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What Does Treason Mean In Modern America?
By Steve Goldstein
Published: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 11:53am
Updated: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 3:27pm
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STEVE GOLDSTEIN: More than once, President Donald Trump has invoked the word treason on his Twitter feed — including a reference to whichever member of his administration wrote the recent anonymous op-ed in The New York Times. But the strict definition of treason in the U.S. Constitution focuses on levying war against the U.S. or giving aid and comfort to our enemies. And with me to talk more about treason and its current place in our headlines is Carlton Larson, law professor at UC Davis. Professor, how much of what we're hearing now on treason actually has to do with rhetoric that maybe someone in a high position of government just doesn't like?
TREASON?
CARLTON LARSON: Yes, so I mean a lot of times treason is used just in a rhetorical manner just to sort of generally mean that the person has been disloyal. There's not necessarily a connotation that they have committed a specific criminal act but a lot of the claims do seem to be actual charges of crimes. In that case, you know many of them are just simply wrong because treason is so narrowly defined. Most of the things that are labeled treason just simply are not.
GOLDSTEIN: How much has President Trump sort of changed at least how people think about the word? Whether they're accurate or not or whether they're putting most of the pressure on him. Are we reading too much into it because he's president and he has a huge platform a huge bully pulpit?
LARSON: Well I think, you know Trump has made a difference. You know I used to never get calls asking me whether or not the president United States committed treason. I get them all the time now, and that's partly because of the you know allegations concerning Russian meddling in the election. And so that has put the issue of treason you very much front and center for the people who are your critics or President Trump see him as a traitor. Trump to use the term quite loosely is not just this claim against the New York Times editorial author. He made the same statement about Democrats who didn't applaud him during the State of the Union. So he certainly bears a decent chunk of the blame for these claims.
GOLDSTEIN: Based on the strict definition of treason, what would President Trump have had to do as a candidate relating to the Russia investigation for it to actually be treason?
LARSON: I don't think there's anything he could have done with respect to Russia that would have amounted to treason. Russia is not an enemy. We're not in a state of war with Russia. So the only thing he could have done to be somehow you know maybe levy war against the United States with Russia and that would mean that, you know, raising an armed force within the country to overthrow the government, and he didn't do anything close to that.
GOLDSTEIN: Does this period of time remind you of any time when it comes to these sorts of accusations? Because we've compared so many times that this reminds certain people of 1968, and they're making parallels between President Nixon and President Trump and in terms of actual — what we're hearing about treason — is there a period in American history since the revolution that would make you, reminds you of that?
LARSON: Well, the period where treason was most salient was of course the Civil War. Where you had you know a large chunk of the country actually engaging in treason by living war against the United States you know by succeeding and then you know raising armies to fight the United States Army. So there you had widespread massive real treason. What we have now is fortunately nothing close to that.
GOLDSTEIN: And I was even thinking about the McCarthy era as well, did that rise to that? I mean, obviously not the Civil War-level, but did that?
LARSON: Yeah. Certainly. Yeah. You certainly saw lots of allegations there of you know who's a communist. ... [E]ven the term witch hunt probably was used in the McCarthy era. And there lots of people who are identified as communists and some of them really were and some of them were in fact agents of the Soviet Union most notoriously ... Rosenberg ... who handed nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, but they were tried for espionage, not for treason because we weren't at war with the Soviet Union. So that was certainly a period where there was there was a lot of concern about secret Soviet meddling in the United States.
GOLDSTEIN: Is there a rhetorical danger to any extent of people saying treason and may people not actually knowing what it means and thinking oh maybe this person is disloyal to our country because he's upset our president or something?
LARSON Yes. I do think there is a serious danger that when the term is bandied about too loosely it's sort of stripped of all meaning. And I think the greater risk is just a perception in public life that people who have differing political views — different views are sort of the same should go as a nation or somehow disloyal or un-American and potentially traitors simply because of their political beliefs. And that's sort of precisely the concern that the framers of the Constitution had when they wrote this definition into the Constitution was that we don't want it used as a political tool. You know that when one party comes into power than the other the opponent the opposing party is going to be viewed as traitors and hanged, or that opposition to the government is somehow treason. I mean, we're free to debate and argue, and I just tweeted out today that something that President Trump said that I thought was ludicrously stupid. I don't think ever to be charged for treason for that even, though it's certainly disrespectful of the government.
GOLDSTEIN: Do you think this has opened up a new period in which we're going to hear this this sort of thing, or does a lot of this — like so much of our political culture now — does a lot of it sort of revolve around what President Trump does and that may or may not last beyond how long he's in the presidency?
LARSON: Yeah. My guess is that after Trump we will see fewer claims of this sort. Certainly with the Russia stuff. I mean there the ties between a president and a you know a foreign power that's not certainly looking out for our interests are so unusual that I'd be surprised if we saw that type of claim again against the president. At least, I hope so.
GOLDSTEIN: Carlton Larson is a professor of law at UC Davis.


