text:
/*
 *
 * SignIn
 *
 */

 import React from 'react';
 import Helmet from 'react-helmet';
 import Responsive from 'react-responsive';
 import {Link} from "react-router";
 import FlatButton from "material-ui/FlatButton";
 import NavBar2 from 'components/NavBar2';

export default class SignIn extends React.PureComponent {
  constructor(props){
  super(props);
  this.state={
    email:"",
    password:"",
  }
}
handleEmail = (event) => {
  this.setState({
    email: event.target.value
  })
}
handlePassword = (event) => {
  this.setState({
    password:event.target.value
  })
}

 storeSignIn = () => {

   var data = new FormData ();
   data.append("email", this.state.email);
   data.append("password", this.state.password);

 fetch("http://cb-iii.com/api/signin",{
   method:"post",
   body:data
 })
 .then(function(response){
   return response.json();
 })
 .then(function(json){
   if(json.token !== false){
     this.setState({
       email:"",
       password:"",
     })

     sessionStorage.setItem("token", json.token);
     fetch("http://cb-iii.com/api/getUser?token="+json.token, {
       headers:{
         "Authorization":"Bearer "+json.token
       }
     })
     .then(function(response){
       return response.json();
     })
     .then(function(json){
       sessionStorage.setItem("user", JSON.stringify(json));
       alert("Success! You did it!");
     })

   }
   else if (json.token === false){
     alert("Invalid credentials");
   }
   else if (json.error){
     alert("You need to fill out all fields.");
   }
 }.bind(this))
}
  render() {
    const divStyle={
      textAlign:"center",
    }
    const titleStyle={
      color:"#eeeeee",
      fontSize:"6em",
      fontFamily:"Quicksand",
      fontWeight:"300",
      textTransform:"uppercase",
      letterSpacing:"6px",
      textAlign:"center",
      marginTop:"280px"
    }
    const titleStyleMobile={
      color:"#eeeeee",
      fontSize:"4em",
      fontFamily:"Quicksand",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textTransform:"uppercase",
      letterSpacing:"6px",
      textAlign:"center",
      marginTop:"225px"
    }
    const divStyleParallax={
      width:"100%",
      height:"600px",
      background:"url(http://h4z.it/Image/1a91d2_covery_bwrev.jpg)",
      backgroundSize:"cover",
      backgroundAttachment:"fixed",
      backgroundPosition:"center",
      backgroundRepeat:"no-repeat",
    }
      const divStyleMobileParallax={
        width:"100%",
        height:"500px",
        background:"url(http://h4z.it/Image/1a91d2_covery_bwrev.jpg)",
        backgroundSize:"cover",
        backgroundAttachment:"fixed",
        backgroundPosition:"center",
        backgroundRepeat:"no-repeat",
    }
    const box={
        top:"600px",
        margin:"auto",
        color:"#eeeeee",
        fontSize:"6em",
        fontFamily:"Quicksand",
        fontWeight:"300",
        textTransform:"uppercase",
        letterSpacing:"6px",
        textAlign:"center",
        height:"300px",
        width:"100%",
    }
    const divStyle2={
      width:"100%",
      height:"1500px",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)"

    }
    const bodyStyle={
      color:"#ffffff",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"left",
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"column",
    }
    const divStyle3={
      width:"100%",
      height:"650px",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)"
    }
    const box2={
      width:"1500px",
      height:"800px",
      border:"2px solid #ffffff",
      margin:"0 auto",
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"row",
      justifyContent:"space-around",

    }
    const inputBox={
      color:"#191919",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"left",
      width:"300px",
      height:"50px",
      marginTop:"10px",
      marginBottom:"30px",
      marginRight:"30px",
      background:"#ffffff"
    }
    const inputBoxMobile={
      color:"#191919",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"left",
      width:"285px",
      height:"40px",
      marginTop:"10px",
      marginBottom:"30px",
      marginRight:"30px",
      background:"#ffffff"

