as in the case of Algeria.
Addressing this question is the governments' responsibility, but not theirs alone. Too often, opposition parties and civil society have contented themselves with vacuous slogans and unrealistic proposals that do not resonate with the people and further undermine the credibility of political action. In its analyses, ICG will focus on their behaviour as well.
On the eve of the American-led war on Iraq, commentators and officials in the West and the Arab world outdid one another with predictions concerning its probable ripple effects. Supporters announced a democratic wave and a strengthening of pro-Western elements. Opponents predicted tumultuous upheaval throughout the region. In Egypt, as evidenced by the 26-28 September 2003 conference of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and renewed activism by the opposition, a clear effect of the war has been to reinvigorate debate about political reform. But so far, that debate has unfolded in ways that neither war advocates nor critics predicted.
Egypt has witnessed a series of different, at times competing, developments:
Strengthened opposition to U.S. policies. The deeply unpopular war, coming on top of the Palestinian intifada and Washington's perceived alignment with the Israeli government, has further mainstreamed opposition to U.S. policies in the Middle East. Individuals seeking to strike a more balanced and nuanced approach to the U.S. have been marginalised.
Emboldened challenges to the regime. Domestic criticism of the government is nothing new. But the failure of Egypt and of the Arab states generally to prevent the American invasion of Iraq, coupled with growing concern over economic issues – highlighted by the floating of the Egyptian pound in January 2003 – has prompted renewed challenge of the government's policies, notably those in the diplomatic arena. Far more openly than before, dissent has focused on the decisions and pronouncements of President Hosni Mubarak himself. Increasingly forthright charges that Egyptian decision-making is not truly sovereign but subject to American dictates are being voiced. Beyond the forcefulness of the critiques, what is also remarkable is the extent to which the regime has allowed them to be aired publicly. While there continue to be very tight controls on the political system, and regime opponents remain subject to arrest, the Egyptian press has provided an impressive amount of space for dissenting and critical discourses, and the regime has allowed some demonstrations.
Growing consensus in favour of political reform, but disagreement over its content. Both the regime and the opposition appear to recognise that substantial reform is necessary, and the war has prompted them to clarify their respective projects. Otherwise, a significant gap exists. While the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has appeared primarily to favour long-term changes in political culture, opposition viewpoints have converged on a more ambitious constitutionalist agenda, notably a demand for amendment of the undemocratic portions of the 1971 constitution governing presidential selection and prerogatives.
Realignment of the opposition. The old fault-line of Egyptian politics – the conflict between the Islamists and their adversaries – appears increasingly to be overshadowed by one in which the more pro-American wing of Egypt's elite is opposed to those deeply suspicious of U.S. motives in the region and critical of Egypt's alignment with Washington. Islamists have stated their willingness to put their more controversial societal projects to one side in order to ally with the secular opposition on two dominant themes: democracy and sovereignty, by which they mean Egypt's effective independence from the U.S., which intellectuals and activists perceive to be at growing risk. That said, the opposition remains mostly disconnected from ordinary citizens and hobbled by its other traditional shortcomings: lack of a credible and practical alternative program and internal divisions. Indeed, the political debates between regime and opposition have largely been conducted within the political and intellectual elite, with little participation by the wider population. For most Egyptians, post-war discontent has focused on bread-and-butter matters such as steep rises in the cost of living, changes in municipal services and relations with the police. Shared opposition to the American invasion of Iraq may at least temporarily have bridged it, but the historic divide between elite and mass still very much obtains.
The Egyptian state has demonstrated remarkable stability over the years, weathering intense regional and domestic crises. There is no evidence of an internal threat to that stability at present and, in particular, on all available evidence, no indication of a resurgence of violent Islamist extremism. At the same time, there is little doubt that the war exposed a confidence gap between citizens and government that could widen as economic conditions worsen. The spontaneous anti-war demonstrations in March 2003 also heralded a new player on the scene: young people unaffiliated to any organised political group but thirsting for an effective political voice. Braving police crackdowns, they demanded more political and economic justice both in the region and at home, and highlighted the dearth of institutional channels for political participation. The absence of effective means for citizens to express their will peacefully is potentially harmful to both citizens and the regime.
Political participation and economic development have been core issues of Egyptian political debate for at least two decades. What is new is the sense of urgency and the general consensus, subscribed to in varying degrees by all actors, that movement towards a more inclusive political system has become a national priority. The country's elites (in government and in opposition) appear to have realised the importance of effectively incorporating Egypt's youth. Now they face the daunting task of going beyond slogans and instilling a true sense of belonging and inclusion, a task that would greatly benefit from a real debate on the content of reform as opposed to a sterile confrontation of rival monologues.
