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Constitutional Valentines vs. 2nd Amendment Fascism
The Last Word, The High Plains Reader, Fargo, ND, 3 February 2021
"North Dakota has a very popular public bank, but nowhere else in the U.S. does a government-run bank compete with private banking. Fortunately, President-elect Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders convened a task force to look into the creation of a public banking option, set up through the U.S. Postal Service and the Federal Reserve, for low-income and middle-income families. Biden can set parts of such a system up without any legislation, such as USPS launching their own refillable, prepaid debit cards." – Daily Kos, 12/26/20
"The Bank of North Dakota has released final data for the four coronavirus relief programs it administered with the help of federal COVID-19 aid. 'BND's COVID-relief programs impacted businesses in nearly 400 business sectors across North Dakota,' President Eric Hardmeyer said. 'This represents a significant effort between BND and the local lenders to deliver these programs to the businesses in greatest need.'" – Bismarck Tribune, 12/16/20
"There's money in this old town again:
No one to themselves denies; Any small town lives or dies
Somewhere in a compromise; We must learn the truth of lies." – Chuck Suchy, Songwriter/Farmer, Mandan, ND
"A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance… I don't mean to say, of course, that all corporate executives and stockholders are bad people. I am only saying that all of them are very seriously implicated in a bad economy…Unsurprisingly, among people who wish to preserve things other than money—for instance, every region's native capacity to produce essential goods—there is a growing perception that the global 'free market' economy is inherently an enemy to the natural world, to human health and freedom, to industrial workers, and to farmers and others in the land-use economies; and…is inherently an enemy to good work and good economic practice." – Wendell Berry, In the Presence of Fear
"Antitrust is in the news…Widespread anti-competitive practices have sapped efficiency from the U.S. economy for decades now with little response from regulatory agencies or our legal system. That tide has now turned…with cases like Facebook and Chick-fil-A,(which) teach the basics of 'competition policy' or what we in the U.S. call 'antitrust' …There is no international law against price fixing, so OPEC can meet in Vienna and its member nations can agree on target oil prices and respective output levels…Gouging the public seems (to be) regarded as a victimless crime." – Edward Lotterman, Bismarck Tribune, 12/19/2020
(President Biden's Executive Order, January 20, 2021, Modernizing Regulatory Review[MRR]), directs the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, housed in the OMB, to 'provide concrete suggestions on how the regulatory review process can promote public health and safety, economic growth, social welfare, racial justice, environmental stewardship, human dignity, equity,…future generations…If you breathe air, drink water, or buy, well, anything, there's a pretty decent chance that what Biden just did will help you and yours stay safer and healthier-or maybe even just stay alive…Biden's MRR…doesn't (simply) target rules created by his immediate predecessor. Instead, the 46th president is going after a structure created by the godfather of modern conservatism in all its forms (including virulent race-baiting): Ronald Reagan." – Ian Reifowitz, Daily Kos, 01/31/21
"Lies are the invisible shock troops and bodyguards of tyrants." – Mr. Swamp Fox
Fascism is as fascism does; where and when it happens. There's no such thing as a coherent "theory of fascism," except, perhaps, for theorists who've never faced armed opponents. From fasces of Rome, through Mussolini's Fascisti, to Congresswoman Greene's (R-GA) death threats to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), fascism is based upon vague, facile and paranoid appeals to naked force, rather than concrete, painstaking, democratic procedures based upon rule of law, peaceful expression, and limits to coercion engaged in by governments or mobs. Democracy in America cannot be real unless its leadership is as multi-colored/gendered as its population. Without it, the United States is as much a "failed State" by its own standards, as was the Afghanistan that nurtured Al-Qaeda and 9/11. That is a decision reached by 81 million of our voters on November 3, 2020, a large majority. The 74 million who voted Republican haven't made up their minds about that reality — how many of them are willing to commit domestic terror to maintain illusions of white dominance remains to be seen. But, illusions are still there, and that particular die is cast for the remainder of the Biden Presidency and beyond.
