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My Morning Jacket at the Paramount Theatre
Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Paramount Theatre in Seattle, 6/26/11
Photo by Dusty Somers
Article first published as Concert Review: My Morning Jacket at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, 6/26/11 on Blogcritics.
If there's one thing that My Morning Jacket has shown us over the course of six albums, it's that it's a band unafraid of change. Vibrant guitar freakouts, countrified Americana, spacey electronic-tinged songs, funky jams — you'll find all of 'em in the band's repertoire. If there's one thing you'll take away from a live My Morning Jacket show, it's that Jim James and company can tear the cover off of any of these types of songs.
My Morning Jacket's legendary 2008 set at Bonnaroo — a four-hour affair — is hardly atypical behavior for these guys. Sunday's show at Seattle's Paramount Theatre stretched to nearly three hours as the band tore through 26 songs, only briefly coming up for air. Almost all of the band's May release, Circuital, was represented, with the rest of the songs split between It Still Moves, Z and Evil Urges, with a song each from early albums The Tennessee Fire and At Dawn.
Taking the stage like a madman with a bomb strapped to his chest — actually a sampler hanging from his neck — James and the band launched into the first three songs from Circuital with supreme ferocity. One might have expected the pace to ebb and flow from there, but there was little slowing down to be seen, with only brief interludes for folksier songs like "Golden" punctuating extended barrages of heavy, psychedelic guitar rock.
Jim James of My Morning Jacket
Paramount Theatre in Seattle, 6/26/11
My Morning Jacket's jam band tendencies can be cause for fatigue (a condition most apparent in its slightly overextended encore), but with the virtuoso guitar work of Carl Broemel and the manic presence of James, who makes every square inch of the stage his personal playground, the band is never less than engaging.
At their most assured and dynamic — set closer "One Big Holiday" and encore finale "Mahgeetah," for two — James and My Morning Jacket are nothing less than rock gods. It's hardly hyperbole to liken these guys to Led Zeppelin — a comparison perhaps not apparent when listening to the albums, but suddenly much more plausible in the wake of a three-hour run of eardrum-shattering, breathlessly vigorous rock 'n' roll.
Complete set list after jump.
Complete set list:
"Victory Dance"
"Circuital"
"The Day is Coming"
"I'm Amazed"
"Heartbreakin Man"
"Outta My System"
"Slow Slow Tune"
"Movin' Away"
"Wordless Chorus"
"Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1"
"Honest Man"
"Holdin' On to Black Metal"
"One Big Holiday"
"Butch Cassidy"
"Smokin from Shootin"
"Run Thru"
"Mahgeetah"


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Montana Courts Finds That Falling Boulders Constitute 'Earth Movement' for Purposes of Policy Exclusion
By Steven Plitt and Jordan R. Plitt | December 29, 2016
The Montana Supreme Court in Parker v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America, 384 Mont. 125, 2016 MT 173, 376 P.3d 114 (2016), held that an earth movement exclusion was not limited solely to damages caused by soil movement.
The Court found that earth movement included damage caused by a falling boulder. The Court noted that the insurance policy in question included as examples of earth movement both landslides and lava flows but did not mention soil; the policy did not provide a basis for separating rock and soil when construing the exclusion.
The Court found that nothing in the language of the earth movement exclusion indicated that there was any basis for separating rock from soil when considering earth movement.
A common understanding of the term landslide in the context of the exclusion could include a large boulder that came down the hill and crashed into the insured's cabin. Because a common understanding of the term landslide in the context of the exclusion would include the large boulder that came down the hill and crashed into the insured's cabin, the policy excluded coverage for the loss.
About Steven Plitt and Jordan R. Plitt
Steven Plitt is the current successor author to Couch on Insurance, 3d. He maintains a national coverage practice with The Cavanagh Law Firm. He has been listed continuously as one of Arizona's 50 lawyers by Southwest Super Lawyers. He can be reached splitt@cavanaghlaw.com. To read additional articles by Steven Plitt, go to www.insuranceexpertplitt.com.
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KARACHI, March 8: The rehabilitation and renovation of the Hill Park will begin by the end of the current month.
Spread over of 62 acres, the Hill Park was built in the early 1960s.
However, 75 per cent of the parkland had not been developed and over the years most of the undeveloped area has been encroached.
Besides, the department concerned has not paid attention to the maintenance of the park, depriving the citizens of what used to be an attractive recreational spot.
However, a spokesman for the city government told Dawn that for the last many months the parks department had been working on the rehabilitation of the Hill Park and it was busy removing all unauthorized structures and encroachments from the parkland.
He conceded that there was a lack of maintenance in the park but claimed that the city government was not spending money on its repairs because it would rehabilitate the entire park on modern lines.
He said City Nazim Mustafa Kamal had already sanctioned Rs200 million for the Hill Park project and all required paperwork, including tendering process and issuance of work order to the contractor concerned, had been completed.
The spokesman said development work would begin in the current month and the park would open to the public by the end of this year.
A jogging track, fountains, rockery, parking and special lighting arrangements are part of the rehabilitation plan.


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To say that I like **this** particular series among the translations of the Mahabharata would not be wholly accurate, since this is only the first complete translation of the Mahabharata that I am reading, though I have read excerpts from Kisari Mohan Ganguly and am also reading Ashok Banker's Forest of Stories, part one in a dramatized retelling of the Mahabharata. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Bibek Debroy's series are the footnotes that appear on almost every page. In some cases they serve to identify characters in the narration that may not be apparent because of the use of pronouns in the shlokas. For instance, where the translation states, "He was severely wounded...", the footnote clarifies this to be "Dhrishtadyumna". To refer to the person by name may not be accurate, since the Critical Edition's text may itself be using the pronoun, and therefore to substitute it for the proper name would not be, err, proper.
In other cases, when a word in the translation appears as "rakshasas", a footnote clarifies that the "The text uses the word kshanadachara, which means a walker of the night."
"With all our soldiers, we are now being submerged in this trifle that is Drona's son." [Ch 170, Drona Parva] The footnote states "text uses the word goshpada: This literally means the mark of a cow's foot in the soil and the small puddle of water that fills up such a mark, that is, a trifle."
In some cases, the footnote serves to clarify a point that is meant more to be inferred from the Critical Edition's text, but which has not been explicitly stated. For instance, the translation goes like this - "There is no doubt that what they mean to you, are also what they mean to me." The footnote clarifies it thus - "That is, both vows are equally important."
Or this one - "The roudra muhurta arrived and Savyasachi was seen." - which requires this long-ish footnote: "A muhurta is a unit of measurement of time and is equal to forty-eight minutes. Some muhurtas are good, others are bad. The rudra or roudra muhurta is generally bad or inauspicious. While the precise timing of a muhurta depends on when the sun arrives, the roudra muhurta starts at around six in the morning."
Or this very interesting clarification of the sentence - "Sever the root of these evil-souled ones and let the avabhritha of this enmity be completed" as "Avabhritha is the most important final component of a sacrifice, characterized by the taking of a bath. As the last bath of life, avabhritha also signifies death. The battle is thus being compared to a sacrifice."
There are a few instances where the Mahabharata resorts to puns - "He was delighted that the enemy Alambusa had been slain, like a ripe alambusa fruit." The footnote clarifies, "Since alambusa is only a medicinal plant or herb, with small berries, this is only for the sake of the pun."
The Critical Edition is not infallible. Leaving aside the complaint that it has excised some of the most popular stories around certain events - like Krishna using (yogic) maya to make it appear that the sun had set, or Urvashi cursing Arjuna - there seem to some inaccuracies in the Critical Edition. Errors of omission, when certain shlokas have been excised, or when there seems to be an error in translation itself.
When the text states, "It has a large army of elephants and Rukmaratha is at the forefront", the footnote wonders, "In Section 67, Abhimanyu killed Shalya's son, Rukmaratha. Unless this is a different Rukmaratha, there is an inconsistency."
Or more specifically, when a footnote states, "There is probably a typo in the Critical Edition. It says purananam param, which leads to the duplication of ancient and supreme. It should probably read parananam param, in which case, the translation would be - you are the supreme deliverer."
And then there are those instances when the author - translator, to be correct - lets out some of his wicked sense of humour. When the translation reads, "Have peace with the Pandavas before the great-souled Parthas kill one hundred of your brothers in battle..." The footnote gleefully notes, "In a pedantic sense, ninety-nine brothers. To be even more pedantic, fewer, since several of them have already been killed." A faithful translation can still assert its individuality, as this instance proves.
All this means that these footnotes are copious. The sixth volume, for instance, has more than nine hundred footnotes, averaging almost two a page.


