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It's Too Late to Cancel Michael Jackson
Nor would that be going far enough.
By Carl Wilson
Feb 27, 20195:45 AM
It was an ugly rumor that circulated for years, but fans of the great artist were in denial until evidence emerged that seemed impossible to refute. I'm talking about the research that came out last week showing that when Charles Dickens was dumping his wife of a quarter century, the mother of his 10 children, in order to pursue his affair with an 18-year-old actress, he tried to have his spouse shut away in a mental asylum. It wasn't an uncommon cruelty for men in Victorian England to commit against perfectly sound-minded partners. Dickens only failed in his efforts because the humanitarian-minded doctor friend he approached turned him down. Disgusting as the tale is, it's hard to believe it will do more than glancing damage to Dickens' standing. Scholars took decades to come around to the truth about his long-running dalliance with the actress, but once they did, few communities chose to shut down their annual productions of A Christmas Carol. Dickens remains too central to literary culture, while the people he hurt (he was also a crap father) are way back in the 19th-century London fog. None of which makes what nearly befell Catherine Dickens less awful.
For all the emotions and issues that will come up as HBO broadcasts the harrowing Leaving Neverland documentary about Michael Jackson's alleged child sexual abuse this weekend, it's a stubborn, inconvenient fact that Jackson was to modern popular music and dance what Dickens was to the Victorian novel—a parallel you'll find strange only if you don't care for modern pop music. Thriller continues today to be the best-selling album of all time around the world, and estimates of between 66 million and 100 million copies sold don't account for the unimaginable numbers of cassette-taped and file-traded versions in people's collections, from Boston to Botswana. Nearly a decade after his death, there are weeks when half the acts on the Billboard chart sound like they're doing MJ imitations. In terms of global reach, recognition, and influence, no one but the Beatles and Elvis can compare. And John Lennon physically assaulted his first wife, and almost beat a man to death for suggesting he was gay. Elvis started dating his wife-to-be when Priscilla Ann Wagner was 14 and he was 24.
MJ Reckoning
Jack Hamilton Children Are Everywhere in Michael Jackson's Art. You'll Never Hear Him the Same Way Again. Inkoo Kang Leaving Neverland Could Transform Our Ideas of What Sexual Assault Victims Look Like Jason King Leaving Neverland Ignores Race. That's a Huge Mistake. Sam Adams This Isn't the First Time a Michael Jackson Documentary Inspired a Reckoning Christina Cauterucci How Leaving Neverland Does a Disservice to Michael Jackson's Accusers
See the whole series
I'm not raising these cases to excuse Jackson of the horrifying allegations that are made against him in the documentary, not to mention the charges he evaded in court during his life. The stories of the two alleged abuse survivors in the film are extremely detailed and convincing. They're especially disturbing if, like me and many others, you once performed Olympian mental gymnastics to sustain some faith in Jackson's relative innocence.
There are points where the apparently irresistible force of moral outrage runs into immovable objects of cultural history.
Still, I put Jackson alongside the likes of Lennon and Dickens to point out that some cases test the limits of righteous dismissal. It can feel like swift and satisfying justice when people on social media reacting to reports of bigotry or abuse, for instance, declare the accused "canceled"—persona non grata, never to be spoken of again except to mete out further censure. But to embezzle a phrase from the 2008 financial crisis, are some figures too big to cancel? Too consequential to write out of the record, especially when they're deceased, and beyond any effective sanction? When I mentioned to a friend that I was writing this piece, she remarked, "I'll cope with Michael Jackson when I'm finished processing Charlie Chaplin." Which, her tone implied, might be never.
Alternatively, you may call to mind Miles Davis. Or James Brown. (Bill Cosby, though still living, might also stalk your thoughts, but while his was a watershed career, I suspect his comedy relied too heavily on personal likability for it to rebound from all the repellant revelations.) Not to mention the groundbreaking white feminist writers who were nonetheless racists, such as the eugenicist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, or Virginia Woolf, whose record is marred by early anti-Semitism.
It's one thing to blacklist the music of someone like R. Kelly. He's alive, and so far unpunished for his alleged multitudes of crimes. It's necessary to undo the complicity that so much of the music industry and the media indulged him with for so long. But additionally, while his music loomed large in 1990s and 2000s R&B, it's in the end not indispensable. I don't mean that Jackson or the Beatles get a magic "genius" pass—that title, so freighted with Great Man archetypes, obscures more than it illuminates. At best, it should be used to describe the momentary visitations of the sublime that arise in a particular creative act, not as a label affixed permanently to a person, removing them to an untouchable sphere. Still, there are points where the apparently irresistible force of moral outrage runs into immovable objects of cultural history.
There are plenty of Jackson songs that will feel radioactive from now on. All the ones with children's choirs. Certainly "The Lost Children" and "Do You Know Where Your Children Are," which now sound like Jackson accusing society at large of the very sins he was committing, as if he couldn't get them off his mind. As my colleague Jack Hamilton points out, Jackson's fixation on children was all over his work. But not so much on the stuff that really counted. And all the grandiose paranoia and defensiveness that riddled his songs in the 1990s might sound excruciating now, if the persecution Jackson was railing against was simply justice. But a lot of it sounded painful in the first place. While fans can make persuasive arguments for some of those later songs and albums, such as Dangerous and HIStory, that's not the Michael Jackson who changed the musical world, the Jackson of "I Want You Back" and "Rock With You" and "Billie Jean." I'd similarly be happy never again to hear the Beatles' "Run for Your Life," in which Lennon threatens to kill a woman if she cheats on him. Likewise, knowing what we do about Chuck Berry's sexual transgressions, we can do fine without "Sweet Little Sixteen" and, for all our sakes, "My Ding-a-Ling." But pretending to throw that foundational performer and songwriter's work as a whole into the landfill would be an empty rhetorical flourish—if American music matters to you, it's not a genuine option.
Obviously, individuals can and should make their own calls. When Hannah Gadsby declared in her Nanette Netflix special that she was done with Picasso and his misogyny forever, I had no objection, save that I felt like the culture in general had kind of decided that about Picasso a while ago (though I confess I'm keeping the Guernica). I also sympathize when anyone exasperated by the parade of offensive straight male notables decides to concentrate their attention instead on the huge numbers of brilliant non-male, non-straight artists who've been denied the spotlight. That's a needed correction no matter what. (The finest essay wrestling intimately with these issues is Claire Dederer's 2017 "What Do We Do With the Art of Monstrous Men?" She's expanding it into what should be a crucial book.)
There are immediate practical questions. Music often invades our ears in public, uninvited. In the near future, Jackson's songs shouldn't be played on the radio or in any other way that might cause people who've been abused to encounter his music against their will. Their potential trauma outweighs any other consideration, at least for a while. Hell, I don't want to hear that music anytime soon myself, though I bet I will.
Ultimately, though, Michael Jackson won't disappear. Which means we'll continue to reckon with how to think about him, and our own moral instincts. How do we hold in our minds simultaneously that Jackson allegedly did reprehensible things to small children and that he also brought widespread joy and changed the sound of global pop? Neither fact alters the other. Any desire I once might have had to minimize the alleged crimes has been wrung out of me. But as it distorts reality to designate people geniuses—as if that legitimizes everything about them—we should hesitate to call people monsters. That's succumbing to the opposite fantasy: that a person who's done despicable things is purely a vehicle for those acts, consumed by malevolence, and corrupt and inauthentic in all other respects. This dehumanization protects us from fearing that we have anything in common with them, or bothering to understand them any further.
The cultural compulsion to set artists and celebrities up as gods and heroes, and to want desperately to maintain that illusion, isn't cured when one or many are finally ejected from the pantheon.
The London-based criminologist and psychologist Julia Shaw published a book this month called Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side, in which she advocates that we collectively stop using the word evil itself. It halts the conversation, she proposes, exactly where it should begin. She's not making a case for moral relativism. Rather, she argues that dark urges are far more universal than we admit, while extreme manifestations are rarer than our media-fevered brains imagine. Most murders, for example, are the one-time results of conflicts that spin out of control, not the handiwork of devoted killers, and most murderers immediately regret it. In her chapter specifically about pedophilia, she discusses how the taboos around facing or addressing the disorder—one survey discovered that some impulses in that direction can be found in up to 6 percent of men and 2 percent of women—make it almost impossible for those who have it to seek treatment, lest they be arrested for the mere admission. This paradox makes it more likely that actual children will be abused. And still, most who feel those attractions never do act on them, because they remain human beings who realize it's wrong. Not monsters.
I cannot speculate on how Michael Jackson might have struggled with the man in the mirror, though one wonders whether any of his managers, friends, or family ever hazarded speaking with him honestly about his alleged problems instead of automatically bolstering his denials. Frankly, I'm nervous even passing along Shaw's research, lest you make the wrong inferences about me—which is another of the syndromes around "evil" that she identifies, that anyone daring to bring up such toxic subjects risks being stigmatized themselves. But I think that there are corresponding self-defeating patterns in how we confront these figures in our culture. It's vital that someone like R. Kelly, again, is being charged and will hopefully be prosecuted for the years of abuse he's allegedly perpetrated against young women. But it doesn't fix what allowed Kelly to carry on for so long. The cultural compulsion to set artists and celebrities up as gods and heroes, and then desperately defend those illusions, isn't cured when one or many are finally ejected from the pantheon. I can't watch Leaving Neverland and not think about that.
Listening to the families' stories, I noticed how as soon as they came into Jackson's orbit, everything became kind of dreamlike and unreal. It's easy to condemn the parents who failed to protect their children from the star, and even facilitated the relationships. But it seems normal to me. Have you had a period when you suddenly fell in with the cool crowd, or even one person who was glamorous to you? Such magnetism can blind and derange. Perhaps when you look back you also feel guilty about what you did under that sway, whether it was being neglectful of other friends and family or taking part in something dumb and self-destructive because the pretty people were doing it, telling yourself it was fine.
Stardom, that atrocity waiting to happen, is what the machinery of this culture is geared to produce, more so than any particular artwork or entertainment.
These boundaries are far more unstable for children. What unsettles me in hearing Leaving Neverland's two alleged survivors, now grown men, is that despite everything twisted about it, they're each telling a love story. It's why it took them so long to admit the truth to themselves—not until after Jackson's death—and why they even testified falsely in his defense. Referring to the 2005 trial, Wade Robson's wife says in the film, "Love is so powerful."
These families' stories reflect the whole culture's relationship with stars, and their relationships with us—stories of idolization and exploitation, of projection and possession, of opportunism and rationalization. And of the wreckage left behind. When you love a star, inherently you're loving a person who doesn't exist, a figment of image creation and your own manipulated yearnings. In Jackson's case, that goes double. He seemed so dissociated in the ways he presented himself through the last half of his life that it's hard to guess how much of reality he was experiencing. Was he a person who didn't exist even for himself?
If there's anything Leaving Neverland makes me want to get rid of entirely, it is child stardom, which mangled this man's psyche and went on to be a lure for the children and families who attached themselves to him. I could wish the same about stardom in general, but that would be another rhetorical flourish. Stardom, that atrocity waiting to happen, is what the machinery of this culture is geared to produce, more so than any particular artwork or entertainment. It is beyond the control of any of us, performer or fan, sinner or saint. Though if there are any, I'd guess the saints have better things to do.
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Carl Wilson is Slate's music critic.