Pundit peddlers of a kneejerk "bi-partisanship" between a Republican Party which works only for the rich and powerful, and a 2021 Democratic Party which works for all of us, are completely out of touch with realities faced by farmers and ranchers in North Dakota 100 years and solved, to some extent, with State owned institutions which were of, by and for North Dakota citizens — and still are. Every State in the U.S., especially Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV), could use a Bank of North Dakota, created by the Non Partisan League (NPL) in 1918, or a USPS variant to kill off Republican Post Office privatizing rackets, exposed by the shenanigans of Louis De Joy.
Our East Coast, for example, consumes North Dakota "socialist" bagels, with nary a thought that they are produced by a taxpayer owned Grain Mill and Elevator in Grand Forks, ND, from some of the best tasting bagel flour in the country. Although ND Attorney General, Wayne Stenehjem, irrationally, signed a seditious document of treason in the Texas Electoral College law suit – rejected, 9-0, by the U.S. Supreme Court, he also sits on a three member Governing Board with North Dakota's Governor and Agriculture Commissioner, who, rationally, run State owned enterprises that compete with and complement America's marketplace. That's why the Supremes in 1920 (Green vs. Frasier) threw out the private-sector-driven lawsuit against them, also by a 9-0 margin. In law, as well as policy, there is room for cooperation between progressivism and fiscal and constitutional conservatism, when men and women trust reason over fantasy.
Driven back more closely to our families by Covid-19, we are relearning the need for interdependence as did NPL families in North Dakota 100 years ago. I discussed North Dakota and other Constitutional Valentines, founded upon free speech, organizing, fair elections, and rule of law, with my KGB experts in dark arts of fascism used to defeat such democratic notions.
High Plains Reader: Hello friends! Nobody in North Dakota calls the Bank of North Dakota "socialist," even though it is publicly owned. Isn't that amazing!?!
Lena: 100 years ago the Bank of North Dakota was called every socialist name in the book except "AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[D-NY]) socialism," today's favored target of sexist, Republican/Space Alien Conspiracy adherents, when they spot a public good that FOX News, QAnon, and other entrepreneurial right wing nuts tell them they should hate.
Señor Perro: In "socialist" North Dakota, resentment against AOC is mostly due to her Puerto Rican heritage and her presence at Standing Rock, ND in solidarity with Native Americans.
Schickelgruber: Ah yes, racism. No "standup" 2nd Amendment fascist should leave "home boy" law enforcement for the Capitol Steps without it.
HPR: I thought they called themselves freedom fighters, Proud Boys, Don't Tread On Me advocates, etc. They look more like 18th Century mobs than 20th Century Brown Shirts.
Schickelgruber: Some make racism and Anti-Semitism obvious, but most let hate mongering gurus like Rush Limbaugh tell them lies they already believed in — that white folks, white men in particular, are superior to people of color. They don't need Trump, except as a figurehead. They don't need blending uniforms. Social media gives them logistics and uniformity of hatreds.
Mr. Swamp Fox: And now House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy needs them as well, so he is pretending to need Trump? What a hope for the Republican Party!
HPR: Indeed, but isn't it dangerous to democracy that McCarthy, 139 other House Republicans and 7 Republican Senators voted on January 6, 2021 against Constitutional, Electoral College results declaring Joe Biden President, to still proclaim Trump the November 3rd, 2020 winner?