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Update on recent Corona related developments in Germany (status 21 March 2020)
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The German government is currently working on certain legislative changes, which might pass in parliament as early as next Wednesday.
They include the following changes for contracts:
Lease agreements (residential and commercial):
Landlords may not terminate lease agreements if the tenant fails to pay rent during the period from 1 April through 30 September 2020 (possibly to be extended until 31 March 2021) where such non-payment is caused by the effects of the Corona pandemic. As regards the burden of proof, there is a presumption (albeit rebuttable) that the tenant's non-payment is caused by the effects of the pandemic. Whilst, as stated, the landlord may not terminate due to the non-payment of rent, the tenant's obligation to pay remains legally due without the law foreseeing the right of the tenant to reduce the rent.
Loan agreements (signed before 8 March 2020 but this date could change):
Claims for repayment, amortisation and interest are postponed by 6 months from their respective due date if the borrower suffers a decline of income due to the extraordinary circumstances caused by the Corona pandemic. Again, there is a presumption (albeit rebuttable) that the pandemic has caused the decline in income. Creditors' termination rights are excluded until 30 September 2020 (possibly extended until 31 March 2021). If the creditor and debtor cannot agree on an arrangement for the time period after 30 September, the term of the agreement will be extended by 6 months (possible extension: 12 months). The relief for the debtor shall not apply if the creditor can claim that postponement of the payment or the exclusion of the termination right are unconscionable for the creditor, taking into account all circumstances.
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The debtor of an obligation arising in connection with a contract (excluding leases and loan agreements) may refuse performance until 30 September 2020 (possibly to be extended until 31 July 2021) if it cannot deliver due to circumstances that are caused by the Corona pandemic; the burden of proof is on the debtor. An exception applies where the refusal would be (i) unconscionable for the creditor (taking into account all aspects of the individual case) (in which case the creditor may have a termination right) or (ii) contrary to applicable rules of international law for the transport of goods. Our interpretation would be that these provisions will also apply to management, development and construction agreements.
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El cantón de Carmaux-Norte era una división administrativa francesa, que estaba situada en el departamento de Tarn y la región de Mediodía-Pirineos.

Composición
El cantón estaba formado por dos comunas, más una fracción de la comuna que le daba su nombre:
 Carmaux (fracción)
 Rosières
 Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux

Supresión del cantón de Carmaux-Norte

En aplicación del Decreto nº 2014-170 de 17 de febrero de 2014, el cantón de Carmaux-Norte fue suprimido el 22 de marzo de 2015 y sus 3 comunas pasaron a formar parte; una del nuevo cantón de Carmaux-1 Le Ségala otra del nuevo cantón de Carmaux-2 Valle del Cérou y la fracción de la comuna que le daba su nombre se unió con la otra fracción para que, por medio de una reestructuración cantonal, fueran creados los nuevos cantones de Carmaux-1 Le Ségala y Carmaux-2 Valle del Cérou.

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Dya's Little Jordan in Second Life
Posted on February 2, 2021 April 27, 2022 by Inara Pey
Dya's Little Jordan, February 2021
The start of February saw me hop over to tour Dya OHare's latest design at her homestead region after receiving an invitation from her to do so. It's a setting that sees Dya move away from the Americas, which have been a focus for her last two designs (see: Dya's Scent of the Caribbean in Second Life and Dya's Southern Twilight), and instead turn to the Middle East for inspiration.
As its name suggestions, Dya's Little Jordan is a take on the Kingdom of Jordan, and it has quite a lot to offer Second Life photographers. However, I'll state up-front that, thanks to past idiocy on the part of some visiting Dya's builds, group membership (L$300, so not a fortune) is now required to access Dya's region, so do keep that in mind. I'll also confess that Jordan isn't a country with which I'm overly familiar outside of reading about it, so I have no idea whether the entire setting is drawn from actual places to be found in that country, or just parts of it are, and the rest is down to Dya's imagination.
The landing point is located in a small waterfront area, the open waters before it suggestive, perhaps of the Dead Sea rather than the river Jordan itself. Here, with a souk to attract tourists, the promise of coffee and sea food all separated from the water by a curtain of palm trees, visitors might wander or sit, boats bobbing on the water just across the road.
The southern end of this road ends at a small motel, the hard surface giving way to a beach backed by a number of house built to traditional designs, but with modern trappings that include – for one at least – a swimming pool. Behind these houses sits a more desert-like landscape that runs eastwards away from the town, and northward behind it.
A second road cuts through this desert, vanishing into a tunnel on the east side of the region, where an off-region surround takes over, extending the rugged landscape off to the horizon. Between the hills and the town, this desert area offers several points of interest, from dun-coloured houses belonging to the local livestock farmers, and the region's take on the Al-Khazneh mausoleum in Petra, which lies tucked away behind curtains of rock that form narrow defiles that must be travelled to reach it.
Elsewhere awaiting discovery is a camp site of traditional tents and, a little surprisingly, a trio of balloons that float within wind-blown sands and offer swings on which to sit as little shooting stars whip past. Goats and sheep are to be found across the landscape, together with a small train of dromedary camels.
Those who fancy may also find camel rezzers that allow them to take a ride around the region, whilst for the less adventurous, a little jeep rezzer offer the means to go for a drive and a bicycle rack at the information centre will provide visitors with a pedal bike. Dya also allows those with wearable horses, etc., to mount up and see the region by hoof or wheel. The information centre also provides a very short introduction to the Kingdom of Jordan, for those who would like to know a little more about the country, but who don't necessarily want to wade through the minutiae of a Wikipedia entry!
As with all of Dya's region builds, Little Jordan is very easy on the eye and the viewer. There are numerous things to see and enjoy, and a good number of opportunities for photography. Should you opt to enter the mosque, however, do follow the examples at the entrance and remember to remove your shoes!
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This episode of CRACKCast covers Rosen's Chapter 30, GI Bleeding. This episode gives us a solid approach to the workup and management for GI bleeds.
More than 1 million admissions in US per year.
Below ligament of treitz is lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB) mortality 4%.
Two major but rare causes of severe, life threatening GIB: Variceal bleeds and Aortoenteric fistula.
Rosen's 8th Edition – Table 30 – 1.
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Stop at 50 cm. Test with slip syringe while auscultating over stomach and lungs. Inflate gastric port with 50 ml of air or saline.
False positives can be triggered by ingestions of red meat, turnips, horseradish, vitamin C, methylene blue, and bromide preparations.


