Rebecca Woods continued her sterling form.
Alpha's Rebecca Woods claimed a hat-trick of titles at the Leinster Under 15 Open last weekend.
It follows on from her Mixed Doubles success in the Ulster Open a week previous - when she also reached all three finals.
This time around, she managed to see all three over the line, the Girls' Doubles alongside her sisted Rachael.
Rachael also showed her quality in the singles, seeing off Alexandra Troy in the semi-finals to set up an All-Woods decider.
It was Troy who had beaten Rebecca in Ulster but Rachael couldn't repeat that feat, losing out to her all-victorious sister.
Rebecca, seeded second, was taken to three sets by Orla Flynn of the Badminton Ireland Academy. She won the first with consummate ease and booked her place in the semi-final winning the decider 21-16 but the reward was another clash with Niamh Gannon, whom she saw off this time in straight sets 21-18 21-19.
Not unexpectedly, with both of the Woods sisters bidding to confirm not only their places on the Quadrangular team but also the Under 17 European Championships, there was no let-up in the challenge with Rachael taking the first 21-15 but Rebecca coming back strongly to control the second 21-10.
The third had spectators on the edge of their seats as Rebecca took the title in the narrowest of fashions; 24-22.
In the Girls Doubles, it was back to the winners podium for the Woods twins as they dominated the competition with a 21-8 21-12 opening round victory over Amy and Niamh Gannon and Katie Browne. Aisling O'Meara fared little better, put to the sword 21-15 21-12 in the semi-final.
In a decider lasting 20 minutes against Kerry Fallon and Orla Flynn, the Woods twins eased to victory 21-10 21-9.
Rebecca and Kyle Magee have been on top of their game in the mixed doubles not only at home but in Holland quite recently and added the Leinster title to their haul of awards this season.
They began by knocking out Ethan O'Connor and Alex Chan-Tayor 21-9 21-5. Kim Feehily and Alpha's Jack Armstrong were next up for the all-conquoring Magee/Woods partnership who ran out 21-9 21-8 victors and neither Michael Staunton and Alexandra Troy nor Mark Kinnerk and Niamh Gannon were able to trouble the top seeds, who won both in straight sets.
Meanwhile, particular attention should be given to the performance of Alpha's Jack Armstrong in reaching the semi-final of the Boys Singles. Seeded No 5/8 he was frugal in his opening match against Luke Davis, winning 21-4 21-10 and showed great grit and determination to overcome the highly rated Vincent Pontanosa 21-10 22-20 in just short of the half-hour mark.
He then claimed the scalp of No3/4 seed Eoghan O'Grady 21-16 21-18 and it is no disgrace to lose to Raphoe's Kyle Magee, such is the standing of the Donegal talent.


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package aquarius.expression;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import static aquarius.Expressions.*;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;

public class SequenceTest extends TestBase<Void> {
    @Before
    public void prepare() {
        this.expr = seqN(str("1234"), str("abc"), ANY, ch('a', '2'), ANY);
        this.initContext("1234abc32@");
    }

    @Test
    public void test() {
        boolean result = this.expr.parse(this.context);
        this.success(result, 10);
        assertNull(context.popValue());

        // failure test
        this.initContext("1234aa");
        result = this.expr.parse(this.context);
        this.failure(result, 0, 5);
    }
}

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Q: WaterfallDialog needed for a simple prompt? I am new to the BotFramework v4 coming from v3, having a hard time understanding the dialog concept of v4
I am trying to ask the user for example his age and then I want to end the conversation I tried to dynamically add the dialog to the DialogSet but both ContinueDialogAsync and ResumeDialogAsync will not get called. The conversations ends right after the prompt and the answer will not be awaited.
Here is the call of the TextPrompt:
dialogContext.Dialogs.Add(new TextPrompt("age"));
return await dialogContext.PromptAsync("age", new PromptOptions
{
    Prompt = MessageFactory.Text("How old are you?")
});

Do I really need to implement a WaterfallDialog with a single step to achieve this?

A: You don't need to use Waterfall Dialogs. The Simple Prompt Bot Sample should get you started.
Relevant code snippet:
if (results.Status == DialogTurnStatus.Empty)
{
    // A prompt dialog can be started directly on the DialogContext. The prompt text is given in the PromptOptions.
    await dialogContext.PromptAsync(
        "name",
        new PromptOptions { Prompt = MessageFactory.Text("Please enter your name.") },
        cancellationToken);
}

// We had a dialog run (it was the prompt). Now it is Complete.
else if (results.Status == DialogTurnStatus.Complete)
{
    // Check for a result.
    if (results.Result != null)
    {
        // Finish by sending a message to the user. Next time ContinueAsync is called it will return DialogTurnStatus.Empty.
        await turnContext.SendActivityAsync(MessageFactory.Text($"Thank you, I have your name as '{results.Result}'."));
    }
}
}

For additional info, I posted a similar answer to this question and I had a coworker with a similar answer here.

A: okay, I want to answer that question by myself:
The botframework v4 has an IBot interface and every message got routed through your singleton instance of the implemented interface. So my thought was that started dialogs will get the responses of an user directly. Instead your implementation of IBot needs to create a dialogContext and also needs to continue the active dialog in the OnTurnAsync method:
var dialogContext = await _dialogs.CreateContextAsync(context, cancellationToken);

if (dialogContext.ActiveDialog is null)
{
    await dialogContext.BeginDialogAsync(nameof(AgeDialog),
        cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
}
else
{
    await dialogContext.ContinueDialogAsync(cancellationToken);
}

await _accessor.ConversationState.SaveChangesAsync(context, false, cancellationToken);

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On January 22, Mr Speaker, The Rt Hon John Bercow MP, hosted some of our 2017 and 2018 Women of the Future Awards Alumnae, in the State Rooms, Speaker's House, House of Commons. It was a special afternoon of networking bringing together high-achieving women at a special, iconic venue.
"I always feel so privileged to attend the Women of the Future events, and the reception at the Speaker's House was no exception. It's brilliant to have the opportunity to catch-up with fellow Women of the Future alumni from across the years, and connect with new ones – I usually consider myself thoroughly rubbish at networking, but it's like being in a room full of old friends – always so warm and welcoming.
As well as conversations with the alumni themselves proving inspirational, you almost have to pinch yourself as you take in your surroundings – not least keeping company with Pinky herself, but to have socialised with the Speaker of the House of Commons at such a tumultuous time in politics, was fantastic; he was so eloquent and generous with both his time and hospitality.