Schickelgruber: For reasonable folks, yes, but not if you believe that democracy is only for Republicans. Fascism based on race, creed or clan doesn't seem dangerous to folks who deem themselves "chosen" by reason of being a part of the "in group;" and that the 1st and 2nd Amendments allow them to terrorize neighbors with impunity. Such failings of Ancient Greeks and Romans, as revealed in Plutarch's Lives, inspired your Founding Fathers to put limits on all forms of power into your Constitution. In 1951, President Harry Truman relied on Plutarch for such insight, when he fired popular, but insubordinate, General Douglas Macarthur.
Mr. Crying Wolf: Some serious jail time, a life on domestic terrorist watch lists, and a taste of what real victims feel, might change some minds, such as they are. Like Trump, most of these white supremacy "elites" can't find their ass with both hands. Their lethal stun guns extend the virtual ones used on their brains by FOX friends and fiends dominating the right wing universe and two thirds of the House Republican Caucus.
Putin: President Joe Biden, FBI Director Christopher Wray and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ain't playin'. Nor is Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO). She called out "Femi-Semi-Nazi" Marjorie Taylor Greene for packing possible Covid germs in her loud mouth, instead of heat on her hip, a brilliant tactical move. Ms. Bush has survived thuggish police in Ferguson, MO. Crazy-ass Congresswomen like Greene may scare priggish Beltway pundits, but not her.
Jim Crow XV: Congresswoman Bush and President Biden know that it is one thing to be a prisoner of one's own illusions of superiority, like the MAGA crowd, but quite another to be taken prisoner of other people's illusions. Such has been the condition of black folks for 400 years, and most other peoples of color who reside in the United States. Four years of imprisonment under a madman President have convinced a critical mass of white folks and "white" money to put Democrats in power in order to throw off chains forged by Republicans.
Rasputin: Painful, but successful, victories of non-violent change in the U.S. are not lost on Russians up against Vladimir Putin. They know what you've pulled off better than you do.
HPR: I'm still reeling from the cynical defense of the indefensible that 45 Republican Senators put up in voting on January 26th that Trump's 2nd Impeachment Trial is unconstitutional.
Chicago Dog: Actually, there's method to Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) mad motion to tear up the Constitution. Trump was on trial the first time, but it's Republicans on trial this time. GOP Senators can acquit Trump, but not themselves thereby. Not convicting him means buying his TV lawyers' plea brief of Trump's belief in a Biden election conspiracy. That's an insanity plea that Republican Senators accept OR reject at their peril. They're really, really screwed.
Mr. Swamp Fox: As his niece, Mary Trump, might put it, insane, sociopathic people like Donald Trump are actually quite logical in the way they proceed to their own destruction and the destruction of others.
Schickelgruber: Trump's determination to burn the GOP to the ground, along with his own career, is the only area in which he can be compared to Adolf Hitler. Otherwise not. Hitler's charisma was his own, forged in the madness of WWI. Trump's is artificial, set in a TV studio.
Agatha Alligator: Unfortunately for the world, Hitler also was physically, recklessly brave and very competent at organizing a Terror State. Trump was neither. But, while Hitler was willing to destroy the German people once he could not rule the world, Trump is similar in his willingness to destroy the Republican Party, once he can no longer "rule" the United States.
Prudence Possum: A rueful Trump staffer, unable to find work at FOX, other wing nut outlets, or "respectable" conservative outfits frantically trying out new identities, left this in the swamp:
The Madness of "King" Donald's Court…………………………………..……….………..Headless Horseman
The madness of "King" Donald is quite clear;
Illusions based on power and on greed.
His ev'ry moment focused on his need
To be the only one to please or fear.
Trump's followers did heed his hateful call
To Race War; in a country where that stain
Has long infected our collective brain;
Until we face Best Angels' mirrored wall.
Republicans who used Trump as their own
Are now dismayed; as used themselves by him.
It is their own guilt that they seek to shed;
Yet cannot shake blame, or a sad renown
As cowards, fools, and knaves. A fate quite grim.
Their reputations shot, and left for dead.