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'The LEGO Batman Movie' Character Posters Highlight the Dark Knight, Boy Wonder, & More
by Nick Romano December 19, 2016
Regardless of Ben Affleck's schedule, DC fans are getting a solo Batman movie next year. The LEGO Batman Movie, a spin-off of The LEGO Movie, brings back Will Arnett as the voice of the Caped Crusader, alongside some new mini-figures shown in a batch of character posters.
Joining Team Bats are Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (voiced by Rosario Dawson), Robin "Boy Wonder" (Michael Cera), and Bruce Wayne's "Kick Butler" (get it?) Alfred Pennyworth (Ralph Fiennes). Their main adversary will be the Clown Prince of Gotham, Joker (Zach Galifianakis), and his Clown Princess, Harley Quinn (Captain America's real-life girlfriend, Jenny Slate). You can check out the posters below the text.
But, as we've seen in previous poster images and officially tied-in LEGO sets, there are plenty more villains on the way. Penguin, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Bane, Catwoman, Riddler, Poison Ivy, Clay Face, and Two-Face (voiced by Tim Burton's own Harvey Dent, Billy Dee Williams). Clearly, Batman is outnumbered, but after living in solitary self-reliance most of his life, he'll have to learn to play well with others he's to save Gotham City.
The LEGO Batman Movie is directed by Chris McKay, while The LEGO Movie helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller return as producers. Seth Graham-Smith, who was once set to direct the DCEU's The Flash movie, penned the script with Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
The film is set to open in theaters on February 10. See the new character posters below.
Here's the official description:
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made "The LEGO® Movie" a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble – LEGO Batman – stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker's hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
Here are the new character posters for The LEGO Batman Movie:
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TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON: More 'The Land Of New Hope' First-Week Chart Positions
May 29, 2013 0 Comment Timo Tolkki
TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON album "The Land Of New Hope" has registered the following first-week chart positions:
Finland: #7
Sweden: #42
Switzerland: #59
Norway: #80
Germany: #90
Released in North America on May 21 via Frontiers Records, "The Land Of New Hope"'s story takes place more than 40 years in the future when most of the planet has been destroyed by natural disasters. The title of the opera refers to the safe haven that a small group of survivors seek.
"The Land Of New Hope" is composed by one of the forefathers of the power metal genre, former STRATOVARIUS main songwriter and guitarist Timo Tolkki.
The album is available in two formats: a standard CD and a deluxe edition featuring a 30-minute documentary on the making-of the album and two videos.
For this unique concept album, Timo Tolkki was able to gather some of most accomplished international singers: Michael Kiske (UNISONIC), Elize Ryd (AMARANTHE), Rob Rock (IMPELLITTERI), Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X), Sharon Den Adel (WITHIN TEMPTATION) and Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA). Rounding out the stunning lineup of this album are world-renowned musicians Alex Holzwarth (RHAPSODY OF FIRE) on drums, Jens Johansson (STRATOVARIUS), Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) and Mikko Härkin (SONATA ARCTICA) on keyboards, and Tolkki himself taking care of all guitars, bass and production duties.
"The Land Of New Hope" came about as the result of a discussion that began years ago between Timo Tolkki and Frontiers Records president Serafino Perugino. Perugino, a longtime STRATOVARIUS fan, suggested Tolkki return to the original STRATOVARIUS sound in a more symphonic fashion. In August 2012, Tolkki began work on what would become "The Land Of New Hope". Tolkki explained: "I sort of rediscovered myself musically in the process of making this album. I wrote the story first and started composing the music after that. My aim was to write memorable songs with good melodies that would support the story.
"In STRATOVARIUS back in the early '90s, I was one of the creators of the power metal genre, so it is only natural that people may associate this music style with me… but on this album, you will find lot of dynamics including fully-orchestrated songs that sound very, very big."
With the full support of Frontiers Records and Serafino Perugino's executive production, "The Land Of New Hope" opens a new chapter in Tolkki's career. Tolkki added, "'The Land Of New Hope' is one part of the story, the end of it, actually. The story is longer and goes back to the time before this album's concept, so two more metal operas are likely to follow to complete a trilogy.
"In general, I find the metal opera concept fascinating and logical to me at this point of my career. I love classical music and just like in classical opera, in metal opera you can also create stories and have almost limitless possibilities musically.
"It is not so easy to stay fresh after a 25-year career, but this album is truly something special."
Inner Wound Recordings will release a limited 12-inch double gatefold edition of "The Land Of New Hope" on June 19. The edition is strictly limited to 700 copies.
"The Land Of New Hope" is available for pre-order at the Inner Wound store.
The track listing is as follows:
01. Avalanche Anthem
02. A World Without Us
03. Enshrined In My Memory
01. In The Name Of The Rose
02. We Will Find A Way
03. Shine
01. The Magic Of The Night
02. To The Edge Of The Earth
01. I'll Sing You Home
02. The Land Of New Hope
"Enshrined In My Memory", the new video from TIMO TOLKKI'S AVALON, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among others.
A "The Land Of New Hope" EPK (Electronic Press Kit) can be seen below.
Photo credit: Patric Ullaeus
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I found another discussion about this on Google groups, but it's incoherent, doesn't demonstrate the problem clearly, and speculates about the internal causes rather than suggesting ways to avoid the behavior (pointless). So I count that as "not posted elsewhere" and offer it here.


If lolling on Cancun's soft, sandy shores and contemplating the temperate turquoise seas aren't enough action for you, then consider exploring the myriad activities offered in the area.
If lolling on Cancun's soft, sandy shores and contemplating the temperate turquoise seas aren't enough action for you, then consider exploring the myriad activities offered in the area. The Cancun Underwater Museum (MUSA) offers an underwater view of some 475 sculptures by British artist Jason DeCaires Taylor and a handful of local artists. They can be viewed from a boat or snorkelling.
From May through September frolic with gentle migrating whale sharks – the largest fish on the planet – in their watery turf. You can safely swim alongside them as they feed on bountiful plankton. Xel-Há, an open sea aquarium, archaeological site and eco-tourism-marine park, beckons with ancient ceremonial centres and lagoons teeming with colourful sea creatures where you can snorkel in a safe environment. Xcaret showcases Mexican culture in a lush ecological park.