Earlier this evening I published a piece on the chilling news that, according to the American reporter Joe Scarborough, of the Morning Joe show, Donald Trump can't understand why America doesn't use its nuclear arsenal. The fact that Trump is a maniac, who can't understand one of the basic principles that has so far kept the world safe from thermonuclear Armageddon is terrifying. Unfortunately, the Republicans aren't the only party which passionately endorses aggressive militarism. So to are the Democrats under Hillary Clinton. I've blogged before about the way Clinton is as much a hawk as any of her male colleagues, supporting the illegal invasion of Iraq, military intervention in Libya, the overthrow of a democratically elected socialist regime in Honduras, and its replacement by a bog-standard brutal military dictatorship, and her desire to expand the war into Syria.
In this piece, The Young Turks' comedian and commenter, Jimmy Dore, discusses how the anti-War section of the Democratic party was silenced when they started chanting against Leon Panetta, when he took the stage. Panetta is another monster. He's a former head of the CIA, which has more than enough blood on its hands through supporting right-wing coups, like that which overthrew Salvador Allende in Chile in 1975. Allende was a democratically elected Marxist, pledged to break up the big estates to give land to the peasants. This was too much for the Chilean upper classes and the powerbrokers in America. Allende was overthrown in a coup, and replaced by the brutal General Pinochet. Panetta was also foreign secretary under Obama. To show how morally repugnant Panetta is, Dore has a clip of him chuckling at the number of wars America is currently fighting during an interview. He's asked how many wars America is fighting at the moment, to which he responds with laughter and the answer 'That's a good question'. Dore is naturally, and justifiably, very sarcastic about that – because obviously, being a bunch of homicidal maniacs is so funny, he remarks.
The progressive wing of the Democrats weren't impressed either, when Panetta took to the stage at the Democratic National Convention. They stood up, and started waving anti-war placards, and crying, 'No more war!' This was too much for the organisers, who cut the lights on them and started white noise machines to drown out their chanting. This didn't entirely work, as the protesters used the lights from their mobile phones. Dore is also scathing about another media idiot who commented, 'Sadly, you can still hear the cries of 'No more war". When the chanting starts, Panetta responds with chuckling, and then launched into an attack on the friendship between Trump and Putin, as the Russian leader is the enemy du jour at the moment. Dore responds that the American government should like him, because he's a Christian who believes in a surveillance state and overthrowing other countries. Just like them. He also remarks on how the protesters were described as 'the Sanders wing of the party'. He corrects this by reminding them that they're just the peace wing. He also states that the Democrats are now more authoritarian than the Republicans. He asks his viewers to imagine what would happen if the Tea Party at a Republican convention started chanting 'More war!' Would they pull the plug on them? No. He laments the fact that the Democrat party has now become the party of corporate warmongers. He tells his audience that, instead of giving in to establishment Democrat demands to give them their vote, they should make the Dems come to them – demand that they stop fracking, block the TPP and similar trade deals,and end the corporate corruption. He also says that they should demand the Democrats deregulate Wall Street, which is probably a mistake, as it was the deregulation of Wall Street, supported by Shrillary, which caused the massive American financial crash.
The Generalissimo of Golf-Club reactionary bores has been in the news today. As I've already mentioned in previous posts, the Fuhrage has gone on record as telling Trevor Philips, the former chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, that the current legislation preventing employers from discriminating on the grounds of race, should be repealed. Philips was interviewing him for a Channel 4 documentary to be shown next week, Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True. The Kipperfuhrer claimed that such legislation was no longer necessary, as Britain had moved past race.
If we'd sat her 40 years ago, having this conversation, your point [on the need for laws preventing racial discrimination in the jobs market] would probably have been valid. I don't think it is today.
If I did talk to my children about the question of race, they wouldn't know what I was talking about.
The employer should be much freer to make decisions on who she or he employs. The situation that we now have, where an employer is not allowed to choose between a British-born person and somebody from Poland, is a ludicrous state of affairs. We have taken our relationship with Europe to a level that, frankly, has gone against common sense and certainly against self-interest.
I would argue that the law does need changing, and that if an employer wishes to choose, or you can use the word 'discriminate' if you want to, but wishes to choose to employ a British-born person, they should be allowed to do so. I think you should be able to choose on the basis of nationality, yes, I do.
When asked whether UKIP would retain the laws banning racial discrimination, he stated they wouldn't, on the grounds that 'We as a party are colour-blind'.
Say whaaaat? The Kippers have some of the most frothingly racist membership of any political party outside the openly Fascist parties like the BNP, NF, Britain First and the EDL. It seems that every week there's yet another scandal in which one of their candidates or officials has been caught making racist, or otherwise offensive or bigoted comments. Like the female Kipper in Margate, who announced she couldn't stand 'negroes', or 'people with negroid features'. Or the laughing boys in the Kippers' Bristol branch, who claimed they weren't Fascists after they were caught were 'liking' comments by Britain First and the EDL on Facebook. Or the fact that Britain First have taken to protecting Kipper demonstrations in their armoured car. The list goes on.
This is one of the most shocking things I have ever heard from a mainstream politician and demonstrates breath-taking ignorance. We have made huge progress in tackling racial inequality and discrimination in this country, partly because of Labour's strong anti-discrimination laws, but things are still far from perfect.
And that's the point: Farage doesn't want everyone to be given a fair chance. His party has attacked legislation going back to the Victorians protecting women, the working class and employees, giving them maternity leave, paid holidays and defending them from unfair dismissal.
The I in its report also comments that Farage's claim conflicts with recent findings that 49 per cent of ethnic minorities have been unemployed for over two years due to the recession, a far higher proportion than White British.
Just this evening I reblogged a piece from The Young Turks show from American television, reporting the finding of the left-wing American magazine, Mother Jones, that Black Americans have been disproportionately affected by the recession, and that in economic downturns, White racism becomes more overt and acute. This is directly relevant to what's happening over here. I even have Black friends, who've experienced the same kind of discrimination as that reported by the magazine of Black Americans.
And it isn't just Blacks. Generally, British Muslims also suffer disproportionately from poor academic results and problems finding work. This isn't just a problem for those, who did poorly at school. Even well-educated Muslims with degrees may find it harder than White graduates to find jobs. Economic problems are one of the factors behind Muslim disaffection in this country. It is not, by any means, the only factor. Nevertheless, its importance should not be discounted.
Farage is clearly lying about his party and its supposedly anti-racist stance. It appears to be another policy he's copied from American Conservatives. The Repugs over the other side of the Atlantic have been trying to rewrite history in order to make the repeal of anti-racism legislation more acceptable. One notorious Canadian site, for example, pointed out that George Wallace, the notorious opponent of ending segregation, actually wasn't personally racist. He was a member of NAACP, and de-segregated his department store before anyone else did. It's just that as a supporter of property rights, he stood for the owner's absolute right to dispose of his property and business exactly how he wished.
Similarly, Guy Debord's Cat has blogged on the raft of Libertarian organisations and think tanks trying to rewrite the history of the American Civil War, so that it wasn't about ending slavery, but about tariff reform.
The Fuhrage was a guest at CPAC last week, the big, hard-line Conservative conference in America, which features such devastating intellectuals like Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. He's also a friend and associate of Rand Paul and other notorious right-wingers, who stand for privatising everything that ain't nailed down and squeezing the poor for every penny they don't have.
It's all part of the Repugs' 'Southern Strategy'. This was a deliberate attempt to appeal to White voters in the South, who feared competition from Blacks through affirmative action. And they weren't subtle about. One party political broadcast by the Repugs under Reagan featured a White man opening a letter telling him that he hadn't got the job, while the voiceover announced that 'you' didn't get it, 'even though you worked for it', and that it had gone instead to a Black person through racial politics.
Now British anti-racist legislation makes that kind of explicit approach illegal. Nevertheless, the Tories have also been trying to appeal to 'angry White men'. The Spectator back in 2004 declared that there was only one part of the population that wasn't welcome on the streets of inner London, and that was White men. And just like the Tories of the Speccie, the Kippers are trying to appeal to the same electoral base.
It's a pernicious, dangerous policy. Much of the anti-racism legislation Fuhrage complains about was put in place to prevent racial unrest, like the riots that broke out all over the country in 1981/2. These were fuelled by the acute poverty and racism experienced by the Black population. It's designed to prevent the kind of racial fears and violence that Mosley stoked up and tried to capitalise on against the Jews in the East End in his campaign to become Britain's Duce. This legislation hasn't been entirely successful. It's still very controversial, and it has worked to make many working class Whites feel left behind and unfairly discriminated against. But despite these problems, Britain's a better place because of them.
And what the Fuhrage hasn't mentioned, is that the same laws which protect Blacks, Asians and other ethnic minorities, also protect Whites. There have been cases where White British have successfully sued an employer because they were discriminated against because of their colour. The same legislation that protects ethnic minorities protects all of us.
But Farage isn't interested in that. He just wants to appeal to the racist and prejudiced, in order to create a far more hierarchical, more racist, and more unjust society. And his smooth claims to be non-racist are simply falsehoods to disguise that.


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Caribbean Carnival, a boozy bootlegger party and seven other things to do this week
By Will Sloan and Gerald Hannon | July 25, 2016
By Will Sloan and Gerald Hannon | 07/25/2016
Toronto Caribbean Carnival. Photograph by Getty Images
The vibrant Caribbean Carnival
Every year, the food, music and festivities at this Toronto tradition get a little more colourful. If you've lived in the city for any of the last 48 years, you know the drill: this week's highlights include the King and Queen Show (July 28), and, of course, the legendary Grand Parade (July 30). To Sunday, July 31. Free. Various locations, torontocaribbeancarnival.com.
Veld, Deadmau5's EDM extravaganza
The annual electro-fest features the mouse-masked, feud-prone DJ Deadmau5, plus Australian prodigy Flume, the hip-hop master Travis Scott, and American house heavy-hitters Steve Aoki and the Chainsmokers. Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31. $159.50–$229.50. Downsview Park, 35 Carl Hall Rd., veldmusicfestival.com.
Campbell House. Photograph by Daniel Neuhaus
A boozy bootlegger theatre-party
In The Hogtown Experience, audiences run loose in the stately Campbell House Museum, where a cast of 34 actors—playing showgirls, gangsters and bootleggers—act out scenes from a sultry 1920s Toronto speakeasy. Guests wander from room to room like ghosts, watching a mayoral candidate curry political favour in the parlour, a couple having a clandestine argument upstairs and a jazz band crooning in the basement. To Sunday, Aug. 28. Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen St. W., hogtownexperience.com.
A date with a fleet of food trucks
Have you ever dreamed of a gluttonous paradise where bacon, poutine, mac and cheese, doughnuts and more could live together? Dream no longer: the Toronto Food Truck Festival brings all manner of gastronomical delights to Woodbine Park for a weekend. Beaver Tails, Bacon Nation, Tiny Tom Donuts and Portobello Burger are among the event's 45-plus vendors. Friday, July 29 to Sunday, July 31. Food prices vary. Woodbine Park, 1695 Queen St. E., torontofoodtruckfestival.com.
Luzia. Photograph courtesy of Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil's latest high-flying offering
Luzia is a big-top extravaganza steeped in the sounds and culture of Mexico. The show's title is a portmanteau of the Spanish words for light ("luz") and rain ("lluvia"), and you can expect to see plenty of both. The colourful spectacle features elaborate bird costumes, Cyr wheel stunts and Cirque's signature acrobatic daredevilry performed on—and way above—a giant treadmill. Thursday, July 28 to Sunday, Oct. 2. $48–$195. The Port Lands, 51 Commissioners St., cirquedusoleil.com.
A Doll's House, Ibsen's proto-feminist play
Henrik Ibsen: playwright, director…feminist? In 1879, the father of modern drama shocked his contemporaries with this bombshell of a production, the story of an ambitious woman who longs for a life of her own. Set in an era when women were expected to be nothing more than housewives, the play challenges gender norms and asks how free a woman can be in a society dictated by men. Wednesday, July 27 to Saturday, Aug. 27. $32–$94. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Ln., soulpepper.ca.
Toronto skyline. Photograph courtesy of Mariposa Cruises
A chance to take this picture
Richard Branson, Nick Cannon and the Stanley Cup have all graced the decks of Mariposa Cruises' fleet of ships. Starting this week, you can join the club. The company is offering scenic, after-work cocktail cruises through Toronto Harbour every week until early September. Get your iPhone ready: Instagram beckons. From Tuesday, July 26. $20. Mariposa Cruises, 207 Queens Quay W., mariposacruises.com.
A musical time machine to the mid-1800s
Founded 18 years after Beethoven's death, the London-based Beethoven Quartet Society was the first to perform a complete cycle of the master's quartets. The youthful Dover Quartet duplicates the spirit (but not the entire length) of that marathon with this three-work sampler show, which features one quartet from each of his early, middle and late periods. Listen for the slow, supremely affecting third movement of Opus 132, which Beethoven wrote while recovering from a serious illness. Friday, July 29. $25–$55. Walter Hall, 80 Queen's Park, torontosummermusic.com.
The best of Toronto's burlesque scene
When the Toronto Burlesque Festival began in 2008, burlesque was, to most people, a bygone relic. It's since exploded into a thriving, diverse movement. This four-day extravaganza showcases teasing and tassels from Toronto and abroad—including Chicago's all-male troupe the Stage Door Johnnies and glitzy New York–based diva Miss Dirty Martini—plus Burlesque University workshops for anyone who wants in on the glamour. Thursday, July 28 to Sunday, July 31. $25–$65. Revival Bar, 783 College St.; Mod Club, 722 College St., torontoburlesquefestival.com.
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Last Update April 13, 2016
Tiffany: I had to keep my relationship with Jonathan Knight on the down low
By Hollie McKay, | Fox News
Tiffany spills '80s pop secrets
Tiffany says she wasn't allowed to date Jordan Knight
While Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez had no problem flaunting their on-again/off-again relationship, back in the day, '80s pop sensation Tiffany Darwish -- known simply as Tiffany -- said her handlers had a conniption when she hooked up with New Kids on the Block singer Jonathan Knight.
"It wasn't acceptable then because if you were a teen heartthrob, they wanted to see you be very available so I think we really had a harder time back then. I'm sure there is still some backlash when the younger teens start to date, but (for us) it was on the down-low," she told FOX411's Pop Tarts column. "When people found out, the girls usually take the hit more because the guys have these die-hard girl fans, but it is a different situation when you have young teenage girls. I had girls that were all about my jean jackets and what type of perfume I was wearing, but a few years later when I was dating [Jonathan], they were scouring mad at me."
That's not the only thing about the business that has changed. Tiffany, 41, said today, being a pop star is more about corporate alliances and less about talent.
"Partnering with brands seems to be very important nowadays, and those opportunities seem to be awesome when they come your way. I think before, in the '80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio. Getting out there and the fans learning who you were and your music," she said. "Now there are so many different avenues like social media, but it's also cool as an artist to get the opportunity to step outside myself and show a different side of myself as a personality."
Like her ice cream side! The songstress followed in the footsteps of comedian Joel McHale and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" actor Carlton Banks to film her own "What Would You Do For a Klondike Bar?" celebrity challenge video, taking her iconic 1987 hit "I Think We're Alone Now" to a Los Angeles mall where she does everything from interrupt men going about their business in the bathroom to fitting guys for suits.
"It was one of the things that used to be on my rider when I would do my shows," Tiffany insisted. "I would always ask for a Klondike bar. It has great memories."
But Tiffany's not stopping with frozen treats.
"I want to write a book, I just started on my own line of jean jackets, opened a boutique in Tennessee. There are a few things, but especially (I want to do) hosting and I'm getting more into television, perhaps with food or cooking," she said. "The difference between when I started and now, is that now I am able to really be myself and talk about my life."
Hollie McKay has a been a Fox News Digital staff reporter since 2007. She has extensively reported from war zones including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, and Latin America investigates global conflicts, war crimes and terrorism around the world. Follow her on Twitter.