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Join us at the Bill Memorial Library, in the City of Groton, on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. for an evening with Santa Claus. Santa and some of his friends will visit with all the children before leaving for the North Pole. Enjoy some old-fashioned Christmas caroling with live music and warm up with hot cocoa and cookies. Parents, be sure to bring your cameras! Santa will give each and every child the opportunity to be photographed with him in front of the library's cozy fireplace. This annual event is a fun time for the whole family. The library will also be collecting non-perishable food items for Groton Social Services, so bring along a canned good or two if you like.
This is a free program and no registration is required. Call the library at 860-445-0392 for more information.


Ever wondered what 300 hours of time spent working on a ride in Planet Coaster would get you? Wonder no more.
In footage recorded on January 12, the brave man is seen taking careful steps across Lake Baikal in Russia, the deepest lake and the biggest reservoir of fresh water on Earth The crystal clear ice allowed the man to film a clear view of the coral, stones and fish at bottom of the lake. He even walks across cracks which have started to appear at the bottom of the lake and lays on the ice .
Making sense of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps."
The Titanic, Britannic, And Olympic, Oh My.
Some fascinating and well-illustrated details of these century-old vessels.
Check out what words were printed for the first time the year you were born.
That's just like, their opinions, man.
Soon, nothing recorded will be real.
Arcade1Up game cabinets look, feel and play just like the classic arcade games you remember at 3/4 scale.
Make no mistake, this will change the face of competitive surfing.
The Karate Kid sequel we deserve.
Grab the kids and huddle around the monitor! You will save yourself a lot of dough.
An oddly candid look at japanese sushi restaurant customers.
TIL that in the early-mid 20th century, there were two primary styles of animation: East coast and West coast. West coast was the realistic and gentle classic Disney style. East coast was, well, different.
This is an amazing example of East coast-style, starring Betty Boop.
Once you pop, That's Great!
A couple weeks ago, I had the great fortune to not only meet Dr. Frank Drake and Tim Ferris - both of whom helped develop the Voyager Records, but to bump into David Pescovitz. David is working on a 40th anniversary release of The Golden Record.
This three-minute teaser for a full-length animated feature is based on Dutch artist Martin Lodewijk's classic comics series Agent 327.
Just imagine all the amazing things we never really knew about him.
Learn the best way to defend yourself from a voluntary deboarding.
Experience your packages journey through sound.
All your private Internet history, now easily searchable!
I plan on purchasing the Internet histories of all legislators, congressmen, executives, and their families and make them easily searchable at searchinternethistory.com. Everything from their medical, pornographic, to their financial and infidelity.
unBox the Chomsky Archive is a project that will make Chomsky's personal papers accessible to the world.


Our two Gites in Loire Valley with pool are located in the hamlet of La Coyere, just 20 minutes north of the River Loire and Saumur. The larger cities of Angers, Tours and Le Mans are just under an hour away.
Noyant, a lovely market town, is just an 8-minute drive away. Noyant hosts a market on Friday mornings, has a boulangerie, post office, banks, chemists, a butcher and an Intermarché supermarket with petrol station. While Le Lude, Chateau La Vallière, and Baugé are all no more than 20 minutes away.
The Gites are set in a picturesque farmhouse courtyard, spanning 4 acres of peaceful Loire countryside on the edge of a tranquil hamlet. We have two beautiful gites to offer: the Wine Store (1 bedroom) and the Cottage (2 bedrooms). Both share access to a sizeable 9m x 4m swimming pool bordered by a generous decked terrace.
The Wine Store is well equipped and tastefully furnished. There is a private garden area with table and chairs and BBQ provided.
The open-plan living area has exposed beams and tiled flooring, with a newly fitted, well equipped kitchen featuring Gas oven & hob, Dishwasher, Fridge/Freezer, Microwave, Kettle and Toaster. The living room has satellite flat screen TV/DVD/Stereo and Ipod dock.
The romantic upper bedroom has a king-sized bed with en suite shower room, WC and hand basin. Bed linen and bathroom towels provided, pool towels can be provided at a small fee. A hairdryer is also provided.
There are Laundry room facilities with iron / ironing board for guests use.


