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Updated Jan 6, 2021 - Politics & Policy
Schumer declares Democratic majority in the Senate
Oriana Gonzalez
Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declared on Wednesday that Democrats have gained control of the Senate, calling it a "brand new day" in Washington.
The state of play: The AP projected that Rev. Raphael Warnock has defeated Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R). Democrat Jon Ossoff is currently leading in the race against former Sen. David Perdue (R), but the contest is still too close to call.
Why it matters: A 50-50 Senate would give Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the tie-breaking vote after Jan. 20. Democratic control of the Senate will decide the fate of Biden's presidency, from whether he gets his Cabinet nominees to whether progressives get their tax hikes and public spending.
What they're saying: "It feels like a brand new day. For the first time in six years, Democrats will operate a majority in the United States Senate — and that will be very good for the American people," Schumer said in a statement."
"America is experiencing one of the greatest crises we have ever faced, and the Senate Democratic Majority is committed to delivering the bold change and help Americans need and demand. Senate Democrats know America is hurting — help is on the way," he continued.
"For too long, much-needed help has been stalled or diluted by a Republican-led Senate and President Trump. That will change with a Democratic Senate, Democratic House, and a Democratic President."
Of note: Schumer thanked Stacey Abrams, as well as all Black women leading political advocacy and fundraising groups, in a press briefing later on Wednesday.
Abrams founded voting-rights group Fair Fight in 2018 to organize against voter suppression and to increase voter registration after losing her gubernatorial race in Georgia.
She is credited by Democrats for boosting turnout in the state critical to taking the Senate.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi added in a statement:
"Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff ran and won on the values of advancing equality and opportunity for working people across the state and the nation. In sending these two outstanding Democratic Senators to Washington, Georgians cast their ballots for a fairer, accountable and more compassionate America. Inspired by our beloved John Lewis, Senators-elect Warnock and Ossoff's hunger for justice will bring necessary Good Trouble to the Senate."
Go deeper: Georgia's four-year fallout
McConnell: Trump "provoked" Capitol mob
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was "provoked by the president and other powerful people."
Why it matters: Trump was impeached by the House last week for "incitement of insurrection." McConnell has not said how he will vote in Trump's coming Senate impeachment trial, but sources told Axios' Mike Allen that the chances of him voting to convict are higher than 50%.
Updated 14 hours ago - Politics & Policy
Biden Cabinet confirmation schedule: When to watch hearings
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Jan. 16 in Wilmington, Delaware. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
The first hearings for President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet nominations begin on Tuesday, with testimony from his picks to lead the departments of State, Homeland and Defense.
Why it matters: It's been a slow start for a process that usually takes place days or weeks earlier for incoming presidents. The first slate of nominees will appear on Tuesday before a Republican-controlled Senate, but that will change once the new Democratic senators-elect from Georgia are sworn in.


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Readers Poll 2012- Favorite TV Series –
We asked you what your favorite TV series was, and the results are in—and thankfully, no mention whatsoever of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. God is real after all. Let's get started:
1. Breaking Bad (AMC)
This doesn't come as a surprise: watching Malcolm's father on his way to becoming one of the most evil characters in TV history is your favorite leisure-time activity. That's quite amazing given the fact that Breaking Bad isn't something you just watch – it's something you feel. The tension is constantly palpable, and shit gets worse with every episode. But certain branches of television (American cable networks but also ARTE, if you remember Im Angesicht des Verbrechens) have been heading in this direction since Twin Peaks. A much more recent development concerns the mental state of modern day TV (anti-)heroes and their intentions. Walter White is just the spearhead of the league of extraordinary villains that consists of drug lords, real but thoroughly scheming lords (2nd place), psychopaths (3rd place) and terrorists (4th place).
2. Game of Thrones (HBO)
Forget Lord of the Rings. When it comes to fantasy, George R. R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire is the real deal. Set on the fictitious continents of Westeros and Essos, it's an epic story about power, honor, and betrayal. HBO bought the rights, spent a huge amount of money on production and cast and turned Game of Thrones into the most spectacular fantasy TV show on earth. Surprisingly for an HBO show (though for the most part they stay true to the books) there is no meta-text, but it's still one hell of an entertaining show.
3. Dexter (Showtime)
When Dexter premiered on Showtime on October 1, 2006 it was groundbreaking. Never before had the main character of a show been a serial killer with a nearly unquenchable thirst to kill. Add an extraordinary visual concept using excessively bright colors and an excellent actor who literary kills it (Michael C. Hall from Alan Ball's Six Feet Under) to the equation and you have a modern day TV success with years of staying power.
4. Homeland (Showtime)
It's Obama's favorite show. It deals with terrorism. It has Claire Danes in it. The first season about an U.S. marine who was captured by Al-Qaeda and came back home after 9 years as a war hero was by far the most important TV show of 2011. You could argue that season two was full of flaws, but compared to most of what's on TV today, it's still pretty good. A statement made by Alex Gansa during a NYT Q&A sums up why:
"Our motto is, give up the secret before the audience expects it. Because you guys know it's coming. The only way we can surprise you is to deliver it ahead of schedule. And sometimes letting a secret die with a character is the better twist."
5. Girls (HBO)
When Girls aired for the first time on HBO, a lot of people were complaining that it was just a show about white people problems and really, it's quite hard to argue against that. But once you accept it, Lena Dunham gives you the most funny, quirky and likeable TV show of 2012.
The eighth prize—one year subscription to EB Magazine and Slices—goes to Gemma G., Melbourne, Australia.
Your favorite venue of 2012 will be following on Tuesday, December 25th. Find all poll results in here.
Published on December 24, 2012 00:00 Berlin Time
How to read about TV
If my last column didn't tip you off, I like to write about TV shows. Obviously I love sitting in front of the computer or TV for hours or sometimes even for days, while characters evolve, stories gain momentum and I get sucked deeper and deeper into a fictional world. But hey (and this may come as a surprise) I also like reading books. For this reason, I'd like to dedicate this post to the common ground between the written word and TV shows. Not so much television which is based on books, such as Dexter, Gossip Girl, The Walking Dead and last weeks topic: Game of Thrones. Rather, I wanna focus on programs that have nothing to do with actual literature, but become something close to it… or at least try to.
My first encounter with extraterrestrial bad literature was based on Fox Mulder and Dana Scully's X-Files. Back in the days it was much easier for me to get my hands on the books than to watch the actual TV show. All I can remember is one story about – no joke – cows and sheep that were mysteriously killed in a small rural county. I also had this 'non fiction' book which was called something like 'The Truth Behind the Truth is Out There' and pretended to contain scientific proof of alien life on earth.
Throughout the following years the X-Files books worked like a vaccine against producers' aims to squeeze another buck out of me, the loyal customer. I didn't even notice written offshoots of TV shows – with two exceptions: the book The Bro Code is written by a the fictitious character called Barney from How I Met Your Mother and it'ss some kind of guidebook on how to get women, but alas, I've neither watched the TV show nor read the book. I have to admit though I was tempted to buy a book that, similar to The Bro Code, was written by another character from one of my favorite shows from back in the day: God Hates Us All by Hank Moody. In the Showtime series Californication, David Duchovny plays an author who suffers from writer's block after the success of his first book (the above mentioned). But then the show turned into shit after the second season and, expecting the same from the book, I chose to forget about it.
So it took approximately eighteen years until I bought a book from a TV show and I promise you, it's worth every dime. It's called How To Archer, and it's based on the FX show Archer about a secret agency called ISOS in New York – and it's just as funny as the TV show. So the conclusion could be: creators that are responsible for great pieces of TV probably come up with good books. Who would have thunk it?
Bogner's TV Guide No. 2
Maybe you already got the idea last week: my column is going be about TV shows. Obviously I love sitting in front of the computer or TV for hours or sometimes even for days, while characters evolve, stories gain momentum and I get sucked deeper and deeper into a fictional world. But hey (and this may come as a surprise) I also like reading books. For this reason, I'd like to dedicate this post to the common ground between the written word and TV shows. Not so much television which is based on books, such as Dexter, Gossip Girl or, most famously, The Walking Dead and last weeks topic: Game of Thrones. Rather, I wanna focus on programs that have nothing to do with actual literature, but become something close to it… or at least try to.
My first encounter with extraterrestrial bad literature was based on Fox Mulder and Dana Scully's. Back in the days it was much easier for me to get my hands on the books than to watch the actual TV show. All I can remember is one story about – no joke – cows and sheep that were mysteriously killed in a small rural county. I also had this "non fiction" book which was called something like 'The Truth Behind the Truth is Out There' and pretended to contain scientific proof of alien life on earth.
Throughout the following years the X-Files books worked like a vaccine against producers' aims to squeeze another buck out of me, the loyal customer. I didn't even notice written offshoots of TV shows – with two exceptions: the book The Bro Code is written by a the fictitious character called Barney from How I Met Your Mother and it'ss some kind of guidebook on how to get women, but alas, I've neither watched the TV show nor read the book. I have to admit though I was tempted to buy a book that, similar to The Bro Code, was written by another character from one of my favorite shows from back in the day: 'God Hates Us All' by Hank Moody. In the Showtime series Californication, David Duchovny plays an author who suffers from writer's block after the success of his first book (the above mentioned). But then the show turned into shit after the second season and, expecting the same from the book, I chose to forget about it.
So it took approximately 18 years until I bought a book from a TV show and I promise you, it's worth every dime. It's called 'How To Archer', and it's based on the FX show Archer about a secret agency called ISOS in New York – and it's just as funny as the TV show. So the conclusion could be: creators that are responsible for great pieces of TV probably come up with good books. Who would have thunk it?
Game of Thrones is the newest HBO epic, based on the fantasy saga by George R.R. Martin. After a very successful (and enormously expensive) first season in 2011, the second season started airing on April 1st in the United States.
Like most successful books with a big fanbase that gets turned into a television show, this one has gained a lot of interest too, especially on the Internet. Basically there are two reasons for this:
1: Like every major production nowadays, Game of Thrones has a PR budget that equals the Gross National Product of a small country. And since we live in a digital world, most of the money is spent online with the result of creating an even bigger hype than there already is.
2: It's common knowledge that the fantasy genre is basically crack for nerds; with the World Wide Web being first and foremost a gigantic nerd-playground, lots of websites hope to get shitloads of clicks just by having anything Game of Thrones-related in the headline.
And this is what sucks: Every media outlet blogs or writes about the TV show in order to get a piece of the cake or in fear of missing out on the next big thing.
But the problem is, aside from the extraordinarily compelling story and some facts regarding the production (an estimated fifty-million dollars just for the first episode, a great cast of well-known actors, an extravagant setting – all that has already been covered during the first season) there isn't much to talk about when it comes to Game of Thrones. Unlike most other HBO shows, there is no meta-level to the story, which is set in a medieval universe with castles, swordsmen, big battles, and yeah, dragons. This may come as a surprise to all the critics who enjoyed other epic TV shows like The Wire (highly acclaimed for it's realism and critical social commentary), Six Feet Under (highly acclaimed for it's seemingly real life focus and it's circling around the question "What is the meaning of life?"), Battlestar Galactica and many others. Game of Thrones is nothing like that.
The only connection to other modern series is the TV show's explicitness, and the way it gets rid of a romanticized image of a certain fantasy age. What Deadwood did to our idea of the Wild West, what Rome meant for the ancient world and Blade Runner for science fiction, Game of Thrones has done for the medieval fantasy world. There are no hobbits, no benevolent sorcerer, and certainly no elves in Westeros, but lots of elaborate characters with personalities and allegiances beyond the black-and-white, good-and-evil molds that characterize so much of the genre.
So please, media outlets: stop covering Game of Thrones by just rehashing the episodes. The show itself is always much better than your boring recap.
2011 Editor's Picks: David
Over the last decade everyone has been making a fuss about how TV-series are becoming more important and innovative than big screen movies. This is totally wrong. Even though both use moving pictures, they are two quite different forms. It's like comparing a 7 verse poem to a 500 pages epos or a one page comic in a newspaper to a graphic novel.
That said I hereby present you my top five TV shows this year.
5. Beavis and Butthead Season 9
Forget about any fuckin reunion of any given band on earth. Mike Judge's Beavis and Butthead is the comeback of the year. What I've seen so far, was more than great, which is why Charlie and the Gang haven't been in my year's end list for seven years now.
4. Louie Season 2
The second season of stand up comedian Louis CK started with a big fart and made me cry in the last episode. In-between there have been more touching scenes than in all seasons of Six feet under together.
3. Game of Thrones Season 1
It's been epic. Not only in terms of money (allegedly the pilot alone cost more than 20 million dollars) the cast (from Sean Bean as Ned Stark to any given squire, all the actors were brilliant), but regarding the story. George R.R. Martin works on a seven books long fantasy series and HBO turned book one into the first season of an epic TV show. There is much more to come!
2. Workaholics Season 2
Season 1 was so so, but season 2 turned Workaholics in the most fun TV show this year. Blake, Adam and Anders are three post graduate mid 20ies guys who work at a telemarketing company and share a house. The humor is as stupid as it sounds, but it works. Also great: guest appearances of guys like Tyler, the Creator and his gang among many others.
1. Homeland Season 1
Originally an Israeli TV show (like the great In Treatment), a team around Howard-24-Gordan developed it for the American market. And like no TV show before it turned all our fears into 10 episodes ala 50 minutes of pure thrilling entertainment. You never guess what's coming next yet nevertheless it's always plausible. In addition to that it features performances by Claire Danes and Damian Lewis and is one of the best in TV show's history.
Haven't seen more than two seasons of Breaking Bad though.
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Bath Festival with funds from the Arts Council of Great Britain.
This Eliot setting winds its eloquent and spacious vocal line through a restricted range of colour, essentially finding a central image from the poem and meditating on it, expanding and enlarging and in the end returning. The colour of the instrumental trio haunts the memory afterwards, partly through the alluring combination of basset-horn and viola, but above all in the viola's arching lines, gently animated with Sibelius-like articulations.