    }
    const inputBox2={
      color:"#191919",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"left",
      width:"692px",
      height:"200px",
      marginTop:"10px",
      marginBottom:"100px",
      marginRight:"30px",
      background:"#ffffff"
    }
    const inputBox2Mobile={
      color:"#191919",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"left",
      width:"285px",
      height:"285px",
      marginTop:"10px",
      marginBottom:"30px",
      marginRight:"30px",
      background:"#ffffff"
    }
    const inputBox3={
      color:"#ffffff",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"center",
      width:"100px",
      height:"50px",
      marginTop:"50px",
      marginBottom:"125px",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
      border:"1px solid #ffffff",
    }
    const inputBox3Mobile={
      color:"#ffffff",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"center",
      width:"100px",
      height:"50px",
      marginTop:"50px",
      marginBottom:"20px",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
      border:"1px solid #ffffff",
    }
    const divStyle4={
      width:"100%",
      height:"auto",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
      color:"#ffffff"

    }
    const divStyle5={
      width:"100%",
      height:"150px",
      marginTop:"75px",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
      color:"#ffffff"
    }
    const divStyle5Mobile={
      width:"100%",
      height:"75px",
      marginTop:"37px",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
      color:"#ffffff"
    }
    const contactLeft={
      width:"30%",
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"column",
      paddingLeft:"1%",
      paddingTop:"4%"
    }
    const contactLeftMobile={
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"column",
      paddingLeft:"5%",
      paddingTop:"8%"
    }
    const contactRight={
      width:"70%",
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"column",
      paddingLeft:"1%",
      paddingTop:"5%"

    }
    const contactRow={
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"row",
      justifyContent:"space-around",
      padding:"50px 150px 0px 0px"
    }
    const contactRowMobile={
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"row",
      justifyContent:"space-around",
      paddingTop:"5px",
      margin:"0 auto",
    }
    const headerStyle={
      color:"#ffffff",
      fontSize:"1.20em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"600",
      textTransform:"uppercase",
  }
  const mainStyle={
    display:"flex",
    flexDirection:"column",
    background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
    }
    const mainStyleMobile={
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"column",
      color:"#191919",

    }
    const footerStyleMobile={
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"column",
      textDecoration:"none",
      color:"#000000",
      fontSize:"1em",
      fontFamily:"Josefin Sans",
      fontStyle:"light",
      fontWeight:"500",
      textAlign:"center",
      textTransform:"uppercase",
      letterSpacing:"2px",
    }
    const headStyleMobile={
      display:"flex",
      marginTop:"20px",
      flexDirection:"column",
      alignItems:"center",
    }
    const linkStyle={
      display:"flex",
      flexDirection:"column",
      textDecoration:"none",
      color:"#000000",
      fontSize:".75em",
      fontFamily:"Josefin Sans",
      fontStyle:"light",
      fontWeight:"400",
      textAlign:"center",
      textTransform:"uppercase",
      letterSpacing:"2px",
    }
    const mottoStyle={
      color:"ffffff",
      fontSize:"1.20em",
      fontFamily:"Open Sans",
      fontWeight:"700",
      textAlign:"center",
      textTransform:"uppercase",
      letterSpacing:"2px",
      background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
    }
    const mottoStyleMobile={
        color:"#ffffff",
        fontSize:".90em",
        fontFamily:"Open Sans",
        fontWeight:"700",
        textAlign:"center",
        textTransform:"uppercase",
        marginTop:"30px",
        letterSpacing:"2px",
        background:"rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.00)",
     }
     const pageLinks = [];

     const preview = {};

    return (

        <Helmet title="SignIn" meta={[ { name: 'description', content: 'Description of SignIn' }]}/>

                <NavBar2/>

            <Responsive minDeviceWidth={1024}>

 Sign In

            </Responsive>

            <Responsive maxDeviceWidth={1023}>

 Sign In

            </Responsive>

        <Responsive minDeviceWidth={1024}>

                 Email <input onChange = {this.handleEmail} style={inputBox} value={this.state.email}/>