Several important lessons suggest themselves:
If reformers within the regime and the NDP are to overcome internal resistance to political change, they will need to widen the circle of debate, involve the public and work constructively with significant segments of the opposition. Until very recently, the tendency among NDP reformers in particular has been to single out their reform agenda (to transform Egypt's "political culture") and dismiss all others, namely those involving the repeal of laws that constrain political, associational and press freedoms. In the same vein, by claiming to be the "party of all Egyptians", the NDP has evinced discomfort with genuine multiparty politics and sought to marginalise other reform forces. NDP reformers should recognise that debate with domestic political forces outside the party would be beneficial to development of their own reform program, and that for this to happen, concessions to the opposition parties' demand for progress towards a more liberal political system will be required. If, as the evidence of the NDP Conference on 26-28 September 2003 suggests, the NDP reformers have begun to rethink their attitudes in this respect, this is a welcome change that needs to be encouraged and developed.
The legacy of Egypt's present leadership will largely depend on its ability to develop the institutions and processes by which the next leader is chosen. Indeed, with the question of presidential succession now firmly on the political agenda, the regime needs to consider how to secure wider public consent for the election procedure and enact the reforms required to ensure that it is accepted as legitimate by public opinion.[fn]Article 76 of the 1971 Egyptian constitution specifies indirect election of the president; the People's Assembly (parliament) nominates a candidate by a two-thirds vote, who is then presented to the people in a referendum. If the nominee does not receive 51 per cent of the vote, the process is repeated with another candidate. Thus the electorate can, in theory, refuse to ratify parliament's nominee, but cannot itself choose between rival presidential candidates.Hide Footnote
For opposition parties to play an effective part in reforming the political system, they in turn will need to consider whether elements in the NDP reformers' program warrant their support. The succession debate is a case in point. Opposition discourse tends to overemphasise personalised criticism of Gamal Mubarak, the president's son, who many believe is being groomed for succession. Far more effective would be a critique that put the question of who will succeed President Mubarak aside and focused on how that person ought to be selected. In other words, the opposition needs to articulate the conditions that the selection of any successor would have to meet to be deemed legitimate. Otherwise, it will be difficult if not impossible for the opposition to develop a strategy of promoting reform that includes selective engagement with the NDP reformers in a manner that might both work in their own favour and enlarge and invigorate political debate.
Maintaining opposition unity is another important prerequisite for effective political activism. This will require opposition parties to distinguish between a (preferably small) number of essential reforms on which they can hope to agree and those secondary matters on which they can agree to disagree.
The U.S. administration should take seriously the evidence of political damage that American-Egyptian relations have sustained as a consequence of its regional policies, notably its perceived bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, its decision to topple the regime in Iraq, and its heavy-handed admonitions to Egypt and other Arab countries to reform. Washington's policies, and the manner of their implementation, have embarrassed a friendly government, aggravated its domestic difficulties and undermined the U.S.'s self-proclaimed reform agenda. Significantly, there is far greater anger directed at President Mubarak for supporting the U.S. than there is at the U.S. for supporting Mubarak. For a growing section of the Egyptian intelligentsia and political class, the cause of domestic democratic reform is increasingly associated with opposition to, rather than support for, U.S. policies. Ultimately, the preconditions for the U.S. to recover credibility as a promoter of democracy with Egyptian public opinion have less to do with its actions regarding democracy than with its regional policies. The U.S. would help the cause of reform best by more vigorously pursuing a just settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and de-Americanising the Iraqi occupation by both empowering the UN and accelerating transition to self-rule.
Cairo/Brussels, 30 September 2003
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We're now exposing all tables (data and layout) as tables. Before we were only doing so for data tables. The implementation of AtkTable continues to work well for data tables, but not layout tables. At the very least, the number of rows and columns being reported for layout tables is 0. We need to go through our AtkTable implementation for layout tables and get everything working as expected.
The problem seems to be that all of the nifty accessible table information we get comes from AccessibilityTable. Layout tables are typically rejected as being AccessibilityTables. From what I'm seeing in my sandbox, causing all tables (for Gtk) to be seen as AccessibilityTables solves the reported problem.
That means we just need a bunch of tests. :-) I'll take this one.
Note: This patch assumes the second patch for bug 30895. Therefore, not yet marking this for review. But once that patch is committed, this one should be good to go.
Layout tests for table headers will be done as part of bug 30896; layout tests for aspects of the AtkTable implementation will be added as subsequent patches to this bug.
Now that the table hierarchy has been unborked.... Setting review? flag.