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#include "tensorflow_serving/util/net_http/server/internal/evhttp_server.h"

#include <cstdint>
#include <memory>

#include <gtest/gtest.h>

#include "absl/memory/memory.h"
#include "absl/synchronization/internal/thread_pool.h"

#include "tensorflow_serving/util/net_http/client/evhttp_connection.h"
#include "tensorflow_serving/util/net_http/server/public/httpserver.h"
#include "tensorflow_serving/util/net_http/server/public/httpserver_interface.h"
#include "tensorflow_serving/util/net_http/server/public/server_request_interface.h"

namespace tensorflow {
namespace serving {
namespace net_http {
namespace {

class ThreadPool final : public EventExecutor {
 public:
  explicit ThreadPool(int num_threads) : thread_pool_(num_threads) {}

  void Schedule(std::function<void()> fn) override {
    thread_pool_.Schedule(fn);
  }

 private:
  absl::synchronization_internal::ThreadPool thread_pool_;
};

class EvHTTPRequestTest : public ::testing::Test {
 public:
  void SetUp() override { InitServer(); }

  void TearDown() override {
    if (!server->is_terminating()) {
      server->Terminate();
      server->WaitForTermination();
    }
  }

 protected:
  std::unique_ptr<HTTPServerInterface> server;

 private:
  void InitServer() {
    auto options = absl::make_unique<ServerOptions>();
    options->AddPort(0);
    options->SetExecutor(absl::make_unique<ThreadPool>(4));

    server = CreateEvHTTPServer(std::move(options));

    ASSERT_TRUE(server != nullptr);
  }
};

// Test basic GET with 404
TEST_F(EvHTTPRequestTest, SimpleGETNotFound) {
  server->StartAcceptingRequests();

  auto connection =
      EvHTTPConnection::Connect("localhost", server->listen_port());
  ASSERT_TRUE(connection != nullptr);

  ClientRequest request = {"/noop", "GET", {}, nullptr};
  ClientResponse response = {};

  EXPECT_TRUE(connection->BlockingSendRequest(request, &response));
  EXPECT_EQ(response.status, 404);
  EXPECT_FALSE(response.body.empty());

  server->Terminate();
  server->WaitForTermination();
}

// Test basic GET with 200
TEST_F(EvHTTPRequestTest, SimpleGETOK) {
  auto handler = [](ServerRequestInterface* request) {
    request->WriteResponseString("OK");
    request->Reply();
  };
  server->RegisterRequestHandler("/ok", std::move(handler),
                                 RequestHandlerOptions());
  server->StartAcceptingRequests();

  auto connection =
      EvHTTPConnection::Connect("localhost", server->listen_port());
  ASSERT_TRUE(connection != nullptr);

  ClientRequest request = {"/ok", "GET", {}, nullptr};
  ClientResponse response = {};

  EXPECT_TRUE(connection->BlockingSendRequest(request, &response));
  EXPECT_EQ(response.status, 200);
  EXPECT_EQ(response.body, "OK");

  server->Terminate();
  server->WaitForTermination();
}

// Test basic POST with 200
TEST_F(EvHTTPRequestTest, SimplePOST) {
  auto handler = [](ServerRequestInterface* request) {
    int64_t num_bytes;
    auto request_chunk = request->ReadRequestBytes(&num_bytes);
    while (request_chunk != nullptr) {
      request->WriteResponseBytes(request_chunk.get(), num_bytes);
      request_chunk = request->ReadRequestBytes(&num_bytes);
    }
    request->Reply();
  };
  server->RegisterRequestHandler("/ok", std::move(handler),
                                 RequestHandlerOptions());
  server->StartAcceptingRequests();

  auto connection =
      EvHTTPConnection::Connect("localhost", server->listen_port());
  ASSERT_TRUE(connection != nullptr);

  ClientRequest request = {"/ok", "POST", {}, "abcde"};
  ClientResponse response = {};