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Vampire, PA #1
Mar 24, 2011 ~ 2 Comments ~ Written by Andrew Shuping
Written and Illustrated by: J.C. Vaughn, Brendon & Brian Fraim
Released by: Moonstone
You would think that vampires would want to live in someplace warm, like California or Florida, I mean why not enjoy the afterlife right? And you would think after Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sookie Stackhouse, Blade, Anita Blake, etc. that we would have reached the end of the type of stories that we could tell with vampires. But J.C. Vaughn and crew decide to give it a go in this miniseries Vampire, PA.
Our story beings in the Miami International Airport where Jocelyn Elder, a 357 year old vampire, and Dean Markin…an HVAC Professional, are having a conversation in a book store. She's warns Dean that the next time they meet will be the end of him, because Dean is a young vampire hunter. He's perfecting the art of killing them, while trying to live a normal life with friends and a girlfriend in Pittsburgh, PA. And then one night some time later, while out hunting vampires, Dean meets Jocelyn again. And instead of killing him she warns him about Lady Daphne, a new clan that has come into the area, and that Dean should hunt them. While he and his friends are wary about taking the word of a vampire they gear up to go to the old Grand Theatre where Daphne and her brood are. Dean's two friends, his girlfriend and his boss, stay outside while Dean heads in armed only with a holy water spray gun and stakes. The brood is systemically being wiped out and then Lady Daphne appears and knocks both of them out of the window. During the struggle Dean manages to stab Daphne who bursts into dust and Dean lands safely on the roof of a waiting van. They then capture Daphne's human assistant who is escaping with lots of money which Dean decides to keep and use to buy the old Theatre, fix it up, and then propose to his girlfriend, Dee-Dee.
Clearly the group is heavily influenced by "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" TV series and instead of having a female slayer, they make him male. They also appear to be heavily influenced by Anita Blake, Blade, and Sookie Stackhouse among others and it doesn't come close to being as good as any of them. Yes, I know it's a first issue so perhaps it improves but there are a few flaws in this first issue. First…why is Dean a vampire hunter and how the heck does he know Jocelyn? I mean we're just thrown into the series and told after a couple of pages "oh, yeah by the way Dean hunts vampires." Maybe its just me, but I at least want to know how he got into it. Another flaw for me is that the pacing is really off in this issue. For example, in one section Dean and Mr. Feldspar go to check out the theatre for a new owner, and then on the next page he's up on the roof of the building killing vampires and meeting Jocelyn. Why introduce Mr. Feldspar? And how does he find out that there are vampires on the roof? Later its revealed that the theatre is the home of Daphne's brood did they not notice them during their visit? This type of thing occurs throughout the issue and it just honestly drives me nuts. There's also no sense of how much time has passed between events, it could be months or days or weeks, but we don't know! It makes it difficult at times to follow along.
The artwork is decent enough and it reminds me a lot of "Batman: the Animated Series" from the 1990's just in terms of how the color is laid out and how the characters are drawn. I like that the characters are able to really show a range of human emotion. When they're pissed or frighten you can tell it. The artist does struggle a bit with the "dusting effect," where the vampires are stabbed with a wooden stake and turn into dust. It looks like water and when it lands on Dean it looks like boils. It's a bit odd to say the least. My biggest gripe really with the artwork is that the main female characters dress like strippers. I mean Daphne is wearing either a thong or bikini bottom in some panels and it's just a bit off putting when you want to focus on the story and you're drawn instead to her "sex appeal."
The issue isn't all bad, but when you're entering an arena that is overcrowded and includes long standing stalwarts like Blade and Buffy the Vampire Slayer you've gotta bring your A game. And perhaps its a bit unfair to compare the issue to these two series, but when you're main character is a vampire slayer comparisons are inevitable. Overall, I'm just not impressed. The issue doesn't really bring much that's different or new to the genre. Perhaps the other issues will lead me to change my mind.
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I am going to have to pick this up. Seems really neat. I love stories like "Bite Club" and other vamp related things. Nice plus the covers look really hot 🙂


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I tried another tray, but they came out just as flat. They were baking a little, but not much at all. They were flat and mushy, so I threw out the cookie dough and started fresh. I was almost in tears when my next batch came out the exact same way. My oven appeared to be working just fine when I looked at the dials and digital display, but something was seriously wrong. I was just glad that Thanksgiving dinner had been at my sister's, because that would have been even worse to find out then my oven was not working right!
A technician that repairs major appliances was able to come out almost immediately. The oven was coming on and heating up, but the actual temperature was about 100 degrees off from what it said on the display. I was baking at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and the oven was wavering around 250 degrees in actual baking temperature. The tech told me that he had seen the problem before, and he was able to fix it very quickly. I wish I had not thrown out my first batch cookie dough as there was nothing wrong with it. Well, it was the last service call for the repair person, so I baked a batch of cookies for him. The oven was already preheated, so it only took a few minutes to run a batch through. They came out perfect!


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Molloy Is Designing Efficient Algorithms for Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees
Perhaps the most iconic image in evolutionary biology is Charles Darwin's sketch of an evolutionary tree. The illustration highlights Darwin's transformational idea that the evolutionary relationships among species can be depicted through a branching pattern, a concept known as the Tree of Life.
While Darwin primarily relied on the physical characteristics shared by subsets of species to determine an evolutionary tree's structure, scientists today are using vast amounts of genomic data to reconstruct evolutionary trees—a field known as phylogenetics.
Erin Molloy, who joins the University of Maryland on July 1 as an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, is part of this new genomic revolution.
She is using powerful computational tools to unlock the full breadth of information available in genomic data, designing efficient algorithms to estimate evolutionary trees. This type of information is vital for determining the evolutionary history of birds, plants and even microbes, such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.
"The main goal is to estimate the tree—and other parameters—given the observed genomic data," says Molloy, who will also hold an appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). "The resulting phylogeny is not only interesting in its own right, but it is also important for downstream analyses."
For example, she notes that the phylogeny for SARS-CoV-2 is not only useful for studying how the virus evolves and how new strains emerge, but also for strain identification—that is, determining which strains are present in a sample—and even contact tracing.
Molloy recently completed a year-long postdoctoral researcher position in the Machine Learning and Genomics Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles.
She says she is looking forward to expanding her research agenda at Maryland, where she can take advantage of UMIACS' vast computational resources.
A major line of Molloy's research focuses on the development of phylogeny estimation methods that can effectively utilize distributed-memory systems.
In this context, she says, the genomic data set is distributed across multiple processors, and the algorithm may require these processors to communicate with each other.
"In the worst case, the processors must synchronize with each other at specific points in the algorithm, Molloy explains. "All of this dramatically slows down the computation. My goal is to design methods that reduce communication bottlenecks, while achieving the same accuracy and statistical guarantees of existing methods."
Molloy says she looks forward to working with graduate students and faculty at Maryland, particularly within the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
She has previously collaborated with Mihai Pop, the director of UMIACS, on a project that utilizes estimated phylogenies to perform taxon identification and abundance profiling from metagenomics data sets.
"I hope to continue working with Mihai on problems in metagenomics, where modeling evolutionary processes could prove advantageous," Molloy says.
Other UMIACS faculty she expects to collaborate with include Brantley Hall, who works on identifying the functions of the genes in the microbiome, and Michael Cummings, who also approaches phylogeny estimation from a high-performance computing lens.
Although Cummings and Molloy utilize different methodologies for phylogeny estimation, Molloy says working together could lead to new approaches.
"There is a lot of potential for creating a hybrid method that combines aspects of our different approaches," she says. "I look forward to discussing these ideas with my new colleagues at the University of Maryland."
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- #4091: Add Bootstrap 5 style (@simialbi)