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Where did you complete your undergraduate degree?
I completed my Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines, which is a Catholic university run by Jesuits. I majored in Political Science, and minored in Philosophy. In 2010, my family migrated to Canada, settling in Edmonton, Alberta, where I did my MA in Comparative Literature (University of Alberta).
My MA supervisor from the University of Alberta, knowing that structural and administrative changes would impact the future of our program, helped me scout for universities where I could pursue further studies in Comparative Literature.
I am primarily interested in the sociogenesis of queer postcolonial subjectivities, that is, how queer identities of postcolonial peoples develop relative to that of non-colonized queers. To do this, I intend to look mainly at literary portrayals of queer characters in postcolonial Philippine literature, both in canonical and popular texts. Other areas that I'm interested in and where I've done some research are the tattooed/modified body as semiotic text, as well as reading science fiction as postcolonial narratives of displacement and diaspora.
Soak it all in. There's a lot of opportunities for professional and personal growth if you just keep an open mind. There's a whole world outside your research, so say "yes", be involved, and devote as much of your time to helping others as you do for your studies. That said, don't forget to take care of yourself and to make time for personal pursuits—they will keep you grounded and sane!
Have you worked as a TA or RA? If so, how did this benefit your academic career?
I have TA'd for a number of courses, and I've also been invited to give lectures on gender and sexual politics. I've always viewed being a Teaching Assistant as a way to contribute by helping share what knowledge I have with others; for me, it helps round out the graduate student experience, which tends to be very self- or own-research-centered. In a way, being a TA is also a way of learning, not just in terms of pedagogical paradigms or assessment and evaluation techniques (those are important corollaries of course), but also in terms of exercising self-reflexivity about how we hold ourselves and our views in a professional setting.
Learning for learning's sake. I go out of my way to tell people to have a personal stake in their learning and to savour the educational experience. I believe success follows from there.
I am an avid baker, an amateur foodie, a tattoo enthusiast, a frequenter of used bookstores, a closet poet, and a student of life.
That underneath all the tattoos is a nice guy who is just trying to make it through—and not always successful at—adulting!
Western's program in Comparative Literature has recognized strengths in various literatures (especially – but not limited to – American, Canadian, Classical, English, French & Francophone, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish). What distinguishes it from similar programs across the country (Toronto, Alberta, Montreal...) is the insistent focus on critical theory, postcolonial literature, East-West cultural relationships and inter-media studies (particularly visual art and film). Many of those teaching in the program are well established scholars of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and 18-20th-century cultures. While our Ph.D. candidates are usually employed as Teaching Assistants, some of them may be asked to offer courses of their own design in Western's undergraduate Comparative Literature and Culture program.
A minimum average of A- (80%) in a Master's degree.
Proficiency in two languages in addition to English, at a level sufficient to do graduate-level work on texts in those languages.
A sample of written work in English (no less than 10 pages, no more than 20 pages).
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Minimum acceptable score is 630 for the paper and pencil version, 267 for the computer version, or 109 for the internet version with no individual score below 20. [Western's TOEFL ID is 0984].
The International English Language Testing Service (IELTS). Minimum acceptable score is 8 out of 9.
The Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB). The minimum acceptable score for the PhD program in the MELAB is 91 overall, with a minimum of 85 on each of the 3 parts, plus the oral/speaking component.


This speak to me in a special way because they address not only states of being and attitudes but rather a call to action and a mentality that drives us to improve the lives of all.
Many companies proclaim their virtue as an Equal Opportunity lender, but I have never felt so welcome in any company, in any country, as I have at Fairway. I truly believe that FIMC values each and every customer as they do every employee: based on their character, qualifications, hard work and individual merits.
I have numerous clients that are from ethnic and religious minority groups, but to me they are human beings, comprising all of the wonderful varieties this world has to offer. I see mothers hard at work handling their children while their husbands are deployed. I see single fathers who struggle to make ends meet while maintaining as close a relationship with their children as they can. I see immigrant families who, having finally arrived at their destination, want to fully embrace the American dream and buy their first home.
Each of them has their own hopes and dreams, own fears and wishes, yet they are all humans deserving of respect and dignity. They all come to me seeking professional assistance, and I will show them all of the respect that they honor me with, and work diligently to provide the best service that I can. I am proud of every positive survey that I receive, and I carefully examine any constructive feedback that customers provide so that I can improve.
Dr King also said that, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?" My goal is to help my customers fulfill their dreams in every way that I can. I always hope that I can end each day feeling happy knowing that I did my best to help others.