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HIV cases drop to lowest levels since 2003, Vancouver Coastal Health says
published on June 27, 2019 by Sean Boynton, in Global News
The number of new HIV cases in the Lower Mainland is on track to drop to its lowest levels since 2003, according to Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
The health authority announced Thursday it has seen diagnoses go down by 52 per cent from 2011 to 2018, from 178 new cases to just 86 last year.
Officials say those cases are trending even further downward this year, with just 26 new cases reported as of June 17.
"This is so encouraging to see," VCH medical health officer Dr. John Harding said in a media release.
He pointed specifically to made-in-B.C. programs aimed at increasing testing and treatment, including STOP HIV/AIDS and the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS's Treatment as Prevention strategy, for driving the numbers down.
Harding said before STOP HIV/AIDS was launched in 2009 as an initiative between VCH and Providence Health Care, one in five Canadians living with HIV didn't know they had the infection.
Many of those people were diagnosed only after they had entered the advanced stages of HIV or AIDS, making it more difficult to deliver effective treatment.
"Today in our region, people are being diagnosed and linked to care earlier, which can prolong and improve people's lives, as well as reduce transmission to others," Harding said.
STOP HIV/AIDS Treatment as Prevention

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(Common list of Tier 1 Universities for 2018 is at the end of the post.)
What is a tier 1 university turns out to be a very interesting question. I never really looked into it and just assumed that Tier 1 was a school ranked in the top 50 of US News College Rankings for National Universities. Tiers 2, 3, and 4 were the next group of 50 institutions. Anything not ranked in the top 200 were considered unranked schools. I do remember at one point something about US News deciding not to do Tier 2, that those schools would be part of a larger Tier 1, or something like that.
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The reason why I'm actually using fuzzy impressions is because there really isn't any official definition of Tier 1. I think that it is often used by those in the college search process to refer to the top 50 schools ranked by US News and therefore, the most desirable or prestigious to attend.
US News Tier 1 University Definition
However, if you go by US News' definition, all ranked schools in a category are now considered Tier 1 schools. That's approximately 200 universities in the National University category. All unranked schools are considered Tier 2.
Third, the colleges are ranked based on their overall scores. U.S. News publishes the numerical rank of the top three-fourths of schools in each category; the remaining lowest-ranked schools in each category are placed into a second tier based on their overall score. Schools in the second tier are labeled Rank Not Published and listed alphabetically.
Wasn't that nice of them? Now the top 75% of schools in any category can be called Tier 1 schools.
Other Definitions for Tier 1 Universities
The meaning is furthered muddied when you considered the Texas initiative to increase the number of Tier 1 universities in the state. According to the Texas Legislature, Texas has three Tier 1 universities in the state while California has nine.
These are schools that "are expected to bring in at least $100 million per year in research grants, plus have selective admissions and high-quality faculty."
But it might also include the 60 United States schools that are members of the American Association of Universities which includes five institutions that didn't quite make it into the top 100 of US News National University rankings.
The University of Houston, one of the institutions trying to improve its status to Tier 1, states that:
there are three organizations that are generally accepted as national arbiters of an institution's rank as a Tier One institution. They are the Association of American Universities, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Center for Measuring University Performance, which issues Top American Research University (TARU) reports. Recognition by any of these three is taken as an indication of Tier One status.
The Carnegie Foundation definition would increase the number of Tier 1 schools to 105, including the University of Houston. The Top American Research Universities lists 73 institutions that have at least one measure in the top 50. The measures include data on research, support, faculty awards, graduate training, and undergraduate test scores.
Since there doesn't appear to be an official Tier 1 definition, it seems to me that it's a matter of perception. And it's up to you to decide if the perception is based on your values and needs or of someone else's.
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President Tsai Ing-wen has stated that she does not exclude an attack on Taiwan from mainland China amid heightened cross-strait tension. The remarks follow an increasing number of Chinese military drills near Taiwan. Tensions have risen following the election of Tsai Ing-wen, who belongs to the Democratic People's Party, which has historically espoused Taiwanese nationalism. While China says that the drills are routine, they also maintain they will not tolerate any declaration of Taiwanese independence. President Tsai said that the Taiwanese military is following every movement and action in the scope of its monitoring of Chinese activity near the region.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said that she does not exclude the possibility of China attacking the self-ruled island, amid heightened tensions between the two sides including an increasing number of Chinese military drills near Taiwan.
Beijing has taken an increasingly hostile stance towards Taiwan, which it considers a breakaway province, since the election two years ago of Tsai of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party.
China suspects Tsai wants to push for formal independence, a red line for Communist Party leaders in Beijing, though she has said she wants to maintain the status quo and is committed to ensuring peace.
In recent months, China has stepped up military drills around Taiwan, alarming Taipei. China says the exercises are routine, but that it will not tolerate any attempt by the island to declare independence.
"No one can exclude this possibility. We will need to see whether their policymakers are reasonable policymakers or not," Tsai said in an interview on Taiwan television broadcast late on Monday, when asked whether China could attack Taiwan.
"When you consider it (Taiwan-China relationship) from a regional perspective, any reasonable policymaker will have to very carefully deliberate as to whether launching war is an option," Tsai said.
"When our government faces resistance and pressure from China, we will find our method to resist this. This is very important," she added.
"In terms of China circulating around Taiwan or carrying out other military activities, our military is carefully following every action and movement in the scope of its monitoring," Tsai said. "Our military is very confident to face these situations."
China considers proudly democratic Taiwan to be its sacred territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under Chinese control.
Taiwan and China have also traded accusations this month about China's opening of new civilian aviation routes close to Taiwan-controlled islands in the Taiwan Strait.
Although China has cut off a formal dialogue mechanism with Taiwan, Tsai acknowledged that both sides currently have a method for communications to avoid misunderstanding.
Taiwan has been pressing for the United States, its main source of arms, to provide more advanced equipment, but has also been trying to bolster its own weapons programmes, to avoid what Tsai termed "certain political difficulties" that come with buying weapons overseas in the teeth of Chinese opposition.
Tsai said she believed one day Taiwan would be able to produce its own submarines, an item Taipei has long pressed for to face China's navy.
China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tsai's remarks.