York City right-back Ben Purkiss has turned down a second contract offer at Bootham Crescent.
But Minstermen chief Martin Foyle is hoping Northampton-based defender Luke Graham will commit his future to the club despite his geographical reservations, and midfielder Levi Mackin has also been offered a new deal.
As reported on our website, thepress.co.uk yesterday, Foyle released seven senior players following City's 3-1 Blue Square Premier play-off final defeat against Oxford at the weekend.
Josh Mimms, Richard Pacquette, Jamie Clarke and Kevin Gall have all been given free transfers, while Craig Nelthorpe, Alan O'Hare and Simon Russell were also told they were surplus to requirements after ending the season on loan with Luton, Gainsborough and Cambridge respectively.
Midfielder Paul Harsley and winger Courtney Pitt, meanwhile, have returned to their parent clubs and Adam Smith and Djoumin Sangare are expected to be invited back for pre-season to prove their form and fitness before decisions over their futures are made.
Youth-team pair Dean Lisles and Jamie Hopcutt have been offered non-contract terms with 11 players – Michael Ingham, David McGurk, Daniel Parslow, James Meredith, Alex Lawless, Neil Barrett, Chris Carruthers, Michael Rankine, Richard Brodie, Michael Gash and Andy McWilliams – already under contract for 2010/11.
Speaking about out-of-contract trio Purkiss, Graham and Mackin, Foyle said: "Luke Graham has done great since coming in. He's a good pro and we have had a good chat.
"He enjoys working for me and we get on well together. He will be talking the contract over with his missus, so we will have to wait and see.
The City boss added that he might consider a permanent move for Harsley, but would not be pursuing his interest in Pitt.
Foyle was loathe to criticise any of the players who failed to make his retained list however, saying: "I'd like to thank all the players for their contributions.
Explaining Smith and Sangare's situations, Foyle said: "Talks are ongoing with Adam and Jimmy and I've given them honest opinions about what I need. Adam was fantastic before Christmas and Jimmy also did really well but I haven't seen enough of them in terms of appearances.
Foyle explained that the decision to release reserve 'keeper Mimms could work in the player's best interests after he only made two first-team appearances last season.
"It's been done partly to help Josh," the City manager said. "His attitude has been fantastic and he's never been a problem for me or let me down.
Foyle will now be considering his options as he looks to replace Mimms.
He is undecided on the future of goalkeeper coach Simon Miotto, who is also registered as a player, until he has full details of his wage budget for next season.
Foyle also added that it would be too early to promote highly-rated youth-team 'keeper Ben White to the first-team squad, saying: "He's only a first year and needs a fair bit of coaching but he might be ready in 12 months or two years' time.
"I'll still be looking for somebody to put pressure on Michael Ingham though. You can always use the loan market and the talks with Simon are ongoing.
Foyle admitted that missing out on promotion also influenced his decision to only retain the services of centre-back Lisles and winger Hopcutt from the second-year apprentices who helped last season's youth team finish runners-up in the Football League Youth Alliance North East Conference table with Kingsley Wetherald, Adam Scorfield, Nick Thompson, Ryan Qualter, Dom Brown and Michael Duckworth all released.
The City manager now intends to ensure Lisles and Hopcutt both get a quick taste of senior football.
He said: "Dean Lisles is probably a bit stronger and we will be looking to get him out on loan. Jamie Hopcutt has been eye-catching in boys' football but has a slighter build so we will see how he looks in the summer before deciding whether he is ready to play against men.
Another former youth-team graduate Andy McWilliams could further his experience away from the club too during the second year of his professional contract, having only made three substitute appearances for the first team last season.
Foyle added: "Andy was given a two-year contract last summer as a reward for playing 20 games for me. I saw some potential but we raised the bar last summer and attracted better players who have done well.
Contracted: James Meredith, David McGurk, Daniel Parslow, Michael Gash, Andy McWilliams, Alex Lawless, Neil Barrett, Michael Rankine, Richard Brodie, Michael Ingham, Chris Carruthers.
In talks: Djoumin Sangare, Adam Smith, Simon Miotto.
Contracts offered: Ben Purkiss, Levi Mackin, Luke Graham, Dean Lisles, Jamie Hopcutt.
Released: Richard Pacquette, Josh Mimms, Jamie Clarke, Kevin Gall, Alan O'Hare, Simon Russell, Craig Nelthorpe, Ryan Qualter, Kingsley Wetherald, Dominic Brown, Michael Duckworth, Adam Scorfield, Nick Thompson.
Loans ended: Paul Harsley (Chesterfield), Courtney Pitt (Cambridge).


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We Are Getting a New Building!
We are excited to have received state and local funding for much needed construction and repairs to the Alice Peck facility. Construction is expected to start late summer, 2019, after Extended School Year (ESY) classes have ended.
During the estimated 15 months of construction, programs currently running at Alice Peck will be relocated to Wintergreen School, 670 Wintergreen Avenue, Hamden. More information about the transition to Wintergreen and the building project will be shared with parents as available.
The image that follows describes the planned schedule for design, moving, construction and completion of the Alice Peck Building Project.


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SCEE Claims PlayStation 4 U.K. Lead
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Fergal Gara, SCEE's vice president and managing director for the U.K.
JAN. 30, 2014 • The PlayStation 4 is doing very well in the United Kingdom. At a morning briefing in London, Fergal Gara, Sony Computer Ent. Europe's (SCEE) vice president and managing director for the U.K. disclosed that his company's latest console is selling 1.5 units for every Xbox One sold in the country. That ratio is a complete reversal of ratio of the Xbox 360 over the PlayStation 3. The PS4's strong sales have also seen Sony's share of the home console market in the U.K. grow from 32% to 47%. Also announced was the arrival of the redesigned PS Vita Slim in Europe on February 7 – the first new market to get the handheld since it debuted in Japan last October. The PCH-2000 is 20% thinner and 15% lighter than the existing PCH-1000 model, which will not be restocked in Europe after existing supplies are exhausted. The other main difference in models is that the Vita Slim is equipped with a high-definition LED screen rather than an OLED screen, which adds an additional hour of battery time. The announcement may have been rushed as information on the Vita Slim's release was leaked the day before by U.K. retailers. So while the handheld will be priced at £180 ($297) there, no MSRP in Euros was disclosed.
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Impact: The PlayStation brand has tended to reign supreme in Europe. The exception is the U.K. where the Xbox 360 has sold more units. During the last cycle, the Xbox 360 built its largest console installed base in the U.K. compared to every other country in Europe. Conventional wisdom always maintained that gamers in the U.K. were closest in their tastes to North American gamers – preferring the core action titles most associated with the Xbox brand. In hindsight, the PS3's high launch price of £425 in 2007 probably had something to do with stunting interest in the system. Being a year behind the Xbox 360 did not help either. The PlayStation 4, by comparison, launched last year at £349.99. The Xbox One was released at £429, while the premium Xbox 360 was priced at £279.99 when it debuted in the U.K. late in 2005. We wager that price is playing a large part in why the PlayStation 4 is doing so well in Great Britain. We must also remember that it took a series of price reductions before the PS3 began to sell better in that market and allow Sony to reach the 1:1.5 ratio with the Xbox 360 late in the game. Since the Xbox One and the PS4 launched within a week of each other, the current sales ratio tells us that there is still strong support for the Xbox brand in the U.K. With an £80 price difference, it could be argued that the Xbox One is not doing that bad.
Invizimals: The Alliance.
As for the PS Vita Slim we still see the handheld facing major challenges in competition with the Nintendo 3DS family. We realize that Sony is banking substantially on both the cross-play feature that streams game content from the PS4, plus the upcoming PlayStation Now service, to boost the fortunes of the Vita. That might be over-optimistic in our view. What we find much more compelling is new kids-oriented Vita content like Invizimals: The Alliance. The title from Novarama released last October and is an augmented reality game that utilizes the Vita's camera to place fantasy creatures much like Pokemon into real world venues. The title is supported by a TV show, toys, and a magazine. Although not big in the U.K. yet, Invizimals: The Alliance is hot elsewhere in Europe and Sony is expected to market the franchise heavily this year. If the PS Vita is going to take off we think it will need more kid-friendly franchises such as this to get the job done.
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Conditions were great today so I simply had to go out for some landscape photography.The rocks separate this stream from the Leekstermeer lake, which is on the left.I actually had to stand in the (luckily undeep) water to be able to shoot this one. On the horizon one can see some silhouettes from the city of Groningen.
The day this picture was taken was literally the hottest day in The Netherlands this summer with temperatures well over 30 degrees. The coolest place was in the far north of the country at the Wadden See coast. Hoping for both a nice photography chance and a proper cool down, my girlfriend and I went to this coolest place: Moddergat.Light was not spectacular, but the cooling down was successful and very pleasant (a nice 21 degrees in the evening!).
The day this picture was taken was literally the hottest day in The Netherlands this summer with temperatures well over 30 degrees. The coolest place was in the far north of the country at the Wadden See coast Hoping for both a nice photography chance and a proper cool down, my girlfriend and I went to this coolest place: Moddergat. Light was not spectacular, but the cooling down was successful and very pleasant (a nice 21 degrees in the evening!).
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#include <ir/index_manager/index/MockIndexReader.h>