  EXPECT_TRUE(connection->BlockingSendRequest(request, &response));
  EXPECT_EQ(response.status, 200);
  EXPECT_EQ(response.body, "abcde");

  server->Terminate();
  server->WaitForTermination();
}

// Test request headers
TEST_F(EvHTTPRequestTest, RequestHeaders) {
  auto handler = [](ServerRequestInterface* request) {
    EXPECT_GT(request->request_headers().size(), 2);
    EXPECT_EQ(request->GetRequestHeader("H1"), "v1");
    EXPECT_EQ(request->GetRequestHeader("h1"), "v1");
    EXPECT_EQ(request->GetRequestHeader("H2"), "v2");
    request->WriteResponseString("OK");
    request->Reply();
  };
  server->RegisterRequestHandler("/ok", std::move(handler),
                                 RequestHandlerOptions());
  server->StartAcceptingRequests();

  auto connection =
      EvHTTPConnection::Connect("localhost", server->listen_port());
  ASSERT_TRUE(connection != nullptr);

  ClientRequest request = {"/ok",
                           "GET",
                           {ClientRequest::HeaderKeyValue("H1", "v1"),
                            ClientRequest::HeaderKeyValue("H2", "v2")},
                           nullptr};
  ClientResponse response = {};

  EXPECT_TRUE(connection->BlockingSendRequest(request, &response));
  EXPECT_EQ(response.status, 200);
  EXPECT_EQ(response.body, "OK");

  server->Terminate();
  server->WaitForTermination();
}

// Test response headers
TEST_F(EvHTTPRequestTest, ResponseHeaders) {
  auto handler = [](ServerRequestInterface* request) {
    request->AppendResponseHeader("H1", "V1");
    request->AppendResponseHeader("H2", "V2");
    request->OverwriteResponseHeader("h2", "v2");
    request->WriteResponseString("OK");
    request->Reply();
  };
  server->RegisterRequestHandler("/ok", std::move(handler),
                                 RequestHandlerOptions());
  server->StartAcceptingRequests();

  auto connection =
      EvHTTPConnection::Connect("localhost", server->listen_port());
  ASSERT_TRUE(connection != nullptr);

  ClientRequest request = {"/ok", "GET", {}, nullptr};
  ClientResponse response = {};

  EXPECT_TRUE(connection->BlockingSendRequest(request, &response));
  for (auto keyvalue : response.headers) {
    if (keyvalue.first == "H1") {
      EXPECT_EQ(keyvalue.second, "V1");
    } else if (keyvalue.first == "H2") {
      FAIL() << "H2 should have been overwritten by h2";
    } else if (keyvalue.first == "h2") {
      EXPECT_EQ(keyvalue.second, "v2");
    }
  }
  EXPECT_EQ(response.status, 200);
  EXPECT_EQ(response.body, "OK");

  server->Terminate();
  server->WaitForTermination();
}

}  // namespace
}  // namespace net_http
}  // namespace serving
}  // namespace tensorflow

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The Baths consisted of two large recreational swimming pools – one first and one second class – fifty-two slipper, or private, baths for men (ten first class and thirty second class) and women (twelve, all the same class), a washhouse and a laundry.
With the scale of the whole complex and the amount of baths, water supply was a concern. The Board decided to sink an artesian well in order to supply enough water, which was finalised in 1896.
The baths were modernised several times, most notably between 1959-60, when the exterior was modified and a more egalitarian single entrance replaced several separate entrances.
The Public Baths closed in 1982 when Greenwich was planning the Waterfront Leisure Centre. Between 1983 and 1984 the baths were used as a community centre and the second-class pool was filled in to create a seating area.
It wasn't until the early 90s that the University of Greenwich bought the building and converted it into a student union and discotheque with a bar. Soon the building became a hub for drama students and staff.
Although the exterior of the building has maintained much of its original brickwork, Portland stone and Northern Renaissance decorative ornaments, much of the inside has been converted into suitable rehearsal spaces and the 100 seat, black box theatre it houses today.
Some of the original balconies still remain and certain ornaments – such as the stained glass swimmers above the main entrance – remind us of the original use of the building.


Machine translated chapter 1098 of Human Emperor light novel.
Wang Chong looks to focus on more and more Caliphate Heavy Cavalry, the look is calm, the big hand wields, has issued the order without hesitation. But along with the Wang Chong's order, 5000 Mo blade team soldiers, lifts up high Mo blade, such as the wall stands, advances toward the front rapidly. This war, no matter Great Tang or Caliphate, both sides invested the massive crack troops, in the meantime, both sides withstood the huge damage, Mo blade team in yesterday's fights, from 10,000 people of buckles to 5000 people. However for all this, 5000 people of Mo blade teams are having the highly regarded battle efficiency as before, that fearful impulse, as before is the Caliphate People deep nightmare. "Wind!" "Forest!" "Fire!" "Mountain!" ...... With an intermittent shake the heavens big shout, 5000 Mo blade teams leave the defense line rapidly, full speed pushes onward toward opposite boundless such as sea Caliphate Heavy Cavalry. Rumbling, in the ice-cold cold wind, a handle handle Mo blade is reflecting the ice-cold ray, wields unceasingly, layer on layer falls, blade edge, troops entirely Zhe, the dead shape is frigid. 5000, 8000, 10,000......, 5000 Mo blade team soldiers just stepped into the battlefield, displays the unequalled fearful lethality, but attacks twice, in the battlefield has dropped down the close 10,000 Caliphate People corpses, and this figure rapidly is still increasing. That fearful harvesting efficiency, making in the battlefield present the big piece rapidly the blank. 5000 Mo blade soldiers resemble in battlefield ice-coldest, is most highly effective, most does not bring the slight sentimental slaughtering machine. To a certain extent, the killing efficiency of Mo blade team, even is more fearful than the Crossbow Carriage army. A simplest point, Mo blade team does not need to consume any crossbow arrow, and Mo blade every time wields, the match was killed surely, does not have the severely wounded possibility. "Zhihad, arranges, lets blood and iron Legion and fearless Legion goes on stage. Now should also be one's turn our armies!" Abmuslin looks that the distant place opens the mouth to say suddenly. "Yes, Sir!" Zhihad has complied with one, turns around to depart quickly. Speed of war escalation was much faster than yesterday, the Great Tang Mo blade team went on stage, Caliphate top Legion should also go on stage. But how long could not want, was Abmuslin and Osman and other top Great General take action, ended this war time. "King General, prepares, this you went on stage!" Wang Chong has paid attention to opposite four black flags Abmuslin and the others, Zhihad was just leaving, Wang Chong had guessed correctly that they must make anything.
"General Li, this fight allow Sheng, cannot only defeat, once starts, does not arrive to rout Caliphate People, cannot stop absolutely, war flag, depended on you!" Wang Chong arranges King Sili, turns head to look quickly to behind grasps the Nine dragons blood war flag, the body tall and strong, like Giant general black armor bodyguard. On black armor bodyguard secret numerous, Wang Chong discovered time that he has almost not rested. No matter eats meal and rests, never takes off the helmet and armor. He usually also extremely little spoke, besides about the war and matter of Nine dragons blood war flag, he almost never interrupted. Contacts with him such for a long time, Wang Chong except for knowing him is Sage Emperor sends, is side the Sage Emperor personal guard, other know nothing, what even he is long not to know. The latest progress, simply knows that he is surnamed Li. "Flag in the person , the flag perishing person perishes!" The black armor bodyguard proceeded one step, only said eight characters. Hears these words, Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi body slightly shakes, in the eye shows a respect the look. Protects the bannerman! This perhaps is to black armor bodyguard's best annotation at this moment, his status, age and name are immaterial, all values that he has, to protect this Nine dragons blood war flag. Bang, the opposite warhorse is getting more and more near, several thousand blood and iron Legion are approaching toward the battlefield rapidly. Quick, when the distance first steel and iron defense line also more than 50 zhang (3.33 m), the sudden bang, King Sili pushes to the front, is leading two thousand God Martial armed forces soldiers, after steel and iron city walls swarms. Pū puff, a handle handle Big Dipper heavy sword just likes the spirit snake punctures, suddenly, dense and numerous Caliphate Heavy Cavalry just like the raindrop drops down, the blood wind shoots, the blood fog fills the air in the air rapidly. "Walks quickly! Is Great Tang top Legion!" Saw that the God Martial armed forces appear, the Caliphate Heavy Cavalry confusion in front line, especially these experiences the person of God Martial armed forces anti-personnel performance, has been frightened incomparable. The God Martial armed forces just trod the steel and iron city wall, everywhere one visit, immediately a disturbance. "Bang!" But in the God Martial armed forces tread shortly after the defense line, behind Great Army, a giant war flag, all over the body hammers by some deep sea profound iron and not well-known metal, inserts in the ground fiercely maliciously. That checks, eight sides shake, the earth movement day swings, the Origin Qi rapid change of entire Talas battlefield, a vast, ancient and powerful incomparable strength instantaneously jumps to shoot, radiates the audience. In place that the people vision has not noted, an invisible strength, is similar to the ripple is ordinary, the proliferation, the prompt radiation, in addition held the under feet of two thousand God Martial armed forces. Buzz, in the vision of people, together, two, three......, Enough six Aura in addition held the under foot of God Martial armed forces completely. The strength of God Martial armed forces is present age top Level, holds in these six Aura in addition, aura when production costs rise , prices rise too of whole body, instantaneous one liter rises again, but the short time, selected for promotion an extremely astonishing situation immediately.


