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Designing Blindfold Solitaire (#81)
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Designing Blindfold Solitaire
After we had hundreds of people downloaded Blindfold Blackjack for their iPhone, I started receiving emails for Blindfold Solitaire games. People asked for the standard solitaire, known as Klondike 3 or Patience, along with Free Cell, the solitaire game that Microsoft included with Windows, and Spider, one of the most popular solitaire app games.
I started researching varieties of Solitaire, and discovered over 50 varieties of the game. To create each variety could take months. If you are curious, check out the Wikipedia page on Solitaire. Most of the Solitaire games have common elements: a deck where you draw cards from, a foundation where you build cards from an ace to a king, and a tableau where you move cards from one pile to another. Some have open piles where a card can stay temporarily until it is moved onto another tableau pile or a foundation pile.
The easiest way to build a game is to find source code that another programmer created, and then use that as a guide to creating the game for the iPhone. That helps me get a full understanding of every game rule, and how the game proceeds. For most games, I was able to find about five or ten "open source" games on the Internet, at sites such as GitHub or SourceForge. Many programmers like to share their code with other programmers, as a way to help the programming community or as a way to get people to look at what a great job they did on building a game.
In the case of Solitaire, I found the source code for dozens of programs, written in languages such as Visual Basic, Python, C++, JavaScript and Java. When you create a program for an iPhone, you can only use the language called Objective C. It is slightly similar to C++, but different enough that you cannot take someone's program written in C++ and make it work on an iPhone. In all of these cases, you have to translate from one language to another.
Translating a computer language is similar to translating from English to Spanish. The overall structure of the language – the grammar – is the same, but the words are different and some of the rules of how things are stored a different. Most software developers know about 4 or 5 computer languages, and are very fluent in about two. It takes a few months of using a computer language on a specific type of computer to become very efficient at it, and you go through the same learning curve in programming in a new language (and new computer system) that you would when you learn a foreign language.
Most of the Solitaire games that I found were designed to be played on a Windows computer with a mouse. When I am evaluating the source code of a game that I found, not only do I have to consider how the program works, but I need to change the game from a visually oriented game with a mouse to a audio game with gestures.
When I met with a group of blind gamers, they emphasized how the gestures and layout of one of my games must be similar to another game. Keeping the game play consistent across games would make my games easier to play, and not require the gamers to learn new gestures each time they get another game from me.
Before diving into building Solitaire, I worked with several blind gamers to come up with general rules. They suggested the following:
swipe up and down to move within a pile
swipe left and right to move between piles
double tap to select a card to be moved, and start playing a beeping sound to tell you that the card (or cards) is about to be moved.
double tap again to deposit a card (or group of cards) somewhere
tap with 2 fingers to flip sequentially between the deck, the waste pile, the foundation and the tableau.
swipe down with 2 fingers to hear all of the cards in a pile.
swipe left with 2 fingers to hear the top card in all the piles of either the foundation or the tableau.
shake the phone to hear your status in the game, such as the number of cards left, or the top waste pile card.
This was enough to layout the game and start searching for which open source program I would use as the basis of Solitaire.
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7th Cir. Holds 'Stress and Confusion' Not Enough for Standing in FDCPA Case
Published March 23, 2021 by Daniel Miller
Home » FDCPA » 7th Cir. Holds 'Stress and Confusion' Not Enough for Standing in FDCPA Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently vacated a trial court's summary judgment in favor of a debt collector and ordered dismissal for lack of Article III standing.
In so ruling, the Seventh Circuit held that stress and confusion alone are not concrete injuries sufficient to grant a plaintiff Article III standing for a federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) claim.
A copy of the opinion in Pennell v. Global Trust Management, LLC is available at: Link to Opinion.
A consumer defaulted on a loan and, through counsel, sent the lender a letter stating that she refused to pay her debt and requesting that all future debt communications cease.
Soon after, the lender sold the debt to a debt collector. The debt collector was never informed that the consumer refused to pay her debt and that she was represented by counsel.
Eventually, the debt collector sent the consumer a dunning letter. The consumer, again through counsel, sent the debt collector a letter to notify it that she refused to pay and asking that all debt communications stop. The debt collector complied with the consumer's request and did not take any further actions.
Nevertheless, the consumer filed a lawsuit alleging that the debt collector violated 15 U.S.C. § 1692c(a)(2) and (c) of the FDCPA, which regulates debt collectors' communications with consumers. As you may recall, § 1692c(a)(2) prohibits a debt collector from directly communicating with a consumer who is represented by an attorney with respect to the debt and § 1692c(c) forbids a debt collector from directly communicating with a consumer who notifies a debt collector in writing that she refuses to pay the debt or that she wishes for the debt collector to stop communicating with her.
The consumer claimed "stress and confusion" as her injuries, arguing that the dunning letter made her feel like "her demand had been futile" and that she did not have rights under the FDCPA. According to the consumer, the dunning letter also made her "question whether she was still represented by counsel" and "whether she was required to pay the debt at issue."
The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the debt collector on the merits, concluding that the debt collector could not have violated § 1692(a)(2) and (c) without actual knowledge of the consumer's first cease-communication request to the lender. The consumer then filed a motion to reconsider, the trial court denied the motion, and the consumer appealed.
The Seventh Circuit focused its analysis on Article III standing, even though neither party raised the issue in their briefs.
The Court noted that the "irreducible constitutional minimum of standing" requires the plaintiff or party invoking federal jurisdiction to demonstrate that she has suffered an injury in fact that is fairly traceable to the defendant's conduct and redressable by a favorable judicial decision. Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560–61 (1992). Standing must be established at the time the suit is filed. Pollack v. U.S. Dep't of Just., 577 F.3d 736, 742 n.2 (7th Cir. 2009).
To establish injury in fact, a plaintiff must allege a "concrete and particularized" injury. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Env't Servs. (TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 180 (2000). An injury is particularized if it "affect[s] the plaintiff in a personal and individual way," Lujan, 504 U.S. at 560 n.1, and it is concrete if it is "real, and not abstract." Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540, 1548 (2016) (internal quotation marks omitted). To satisfy concreteness, the injury does not need to be tangible; a risk of real harm can suffice. Id. at 1549.
However, a statutory violation alone does not automatically lead to a concrete injury. Id. For an FDCPA violation, the plaintiff must allege in the complaint that "the violation harmed or presented an appreciable risk of harm to the underlying concrete interest that Congress sought to protect." Casillas v. Madison Ave. Assocs., Inc., 926 F.3d 329, 333 (7th Cir. 2019) (internal quotation marks omitted).
In this case, the Seventh Circuit concluded that the consumer did not allege a concrete injury. The Court reasoned that "confusion is not itself an injury." Brunett v. Convergent Outsourcing, Inc., 982 F.3d 1067, 1068 (7th Cir. 2020). Similarly, stress by itself, with no physical manifestations and no qualified medical diagnosis, does not amount to a concrete harm. Cf. United States v. All Funds on Deposit with R.J. O'Brien & Assocs., 783 F.3d 607, 616 (7th Cir. 2015) (noting that "purely psychological harm" does not suffice to establish Article III standing).
For the alleged injury to be concrete, the consumer must have acted "to her detriment, on that confusion." Brunett, 982 F.3d at 1068. The consumer did not prove to the Court that the debt collector's letter caused her to change her decision-making or put her in harm's way.
The consumer attempted to save her claim by arguing that the dunning letter was also an invasion of her privacy, which she submitted as an injury. However, the Seventh Circuit was not persuaded because this allegation was made for the first time in a supplemental memorandum. What mattered to the Court was what the consumer alleged in her operative complaint. Thornley v. Clearview AI, Inc., 984 F.3d 1241, 1242 (7th Cir. 2021); see also Borelli v. City of Reading, 532 F.2d 950, 951 (3d Cir. 1976) (per curiam) (noting that "[t]he question of standing is generally determined from the face of the complaint").
Accordingly, the Seventh Circuit concluded that the consumer failed to allege a concrete injury sufficient to grant her Article III standing in an FDCPA case and, therefore, vacated the trial court's judgment and remanded with instructions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller is an associate in the Chicago office of Maurice Wutscher LLP, practicing in the firm's Consumer Credit Litigation and Commercial Litigation groups. Daniel has substantial experience as a litigation attorney representing clients in both individual and class action cases involving the FDCPA, TCPA, FCRA, TILA, RESPA, Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, and various other federal and state statutes. He also has experience in representing corporate clients in commercial transactions and executive compensation agreements. Daniel earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law, and his Bachelor of Arts in History from Durham University in the United Kingdom. He is admitted to practice law in Illinois and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of Illinois.
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Sympathetic Vibratory Physics » Female
The female gender, nurturing, caring, regeneration. See Mother, Force, Energy
Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth
8. The inherent characteristic of Loving Intelligent Creative Power was RHYTHM.
I saw that there was a RHYTHM in operation in the world.
Everything was subject to seasons which gave a blossoming and burgeoning of life, a growing season coming up to the ripening and harvest, and the production of seeds which ensured the survival of plant life. Then there was the gradual dying away and rest period of winter. But nothing created and living was allowed to become extinct. The sun and moon expressed these characteristics within the universe. This rhythm could even be seen in the females of living things. [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 1, page 15]
"Those who deny this Truth will be denied access to the Celestial Kingdoms until they have increased their spiritual perception, and prayerfully changed their attitudes. Only when their vision is lifted above the earthly human perception of 'male and female' - and beyond their earthly desires and ego drive - to the Reality out of which they have drawn their 'being', will they escape the wheel of re-incarnation and find entrance to the ultimate Joy and Glory." [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 4, page 17]
"When I was in the desert in Palestine, I first perceived that the over-riding nature of UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS Creativity, our SOURCE of BEING was INTENTION.
The Intention to create, plan and design - and then to bring forth that design by growing it, feeding, healing, protecting, and fulfilling its every need in a disciplined manner.
Both male and female have been evolved in physical form and consciousness to experience - INTENTION and express it in all ways possible in their lives. This is the very first act of creativity.
Without INTENTION there would be no CREATION.
INTENTION is the origin of - and permeates - the whole of existence.
INTENTION defines the nature of the deed - loving or destructive.
The male and female have been individualised to experience and formulate INTENTION in their lives.
This is the very first impulse of creativity." [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 4, page 18]
"Male and female have also been individualised to experience and express WILLPOWER.
WILLPOWER in the MALE is experienced and expressed primarily as Activity. In primitive forms - he moves out into the environment to fulfill his INTENTION. Therefore, he dons the robes of the leader and quester. He was individualised to think and work to fulfill his PURPOSEs without the encumbrance of emotions.
WILLPOWER in the FEMALE is motivated and experienced primarily as Feeling - the Need to Nurture the original INTENTION and bring it, PURPOSEfully to full term - fruition - through the process of caring, feeding, clothing, repairing, teaching, protecting.
PURPOSE is entirely different to INTENTION since purpose comes down from the mental plane of intention and becomes an emotional drive, a desire to formulate 'a means to achieve the intended end'.
A 'powerful INTENTION to do something' becomes a PURPOSE behind continued existence. In this way, thought and feeling are married to perform the work of creation.
The male is constantly roaming seeking new ideas, new ways to fulfill his INTENTIONs to give him purpose in life.
The female's intentions are 'purpose personified', sensitive and stable, prepared to make sacrifices for the loved ones.
Therefore, the two basic IMPULSES within the SOURCE of BEING - expressed in physical form as male and female - are inter-dependent. One could not survive without the other. Both are needed for the continuity of creation.
Because of his masculine mobility, his leadership drive, the male has considered himself superior to the female. This is because she remains stable, creating security for the male. But the feminine drive is the drive of unconditional love, the drive worthy of the highest respect and consideration to enable her to flourish and perform her innate purpose within the household in peace of mind and joy.
The man's role is to provide physical security and material means of subsistence for the family.
The woman's role is to provide emotional security and the emotional means of personal fulfilment and joy within the family environment." [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 4, page 18]
The face of BONDING drags, draws, attracts, demands, pulls, buys, grabs, clutches, clings to the people and possessions it craves. This IMPULSE creates an illusion of security in togetherness and possessions. It is the 'tool' of 'MOTHER CONSCIOUSNESS' inspiring the building of families, communities and nations. It can be productive of beauty, joy, harmony and love. It can also wreck lives and destroy communities when it is 'Ego' driven.
The face of REJECTION repels, thrusts aside, pushes away, evades, everything - people, animals, possessions it does not want. Thus the IMPULSE of REJECTION creates an illusion of privacy and security. [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 5, page 25]
"For you to fully understand what I am talking about, I want you to strive to VISUALISE & REALISE that the Nature of Divine Consciousness of Universal Equilibrium is limitless Power, since the equilibrium-harmony arises out of equal constraint between the universal impulses of the:
the male and female,
intelligence and love,
the will to experience and the will to remain acquiescent,
the yearning to be active and the yearning to hold back and maintain the status quo,
in order to form bonds and stability." [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 7, page 166]
"The names of these particles is of no import here, but the fact that one end of cobalt atoms ejects big particles, and the other ejects small particles, is important. Also, the statement that it was never known before that one end of an atom is different from the other end is also important for it is not true. It has been known as long as electricity has been known that each end of a polarized body is different, and all matter is polarized. Each end of a balanced atom - which means equally paired - will emit the same sized particles from each end, because polarized, or divided pairs, are male and female and belong to the red and blue sides of the spectrum. The important fact that has been overlooked is the fact that an unbalanced particle of matter cannot emit equal potentials from both ends. [Atomic Suicide, page 274-275]
Dispersion
Entropic
Female Force
Female Principle
Fig. 2.12 - Male-Father and Female-Mother Forces
Figure 2.14 - Intermingled Male Father Syntropic and Female Mother Entropic
Figure 7.8 - Gravity is the Life Sex and Power Principle
Mother Consciousness
2.19 - Male-Father and Female-Mother Forces
2.21 - Male-Father and Female-Mother Intermingle
2.23 - Male-Father-Syntropic and Female-Mother-Entropic Swirling Cosmic Dance
12.25 - Sex
Created by Dale Pond. Last Modification: Saturday December 29, 2018 02:39:26 MST by Dale Pond.