NS_IZENELIB_IR_BEGIN

namespace indexmanager {

    /**************************************************************
     *                   MockIndexReaderWriter
     **************************************************************/

    MockIndexReaderWriter::MockIndexReaderWriter() : reader_(NULL) {}

    MockIndexReaderWriter::~MockIndexReaderWriter(){
        if(reader_) delete reader_;
    }

    freq_t MockIndexReaderWriter::docFreq(collectionid_t colID, Term* term) {
        return getTermReader(colID)->docFreq(term);
    }

    TermInfo* MockIndexReaderWriter::termInfo(collectionid_t colID, Term* term) {
        return getTermReader(colID)->termInfo(term);
    }

    /**
     * @param colID ignored
     */
    TermReader* MockIndexReaderWriter::getTermReader(collectionid_t colID) {
        return (TermReader*) new MockTermReader(this);
    }

//    /// Not Implemented yet
//    MockForwardIndexReader* getForwardIndexReader(){
//        return NULL;
//    }

    /**************************************************************
     *                   MockTermReader
     **************************************************************/

    MockTermReader::MockTermReader(MockIndexReaderWriter* index)
        : index_(index), term_(NULL), termInfo_(NULL) {}

    MockTermReader::~MockTermReader(void)
    {
        if(term_) delete term_;
        if(termInfo_) delete termInfo_;
    }

    TermIterator* MockTermReader::termIterator(const char* field)
    {
        return (TermIterator*)new MockTermIterator(index_, std::string(field) );
    }

    TermDocFreqs*	MockTermReader::termDocFreqs()
    {
        return (TermDocFreqs*)new MockTermDocFreqs(index_, *term_);
    }

    TermPositions*	MockTermReader::termPositions()
    {
        return (TermPositions*)new MockTermPositions(index_, *term_);
    }

    TermInfo* MockTermReader::termInfo(Term* term)
    {
        typedef std::map<std::pair<std::string, termid_t>, MockPostings>::iterator Iter;
        Iter it = index_->inverted_.find(std::make_pair(std::string(term->getField()), term->getValue()));
        if(it == index_->inverted_.end())
        {
            return NULL;
        }
        if(termInfo_ == NULL)
            termInfo_ = new TermInfo;
        termInfo_->set(it->second.size(), it->second.size(),0, -1,-1,0,-1,0,-1,0);
        return termInfo_;
    };

    /**************************************************************
     *                   MockTermIterator
     **************************************************************/

    MockTermIterator::MockTermIterator(MockIndexReaderWriter* index,
            std::string property)
        : index_(index), property_(property), term_("")
    {
        cursor_ = index_->inverted_.begin();
    }

    MockTermIterator::~MockTermIterator() {}

    bool MockTermIterator::next() {
        cursor_++;
        while( cursor_ != index_->inverted_.end() ) {
            if(cursor_->first.first == property_)
                return true;
            cursor_++;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**************************************************************
     *                   MockTermDocFreqs
     **************************************************************/
    MockTermDocFreqs::MockTermDocFreqs(MockIndexReaderWriter* index, Term& term)
        : index_(index), property_(term.getField()), termid_(term.getValue())
    {
        postings_ = index_->inverted_.find(std::pair<std::string, termid_t>(property_, termid_))->second;
        cursor_ = -1;

        ctf_ = 0;
        for(size_t i=0; i<postings_.size(); i++) {
            ctf_ += boost::get<3>(postings_[i]).size();
        }
    }

    /**************************************************************
     *                   MockTermPositions
     **************************************************************/

}

NS_IZENELIB_IR_END


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package org.esupportail.publisher.config;

import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.EnumSet;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
import javax.servlet.FilterRegistration;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRegistration;

import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
import com.codahale.metrics.servlet.InstrumentedFilter;
import com.codahale.metrics.servlets.MetricsServlet;
import org.esupportail.publisher.service.bean.FileUploadHelper;
import org.esupportail.publisher.web.filter.CachingHttpHeadersFilter;;
import org.esupportail.publisher.web.filter.StaticResourcesProductionFilter;
import org.esupportail.publisher.web.filter.gzip.GZipServletFilter;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.boot.web.server.WebServerFactory;
import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializer;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
import org.springframework.boot.web.server.MimeMappings;
import org.springframework.boot.web.server.WebServerFactoryCustomizer;
import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.server.ConfigurableServletWebServerFactory;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
import org.springframework.core.env.Profiles;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;

/**
 * Configuration of web application with Servlet 3.0 APIs.
 */
@Configuration
@AutoConfigureAfter(value={CacheConfiguration.class, FileUploadConfiguration.class})
public class WebConfigurer implements ServletContextInitializer, WebServerFactoryCustomizer<WebServerFactory> {

	private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WebConfigurer.class);

	@Inject
	private Environment env;

	@Autowired(required = false)
	private MetricRegistry metricRegistry;

    @Autowired
    @Qualifier("publicFileUploadHelper")
    private FileUploadHelper publicFileUploadHelper;

	@Override
    public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
        log.info("Web application configuration, using profiles: {}", Arrays.toString(env.getActiveProfiles()));
        EnumSet<DispatcherType> disps = EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.REQUEST, DispatcherType.FORWARD, DispatcherType.ASYNC);
		if (!env.acceptsProfiles(Profiles.of(Constants.SPRING_PROFILE_FAST))) {
			initMetrics(servletContext, disps);
		}
		if (env.acceptsProfiles(Profiles.of(Constants.SPRING_PROFILE_PRODUCTION))) {
			initCachingHttpHeadersFilter(servletContext, disps);
			initStaticResourcesProductionFilter(servletContext, disps);
            initGzipFilter(servletContext, disps);
		}
		if (env.acceptsProfiles(Profiles.of(Constants.SPRING_PROFILE_DEVELOPMENT))) {
            initH2Console(servletContext);
        }
		log.info("Web application fully configured");
	}

	/**
	 * Set up Mime types.
	 */
	@Override
	public void customize(WebServerFactory server) {
        if (server instanceof ConfigurableServletWebServerFactory) {
            MimeMappings mappings = new MimeMappings(MimeMappings.DEFAULT);
            // IE issue, see https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/pull/711
            mappings.add("html", MediaType.TEXT_HTML_VALUE + ";charset=" + StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name().toLowerCase());
            // CloudFoundry issue, see https://github.com/cloudfoundry/gorouter/issues/64
            mappings.add("json", MediaType.TEXT_HTML_VALUE + ";charset=" + StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name().toLowerCase());
            ConfigurableServletWebServerFactory servletWebServer = (ConfigurableServletWebServerFactory) server;
            servletWebServer.setMimeMappings(mappings);
        }
	}