Here's the complete chart of last Friday's Music Bank. Rain won the top prize for the third time in a row. Let's see if he can make it 4 wins or if 2pm will outrun him tomorrow. Again, congrats to Rain.
Rain has finished first in the recent Music Bank episode. Well, not really an episode since there was none. But the chart of the week. Finally, quality kpop music is in the air. I'm sorry to other artist's fan, but I really think Rain, Lee Hyori, Big Bang, DBSK, and Wonder Girls are the faces of Kpop. Well, for me that is. I'm really so excited for Big Bang and Wonder Girls' comebacks. 2010 is the new 2008.
Sorry for the late post again. This is a week late but hey, at least it's posted. I'm really sorry. I'm actually thinking of stopping this blog or at least give it to somebody. In a few months, it will be a lot more tougher to me. I really won't have the time. Anyway, congrats to SNSD. Funny tough, I never really felt "Run Devil Run". Maybe they won because of the album sales again.


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Locating Style
The Effect of Dialect Features on the Perception of 'Correctness'
Audience-Directed Intraspeaker Variation
Rekeying, Contrastive Individuation and Othering
Sociolinguistic Symposium 21
NWAV 38
GURT 2011
GULLS 2011
SALSA XX
LSA 2013
Locating Language
Southeast, D.C.
Jessica Grieser
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
Symposium About Language and Society–Austin XX (April 13-15, 2012)
[t]inking about Takoma:
Race, place, and style at the border of Washington, D.C.
(Paper presented Friday, April 13, 2012)
Abstract (PDF)
In modern sociolinguistics, language has always been understood as an important resource for individuals to index their membership in a particular community, whether that be a linguistic community of practice (cf. Bucholtz, 1999; Eckert & McConell-Ginet, 1992 and others) or a community delimited by physical space (Becker, 2009; Coggshall & Becker, 2009; Fasold, 1972; Johnstone & Kiesling, 2008; Labov, 1966). While a number of studies have examined intraspeaker variation and how it allows a speaker to negotiate identities related to class (Coupland 2001), persona (Podesva 2007), or race (Rickford and McNair-Knox 1994), much of the existing work on speakers and their physically-delimited communities (neighborhoods, cities, etc.) has focused on interspeaker variation and with the exception of a few studies (Podesva, 2008) has largely ignored the ways in which intraspeaker variation, or style shifting, can be used to the same ends.
The present study examines (th) and (dh)-stopping in two sociolinguistic interviews conducted as part of the Language and Communication in the District of Columbia (LCDC) project (Schilling and Podesva 2008). The present study examines topic-related style-shifting in two African American speakers, matched for age, from one neighborhood in the District of Columbia known for its high integration and cross-racial acceptance. As Washington, D.C. is a city whose rate of racial segregation is increasing (US Census 2010), I argue that these speakers use this ethnoracially-marked phonological variant in topic-based style shifting as a means of aligning with the race-neutral identity of the community of Takoma.
Interviews were coded exhaustively for realization of the variable, linguistic factors (preceding and following segments, lexical category, and position of interdental fricative), and topic (Takoma, Other DC, Race, and Language). A total of 1358 tokens were analyzed, using multivariate regression in Rbrul (Johnson 2009). All linguistic factors were significant [p < 0.05], as was topic [p < 0.05] when talk about community (Takoma, Other DC) was contrasted with speech about race and language. The statistical results are supported by discourse analyses of the content of both speakers' talk: both speakers vary their rates of the stopped variant to contrast constructed dialogue of Takoma residents and non-Takoma residents and in talk about their relationships with their community in ways which reinforce the indexical links they make between themselves and the reification of Takoma as racially-neutral, integrated space.
Many studies have shown that processes understood to be indexical of racial and class identities on an interspeaker level also function on an intraspeaker level (for instance Rickford and McNair-Knox's 1994 study of AAE features in one speaker's talk). This study provides evidence that speakers' indexical relationships to their physical community can be studied at the level of the individual speaker as well.