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Q: Browser uploads to s3 with instance roles This is a follow-up on my previous question regarding policy document signing using instance profiles.
I'm developing a system that allows drag & drop uploads directly to an S3 bucket; an AJAX request is first made to my server containing the file metadata. Once verified, my server responds with the form parameters that are used to complete the upload.
The process of setting up browser based uploads is well explained here and it all works as expected in my local test environment.
However, once my application gets deployed on an EC2 instance, I'm seeing this error when the browser attempts to upload the file:
<Error>
    InvalidAccessKeyId
    <Message>The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.</Message>
    <RequestId>...</RequestId>
    <HostId>...</HostId>
    <AWSAccessKeyId>ASIAxxxyyyzzz</AWSAccessKeyId>
</Error>

The value of ASIAxxxyyyzzz here comes from the instance role credentials, as obtained from the metadata service; it seems that those credentials can't be used outside of EC2 to facilitate browser based uploads.
I've looked at the Security Token Service as well to generate another set of temporary credentials by doing this:
$token = $sts->assumeRole(array(
    'RoleArn' => 'arn:aws:iam::xyz:role/mydomain.com',
    'RoleSessionName' => 'uploader',
));

$credentials = new Credentials($token['Credentials']['AccessKeyId'], $token['Credentials']['SecretAccessKey']);

The call givens me a new set of credentials, but it give the same error as above when I use it.
I hope that someone has done this before and can tell me what stupid thing I've missed out :)

A: The AWS docs are very confusing on this, but I suspect that you need to include the x-amz-security-token parameter in the S3 upload POST request and that its value matches the SessionToken you get from STS ($token['Credentials']['SessionToken']).
STS temporary credentials are only valid when you include the corresponding security token.
The AWS documentation for the POST request states that:

Each request that uses Amazon DevPay requires two x-amz-security-token
  form fields: one for the product token and one for the user token.

but that parameter is also used outside of DevPay, to pass the STS token and you would only need to pass it once in the form fields.

A: As pointed out by dcro's answer, the session token needs to be passed to the service you're using when you use temporary credentials. The official documentation mentions the x-amz-security-token field, but seems to suggest it's only used for DevPay; this is probably because DevPay uses the same type of temporary credentials and therefore requires the session security token.
2013-10-16: Amazon has updated their documentation to make this more obvious.
As it turned out, it's not even required to use STS at all; the credentials received by the metadata service come with such a session token as well. This token is automatically passed for you when the SDK is used together with temporary credentials, but in this case the final request is made by the browser and thus needs to be passed explicitly.
The below is my working code:
$credentials = Credentials::factory();
$signer = new S3Signature();
$policy = new AwsUploadPolicy(new DateTime('+1 hour', new DateTimeZone('UTC')));

$policy->setBucket('upload.mydomain.com');
$policy->setACL($policy::ACL_PUBLIC_READ);
$policy->setKey('uploads/test.jpg');
$policy->setContentType('image/jpeg');
$policy->setContentLength(5034);

$fields = array(
    'AWSAccessKeyId' => $credentials->getAccessKeyId(),
    'key' => $path,
    'Content-Type' => $type,
    'acl' => $policy::ACL_PUBLIC_READ,
    'policy' => $policy,
);

if ($credentials->getSecurityToken()) {
    // pass security token
    $fields['x-amz-security-token'] = $credentials->getSecurityToken();
    $policy->setSecurityToken($credentials->getSecurityToken());
}

$fields['signature'] = $signer->signString($policy, $credentials);

I'm using a helper class to build the policy, called AwsUploadPolicy; at the time of writing it's not complete, but it may help others with a similar problem.
Permissions were the last problem; my code sets the ACL to public-read and doing so requires the additional s3:PutObjectAcl permission.
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Action": [
        "s3:PutObject",
        "s3:PutObjectAcl"
      ],
      "Sid": "Stmt1379546195000",
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::upload.mydomain.com/uploads/*"
      ],
      "Effect": "Allow"
    }
  ]
}

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Johannes Post (4 October 1906 – 16 July 1944) was a Dutch resistance leader during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. He helped lead part of the Landelijke Knokploegen and hid Jews in his village, Nieuwlande. Post was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in 1965.