## Improvement
- #4008: Add support for Peertube hosted video (@mxc)
- #4034: Support jQuery 3.5+ (@nbolender)

## Bug Fix
- #4041: Fix nextSibling and update all content (@faithgvn)
- #4090: Show table popover with multiline content in cell (@Dheerajkawatra)

## Translation
- #4082: Fixe the language key in summernote-de-CH.js (@adil-jaafar)

## Misc
- #4048: Insert a table on mouseup (@kylepwarren)
- #4155: Clean up files and update directory layout (@lqez)
- 57e16a8: Remove unused env variables (@lqez)
- 578f353: Bump jQuery to 3.6.0
- 9f78a30: Fix Webpack configuration for newer version
- c063870: Add a short delay before running the first test to prevent irrelevant errors (@lqez)

# v0.8.18
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- Update dist files for v0.8.17

# v0.8.17
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## New feature
- #3664: Allow CodeMirror to accept programmatic changes (@pryanlo)

## Improvement
- #3615: Support to use mobile youtube link (@matsu4ki)
- #3625: Support external CodeMirror constructor (@easylogic)
- #3629: Add Lite Styling for Tabbed Panes for Modal Content (@DiemenDesign)
- #3632: Replace 'inherit' value with 'transparent' (@DiemenDesign)
- #3653: Add an option for enabling autolink behavior shows only domain names  (@lqez)
- #3677: Use scss for summernote icons (@NicolasRoehm)
- #3694: Fix styles for (dark) themes (@lqez)
- #3698: Add ability to allow plugins to not have buttons disable when in codeview (@DiemenDesign)
- #3708: Update qq video url pattern (@lostship)

## Bug Fix
- #3609: Hide air popover in code view (@roseline124)
- #3614: Remove Duplicate \<output\> in BS4 ui.js (@DiemenDesign)
- #3649: Fix bs4 note-btn on popover (@SebouChu)
- #3661: Adding control to identify text blocks inside block and apply style (@reinaldocoelho)
- #3681: Fix broken layout while testing color buttons (@lqez)
- #3706: Fix pasteHTML issue (@lqez)
- #3709, #3720, #3725: Fix for jQuery 3.5 (@easylogic, @JyoshnaKothapally, @lqez)
- #3635: Update to font selection error (@reinaldocoelho)
- #3726: Fix font styling by creating a new range with given spans (@lqez)
- c11943634fb7f0e8647b4853222f9b86426c40f2:  Fix fontsize range (@easylogic)

## Translation
- #3655: Add missing translations and correct one for Norwegian Bokmål (@hareland)
- #3723: Updates to Greek language (@JoshBour)

## Misc
- #3636: Include steps to run debug with VSCode (@reinaldocoelho)
- #3670: Fix simple typo, toogle -> toggle (@timgates42)
- #3679: Use same pipeline while debugging with test:debug script (@lqez)
- #3680: Update packages (@lqez)
- #3703: Migrate to yarn (@lqez)
- f5113a5b9e7f8fe11032e460a3c352525720f3fb: Remove npm-check-updates which was added by mistake (@lqez)

# v0.8.16
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## New feature
- #3552: Allow airpopover on contextmenu (@lqez)

## Improvement
- #3546: Support keydown event to record undo history (@easylogic)
- #3556: Add babel preset for ecma2015+ (@easylogic)
- #3562: Remove TypeScript plugins and add Babel settings (@lqez)
- #3563: Add an option for limiting history stack (@lqez)
- #3602: Replace deprecated styleWithSpan with styleWithCSS (@lqez)
- 3e417eebbd3ab744a1258a069e7ce13658d934e1: Remove XSS vulnerability of LinkPopover (@lqez)
  - Reported with a solution by Antoine Prieëls(@aprieels), much appreciated.

## Bug Fix
- #3583: Correct following/fixed toolbar height (@ikeblaster)
- #3597: Fixed air popover position when it is scrolling (@easylogic)
- 1f0f2622b528cc69fab42c6f9ce7820af1de9bf3: Fix paste event for IE (@lqez)
- d6fb8552edc1cc39d82a814b375a303df94fcbed: Fix color picker issue on Bootstrap3 and Lite (@lqez)
- e4f2c89c89b430005393143a8abb3091a11d396e: Fix button handling in color palette (@lqez)

## Translation
- #3587: Update Spanish translation (@quique)
- #3596: add summernote-az-AZ.js (@ramilaliyev007)

## Misc
- #3564: Apply recommended rule of ESLint (@lqez)
- #3567: Add mode-switcher example (@easylogic)
- #3568: Remove load-grunt-tasks in package.json (@easylogic)
- 7767a2bc5e6e9c423b2020bc2ab56d3764b24ac9: Fix palette button styles (@lqez)

# v0.8.15
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This is a hotfix release.

## Bug fix
- #3542: Fix ui container (@lqez)
- #3543: Fix container and popover position issues  (@lqez)
- #3545: Fix production version of webpack.externals issue (@lqez)

# v0.8.14
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## New feature
- #2070: Allow hint multiple words (@JoniJnm)
- #3310: Add `addDefaultFonts` to add default fonts (@michael-volynets)
- #3319: Add `inheritPlaceholder` option (@lqez)
- #3361: Add checkbox to use protocol (@roseline124)
- #3426: Add disable TAB/Shift+TAB option (@DiemenDesign)
- #3426: Add disableGrammar option (@DiemenDesign)
- #3436: Add option to change toolbar position (@DiemenDesign)
- #3510: Add setting to change font size unit (@jadomag)

## Improvement
- #2708: Calculate image selection to cover other layouts and content formats (@nmandrescu)
- #3255: Fix omitted styles and match lines between less and scss (@lqez)
- #3265: Remove fixed z-index of Toolbar from styles (@lqez)
- #3322: Remove duplicated codes and fix lite styles (@lqez)
- #3353: Rename foreground to text (@roseline124)
- #3356: Add karma-detect-browsers (@lqez)
- #3377: Apply composition-text canceling on maxTextLength option (@anpaul0615)
- #3380: Improve behaviours with maxTextLength option (@anpaul0615)
- #3433: Adjust removeMedia to remove wrapping Figure and FigCaption elements (@DiemenDesign)
- #3439: Add ability to use Codeview in airMode (@DiemenDesign)
- #3530: Improve airmode focusout (@andrews05)
- #3531: Fix tooltips, popovers and dialogs of lite theme and others (@lqez)

## Bug Fix
- #3119:  Item selected overwrite the node beginning text (@jokamax)
- #3177: Do not add quotes to the generic font families (@tenbits)
- #3251: Fix missing required parameter "event" (@daumling)
- #3256: Remove the asterisk selector from Lite U (@lqez)
- #3269: Generic fonts were not rendered correctly in fontname dropdown (@lqez)
- #3284: Modified custom button to work (@jangjichang)
- #3285: Add `lists` in settings.js (@amorfati0310)
- #3299: Fix contains method to use .contains for DOMTokenList (@Dakkers)
- #3316: Add Safari to airmode focusout workaround (@andrews05)
- #3324: Fix dropzone issues (@lqez)
- #3327: Fix drop-Event in Firefox contains two moz-specific Datatransfer-Type issue (@stefl0n)
- #3354: Change inequality when maxTextLenth is compared (@roseline124)
- #3357: Resolve issue which maxTextLenght not working on paste (@PyBack)
- #3363: Resolve omitted missing jquery import (@anpaul0615)
- #3386: Remove duplicate tooltip on color palette for lite theme (@anotherlizwong)
- #3416: Bug fix for custom color issue and add image exception issue. (@reysu47)
- #3425: Don't disable Full Screen toggle when activating Code View (@kamikkels)
- #3428: Fix AutoLink to resolve tel: protocol and remove protocol for text (@DiemenDesign)
- #3457: Fix Toolbar Problems after reload (@constmoon)
- #3459: Fix cliboard paste image two times bug (@roseline124)
- #3490: Fix wrong last range (@easylogic)
- #3492: Dropzone should be target for pointer events (@jboysen)
- #3498: Fix not to use p-br tag (@easylogic)
- #3503: Fix popover behavior when summernote has focus (@jadomag)
- #3522: Fix wrong focus in .node-editable (@easylogic)
- #3523: Fix key binding for shortcut (@easylogic)

## Translation
- #3402: Update summernote-fa-IR.js (@alizamani1616)
- #3497: Update arabic translation (@lion4h)

## Misc
- #3264: Rename and fix wrong attributes (@lqez)
- #3266: Match styles (@lqez)
- #3279: Remove less and extract creating font as separated command (@lqez)
- #3455: Update font size test (@FKgk)
- #3471: Fixed documentation typos (@hastadhana)
- 8ad17636df160392d95df3bee565196c7ea9655c: Simplify deepestChildIsEmpty function (@lqez)
- be4b28e2a07c02a68c06950988fd644b0f19c059: Enhance testing with mocha's done feature (@lqz)

# v0.8.12
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## New feature
- #3048, #3171: Add `CodeView` filtering and whitelist for embedding (@blood72, @lqez)
- #3042: Add default color options for color buttons (@lqez)
- #3083: Add new callback for capturing changes on `CodeView` (@lqez)

## Improvement
- #3045: Show valid link URLs only in `LinkDialog` (@adeelhussain)
- #3065: Hide tooltips when buttons are clicked (@lqez)
- #3076: Update image popover with new icons (@lqez)
- #3087: Allow Facebook video URLs (@lqez)
- #3215: Less jQuery dependencies (@benjamingraf)
- 6c65ade1351e421b24c86e6197e50033e7cb9fdd: Do not add default protocol to relative links (@lqez)
- e8e4212c6ec106fa59025cd8ead100bce298dc6c: Enhance check method for font existence by using canvas (@lqez)