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Anti-DRC Movement Contention
K'laamas
Post subject: Anti-DRC Movement Contention
Location: West Bountiful, UT
I'm not normally one to step into the spot-light, and I'm not normally one to speak up on a contentious issue. I'm a relatively easy-going and tolerant person. But I've been standing on the side-lines of the ADM-issue, and I can't stay out of it anymore. Sydney Austin's belligerence has gone too far, and it went too far long ago. I try to stay In-Character as much as possible (though I don't make a big deal about people being Out-Of-Character), but this goes far beyond the In-Character scope of Uru. In the Out-Of-Character forum on the ADM web-boards, Sydney Austin posted this message (slight spelling & punctuation-corrections added):
"Yes maybe my character of Sydney may not the perfect person. Who wants to play with a perfect character that is boring? She has flaws. I created her and the Movement to try to get a story line going and to get more people involved in the game. Hey wow, look, its working! I had over 100 people in the ADM Bevin last night. Do you see the response I am getting from various threads? I have made movement members and explorers pumped up (good and bad). They are playing more in IC. They are creating websites (antidrcmovement.org). They helped write my speech. A lot of people are getting involved. More are coming to URU. Are you bored anymore?! Do you think maybe Cyan is waiting for some of us to push the story ahead? You can choose to ignore me and Sydney if you like, or you can join me and see where this goes. You can even help me change my story if it gets you the player and explorer more involved.
Lets have a blast!
Vicki Austin (Sydney)"
I was absolutely *appalled* when I read this! I, for one, am here to publicly denounce the Anti-DRC Movement. My comments are below, along with a few fitting verses from "Words" by the Watcher (only because they fit the situation--not because I actually think the ADM is what these
verses were originally referencing):
"I created her [the character Sydney Austin] and the movement to try to get a story line going and to get more people involved in the game."
It would be bad enough if someone was being as abrasive and belligerent as Sydney Austin has been because they *actually* thought the DRC were corrupt, power-seeking tyrants. But to raise this kind of fiery abyss *merely to create in-game story* is despicable!!! Contention only serves to fissure
a community, not to unite it. And this community has seen first-hand the effects of contention in the history of several of the Myst/Uru/D'ni web-boards.
"Minds are soft, hearts are callused. In the new place chaos reigns." --Words 2:10-11
"Are you bored anymore?!"
Yes. I'm quite bored with "Sydney Austin" and her antics. So is a great deal of the community. In fact, we're beyond bored--we're sick of it! We're sick of the fact that every time we come into Uru, virtually all we find story-wise is contention and politics--the last things this community needs!
"...to get more people involved in the game. Hey wow, look, its working!...More are coming to URU..."
I come into Uru quite regularly, and I've seen little or no increase in the number of people, or at least no increase in the increase of people. Sydney's/Vicki's little movement isn't helping Uru, it's only hurting it. Not only are people sick of finding nothing but contention in Uru, some are even not coming in as often anymore because of it!
"Poison fills the hearts of many" --Words 1:115
"A new one reigns. To send them away; To push away; To divide." --Words 4:29-31
Sydney/Vicki wants more story? Fine. We all do! And though I understand that Cyan's pressed for time, resources, and money, I share everyone's impatience at wanting more story and content. And I'm fine with players wanting to start their own story-lines--that's how the Great Tree started--but there are limits. And this Vicki Austin has crossed them.
"The patient find solace in the wait. While the restless follow the path of folly. Follow the patient path." --Words, 2:78-80
"The future is always revealed to those who wait. But the proud have no patience. Because of pride, the destruction will come." --Words 4:81-83
Sydney/Vicki thinks she's actually accomplishing something? As far as most of the explorers present were concerned, she made an absolute "donkey" of herself at the gathering with Cate Alexander in the Meeting Place's Bevin on Thurs, April 26th. Explorers left and right were telling Sydney to calm down and let Cate talk, yet Sydney continued to ramble on with her standard abusive accusations.
"All of them look over you. And they do not see the right path." --Words 5:74-75
I'm all for new story--even fan-created story. But such contentious avenues will only hurt Uru more than help. Uru is in a precarious position:
1- Cyan may have gotten funding from GameTap, but they're still only working with about half the
employees they had before.
2- Cyan doesn't have nearly as much content prepared in advance as they did in the days of
Prologue.
3- GameTap may be more pro-Uru than UbiSoft, but they're still a Producer, and have to make their
decisions based on the financial success of Uru.
4- Uru is far from the "top-of-the-charts all-the-rage" game like World of WarCraft--Uru won't last if we can't get higher numbers.
Uru Live has been given a second chance--but I'm still worried about it, and I know many others are as well. Uru already has few numbers, but with the lack/ill-frequency of new story & new content, there's a significant danger of losing some of the people we already have. Creating a
contentious, belligerent, political environment only fuels that fire. Uru means "Grand Community"--but contention will only fester, not foster. And it's absolutely terrible that this Vicki Austin has purposely created this contention through her "Sydney" character & the ADM merely "to try to get a story-line going".
"Seek knowledge and you will find evil. Seek wisdom and you will find knowledge. Seek truth and you will find wisdom. Seek love and you will find truth." --Words 5:90-3
Sydney/Vicki Austin: Do the Uru community a favor and GET LOST.
Whilyam
The idea an drive behind it is noble, but the storyline/events it spurs are not.
-Whilyam
Cavern Link:My IC Blog
Kolian
If I thought this would bother Sydney all that much, I would probably look to make some official GOO statement taking issue with various parts of this post. ("GET LOST" comes to mind.)
Instead, I'll just point out that, despite how unengaging you find this whole mess to be, you seem to be engaged enough to have written this post.
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Jinglish
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Go story...any story!
But I will read that chatlog, if one exists. Didn't know Cate was finally going to show! See - Sidney got some results...
"Oh, Rabbit," Pooh said, "is that you?"
"Let's pretend it's not," said Rabbit, "and let's see what happens."
tkwiggins
Jinglish wrote:
See - Sidney got some results...
So does a four-year-old throwing a temper tantrum in the middle of a crowded supermarket. The ADM isn't "story," it's simply more of the self-aggrandizing quasi troll behavior that the NPCs have been encouraging. DRC politics makes the perfect environment for the Sydneys of the online world -- it promotes their growth like mold on old cheese.
Sydney isn't the cause, Sydney is a symptom. Unless and until Cyan raises the bar on the writing and performance of its NPCs, you're going to see an endless parade of Sydneys filling forums and cavern.
I would lay Sydney's popularity at the feet of the explorer community, not at Cyan's. At the very least, it's a joint effort.
When someone soaks a pile of rags in gasoline and tosses in a lit match, it's a bit specious to blame the looky-loos for gawking at the flames. The Sydneys of the Uru world are as much a Cyan creation as Nick White, only by proxy. The names may change, but "Sydneys" in one form or another will continue to be the popular stars of Uru so long as Cyan fosters juvenile melodrama as entertainment.
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Yali
Are you saying Cyan has been delivering to us a sub-par/juvenile story, or a mainly good story that contains a few bad facets, or are you saying that Cyan is not actively enforcing the law regarding such behaviour?
Yali wrote:
I'm saying that since February, Cyan has been using the magnificent stage of its own epic Uru mythos to perform banal, trivial and juvenile melodrama with its NPCs. The timeless character themes of Atrus, Gehn and Yeesha have been replaced by the office politics of Nick, Doug and Cate; the discovery of an alien civilization usurped by plots that play like 1960s sitcoms. The Sydneys of the world are exactly the sort of audience-participants such fare solicits -- and gets.
tkwiggins wrote:
It would seem (regardless of the validity of this most recent chatlog) that Nick has been attempting to incite Sydney to challenge the DRC, albeit through more rational means than much of what we've seen. That still doesn't excuse the explorer community for reacting to it with a host of angry posts, a relatively minor show of support, and what is essentially a counter-movement. You can trace the causation for these events back as far as you like, but that isn't going to absolve the community of their role in this; if people want it to end, they have to ignore it. And they aren't; they're fanning the flames.
Calam
Location: Right behind you.
Getting angry that Sydney Austin is causing contention in the community is ok.
Getting angry because you think her actions are jeaprodizing Uru Live, and thus shooting her down, is not ok.
If Uru Live is too fragile to support fan-base division, then it's going to die anyway, regardless of how hard you try to police the game of new storylines and contention. It's not your job to keep Uru Live running; that's Cyan's territory. This isn't UU, it's Uru Live. It's not our place to try and keep everyone in line just so the game will last longer.
THAT BEING SAID...
I, too, disagree with the direction the ADM is going. Why? I will say this once and only once:
THE ANTI-DRC MOVEMENT IS NOT A STORYLINE. A storyline has a plot, events, conflict, resolution, characters, a story-arc, etc... Now, unless Vicki/Sydney can come to us with evidence that this exists, the ADM isn't a story. It's an occurence. A tantrum in a public market, as tkwiggins put it. Unless the tantrum is part of some deep plot in a storyline, it's just a tantrum. This whole ADM thing is revolving around a series of complaints, threats, and rallies. That isn't a storyline. Following the ADM story is like reading a long list of complaints on both sides. That's not "fun". It doesn't alleviate "boredom", and it sure as heck doesn't boost Uru Live's numbers. She overestimates her influence. Anti-DRC rallies aren't a story. Unless those can be chained together for a purpose, a plot, a story, it's all just spew.
Getting people riled up over something doesn't constitute a plot, and doesn't make it good.
I miss my old signature.
Kolian wrote:
That still doesn't excuse the explorer community for reacting to it with a host of angry posts, a relatively minor show of support, and what is essentially a counter-movement. You can trace the causation for these events back as far as you like, but that isn't going to absolve the community of their role in this; if people want it to end, they have to ignore it. And they aren't; they're fanning the flames.
I clearly see your point.
My point is that the history of Cyan product in general, and the Myst series in particular, implies the players may expect a certain quality of entertainment. Instead they're getting manipulated like rats in a Skinner box. The emotional dynamic of the audience response is wholly predictable and essentially identical to that in Prologue. Cyan NPCs are again setting player against player, utilizing the same techniques as in Prologue, and to the same ends: instead of shoot-'em-ups, we have shout-'em-downs.
Of course, none of that means the game won't be extremely successful. Nobody ever went broke broadcasting reruns of Jerry Springer.
I will agree that Cyan is doing this.
The problem then becomes our response.
Bingo. But what the response should be, truly has me stumped.
After reading dozens if not hundreds of thoughtful suggestions and ideas from concerned fans on this and related subjects over the last months, I see the NPCs continue the same shtick. The visuals and sound design are as awesome as ever, but without an ongoing, viable story context, they're increasingly losing their meaning for me.
What do we do, armwrestle Cyan for the vision of their own product? I'm beginning to wonder if those of us who were captivated by the depth and resonance of Myst, Riven and URU:ABM, and who find the DRC "story" about as involving as watching paint dry, shouldn't just turn around and walk away. Heck, I had great fun with this stuff for over a decade; maybe it's time for the current storytellers and their current audience to have their turn with their new "Uru Lite." *shrug* With every new, tedious chatlog, it becomes increasingly difficult to care.
And, understand my feelings: it's not that I think ADM is great or even good. It's just something. Cyan seems to want us to do something back but we don't have many/any good tools to do it.
Would Cate have come down today without the prod from ADM? Maybe...but we don't know that. We didn't get much new news, really. If Cate's been listening to the cavern, she knew what she was walking in to
But at this point, I'm grateful for ANY NPC presence, as the past weeks have been so thin.
I agree with Mr. TKWiggins - the current characters are not on a par with what we're used to. (A little more Yeesha, a little less DRC - that'd be ok by me.)
Unfortunately, given the personalities that Sydney and Ethan are playing out, the dialogue sounds like it was kinda unpleasant for the others who were trying to ask questions.
So, I'll look forward to hearing more from Sharper...if they are saying he's back, maybe we will get some new Cyan-directed plot soon...
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When Tibet was first opened up for tourists back in the 1980s, traveling to Tibet was simple. You merely needed a passport, a Chinese Entry Visa, and a small and inexpensive Tibet travel permit, and could travel around the region without any problems. In 1985, China opened up Tibet to tourism, and the Tibet Travel Permit was made available for any tourist with a Chinese Entry Visa for the cost of a mere 40 cents.
The permit was available from the Public Security Bureau (PSB) offices, in many of the Chinese cities. In Chengdu at the time, it could also be obtained in the popular Jin Jiang Hotel, which had its own office of the PSB, where the permit could be processed overnight.
Much has changed since the early days of tourists traveling to Tibet. Backpackers are no longer permitted to wander across the region as they wished, flights are no longer the only way to get to Tibet (in the '80s, many backpackers would hitch rides on trucks heading along the Qinghai Tibet Highway to Lhasa). And the need to arrange everything yourself is now a thing of the past.
Tibet Tour operators now arrange your whole trip to Tibet, including the Tibet travel permits, which can no longer be obtained personally. Tourists are now required to be on a pre-booked Tibet tour before any documents will be issued, and travel to the region has become an adventure all on its own.
The Tibet Travel Permit, which is now issued by the Tibet Tourism Bureau in Lhasa (and which is soon to have offices in major cities all across China to make the application process faster and more efficient). It is the main required document for traveling in Tibet, and without it, a trip to Tibet is now impossible.
Try hitching a ride along the highway now, and you will soon be caught and deported from China. As there are checkpoints everywhere. However, this should not put you off going, as long as you use the correct procedures.
The tour must be booked through a registered Tibet tour operator, such as Explore Tibet Travel Company, and only once the details and itinerary have been completed. The tour has been booked and paid for (or at least the deposit), can the permit be applied for.
As the tour operator, we make the application on your behalf, using the details from the tour booking, including the itinerary, and scanned copies of your passport.
Before you can even have an application made for the Tibet Travel permit, you need two things: a Chinese Entry Visa and a pre-booked tour with a registered Tibet tour operator. However, the exception to this rule is those entering to Tibet from Nepal, who do not require the Chinese Entry Visa, as a Chinese group visa is applied for once you arrive in Kathmandu.
If you are entering mainland China, then you will need to apply for a Chinese Entry Visa from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in your home country. China does not have a Visa on Arrival service. So all applications must be made in advance.
However, it is important that, when making the application for the visa, that you do not mention that you will be traveling to Tibet. Please do not include Tibet in your itinerary, as it can cause problems with the visa.
According to Embassy Policy, the visa cannot be issued for travelers to Tibet (according to their itinerary) without a Tibet Travel Permit, which cannot be obtained without a Chinese Entry Visa.
While most visas around the world have a fixed fee for all nationals, for China, the fee is dependent on your home country. The exact amount of the fee is available on the Embassy Website for your own country, or through your local Chinese Visa Application Service Centers (CVASC) in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and India.
Processing of the visa requires your original passport, with at least 6 months validity remaining at the time of travel; a complete itinerary detailing your travel in China (excluding Tibet); proof of booking for your hotels in China; proof of onward or return travel from China after your tour. A completed application form; two passport-sized photos; and the relevant fee, as per your local CVASC or Embassy website.
Once you have your passport and visa returned to you, then you can book the Tibet tour and we can use these to make the application for your Tibet Travel Permit, along with your itinerary and proof of booking from us.
For those traveling through Nepal to get to Lhasa, either by flight or traveling overland, you do not need to have a Chinese Entry Visa processed by your local Embassy of the People's Republic of China.
Tourists entering Tibet from Nepal have a different type of passport, known as a Chinese Group Visa. This visa is applied for once you arrive in Nepal, and we apply for it on your behalf, using your Tibet Travel Permit and other relevant documents, including your original passport.
Once you arrive in Kathmandu, we will collect your passport and use it to make the visa application, which takes around three working days. You need to be in Nepal at least five working days before your expected date of travel, to ensure that the visa can be arranged without any problems.
Once your passport copies are with us, we will make the application with the Tibet Tourism Bureau for your permit, which can take up to 20 days to process at present. However, it rarely does take that long, but it is best to book well in advance, just in case.
Using your passport and visa (if applicable), as well as your itinerary and our proof of your tour booking, we will make the application for the Tibet Travel Permit to the Tibet Tourism Bureau in Lhasa, who will receive and process the permit application. Once the application has been approved, the permit and documents used will be returned to us by Chinese Postal Delivery, and we will have the permit sent to your hotel in China.
For those that are traveling to Tibet by flight, you will need to have the original permit with you when you collect your tickets and board the flight, or you will not be permitted to board. For those traveling by train, you can use a photocopy or scanned copy of the permit, so we can send this to you by email, for you to print to collect your train tickets and board the train to Tibet.
If you have any further questions you can write us at sales@exploretibet.com.