Early life
Johannes Post was born on October 4, 1906 in the village of Hollandscheveld. He was the eleventh and youngest child of Jan-Wolters Post and Trijntje Tempen. He attended primary school, and afterwards attended one year of MULO before going to work at his father's company. Post became a farmer in Nieuwlande, alongside being an alderman and councilor in the municipality of Oosterhesselen. He also worked trading eggs, poultry and horses. Post was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP). On November 26, 1929, Post married Dien Salomons (1903-1991), having nine children together.

Beginning of World War II
Post's planned to go to the west of the Netherlands during May 1940 to fight the Germans but was unable to due to the rapid end of the fighting. Until 1942, he was involved in minor acts of resistance such as refusing to pay income tax and distributing illegal literature.

Marinus Post, one of Johannes' brothers was involved directly in the resistance, and while at his house in 1942, he met Arnold Douwes and Dr. Cohen. Cohen was a Jewish refugee, and he told Johannes about the ongoing persecution of Jews. Later, with the help of his brother Post traveled around the Netherlands, finding Jews and bringing them to Nieuwlande. They would be picked up by Dien Post, and brought to their farmhouse. Later, the individuals would be transferred to permanent houses to hide in. The houses where they hid were originally from their extended family, but eventually the townsfolk of Nieuwlande helped as well.

With the help of Arnold Douwes and Nico Leons, a network for hiding Jews in Nieuwlande and the surrounding area was established. Johannes would bring Jews to houses and persuade people into giving them shelter, using moral and religious arguments to convince the residents. He was also helped in this by his role in the community, previously being the deputy major of the local regional council, the head of his large family, and a successful farmer. Through Post's efforts, the community became a hotspot for hiding Jews. He stayed in contact with the leaders of the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the resistance through the Trouw newspaper.

While traveling to Amsterdam, Johannes met Celina Kuyper, a Jewish resistance member from Rotterdam. Kuyper started working as a courier for Post under an alias, Thea van Zuylen.

In Summer 1943, Post took part in raids on registration offices. These strikes were a response to the Nazis arresting soldiers from the former Dutch army and taking them to Germany to work on Arbeitseinsatz. Many of these soldiers went into hiding, which necessitated more goods to keep them fed. The registration offices held food coupons and other goods, making them the target for the raids. Soon after, Johannes went into hiding due to attention from the Nazis, but he was arrested soon after.

Final Years
Kuyper and Post were arrested on July 16, 1943 in Ugchelen, Gelderland. Kuyper was sent by train to Auschwitz and murdered three days after her arrival. Johannes was jailed inside a police station, but was broken out by Jan Mennink, a local police officer. Soon after, Betsy "Tineke" Trompetter, another Jewish resistance member took over as Johannes' courier. However, due to his arrest, Post's family was no longer protected by the law and was considered outcast. The Germans planned to occupy the family's farmhouse, so the family moved out of Nieuwlande.

After this, the children of the Post family were constantly moved between the houses of relatives, which continued until the end of the war. Henk and Mein Post took in two of the children, Jan and Gerard into a vicarage, where Dien later hid from the authorities in. Johannes hid on his brother's farm in Pesse, Drenthe. Dien and Johannes hid in the area until October, avoiding participating in the local resistance. He left soon afterwards, going to Rijnsburg. In February of that year, the various resistance groups created an advisory group known as the 'kern'. It help coordinate resistance activities between the groups. Post took part in this, and gained contacts within the Orde Dienst (OD) and the Jhr P.J. Six. He met the resistance of Brabart in November, but Post chose to stay with the National Knokploegen (LKP).

Post began carrying out robberies for the resistance, stealing weapons and ammo from police stations and other locations. In January 1944, Post alongside his compatriots stole supplies in South Holland and Western North Brabant. Post carried out a huge robbery at Archimedesstraat police station, making away with sixty pistols, ammunition and cartridge holders.

Post became increasingly close with the LKP's leadership, who helped provide food coupons to those in hiding. That March the LKP asked him to help coordinate groups in the northern provinces of the Netherlands: Drenthe, Groningen, and Friesland. In May 1944, the LKP was hampered by the arrests of high profile leaders, leading Post to go to Amsterdam. In June, the Sicherheitspolizei arrested many resistance leaders in the northern provinces where Post worked which made it too risky for him to return. Post ended up going west, as the arrests had created openings in the leadership of the LKP. He ended up becoming the de facto leader of the LKP in the western Netherlands. He based his operations out of Amsterdam.

Death
On June 23, 1944, a resistance raid on a distribution office in Haarlem failed, leaving one of Post's brothers, Wildschut imprisoned. Post made plans to break his brother out of the Amsterdam detention center with the help of a Dutch SS guard. Unbeknown to Post, the guard had told the Sicherheitspolizei about the plan. On July 14th, while trying to sneak into the prison under the cover of night, the resistance members were ambushed. After a firefight, they were arrested alongside Post, who had not directly taken part in the robbery. Johannes and twelve other resistance members were driven out to the sand dunes outside Overveen, where they were executed, then buried together in a mass grave. After the Netherlands were taken back by the Allies, Post's body was reburied at the Overveen Honorary Cemetery.

Legacy
A military barrack in Havelte is named after Post, alongside a bridge in Leiden. A number of schools bear his name, including in Sneek, Amstelveen and Hazerswoude-Dorp. Streets have been named after Post in at least twenty-nine towns in the Netherlands. In Assen, a scouting association is named after him, the Johannes Post Group,

After the war, Post was posthumously awarded the 1940-1945 Resistance Cross by Royal Decree and The United States awarded him the Medal of Freedom. This medal was presented to his family on April 8, 1953 at The Hague. Johannes Post and the village of Nieuwlande were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Israel in recognition for their efforts to save Jews.

De Levensroman van Johannes Post (The Life of Johannes Post) written in 1948 by Anne de Vries is a well-known biography of Post. Partly because of this, he is one of the best-known resistance leaders of the Second World War. Before it was published in book form, it appeared as a serial in the magazine Ons Vrije Nederland.

References

1906 births
1944 deaths
Dutch Righteous Among the Nations
Dutch resistance members
Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany

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Some people work hard and play hard. I work hard and shoe hard. As if you hadn't figured it out by now, I have a slight shoe obsession. The number of shoes in my closet does not reach three digits; I am choosy. I like unique shoes that work for my professional lifestyle and budget. I don't buy crazy impossible-to-walk-in styles that I will only wear once (like the pictured Chanel gun shoes that I would have bought if money were no object). I like designers that can construct a shoe that will really be comfortable, a shoe I won't look at next year and say "what was I thinking" and most importantly, a shoe that can withstand the horrible DC sidewalks designed by men and the marble halls of Congress. That doesn't mean that I don't buy shoes with a stiletto heel, it just means I don't wear them if I know I'm going to be walking on perilous ground.
So if you have been reading my musings, you also know by now that I am a big fan of Simply Soles. I found a "soul mate" in founder and owner, Kassie Rempel, and there are days that number in the too many to count that I wish I could be her.
One day last summer, she and I were meeting for drinks, but as she had just opened a new store in Georgetown, I wanted to come by and see the new digs. She had just received the fall shipment and boxes were everywhere (in the back of the store, of course). Now, I had already memorized the fall catalog and had my eye on a pair of shoes that in person, just didn't pan out for me. But then Kassie showed me the latest Chie Mihara's. (Disclaimer: if you are passionate about funky but functional shoes and don't have a pair of Chie's in your closet, I cannot be held accountable for any purchases this post inspires you to go out and make.) The Fabiola was (is) my perfect shoe. The camel-butterscotch shade is the perfect neutral hue that works for literally all seasons. The origami detail on the toe of the shoe makes it interesting. I had a store credit. I had "sole savers" points. The purchase was a no-brainer, and I never looked back.
In the end, I asked them to dye them black. But I am sad. I have struggled with these feelings, which seem so indulgent. There are a lot of problems in the world. I know because I work on some of them. But I loved these shoes and when I wore them, it gave me the confidence to do my job a little better.
Given my mood, I guess it is appropriate that I'm getting them in black.
This is a tragedy! A tragedy that has a fairy tale ending. Can't believe we still had another pair of these shoes in your size. Kind of crazy given they were from last season. The Universe (which it were us but I really can't take part in the credit) has your back Chelsea.