Felipe Massa returned to the podium for the first time since Spain 2013 in Monza.
It was a special moment for the Brazilian who had spent 8 seasons racing for the home crowds passion, Ferrari.
Massa put in a solid drive from the second row of the grid to finish third behind the all conquering Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
Rob Smedley, who was Massa's race engineer at Ferrari and is now Head of Vehicle Performance at the Williams believes that the podium finish will be the first of many for Massa at Williams.
?I think he has done a great job really and what he needed to do was to get this first one ? once he gets this first one they will all start falling out of the jackpot machine, just like they did with Valtteri,? Smedley told Sky Sports.
Williams team-mate Valtteri Bottas scored his first podium finish in Austria and the Finn soon returned to the podium with back-to-back second place finishes in Britain and Germany, whilst a fourth trip to the podium followed in Belgium.
Smedley continued: ?So really, really pleased for him [Massa]. He needed this psychologically and the team needed it as well and it creates a little bit more parity between the drivers and we go into this next part of the season in slightly better shape.?
Bottas still leads Massa in the Formula One World Championship by 67-points.
Bottas currently sits in fourth position, 44-points behind Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo who has won three Grand Prix this season.
Massa sits in 9th, 14-points ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who replaced Massa at Ferrari this season.


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Q: speakers can't put it as default win10 I have problem in win10 sound, it's say that the speakers are not connected but they are and the win10 use another pilot or some thing else to run sound

the second one is worked normally but the first is not, and I can't put it as default

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Die Kelana Jaya Line ist eine Stadtbahnsystem in der malaysischen Hauptstadt Kuala Lumpur, deren Züge computergesteuert, also ohne Fahrzeugführer, fahren. Die Bahn nahm am 1. September 1998 auf dem ersten Streckenabschnitt den Betrieb auf. Am 1. Juni 1999 ging eine Verlängerung in Betrieb. Bekannt ist das System auch unter seinem ehemaligen Namen PUTRA LRT oder PUTRA Line LRT.

Die Kelana Jaya Line befährt mit der Liniennummer 5 eine einzelne, 29 Kilometer lange Strecke. Die von Bombardier gelieferten zweiteiligen Triebzüge fahren (meist als Vier-Wagen-Züge) auf einer größtenteils aufgeständerten, auf gesamter Länge zweigleisigen Fahrtrasse. Zwischen den Haltestellen Damai und Pasar seni verläuft die Fahrbahn im Tunnel. Die Strecke weist sowohl Mittel- als auch Seitenbahnsteige auf, sie haben keine Bahnsteigtüren. Die Spurweite der Gleise beträgt 1435 mm (Normalspur), die Stromzuführung erfolgt über eine seitliche Stromschiene.