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The Telus LTE Cellular Communicator offers fast cellular connectivity for any Simon XT, Simon XTi or Simon XTi-5 Panel. Upgrading to cellular is essential for ensuring top communication speeds and maximum reliability. It is also needed for accessing Alarm.com. Buy the Telus communicator here.
The Interlogix 600-1048-XT-LTE-TL is the only Alarm.com LTE cellular communicator that operates in Canada. The Telus LTE network offers fast and reliable data transmissions throughout Canada. Now Interlogix Simon owners in Canada can join the fun with all the features that Alarm.com has to offer in terms of automation integrations like Nest, Liftmaster MyQ garage door control and much more. This module will provide incredibly fast LTE communication speeds for any Simon XT, Simon XTi or Simon XTi-5 Alarm System. Cellular communication opens up a realm of new possibilities for an Interlogix Panel, including access to Alarm.com, Z-Wave control and more reliable monitoring service than an archaic phone line. The module can be installed by any end user, with no separate tools required. With the new features and faster communication speeds, this is truly the most important upgrade a user can make for their Interlogix Panel.
Simon XT V1.3+, all Simon XTi and all Simon XTi-5 Panel can use the Telsus LTE Communicator. As Telus only represents Canada, the module is only appropriate for Canadian users. Fortunately, American users can instead use the Verizon or AT&T LTE communicators. All of these modules attach securely inside the alarm system in a pre-designated housing. After installation, the device must then be activated by the user's alarm monitoring company. The user must also obtain an alarm monitoring plan that includes cellular service. Only then will the panel be able to utilize cellular communication.
In addition to being more reliable and faster than regular telephone service, cellular communication provides some new capabilities for an Simon panel. The biggest new feature is the ability for the system to sync with the Alarm.com service. Alarm.com allows users to arm and disarm their system, check the status of programmed sensors and control Z-Wave home automation devices. By using the Alarm.com Mobile App, a user can perform all of these actions remotely. Overall, this service provides a major convenience for users in controlling their systems and receiving customizable notifications.
Another huge benefit of the Telus LTE Interlogix Cellular Module is that it includes an integrated Z-Wave Controller. Z-Wave is a special type of RF signal that is used for operating Z-Wave home automation devices. Z-Wave devices can be controlled from the alarm panel or using the Alarm.com service. This includes any Z-Wave lights, locks, door locks and more. Using Alarm.com, users can create rules and scenes for their Z-wave devices. This will allow the Z-Wave devices to activate automatically when certain system events occur. The designated events can be anything from disarming the system to activating a programmed motion sensor.
Please Note: This is the Telus LTE version of the Interlogix cellular communicator. It will only function in Canada where Telus service is available. For those in the United States looking for a similar product, we recommend the Verizon or AT&T LTE radios. The only difference between these products is the cellular carrier that provides the cellular service. Other than that, these communicators all offer the exact same functions and features on Alarm.com. We recommend choosing whichever service tends to work best in your area. Remember, this has nothing to do with the cellular service you use for your phone. It is a completely independent cellular plan that is bundled into your monthly monitoring rate.
Also, Simon XT panels must be firmware version 1.3 or higher to support this radio.