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On Leadership: Q&A with Associate Dean for Academics June Qian
This month we sat down with Associate Dean for Academics June Qian to hear about her background in education and her experience leading at Schwarzman Scholars.
1. Tell us a bit about your background. How did you first become interested in working in higher education and what drew you to Schwarzman Scholars?
I attended Tsinghua and was asked to stay on as a faculty member after graduating. Later, I served as a faculty member in the School of Economics and Management, and served as the Associate Dean from 2015-2018, while also teaching at Schwarzman Scholars. Amy [Stursberg, CEO of Schwarzman Scholars] was who persuaded me to join the administration. Although my main focus was teaching, I realized I could help provide management expertise and guide incredible young leaders.
2. What about Schwarzman Scholars most excites you?
Before I joined Schwarzman Scholars, I worked with MBA students to prepare future business leaders for China. At Schwarzman Scholars, the potential influence is even bigger in scope and scale—we're cultivating world leaders. These young leaders come from all over the world, and often go back to their countries after graduating to work and lead in various sectors. They'll all play such important roles, and that vision excites me. It's a very meaningful program to be involved in.
3. What would you like prospective applicants and future Scholars to know about academics at Schwarzman Scholars? What makes the curriculum so unique?
There's so much room to personalize your Schwarzman Scholars academic experience. Of course there are three big parts of the program. We focus on global affairs to create global leaders. We also focus on China—which is mandatory for anybody who wants to understand the world these days. And the curriculum of course emphasizes broad traits of leadership. But there are so many elective courses to serve all kinds of different interests within those categories—everything from history to contemporary challenges in the tech industry. You can also take courses offered by other schools at Tsinghua—everybody can find their own leadership path at Schwarzman Scholars.
4. You spend a lot of time working and speaking with Scholars directly—what qualities do successful Scholars share?
When assessing potential Scholars, I look for those who are willing to spend their time and their lives for the sake of others—those who, after five or ten years, will look to make others' lives better. They're true to their word, are appreciative of the support and help around them, and are empathetic in their worldviews. Successful Scholars don't just have future goals—they've already done some preparation towards those goals.
5. Can you share some reading recommendations for anyone interested in learning more about China?
Rana Mitter's Modern China: A Very Short Introduction is fantastic for anybody looking to get a brief overview of what China is like these days. There are also many novels and films which capture certain time periods well. Yu Hua's To Live is fantastic in this regard. It was also made into a good film.
6. What do you like to do for fun?
I like to read and drink tea. They're great to do together. When I have a free weekend, if I have a book in my hands and some tea, I'm good for the day. I also like to travel—to see new places and learn about new cultures.
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County Clerk Gary Klacking swears in the board of commissioners before the board's regular meeting Jan. 10. Look for an introduction to new Commissioners Ron Vaughn, Brad Neubecker and Jenny David in a future issue of the Herald.
WEST BRANCH — The Ogemaw County Board of Commissioners moved the county's monthly evening meeting to 5:30 p.m. during the first meeting of the new board Jan. 10.
New Commissioner Brad Neubecker made the recommendation to the board, suggesting an earlier time would interrupt the public's evenings less and could boost participation.
Clerk Gary Klacking said to his knowledge the county has never had an early-evening meeting before.
During the discussion, commissioners considered moving the morning meeting to an evening meeting as well, but decided against it because it could create the possibility of overtime. Chairman Bruce Reetz said keeping one meeting in the morning is also more convenient for traveling presenters who occasionally address the board.
The new commissioners on the board asked Commissioners Reetz and Craig Scott if they experienced more attendance during morning or evenings meetings.
Scott said the average attendance from the general public is slim, regardless of the time the meeting is held.
The board also voted to continue its previous adjustment of the committee of a whole meetings to start at 8 a.m. instead of 8:30 a.m. as they had previously been.
After the adjustments, the county commissioners will meet on the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. and the fourth Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The committee of a whole will meet on the Wednesday between the two regular meetings at 8 a.m.
Also during the organizational segment of the meeting, commissioners voted to elect Reetz as the board's chairman and Scott as vice chair.