## Bug Fix
- #3054: Update last focus manager (@easylogic)
- #3063: Fix multiple issues on Lite UI (@lqez)
- #3068: Fix `insertImagesOrCallback` for drag-and-drop images (@lqez)
- #3078: Fix multiple toolbar issues (jross-tm, @lqez)
- #3082: Fix callbacks to use proper arguments (@lqez)
- #3096: Incorrect usage of event global variable in Handle and ImagePopover on FireFox (Rudy Zeinoun)
- #3113: Fix `setEnd` on `Range` (@gioboa)
- #3168: Fix disabled image button while pasting an image URL (@lqez)
- #3217: Removed automatic requirement of CodeMirror (@benjamingraf)
- 10bb48dc24a12724421dcb343ed8b26fb4b94cc4: Fix duplicated image bug on Internet Explorer (@hackerwins)
- 7b2a514f5d53edeffcb8c67cde30eb59381d7f75: Fix indent/outdent crashing (@lqez)
- 5785431b46d661e0eb2f65a87215b3148504bda3: Fix undo error from malformed range (@lqez)

## Translation
- #2959: Update for fr-FR (@jokamax)
- #3148: Update for ja-JP (@rw-nue)
- #3167: Update for ko-KR (@neatnet)
- #3208: Update for de-DE (@frobinsonj)
- #3210: Update for cs-CZ (@frobinsonj)

## Misc
- #3055: Allow trailing commas for multiline (@lqez)
- #3060: Add `<audio>` to void elements (@hendrismit)
- #3064: Merge into single settings for multiple UIs (@lqez)
- #3074: Add option for toggling browser default spellchecker (@lqez)
- #3143, #3193: Fix Travis CI build (@hackerwins)
- 5f674eb19c108f5afd656c899cf7eec83fb21fab: Turn off `--fix` for eslint (@lqez)
- 6f7593b9b2572719e371e4a485798c6c94feab59: Add empty `fontNameIgnoreCheck` in settings (@lqez)
- ff516c9beac5909cf8df6aa924a153c6a605c40d: Update ImageDIalog for Bootstrap4 (@lqez)
- ad0d7e07213aafa80c3925451ededb9c6509ccca: Remove default focusing style effect of browsers (@lqez)
- 789dfdaa49b2eda9bfcd6c0dbd6241d0fc078d23: Set `followingToolbar` as false by default (@lqez)
- 8b9180ae74d31d5673f71eb79a77b11a84a7ebd5: Find the exact element has given tagName before applying custom class (@lqez)
- 6e18c0ebbfdb939e92115d8091ec8119ba8a065c: Extract saucelabs from Gruntfile (@hackerwins)

# v0.8.11
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## Improvement and bug fix
 - Implemented commit command (resets history but keeps editor content).
 - Add color picker support
 - Add start parameter for YouTube embedding
 - Add OnImageLinkInsert callback for handling inserted urls
 - Make the "range" object available for external modules.
 - When creating a link Summernote now checks maxTextLength
 - Add uglify for summernote-lite
 - Do not add default scheme for relative URLs
 - Update custom color selection logic
 - Move test file into the right location
 - Clean up test codes
 - Add styles for custom color selection
 - Add forecolor and backcolor buttons
 - Apply latest style changes into another
 - Do not wrap bs4 toolbar to prevent text flooding over toolbar UI
 - Do not wrap bs3 toolbar to prevent loosing the background shading
 - Add an example for placeholder text
 - Add an example for custom styletags
 - Drop debounce rate from 100ms to 10ms
 - Remove wrong executable attributes
 - Use default Bootstrap 4 checkbox style, not custom-control
 - Make AutoLink module follows linkTargetBlank option
 - Use class instead of id for "open in new window" checkbox to avoid du… …
 - Add randomized id to link dialog checkbox
 - Move random id generation to Context
 - Revert the randomization changes
 - Prevent error by settings the default container
 - Less clutter by moving templates into .github
 - Allow html tags on placeholder
 - Allow protocol-less URL for YouTube video insertion
 - Make full screen mode properly even with maxHeight option
 - Add an example for Lite + Legacy Bootstrap
 - Add video and embed tag into the void element list
 - Fixed #1410 using a configurable blockquote breaking level.
 - FIX click on HintPopover suggestions doesnt insert
 - Fix issue #1964 with copy paste content in reverse order
 - Fix wrong argument result due to the use of incorrect function type
 - Fix link autodetection  …
 - Fix dropdown toggle issue on lite while using with Bootstrap
 - Fix wrong lite style
 - Fix wrong bs4 checkbox
 - Fix expectContents to work with given context
 - Fix tests - to expect valid markup.
 - Fixed indentation of list items  …
 - Fixed outdent of nested list items.  …
 - Fix conflict by merging #1574
 - Fix indentation on checkbox creations
 - Fix Bootstrap4 background transparency issue #3024
 - Fix blocking form submitting issue #530
 - Fix minor things
 - Fix order of Airmode elements
 - Fix broken examples and update to use latest libraries
 - Fix class name for AirMode in lite.js

## Translation
 - Improved translation in pt-PT for image, table, style and help sections
 - Improved translation in pt-BR for image section
 - Added missing new line at the end of file lang/summernote-pt-PT.js
 - pl-PL i18n update
 - Update summernote-nl-NL.js
 - Update summernote-pt-BR.js
 - Add missing translations in zh-CN for table, etc
 - Update summernote-de-DE.js  …
 - Fix pt-BR and gl-ES lang keys for style.p translations
 - Update summernote-th-TH.js
 - Missing translations with tabel (#3031)  …
 - Update Finnish translation

# v0.8.10
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## Compatibility
 - Update Bootstrap version to 4.0.0

## Improvement
 - Hide icon bar when resize is disabled

## Translation
 - Create summernote-uz-UZ.js
 - More german translations
 - Use localized tooltip on buttons like style.h1
 - Update polish (pl-PL) translation for subscript and superscript

# v0.8.9
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## Enhancement
 - Support standalone ui with summernote-lite. summernote-lite is beta. #2434
 - Following toolbar #2459
 - Add custom style for style dropdown #2474
 - Make the toolbar simpler again #2578

## Bugfix
 - Fix issue when drag-and-drop disabled #2468
 - Fix margin and padding of paragraph styles in the dropdown menu #2473
 - Fix warnings and errors from Bootlint checks #2472
 - Rollback default behavior of tab/untab by condition #2466
 - Wrong usage of self #2475
 - Allow user set the container of tooltip and container instead of default 'body' #2476
 - Multiple Hint - second hint has no default selected element #2564
 - Fix change event on input not firing in EDGE #2583
 - Add default fonts and a fix for styling #2584
 - Do not trigger focus events on mobile #2585
 - Changes to removeMedia in module/Editor.js to remove Figure Elements... #2588
 - Do not remove statusbar by reset #2592
 - Some Japanese labels improved. #2607

# v0.8.8
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## enhancement
 - support bootstrap 4 beta with `dist/summernote-bs4.js`, `dist/summernote-bs4.css`
 - you can use summernote on bootstrap 3 with `dist/summernote.js`, `dist/summernote.css`

supporting bootstrap 4 is beta.

## bugfix
 - fixed toolbar position in fullscreen mode #1762
 - add font `*.less` file #1763
 - Corrects the foreground color font tag behavior to compatible HTML5 (inline styling) #1715
 - Fix issue #2428
 - Fix issue #2443
 - Fix issue #2439

## translation
 - Better translation for p tag in german #2421
 - Change some french traductions for headers and hr #2423

# v0.8.7
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## translation
 - Fix missing french traduction on table #2404

## bug fix
 - Add image margin when floats #1827
 - fixed a bug that delete key cannot trigger recordUndo action #2380
 - Deselect image when scrolling on the handle overlay #2386
 - Image popover is not displayed properly issue still exists #2381
 - Fixed tooltip shown at color picking dialog even when tooltip:false option set #2408
 - Image resize handle still show after changing to code mode. #2407

## misc
 - bump up jquery version 2.1.4 to 3.2.1

# v0.8.6
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## enhancement
 - table editing popover #2366, #1948
 - videoDialog support v.qq.com #2048

## bug fix
 - fixed a bug that image editing with handle is still working after disabling editor. #2075
 - add to void element. #2373

# v0.8.5
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## bug fix
 - Better regex to match legit shorter vimeo video ids (ex.: https://vimeo.com/2) #2281
 - fix InvalidCharacterError when pasting an image in Firefox #2284
 - LinkDialog and some checkbox library mixed, checkbox state is not visible #2323
 - fix for https://github.com/summernote/angular-summernote/issues/162 #2160

## enhancement
 - Add support to custom styletags right into the style toolbar menu #1919
 - Math Functions And Science Characters hint avaiable.(=) #2178
 - Feature | Added target blank option #2195
 - Tooltip can be shown/hidden by settings #1917

## translation
 - (locale fr-FR) Add specialChar #2324

# v0.8.3
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## maintenance
 - update dependency libraries and recover CI
 - #2248, #2216, #2249

## bug fix
 - onCreateLink #2180

## enhancement
 - onDestory handler #2185

## translation
 - #2173, #2197 #2217, #2218, #2228

# v0.8.2
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## Bug fix
 - Fixed several bugs.
 - For more details... v0.8.2 issues: https://github.com/summernote/summernote/pull/1976

# v0.8.1
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## Bug fix
 - Added fonts on meteor package.

# v0.8.0
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## Task
 - Replace fontawesome with summernote icon

## Bug fix
 - Fixed several bugs

UPDATE: 2016-02-10
 - Added font in a compressed file.