Bearsted Scouts are part of The Scouts, offering skills for life and adventure to young people across Bearsted. Offering activities from absailing to zorbing, scouting helps develops young people and adult volunteers to do more, learn more and be more.
Scouting helps develop skills like teamwork, leadership and resilience – skills that have helped Scouts become everything from teachers and social workers to astronauts and Olympians.
Based in the heart of Bearsted, we help create a stonger community and inspire a positive future for everyone.
Breasted Scouts hosts two Beaver colonies, two Cub packs, a Scout troop and an Explorer unit, providing adventure and learning for boys and girls aged from 6 to 18. For more information on what each section gets up to, visit the section pages.
If you are interested in belonging to the Worldwide movement of Scouting, then please contact us using the form, or going to the Contact Us page.
From waiting lists to volunteering for Duke of Edinburgh awards, our contact form will help you get you in contact with the correct part of the group.


Eastern Slope Alkaline LakesEastern Slope Alkaline Lakes are below 10,000 ele. with a pH of 7.5 to 9.5, which is an optimum pH for fish habitat. They are located in arid semi-desert environments along the eastern slope of the Rockies. They are high in nutrients with shallow flat feeding areas and extensive weedbeds. The high pH increases the clarity of the water and sunlight is able to penetrate up to 40-50 feet, increasing weedbed activity. The lake bottom is volcanic in origin with plenty of mud and silt. Usually spring creeks are associated with the lakes supplying cool, highly mineralized water. The lakes will have seasonal algea blooms as the temperatures rise during the summer. The fish are usually Rainbows and Browns that will generally feed upon a resident food supply of leeches, snails, scuds, and baitfish. Intensive hatches will also occur such as Chironomids and Damselflies. The lakes are ice-free from May through November allowing for a longer growth period for the fish..
As the surface temperatures of the lake warm, the lake will stratify into two temperature zones separated by the thermocline. The trout will tend to seek those areas with the right temperature requirements and areas that provide both cover and forage. Often, this will be within a middle depth feeding area. Daphnia blooms will often occur within these depths and the trout will feed upon them exclusively. This can go on for about 2-3 weeks.


Loan underwriting is performed by the mortgage banker's underwriter who decides whether the loan will be consistent with governing loan program underwriting standards and, therefore, should or should not made by the mortgage banker. Also, the mortgage banker's underwriter, where the PMI underwriting is delegated to the mortgage banker, decides whether the loan qualifies or does not qualify for PMI insurance. Based on at all the information gathered during the wholesale loan processing by the mortgage broker, the loan underwriter analyzes and considers these three areas of risks ─ collateral risk (loan-to-value), capacity risk (ability-to-repay/income) and character risk (credit, reputation).
Collateral risk is analyzed by reviewing the appraisal to ensure that all the criteria required by the appraisal standards are met. Second, the underwriter must address the liquidation value of the property if it should go into foreclosure. Third, the underwriter must address the marketability timeframe if the mortgage banker had to sell the property after foreclosure. After determining that the answers to these areas are satisfactory, the underwriter determines the appropriate loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for the collateral.


Another glorious day in Italy, we arrived at this large villa which was noticeable from quite a distance as it sits upon a hill and has a couple of garden status which are pretty recognisable but difficult to shoot from within the grounds 😉 There were signs that someone had been attempting some restoration works but these seem to have halted quite some time ago. Favourite features have to be the circular room, the staircase with its numerous columns and the various detailed ceilings, another very photogenic place. Visited with Matt, Spider Monkey and Andy De Kay of Behind Closed Doors.


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Dear customers, we are off from april 26th to may 07th.Your order of this time period will be send wednesday, may 08th.
You buy a voucher and we credit it in your customer account - Digital.
So you have the opportunity to send the amount as a voucher to an e-mail address.
The recipient can then create an account under the same email address and automatically receives the credit.
You can also choose the printed version if you want to hand over the voucher personally.
Here you will receive a voucher for printing by mail. This contains a unique coupon code.
The recipient creates an account, sends us a short message with the code and we unlock the balance in his account.
Of course, this voucher can also be used at our stand or used as deposit / payment for one of our dyeing seminars.