I have never made bread before, despite watching The fabulous Baker Brothers and Lorraine Pascale, and the other day I just thought why not ? I found a recipe in Jamie Oliver's The return of the naked chef and it was brilliant! I mixed the yeast with the water and was fascinated when I came back to it a few minutes later and it was all frothy and then when I mixed the yeast with the flour it was like fluffing a cushion up! I was so excited when I left the bread to prove and it grew to twice the size! I felt bad rolling it out to make my bread, especially as my dad kept saying "it's alive you know! that's why it's bigger!" that just made me feel guilty. I also spent about 40 minutes cracking hazelnuts to put in the bread because we didn't have any ready ones. Remember to buy them already shelled everyone, it's a huge time saver.
This bread was so gorgeous, we made it at night and then cooked it in the morning and had it for breakfast like croissant, yummy yummy! If you think making bread is a pain in the neck give this a try, I found it so fun and I will definitely be making more bread in the future!
1. Dissolve the yeast and honey (or sugar) in half the tepid water.
2. On a clean surface or in a large bowl, make a pile of the flour and salt. Make a well in the centre and pour in the dissolved yeast mixture. With 4 fingers of one hand, make circular movements from the centre moving outwards, slowly bringing in more and more of the flour until the yeast mixture is soaked up. Pour the other half of the tepid water into the centre and incorporate all of the flour to make a moist dough.
3. Knead the dough (which was so fun) for 5 minutes.
4. Flour your hands and the top of the dough, make it into a round shape and place on a baking tray. Deeply score the dough with a knife and leave to prove until it's doubled in size. You should leave it in a warm, moist, drought-free place for it to prove quicker. This should take about 40 minutes.
5. Divide the dough into equal parts. Prove for a second tile and then take each piece of dough and push out into a square shape on the floured board. The roll out to about 17 cm/7 inches wide. At this point, roll the other way and keep rolling to achieve a rectangle about 0.5 cm/1/4 inches thick. Using a knife, spread the butter thinly across the dough. Sprinkle tha hazelnuts and the chocolate over and roll up across the width like a swiss roll. Cut across into 2 cm/1 inch wide slices. Place the slices next to each other on a greased baking tray, cut side upwards, with small gaps in between. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 20 minutes before mmmmmmming at it's tastiness.
I reheated one of these for breakfast the next day and it was still gorgeous.
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This weekend I decided to make some chocolate shortbread biscuits with my boyfriend, I thought they'd be nice and pretty for the blog and we were going to make the biscuits in heart shapes ♥ I chose my recipe on bbc Good food (www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1272633/double-chocolate-shortbreads) and thought it sounded simple enough, there were only 2 steps. I made the dough, easy, wrapped it in cling-film and chilled it in the fridge for an hour, no problemo, but then… DISASTER!!!! When I got it out of the fridge it was so hard that I could have killed somebody with it! I left it for 15 minutes hoping it would become soft but it didn't so I had to ask my mum for help… Yes, my mum fixes all my cooking disasters, or tries to. She got out the Magimix, which I think she's had since before I was born, and put all the frozen dough inside, then she whirred it around a bit, added some water and we ended up with a very gooey mixture which I could definitely not roll out and cut into heart shapes. We got a pie dish and poured the mixture in, then put it in the oven for 30 minutes. The result tasted nice and chocolatey but it was the dryest cake I think I have ever tasted in my life, it was so dry that we had trouble swallowing it! That didn't stop my sister and my boyfriend who managed to eat a quarter of it before giving in and admitting defeat!
What went wrong? Well, after some fierce interrogation my mum realised that I had put light brown sugar into the mixture instead of brown caster sugar… I had no idea that it would make such a difference!
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Put this collection of essays by Audre Lorde on your fall must-read list — we promise you'll thank us
By Stephanie barnes
"I wish to live whatever life I have as fully and as sweetly as possible, rather than refocus that life solely upon extending it for some unspecified time. I consider this a political decision as well as a life-saving one, and it is a decision that I am fortunate to be able to make." These words are just a few of the many quotable bits you'll find in the reissue of Audre Lorde's 1988 collection of essays, A Burst of Light.
Born Audrey Geraldine Lorde in 1934 to West Indian parents in New York City, a young Lorde embraced poetry early. She dropped the "Y" from her name at 4 years old because she found it to be more aesthetically pleasing, and had her fist poem published in Seventeen magazine while still a teenager. And it was through her writing and its poetic form that she went on to inspire and liberate the hearts and minds of many with her personal truths.
Audre Lorde described herself as "a black lesbian feminist mother warrior poet" (never one or the other) because she refused to be boxed in by any singular preconceived notion that allowed her readers to make assumptions about her identity or cause.
Her writing perfectly combined the use of prose and poetry with experience to point out the oppressions of marginalized groups. She was one of the first black feminists to challenge heteronormative views, and to encourage black feminists to expand their understanding of their sexuality and own erotic pleasures. She continued to champion the fight against oppression, even during illness.
The updated reissue of A Burst of Light comes with a foreword by Sonia Sanchez, an interesting interview about sadomasochism conducted by Susan Star, and three additional essays, including "Turning the Beat Around: Lesbian Parenting 1986," in which Lorde reflects on the highs and lows of co-parenting children with her white lady love. And of course, the original Burst of Light journal entries about her life with cancer. This book sheds light on Lorde's struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and the liver cancer ravishing her ailing body.
In 1984, Lorde learned that her breast cancer had spread to her liver. She documents in great detail her journey going forward — from her initial denial to her brave decision to not have a biopsy, and instead opting to treat the illness using homeopathic methods at St. Lukas Klinik in Switzerland. Her lifelong struggles armed her with the strength and backbone to face her cancer, which somehow transforms A Burst of Light from simply a chronicle of Lorde's fight against disease into one woman's fight against life's injustices.
There is absolutely no denying that Audre Lorde was powerful, and her words are a constant reminder of that. Her passionate essays and speeches on feminism, sexuality, LGBTQ issues, and race in this book are inspirational. They'll touch you on a level that's bone-deep, they'll nudge you to reflect on your own life, and make you want to be better. And that was her goal.
"If one Black woman I do not know gains hope and strength from my story, then it has been worth the difficulty of telling, Lorde wrote.
The book is out now — read it and thank us later.
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Microsoft Calls a Truce in the Linux Patent Wars
Author: Klint FinleyKlint Finley
Under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has reversed much of its earlier hostility to open source software.
Microsoft wants to make peace with Linux, saying this week that it will allow more than 2,600 other companies, including longtime rivals like Google and IBM, to use the technology behind 60,000 Microsoft patents for their own Linux-related open source projects.
That could be good news for makers of "internet of Things" devices. Linux powers everything from connected cars to Amazon Echo hardware, but Microsoft has long claimed that various Linux-related technologies infringe on its patents and has a history of suing the alleged violators. For example, in 2009 it sued GPS navigation device maker TomTom, arguing that the company's Linux-based products violated a patent related to how operating systems handle file storage.
Microsoft said it will join the Open Invention Network, which was founded in 2005 and describes itself as a "patent nonaggression community." Members, which range from Linux companies like Red Hat to automakers like Toyota and General Motors, agree not to file patent suits involving Linux projects against one another. Members also get access to patents that OIN itself owns.
Some aspects of the move remain unclear, including just which Microsoft patents are included, particularly patents licensed by Android device makers like Samsung. A spokesperson says Microsoft is licensing all its patents that are relevant to the "Linux System," which OIN defines as software code released under an open source license and "Distributed with, or for use with, the Linux Kernel." Microsoft isn't open sourcing any new code as part of the announcement, and isn't transferring ownership of any patents to OIN. It also didn't commit to licensing future patents to OIN.
But by joining the group, Microsoft is essentially giving the Linux community permission to use 60,000 patents free of charge without fear of lawsuits. That could mean that if an OIN member, such as Google, adds functionality patented by Microsoft to the Linux kernel, others can use that open source code—regardless of whether they are members of OIN, without fear of lawsuits from Microsoft.
"We know Microsoft's decision to join OIN may be viewed as surprising to some," Microsoft deputy general counsel Erich Andersen wrote in the blog post announcing the decision. "It is no secret that there has been friction in the past between Microsoft and the open source community over the issue of patents."
That's putting it mildly. As recently as the early 2000s, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer openly disparaged Linux, calling it a cancer only fit for communists. In 2007, Microsoft threatened to sue Linux companies like Red Hat over patent violations. It ultimately backed down, but did file suit against TomTom and other companies.
But as Linux and open source increasingly have become crucial to software development for companies large and small, Microsoft has worked to reform its image and become a good open source citizen. Earlier this decade, it ensured that popular open source software like Hadoop, Git, and Node.js could run on Windows, and supported Linux on its Azure cloud service. More recently, it's open sourced some offerings, such as the core of the .NET software development platform and key parts of its Edge web browser, released a Linux version of its SQL Server software, and even started using Linux to run parts of Azure.
Even as it worked to repair its reputation with the open source community, though, the company pursued an aggressive course in patent litigation. It pressured smartphone makers like Samsung into patent licensing agreements over their use of Google's Android, which is based on the Linux kernel. In 2012, Microsoft, Apple, and others started a consortium called Rockstar, which bought more than 4,000 patents from Nortel and sued Google and demanded payments from other smartphone companies for violating those patents.
Two years later, however, Rockstar sold its patents to a company called RPX, which vowed to use them solely to defend the tech industry from litigation. And as Microsoft explores new markets, it will now have assurance that it won't be sued by other OIN members.
Microsoft's move is part of a broader shift in the tech industry away from aggressive and potentially costly patent litigation. When Elon Musk announced in 2014 that Tesla wouldn't sue companies that wanted to use its technology, he downplayed the importance of enforcing patents and pointed to the futility of the long legal battle between Apple and Samsung. "You wonder who's really benefiting there," he said during a conference call at the time. "And it seems like neither one. It doesn't seem like it's actually serving shareholders."
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Nicole Richie is the latest star to turn her attention to fashion, but rather than the usual clothing line, she is setting her sights on jewellery.
The new mum has confirmed that she is working on a fifty-piece collection of jewels, although the range remains unnamed and details of the style have not been released.
The collection is expected to reach stores by autumn 2008, and will be stocked in high end US boutiques such as Kitson and Fred Segal.
Well i can not wait for this range to be sold in stores but as i'm from the UK im going to have to hope it will be available on ebay or online stores.
As one of Nicole Richie's biggest fans i'm sure i will get my hands on it somehow.


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Education no bar: Women entrepreneurs go the grass-route
The turning point was a project conducted in the Pitchandikulam Forest of Auroville to train rural women.
Published: 10th October 2021 05:38 AM | Last Updated: 10th October 2021 05:38 AM | A+A A-
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By Bagalavan Perier B
VILLUPURAM: They were deprived of a proper education. Most of these 20 women from Villupuram's neighbouring villages — Nadukuppam, Vandipalayam, and Devikulam — haven't completed primary education, but can name more than 1,000 herbs and list their uses. They are now self-sufficient, and contribute significantly to their family income.
The turning point was a project conducted in the Pitchandikulam Forest of Auroville to train rural women. Over six months, these women were taught farming, manufacturing, marketing, accounting, skill development, entrepreneurship, and team building, after which, they launched the Amirtha Herbal Unit and Nursery.
The facility, near the forests of Nadukuppam village at Marakanam, serves as their workplace, where they cultivate herbs, and make medicines, cosmetics and food items, and market them. They sell 35 products, including soap, hair oil, powders for the face, teeth, and body, and medicines in the form of oil, paste, and electuary.
"Despite several requests, we don't export products because our resources are limited," says Parvathy Nagarajan, who trained the women. "They came here as homemakers, but now know as much about herbs as a Siddha doctor."
Sharing her side of the story, one of the women from the unit, B Kalaiselvi, of Nadukuppam, recounts, "I dropped out of school in Class 8 as I had to start working in the fields. I continued even after marriage. But 10 years ago, I came here for training, and have been making a better income ever since."
Even her trainer, Parvathy, was pressured to drop out of school. "My parents didn't want me to continue after Class 5, but I managed to complete my schooling. My forefathers were country doctors, and my grandmother taught me about herbs and their uses. I did a few small jobs until I was offered the role of a herbal trainer at the Pitchandikulam forest." Through sessions at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Anganwadis, and women self-help groups, among other places, Parvathy has trained nearly 30,000 people, she says.
D Kavitha of Devikulam, another woman from the unit, says, "The first time we left Tamil Nadu was when we went to the national capital to sell our products at an exhibition conducted by the Union government. We have customers across Tamil Nadu, and even from Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, to whom we courier the products. We also have a stall in the Pudhumai complex near the Villupuram Collector's office."
Members of the team say launching the Amirtha Herbal Unit and Nursery has drastically changed their lives, helping them provide economic support to their families. They also use the herbs as home remedies for minor health issues. While some herbs are cultivated on the farm, the rest are taken from the nearby forest or the roadside, says B Nageshwari, a member of the team, adding that they also encourage other villagers to grow herbs. To train the women, the Kaluveli Sustainable Livelihood Women Federation (KSLWF) was formed and a herbal farm set up in Nadukuppam with help from the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission and the Sustainable Enterprise Development in Auroville Bioregion (SEDAB).
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Members of the team say launching the Amirtha Herbal Unit and Nursery has drastically changed their lives, helping them provide economic support to their families. To train the women, the Kaluveli Sustainable Livelihood Women Federation (KSLWF) was formed and a herbal farm set up in Nadukuppam with help from the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihoods Mission and the Sustainable Enterprise Development in Auroville Bioregion (SEDAB)