	/**
	 * Initializes the GZip filter.
	 */
    private void initGzipFilter(ServletContext servletContext, EnumSet<DispatcherType> disps) {
		log.debug("Registering GZip Filter");
        FilterRegistration.Dynamic compressingFilter = servletContext.addFilter("gzipFilter", new GZipServletFilter());
		Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<>();
		compressingFilter.setInitParameters(parameters);
		compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "*.css");
		compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "*.json");
		compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "*.html");
		compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "*.js");
        compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "*.svg");
        compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "*.ttf");
		compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/api/*");
		compressingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/metrics/*");
		compressingFilter.setAsyncSupported(true);
	}

	/**
	 * Initializes the static resources production Filter.
	 */
    private void initStaticResourcesProductionFilter(ServletContext servletContext,
                                                     EnumSet<DispatcherType> disps) {

		log.debug("Registering static resources production Filter");
        FilterRegistration.Dynamic staticResourcesProductionFilter =
                servletContext.addFilter("staticResourcesProductionFilter",
						new StaticResourcesProductionFilter());

        staticResourcesProductionFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/");
        staticResourcesProductionFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/index.html");
        staticResourcesProductionFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/assets/*");
        staticResourcesProductionFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/scripts/*");
		staticResourcesProductionFilter.setAsyncSupported(true);
	}

	/**
	 * Initializes the cachig HTTP Headers Filter.
	 */
	private void initCachingHttpHeadersFilter(ServletContext servletContext,
			EnumSet<DispatcherType> disps) {
		log.debug("Registering Caching HTTP Headers Filter");
        FilterRegistration.Dynamic cachingHttpHeadersFilter =
                servletContext.addFilter("cachingHttpHeadersFilter",
						new CachingHttpHeadersFilter());

        cachingHttpHeadersFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/assets/*");
        cachingHttpHeadersFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/scripts/*");
        if (!publicFileUploadHelper.isUseDefaultPath())
            cachingHttpHeadersFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/" + publicFileUploadHelper.getUrlResourceMapping() + "*");
		cachingHttpHeadersFilter.setAsyncSupported(true);
	}

	/**
	 * Initializes Metrics.
	 */
    private void initMetrics(ServletContext servletContext, EnumSet<DispatcherType> disps) {
		log.debug("Initializing Metrics registries");
		servletContext.setAttribute(InstrumentedFilter.REGISTRY_ATTRIBUTE,
				metricRegistry);
		servletContext.setAttribute(MetricsServlet.METRICS_REGISTRY,
				metricRegistry);

		log.debug("Registering Metrics Filter");
        FilterRegistration.Dynamic metricsFilter = servletContext.addFilter("webappMetricsFilter",
                new InstrumentedFilter());

		metricsFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(disps, true, "/*");
		metricsFilter.setAsyncSupported(true);

		log.debug("Registering Metrics Servlet");
        ServletRegistration.Dynamic metricsAdminServlet =
                servletContext.addServlet("metricsServlet", new MetricsServlet());

		metricsAdminServlet.addMapping("/metrics/metrics/*");
		metricsAdminServlet.setAsyncSupported(true);
		metricsAdminServlet.setLoadOnStartup(2);
    }

    /**
     * Initializes H2 console
     */
    private void initH2Console(ServletContext servletContext) {
        log.debug("Initialize H2 console");
        ServletRegistration.Dynamic h2ConsoleServlet = servletContext.addServlet("H2Console", new org.h2.server.web.WebServlet());
        h2ConsoleServlet.addMapping("/console/*");
        h2ConsoleServlet.setInitParameter("-properties", "src/main/resources");
        h2ConsoleServlet.setLoadOnStartup(1);
	}
}


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Alienware slims down and speeds up its powerful gaming laptops
May 28, 2019 admin0 comment
Earlier this year at CES, Alienware announced the Area-51m, its latest flagship gaming laptop that featured a whole new design ethos for Dell's premium gaming brand. And at Computex 2019, the company is bringing that same design to its m15 and m17 laptops — although unfortunately without the modular components of the Area-51m. The new design for the m15 and m17 borrows a lot from the Area-51m, to the point where the new laptops essentially resemble slimmed down versions of the flagship model. Keep in mind that they're not that…
Dell's overhauled XPS 13 2-in-1 has Intel's 10th Gen processors and a normal webcam
Back at CES, Dell updated the XPS 13 with an improved webcam that finally put it back on top where it belonged, and at Computex 2019, it announced that it would bringing that same improvement to its XPS 15 and XPS 13 2-in-1 models —along with a full redesign for the XPS 13 2-in-1. The new design for the XPS 13 2-in-1 is the highlight here: Dell has overhauled the device with Intel's long-awaited 10th Gen Ice Lake processors, a new display, and an updated keyboard. First, the processor: Intel's…
China gains, auto sector lift Asian shares, but sentiment fragile
May 28, 2019 Peter Lee0 comment
© Reuters. Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Tuesday, lifted by gains in China and as auto firms climbed on merger news, but broad uncertainties over trade and economic growth kept investor enthusiasm in check. European equity markets were expected to open higher. In early European trade, pan-region were up 0.39% at 3,365, German were up 0.39% at 12,112, futures were up 0.5% at 7,299.5, and France's were up 0.41% at…
Asian equities buoyed by China, auto merger but gains capped
May 28, 2019 mario0 comment
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Intel's Project Athena could make laptops better, if only it had teeth
May 28, 2019 Martin Lenc0 comment
Roughly years ago, Intel flexed its enormous power as one of the PC industry's leading component manufacturers to improve the quality of the world's laptops with one word: "Ultrabook." Intel poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a marketing campaign for the industry's latest laptops, but the publicity came with a condition: those laptops would have to meet exacting standards for thinness, weight, responsiveness and battery life. Facing down the sizable challenge of the then-amazing MacBook Air, the PC industry signed on — and within a few years, the quality…
Explainer: Will China dump U.S. bonds as a trade weapon? Not so fast
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Worker gestures as a crane lifts goods for export onto a cargo vessel at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu By Richard Leong (Reuters) – The trade war between Beijing and Washington has stoked concern in financial markets that China might opt to weaponize its holdings of more than $1.1 trillion worth of U.S. Treasuries in retaliation for the tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on Chinese imports. Often referred to as the "nuclear option," choosing to dump so large a pool of assets would likely destabilize…
Money, money, money: behind the scenes at a euro note printing press
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HP has a new VR backpack
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HP now makes partially wooden laptops
After a successful experiment with leather, HP is taking its natural material vibe to the next level with the new Envy Wood series. No, they haven't exactly been carved out of redwood trees by artisan lumberjacks, but they do come with a "one-of-a-kind authentic wood inlay" on the palm rest. HP is decking out the Envy 13, Envy 17, Envy x360 13, and Envy x360 15 in the new timber-ish livery, which is available in "Nightfall Black with Natural Walnut," "Ceramic White with White Birch," and "Natural Silver with Pale…
Intel's 10th Gen, 10nm Ice Lake CPUs: everything you need to know
Intel has a lot to prove. 2018 marked the chipmaker's 50th anniversary, but it was also a year that shook the company to its core. It was the year that Intel lost its CEO, struggled with Spectre and Meltdown, and reportedly lost Apple's confidence as far as chips for future Macs are concerned. Above all, it was the year the world finally realized Intel processors had hit a wall, after yet another failure to shrink its circuits down to the "10 nanometer" process node. But now, after years of delays,…


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# About

SelectNav.js is a JavaScript plugin that lets you convert your website navigation into a select drop-down menu. Used together with media queries it helps you to create a space saving, responsive navigation for small screen devices.

Inspired by [TinyNav.js](http://tinynav.viljamis.com/), it was rewritten from scratch to become jQuery independent and customizable.

Questions, comments, bugs? Feel free to ping me on Twitter - [@lukaszfiszer](http://twitter.com/#!/lukaszfiszer).