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#SouthCentralFarmWatch – And What It Means for LA and Our Planet
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GUEST COMMENTARY--Fascinating as a David and Goliath struggle in itself - the multi-year effort to restore the South-Central Farm at 41st/Alameda in South Central Los Angeles also highlights significant development issues that could apply to all of LA.
These issues will be ruled upon in Los Angeles Superior Court on September 27th.
What is at stake on the 27th is (a) whether an already-approved project must be reconsidered by the Los Angeles City Council, if the court finds that the original Environmental Impact Report (EIR) upon which the Council's approval was based was flawed, and the EIR ordered redone; and (b) whether or not further construction must halt until a new EIR is certified, and the project receives a new approval.
Bulldozed for development
As the then-largest urban farm in the United States, the 14-acre South Central Farm was bulldozed in 2006, but has been lying mostly vacant ever since, with warehouse development proposed for the site, but never approved and built.
On April 20th 2017, the South Central Farm Restoration Committee filed a lawsuit - Ponce vs. the City of Los Angeles and P.I.M.A. Alameda Partners LLC - challenging the City's traffic and air pollution analysis for the latest warehouse/distribution center proposed for the site, proposed by PIMA, a clothing conglomerate(Poetry, Impact Mfg., Miss Me, Active Basic USA) corporation.
On August 8, 2017 Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant ruled in favor of the Restoration Committee and community plaintiffsand found that the City of Los Angeles did not conduct an adequate environmental analysis of the cumulative traffic impacts of other proposed developments in the Project study area. In response, Judge Chalfantordered the City of Los Angeles to revise its Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
Context Matters
This will not be a minor review. In considering cumulative impacts of proposed nearby development - a requirement under the California Environmental Quality Act - the original EIR only considered five additional projects already filed with the City in the project study area, but not yet approved. CALTRANS argued the EIR should have studied 82 such projects!
Why does this matter? Because too often such background context is disregarded, and projects with detrimental environmental impacts are approved via 'overriding' considerations - a legal term where the legislative body decides the benefits of a project outweigh the costs.
Ignoring Cumulative Impacts
Insufficiently considering potential cumulative impacts in this manner is one reason why traffic, congestion and air pollution in Los Angeles is so bad.
Yet in this case, PIMA is arguing that the only thing the LA City Council has to do is certify the new EIR, and that PIMA's prior project approval should remain in place without further review. But this would defeat the purpose of the new EIR, because it would preclude the Council from considering the proposed project within a more accurate environmental context.
Therefore, the September 27th court hearing raises key questions that could apply to proposed development across Los Angeles:
- If a project hasn't complied with all applicable environmental laws, why should the project be allowed to proceed?
- Why should neighbors be subjected to construction impacts on a project that may not turn out to be approved after the full potential environmental impacts are studied?
- Why should developers be allowed to establish 'facts on the ground' and influence decision-making, by their project being substantially built when it returns for final approval after mandated environmental review?
If the South-Central Farm Restoration Committee is successful in compelling the project to return to the LA City Council for renewed approvals, the Council will be faced with fundamental questions about sustainability, environmental justice and social equity - and how those goals and values play out in different regional economic development strategies.
In one strategy - the path most often taken and the one proposed for the South-Central Farm site by PIMA - new jobs are based upon a goods movement strategy that is dependent upon far-away labor for production, and far-away markets for distribution.
With two major ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, such goods movement is certainly a fundamental part of our region's economic future. But should it be an economic mono-culture at the expense of complementary, community empowerment-based strategies?
Even though the Farm was located on land zoned for industrial uses, it was also located immediately across the street from a residential neighborhood. As the nation's largest urban farm, it provided 14 acres of local open green space, fed hundreds families from the surrounding neighborhoods on a regular basis, and provided local economic reliance and food security for the community- objectives specifically called out for this part of Los Angeles in Chapter 6 of the City's Open Space Elementof its General Plan.
In considering what is best for this site, the LA City Council cannot ignore that history, because unlike the rest of nearby Los Angeles, this large 14-acre site remains unpaved and undeveloped. And at the same time, foundations and supporters have been and remain ready to pledge funds to purchase the parcel and preserve it for the community, as a community-run, urban agriculture land trust.
Thus far, PIMA hasn't wanted to sell and locate their warehouse project elsewhere. That's where that legal statement of 'overriding considerations' in the revised EIR comes into play.
Because the background traffic and air pollution in the project study area is already so severe —and will be shown to be even more so when all 82 future projects are accounted for — the LA City Council would have to make an affirmative statement that the project's economic benefits would still outweigh its environmental damage to approve the project.
But when there are so many benefits to restoring the Farm - social, environmental, health and economic -- and when PIMA could utilize funds from sale of the land to purchase and rehabilitate another already paved/developed site — why not determine that the economic benefits of the proposed warehouse are notworth its negative environmental impact?
Neighborhood Voice
Where do the neighbors stand on this issue? Within City Council District 9, the district where the Farm site is located, all four local Neighborhood Councils (Central Alameda, South Central, Zapata King and CANNDU) are on the side of the Farm. Each is submitting Community Impact Statements as part of the public comment portion of new EIR process, stating that they oppose the project and support restoration of the Farm.
Perhaps after the revised EIR is complete, the LA City Council will follow these neighbors' lead and 'think globally and act locally', to promote local food security, economic self-reliance and our public and environments health — especially now when responsible cities are beginning to plan climate change mitigation strategies, including to reduce the need for long fossil-fuel dependent supply and distribution lines.
Of course, none of this needed debate over the future of this site will occur unless Judge Chalfant rules that the proposed project must return to the full LA City Council after the new EIR is complete. Which makes his September 27th ruling that much more important.
(Michael Feinstein is a former Santa Monica Mayor (2000-2002) and City Councilmember (1996-2004), a co-founder of the Green Party of California and a long-time South-Central Farm supporter.)