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package org.neo4art.importer.wikipedia.core.listener;

import info.bliki.wiki.dump.Siteinfo;
import info.bliki.wiki.dump.WikiArticle;

import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.neo4art.graphdb.connection.GraphDatabaseConnectionManager;
import org.neo4art.graphdb.connection.GraphDatabaseConnectionManagerFactory;
import org.neo4art.graphdb.connection.GraphDatabaseConnectionManagerFactory.GraphDatabaseConnectionType;
import org.neo4art.graphdb.transaction.GraphDatabaseTransaction;
import org.neo4art.importer.wikipedia.domain.WikipediaElement;
import org.neo4art.importer.wikipedia.transformer.WikipediaElementTransformer;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

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 * Default implementation of the importer listener. It's an aggregator that processes pages in batch mode.
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 * @author Lorenzo Speranzoni
 * @since 25.02.2015
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  private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(WikipediaAbstractImporterListener.class);

	protected AtomicLong pageCount;
	protected AtomicLong graphCount;
	protected long batchSize;
	protected List<WikipediaElement> wikipediaElementBuffer;

	protected WikipediaAbstractImporterListener() {
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		this.pageCount  = new AtomicLong();
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	  this.batchSize = size;
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    long pages = pageCount.incrementAndGet();

    if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
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        logger.info(NumberFormat.getInstance(Locale.ITALY).format(pages) + " wikipedia pages parsed from dump so far...");
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	  if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(article.getTitle())) {

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      if (wikipediaElement != null) {
        this.wikipediaElementBuffer.add(wikipediaElement);
      }

      if (this.wikipediaElementBuffer.size() == this.batchSize) {
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    GraphDatabaseConnectionManager graphDatabaseConnectionManager = GraphDatabaseConnectionManagerFactory.getInstance(GraphDatabaseConnectionType.EMBEDDED_DATABASE);

    try (GraphDatabaseTransaction tx = graphDatabaseConnectionManager.getTransactionManager()) {

      for (WikipediaElement wikipediaElement : this.wikipediaElementBuffer) {
        graphElementsCreated += persist(wikipediaElement);
      }

      tx.success();
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    long flushEndDate = Calendar.getInstance().getTimeInMillis();
    this.graphCount.addAndGet(graphElementsCreated);
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    this.wikipediaElementBuffer.clear();
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  protected abstract long persist(WikipediaElement wikipediaElement);
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GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS
by Gaynor Arnold
Engrossing examination of the life and failed marriage of a hugely popular Victorian novelist (read: Charles Dickens).
Arnold's confident debut offers a sympathetic, intensely readable account of the mixed blessings of living with a vast, restless and charismatic talent destined to become a national institution. Alfred Gibson is a playful but penniless actor/playwright/legal clerk when he meets unworldly Dorothea Millar, daughter of a benefactor. But he is a man full of energy, charm and humor, a workaholic whose undying fear is of returning to poverty, and whose ceaseless writing will eventually transform him into "the One and Only," a celebrity beloved by and in thrall to the Public. Dorothea, initially dazzled by Alfred, sinks slowly into disenchantment, growing stouter but feebler through eight pregnancies, gradually frozen out of the marriage by her passivity, weak health and social shortcomings. Narrated by Dorothea after Alfred's death, the novel reveals how she was bullied by her husband, who increasingly lavished his affections on younger, slimmer, more childlike women (much like her sister Alice, whose premature death Alfred mourned with inappropriate fervor). Finally, he forced her to sign a separation agreement, and ten years of isolation followed. But the Great Man's death marks a turning point, with Dorothea reconnecting to her estranged family and coming to terms with Alfred's character. Drawn out and indicative of sudden changes in its heroine, this last section is the weakest in an otherwise appealing novel.
Humane and plausible.
Pub Date: July 14th, 2009
Publisher: Crown
Review Posted Online: May 20th, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15th, 2009
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THE FINAL RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES DICKENS
by Thomas Hauser


I sometimes play at a place that has a high hand promotion. They take out some for the promo besides the rake and pay every hour so much depending on if they have 1,2,or 3+ tables.
This is usually won by a high full house, although quads and straight flushes are occasionally seen.
My question is would you play the same, or open up your range and include all high pairs, even if they were danglers?
the correct answer is, it would depend how much the high hand pays. If it pays say, 500 then yes alter your play. If it pays 50 definitely dont. 100$ probably wouldnt be enough to alter play significantly.