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How I Came to Grips With My Daughter's Autism and Redefined Motherhood
"There are countless books about pregnancy, but there's not a darn thing in them that prepares you to raise a child with autism."
ByTerah Boyd
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I know everyone says it's best to have babies young because you're bursting with energy and regenerating cells quickly, but I think that's a load of bull. That only applies if your kid is neurotypical. If your precious baby comes out with any kind of delay, you will need wisdom and lots of it. And that comes with experience, and experience takes time. People warn you about so many things when you're expecting. There are countless books about it, but there's not a darn thing in them that prepares you to raise a child with autism.
I was 24 when I had our son and 26 when I had our daughter, Queen Victoria Boyd. My husband and I had planned her conception, but we hadn't planned for another child with special needs. But we are so honored to be chosen.
Queen was the happiest baby I had ever seen, and I worked in the world of daycare for nearly seven years. My husband and I would discuss how at 6-months-old we could see Queen's sense of humor. She and my husband had this running joke called "poopy diaper" that took Queen no time to catch onto. My husband loathed dealing with dirty diapers, and he would always ask her before he picked her up if she had one. At 6 months old, Queen's face always remained stoic during his interrogation. On the occasions that she actually did have a poopy diaper, her dad made a huge deal out of smelling it, and Queen would burst like a dam into laughter. She would curl inward and laugh until she cried. She loved to disappoint him. Her little head would bobble all around as she tried to make eye contact and laugh at the same time.
This was Queen. Quick as a whip. Very demanding. She had a wide vocabulary and memorized almost everything she heard very quickly. We were expecting her to be an easy child. I look back on this now and laugh.
Around the age of 2, I started to notice some changes in Queen. She was still the same independent pistol that I knew before, but bedtime quickly became a huge issue for her. This was not some meager attempt at avoiding bedtime. She wasn't asking for water or hugs. She was screaming and sobbing uncontrollably. We could not get a handle on her, nor did we understand her. The bedtime fears slowly ran over into phobias. She became scared of balloons and could barely tolerate loud noises. You may be wondering where I was in all this. Well, I was busy trying to keep every single thing the same. I was also busy hiding a lot of cracks in the wall and not at all trying to figure out what she needed. I was just managing her. I never slowed down. My brain was like a speeding slideshow of all the things I needed to get done, and sadly Queen was not in the slideshow.
Queen's lack of sleep had thrown everyone off track. But I hadn't seen it that way. I was so young and naive, and I had already mapped out how my life was going to be. I had to be at everything, every time. The house had to be cleaned or I couldn't function. There was always something, but never her. It was like I was always preparing for something that never came. And to be honest, I was stuffing down a bigger issue.
When I talk about cracks in the wall, I mean I was busy guarding and hiding my oldest son and his autism diagnosis from the world. I was scared for him and I was scared for me. I was terrified of being judged by family members, and I was horrified by the thought that he wouldn't be accepted. Horrendous, but true. I had already sensed something was amiss with Queen, but I couldn't accept that, and I never thought it was cognitive.
I was so insecure, and it stood to reason that if there was a problem with this child, then that meant I had two kids who hadn't turned out "right". I thought, "Look at you, Terah. You are such a disability. This is no surprise. We knew you would screw things up. We always expected you to taint your kids with your dumbness. You are dumb and now your kids are dumb. You're a failure!" These are the voices of family members that I heard in my head constantly. There was never any shortage of criticism aimed at me. In my eyes, I could never do anything right. I felt like a wreck of a human. So if you want the honest truth, when Queen was crying out, I was questioning my abilities as a mother.
I remember feeling that things couldn't get worse. And I kept hearing this faint voice underneath all the garbage that kept saying "slow down." It was like the low harmony in a song. If you're not listening for it, it'll just blend in and you'll miss it. Over the course of about a year, that voice got louder and louder. I was getting too weak to keep up the charade.
One night, I found myself sitting on the floor of Queen's room, ready for another round in the ring. I was tired of wiping her nose and changing her PJs and pillow cases saturated with tears, snot and sweat. My brain was swirling. I was angry, mostly at myself. I was going a million miles an hour but sitting still. That night, I decided to lay down beside Queen in her bed I think for the first time ever. She immediately put her little arm over me. She was hoarse and hiccupping from crying so hard. I just started singing and stroking her hair thinking maybe I could calm her down with a song rather than giving her commands. I kid you not, she immediately closed her eyes and stopped screaming. Instead of the loud sobbing, she was just kind of moaning, I think mostly because she wasn't sure if the relief would last.
I was immediately ashamed and enlightened. I hadn't been touching her or bonding with her enough. I was moving too fast for that. I was doing to her what had been done to me. Demanding compliance. This realization prompted an overhaul of my parenting style. I had to change the way I saw myself, which framed the way I saw my children. It forced me to take an in-depth look at motherhood. Google's definition of motherhood is: The state of being a mother in relation to a child. But they need to elaborate and make some amendments. Motherhood is the state of being a mother, which really means: You're in a constant state of being whatever is needed in relation to your child, as it applies to their mental and physical well-being.
To the mamas and especially those who care for children who have enhanced needs: I learned the long, hard way that no person on this earth can do a better job at raising your baby than you! Solicited advice is one thing, but a constant trampling of you as a mother and then as a woman is what brings about "the miserable mom syndrome." The theme of your life should be "perfection is not an option." Another great theme would be "get your standard out my face." But the best and most effective one is "slow down." You're going to have to get comfortable with possibly being the black sheep.
It would be almost seven years later before we would get a diagnosis of autism, ADHD, neurodiversity and possibly a small pinch of dyslexia. The time in between that was extremely difficult. But I succeeded in the most important area, and that was protecting my daughter from further damage. Queen needed 150 percent of me. I look at her now and she is such a bright girl. But she still needs me, and I happily meet her exactly where she is. Some days I'm talking to a 12-year-old while other days I'm talking to a 7-year-old, and I love them both. She has only gotten better at memorizing information. She is well-versed on the subject of animal life. I mean, she's a walking dictionary! She has become a tall, lanky, brown-eyed beauty with a love for skunks, snakes and honey badgers. The black sheep of animals.
If you're reading this and can relate, my advice to you would be to add the above themes to the list of things you think about each day. It may not be an autism diagnosis or any diagnosis. It may just be that your child needs you. Remember what state you're in—motherhood: a constant state of being whatever is needed in relation to your child as it applies to their mental and physical well-being.
Terah Boyd is an autism awareness ambassador, psalmist, inspirational speaker, singer and author of the children's book Showdown At High Moon: Queen Takes a Stand. Two of her three children are on the autism spectrum, and her daughter is also neurodiverse. Follow her on Twitter @terahcandace, Instagram @terahcandace, Facebook and YouTube, and visit www.terahboyd.com.
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Redundancy - a guide
What's needed for a fair redundancy?
Is it a genuine redundancy?
Has there been adequate and meaningful consultation?
Was there a fair selection process?
Has alternative employment been considered?
Enhanced redundancy schemes
Some golden rules
One of the biggest areas of unfair dismissal claims relates to dismissals on the ground of redundancy with a common complaint from employees being that they felt they were unfairly selected, the situation was poorly managed and they were not provided with enough information during the process.
Some of these complaints can be easily avoided or at least minimised by following the steps set out in this guide. There are four hallmarks to a fair redundancy, which a tribunal judge will look for when considering a claim for unfair dismissal:
Was the selection for redundancy fair?
The definition of 'redundancy' can be found in the Employment Rights Act 1996 and is quite a wide concept covering three types of situation, the closure of a business, the relocation of a business or place of work and a reduced need for employees to carry out work of a 'particular kind'.
A closure of the business would also include a change in the nature of the business, for example, if a business were going to cease trading as a fast food takeaway and re-open as a restaurant.
As regards a diminishing need for employees doing 'work of a particular kind' this covers three scenarios:
where the amount of work has reduced leaving employees surplus to requirements
where there is no reduction in work but fewer employees are required to do it, for example, due to the introduction of new technology/automation, and
a reorganisation/restructure which results in a more efficient use of labour
The expiry and non-renewal of a fixed-term contract is also treated as a redundancy and the employee will be entitled to a redundancy payment providing they have the necessary two-year qualifying service.
Consultation is a key ingredient to a fair redundancy and you will not be taken to act reasonably unless you warn and consult any affected employees before dismissing.
The buzz words for consultation are 'adequate' and 'meaningful'. Individual consultation is fundamental and should allow for a meaningful exchange of dialogue. Case law and best practice establish that as a first step the employee(s) should be placed at risk of redundancy and informed of the redundancy proposals and given enough information to be able to understand the reasons for the proposals and to make representations.
Details of the proposed selection criteria should be given to the employee and he/she should be given an opportunity to comment on the proposed selection criteria before they are applied.
Once the criteria have been applied the employee should be given a copy of his/her scores and the opportunity to challenge them. However, although an employee at risk may ask, they are not entitled to see the scores of any other employees in the redundancy pool.
The consultation period should also be used as an opportunity to consider the availability of alternative employment that might avoid the need to make the employee redundant.
There is no minimum or maximum period for how long individual consultation should last. It should last as long as is necessary. Where there is only one employee at risk and the employee has very little, if any, feedback or representations to make, the consultation period can be fairly short and there is no need artificially to prolong the consultation.
The right to be accompanied does not extend to redundancy consultation meetings and the right would only come into effect at the final meeting where the employee is being informed whether their employment will be terminated for redundancy. However, it is good employee relations practice and advisable to allow the employee to be accompanied by a work colleague or trade union representative during the consultation meetings.
It is also strongly advisable to keep a good, detailed record of the consultation meetings and ensure that the employee signs and dates them at the time.
Collective consultation
Where 20 or more employees are being made redundant at one establishment over a period of 90 days or less, you must engage in collective consultation. This involves informing and consulting with appropriate employee representatives.
In the long-running Woolworth's litigation, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), decided that the requirement for collective consultation is triggered when the employer proposes 20 or more redundancies at one establishment, not across the entire undertaking. The term 'establishment' is the unit to which the employees made redundant are assigned to carry out their duties. The ECJ concluded that the dismissals effected in each establishment should be considered separately.
The duty to consult extends to any employees who may be affected by the proposed dismissals or by measures taken in connection with those dismissals and not just those that you are proposing to dismiss.
Where you are proposing to dismiss 100 or more employees, consultation must begin at least 45 days before the first dismissal takes effect. Where there are from 20 to 99 employees the consultation period is 30 days.
You must also notify the Secretary of State (in practice the Department of BEIS) on form HR1.
It is important to note that the duty to consult collectively does not mean that there is no need for individual consultation, which remains just as important in defending any unfair dismissal claim.
Case law establishes that you are required to develop a fair basis upon which to select employees for redundancy.
The first step in doing so is to identify the pool from which employees will be selected. Generally, the pool should include all employees carrying out the same or similar role or where the roles are interchangeable. In Capita Ltd v Byard [http://www.employmentcasesupdate.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed11567] the EAT upheld a tribunal's finding that a selection pool of just one employee was unfair where other employees were doing similar work. The EAT provided some useful guidance on redundancy pools:
It is not for the tribunal to decide whether they would have thought it fairer to act in a different way - the question is whether the approach taken by the employer in selecting the pool lay within the 'band of reasonable responses'
It is primarily for the employer to determine how the pool should be defined and it will be difficult for the employee to challenge where the employer has genuinely applied his mind to the issue of the selection pool
Even if the employer has genuinely applied his mind to the issue, although difficult, it will not be impossible for the employee to challenge it
Once the selection pool has been decided the next step is to develop the criteria by which those in the pool will be selected. If there is only one person in the pool then it's fairly straightforward and no selection criteria will be required.
Otherwise, the criteria should be as objective as possible and where possible verifiable by reference to data such as attendance records, disciplinary records and PDRs/appraisals etc. with discount being made for any disability or maternity-related absences.
In one tribunal case where the sole criteria used by an employer was the retention of employees, who in the manager's opinion, would 'keep the company viable', this was ruled by the tribunal to be entirely subjective and unreasonable resulting in a finding of unfair dismissal.
In another tribunal case, selection on the basis of 'commitment' was ruled too subjective unless such criterion could be 'closely defined and measurable by agreed benchmarks'.
However, the tribunals in a number of recent cases have made it clear that you will have some flexibility when considering whether a person is suitable for a role, and if appropriate, it could involve the use of subjective selection criteria and interviews.
Overall, the message to take away from these cases is that first and foremost, the selection criteria should be as objective as possible but that the use of some subjectivity in the process, such as the combination of an interview, would be perfectly acceptable.
In applying any criteria, including conducting an interview with the employee at risk, it would be advisable to ensure that someone who knows the employee and his/her abilities, such as their line manager, is involved along with a second person, such as HR, to act as a moderator.
Consideration of alternative employment for an employee selected for redundancy is an important part of a fair and reasonable redundancy process.
The main principle is that you should do what you can, so far as reasonable, to make the employee aware of alternative employment.
In Allen v Manchester College the EAT ruled that given the size of the college and diversity of skills, it was reasonable for the employer to provide those at risk with vacancy lists but the employer did not have to actively seek employment for them.
However, the situation with employees made redundant whilst on maternity leave is slightly different and you need to be wary of this. The Maternity & Parental Leave Regulations 1999 (reg. 10), impose an obligation on you to take positive steps to find alternative employment which is more onerous that just giving a list of vacancies to an employee on maternity leave. There is also an obligation to offer suitable alternative employment without competitive interview.
There is no obligation on you to 'bump' an employee from his/her role to make room for another employee displaced by redundancy.
However, in some circumstances the failure to consider 'bumping' may fall outside of the 'band of reasonable responses' and lead to a finding of unfair dismissal.
It is important therefore that you can at least show that you considered and addressed your mind to the issue of 'bumping' and whether it would be appropriate in the particular circumstances.
Where you regularly make enhanced redundancy payments, employees may be able to argue that a right to that payment has been implied into their contract by 'custom and practice'. The key question is what has been 'evinced' to the employee, either through writing or actions.
The EAT has given the following guidance and points to consider in determining whether an enhanced redundancy scheme has become contractual:
Has the policy been drawn to employees' attention?
Has the policy been followed without exception over a substantial period?
How many occasions has it been followed?
Have enhanced payments been made automatically or negotiated?
Do employees have a reasonable expectation to enhanced payments?
Set out all statutory redundancy payments in writing to the employee. Failure to do so is a criminal offence!
Remember if you pay in lieu, you must calculate the statutory redundancy payment as if you had given statutory notice and his might increase the payment.
Always keep clear records of all decisions, i.e. pooling, selection criteria, consultation, and decision on whether to bump or not, interview notes, including board minutes regarding redundancy proposals etc.
Even if a tribunal concludes there has been a defect in the procedure it may still conclude that the employee would have been made redundant anyway and so reduce compensation or not make any compensation at all – this is well known as a 'Polkey' reduction and so all is not lost even if you do make a mistake!
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Let me introduce you to Atul Gawande, the author of the insightful and life affirming book about dying Being Mortal.
He is, in addition to being a National Book Award finalist and a staff writer for the New Yorker, a surgeon in Boston and a professor at Harvard Medical School. He is the director of a company promoting innovation in health systems and chairman of a NGO seeking to make surgery safer worldwide. He also is married with three children.
Typing that paragraph exhausts me.
All of which explains, if not excuses, why this space has been bewilderingly empty these past months. Though there are things I want to say, I've not had the time or space in my schedule to say it. I've not been teaching at Harvard or improving global healthcare, but I have been pastoring a church, caring for a family, doing some other writing, and watching Netflix.
I've also been preparing to take a sabbatical.This is a curious and misunderstood thing, so I want to spend some time explaining, if not defending it. This will hijack this site for a few months, I fear. However, there are those for whom this will matter. And I'm hoping that some will pass this on to their pastors to encourage them to consider a similar path.
But I move too fast here. Some of you are wondering what a sabbatical is, why it is necessary, and what it means in my own life. To that we will turn.
But not until I eat breakfast, something Dr. Gawande must squeeze in between his latest surgery and editing his next book.
Hope you have a nice breakfast, I'll be over here eagerly awaiting part 2 and bribing my toddler with cheese so I can have 5 min of quiet time!
Both of us read the book. The CEO of Bradenton Courtyard, Shores, Towers – now renamed Westminster Point Pleasant – ordered copies for each of the three libraries, and for managers of all departments. He required – or at least encouraged – each manager to read it.
We are as busy as you. We often wonder how there was a full time job to support us, now that we see how packed full our retirement days are.
Breakfast is good. Keep up the good work.
We went through a Sunday School class with that book as a guide. I didn't finish it, but what I did read was excellent.