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Archives of Candlekeep: Spelljammer Part 1: the Lore
This article was first broadcast in Episode Seventy on 24th April 2019.
Lennon: I don't understand why you're against it.
Ostron: I'm not against it, I just don't understand why you're so in favor of it. I mean, what do you actually know about spelljammer?
Lennon: It's D&D…IN SPAAACE
Ostron: Other than that.
Lennon: Um…it's got spaceships.
Like many modern settings and elements of D&D, Spelljammer's roots are in 2nd edition, and they owe their existence to a man named Jeff Grubb. As Keith Baker is to Eberron, Jeff Grubb is to Spelljammer, although he doesn't have the laser focus on his setting Mr.Baker does. Grubb is the author of the first Manual of the Planes and created the forgotten Al-Qadim setting, and is credited as being part of the team that originated the Forgotten Realms itself. Later on, he was also contracted by Wizards to work on d20 Modern, their d20 Star Wars RPG, and Urban Arcana, as well as writing some of the lore novels for Magic The Gathering. Spelljammer specifically came out in 1989, and based on the forward in the book it was originally borne out of an animated discussion between Grubb and several colleagues after a convention.
Apparently, during the course of their discussions, the team decided something NASA has known for decades; space is hard. They wanted space to be fun, so they threw out a lot of conventional wisdom about it, starting with physics. After that they started throwing a lot more out. One of the Spelljammer source books features in-universe quotations on every other page or so that relate to the content being discussed. One of the quotes just says "In space, weirder is better". It has no attribution to an in-game character, and I personally suspect it was the guiding principle the designers followed.
Getting into space in Spelljammer was comparatively easy. All that was required was a magic item called a "spelljammer helm" (that's helm in the naval sense, not the piece of medieval armor). Practically, it was a chair with a special enchantment. If the helm was installed on a mobile object and a magic user sat in it, they could go to space. Now why didn't everyone immediately die? Because any object that enters space automatically creates a bubble of air three times larger than itself. One human pulls enough air to last for 2-20 turns, while a 3 ton ship drags enough air to support three beings for 8 months. If it's large enough, it also retains its original gravity, because magic. Other than the spelljammer helm, there were some other items and devices that allowed people to travel in space, such as the Gnomish Helm, which, and this is literally the description from the book: "…should not function. Their very construction seems to defy the nature of thaumaturgic law. They are impossible. Of course , being gnomish, they work anyway."
Spelljammer's universe is not what Neil DeGras Tyson, Stephen Hawking, or even George Lucas envision. In Spelljammer world, what we think of space is called wildspace. That space functions sort of like space as we know it, with stars and planets, but each pocket of wildspace is contained within crystal spheres or shells. Those spheres can be breached with magical portals created by spellcasters, or sometimes they just randomly happen. Also there are several creatures in space that can create breaches themselves. The spheres all sit in a substance called phlogiston (sometimes just called the Flow): a rainbow colored, highly flammable ether. Highly flammable means if you cast a fireball, it explodes immediately at three times the size and strength of a normal one. Lighting a candle will set you and everything within three feet on fire.
The irregularities also extended to planetary systems, and some would say are *most obvious* when discussing planetary systems. Spelljammer's main book included rolling tables that usually kept things within the realm of normalcy, but every table had what we're calling the "10% crazy." The 10% crazy allowed things like planets carried on boats, a planetary system where some planets orbited clockwise and some counterclockwise, and planets with ring systems made of fire. Also, they didn't even stick with 10% where planets were concerned. Half the time, planets would be normal spherical ones. But cubes, discs, triangles, irregular polygons, and planets with no defined shape were all within the realm of possibility and not even that unlikely. Also, sentient planets were totally a thing. The book did helpfully provide the planetary systems of major settings like Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk (which, incidentally, is a system where Oerth is the center of the system, and the sun Liga was demoted to the third orbital ring instead).
Theoretically any race can and did make it into spelljammer space, but the lore recognized two types. Major races had full spacefaring civilizations that made ships and established space outposts and colonies. Minor races were more just along for the ride or only sent a few ships into space at a time and weren't really invested in it. Major races in original spelljammer were humans, mind flayers, beholders, dwarves, and elves. Minor races included the giff, gnomes (specifically Krynnish gnomes), halflings, centaurs, giants and kender
There were also the Neogi, a major spacefaring race of xenophobes that served as a sort of bogeyman race for adventuring in space, and the Arcane, a race that didn't really have much celestial infrastructure but were credited with the creation of the spelljammer helms. Other races could be encountered, but for a variety of reasons most of them did not have a major spacefaring presence or interest. Initially there was only one type of dragon up there; called alternatively a radiant, celestial, or star dragon and they could be of any alignment. Several creatures unique to wildspace or the phlogiston were also created to act as random encounter-type antagonists. And, of course, Space Whales.
It's also worth noting that, in the lore of 2nd edition, *Spelljammer* was the name of a particular ship that most spacefaring myths centered around. The ship itself was the largest spacefaring vessel (notable because it was too big to actually travel the stars based on most in-universe knowledge of how such things worked). Behind the screen, the ship is actually a race of semi-sentient beings and doesn't require any crew, though it has a full settlement of about 5,000 beings on it. The exception is the captain, who is chosen by the Spelljammer itself and uses an "ultimate helm" when it wants to do anything related to the ship. Other than the captain, the creatures there don't run the ship in the sense of controlling its direction, but they are beholden to the ship because it generates a persistent charm effect that convinces creatures to stay on and defend it. The creatures reproduce like rodents; hundreds of offspring are produced but very few make it to maturity because of the dangers of space, meaning there aren't very many full-grown spelljammers, giving rise to the legend that all of them are the same ship.
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Q: How to handle window event listeners in react In react i need to be able to open a popup window https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open and manage the events such as "mesage" https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage and "load" and "close" events.
However none of the events i have added listeners to are firing...
import * as React from 'react';
import './style.css';
import { useState, useRef } from 'react';

export default function App() {
  const { login, error } = useOAuth();

  return (

      <button onClick={login}>Login</button>

  );
}

const useOAuth = () => {
  const [error, setError] = useState();
  const popupRef = useRef<Window | null | undefined>();

  const login = () => {
    popupRef.current = openPopup('https://google.com');
    popupRef.current.addEventListener('load', handlePopupLoad);
    popupRef.current.addEventListener('close', handlePopupClose);
    popupRef.current.addEventListener('message', handlePopupMessage);
  };

  const handlePopupLoad = (data) => {
    console.log('load', data);
  };

  const handlePopupClose = (data) => {
    console.log('close', data);
  };

  const handlePopupMessage = (data) => {
    console.log('message', data);
  };

  const openPopup = (url: string) => {
    const params = `scrollbars=no,resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,
        width=500,height=600,left=100,top=100`;

    return window.open(url, 'Login', params);
  };

  return {
    login,
    error,
  };
};

https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-ts-qlfw9q?file=App.tsx
aside:

*

*Is there a way to differentiate between when a "user" closed the window using the "red x" button and when it was correctly closed using window.close().

*how can i nicely cleanup the popup once its closed.

A: I have changed the URL to a local one (to avoid any cross-origin issues).
Check out the demo (If this fails to load, try refreshing. Something seems to be off with Stackblitz)
In parent page, I have used the onload (for loading), onunload (for close)
import * as React from 'react';
import { BrowserRouter, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';

export default function App() {
  return (
    <BrowserRouter>
      <Routes>
        <Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
        <Route path="/auth" element={<AuthPage />} />
      </Routes>
    </BrowserRouter>
  );
}

function Home() {
  const login = () => {
    console.clear();

    const url = '/auth';
    const popup = openPopup(url);

    // When the popup loads
    popup.onload = () => {
      console.log('loaded. this was logged');
    };

    // when the popup unloads
    popup.onunload = () => {
      console.log('unloading now');
    };

    // when the popup posts a message
    popup.addEventListener('message', ({ data }) => {
      console.log('message: ', data);
    });
  };

  const openPopup = (url: string) => {
    const params = `scrollbars=no,resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,
        width=500,height=600,left=100,top=100`;

    return window.open(url, 'Login', params);
  };

  return (

Home

      <button onClick={login}>Login</button>

  );
}

function AuthPage() {

  // I have added a button to trigger postMessage to parent.
  const onClick = () => {
    window.parent.postMessage('To parent');
  };

  return (

Auth Page

      <button onClick={onClick}>Click me</button>

  );
}

Few things I observed:

*

*Since we are posting message from child to parent, I would expect window.addEventListener('message') to get triggered. But, for some reason, is popupRef.current.addEventListener('message') getting triggered.

*popupRef.current.onunload gets triggered before the beginning of onload. If I had to guess, this is some sort of cleanup mechanism.