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NewsEducation TodayGK & Current AffairsDid you know?Bangladesh was hit by a category-5 cyclone on this day 16 years ago: Seven deadly cyclones that hit India
Bangladesh was hit by a category-5 cyclone on this day 16 years ago: Seven deadly cyclones that hit India
Read to know about the most horrifying cyclones faced by India in recent times.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Apr 29, 2017 11:23 IST
Deadliest cyclones India has faced
By India Today Web Desk: On April 29, 1991, a devastating cyclone hit the South Asian nation of Bangladesh, killing more than 135,000 people and causing more than Rs. 11,302 crore worth of damage. Although there had been ample warning of the coming storm and shelter provisions had been made in the aftermath of a deadly 1970 storm. This was one of the worst disasters of the 20th century.
Cyclone is the name given to hurricane-type storms that rise in the Indian Ocean, while typhoons are those that start in the Pacific Ocean and hurricanes are those found in the Atlantic.
Cyclone 2B and the aftermath
Cyclone 2B, as the April 1991 storm was known, had been tracked for a week as it made its way north through the Bay of Bengal. It slammed into the southeastern coast of Bangladesh in the Chittagong region on April 29.
It took several weeks to recover the bodies of the victims. Best estimates put the loss of life at between 135,000 to 145,000 people. As many as 10 million people, by some accounts, were left homeless by Cyclone 2B. Additionally, a million heads of cattle were lost. Because of this, and the heavy loss of crops, starvation posed a critical danger to the survivors. Since 1991, the warning and shelter systems in Bangladesh have improved; a powerful cyclone there in 1997 took a far lesser toll.
On the 16th anniversary of the horrifying cyclone in Bangladesh, let's take a look at the most severe cyclones India has faced in recent years:
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Now that it's September, it's already starting to cool down a little here in the Northwest. Granted it never gets all that hot to begin with, but it still has me excited for fall.
I've been wanting to change up this wall of Ikea mirrors anyway and moving into a new season is the perfect time.
I snipped a few fake leaves off of a garland and painted them each with gold paint.
Next I cut a square of cream colored cardstock to fit in each mirror and attached a leaf with glue dots.
And here's my new display of gilded leaves.
Gold paint is a super fast and easy way to add some popular gold tones to dress up a fall wreath, centerpiece or mantel. I hope you'll try it!


Chlorophyll (Chl) degradation causes leaf yellowing during senescence or under stress conditions. For Chl breakdown, STAY-GREEN1 (SGR1) interacts with Chl catabolic enzymes (CCEs) and light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) at the thylakoid membrane, possibly to allow metabolic channeling of potentially phototoxic Chl breakdown intermediates. Among these Chl catabolic components, SGR1 acts as a key regulator of leaf yellowing. In addition to SGR1 (At4g22920), the Arabidopsis thaliana genome contains an additional homolog, SGR2 (At4g11910), whose biological function remains elusive. Under senescence-inducing conditions, SGR2 expression is highly up-regulated, similarly to SGR1 expression. Here we show that SGR2 function counteracts SGR1 activity in leaf Chl degradation; SGR2-overexpressing plants stayed green and the sgr2-1 knockout mutant exhibited early leaf yellowing under age-, dark-, and stress-induced senescence conditions. Like SGR1, SGR2 interacted with LHCII but, in contrast to SGR1, SGR2 interactions with CCEs were very limited. Furthermore, SGR1 and SGR2 formed homo- or heterodimers, strongly suggesting a role for SGR2 in negatively regulating Chl degradation by possibly interfering with the proposed CCE-recruiting function of SGR1. Our data indicate an antagonistic evolution of the functions of SGR1 and SGR2 in Arabidopsis to balance Chl catabolism in chloroplasts with the dismantling and remobilizing of other cellular components in senescing leaf cells.