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U.S. imposes sanctions against Iran central bank governor, Iraq-based bank
FILE PHOTO: Valiollah Seif, Governor of Central Bank of Iran, waits to start a meeting with Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (unseen) in Tehran, Iran August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Staples
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Iran's central bank governor, Valiollah Seif, and Iraq-based Al-Bilad Islamic Bank for "moving millions of dollars" for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, as Washington seeks to cut off funding for what it says is Iran's malign activities in the Middle East.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Seif covertly funneled millions of dollars on behalf of the IRGC through Al-Bilad bank "to enrich and support the violent and radical agenda of Hezbollah."
The United States classifies Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim movement Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, as a terrorist group.
"It is appalling, but not surprising, that Iran's senior-most banking official would conspire with the IRGC-QF to facilitate funding of terror groups like Hezbollah, and it undermines any credibility he could claim in protecting the integrity of the institution as a central bank governor," Mnuchin said in a statement.
The U.S. Treasury also blacklisted Ali Tarzali, assistant director of the international department of Iran's central bank, and the chairman of Al-Bilad Islamic Bank, Aras Habib.
The department said the sanctions against Seif and Tarzali would not immediately affect central bank transactions. It said, however, sanctions being reimposed under the nuclear deal would affect certain U.S. dollar transactions by the central bank starting on Aug. 7, 2018.
Last week, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions against six individuals and three companies it said were funneling millions of dollars to the IRGC-QF.
The IRGC is by far Iran's most powerful security entity and has control over large stakes in Iran's economy and huge influence in its political system. The Quds Force is an elite unit in charge of the IRGC' overseas operations.


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FILE - In this May 2, 2019, file photo Ethan Brown, center, CEO of Beyond Meat, attends the Opening Bell ceremony with guests to celebrate the company's IPO at Nasdaq in New York. Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat beat Wall Street's expectations in its first earnings report since its IPO last month. The El Segundo, California-based company lost $6.6 million, or 95 cents per share, in the first quarter, up slightly from a 98-cent loss in the same period a year ago. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat beats forecasts in 1Q
Beyond Meat's shares soared after the plant-based meat company beat Wall Street's expectations in its first earnings report since its IPO in May.
The El Segundo, California-based company lost $6.6 million, or 95 cents per share, in the first quarter, up slightly from a 98-cent loss in the same period a year ago.
Adjusted for stock-based compensation costs and other items, the company lost 14 cents per share. That was better than the 15-cent loss analysts had forecast, according to FactSet.
Beyond Meat reported revenue of $40.2 million, more than triple the prior year. That also beat Wall Street's forecast of $39 million.
Beyond Meat's shares jumped 19% to $118.50 in after-hours trading.
Ten-year-old Beyond Meat burst into the spotlight last month with its successful IPO on the Nasdaq. Its $25 opening share price jumped 163% in the first day of trading, the biggest first-day pop since 2015, according to Renaissance Capital. Beyond Meat is now valued at nearly $6 billion.
It's one of the biggest names in a growing category of vegan "meats" that are meant to appeal to both vegetarians and carnivores. Impossible Foods and Nestle — which will launch a Sweet Earth-brand plant-based burger this fall — are others.
Beyond Meat's burgers and sausages are made from pea protein, potato starch and other plant-based ingredients. Its burgers "bleed" with beet juice; its sausages are colored with fruit juice. It sells to 30,000 grocery stores, restaurants and schools in the U.S., Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and Israel.
Until now, Beyond Meat made all of its products in Columbia, Missouri. Last week, it took a step toward expansion, announcing a partnership with Dutch company Zandbergen World's Finest Meat. Zandbergen is expected to start making Beyond Meat products next year at a new facility in the Netherlands.
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Police Constable Christopher Dunn, age 32, was arrested on Sunday after the execution of a search warrant.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is managing an investigation, being carried out by Greater Manchester Police.
Dunn has been charged with possession of an indecent image of a child. He will appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court today.
The arrest is not in connection with any other ongoing investigation.


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Gil is a prominent Muslim Jat gotra (clan or lineage). There are different opinions as to the origin of the Jats, but most seem to recognize them to be from Indo-Aryan tribes native to the Punjab region that straddles modern Pakistan and India. There is a theory suggesting that they may be the predecessors of Gypsies. They probably reached Egypt with the Muslim conquerors, lived in Afghanistan before the Muslims, and invaded China with the Mongol Army. They also proved to be a threat to Tamarlane in Persia and Uzbekistan in the 1400s.
Muslim Jat communities are usually from Pakistan's Punjab Province, but they can also live in other provinces as well. Gil Jats are also found in five of Indian's northern states.
Muslim Gil Jats have a very good self-image. "Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever," is a well-known Jat proverb. They are brave, hardworking people who possess both the desire and ability to rule. It has been said that no Jat wants to be ruled. Rather, he desires to have power over a group if not over an area. They take great pride in their ancestry. In fact, all the Jats in a particular village consider themselves to be the descendants of the man whom they believe founded it by the power of the sword.
Physically, the Gil Jats are usually taller and heavier than most of their neighbors. Because of their larger build, their reputation for violence, and the fact that they control much of the land and village income, they are generally feared by other communities.
Though Jats were all originally Hindu, some Jat clans like the Gils converted to Islam. Most of these Islamic Jats trace their conversion to Sufi saints like Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar in the 12th century. Muslim Jats have their own culture, which includes poems, songs, and stories of romance.
* Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers to work among the Muslim Gil Jats.
* Pray that Christian doctors, nurses, and humanitarian aid workers will have opportunities to share the love of Jesus with the Gil Jats.
* Pray that churches and mission organizations will accept the challenge of adopting and reaching the Gil Jats.


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Robert Shwartzman completes Prema's F3 line-up for 2019
By: Stephen Camp
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Prema Racing has completed its 2019 Formula 3 line-up with the signing of Ferrari-backed Robert Shwartzman.
Shwartzman took two race wins and 11 podiums during his 2018 European Formula 3 campaign, securing the rookie title.
Shwartzman also finished third in the overall standings behind Red Bull-backed Daniel Ticktum and series champion Mick Schumacher.
The young Russian will line-up alongside former European F3 rivals Marcus Armstrong and Jehan Daruvala at the Italian team in the new-for-2019 Formula 3 series.
"I'm delighted to continue my relationship with Prema Racing," said Shwartzman. "I really found great chemistry with the team especially in the final part of the season.
"It's great to be part of the family and I feel particularly at ease. Our goal is to win the championship and I'm sure that Prema has the potential to fulfill that goal."
Prema Team Principal, Rene Rosin added: "We are elated to retain Robert for the 2019 season. He has huge talent and sheer speed so we think he can be one of those men who make the difference in motorsport.
"We are looking forward to seeing him at work in the new environment, which will give our drivers an occasion to thrive and enhance their skills and experience. We are equally delighted for the continued trust and support from SMP Racing and the Ferrari Driver Academy.
"We will do our utmost to help Robert and his teammates to succeed at the highest level."
Formula 3 testing is set to get underway at the Paul Ricard circuit on March 20-21.
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Poul Anderson, a fan and a pro, was born Pennsylvania of Scandinavian parents. He grew up in Denmark, but returned to the US at the start of WWII. He began his writing career in the late 40s and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson wrote sf, fantasy, historical novels, mysteries, and many short stories. He won seven Hugos and three Nebulas. While most of his writing was under his own name, he also wrote as Winston P. Sanders, and A. A. Craig.
He received a degree in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1948 and married Karen Kruse in 1953. They had one daughter, Astrid, who is married to Greg Bear.
He was president of SFWA, a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, the Hyborian Legion, the old MFS and the Little Men. He was founder of the Alforbundet, one of the lyricists of "Bouncing Potatoes", a frequent contributor to fanzines, especially Amra, an active member of the committee for SFCon, a Baker Street Irregular, a founding member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (known as Sir Bela of Eastmarch). With L. Sprague de Camp, he translated the minutes from the Pittcon WSFS Business Meeting in 1960 to an alternate English (see the meeting minutes from Amra).
He wrote a single issue fanzine Smorgasbord.
He was GoH at Detention, 1959 Worldcon. The April, 1971 issue of F&SF was a special Poul Anderson issue.
He was nominated for and won an astonishing number of Hugo Awards for his fiction, and many other awards as well. In a 1985 interview, SF author Chad Oliver, discussing other writers, said: "The guy that amazes me is Poul Anderson. He is so prolific, and the quality is so high, and he has been doing it for so long. Amazing."