                 Password <input onChange = {this.handlePassword} style={inputBox} type="password" value={this.state.password}/>

              <input onTouchTap = {this.storeSignIn} type="submit" value="Sign In" style={inputBox3}/>

        </Responsive>

        <Responsive maxDeviceWidth={1023}>

               Email <input onChange = {this.handleEmail} style={inputBoxMobile} value={this.state.email}/>

                 Password <input onChange = {this.handlePassword} style={inputBoxMobile} type="password" value={this.state.password}/>

              <input onTouchTap = {this.storeSignIn} type="submit" vaule="Sign In" style={inputBox3Mobile}/>

        </Responsive>

        <Responsive minDeviceWidth={1024}>

 Think Three.

        </Responsive>

        <Responsive maxDeviceWidth={1023}>

 Think Three.

        </Responsive>

          );
        }
      }


text:
At the Helm
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation - the first woman and first African to lead the 164-member country organisation. Ifeoluwa Ogunbufunmi reports.
Ifeoluwa Ogunbufunmi
"The WTO is about people! It's about decent work! Let us place its overarching purpose front and centre as a driver for all we seek to accomplish for the multilateral trading system. Our organisation faces a great many challenges but working together we can collectively make the WTO stronger, more agile and better adapted to the realities of today," Dr Okonjo-Iweala said after her appointment on February 15th.
Her top priority will be to quickly address the economic and health consequences of the Covid pandemic and to "implement the policy responses we need to get the global economy going again".
The WTO General Council's decision to appoint Dr Okonjo-Iweala in the top job comes after months of uncertainty which arose when the United States refused to join the consensus of the WTO members around her and supported Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee of the Republic of Korea. An initial shortlist of eight candidates had been in the running, which was later narrowed to five and then the final two Myung-hee and Dr Okonjo-Iweala.
However, following Myung-hee's decision on February 5 to withdraw her candidacy, the administration of newly elected USPresident Joe Biden dropped the US objection and announced instead that Washington extends its "strong support" to the candidacy of Dr Okonjo-Iweala.
"It can't be more of the same. It can't be someone who just knows the issues and how the place works. We have tried that. Of all the challengers for the job, I have the right combination of skills. I am the woman for the job," she said.
Tweeting after the announcement, she said, "It is done! Thank you to the WTO members for finalising my election today and making history. In the 73 years of GATT and WTO, I'm honoured to be the first woman and first African to lead. But now the real work begins. Ready to tackle the challenges of WTO. Forget Business as usual!"
For Nigerian women and women across the world, Dr Okonjo-Iweala has opened up a world of possibilities for women to rise to key leadership roles and achieve accomplishments by impact. She begins her role as DG of the WTO on March 1.
Dr Okonjo-Iweala has twice been a government minister in Nigeria (for Finance and Foreign Affairs); she had a 25-year career at the World Bank Group (where she rose through the ranks and became a Managing Director); she is a member of several boards including Standard Chartered Bank and Twitter and is the immediate past Chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI); she is a special envoy in the World Health Organization's COVID-19 fight; and the Chair for the Centre for Global Development. She was also named the Forbes African of 2020.
She joins a host of Nigerians flying the country's flag high and leading world institutions like: Chile Eboe-Osuji, the President of the International Criminal Court; Amina J Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; and Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the President of the Africa Development Bank.