Is there a regular expression that I could remove quotations from the search input before the search is processed? If so, where would I put this and what exactly would it look like.
The reason is because the exact match operator does not work very well on my site. In fact it makes things worse. If someone were to search for John Smith they will get better results than if they search for "John Smith"


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Schußfahrt vom Mount Everest (Originaltitel: The Man Who Skied Down Everest) ist ein kanadisch-japanischer Dokumentarfilm von Bruce Nyznik und Lawrence Schiller über den Alpinisten Yūichirō Miura, der 1970 den Mount Everest mit Skiern hinunterfuhr. Der Film wurde vom kanadischen Filmemacher Budge Crawley produziert und gewann 1976 einen Oscar in der Kategorie Bester Dokumentarfilm. Die Premiere des Films war am 19. September 1975 in Kanada. Die Erstausstrahlung im deutschen Fernsehen war am 24. Oktober 1987 im ZDF.

Hintergrund

Für die 2.000 Meter benötigte Miura 2 Minuten und 20 Sekunden und fiel 1.320 Fuß (etwa 402 m) von der Steilwand des Lhotse entlang der gelben Route direkt unter dem Südsattel. Er benutzte einen großen Fallschirm, um seinen Fall abzubremsen und kam 250 Fuß (76 m) vor einer Gletscherspalte zum Stehen.

Der Skisprung war das Ziel der Japanese Everest Skiing Expedition 1970. Sechs Mitglieder der Expedition starben. Zur selben Zeit versuchte eine weitere japanische Expedition, genannt The Japanese Mount Everest Expedition 1970, den Aufstieg. Diese nahm den Weg zum Teil über die normale Route und unternahm dann den ersten Versuch, über die Südwest-Flanke aufzusteigen. Zwei Mitglieder der zweiten Expedition starben ebenfalls.

Das Budget des Films betrug ca. 410.000 kanadische Dollar.

Über Miura gibt es außerdem einen Dokumentarfilm zu seiner Abfahrt vom Fuji.

Rezeption
Der film-dienst schrieb, der "mit einmaligen Landschaftsbildern illustrierte" Film handle von der "Sucht des Menschen nach Höchstleistungen und Selbstbestätigung gegenüber den Herausforderungen der Natur". Hal Erickson schrieb, der Film glänze mit "atemberaubendem Bildmaterial", allerdings sei die "alberne Stimme [des Erzählers] im englischen Original" nur "wenig oscarreif". (englisch "[…] concludes with breathtaking footage of his 1970 climbing-and-descending expedition. […] Even so, the sappy voice over narration in the English-language version is hardly Oscar calibre.")

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Filmtitel 1975
Kanadischer Film
Japanischer Film
Dokumentarfilm
Mount Everest
Skisportfilm

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