I'm so happy to share with you my first project as a Lindy Stamp Gang's designer.
I am an intuitive painter, my creative process is so that I never plan in advance what will go on my canvas. I start with an intention, sometimes some words are already in my mind.
My usual surface of choice is wood panel because it can take a lot of abuse: I can easily monoprint on it, glue paper, press hard with my tools, and it is simply a natural texture I really love. Here, I used a 8×10 panel. My first layer was made with acrylic paint I applied on my Gelli Plate with a brayer.
I've been wanting to try the Starburst sprays with my Gelli Plate for a while, and it went pretty well. All the darker areas in the painting were made by monoprinting my wood panel with the spray on my plate. I love the unexpected results you get this way.
It added a subtle layer, despite the fact that the darkness of Amaryllis Burgundy. The shimmer is simply amazing.
I saw kind of a desert landscape happening, with mountains were the Amaryllis Burgundy appeared on top of my orange acrylic paint. And that amazing teal (my favorite color of them all). I also saw the perfect spot for a big Moon, on the right top corner.
Then, I knew I wanted a stacked Moon. I love how whimsical and unusual she looks. I used Starburst sprays in contrasting colors: Teeth Chattering Teal, Witch's Potion Purple (I think one of my favorite color to date), Afternoon Delight Denim, Gregarious Grey, Mission Bells Brown. I misted them on a sheet of white cardstock and heat set them with my heat gun.
Once dry, I started tearing each color into rough circles. I started with the one I wanted to be on top and from there torn bigger and bigger circles until I had the look I was looking for. I rarely use scissors so all the circles where hand torn.
Let it come to you. Whatever it is.
At first, I tried to sew them together with my sewing machine but it didn't work as planned, so I decided to do it by hand. It truly was a blessing in disguise: I was able to do a pretty design I could not have done with my machine and decided to dye my hemp cord with a gorgeous Starburst shot (Grab A Guy Gold), it compliments perfectly the stacked papers and adds this shimmer I love.
The shimmers of the Lindy Stamp Gang products are just wow-ing me, always have and always will. They add great accent and an extra layer of interest into any painting (any project indeed). This is what makes them truly unique.
I love to use the shots to splatter over my paintings and my art journal pages. For this painting, I used an old toothbrush: I dipped it directly in the Starburst. I decide to define the watery bottom more, with Delphinium Blue. It totally changed everything.
I am trying to be better at drawing, and what emerged from this painting was totally unexpected and stretched my creative wings a little bit bigger.
I love the message that came from it. Next time, I will try to use the Magical Micas and Glazing liquid to write.
Thanks Kate. I love him, he truly is so cute !
What cool techniques! I love the colors.
Gorgeous Nolwenn, I could just cuddle that fox he is so cute!


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Less than a month after Oconee County citizens approved a 1 cent on the dollar sales tax for the next six years, tax opponents are being asked to show up at an anti-tax rally on April 15 at Oconee Veterans Park.
No opposition surfaced for the March 17 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax renewal, which was approved by 71.2 percent of the 1,457 voters who turned out to vote. Those who went to the polls made up only 6.6 percent of the registered voters in the county.
The Tax Protest is being organized by Bill Mayberry, who ran unsuccessfully for coroner in the July Republican primary. Those interested are being asked to "join in a public display of protest, outrage, disbelief, bewilderment and anger" at 11 a.m. at the new county park.
No mention is made in the email flier Mayberry is circulating indicating which taxes, if any, are preferred. April 15, of course, is the deadline for filing federal and state income tax returns.
A review of the record of Oconee County votes on local sales taxes going back nearly 30 years indicates a broad base of support for that tax–at least among those who turn out to vote. Mary Lane in the Oconee County Board of Elections office pulled those records for me.
On Nov. 4, 1980, Oconee County voters narrowly turned down a 1 percent Local Option Sales Tax. Of the 4,206 persons who voted in that election, 49.6 percent voted in favor of the tax.
That was the last time the county ever put a sales tax vote before the voters at a major election when turnout generally is high.
In an election on Dec. 7, 1982, only 1,448 turned out to vote, and 74.7 percent of them approved.
That vote in 1982 put in place a tax that does not require renewal by voters and that today makes up one of three cents on the dollar collected by Oconee County for local use. The state also collects 4 cents on each dollar spent. Groceries are exempted from the state sales tax, but not the local sales taxes.
Voters in June of 1985 approved the first SPLOST overwhelmingly, with 96.6 percent voting affirmatively. SPLOST was renewed in 1987, 1991,1995, 1999 and 2003. All of these were by big margins, with the exception of 1987. That 1987 vote was the closest for a local sales tax after the 1982 LOST approval until the vote on March 17.
In September of 1997, voters approved the first Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales tax, again for 1 cent on the dollar. Voters renewed that tax in 2002 and again in 2006.
The 1,037 voters who approved the March 17 tax was the smallest number of voters to support a local sales tax back to and including the unsuccessful LOST vote in 1980, with the exception of the SPLOST renewal in 1987.
The records for the elections for the taxes prior to 1995 do not include the number of registered voters at the time of the vote, so it is not possible to compare turnout rates back beyond that point.
The 6.6 percent turnout rate on March 17 is the lowest since the SPLOST vote of 1995 and considerably below the 24.1 percent vote in the most recent ESPLOST vote in July of 2006.
The number of registered voters has more than doubled in the county since 1995, yet the number of people who voted in the SPLOST election was 332 fewer in 2009 compared with 1995.
The most recent tally of tax intake for SPLOST–March returns for January collections–was up slightly from a year earlier. The county has eight more months to collect on the current tax, and it should reach the projected amount of $25 million by that point–the end of November for September receipts.
The county would continue to collect the current SPLOST through the November collection regardless, and the new tax would take effect the following month, which would be the beginning of the next fiscal quarter. It will run for six years from that point.
Veterans Park, where the tax protestors are planning to meet on April 15, would have been an appropriate place for an anti-SPLOST protest as well.
To build the very beautiful and very large park, the county went into debt. The current SPLOST is and the SPLOST approved on March 17 will pay down that debt.
SPLOST cannot cover the operating costs for the park, however, which means the county has to cover those costs through other sources, such as from LOST and property taxes. A walk or drive around the park gives a sense of how extensive those maintenance costs are going to be as the park comes fully operational.
There also have been cost overruns with the project.
Whether the protestors will praise the county for raising taxes to build the park where the protest is being held or condemn the county for doing that remains to be seen.
Or perhaps the protestors will support SPLOST and other local taxes at the rally through their silence, as they did in the runup to the March 17 vote.
Thanks for pointing out the irony of holding an anti-tax protest in a tax-funded public park. I saw in the paper that Bob Smith, Bill Cowsert and Melvin Davis plan to attend and/or give speeches. I certainly hope this is where they give back their taxpayer-funded salaries, so as to avoid obvious hypocrisy charges. Or do you think, instead, they'll put in for mileage?


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Amateur Brooke Henderson Team Canada
Team Canada's Brooke Henderson wins Porter Cup
Golf Canada/Bernard Brault
Brooke Henderson rallied back from a nine-stroke deficit firing a 9-under 62 on Friday afternoon to win the Porter Cup at Niagara Falls Country Club in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. carded two eagles and five birdies during her final round to win by three strokes over Calgary's Jennifer Ha. The Team Canada member finished at 205 for the championship after rounds of 75-68-62 and was the only player to post a sub-70 round on the final day.
Brooke Henderson – 2014 Porter Cup Champion
The 16-year-old has been on an impressive run in 2014 having already won the Spirit Invitational and the South Atlantic Amateur. She also finished tied for 26th at the LPGA's Kraft Nabisco Championship and T45 at the LPGA Manulife Financial Classic. She will play in the U.S. Women's Open next week at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina after making it through qualifying in May. Henderson finished tied for 59th at the 2013 U.S. Women's Open.
Team Canada's Jennifer Ha of Calgary finished in a tie for second with Princess Superal of the Philippines after a final round 74, while Augusta James of Bath, Ont. and Brittany Marchand of Orangeville, Ont. ended the tournament in fourth place with a 211 total.
For final results click here.