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text:
{-# language CPP #-}
-- | = Name
--
-- XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2 - instance extension
--
-- = Specification
--
-- See
-- <https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenXR/specs/1.0/html/xrspec.html#XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2  XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2>
-- in the main specification for complete information.
--
-- = Registered Extension Number
--
-- 92
--
-- = Revision
--
-- 1
--
-- = Extension and Version Dependencies
--
-- -   Requires OpenXR 1.0
--
-- = See Also
--
-- 'CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR'
--
-- = Document Notes
--
-- For more information, see the
-- <https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenXR/specs/1.0/html/xrspec.html#XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2 OpenXR Specification>
--
-- This page is a generated document. Fixes and changes should be made to
-- the generator scripts, not directly.
module OpenXR.Extensions.XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2  ( CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR(..)
                                                             , KHR_composition_layer_equirect2_SPEC_VERSION
                                                             , pattern KHR_composition_layer_equirect2_SPEC_VERSION
                                                             , KHR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_EXTENSION_NAME
                                                             , pattern KHR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_EXTENSION_NAME
                                                             ) where

import Foreign.Marshal.Alloc (allocaBytes)
import Foreign.Ptr (nullPtr)
import Foreign.Ptr (plusPtr)
import Data.Coerce (coerce)
import OpenXR.CStruct (FromCStruct)
import OpenXR.CStruct (FromCStruct(..))
import OpenXR.CStruct (ToCStruct)
import OpenXR.CStruct (ToCStruct(..))
import OpenXR.Zero (Zero(..))
import Data.String (IsString)
import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
import Foreign.C.Types (CFloat)
import Foreign.C.Types (CFloat(..))
import Foreign.C.Types (CFloat(CFloat))
import Foreign.Storable (Storable)
import Foreign.Storable (Storable(peek))
import Foreign.Storable (Storable(poke))
import qualified Foreign.Storable (Storable(..))
import GHC.Generics (Generic)
import Foreign.Ptr (Ptr)
import Data.Kind (Type)
import OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes (CompositionLayerBaseHeader(..))
import OpenXR.Core10.Enums.CompositionLayerFlagBits (CompositionLayerFlags)
import OpenXR.Core10.Enums.EyeVisibility (EyeVisibility)
import OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes (IsCompositionLayer(..))
import OpenXR.Core10.Space (Posef)
import OpenXR.Core10.Handles (Space_T)
import OpenXR.Core10.Enums.StructureType (StructureType)
import OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes (SwapchainSubImage)
import OpenXR.Core10.Enums.StructureType (StructureType(TYPE_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_KHR))
-- | XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR - Equirectangular layer composition info
--
-- == Member Descriptions
--
-- = Description
--
-- 'CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR' contains the information needed to render
-- an equirectangular image onto a sphere when calling
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.DisplayTiming.endFrame'. 'CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR'
-- is an alias type for the base struct
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes.CompositionLayerBaseHeader' used in
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.DisplayTiming.FrameEndInfo'.
--
-- == Valid Usage (Implicit)
--
-- -   #VUID-XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR-extension-notenabled# The
--     @XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2@ extension /must/ be enabled
--     prior to using 'CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR'
--
-- -   #VUID-XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR-type-type# @type@ /must/ be
--     'OpenXR.Core10.Enums.StructureType.TYPE_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_KHR'
--
-- -   #VUID-XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR-next-next# @next@ /must/ be
--     @NULL@ or a valid pointer to the
--     <https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenXR/specs/1.0/html/xrspec.html#valid-usage-for-structure-pointer-chains next structure in a structure chain>
--
-- -   #VUID-XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR-layerFlags-parameter#
--     @layerFlags@ /must/ be @0@ or a valid combination of
--     'OpenXR.Core10.Enums.CompositionLayerFlagBits.CompositionLayerFlagBits'
--     values
--
-- -   #VUID-XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR-space-parameter# @space@ /must/
--     be a valid 'OpenXR.Core10.Handles.Space' handle
--
-- -   #VUID-XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR-eyeVisibility-parameter#
--     @eyeVisibility@ /must/ be a valid
--     'OpenXR.Core10.Enums.EyeVisibility.EyeVisibility' value
--
-- -   #VUID-XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR-subImage-parameter# @subImage@
--     /must/ be a valid 'OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes.SwapchainSubImage'
--     structure
--
-- = See Also
--
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes.CompositionLayerBaseHeader',
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.Enums.CompositionLayerFlagBits.CompositionLayerFlags',
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.Enums.EyeVisibility.EyeVisibility',
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.DisplayTiming.FrameEndInfo', 'OpenXR.Core10.Space.Posef',
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.Handles.Space',
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.Enums.StructureType.StructureType',
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes.SwapchainSubImage',
-- 'OpenXR.Core10.DisplayTiming.endFrame'
data CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR = CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR
  { -- | @layerFlags@ specifies options for the layer.
    layerFlags :: CompositionLayerFlags
  , -- | @space@ is the 'OpenXR.Core10.Handles.Space' in which the @pose@ of the
    -- equirect layer is evaluated over time.
    space :: Ptr Space_T
  , -- No documentation found for Nested "XrCompositionLayerEquirect2KHR" "eyeVisibility"
    eyeVisibility :: EyeVisibility
  , -- | @subImage@ identifies the image
    -- 'OpenXR.Core10.OtherTypes.SwapchainSubImage' to use.
    subImage :: SwapchainSubImage
  , -- | @pose@ is an 'OpenXR.Core10.Space.Posef' defining the position and
    -- orientation of the center point of the sphere onto which the equirect
    -- image data is mapped, relative to the reference frame of the @space@.
    pose :: Posef
  , -- | @radius@ is the non-negative radius of the sphere onto which the
    -- equirect image data is mapped. Values of zero or floating point positive
    -- infinity are treated as an infinite sphere.
    radius :: Float
  , -- | @centralHorizontalAngle@ defines the visible horizontal angle of the
    -- sphere, based at 0 radians, in the range of [0, 2π]. It grows
    -- symmetrically around the 0 radian angle.
    centralHorizontalAngle :: Float
  , -- | @upperVerticalAngle@ defines the upper vertical angle of the visible
    -- portion of the sphere, in the range of [-π\/2, π\/2].
    upperVerticalAngle :: Float
  , -- | @lowerVerticalAngle@ defines the lower vertical angle of the visible
    -- portion of the sphere, in the range of [-π\/2, π\/2].
    lowerVerticalAngle :: Float
  }
  deriving (Typeable)
#if defined(GENERIC_INSTANCES)
deriving instance Generic (CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR)
#endif
deriving instance Show CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR

instance IsCompositionLayer CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR where
  toCompositionLayerBaseHeader CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR{..} = CompositionLayerBaseHeader{type' = TYPE_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_KHR, next = (), ..}

instance ToCStruct CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR where
  withCStruct x f = allocaBytes 120 $ \p -> pokeCStruct p x (f p)
  pokeCStruct p CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR{..} f = do
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 0 :: Ptr StructureType)) (TYPE_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_KHR)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 8 :: Ptr (Ptr ()))) (nullPtr)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 16 :: Ptr CompositionLayerFlags)) (layerFlags)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 24 :: Ptr (Ptr Space_T))) (space)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 32 :: Ptr EyeVisibility)) (eyeVisibility)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 40 :: Ptr SwapchainSubImage)) (subImage)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 72 :: Ptr Posef)) (pose)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 100 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (radius))
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 104 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (centralHorizontalAngle))
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 108 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (upperVerticalAngle))
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 112 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (lowerVerticalAngle))
    f
  cStructSize = 120
  cStructAlignment = 8
  pokeZeroCStruct p f = do
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 0 :: Ptr StructureType)) (TYPE_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_KHR)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 8 :: Ptr (Ptr ()))) (nullPtr)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 24 :: Ptr (Ptr Space_T))) (zero)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 32 :: Ptr EyeVisibility)) (zero)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 40 :: Ptr SwapchainSubImage)) (zero)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 72 :: Ptr Posef)) (zero)
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 100 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (zero))
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 104 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (zero))
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 108 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (zero))
    poke ((p `plusPtr` 112 :: Ptr CFloat)) (CFloat (zero))
    f