A: I think there is no react specific issue all you need to do to make this code work is to change your login function something like this.

const login = () => {
    const childWindow = openPopup('https://same-origin.com');
    childWindow.addEventListener('load', handlePopupLoad);
    childWindow.addEventListener('close', handlePopupClose);
    childWindow.addEventListener('message', handlePopupMessage);
  };

A: well, you should probably wrap all your event listeners inside a useEffect to run it and cleanup after it, it should look like something like this
const popupRef = useRef<Window | null>(null)

    const handlePopupLoad = (data: any) => {
        console.log('load', data)
    }

    const handlePopupClose = (data: any) => {
        console.log('close', data)
    }

    const handlePopupMessage = (data: any) => {
        console.log('message', data)
    }

    const openPopup = (url: string) => {
        const params = `scrollbars=no,resizable=no,status=no,location=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,
        width=500,height=600,left=100,top=100`

        return window.open(url, 'Login', params)
    }

    useEffect(() => {
        if (!popupRef.current) {
            return undefined
        }

        popupRef.current = openPopup('https://google.com')
        popupRef.current?.addEventListener('load', handlePopupLoad)
        popupRef.current?.addEventListener('close', handlePopupClose)
        popupRef.current?.addEventListener('message', handlePopupMessage)

        return () => {
            popupRef.current?.removeEventListener('load', handlePopupLoad)
            popupRef.current?.removeEventListener('close', handlePopupClose)
            popupRef.current?.removeEventListener('message', handlePopupMessage)
        }
    }, [popupRef])

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UN and multilateral agency attention to groundwater and aquifer management
In 1997, the International Association of Hydrologists established a Commission on Transboundary Aquifer Resources Management, coincidental to the adoption of the UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UN Watercourses Convention). In 2000, the UNESCO
Intergovernmental Council at its 14th session approved joint activities on transboundary aquifer issues among the International Association of Hydrologists, the UNESCO International Hydrology' Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the UN Economic Commission for Europe. This joint effort produced a framework document on Internationally Shared Aquifer Resource Management. Subsequently, the programme has grown to include regional initiatives in the Americas, the Balkans and Europe (Puri & Aureli 2005).
The International Atomic Energy Agency fills an important technical niche in the effort to better manage transboundary aquifers. Agency experts use isotope science to determine the origin, age and renewal rate of groundwater and whether aquifers face contamination risks. Isotope techniques are particularly useful for mapping slow-recharge and non-renewable groundwater resources, which are at risk of rapid depletion if not managed carefully.The Agency has worked to model, characterize and monitor transboundary aquifer systems for a series of projects in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, including the Nubian, North-western Sahara and Iullemeden Aquifer systems of Northern Africa and the Guarani Aquifer in South America (International Atomic Energy'Agency [IAEA] 2013).
The global environment facility
GEF was launched as a pilot effort in 1991 and broadened into a major global programme in 1994 (GEF 2013). The GEF brings 183 countries together with international institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector in order to address global environmental issues and support national sustainable development initiatives. GEF is an independently operating financial organization that provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer and persistent organic pollutants (GEF 2013). GEF takes a multi-level approach in the international waters sector, providing support for global actions and conventions, regional (catchment) analysis and action planning, and support at national and local levels. By design, GEF is focused on achieving global environmental benefits, and its international waters portfolio covers nearly all large freshwater catchments globally, with 156 GEF recipient countries and 24 non-recipient countries cooperating on transboundary water resource management (GEF 2020).
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From Hollywood with Love
Posted by pixeladmin | Sep 26, 2012 | Cover Profile, Sep/Oct 12
Returning to the United States from abroad a year or so ago, Elizabeth Chambers stopped in San Antonio to visit relatives and friends. While here, she had a yearning for something sweet and delicious like a really nice homemade cupcake. But there were none to be found, at least none that met her standards of deliciousness. That sparked an idea in the mind of the Los Angeles-based TV journalist/actress/model, who also happens to be an avid baker. "I've always loved to bake," says the super-slim, pretty Chambers, who is obviously not consuming too many cupcakes. "I used to bake every night after work; it's very therapeutic. In the movie business you have very little control over what happens, no matter what you do, but baking is reassuring and predictable. You know that if you mix a cup of sugar with two cups of flour and so much butter, etc., you'll end up with cookies."
Thus, when Chambers and her husband, film actor Armie Hammer, considered starting a business away from Hollywood, it was only natural to opt for a bakery and to locate it here — specifically in Alamo Heights — where her maternal grandmother ran a catering company and her father still lives. L.A. already had countless fancy bakeries, they reasoned, while San Antonio looked like it could use a few more. Named the Bird Bakery and in business for only a few months, their little enterprise has already become a neighborhood destination and a success story. It didn't hurt that Hammer — who played the handsomeWinklevoss twins in The Social Network and more recently appeared with Julia Roberts in Mirror Mirror — showed up for the opening and may still be occasionally spotted in the store.
On this particular August afternoon, a fairly steady stream of customers is stopping by to either eat in or buy goodies to go. Chambers greets every one of them like they are personal friends and even hugs one woman who has become a regular. Though the Bird offers a modest selection of sandwiches for the lunch crowd, its specialty is desserts and more specifically cupcakes. The latter come in 22 flavors, from carrot and red velvet cake to sea-salt caramel, peach-amaretto, pecan, coconut, and one named Elvis, which is a combination of a chocolate chip-studded banana cake with a peanut butter cream topping. Though these descriptions may sound fairly ordinary, the treats themselves are everything but (see my comments in this special). Other sweets include lemon and pecan squares, cookies, pecan and key-lime pies and more. "What sets us apart from other bakeries," says the owner, "is that we bake everything from scratch using only the highest-quality ingredients. And at the end of the day, we donate what's left to firefighters or the Food Bank; we never serve day-old cakes. We start fresh every morning." While most of the recipes originated in her grandmother's kitchen, the new entrepreneur says she spent six months adapting and tweaking them "to make them perfect," and she and her staff are still developing new ones. Altogether, 13 people work at Bird Bakery, including manager Melissa Colby, who relocated from L.A. for the job.
Though she has just flown back from New Mexico, where her husband is filming a new version of The Lone Ranger, Chambers appears as perky as can be, explaining that she took a bunch of baked goods to the hard-working film crew. Officially, she was there to conduct interviews with the cast and director that will be included as "extras" on future DVDs, but it was also an excuse to hang out with hubby. The couple consider L.A. home, but they also have a place here where she spends at least three days a week. Combined with her reporting duties, this means a lot of time spent flying back and forth. "I live on Southwest (Airline) peanuts and cupcakes," she quips.
Model, actress, journalist
Born in San Antonio, Chambers left the Alamo City as a toddler following her parents' divorce. She started modeling while still in high school and at 17 spent four months in Tokyo, where she appeared in commercials for food products and clothing lines. She calls it "one of the best experiences" in her life. "I felt it was like Disneyland," she says. Back in the United States, the young woman enrolled at UT to study journalism, which to this day she considers her main profession. But Hollywood was already calling. While at UT, Chambers was cast in the indie film Rolling Kansas, which eventually led to small parts in several other movies. In subsequent years, she also appeared in Disney's The Game Plan and guest-starred in several TV series such as Shark, Criminal Mind and the CBS drama Moonlight. The call of filmdom didn't stop her from pursuing journalism, however. Following graduation, Chambers spent five years working for L.A.-based Current TV, a news and commentary network co-founded by Al Gore in 2005. "I learned everything about TV journalism while working there, from how to do live shots to interviewing and anchoring," she notes. "My producer, Mitch Koss, taught me everything about the news."
She is especially proud of her reporting on illegal immigrants with whom she crossed the border back and forth several times. "My skill is getting information from people," she says. "Once you are talking face to face with someone, the issue becomes less political and more personal. You find out what makes them tick. I was just amazed by the tenacity of these people who cross the desert, risking death. I was moved by their stories. It didn't change my opinion about illegal immigration, but it opened my eyes to the human element behind the headlines." The assignment was also dangerous, as the TV crew ran into angry folks who threw rocks at their car. These days, the vivacious reporter deals with mostly lighter fare as a correspondent for E! News Now and Access Hollywood, often looking as glamorous as the celebrities she frequently interviews. Glam pictures of her and Hammer arriving at various high-profile events can easily be found on the web. Town & Country magazine covered their wedding. Nevertheless, there's still room for more challenging projects in her schedule. As a correspondent for the Human Rights Foundation, founded by film producer ThorHalvorssen, Chambers has had the opportunity to interview Peruvian economist extraordinaire Hernando de Soto, who stood up to threats from the Marxist guerilla group the Shining Path while fighting for the economic rights of the poor in his country. She also interviewed the Venezuelan opposition politicianLeopoldo Lopez and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
Halvorssen describes Chambers as fearless and says he will be sending her on other assignments in the near future.
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Ramy Ashour celebrated his return after injury with a win over James Willstrop in the final of the Tournament of Champions, held in Grand Central Station, New York.
The majestic venue is the perfect stage for flaunting the spectacle of live professional squash in the US, a country rapidly developing a greater interest in the sport ...
First reports suggest that the Egyptian's 3-0 win over his 24- year-old opponent - a much-anticipated rivalry that many hope will continue for years to come - doesn't tell the whole story, with the 11/7, 13/10, 11/9 scoreline a close affair between the two attacking players.
A recent article in the New York Times reports that squash is increasing in popularity in the country, with young people choosing squash as a sporting route into studying at Ivy League universities, taking advantage of a system that has long aided American football and basketball players.
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"College is not the only reason the game is enjoying a youth boom. In recent years, squash leagues and tournaments have become more welcoming to intermediates and novices, said Kevin Klipstein, the chief executive of US Squash."
"Proponents have also managed to sell the sport's appeal outside its traditional preppy demographic. Several private clubs in New York have opened their courts to teams of young people from the inner city."
One these initiatives is the Citysquash programme, a scheme that uses squash to provide an "after-school enrichment program that provides motivated and talented young people from economically disadvantaged households with a nurturing and structured team environment" based in the Bronx at Fordham University. Its Board of Advisors includes Jonathan Power.
The US professional circuit has also received a shot in the arm in the past couple of years, with John White moving his base there and Natalie Granger qualifying as a US citizen through residency.
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Q: JUnit testing complex numbers. Error I don't understand I'm getting an error I don't quite understand. My goal is to create a simple program that adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides complex numbers. My ComplexNumber class compiles correctly, but when I try to compile with the first test case of my Tester class it gives me this error:

ComplexNumberTest.java:37: error: method add in class ComplexNumber cannot be applied to given types;
    assertEquals(test1.add()==0);
                      ^
  required: ComplexNumber
  found: no argument
  reason: actual and formal arguments differ in length

This is my add method
import java.lang.ArithmeticException;

public class ComplexNumber{
private float a; //real
private float b; //imaginary

public ComplexNumber(float a,float b)
{
    this.a = a;
    this.b = b;
} //end constructor

public ComplexNumber add(ComplexNumber otherNumber){
    ComplexNumber newComplex;
    float newA = a + otherNumber.getA();
    float newB = b + otherNumber.getB();
    newComplex = new ComplexNumber(newA, newB);
    return newComplex;
}//end add

This is my Tester class
import junit.framework.TestCase;

public class ComplexNumberTest extends TestCase{

private ComplexNumber test1;
private ComplexNumber test2;
private ComplexNumber test3;
private ComplexNumber test4;
private ComplexNumber test5;

public void setUp(){
    test1 = new ComplexNumber (1,-1);
    test2 = new ComplexNumber(2,2);
    test3 = new ComplexNumber(0,2);
    test4 = new ComplexNumber(3,1);
    test5 = new ComplexNumber(4,4);
}//end set up

/**
 * A method used to test the add method.
 * add two Complex numbers together
 * (ai+bi)=a+bi
 *
 **/
public void testAdd()
{
    assertEquals(test1.add()==0);
    //assertTrue(test2.add()==4);
    //assertEquals(test3.add()==2);
    //assertEquals(test4.add()==3);
    //assertEquals(test5.add()==8);
}//end testAddition

I feel like the solution is fairly simple and I've just been staring at it for too long. Thanks for any advice.

A: The error says it all:
ComplexNumberTest.java:37: error: method add in class ComplexNumber cannot be applied to given types;
    assertEquals(test1.add()==0);
                      ^
  required: ComplexNumber
  found: no argument
  reason: actual and formal arguments differ in length

It is saying that it found no argument when you tried to use add(). It also says that it requires a ComplexNumber in the argument.
public ComplexNumber add(ComplexNumber otherNumber){
    ComplexNumber newComplex;
    float newA = a + otherNumber.getA();
    float newB = b + otherNumber.getB();
    newComplex = new ComplexNumber(newA, newB);
    return newComplex; }//end add

You defined add to require another ComplexNumber to be passed as an argument which you haven't done when you used it as test1.add().
Additionally, based on the method signature of add, it will never return 0 as you have assumed in your assertion.