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Graphic Novels > Young Adult
Suncatcher by Jose Pimienta
Category: Young Adult
If life wasn't already hard enough for Beatriz -- being a teenager, trying to start a band, and going to school -- then she discovers that her grandfather's soul has been trapped in an old guitar, and that the only way to free him is to play the perfect song . . . his perfect song, a song that he never actually wrote down. She's determined to save her grandfather, but as music slowly takes over her life, she soon finds herself growing obsessed with his song, and making it absolutely flawless, at the expense of her friendships, her band, and her health. Beatriz won't let anything stop her, not even her own limitations. Creating a magical song is already a lot of pressure, but Beatriz will have to make some hard choices before it's too late for her grandfather . . . and for herself. A story filled with music, passion, supernatural secrets, and family, Jose Pimienta's Suncatcher brings to life a contemporary story of life in Mexicali with a supernatural twist and a lot of music. ...Show more
Lost Soul, Be at Peace by Maggie Thrash (Illustrator)
Following her acclaimed Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash revisits a period of teenage depression in a graphic memoir that is at once thoughtful, honest, and marked by hope.A year and a half after the summer that changed her life, Maggie Thrash wishes she could change it all back. She's trapped in a dark depres sion and flunking eleventh grade, befuddling her patrician mother while going unnoticed by her father, a workaholic federal judge. The only thing Maggie cares about is her cat, Tommi . . . who then disappears somewhere in the walls of her cavernous house. So her search begins - but Maggie's not even really sure what she's lost, and she has no idea what she'll find. Lost Soul, Be at Peace is the continuation of Maggie's story from her critically acclaimed memoir Honor Girl, one that brings her devastating honesty and humor to the before and after of depression. ...Show more
Baba Yaga's Assistant by Marika McCoola
Russian folklore icon Baba Yaga mentors a lonely teen in a wry graphic novel that balances gleefully between the modern and the timeless.Most children think twice before braving a haunted wood filled with terrifying beasties to match wits with a witch, but not Masha. Her beloved grandma taught her many things: that stories are useful, that magic is fickle, that nothing is too difficult or too dirty to clean. The fearsome witch of folklore needs an assistant, and Masha needs an adventure. She may be clever enough to enter Baba Yaga's house-on-chicken-legs, but within its walls, deceit is the rule. To earn her place, Masha must pass a series of tests, outfox a territorial bear, and make dinner for her host. No easy task, with children on the menu! Spooky and poignant, Marika McCoola's stunning debut-with richly layered art by acclaimed graphic artist Emily Carroll-is a storytelling feat and a visual feast. ...Show more
The Crossover (The Graphic Novel) by Kwame Alexander
Category: Young Adult | Series: The Crossover
Kwame Alexander's New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. New York Times Bestseller - Newbery Medal Winner - Coretta Scott King Honor Award - 2015 YALSA Top Ten Bes t Fiction for Young Adults - 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers - Publishers Weekly Best Book - School Library Journal Best Book - KirkusReviews Best Book "A beautifully measured novel of life and line." -- New York Times Book Review The Crossover is now a graphic novel! "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. 'Cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood--he's got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it's all on the line. See the Bell family in a whole new light through Dawud Anyabwile's dynamic illustrations as the brothers' winning season unfolds, and the world as they know it begins to change. ...Show more
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Kim; Ryan Estrada; Ko Ko (Illustrator)
A Junior Library Guild Selection When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's restaurant. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, still focused on reading but with life-or-death stakes she never could have imagined. This was during South Korea's Fifth Republic, a military regime that entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protestors. In this charged political climate, with Molotov cocktails flying and fellow students disappearing for hours and returning with bruises, Hyun Sook sought refuge in the comfort of books. When the handsome young editor of the school newspaper invited her to his reading group, she expected to pop into the cafeteria to talk about Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Scarlet Letter. Instead she found herself hiding in a basement as the youngest member of an underground banned book club. And as Hyun Sook soon discovered, in a totalitarian regime, the delights of discovering great works of illicit literature are quickly overshadowed by fear and violence as the walls close in. In BANNED BOOK CLUB, Hyun Sook shares a dramatic true story of political division, fear-mongering, anti-intellectualism, the death of democratic institutions, and the relentless rebellion of reading. ...Show more
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Celebrate tonight with the Bear Hunters!
There's something very satisfying about taking the DIY approach. And that's exactly what Mitchell Sirie and his bandmates in The Bear Hunters have done in preparation for their debut CD release tonight at the Canadian Night Club.
There's something very satisfying about taking the DIY approach.
And that's exactly what Mitchell Sirie and his bandmates in The Bear Hunters have done in preparation for their debut CD release tonight at the Canadian Night Club.
The story behind the album, Eternal Hibernation, began back in 2009 when Sirie came together with Johnny Belanger, Justin Lam, Nik Deubel, and former guitar player Andres Duchesne to share song idea and collaborate.
The boys spent an entire year practicing and writing before hitting the Sault stage for the first time.
They quickly amassed a loyal following in the local metal scene and decided to lay down their first 10 original tracks on CD.
Things didn't go entirely as planned, and the final product being released this evening has been three years in the making partially due to a voice that kills computers.
"We tried first recording in my garage and my laptop exploded. Not literally, but it definitely died," Sirie told SooToday.com. "The joke is that Nik blew it up. He was in the middle of an epic scream, and that killed it. It was done."
The Bear Hunters then turned to James White and his studio, White Wreckords, to record the album.
"It was his first recording and our first recording, so it was kind of a labour of love," Sirie said. "He did a great job and we both learned a lot from the experience."
Under his own, newly formed label, Edge of Eden Productions, Sirie mixed and mastered Eternal Hibernation, and has been busy reproducing, printing and assembling each CD package by hand.
"No one's going to sign our band right now without any music out. So, I figured I'd just do it all myself," he told us. "It looks very professional for something that I put together myself."
Copies of Eternal Hibernation will be available to the public tonight (Saturday, November 29) at the Canadian Night Club as The Bear Hunters play two one-hour sets of original material along with special guests Haggith and Livid and the Bloodthirsty.
This all-ages celebration kicks off at 10 p.m. and admission is $7 at the door.
For everything Bear Hunters, please click here.


Small kits are ideal for kids of all ages! A quick weekend project, they are perfect for ornaments, gift tags or stocking stuffers. Each kit includes a frame to use as a hoop while working on your project and then to display. Kit includes: Aida cloth, 6-strand cotton floss, frame, needle, self-adhesive mounting board, graph and instructions.
Very cute graph. It is exactly as described. The colors are nice, too.
I got this for beginner child, but the cloth had no picture on it. Is it to be this way or kit wrong?


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HomeCompany overviewOur teamÁgnes Csonta
Ágnes CsontaAdvisor
agnes.csonta[at]milieu.be
Justice and fundamental rights
European law and institutions
Legal research and analysis
Development and drafting of proposals
MA in Human Rights Policy and Practice, University of Gothenburg (SE), University of Deusto (ES) and University of Roehampton (UK)
MA in European Union Law, University of Bucharest (RO)
Hungarian, Romanian, English
Ágnes Csonta is a Romanian and Hungarian national who joined Milieu in December 2019 as Legal Researcher. She holds a Master's degree in European Union Law from the University of Bucharest (Romania) and multiple Master's degrees awarded between the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), University of Deusto (Spain) and University of Roehampton (UK) within the Joint Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Human Rights Policy and Practice. During her studies in London, she was an intern at Minority Rights Group International.
Prior to joining Milieu, Ágnes worked for seven years in the fields of minority protection and human rights, both in the governmental and non-governmental sectors. As advisor at the Department for Interethnic Relations of the Romanian Government, she contributed to the implementation of the governmental policy for promoting the rights of persons belonging to national minorities. In the civil society sector, she worked with the Centre for Legal Resources, a Romanian human rights watchdog NGO, where she was involved in different phases of project-cycle management, while extensively participating in data collection, legal analysis and drafting of reports on various topics as well.
One of the largest data collection and research project that she participated in was the implementation of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency's Framework contract on fundamental rights issues in Romania (2011-2014). This consisted of conducting background and field researches in areas such as access to justice, child rights, data protection, equality and non-discrimination, rights of people with disabilities, victims' rights, asylum, etc. She supported the management of the research projects and the coordination of the Romanian network of legal and social experts. As legal expert herself, she contributed to the collection of relevant information, drafting of country reports and submission of high-quality deliverables. Furthermore, Ágnes was engaged in the implementation of several projects funded by the European Commission or other donors, carrying out legal and policy assessments and contributing to writing studies, guides and policy/position papers.
Ágnes is Hungarian native speaker and she is fluent in English and Romanian.