# v0.7.3
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## Enhancement
 - empty API for cleaning contents: #1605
 - Allow dialog fade via dialogsFade option: #1597

## Bug fix
 - Fixed several bugs.

# v0.7.2
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## Enhancement
 - toolbar container option: #1543
 - use the `<kbd>` for keyboard shortcut in help dialog.
 - support toolbar container #1543
 - create individual buttons for justify, indent, outdent. #1578

Bug fix
 - Fixed several bugs.

# v0.7.1
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## Main task
 - Use karma for tests instead qunit: #1289

## Enhancement
 - Reset API: #1493
 - insertImage API: #1494
 - disable or enable editor API: #1470

## Bug fix
 - Fixed several bugs.

# v0.7.0
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## Main task
 - Reassemble with module system.

## Enhancement
 - Placeholder
 - Autolink
 - Hint(autocomplete)

## Bug fix
 - Fixed several bugs.

# v0.6.16
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## hotfix
 - Fixed #1265, script error on airMode. regression with #1256.

# v0.6.15
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Missing dist files at v0.6.14.

# v0.6.14
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## Bug fix
 - #331, #928, #933, #963, #1185, #1248, #1257.

## Features
 - disableResizeImage option
 - textarea auto sync on change

# v0.6.13
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## Hotfix
 - fix a bug that fullscreen not working.

# v0.6.12
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## Hotfix
 - fix a bug that codeview not working without codemirror.

# v0.6.11
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## Task and enhancement.
 - Use bootstrap panel as editor body for bootstrap theme style and remove bootstrap 2 styles.
 - Test full features on IE11.

## Bug fix
 - #45, #1107, #1205 and clipboard bugs fixed.

# v0.6.10
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## Plugin
 - #1195 refactoring hint plugin

## Enhancement
 - #1169 Renderer.js add tplDropdown() helper
 - #1179 apply modal dialogs into document.body

## Bug fix
 - #1192 fixed createLink api , set default options and range value
 - #1197 fixed paste bug in IE and FF
 - #1172 fixed Changing font-size using the font style plugin does not update selected option in menu
 - #1196 fixed script error on creating bullet with multiple lines on firefox.

# v0.6.9
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 - Missing dist files at previous version.

# v0.6.8
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 - Update external library on development
 - Merged: #1090, #1097, #1106, #1121, #1091, #1137, #1143, #1152, #1132, #1154, #1128, #1160
 - Fixed: #1111, #1140, #1175

# v0.6.7
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 - Add summernote-ext-hint.js plugin.
 - Add Portuguese(Portugal) Translation by @pHAlkaline
 - Fix bugs : #1021, #1050, #1051, #1052, #1053, #1056, #1057, #1058, #1067.

# v0.6.6
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Hotfix for v0.6.5's critical bugs.
 - Fixed custom event bugs. #1041, #1021, #977, #758, #1045
 - Fixed enter bugs with rollback #1038(related with #1045).

# v0.6.5
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 - Support more range API: `range.pasteHTML`, `range.getWordRange`
 - Merge `summernote-ext-fontstyle.js` plugin with base code
 - Bugfix : #1003, #1026, #1038, some of #1012

# v0.6.4
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 - Fixed option bug(about #1009 and #1008).

# v0.6.3
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 - Support External API access
 - Support callbacks with jquery custom event.

# v0.6.2
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 - Fixed drag and drop text bugs.

# v0.6.1
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 - Fixed bugs about links, bullets and ranges.

# v0.6.0
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 - Simple plugin system.
 - Extract fontstyle and video plugins from base code.

# v0.5.10
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 - Image editing
  - Image shape: rounded, circle, thumbnail, none
  - resize images to %, #99, #262
 - IE8 patch
  - same visible point case: range was collapsed
  - array.indexOf to $.inArray

# v0.5.9
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 - Dom Editing: insert(Un)OrderedList, indent/outdent
 - History in a line

# v0.5.8
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 - remove autoFormatRange option, use dom.html instead, #561, #280
 - update arguments order on onChange, #577
 - trigger onChange after dom editing, #515
 - comment on range.createFromBookmark(textnode normalize issue, miss match offset)

# v0.5.7
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`insertParagraph`
 - Remove empty anchors on enter key press.
 - range.deleteContents: remove empty parents.
 - Fix bug: new line does not have previous line formatting on firefox, range.normalize
 - blockquote is also bodycontainer.

`codeview`
 - codeview: add newline on block element.

# v0.5.6
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 - Fix enter key bug. #569

# v0.5.5
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 - Dom Editing(hotfix).
 - Implement `range.nodes`

# v0.5.4
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 - Implement insertParagraph, insertNode

# v0.5.3
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 - Extract codemirror.autoFormatOnStart option.
 - Fixed Insert Link Bug: #449.

# v0.5.2
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 - Air Mode
 - And bug patch (scroll, createLink, ...)

# v0.5.1
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 - Support 15 Languages(https://github.com/HackerWins/summernote/tree/master/lang)
 - Add local-server for develop summernote.
 - Font style: Font-Family
 - And Bug patch.

# v0.5.0
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 - Support both Font-Awesome 3.x and 4.x
 - CodeMirror as Codeview
 - Insert Video (by cdownie)
 - Support 5 languages(by hendrismit, tschiela, inomies, cverond)
 - Restructuring: jQuery build pattern

# v0.4.0
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 - Support both Bootstrap 3.0 and 2.x
 - Fullscreen
 - Code view
 - Image upload callback

# v0.3.0
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Init options and resizebar.
 - Init options(event callbacks, custom toolbar)
 - Resize bar and help dialog
 - Supporting IE8(Beta)
 - Bug patch

# v0.2.0
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Implemented undo/redo and image sizing.

 - Undo/Redo
 - Sizing handle and Popover for images
 - Supporting multiple editors
 - jQuery.curstyles dependency removed

# v0.1.0
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Initial version: Implement basic features.

 - Font style: size, color, bold, italic, underline, remove font style
 - Paragraph style: bullet, align, outdent, indent, line height
 - Image: drag & drop, dialog
 - Link: popover and dialog
 - Table: create table with dimension picker