Oscar Wilde said he found it harder and harder everyday to live up to his blue china . . . we feel ya dude! This LARGE BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE PLANTER is the perfect container for flowering plants or greenery like pals or banana leaf specimens or just scatter them pool side for a beautiful "Borrowed and Blue" effect!


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Il cane talbot era un tipo di segugio da caccia comune in Inghilterra durante il Medioevo.

È raffigurato nell'arte del periodo come un cane di piccole e medie dimensioni, di colore bianco, con gambe corte, piedi grandi e potenti, un torace profondo con vita sottile, orecchie lunghe cadenti e una coda arricciata molto lunga. È mostrato in un noto esempio a Haddon Hall con un'espressione facciale feroce. La razza è estinta, ma si crede che sia un antenato dei moderni beagle e bloodhound.

Non è chiaro se fosse un segugio da pista (allevato per la qualità del suo naso), un segugio da vista (allevato per la qualità della vista e della velocità) o un cane usato per scavare in tana; non si sa nemmeno che tipo di prede cacciasse.

Un Talbot d'argento era usato come distintivo araldico dai conti di Shrewsbury

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Bibliografia
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 "Turberville, George (1575) The Noble Art of Venerie or Huntyng". Archive.org. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
 Jump up to: a b Markham, Gervaise (1605). Country Contentments or the Husbandman's Recreations.
 Somerville, William (1735). The Chase Book 1 Ll282-335.
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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Pittura inglese del XV secolo di un talbot
 Armeria di Heathcoat
 L'unica scuola pubblica negli Stati Uniti nota per avere il talbot come mascotte è l' Hampton Township School District

Razze canine estinte
Razze canine di origine belga
Razze canine di origine francese
Razze canine di origine britannica

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Q: For a prime number p, show that the Frobenius map given by $Frob_p(a) = a^p$ is an isomorphism of $\mathbb Z_p$. For a prime number p, show that the Frobenius map given by $Frob_p(a) = a^p$ is an isomorphism of $\mathbb Z_p$.(You may assume that $\binom{m}{n}∈ \mathbb Z$ for each $n, m ∈ \mathbb N$.)
We need to show that Frobenius map is a bijective homomorphism.
$(xy)^p = x^p y^p$ follows from commutativity and
associativity of multiplication.
Expand $(x + y)^p$ using the binomial theorem:
$(x + y)^p = \sum_{k=0}^p \binom{p}{k}x^k y^{p-k} = x^p+y^p+ \sum_{k=1}^{p-1} \binom{p}{k}x^k y^{p-k}$
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How do I show its bijective?

A: What you've done so far is great.
In order to show that the Frobenius morphism is bijective, it is sufficient to show it is injective, since $\Bbb Z/p\Bbb Z$ is a finite set (and every injective function from a finite set to itself is bijective).

 You can show that the kernel of the Frobenius morphism is trivial : if $a^p = 0$ in  $\Bbb Z/p\Bbb Z$, then $a=0$ because  $\Bbb Z/p\Bbb Z$ is a domain, as $p$ is a prime number.

A: By Fermat's Theorem, we have $a^p\equiv a\pmod{p}$ for all $p$. So the Frobenius map, thought of as a function from $\mathbb{Z}_p$ to $\mathbb{Z_p}$, is the identity map.