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Originally Posted by StokesyRedcliff
This is fantastic news Peter! I am already looking forward to playing in this event! After playing 9 games of chess starting at 2pm on Thursday December 27 and finishing with the round 9 game played at 2pm on Monday December 31, New Year's Eve in Melbourne could be almost as much fun as playing in the Australian Open Chess Championship or Australian Open Minor (U1600 ACF) Chess Championship. Thank-you to all at Box Hill Chess Club for putting this event on and good luck with everything! I hope this event is really well supported! I know that with you in the organizing committee of the Box Hill Chess Club Peter a very professional yet most welcoming atmosphere will be assured.
PS I have heard that Jordanville Railway Station is just a 5 minute walk away from the venue at Ashwood!
Some Interesting Developments .
1) Major event (Aus Open) adjusts dates not to clash with a more minor event
2) I believe (I stand to be corrected as I may be wrong) that this is the first time in a while (or ever?) that the Open championship is 9 rounds only and played over 5 days.
3) 2019 Championship played ...in 2018.
But it is indeed a lot of fun to play in Melbourne! Hoping for many visitors from QLD and other states to visit us for chess and more!
The reason for this being that the clash with the "more minor event" was discouraging anyone from bidding.
Ian Rout
Wynyard,Tas
Is there a message that the Australian Open is approaching its use-by date? It used to serve the function that it was a major event in a similar format to the Australian Championship, but being open allowed more overseas players to enter, and was still the most prestigious event of the year. It's now taking the form of a glorified weekender not dissimilar in most respects to the Doeberl Cup, Hjorth Open and Gold Coast Open.
If it turns out to be successful that may not be a bad thing, but if it doesn't work then it might be time to think about pulling the plug. The time freed could be used to stage the Championship annually, or just to space out other events that crowd that time of year.
Originally Posted by Ian Rout
The message is indeed quite transparent.. In any case, when strong international players are available to play in ''closed'' champs - they are invited to participate anyway so having an ''Open'' championship'' just to have the internationals playing does not seem to be a requirement
In any case, when strong international players are available to play in ''closed'' champs - they are invited to participate anyway
Not invariably. For instance if, say, 12 visiting GMs all wanted to play in the Champs we would not accept all of them because of the impact on the integrity of the title of awarding it to a player too far down the field. Also we have rejected some high-rated overseas players because they did not hold high enough titles.
Last edited by Kevin Bonham; 26-08-2018 at 12:31 AM.
That's true, but there are now several other events where top players attend and norms are possible, so that imperative is no longer so great.
One issue could be that the AO is exempt from the foreign players quota for norms (is this correct?) but with norms available and eventuating at other events this isn't quite as big a deal as it used to be.
PS: If this is an ongoing discussion it might be a good idea to split it off so as not to distract from the 2019 tournament itself.
Yes it is exempt. This year's event (despite the compressed schedule) is still eligible for norms, however for the GM title a player must obtain at least one norm in an event with at least 3 single-game days, which this year's Open doesn't count as.
Also it is only exempt for players registered to federation AUS following the recent change, so it is not as attractive a norm opportunity for overseas players as it used to be.
The poor state of governance nationally became clear this week when the Australian Chess Federation anointed a small Melbourne tournament as the official Australian Open. The Canterbury Summer Swiss, held during the gap between Christmas and New Year, is well established as a pleasant warm-tournament before the national championship. However the organisers probably never expected to be rescuing the ACF from their own ineptitude by renaming the event the Australian Open.
Have to completely agree with Ian Rogers here from the local paper, also think it's silly that the 2019 Australian Open will be played entirely in 2018.
also not too sure why "more minor event" is in abbreviations when I think Baron's criticism is very valid, I think Australian Championship/Aus Open should be given absolute priority over any tournament, especially newer tournaments.
The fact that it's been changed to 5 days and not even in the correct year seems like a very backwards decision by ACF to accommodate other tournaments that most of Australia's strongest players can't even attend!
What actually happened was as follows:
* As of its 22 July meeting the ACF had received no bids for the Open.
* The ACF had had feedback indicating that prospective bidders were put off by the potential clash with the Oceania Youth but that a bid may be possible if the usual date requirements were relaxed.
* The ACF decided to relax the date requirements - not in order to indicate that any bid under relaxed requirements would necessarily be accepted, but just to ensure it would be considered.
* This relaxation of the date requirements was published in the July newsletter, in the following terms:
There is still no formal bid on the table for the Australian Open 2019. Council approved a motion to give in-principle approval to changing the dates and format to avoid clashing with the Oceania Youth and Junior and to encourage bidders wishing to bid on that basis to submit bids as soon as possible. For instance, a shorter event running between Christmas and New Year can be considered. This does not necessarily mean the format will be changed, rather that Council wishes potential bidders to know that bids involving a change in format won't be automatically rejected.
* A bid from CV on behalf of Box Hill to host the Australian Open from Dec 27-31 was received and after discussion was approved by the ACF Council by email vote on 16 Aug 2018, at which stage there had been no further bids and no further expressions of interest.
* The Box Hill bid, although for dates similar to those used for the Summer Swiss event, is for a larger scale event, anticipating more entries and including a Minor, and running for nine rounds instead of seven. Thus it is rather inaccurate to say that an existing event has been "anointed".
I didn't vote on the motion to approve the bid, but I would like those criticising the decision to explain what they would have done instead in the same circumstances. I'm also not sure why this is a "governance" issue as opposed to a case of someone not liking the decision.
I put "more minor event" in quotes because while I would prefer that soft-title fests (even conditional ones) not even exist, it seems that not everyone shares my position.
I would have strongly opposed shortening the event because of the Oceania Junior clash if we'd had a bid on the table for a longer event. The fact is it was already August and we didn't.
I think there is a range of unrelated issues here:
1) should Open be continued rather than ''closed''?
2) If next time the only bid will be a 3 days weekender, should it be considered?
3) when planning the ''minor'' event - wasn't the potential clash with the Australian (and possible NZ championships considered)? If not, does it mean that Oceanian chess governing body (whatever it is) is not collaborating with the Aus and NZ chess Federations? I understand that in Europe there are so many different federations and all are hard to please - but in our part of the world - excuse my political incorrectness … but We (and NZ) are the Oceania
4) I think its important that we view the situation that occurred as an opportunity to review calendar/events management rather than to criticize the ACF for awarding the tournament to Box Hill. As evident from Kevin's post - ACF did not have much of a choice with one and only bid coming. That is why, may be its good to be proactive rather than reactive and plan future events accordingly.
5) On a ''totally unrelated yet somehow related note'' - if Oceanian events are gaining ''weight'' and are becoming more significant - it is good time to consider more team events
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This is certainly a governance issue. When the ACF had received no bids for the Australian Open by, say, October 2017, they should have actively spruiked for them in January 2018, contacting potential organisers. The venue for the Open and the Championship should be known a year ahead, as the AJCL always tried to do with the Australian Junior and JETS. Instead the ACF waits for bids to come to them, other tournaments muscle in on their preferred dates and then the ACF wonders why nobody bids.
This organisational ineptitude enables the ACF to say "We had no choice. We had to cut two rounds off the Australian Open. We had to announce it only four months before it started. There was only one bid."
Of course compared to the ACF's handling of applications and selections for international junior events throughout this year, the cut-down Australian Open is a major achievement for the ACF. Unless there was a deliberate policy to make sure as few juniors as possible found out about the international possibilities and if they did were to be discouraged from going, the ACF's handling of that issue in 2018 should, even in a volunteer organisation, have led to apologies and resignations.
I think this is a valid question and Ian Rout made some good points on it before. Having a (more or less) closed national championship every two years rather than every year is somewhat odd and among other things reduces the value of the event as a qualification drawcard for state championships.
It shouldn't be as then, among other things, such an event would be unavailable for norms. It would be preferable even in such a case to find some other way of awarding the Open title at some other time of year.
3) when planning the ''minor'' event - wasn't the potential clash with the Australian (and possible NZ championships considered)?
I don't know because as far as I'm aware the ACF had no input into that discussion. I know it was announced here in March. Australia is still not a member of the Oceania Chess Confederation because of a range of unresolved issues (including incorporation) that there was expected to be progress on some time ago but for whatever reason there's been no further movement from the OCC end.
I strongly suspect the dates would still have clashed.
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