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NORAD's 9/11 Commander Eberhart should be investigated
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The Case Against Ralph Eberhart, NORAD's 9/11 Commander
by Kevin Ryan
In a 2004 U.S. Senate hearing, Senator Mark Dayton remarked that "this country and its citizens were completely undefended" for "109 minutes" on 9/11.[1] Dayton went on to clarify that officials within the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) had covered up the facts about the lack of air defenses by lying to the 9/11 Commission, to Congress and to the American people. And they were not held accountable.
One man was most responsible for both the air defense failures and the lying that covered it up. U.S. Air Force General Ralph Edward Eberhart had taken over command of NORAD from General Richard Myers in February 2000. The position included leadership of all air defense operations in North America and, also, the U.S. Space Command. Therefore, on 9/11, Eberhart was the man most responsible for failure to intercept the four hijacked aircraft over a period of nearly two hours.
NORAD is the joint U.S.-Canadian military organization responsible for monitoring and defending the airspace over North America. Long-standing operating procedures at NORAD, for dealing with airliners that have gone off-course or been hijacked, were not followed on 9/11. Each of the four flights involved in the 9/11 attacks should have been intercepted when they lost radio contact, deviated from their course, or turned off their transponders.[2]
The procedures for interception were automatic and required no special orders to implement. Through these procedures, interceptor jets had been scrambled 129 times in the year 2000 and 67 times in the year prior to June 2001. A 1994 government report stated — "Overall, during the past four years, NORAD's alert fighters took off to intercept aircraft (referred to as scrambled) 1,518 times, or an average of 15 times per site per year. Of these incidents, the number of suspected drug smuggling aircraft averaged … less than 7 percent of all of the alert sites' total activity. The remaining activity generally involved visually inspecting unidentified aircraft and assisting aircraft in distress."[3]
On 9/11, the NORAD interception system failed completely and we have been given multiple, conflicting explanations for why that happened. Considering that there is strong evidence for an alternative hypothesis of insider involvement in 9/11, it is reasonable to assume that an intentional compromising of the U.S. air defenses might have occurred that day. Adding to this suspicion is the fact that guilt tends to be reflected in false testimony. And as Senator Dayton said, NORAD officials "lied to the American people, they lied to Congress and they lied to your 9/11 Commission."[4]
Exactly which NORAD statements were lies and which were not is a matter that is still not clear to this day. This is partly because the explanations and testimony that are now said to have been false were far more damning to NORAD than the final account, which exonerates NORAD entirely. Why would NORAD leaders want to lie so as to make their performance look worse?
In order to better determine the facts, investigators should begin with at least three areas of inquiry: 1) the times at which NORAD was notified (or made aware) of the hijackings, 2) the times at which NORAD responded in the form of scrambling jets to intercept, and 3) the instructions given to the interceptor pilots in terms of speed and direction.
NORAD's ever-changing story
The military's explanations began with a short description of the response to the hijackings. Two days after the attacks, General Richard Myers gave this account to the Senate Armed Services Committee, in an official hearing for his confirmation as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). He said that no fighter jets were scrambled to intercept any of the hijacked 9/11 flights until after the Pentagon was hit.[5]
Although Myers was not in command of NORAD on 9/11, he should have known two days later if normal procedures had been followed. As Acting CJCS on 9/11, and as Vice Chairman otherwise, his role was to ensure the president and secretary of defense were informed of critical military matters.
A second story was given a week after the attacks, when NORAD provided a partial timeline of the notifications it had received from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the responses that followed. General Eberhart reiterated this timeline in testimony to the U.S. Senate a few weeks later and for over two years it stood as the official account.[6] This timeline said that NORAD had received notification about three of the hijacked planes with plenty of time left to ensure interception and had scrambled jets from multiple bases as the attacks proceeded.
This timeline showed that NORAD was notified about the hijacking of Flight 175 at 8:43 am, a full twenty minutes before it impacted the south tower of the World Trade Center (WTC). Moreover, F-15 interceptor jets from Otis Air Force Base (AFB) were said to be airborne by 8:52, having been scrambled in response to the first hijacking. This allowed twice the time needed for the jets to reach New York City before Flight 175 crashed.
Eberhart added that NORAD was notified about the hijacked Flight 77 coming into Washington at 9:24 am, fourteen minutes before it impacted the Pentagon. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee (repeatedly) that this was a "documented notification."[7] If true, interceptor jets from Andrews AFB, only ten miles from the Pentagon, could have easily reached the errant airliner given this lead time.
Although the military might now use the excuse that Andrews was not technically under the command of NORAD, the 9/11 Commissions says Eberhart's statement was simply not true. In fact, both Commission counsel Dan Marcus and Team leader John Farmer were later very blunt about this being a false statement.[8] Therefore, it is clear that Eberhart should be brought up on a charge of contempt of Congress. It is illegal to make any materially false statement or representation in testimony to the Unites States Congress.[9] And that was not the only false statement that Eberhart apparently made to the senators.
In May 2003, Eberhart's subordinates General Arnold and Colonel William Alan Scott presented a slightly revised version of NORAD's timeline. They contradicted the timeline for Flight 175, saying that NORAD was not notified of the hijacking until 9:05, three minutes after the aircraft crashed into the south tower. This was despite the fact that when asked by a U.S. Senator about "the second hijacked plane somewhere up there" (Flight 175), Eberhart had previously said "Yes, sir. During that time, we were notified."[10]
Arnold and Scott also revealed for the first time that NORAD was notified about the hijacking of Flight 93 at 9:16 am. This was 47 minutes before that flight allegedly crashed in Pennsylvania, at 10:03 am. Obviously, interceptor jets could have easily reached and escorted Flight 93 given this revised timeline.
The fourth and final story from NORAD was the official account given by the 9/11 Commission Report, now supported by NORAD. In this explanation NORAD received "no advance notice" on any of the last three hijacked airliners.[11] Instead of 20 minutes of notice on Flight 175, and 14 minutes notice on Flight 77, and 47 minutes notice on Flight 93, we were told that NORAD was not notified about any of them until it was too late. The military was off the hook entirely.
All the evidence for notifications and response, which had constituted the official account for nearly three years, had been thrown out the window. In place of these documents and testimonies, new explanations were given for why the scrambled aircraft never reached the hijacked airliners. These included unbelievable claims of communication failures and misdirection of the scrambled jets, as well as the introduction of a never-before mentioned "Phantom 11" scenario.[12]
The 9/11 Commission Report account was supported two years later by an article in Vanity Fair. [13] Allegedly, the author of the article was given privileged access to audio tapes that were not available to the public. Although the newly revealed "NORAD tapes" ostensibly bolstered the Commission's new timeline, credible explanations were never given for throwing out the years of testimony and evidence that supported entirely different timelines.
The changing stories given by NORAD led to placing more blame for the failed air defenses on the FAA. After NORAD's 2003 timeline was issued, however, the FAA publicly stated that NORAD had in fact been informed throughout all the developments that morning. FAA official Laura Brown wrote a memo to the 9/11 Commission in which she stated that FAA shared "real-time information" with NORAD about "loss of communication with aircraft, loss of transponder signals, unauthorized changes in course, and other actions being taken by all the flights of interest, including Flight 77."[14]
FAA leadership certainly did fail that morning and there are shocking questions to be answered in that regard.[15] Not the least of these questions is why evidence that might have helped was destroyed by an FAA official after the attacks.[16] But the multiple stories given by the military indicate that NORAD was at least as culpable as the FAA in the inexplicable lack of air defense. And the facts indicate that NORAD was in the loop earlier than its 2003 timeline suggested, meaning that there is no reasonable explanation for why NORAD-controlled jets did not intercept most, if not all, of the planes hijacked on 9/11.
When questioned by the 9/11 Commission, Eberhart confirmed that if NORAD had been in the loop as the FAA said it was, his people would have been able "to shoot down all three aircraft — all four aircraft."[17]
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Human rights abuses faced by ethnic communities across rural eastern Burma have continued since November 2010, and are consistent with patterns KHRG has documented since 1992. Drawing from a dataset of 1,270 oral testimonies, sets of images and documentation written and collected over the last year by villagers trained to monitor human rights conditions in their own communities, this report presents information on 17 categories of abuse and quantifies their occurrence across KHRG research areas. By placing recent testimony from villagers in the context of twenty years of abusive practices, this report should make clear that developments since the 2010 elections have neither expanded villagers' options for claiming their human rights, nor addressed the root causes of abuse in rural eastern Burma. External assessments of developments in Burma that ignore local perspectives on continuing human rights abuse thus exclude the input of the most knowledgeable and engaged stakeholders – who also stand to lose the most from inaccurate conclusions drawn without their participation. The testimony presented in the report should thus function as a critique of any attempt to assess changes in Burma that ignores local perspectives, and a call to heed the concerns of rural people who are gauging, on a day-to-day basis, the way past, present and continuing abuse impacts the future for communities in eastern Burma.
"My village is big so each time they ask for ten or fifteen people to porter for them … They never stop. They tell the village head to go to see them. They say 'We don't have food, so bring us food and chickens' … They [the villagers] often have to go and [do labour] … so they are too tired to work on their livelihoods … I just want to say we are facing problems because of the SPDC Army [Tatmadaw], and we can't complain to anyone."
"The people in the hiding sites work as loggers and collect flowers [to sell], but we have to be careful and watch out for SPDC Army [Tatmadaw] forces. We don't want to meet them. … The SPDC Army [Tatmadaw] knew about our plans [to flee], but as long as there are forests and secrets in the world, there's no problem [for us]. The SPDC Army [Tatmadaw] knows everything about us, but there's a world and we can flee. We know this."
Villagers working with KHRG gathered more than 1,270 oral testimonies, sets of images and pieces of written human rights documentation between November 2011 and November 2011. Villagers giving this testimony – and gathering other evidence to document conditions in their communities – raised a myriad of concerns, including serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. These abuses were described by communities across KHRG research areas in eastern Burma, which include government-delineated Kayin and Mon states and Bago and Tanintharyi regions. KHRG has been training villagers in these areas to document and monitor human rights conditions in their communities since 1992; the information they gathered during the last year indicates that members of rural communities face human rights abuses consistent with those documented by KHRG over the past 20 years.
People experiencing abuse, and working to help their communities better protect their human rights, are best placed to understand the threats they face, and to gauge the degree to which these threats affect their own priorities. External assessments of developments in Burma that ignore local perspectives on continuing human rights abuse thus exclude the input of the most knowledgeable and engaged stakeholders – who also stand to lose the most from inaccurate conclusions drawn without their participation. Similarly, assessments that focus only on human rights concerns expressed during a short period of time will inevitably be inaccurate and lead to miscalculations due to a disproportionate emphasis on recent events at the cost of understanding the way past and continuing abuse impacts the future for communities in eastern Burma. The main purpose of this report, then, is to systematically communicate concerns articulated by communities in eastern Burma since November 2010, and compare them to the past 20 years of documentation by KHRG.
This report quantifies the occurrence of 17 categories of abuse faced by villagers across KHRG research areas, whose testimony makes clear that serious human rights abuses have continued since November 2010. Many of these abuses related directly to armed conflict; villagers were arbitrarily detained, violently abused and summarily executed while whole communities were attacked, placed at risk by landmines or subjected to stringent restrictions on movement, trade and access to humanitarian materials. Many other abuses, however, were not the result of armed conflict; instead they occurred in areas without armed conflict, and were often directly tied to both state and non-state actors' attempts to secure control over, and extract, communities' resources. Villagers described abuses including forced labour and arbitrary taxation, the unilateral implementation of development and natural resource extraction projects without local input or accountability, and the confiscation or destruction of land without consent and with inadequate or no compensation. While villagers in all seven research areas documented serious rights violations attendant to armed conflict, viewing the current human rights situation in eastern Burma only through the narrow lens of conflict-related abuse distorts the reality of the situation faced by villagers living in eastern Burma, and understates the range of serious abuses that restrict or destroy villagers' ability to support themselves, their families and their communities.
Armed conflict is only one of multiple factors that contribute to the perpetration of abuse.