# Features

* Independent - no external library or other dependecies
* Ligthweight - only 1.5KB minified and 0.8KB minified+gziped
* Customizable - to make it suit your needs
* Compatible - tested with IE 6+, Firefox 3.6+, Chrome 4+, Safari 3+, Mobile Safari iOS 3.2+, Android 2.3+ Browser, Opera Mobile, Opera Mini.

# Usage

## HTML structure

```html
<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="homepage.html">Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="about.html" class="active">About us</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
```

Selectnav.js works with all navigation in form of ul and li lists that follow the example above.

The `id` property will be later passed to the JavaScript function.

Do you have nested lists in your menu? Not a problem - just make sure they are proprerly structured!

## CSS

```css
/* default style */
.selectnav { display: none; }

/* small screen */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  .js #nav { display: none; }
  .js .selectnav { display: block; }
}
```

SelectNav.js adds a js class to the html element. Thanks to this, when JavaScript is disabled the default navigation will be visible.

## JavaScript

```javascript
<script src="selectnav.min.js"></script>
<script>selectnav('nav'); </script>
```

The script must be fired after the the DOM is ready. You can achieve this either by putting those two lines at the bottom of your page, either, what is recommended, by wrapping them in a [domReady function](https://github.com/ded/domready).

Because the script depends on @media property of CSS3, it is highly recommended to use it together with a [media query polyfill](https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond). If you haven't included it yet into your design, don't wait a second - download it right way and enjoy a responsive layout on IE 6-8 and some older mobile browsers.

## Options...

The `selectnav` function takes as the second argument a key-value list of the following optional parameters:

* `activeclass` *string* - contains the name of the active class. SelectNav.js will mark the correponding element with "selected" attribute. Change to an empty string or to false if you want to disable this feature. **Default** 'active'
* `autoselect` *boolean* - instead of explicitly setting an active class, you can let SelectNav.js to automatically determine the active element. **Default** true
* `nested` *boolean* - SelectNav.js can handle multi-level, nested menus. Set this to false if you want only the uppermost level of the navigation to appear in the dropdown menu. **Default** true
* `indent` *char* - used together with nested attribute, it lets you specify the indent symbol. **Default** →
* `label` *string* - set a label that will be the first element of the drop-down menu. **Default** - Navigation -