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Last updated: Fri 15 Mar 2019, 1:03 PM
Maureen Judge at her Trim home
Grandmother still waiting for new hip after three years
An ailing grandmother who has been waiting for a hip replacement for over three years says she now has to crawl up the stairs in agony in her home.
Maureen Judge (65) from Trim says she had to wait over two years on a waiting list to get an initial appointment with an orthopaedic consultant, which took place in March 2018.
After a second meeting with a different consultant at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan last December, she is still waiting for a date to be set for her operation.
In the meantime, she describes her life as a 'living hell' and is no longer able to shop, clean her house or even sleep because of the constant agony.
"This is my fourth year living with the pain and hospital xrays showed I need a new hip years ago," she said.
"I'm at the stage where I have trouble putting on my socks and even washing my hair is torture.
"I rarely go upstairs anymore as I have to crawl up the stairs and I have to sleep on the couch to get some relief. Even at that, I wake up three or four times with the pain.
"I use a zimmer frame and walking stick and have to hold onto chairs, doors and the walls to get around my house.
"I used to be able to do the weekly shopping but that was only because I could lie over the trolley. I'm unable even to do that anymore.
"At this stage, I'm convinced that when I go for the operation, they'll discover I've even more damage because I can hear and feel the bones in my leg crunch when I move."
"My life is like hell on earth and that's no exaggeration. I can do nothing anymore only read."
Due to health complications, she can only take parecetemol for the pain.
"After waiting for a year, I finally met one consultant in Navan in March 2018 who led me to believe my operation would take place in May but I never heard anything and when I finally rang to query it, I was told that consultant had moved on and I would have to see another, who I met last December.
"Again, I was led to believe I would have the operation in January but I'm still waiting for a date.
"I don't remember what it's like to walk properly, but if I got a new hip I'd walk for Ireland.
"My grandson is making his First Communion in May and keeps telling me his one wish on that day is for me to have my new hip!"
The HSE have promised to look into Maureen's file but says it can't comment on any individual case.
They say there are currently 105 patients on the waiting list for a hip replacement at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, four of which have been waiting over nine months for surgery.
They add: "There are currently 3,510 people in total on the out patient waiting lists in Navan, which are not specific for hip or knee patients.
"Our Lady's Hospital have recently received approval to introduce a waiting list initiative to significantly reduce this list from April."
Describing the situation as 'incredible,' leader of Aontu Peadar Toibin said: "I can't believe that a woman of 65 years has been left needlessly in such a level of disability.
"In over ten years of representation, I have not seen a citizen in such immobility for want fo a simple operation.
"3,510 other people are out there on the out patient waiting lists in Navan waiting for various procedures on conditions which affect their day-to-day lives.
"Some will need more invasive and more expensive treatment as a result of their long wait. The government are not saving money leaving people in long-term agony. There needs to be front end investment in order to clear these lists now."
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Challenging Lockdown Narratives in Leicester: 'Leaning in' to complexity with compassion when our community is shamed and divided
By PSC Leicester
Communities in Leicester are facing an extended lockdown following a 'spike' in cases of COVID-19. Public Health England are yet to find obvious reasons for this and emerging data from 'backward contact tracing' trials in Leicester indicate most were following stay at home guidance. The absence of a clear narrative, however, has resulted in widespread stories which 'other' and blame. We live in an age where unchecked soundbites or fragments of information spread quickly and carry immense power, often resulting in divisive rhetoric that damages community cohesion and obscures the bigger picture. It's easy to fall into these traps. We must therefore continue to be curious about wider factors that are likely to have contributed.
Psychologists for Social Change have previously warned that the COVID-19 crisis has increased the visibility of existing social inequalities in our society and could further compound divisions in our communities. Tragically, we are experiencing this in Leicester today. Many of the speculative narratives focus on personal responsibility with even the Prime Minister bemoaning problems "getting people to understand what was necessary to do" in Leicester. This caricatures residents as either unintelligent or unable to speak English; the latter pointing unfairly to our Eastern European, Somali and Asian communities. There is no evidence that social distancing was understood any less here than in other parts of the country, and the reality is far more complex than that narrative implies. Blaming individuals in this way is unhelpful, shaming, feeds into nationalist rhetoric, and takes the focus away from a government who have been slow to act not just in Leicester but from the outset of the pandemic. It also obscures the more powerful and intersected systemic influences at play that people cannot change.
The influence of racism
We know that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts communities racialised as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), which itself is a label steeped with racism and power imbalances. Leicester's rich history as one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse places in the UK has been drawn on by social media reports emphasising biological ideas to explain what might have happened. This has no scientific basis and ignores the sustained disinvestment in places that BAME communities live. Judgments have also taken aim at cultural norms about intergenerational households. These racist narratives not only detract from the longstanding issues of housing shortages and overcrowding in the city, but are vastly different to houses of multiple occupation where exploitative landlords - who often also provide employment - rent properties to several workers from different households, moving them around to meet business needs. Incorrectly attributing ethnicity and culture as the cause of increased cases is therefore dangerous as it masks the specific socio-political and economic factors at the heart of the issues in Leicester.
The influence of poverty and labour exploitation
Residents in affected geographical areas for instance tend to be key workers and those in manufacturing jobs. These communities are more likely than average to be disproportionately exposed to job losses and pay cuts caused by the pandemic. The diversity in Leicester - though rightly celebrated - sadly means that many families live in poverty. This cannot be divorced from the findings of the Marmot Review, which documents the adverse impact that sustained austerity and related social policies, such as Universal Credit, continue to have on working class, vulnerable, and marginalised groups.
The need to find paid employment to escape poverty has exposed labour exploitation in Leicester and made visible a population previously ignored. Recent investigations suggest there may be a significant unregulated 'cash economy' in Leicester, with informal working arrangements affecting the same communities. In these circumstances, the option of furlough may not be available and the denial of recourse to public funds places individuals at increased exposure to risk. Some have been pressured by unscrupulous businesses to continue working while furloughed or sick. Many cannot afford not to work as they face the impossible dilemma of contracting COVID-19 or being unable to feed or house themselves, with local foodshare schemes reporting increased access by those on zero hour contracts or who work in the 'gig' economy.
On choice and responsibility
In these circumstances, the reality is that people simply have no choice. Already disadvantaged communities bear the costs of the circumstances they have been put in and are now also shouldering the blame. The narrative that residents are wholly responsible for being at risk of infection or not understanding the rules is neither credible nor helpful. Rather it forms a poisonous smoke screen that serves those with structural power (be it central Government or local employers), not the citizens of Leicester.
Recovery in Leicester and looking to the future
With mounting speculation and fear about whether other parts of the UK might also see localised lockdowns, we are extremely concerned that individualist narratives will continue to cause more suspicion, blame, distrust and division to fuel widespread marginalisation and discrimination. We therefore welcome comments from local MPs, such as Claudia Webbe, who have already recognised the intersection of poverty and racism. Our local councils must continue to push central Government to resist making sweeping statements about their residents. Instead, multiple perspectives and local nuances need to be considered to deliver solutions that address the social, political and material contexts laid bare by the pandemic. This must include engaging and collaborating with marginalised communities to amplify their voices.
Though interventions such as fairer working practices, supporting the living wage and extending PPE access to those most at risk are necessary, they are not enough. Truly world leading recovery requires ambitious and radical systemic interventions to address long standing inequalities. This includes consideration of inclusive alternatives to state welfare that mean people are not forced to choose between their health or basic survival (e.g. universal basic income), expansion of social housing provision, improved access to public services, and additional green spaces to support wellbeing. Such ideas are already being considered by the Build Back Better campaign, which Psychologists for Social Change are supporting.
In the meantime, we must move away from 'calling out' false choices and instead 'lean in' to the complexities of the situation. Recognising factors which are outside of individual control enables us to show compassion towards each other and stand in solidarity with affected communities. This is key if we are to learn from Leicester should localised lockdowns become a wider trend.
Additional message of support:
We support 'Leicester Stand Up to Racism' with their call for unity as our community faces a time of crisis. Their open letter can be signed here:
https://leicester-stand-up-to-racism.org/no-to-racist-scapegoating-in-leicesterlockdown/
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