After this introduction and details on KHRG field research methodology and the approach used to conduct analysis for this report, sections II, III and IV present information on 17 categories of abuse, and quantifies their occurrence in seven research areas, which stretch across four of Burma's 14 states and regions. Section II outlines different forms of harm perpetrated against civilians in eastern Burma during the reporting period. Villagers in all seven research areas reported abuses that amount to serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law: villagers in five of seven areas documented summary execution; torture was documented in four. The indiscriminate firing of mortars and small arms in civilian residential and agricultural areas was documented in all seven areas, while deliberate attacks on civilians and forced minesweeping or human shielding were both documented in six of seven areas.
Section III and IV outline other forms of abuse raised by villagers that, while individually less sensational, are nonetheless devastating for rural livelihoods and communities, particularly when understood in the context of their cumulative effects. Section III details abuses that restrict villagers' freedom to pursue their lives and livelihoods. Imposition of restrictions that prevented villagers from moving, travelling or conducting trade freely were documented in all seven research areas; restrictions on the transport of food, medical supplies, and the passage of medical personnel were documented in five. Five areas, meanwhile, also saw forced relocation and the arbitrary arrest and detention of civilians.
Section IV details human rights abuses that relate to the extraction of civilians' labour, land or property. Villagers faced abuses that entailed exploiting or expropriating individual and household labour and property: forced labour, arbitrary taxation and demands, and forced recruitment into armed forces and groups were each documented in all seven research areas. Villagers in all seven areas raised serious concerns about the impacts of development projects or extractive industries, such as logging, mining, rubber-planting and dams, on local communities, including the wide-scale confiscation of villagers' land, forced relocation and the destruction of natural resources on which villagers' livelihoods depend.
Crucially, serious violations like those described in Section II help to underpin the abuses described in sections III and IV. Villagers across eastern Burma reported that restrictions and exploitative demands were backed by explicit threats of violence. In cases where threats of violence were not made explicit, past and recent experiences with such abuse served as potent reminders. In a context where villagers have only rarely, or never, seen a soldier punished and where no legal or formal pathways exist for challenging, seeking protection from, or redress for abuse, even victims with no specific past experience of violence are likely to read a credible implicit threat into restrictive and exploitative demands. These concerns function to limit the practical options with which civilians can seek to address their human rights concerns, particularly via approaches that entail engagement with state and military authorities. It is precisely because communities in eastern Burma continue to face these threats, and because only they can assess the probability of such threats resulting in violence, that their capacity to assess and determine their own human rights concerns, and the ways in which these threats impact on their lives and priorities, should be recognised and heeded. Any approach which excludes villagers' own experiences, and local assessments of abuses which are serious and ongoing, risks mistaking short-term signs of change for a material alteration of the dynamics of abuse, with grave consequences for civilian populations across eastern Burma.
Gather oral testimony, by conducting audio-recorded interviews with other villagers living in eastern Burma. When conducting interviews, villagers are trained to use loose question guidelines, but also to encourage interviewees to speak freely about recent events, raise issues that they consider important and share their opinions or perspectives on abuse and other local dynamics.
Document individual incidents of abuse using a standardised reporting format. When writing or gathering incident reports, villagers are encouraged to document incidents of abuse that they consider important, by verifying information from multiple sources, assessing for potential biases and comparing incidents to local trends of abuse.
Write general updates on the situation in areas with which they are familiar. When writing situation updates, villagers are encouraged to summarise recent events, raise issues that they consider important, and present their opinions or perspectives on abuse and other local dynamics in their area.
Gather photographs and video footage. Villagers are trained to take photographs or video footage of incidents as they happen when it is safe to do so or, because this is rarely possible, of victims, witnesses, evidence or the aftermath of incidents. Villagers are also encouraged to take photographs or video footage of other things they consider important, including everyday life in rural areas, cultural activities and the long-term consequences of abuse.
Collect other forms of evidence where available, such as letters written by military commanders ordering forced labour or forced relocation.
KHRG trains villagers to verify reports by gathering different types of information or reports from multiple sources, assessing the credibility of sources and comparing the information to their own understanding of local trends. It is important to emphasise, however, that KHRG reporting is designed to share the perspectives of individuals and communities in remote rural areas, rather than to focus on incident-based reporting. Though information was assessed for credibility by KHRG during all stages of analysis for this report (detailed below), the purpose of this report is to identify human rights abuses that were raised by villagers, rather than to quantify a number of confirmed incidents. Emphasis has also been placed on locating concerns raised by communities in trends identified by KHRG over the last 20 years, rather than seeking to disqualify testimony because rural people may not always articulate things clearly or keep exact records of abuse perpetrated against them. This report seeks to emphasise the cumulative weight of the large data set analysed for this report, and the consistency with which abuses of the same type are raised by communities across a wide geographic area.
Every piece of information in this report is based directly upon testimony, articulated by villagers over the last year. In order to make this information transparent and verifiable, all examples have been footnoted to published KHRG reports or, in some cases, to unpublished information that remains on file with KHRG. Previously published transcripts of 70 audio-recorded interviews and 54 documents written by villagers detailing individual incidents and summarising the situation in their areas are available in three Appendixes to this report. Wherever possible, this report also includes selections of testimony to illustrate examples highlighted by KHRG. In some cases, this testimony is directly from victims; in other cases, it is from written statements by villagers who, while not always themselves victims, have been trained by KHRG to document human rights issues in their home areas. In all cases, the testimony comes from people who have themselves directly experienced abuse or the effects of abuse, and who continue to live in eastern Burma.
This report focuses exclusively on events that occurred during the reporting period November 2010 to November 2011. During this period, villagers trained by KHRG collected a total of 1,270 oral testimonies, sets of images and documentation written by villagers, including: 523 audio-recorded interviews, 220 incident reports, 84 situation updates, 125 other documents written by villagers, 111 sets of photos and video amounting to a total of 12,517 images, and 207 written orders issued by civilian and military officials. Interviewees included both village leaders and persons not in positions of leadership, as well as men, women and youths. While KHRG is committed to interviewing villagers from all ethnic groups within its research areas, the majority of villagers interviewed belong to different sub-ethnicities of Karen. Interviews were, however, also conducted with other ethnic nationalities including Burman, Pa'O, Mon, Arakan and Shan villagers.
Information collected between November 2010 and November 2011 related to events that occurred both during and prior to that period. In order to identify the degree to which previously identified trends have continued, this collection of primary documentation was analysed exclusively for events occurring after November 2010. Because KHRG's information cannot purport to be comprehensive, the report does not seek to quantify a total number of incidents across research areas. Instead, this report seeks to identify the occurrence of different types of human rights abuses across eastern Burma, and determine the degree to which trends identified in years past continued to occur.
In order to quantify information geographically, KHRG organised information according to seven research areas: Thaton, Toungoo, Nyaunglebin, Tenasserim, Papun, Dooplaya and Pa'an. These seven research areas are commonly referred to as "districts" and are used by the Karen National Union (KNU), as well as many local Karen organisations, both those affiliated and unaffiliated with the KNU. KHRG's use of the district designations to explain our research areas represents no political affiliation; it is rooted in KHRG's historical practice, due to the fact that villagers interviewed by KHRG, as well as local organisations with whom KHRG seeks to cooperate, commonly use these designations. The seven districts do not correspond to any demarcations used by Burma's central government, but cover all or some parts of government-delineated Kayin and Mon States and Bago and Tanintharyi regions. In order to make information in this report intelligible to stakeholders using maps with government designations, the map in Figure 1 includes both the government demarcation system and the seven research areas, or districts, used to organise information in this report.
In order to systematically organise the large volume of information analysed for this report, in April 2011 KHRG conducted an internal workshop to identify the most common types of human rights concerns raised by villagers over the past 20 years. The development of these categories was not dictated by internationally defined legal rights. Where relevant, however, analysis in the sections below make reference to international humanitarian and human rights law; these references have been made in order to help articulate distinctions drawn between categories or to highlight the unlawful nature of a given set of practices. After developing these categories, from April to November 2011, a total of six KHRG staff members analysed and coded existing as well as incoming information, assessed each piece of documentation for content and quality, and assigned it a translation and publication priority. A second round of analysis, in which coding was confirmed or adjusted and collated by district, was conducted in December 2011. KHRG staff then identified the number of districts in which each type of abuse was documented, and used this information to draw conclusions about the nature and geographic scope of human rights concerns raised by villagers. Results of this coding are summarised in Table A.1 below. Full analysis of these results make up the bulk of this report, in sections II to IV.
Where quotes or references include identifying information that KHRG has reason to believe could put villagers in danger, particularly the names of individuals or villages, this information has been censored, and the original name has been replaced by a random letter or pair of letters. The censored code names do not correspond to the actual names in the relevant language or to coding used by KHRG in previous reports, with the exception of excerpts taken from previously published KHRG reports. All names and locations censored according to this system correspond to actual names and locations on file with KHRG. Thus, censoring should not be interpreted to mean the absence of information. In many cases, further details have been withheld for the security of villagers and KHRG researchers.
Though KHRG often operates in or through areas controlled by armed forces and groups including the Tatmadaw, Tatmadaw Border Guard battalions and non-state armed groups (NSAGs), KHRG is independent and unaffiliated. Access to some contexts has sometimes been facilitated by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), particularly in cases where KHRG researchers need to cross vehicle roads or enter villages that the Tatmadaw has burned or are likely to be mined. Other groups were not willing to facilitate research by KHRG; Tatmadaw, Border Guard and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) soldiers were the chief obstacles to safely conducting research in eastern Burma during the reporting period. Villagers documenting human rights abuses did so with the understanding that they risked arrest or execution should perpetrators of abuse learn of their activities; in some areas, bounties have been placed on the heads of villagers for documenting human rights abuses.
Because of the obstacles described above, it is only possible for villagers collecting testimony to interview civilians who are not likely to report documentation activities to authorities in a way that would place those villagers in danger. This does not represent a research constraint in areas where whole communities are in hiding, view authorities perpetrating abuse as a threat, and as such are likely to flee rather than risk encountering them. In other areas, however, security considerations mean that villagers are not always able to openly interview civilians from all perspectives. Villagers most likely to compromise the security of villagers working with KHRG may also be villagers that are most likely to present a positive view of Tatmadaw, and be critical of NSAGs that continue to be in conflict with Burma's central government.
It is important to acknowledge that these limitations restrict KHRG's ability to make conclusions about all aspects of operations by opposition NSAGs or about potentially positive activities conducted by the government. For this reason, this report avoids making conclusions that would be unsupported by the data set, including practices of the government in areas where research was not conducted, or the non-occurrence of events about which KHRG did not collect information. Instead, this report focuses on sharing concerns raised by villagers that relate to events they experienced over the last 12 months, and analysing those experiences in light of patterns previously identified by KHRG.
It is equally important to acknowledge that research limitations do not call into question the veracity of documentation regarding practices by the Tatmadaw or other groups. While there is a risk that individuals interviewed by KHRG might hold personal biases that cause them to provide exaggerated or inaccurate information, the verification practices described above are designed to prevent such inaccuracies from being reported by KHRG. Furthermore, the sheer volume and consistency of information gathered by KHRG during the reporting period, as well as over the last 20 years, minimises the potential for inaccurate or incorrectly identified patterns. Ultimately, the constraints faced by KHRG mean that there are unanswered questions about issues not present in the data set, on which further research needs to be conducted. Patterns identified across such a substantial data set, however, mean that there should be no question regarding the seriousness, or widespread nature, of abuses villagers faced during the last year.
 "Nyaunglebin Interview: Naw P---, May 2011," KHRG, July 2011.
 "Tenasserim Interview: Saw T---, December 2010," KHRG, October 2011.