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TOYOTA FRASER ISLAND FISHING EXPO HOOKS COMPETITORS
There were several big winners at this year's Toyota Fraser Island Fishing Expo, not least the environment which benefited from the Expo's theme of "Leave No Trace," which encouraged campers to leave the island in as good a condition as they found it.
This year's Expo - the 23rd - was one of the most successful ever, with the 1500 competitor places selling out before the event had even started.
Another big winner was 23-year-old Redcliffe plumber Peter Davies who won the major prize of a V6 petrol Toyota HiLux SR with Toyota Genuine Heavy-duty Steel tray and Forge Alloy Bull Bar.
The random draw also awarded Paul Tovey from Kenmore the second prize of a Southern Star UB250 boat with a Yamaha outboard, while the third place prize of a Toyota Yaris went to William Gossow of Crows Nest.
Nearly one-third of the competitors were first-time participants at the Expo, proving the increasing popularity of the event.
The popularity of the Catch, Weigh and Release category continues to grow. This year nearly 1100 fish were released, with whiting the most commonly caught and released fish of the Expo.
Many competitors went to great lengths to ensure the fish were kept alive so they could be in the running to win the $3000 prize for heaviest live fish.
Toyota Genuine Parts, Service and Accessories were one of the principal sponsors of this year's Toyota Fraser Island Fishing Expo.
Toyota's Queensland Marketing Manager, Simon Clarke, said that Toyota's off-road test track also proved popular, with more than 250 test drives occurring over the week in a Prado, two LandCruisers and a RAV4.
"Competitors brought more than 600 Toyota vehicles to the island for the weekend, and the RAV4's off-road capabilities impressed everyone who tested it," said Mr Clarke.
He also said the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) staff were very happy with the level of minimal impact camping throughout the competition.
"The competitors really embraced all of Toyota's sustainability programs, and also raised $20,000 for local community groups," he said.
Two of the most effective sustainability programs included the Catch, Weigh and Release live fish category and "Bin your Butt". The "Bin Your Butt" program focused competitors on removing all cigarette butts from the island.
The overall winners of the fishing competition and photos from the Expo are available at the event's website, www.fraserisland.toyota.com.au.
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Queensland plumber Peter Davies won the 2006 Fraser Island Fishing Expo's major prize, a V6 petrol Toyota HiLux with Toyota Genuine Heavy-duty Steel tray and Forge Alloy Bull Bar.


There have been a few people out ice fishing this past week. Before this past weekend there was only 2-3 inches. Can't confirm how much there is now but today's cold weather should help a lot. I'm hoping to get out this weekend.
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Thanks everyone! I get the "why the hell did you move here" quite a bit, but so far I'm enjoying it, besides the fact I was looking forward to my first bear hunt. I have a few "public land" giants on the wall from wisconsin. Most my hunting was big woods not the farmland that holds the state record type bucks.....I don't have any pictures handy right now but will post at some point.
Thanks everyone. Almost all my Wisconsin hunting was on public land so I'm familiar with some of the frustrations that come with that. I'm willing to hike in as far as I need to avoid some of this. Half the battle is meeting good people and being able to share and help....even if you can't get exact spots.....I'm sure I'll need some help carrying my trophy off the top of the mountain this fall.
Hey - I'm brand new to New Jersey, coming from Wisconsin where I did a lot of bow hunting. I'm located near the State Park on Lake Hopatcong. Looking for any tips/suggestions or anyone that has hunted around this area. I've scoured the topo maps and internet and it seems like these are the best options near me: Allamuchy Mountain State Park, Berkshire Valley WMA, Rockaway River WMA and Weldon Brook WMA. It also looks like there are special permits for the Mahlon Dickerson Reservation. I figure between all these areas I have over 10,000 acres of hunting so looking for some suggestions on narrowing this down, places to avoid, places to put high on the list. Any other areas I am missing? Hoping to get out this weekend to do some scouting and maybe some still hunting looking for some spots. Thanks!
Hey everyone, name is Jason, just moved to New Jersey from Wisconsin. Located on Lake Hopatcong. Did a lot of bow and gun deer hunting in Wisconsin and looking forward to trying to figure out the New Jersey deer hunting scene.