# Demos

See http://lukaszfiszer.github.com/selectnav.js/ for live demo and examples

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Practice your wax on, wax off for a special 35th anniversary showing, of the Karate Kid! Ralph Macchio stars as Daniel, a teenager whose growing pains are made that much more difficult by his arrival in a new town where he must start from scratch and make new friends. He quickly becomes the target of the Cobras, a menacing gang of karate students, who are less than pleased when he strikes up a relationship with Ali (Elisabeth Shue), the Cobra leader's ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend, he begs his handyman, Miyagi (Pat Morita), a martial arts master, to teach him karate. Under Miyagi's wise tutelage, Daniel developed not only the physical skills but also the maturity, faith and self-confidence to compete despite tremendous odds as he encounters the fight of his life in the exciting finale. This event will also include a custom introduction from Ralph Macchio and William Zabka and a Cobra Kai Season 2 Sneak Peek.
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U.S. Army General John Nicholson, Commander of Resolute Support forces and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, speaks during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in Kabul, Afghanistan Sept. 11, 2016.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Feb. 9 that there was a need for a "holistic review" of the relationship with Pakistan, potentially opening the door for a new approach to one of America's most vexing alliances.
Experts said the remarks by Army General John Nicholson, who leads U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, could signal a harsher policy toward Pakistan under President Donald Trump's administration.
However, they warned that such an approach could be a high-risk strategy that could threaten the long-term stability of the region.
"Our complex relationship with Pakistan is best assessed through a holistic review," Nicholson told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
He added that ties with Pakistan would be a priority in his discussions with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and the White House, which has given little details on its strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The United States has cut both military and economic aid to Pakistan sharply in recent years, reflecting mounting frustration among a growing number of officials with the country's support for the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
"The tools that will get Pakistan to hurt so badly, that it would want to do what the U.S. is asking, is a very high-risk proposition in terms of what happens within Pakistan," said Moeed Yusuf, the associate vice president of the Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace.
Yusuf said the review would likely lead to a harsher U.S. policy toward Pakistan and could include looking at reducing the level of economic assistance and military support, increasing the number of drone strikes along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and sanctions against Pakistani individuals.
"U.S. policy makers, deep down inside, they realize Pakistan is more important than Afghanistan in the long term," Yusuf said.
A report released earlier this week from the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based think tank, called for a new U.S. approach to Pakistan with the Trump administration making it "more and more costly for Pakistani leaders to employ a strategy of supporting terrorist proxies to achieve regional strategic goals."
Nicholson's comments on Pakistan come as Afghan government forces control no more than two-thirds of national territory, and have struggled to contain the Taliban insurgency since the bulk of NATO soldiers withdrew at the end of 2014.
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Home ENGLISH NEWS What Fast-Tracked Venezuela Cooperation Spells for Colombia, Steven Hecht
What Fast-Tracked Venezuela Cooperation Spells for Colombia, Steven Hecht
When President Gustavo Petro took office on August 7, 2022, his administration restored ties with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. This illustrates how Petro is already shifting Colombia's foreign policy to build diplomatic relations with authoritarian, rogue regimes.
A glaring example is Iran, a country accused of sheltering and financing transnational terrorist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad Organization. Petro invited Iranian Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Hosseini to his inauguration. During his visit, Hosseini met with Colombian government officials and some congressmen—former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas.
Moreover, Colombia refused to attend an assembly on August 12 of the Organization of the American States, showing solidarity with the Nicaraguan dictatorship. The assembly's main topic was the condemnation of the Daniel Ortega regime.
Reestablishing Cooperation with Maduro
On August 28, Colombia and Venezuela restored diplomatic relations. Petro appointed former Senator Armando Benedetti as the ambassador to Venezuela.
During the Iván Duque administration (2018–2022), Colombia recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's interim president. Duque also refused to appoint an ambassador to Venezuela, which led to the cutoff of bilateral relations.
Newly appointed Ambassador Benedetti and Maduro have already held a meeting in the Miraflores Palace, the Venezuelan presidential residence. To kick off their cooperation plan, Maduro announced it on a TikTok video wearing a traditional Colombian hat, a vueltiao.
Benedetti has two priorities: (1) establishing close cooperation and (2) ceasing relations with Guaidó. The next step is arranging a meeting between Maduro and Petro.
Benedetti has also made public his plan to accelerate natural-gas purchases from Venezuela. Although Energy Minister Irene Vélez said that Colombia should buy gas from Venezuela when reserves end, Benedetti wants to arrange an agreement sooner. "Colombia's gas reserves will run out in seven years, and we should start buying it from Venezuela now," Benedetti told Semana Magazine.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Benedetti admitted he expects to give state-run Monómeros back to Maduro. Monómeros is a Colombian-Venezuelan company that produces fertilizers. Its market share in Colombia is 37 percent, where agriculture is a fundamental source of jobs, food, and national development. Monómeros reported revenues of around $13 million in 2021.
When Duque recognized Guaidó as the Venezuelan interim president, part of the state ownership of Monómeros went to Guaidó. The company, however, has struggled with corruption scandals and alleged malfeasance under his leadership. For this reason, Colombia took absolute control of the enterprise in September 2021.
While these scandals have divided the Venezuelan opposition, the Colombian government is taking advantage of them to give a lucrative business to the Venezuelan dictatorship. With the new cooperation plan, Maduro would ensure more dollars for his regime.
The Soaring Iranian Presence
In recent years, the Iranian presence in Latin America has expanded. Iran has lent airplanes to the Venezuelan airline Conviasa and its subsidiary Emtrasur. These aircraft fly over the region, landing in Ecuador, Paraguay, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, and Argentina. This led to the case of the Iranian plane still stuck in Argentina, after it raised suspicions among Latin American leaders.
In Venezuela, Iranian military cooperation has increased. Voice of America reported in March that an Iranian supply of combat drones arrived in Venezuela. According to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the delivery included precision-guided missiles that can be attached to the drones. This has raised concerns about the emergence of terrorism in the region.
Diplomatic relations between Iran and Colombia have been frigid since 2000. In 2021, during the Duque administration, Defense Minister Diego Molano said: "Iran and Hezbollah, which support the Venezuelan regime, are our enemies."
In an unexpected shift, incumbent Foreign Affairs Minister Álvaro Leyva met with Iranian VP for Parliamentary Affairs Hosseini in August. They discussed "strategic affairs for the bilateral cooperation," Leyva revealed.
According to an Infobae report, Iran is deepening its criminal activities in the region. The Investigative Project on Terrorism, an NGO focused on terrorism worldwide, has pointed out that Iran has used weak political systems to launder money and finance terrorism. For this reason, Iran and its allies prefer to maintain weak institutions and undermine the rule of law.
The Venezuelan Role
Since the onset of Chavismo, Venezuela has allied with Iran, Russia, and likeminded regimes. They have pursued growing military and trade cooperation.
In February, Maduro met in Caracas with Yuri Borísov, then Russian deputy foreign affairs minister. Although Putin had started the invasion of Ukraine, Maduro welcomed him to discuss further military cooperation between the countries.
Maduro told the media: "We have ratified the path of a powerful military cooperation between Russia and Venezuela to defend peace and sovereignty." Venezuelan and Russian officials have continued to meet ever since to collaborate, especially for military activities.
On August 13–27, Venezuela hosted a series of military exercises with the participation of China, Russia, Belarus, and Iran. For Iván Simonovis, a Venezuelan security expert, these military exercises represent a threat to the entire region. Venezuela has already become a hub in Latin America to fight against the power of the United States and its allies.
Given Venezuela's proximity to Colombia, its foreign policy has affected Colombia's safety. Venezuela has hosted organized crime from Colombia, Iran, and Lebanon. Venezuelan officials have provided the infrastructure for money laundering and drug trafficking.
A study by Security and Defence Quarterly reads: "The global scope of this symbiosis between FARC, Hezbollah, and the Venezuelan narco-government is sophisticated and clearly goes beyond any ideology. The ultimate goal is the accumulation of power and money."
With guerrilla members freely accessing Venezuela and Venezuelan IDs, Colombian officials struggle to capture criminals. In 2020, the US State Department condemned Venezuela as "a permissive environment for FARC, ELN, and Hezbollah's sympathizers."
Despite this, Petro invited Maduro to be a guarantor in the upcoming dialogues between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla. Venezuela will join ideologically aligned Cuba and Chile to perform this role.
Since Petro took office, Colombia has witnessed to 64 murders from 17 terrorist attacks involving organized crime. In a departure from previous policy, Petro proposed a ceasefire agreement with armed groups located at the border between Colombia and Venezuela. The ELN rejected this accord because they want to be considered political guerrillas and not organized crime.
Petro's proposal of "absolute peace" is similar to the Mexican government's failed "hugs, not bullets" policy. This approach, together with Venezuela's lawlessness, would undermine the military and turn the border into a permanent combat zone.
The developing relations between Maduro and Petro could fuel organized crime in the region. Further, Colombia's new foreign policy is opening the door for a ballooning influence of Iran—a country accused of financing terrorist groups multiple times.
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Besides the things we learned about the history of the native cuisine of the American culture, we can learn a lot about the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia, which have had a culture of eating animal and plant food for as long as the island continent of Australia has been inhabited by humans.
Their unique culinary tradition has stood the test of time – many of the foods present in their diet today still hold a place in many an aboriginal home, and for good reason: bush tucker, as it this tradition is colloquially known, is as much of a part of their culture as their concept of Dreamtime is – that is, totally integral to their material culture and their cultural identity.
That being said, what exactly makes bush tucker, "bush tucker"? What are the staples of proper bush tucker? What makes the topic so interesting as it still is today, such that pop culture still talks and does features on it?
Well, these are the questions we hope to answer by exploring what staples are to be found in the culinary tradition of bush tucker – what sets it apart from other indigenous cuisines, and what are the most iconic foods within its unique world.
We hope you're ready to take a trip into this interesting culture – a tradition that spans thousands and thousands of years, and still going strong well into the 21st century. Get your shoes on, prepare for this trip into the Aboriginal headlands of Australia and make sure you're fit when you get here. I even started extra workouts for this, before my first big trip, as I knew the area is big and you need to walk a LOT. I prefer an indoor bike for practice, due to my age, and recently bought one from Indoor Training Bikes. You can find plenty more via their homepage.
Anyway, I digress. We're about to dive into the deep end.
Witchetty Grub: A Quintessential Bush Tucker Staple.
The witchetty grub, which is a large, wood-eating larva of the endemic cossid moth, is one of the most important and readily recognizable staples of bush tucker. It has been part of the Aboriginal diet for as long as Australia has been inhabited, and remains an important source of protein for the natives – its richness in flavor reminds some of almonds or fried egg.
The Wide Array Of Bush Meats.
Living in the harsh conditions of the Australian outback puts meat at a premium. Fortunately, there are plenty of sources of meat available out in the desert – that of kangaroo meat, emu meat, wild turkey, snake meat, lizard meat, echidna meat, among other available meats such as crocodile or possum meat in the great outback. As kangaroo is plentiful, it is undoubtedly the most popular meat in the desert.
The outback, despite its harsh conditions, is actually home to a great variety of fruit, tubers, and vegetables – but undoubtedly some of the most common staples are the bush banana and the bush tomato, which are integral elements in bush tucker and aboriginal cooking.
The aboriginal diet includes sweets such as the honeypot ant – these insects who swell up with honey are a real treat for anyone who wants to experience bush tucker in its purest form. The same is true for the nectar-bearing plants in the desert, such as the bulrush, grass tree, corkwood tree, and the banksia, whose nectars are made into sweet drinks by the aborigines.
Bush tucker is definitely something to try when you come and visit Australia – it is the continuing tradition of cuisine that can be traced to our earliest ancestors, a cuisine that transcends through time, despite changing tastes – here's to thousands of years more to feed and to preserve the heritage of bush tucker.
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We Have a Cover
First a correction: In my previous post, I reported that groomsmen at Gary's late-Seventies wedding were decked out in powder blue. Gary reminds me that "Our wedding tuxes were like a light gold, a country western design with Col. Sanders ties." Please make appropriate revisions to the indestructible mental pictures conjured up by my description of four tuxedoed groomsmen and a freshly-married bride watching "Pigfucker" in a sticky-floored booth at the Adult Book and Cine.
In other Gary-related news, the cover art for Summer of Marv is now out, and it's another crackerjack job by Gary as far as I'm concerned.
We bandied about a number of ideas for the cover of a memoir about being young and dissolute in Mankato, Minnesota in the mid-Seventies: a marijuana leaf, and sweaty beer glass in extreme close-up, a speeding Dodge Challenger with a halter-topped girl riding shotgun, the Happy Chef, etc.; but at the end of the day, of all the iconography of that particular time and place, what could possibly trump a simple illustration of the celebrated Rathskeller under a north-country summer sky?
My original hope was that we might incorporate a photo of the Rat's on the cover, but the only picture in my possession is one that looks as if it were taken after a particularly vigorous Happy Hour therein.
Gary, who is Minneapolis-based, painstakingly traveled all the way to Mankato in a single-minded pursuit of better images. (A web search for images, surprisingly, yielded only the first shot on this site, which depicts an era even more prehistoric than ours. Gary did find a photo at the Blue Earth County Historical Society, but it was black and white and otherwise flawed. Nonetheless, armed with these two exterior shots and a memory far superior to mine, he was able to reconstruct the long-dead Rat's in this eye-catching, impressionistic rendering. Setting off the title with the twinkling stars was pure Gary. What a guy.
Now, most of you will shrug and say Big deal—a bar, oblivious to the enormous risk we assume by putting the Rat's on our cover. For those readers who were alive and well and in Mankato in the late Sixties and early to mid-Seventies, let me assure you that it was no mere bar. To say that it was the Mankato bar of its epoch would be to state a fact, but one that falls far short of the full reality. Early on in Summer of Marv, feeling my oats, I described the Rat's as…
this paragon of watering holes, this precious jewel, this other other Eden: this blessed dive, this earth, this realm, this Rathskeller!
…which, I'm pretty sure, sums up the sentiments of all other former patrons who have not yet drunk themselves to death. When said patrons find out that a memoir exists that flagrantly displays the Rathskeller on its cover, well... You are practically inviting the same fate as did those cartoonists who provocatively drew the Propher Mohammed, with the saving grace that all of our would-be Jihadis are over fifty and gouty.
If anybody out there has interior or exterior pictures of the late, lamented Rathskeller bar, formerly of Front Street, Mankato, Minnesota, won't you please share them with us for publication here? Reminiscences of the place are also welcome.
Oh—yes. I suppose someone out there might be wondering, now that we have a cover, when the damn book will finally come out?
I'm guessing March.
March 2009, that is.