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BELLEAYRE RESORT GUIDE
Belleayre Mountain Resort Overview
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Belleayre Mountain is the closest of the three resorts located in the Catskills Mountains (130 miles / 2.5 hours driving from New York City). Operated by The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) since 2012, Belleayre is also less commercially developed than its neighbors. The good news is that the state began a $9.1mm investment in the mountain at the start of the 2018-19 season and has made significant improvements with a new gondola, lifts and lodges.
We love Belleayre for learning to shred. The season long programs are outstanding and the fast track, learn-to-ski programs are helpful. The terrain variety is solid, particularly in light of the mountain's smaller size (175 acres) and even includes some off-piste trails through the trees. On-mountain dining is available at two lodges, Discovery and Overlook, the latter also has a pleasant bar. The mountain gets high marks for snowmaking and grooming. The surrounding towns have a smattering of excellent restaurants but don't expect a thriving après ski vibe. It's very family friendly!
Some of the best season-long programs in the region. Unique programs for kids/teens and masters include gate training, racing and kids freestyle. Programs include a season pass to Belleayre as well as Gore and Whiteface mountains
Snow-making and terrain maintenance are the highest quality in the Catskills
From NYC, it's hard to beat this place for terrain variety, travel convenience (~130 miles/ 2.5 hours driving) and notably less crowded than neighboring resorts
Family oriented. The crowd is low key and unpretentious. Many families return year after year
Recent capital investments including RFID cards, the Catskill Thunder Gondola to the summit and new lodges have enhanced the experience
Mid-range and luxury accommodations are limited, but there are reasonable AirBNB options
Crowds. On holiday weekends the crowds can be reckless and parking may require a long walk
True expert terrain is limited (similar to other resorts in the Greater NYC region)
On holiday weekends, it's essential to come early (before 9am) to find reasonable parking. Parking does not run out, but it can be a long walk or shuttle ride
Head to the bar at the Overlook Lodge at the Base for a lively scene. On cold days, warm up by the fireplaces in this lodge
Consider the SKI3 Frequent Skier Cards for access to Belleyare, Whiteface and Gore. Belleayre passes also can be upgraded to include access to Whiteface and Gore (the other ORDA areas)
For the best value, purchase a season pass before mid-August. Season long programs are also great value
For an in-depth breakdown of Belleayre's terrain, head to our Mountain Guide. Top trails and mountain stats included.
Belleayre is a 2.5 hour drive from Manhattan. A car is essential and parking is free. Follow the I-87 and turn off at Kingston, drive for another 40 minutes past Woodstock and Phoenicia. Cars are also needed to travel to/from your accommodations and dining options are spread out.
Closest Major City: New York, NY
Distance: ~130 miles South East
Travel Time: ~ 2.5 hours drive
Albany, NY: ~80 miles, ~1.5 hours drive
Belleayre is part of the Catskill Mountains and has many neighbors that make a good day trip.
Other Nearby Catskills Resorts
Hunter - on the Epic Pass (~27 miles, ~35 mins)
Windham (~30 miles, ~40 mins)
Platekill - small but steep! (20 miles, ~30 mins)
ORDA Neighbors (accessible on the SKI3 Pass)
Gore, NY (~160 miles, ~3 hours)
White Face, NY (~225 miles, ~4 hrs)
Closest airport: New York Stewart International Airport (SWF)
Flights are limited here
~75 miles, 75 minute drive to the resort
Closest major commercial airports:
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR): ~135 miles South East, ~2 hrs 15 minutes
John F. Kennedy Internation Airport (JFK): ~140 miles, ~2.5 hours
Trailways offers bus service from the Port Authority in New York City to Belleayre during peak times including the Christmas Holidays and President's Week. Look for deals including transporation and lift tickets.
A car here is essential, especially if staying for more than a day trip.
Pros: Free parking at base; access to accommodations, restaurants and visits to other nearby resorts
Ride shares: (e.g., Uber, Lyft) are not reliable here