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Pinnacle senior finishes first at American Legion District Oratorical contest
Pinnacle's Kylie Cochrane (bottom left) and Verrado's Caleb Doerksen (bottom) arned first and second place awards, respectively, in the 2018 American Legion District 11 Oratorical contest. (Special to the Independent)
Pinnacle High school senior Kylie Cochrane and Verrado High School freshman Caleb Doerksen earned first and second place awards, respectively, in the 2018 American Legion District 11 Oratorical contest.
The American Legion Oratorical Contest in designed to develop deeper knowledge and appreciation for the U.S. Constitution among high school students as well as to teach them important public speaking skills, a press release states.
Entrants must speak about some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with some emphasis on the duties and obligations of citizens to our government.
Ms. Cochrane is no stranger to the American Legion Family programs. This past summer, she attended the week long American Legion Auxiliary Girls State program which emphasizes the workings of Arizona government and responsible citizenship, according to a release.
In each ALA Girls State session, the nearly 300 attendees set up a government and elect governing officials. Ms. Cochrane campaigned for and was elected as Secretary of State in the 2017 program.
During her oratorical presentation, she reminded the audience that "100 percent of Americans utilize their right to free speech, 100 percent use their right to choose religion (or not), 100 percent use their right to assemble when and where they wish, yet only 56 percent of eligible voters actually voted in the last election".
Calling upon her own experience as a millennial, she called for more civics training in schools. In her easy presentation style, she reminded the audience that participation in government can happen through voting or volunteering in the community.
When asked what she learned from the experience, she described developing discipline. She noted it takes focus and discipline to develop an idea, compose a "story" that is interesting and compelling, memorize and then perfect its presentation.
Ms. Cochrane plans to study broadcast journalism and political science in the fall. In addition to advancing to the next level, she was awarded $100 for this first level of accomplishment.
Ms. Cochrane and Mr. Doerksen will now proceed to the next competitive level which will include high school speakers from the Valley. The state level competition will be in Ahwatukee Saturday, March 3.
Winners from each level of Arizona competition will receive a cash award. Then, one Arizona contestant will proceed to the National competition in Indianapolis. The overall national contest winner will receive an $18,000 scholarship.
Second place takes home $16,000, and third will receive $14,000. Each state winner who is certified into and participates in the national contest's first round receives a $1,500 scholarship.
Those who advance past the first round receive an additional $1,500 scholarship. The American Legion's National Organization awards the scholarships, which can be used at any college or university in the United States.
The Arizona American Legion's Oratorical Chairman is Roger Munchbach of Chandler. He has been involved with the program for over 20 years; the American Legion has sponsored that Oratorical competition for 81 years. He attests that it is an inspiration to work with these students as they become responsible adults.
The public can attend the Arizona State American Legion Oratorical competition Saturday, March 3 at 10 am. The event will be at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive.
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'Awkward': Will Jenna and Matty Have Another Chance With Each Other?
Nivea Serrao March 22, 2016, 12:18 pm
Jenna and Matty (Ashley Rickards and Beau Mirchoff) may have driven off into the sunset at the end of the Awkward midseason finale, but as last week's premiere showed, the couple definitely did not find their happily ever after. In fact, it seems like their uncoupling, while conscious, was anything but amiable.
Luckily, viewers won't have to wait long to see what went down between the on-again, off-again lovebirds as Tuesday's episode finally reveals what just what happened.
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"You know, you go to [college] and you have expectations of what that is," says executive producer Chris Alberghini, of the possible reason for the Jenna and Matty's big split. "You [also] have expectations of your new relationship and of how this will work in the context of this new environment you're in and this new world you're experiencing. As we go into our second episode we're about to find out a lot more about what happened between the two of them and what their dynamic is going to be moving forward."
Alberghini also points out that at the end of the first half of the season, both Jenna and Matty had a tough time figuring out just how their relationship would work with both of them going off to different colleges. "They both decided that if they love each other it's worth trying to work things out. They [had] this very idealistic, romantic notion about how they could do it. Perhaps they were unrealistic."
Part of what the show will be digging into this season, in terms of "the Matty and the Jenna of it all," is what happens with both of them going into this summer. "We do explore what it's like when you've been in love with someone and you had all of these ups and downs," says Alberghini. "And [how even though] it's been so frustrating and impractical at times, you've always wanted to try to make it work and you gave it what you thought was your best shot and it still didn't. Can that attraction and overriding deep love for the other person pull you through?"
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But given their very harsh words to each other in last week's episode, and the new relationships they're embarking on—Jenna with former flame Luke (Evan Williams), and Matty with new girlfriend Sully (Evanne Friedman)—is there a possibility that the pair could reconnect this season?
"Jenna and Matty are always connected on some level," says executive producer Mike Chessler. "When we think about someone who you've had that really intense high school relationship with, romantically, or even your high school friend, there's always this connection that you don't even really have with friends that you meet in other chapters in your life. Definitely, they will always have a connection because they always have that connection after having gone through what they went through in high school together, and being from the same place, and being so close, there is always a chance that the spark will rekindle."
And tonight's episode won't just reveal how a relationship came to an end, it will also feature the birth of a new one. "We will actually see how and why Tamara and Sadie became friendly," says Chessler of the surprise friendship between revealed in last week's episode. "They were both in college in New York and we'll understand why [they became friends]."
Awkward airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on MTV.


I really hope this topic isn't dead. D=. I've been watching this thread as a Guest for a while. I'm really excited to see where this is going.
While not dead, I would say it is in an induced coma. Most of the people working on extensive projects here at qhimm are full-time students or full-time workers and it is super dificult to find enough time to produce an entire mod. All the ideas for making this mod are in this thread and in my head. I really think this would be a lot of fun once it is complete and I don't intend to kill this project. It is just that I might not get to it anytime in the foreseeable future. Thanks for your interest though, and the more people that show interest, the more likely I am to work on this sooner than later.
I read through this last night, and I might have misunderstood, but someone said that you were doing this for the PSX version of Final Fantasy VII? Did I misunderstand? Or are you doing it for the PC, or perhaps both?
I am creating it for the PSX version. Which means that I am testing it on the PSX version. However, it is going to be just a Kernel patch, which means it should be easily covertable into a PC patch. But...My LostWing mod, which already had tons of bugs, gained even more after being converted to PC version (though there is some question as to the reliability of some of the reports since mods other than my own were installed in an unknown order).
In short, either myself, or someone else will convert this for play on PC, but there is a possibility than you will experience some issues.
Well I say whatever! I've got both the PC and the PSX version so whichever one you make this for is fine by me. I'm really excited about a Job Class themed Final Fantasy VII.