Google is celebrating Les Paul's birthday today. Who was he? Well, he was an inventor and musician, known for several things: inventing a new style of guitar for rock and roll, experimenting with and creating new sounds for guitar, experimenting with electronics and music, and composing and performing songs.
Wow. he was both talented and busy!
Paul could not read music and played by ear.
He started as a jazz guitarist, but also played country and even had a country act with the stage name Rhubarb Red.
He eventually formed a duo with his wife Mary Ford recording a string of pop hits in the 50s.
His experiments with guitar licks, trills, chording sequences, and fretting techniques, pushed guitar music forward by leaps and bounds.
He did the same for the recording industry with his experiments in overdubbing, phasing effects, tape delay, and more.
He invented the neck-worn harmonica holder.
He was in an automobile accident in 1948, and instead of amputating his right arm, they set it at a right angle so he could continue to play guitar.
Paul's real name was Lester William Polsfuss.
He died in 2009 of pneumonia at the age of 94.
Here is a short excerpt from the Les Paul and Mary Ford Show where they sing and you get a sampling of Les's nifty guitar playing.
Here is his Wiki Page; Here are Books about and by him. Various videos on YouTube, including a full-length documentary called Les Paul: Chasing Sound.
Source Articles: Les Paul Online: Bio; Les Paul Wikepedia; Les Paul Biography.
I always love reading your stuff. Funny, informative, and a great writing style!
groovy quote and groovy dude!
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The iPhone 14 Pro will never be truly Pro if the latest leak is true
The upcoming iPhone 14 lineup is sure to be a big step forward – and the iPhone 14 Pro will be the flagship device in the lineup.
The Pro is expected to come with powerful cameras, the fastest, modern processor and the best screen tech – where the 'base' iPhone 14 model will come with an older processor and likely less capable cameras for saving money where users might not need all the high-end specs.
However, the latest rumor got me thinking: According to "anonymous sources" at iDropNews, the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will feature the same upgraded Lightning port that debuted on the iPad Pro in original, which used USB 3.0 technology to provide far-faster speeds than the old USB 2.0 port that iPhones still use.
While this is a significant upgrade – it could enable up to 10x faster data transfer – it's still a world away from the speeds that USB-C ports used on iPad tablets Pro and current iPad Air could offer.
Apple has stuck with the Lightning port since its launch in 2012 – while European regulations say it will have to start using USB-C ports eventually in its iPhones, there's no specific date as to when. it will happen and Apple will probably resist as long as possible.
Why? Because it earns a lot by licensing its technology to allow manufacturers to make Lightning-compatible accessories. It has built a compatibility ecosystem that any brand would be reluctant to lose. So with that in mind, an iPhone with the same USB-C connector as the iPad Pro seems highly unlikely.
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However, this reluctance (if true, and it's a big if when we're working with "no-name sources") will be a real problem for me if it materializes.
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This year seems very likely to be the first to see iPhones launched on different chipsets (well, you could point to the iPhone 5C, which came with the iPhone 5S, but they were very different phones) and that would be the clearest indication yet that Apple is trying to differentiate the iPhone 14 Pro from the cheaper model.
That's fine – and honestly, it makes a lot of sense. The iPhone Pro lineup has been too close in performance and specs to the base models for many years, with only the camera and more RAM providing the main differences.
Making the high-end, expensive phone more powerful and desirable for creatives and those who need more grunt in their device, especially if it offers capabilities the iPhone 14 can't, will make the Pro a bet. much easier for people like filmmakers, who will want all the power and prowess of the camera to do their job more easily.
So if the rumors are true and Apple is sticking with the Lightning port, there's a real trick missing. The USB-C connection would offer much faster speeds for those who need them for their work, and wouldn't be a decoy for those who just want a good phone – i.e. the masses who will continue to buy Lightning accessories.
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Those who would need the sporty iPhone 14 Pro USB-C – like the creatives mentioned – would also have the right gear to make the most of the improved speeds, where many others wouldn't really benefit from the higher speeds.
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I tested the iPhone 13 Pro Max (with the old Lightning connector) against the new 2022 iPad Air, which has USB-C.
The former managed to transfer a 320MB file at 8.25MB/s, where the latter reached 10.5MB/s, both plugged into a USB-C port on my laptop.
It's not a huge difference (although it will still result in many minutes saved for a 20 minute 4K file being copied), but better equipment – with higher end Macs and better connections, like the ones in that creatives often invest in – would see a greater disparity in playback speeds.
Another reason why Apple should emulate the iPad Pro and bring the USB-C connector to the iPhone 14 Pro.
Of course, this will not happen, mainly for the reasons listed above. And that's a shame, because an iPhone 14 Pro with USB-C would have been a real leap forward and would have made it a really attractive phone for professionals.
Not to mention the ease it would bring to many people's lives. USB-C is becoming a common standard worldwide (including for iPads, which many iPhone owners will have) and the loss of the Lightning cable would take away an additional headache for users.
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Of all the Dark Warriors, Kyran Tarakesh is the most aberrant. Having witnessed the brutal murder and rape of his mother seven centuries ago, his sexual preferences are twisted and perverse. He walks the razors edge of control and he likes it that way, until he loses that balance and accidentally kills one of his lovers. As second in line to the Vampire throne, he is precariously close to losing his position, not to mention the respect of his brother and fellow warriors. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse, the Goddess proves him wrong. With her wicked sense of humor, the Goddess catapults him to the dragon realm of Khoth with Mackendra Callaghan, the very human he has been lusting about for months since meeting her. Mackendra not only plunges a knife deep into his heart, she flees and fights him at every turn, inflaming his desires. The surprises keep coming when he discovers she is his Fated Mate. Every belief he has ever had about intimacy is called into question when his mate gives him a taste of true pleasure for the first time. The passion that burns between them is hot enough to burn them to cinders, but he still must dispel her prejudices about vampires and break through her barriers or lose the other half of his soul forever.
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I've never done anything like this, but I thought I'd try to document the various steps in the way I produce a painting.
I found this a bit difficult, stopping every so often to photograph, then re-starting, but I hope some of you find it interesting!
I don't always sketch the outlines of a painting. It depends on the subject (and the frame of mind!). The sketch at least helps to get the proportions right - but , as you'll see later, you might end up cropping!
The paper is my favorite - Favini - but (for me) a huge size! 70 x 50 cm!
Again, this is not a "must" but it seems you can't go wrong by using masking fluid, since you can always paint over the whites! However, using it does affect the painting process - you have to stop and rub it off before continuing. Each must decide for him/herself.
Step 3 - Painting the background and main areas of the ship, on top of the masking fluid.
It's a bit difficult getting all the steps/photos in sequence, but I hope you get the general idea.
Thanks for the watercolour demonstration. I use acrylics, very different from watercolour in some aspects and very similar in others, so it was interesting to see the process you went through. Great result, the sea in this one is particularly good and the wave breaking over the ship is very well done. Thanks again.
PETER Thank you very much for this wip!!!
This is very imformative and so very kind of you to do it for us.
It IS hard to stop and photograph a watercolour in progress, so I really do appreciate it!!
Did you put a wash over your paper before you drew the sketch???
Which blue did you use????
Yes, you can use acrylics almost like watercolour when thinned down. I don't use them much but when I do, they go on pretty thick!
No, I didn't apply a blue wash. The blueness in the second photo was due to the camera (I also modified the colour to show up the masking fluid).
I used mainly Prussian Blue - but with many other additions, particularly Payne's grey.
Don't worry about the slump - happens to all of us!
Thanks Peter.. Hmmmmm I don't use paynes Grey, but I do use Natural Tint. Are they pretty much the same???
This is the first time I've tried a WIP. Pleased you found it useful.
Here's a better photo of the final version ..
:D I should have said Neutral Tint..


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Amazon missionaries accused of putting unreached tribes at risk in helicopter project
Fri 13 Mar 2020 by Heather Preston
A US Christian missionary group has been accused of threatening the lives of indigenous Amazonians through its new helicopter project to evangelise to unreached tribes.
Ethnos360 has received backlash from a number of NGO's, who claim its planned flights could spread diseases, wiping out entire tribal communities.
It comes as far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro seeks to increase logging and mining in the region through controversial new policies which could put the Amazon rainforest and its inhabitants at risk.
He appointed former Ethnos360 missionary, Pastor Ricardo Lopes Dias as head of the government's program to protect isolated tribes in February, a move that has been met with criticism from NGO's and government officials.
Speaking at the time of the appointment, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, said: "This is a dangerous decision that may have the potential to cause genocide among isolated indigenous people."
Survival International disapproves of Ethnos360's helicopter project arguing that isolated groups could face extinction as a result of outside interference.
"It's now clear that there's been a conscious decision by the Brazilian government to open up indigenous territories to evangelical missionaries, as a key step in the takeover of their lands and the exploitation of their gold, minerals, timber and other resources," said Sarah Shenker, campaign coordinator at Survival International.
"If it's not stopped, many tribes will be wiped out," she said in a statement.
Ethnos360 mission statement says it seeks to see a "thriving church of every people" in accordance with the book of Matthew's Great Commission to "make disciples of all nations".
According to its website the purpose of the Brazil helicopter flight program is to enable the organisation "to serve all our current missionaries in the region and open the door to reach ten additional people groups living in extreme isolation."
"The helicopter will furnish a refreshingly viable network to sustain ministry teams by providing transportation to their ministry locations," it states.
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Tunisia: For the immediate Release of David Leandro Hofstadter!
David Leandro Hofstadter, a socialist journalist working for the Trotskyist Publishing House Rudolph Klement in Argentina, has been detained at his arrival in Tunisia on 6 April. Since then he has disappeared and not been in contact with his friends and comrades. It is obvious that he has been kidnapped by the Tunisian authorities.
The Revolutionary Communist International Tendency denounces this act of reactionary repression. We demand the immediate release of the comrade!
David Leandro Hofstadter covered as a correspondent the revolutionary process that shook Maghreb and Middle East since 2011. He travelled to Egypt, Iraq and Syria and visited several refugee camps. He is a revolutionary journalist who risks his live in order to advance the liberation struggle of the workers and oppressed.
He needs and he deserves our full solidarity!
We call the international workers movement to show its solidarity with comrade Hofstadter. You can start with sending messages of protest to the Tunisian Embassy in your country as well as to the Interior Minister of Tunisia (See its address below).


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Ambassaden i Islamabad kommer att ha röstmottagning den 13 och 15 maj inför valet till Europaparlamentet den 26 maj 2019.
Below you will find the most frequently asked questions and answers related to Swedish migration matters. This information is updated frequently and identical to what you receive when contacting the Embassy directly.
A. How do I apply for a short term (less than 90 days) visa to visit Sweden? For information on Schengen visas and processing times kindly visit the website of VFS Gerry's.
B. What are the requirements for visitor's permit (visit for longer stay than 90 days)? For information on visitor's permit visit the Swedish Migration Agency's website. The application is submitted in person and on appointment at the Embassy of Sweden in Islamabad. The case is thereafter handled by the Swedish Migration Agency.
C. What are the requirements for a national visa/ D-visa? Please note that national/D visas are granted on an strictly exemptional basis only. Applicants are therefore strongly advised to contact the Embassy before considering an application. National visa/D-visa are not handled by VFS Gerry's. For more information on D-visa kindly visit the Swedish Migration Agency's website.
A. How do I apply for a residence/work permit? The fastest and most convenient way to apply for a residence permit is to apply online at the Swedish Migration Agency website. You can find all information on residence permits, how to apply and waiting times at the Swedish Migration Board's website.
B. What is my case/control number?
If and when you applied for a residence or work permit online, an e-mail was sent to you and/or the referent/employer in Sweden. This e-mail contains your control number. If you have not received an e-mail with this control number, kindly contact the referent/employer in Sweden that submitted your application.
If you applied in person at the Embassy but haven't received information containing your control number from the Migration Agency, please contact the Embassy.
C. Can I visit the Embassy for biometrics? How do I submit biometrics? If you apply online, you will at a later stage be instructed by the Migration Agency to contact the Embassy for an appointment for interview and/or biometrics. Please bring your passport.
If you apply in person at the Embassy your biometrics will be taken at the same time.
D. How do I know that my application has been registered at the Swedish Migration Agency? Use the "Check your application" service on this link: Check your application .
E. What is the status of my application? Check the status here: Check your application can be used for residence permit, work permit, study permit or visa.
You can also check the status of your Schengen visa at VFS Gerry's website and Track your application.
F. If I am registered in Sweden, where will my card be dispatched? If you are registered with the Tax Office (Skatteverket) in Sweden and submit your biometrics before a decision in your application is made, your residence permit card will always be sent to your Swedish address. If you submit your biometrics after the decision was made, you can choose whether the card should be sent to your Swedish address or an address abroad. Please note that a card that is sent to a Swedish address is the responsibility of the applicant and the applicant her/himself has to arrange for the card to be dispatched from Sweden to another address.
G. I received an email from the Migration Agency that my case is settled and I have to book an appointment with a Swedish Mission. Do I have to? Yes, you need to make an appointment to submit your biometrics.
H. When will I get my residence permit card? If biometrics has been taken and the decision has been finally granted, the residence permit card is normally available 3 – 4 weeks later. It will be dispatched to your chosen Gerry's office. The embassy will contact you if you haven't informed us in advance. This applies for both Pakistani and Afghan citizens. There is a Gerry's service charge Rs.1000. Cards cannot be collected directly at the embassies in Islamabad and Kabul.
I. How do I get a copy of my residence/work permit decision? If you have given a power of attorney to a referent or employer in Sweden, the decision has been sent to this person/organization. Kindly contact them to have a copy of the decision. Other applicants will receive a copy of the decision from the Embassy if requested. This can be received by email by your acceptance or at Gerry's to a service charge at Rs.1000.
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Q: MongoDB aggregation group simultaneously I have documents stored in mongodb like this:
{
  _id: ObjectId("abc"),
  teams: [{
    _id: ObjectId("aaa"),
    points: 10
  }, {
    _id: ObjectId("bbb"),
    points: 20
  }],
  players: [{
    hints: 2,
    team: ObjectId("aaa")
  }, {
    hints: 3,
    team: ObjectId("bbb")
  }]
}

Given a set of documents, I want to extract team points and the sum of it's players hints. Basically, I want to get something like:
[{
  team: aaa,
  points: 10,
  hints: 2
}, {
  team: bbb,
  points: 20,
  hints: 3
}]

Where points is the sum of the "points" gotten by the team in each document, and "hints" is the sum of the hints gotten by it's players.
I'm able to achieve this in two queries:
db.data.aggregate([ {$unwind: { "$players" },
                    {$group: { _id: "$players.team", hints: { $sum: "$player.hints" } } }])

[{ team: aaa, hints: 2 },{ team: bbb, hints: 3 }]

db.data.aggregate([ {$unwind: { "$teams" },
                    {$group: { _id: "$teams._id", points: { $sum: "$teams.points" } } }])

[{ team: aaa, points: 10 },{ team: bbb, points: 20 }]

Any idea to achieve this with only one query?

A: You were on the right way with your 2 queries, and you can use $facet to apply them in one query. After that, you need to concat arrays, then unwind and group by team id.
Here's the query :
db.collection.aggregate([
  {
    $facet: {
      "points": [
        {
          $unwind: "$teams"
        },
        {
          $group: {
            _id: "$teams._id",
            points: {
              $sum: "$teams.points"
            }
          }
        },

      ],
      "hints": [
        {
          $unwind: "$players"
        },
        {
          $group: {
            _id: "$players.team",
            hints: {
              $sum: "$players.hints"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    $project: {
      merged: {
        $concatArrays: [
          "$points",
          "$hints"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  {
    $unwind: "$merged"
  },
  {
    $group: {
      _id: "$merged._id",
      points: {
        $max: "$merged.points"
      },
      hints: {
        $max: "$merged.hints"
      }
    }
  }
])

It will output exactly what you want.
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Many employers are familiar with the following situation: Interested persons apply for a vacant position. These employees are highly motivated and very committed. However, their residency status is unclear as they are "only" tolerated (Duldung). Most employers send them away because the "red tape" is too time consuming too manage. However, a new proceeding was introduced in November 2006 which significantly simplifies the formalities to hire a "tolerated" person.
This procedure already expires in October 2007. Those persons who have been thus far tolerated in Germany for more than six years will now receive a new residence permit for at least two years allowing for gainful employment. This will allow them to pursue any employment they wish. What is required is a binding offer from an employer that is to be submitted to the foreigners office (Ausländeramt). But how can one best prove an employer's "binding offer"? Simply negotiate the contents of the employment contract as it is to take effect and then have only the employer sign it. Yes, only the employer! If both signed, you and your employer could be subject to fine for illegal employment. Keep in mind that contracts are concluded in Germany simply by mutual agreement of both parties. There is no consideration, no deed, no formalities usually necessary. The foreigners office might provide you a particular form that the employer is to fill out. Stronger than any such form is the signature of an employer on a contract of employment.


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The Latest: Lee elected Tennessee's governor, defeats Dean
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on Tennessee's general election (all times local):
Republican businessman and political newcomer Bill Lee will become Tennessee's next governor, replacing outgoing GOP Gov. Bill Haslam.
Lee won Tuesday's election against former Democratic Nashville Mayor Karl Dean.
Lee is chairman of a Franklin mechanical contracting, facilities and home services company. His positive campaigning and religious faith became defining characteristics of his election bid, although he's faced criticism for not providing specific details on key policy positions.
Lee has promised to work to fix the state's health care system, saying it may take 15 to 20 years. Unlike Dean, the Republican said he would ultimately lobby the Tennessee Legislature to vote against Medicaid expansion, should lawmakers ever get close to doing so.
Lee also says he supports school choice, a position his opponents say will result in school vouchers.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn says she's received a "tremendous response" statewide and said she thinks she will win her tough contest in Tennessee.
In an Election Day stop in Clarksville, Blackburn told reporters on Tuesday that her campaign has been running "full-steam ahead" since President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence held a Chattanooga rally for her Sunday.
The congresswoman is locked in a hard-fought race against Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen, who cast his vote Tuesday. Blackburn cast her ballot during early voting.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen has cast his vote in Nashville.
While at his polling place Tuesday, Bredesen said it was an important day that is not just about a Democrat and a Republican but about two different visions for the job.
After casting his ballot, he addressed reporters outside the polling place and said although Tennessee is a very red state, he thinks his campaign is in good shape.
Bredesen is running against Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat in the state's top race.
Meanwhile, Republican businessman Bill Lee and former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean are vying to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.
An election official in Tennessee's largest county says one precinct did not open on time but all polling places are now up and running.
Shelby County Election Commission Chairman Robert Meyers said the single precinct that did not open on time at 7 a.m. was operational shortly afterward.
Meyers' information contradicted a tweet from the county elections commission that says "all sites opened on time."
Shelby County is being closely watched by voting rights advocates and some campaigns over concerns about voter registrations, the security of outdated electronic voting machines and other election-related issues.
Polls close at 7 p.m. in Shelby County.
Tennessee election officials are expecting high turnout as voters cast ballots for governor, the U.S. Senate and House on Tuesday.
Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins said polling places are open despite power outages Tuesday morning in some areas of Middle and East Tennessee. He said paper ballots are available at those locations.
Polls open at different hours across the state, but all will close at 8 p.m. ET.
The top race in Tennessee is between Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Democrat Phil Bredesen for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate seat.
Voters can download the GoVoteTN app to view specific information about their polling locations, hours and sample ballots.
For AP's complete coverage of the U.S. midterm elections: http://apne.ws/APPolitics
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