instance FromCStruct CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR where
  peekCStruct p = do
    layerFlags <- peek @CompositionLayerFlags ((p `plusPtr` 16 :: Ptr CompositionLayerFlags))
    space <- peek @(Ptr Space_T) ((p `plusPtr` 24 :: Ptr (Ptr Space_T)))
    eyeVisibility <- peek @EyeVisibility ((p `plusPtr` 32 :: Ptr EyeVisibility))
    subImage <- peekCStruct @SwapchainSubImage ((p `plusPtr` 40 :: Ptr SwapchainSubImage))
    pose <- peekCStruct @Posef ((p `plusPtr` 72 :: Ptr Posef))
    radius <- peek @CFloat ((p `plusPtr` 100 :: Ptr CFloat))
    centralHorizontalAngle <- peek @CFloat ((p `plusPtr` 104 :: Ptr CFloat))
    upperVerticalAngle <- peek @CFloat ((p `plusPtr` 108 :: Ptr CFloat))
    lowerVerticalAngle <- peek @CFloat ((p `plusPtr` 112 :: Ptr CFloat))
    pure $ CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR
             layerFlags
             space
             eyeVisibility
             subImage
             pose
             (coerce @CFloat @Float radius)
             (coerce @CFloat @Float centralHorizontalAngle)
             (coerce @CFloat @Float upperVerticalAngle)
             (coerce @CFloat @Float lowerVerticalAngle)

instance Storable CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR where
  sizeOf ~_ = 120
  alignment ~_ = 8
  peek = peekCStruct
  poke ptr poked = pokeCStruct ptr poked (pure ())

instance Zero CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR where
  zero = CompositionLayerEquirect2KHR
           zero
           zero
           zero
           zero
           zero
           zero
           zero
           zero
           zero

type KHR_composition_layer_equirect2_SPEC_VERSION = 1

-- No documentation found for TopLevel "XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2_SPEC_VERSION"
pattern KHR_composition_layer_equirect2_SPEC_VERSION :: forall a . Integral a => a
pattern KHR_composition_layer_equirect2_SPEC_VERSION = 1

type KHR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_EXTENSION_NAME = "XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2"

-- No documentation found for TopLevel "XR_KHR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_EXTENSION_NAME"
pattern KHR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_EXTENSION_NAME :: forall a . (Eq a, IsString a) => a
pattern KHR_COMPOSITION_LAYER_EQUIRECT2_EXTENSION_NAME = "XR_KHR_composition_layer_equirect2"

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Despite its considerable size, the redheaded cichlid is fairly well behaved with other species, provided they respect its territory. Obviously, it requires huge amounts of space, but spawns easily, with the female capable of producing 800 eggs. Size: 30 cm.


text:
Bin Laden: A Brief History
Osama bin Laden is a multi-millionaire of Saudi origin who sponsored and led Arabs fighting in Afghanistan against the USSR in the 1980's. Ronald Reagan who supported "the valiant freedom fighters", recruited bin Laden and other Muslim rebels to overthrow the Soviet backed secular government in Kabul. The covert U.S. funding was funneled largely through Pakistan's maverick Inter-Services Intelligence. Millions of dollars in money and arms were provided to the mujahideen rebels to fight the Soviet occupation. bin Laden made it clear that both the U.S. and Russia were considered enemies.
In the mid-1980's Osama bin Ladin and the Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood leader Abdallah Azzam co-founded the Maktab alKhidamat, an organization to help supply the Afghan resistance in Peshawar with fighters and money. The MAK enlisted, sheltered and transported thousands of people from over 50 countries to fight the Soviets. Over 10,000 Arabs received training in these paramilitary camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In the late 80's Bin Laden and Azzam formed a new organization, al-Qua'ida, to focus on extending his campaign world wide. After the car bombing death of Azzam in 1989, the MAK split, with the extremist faction joining al-Qa'ida.
After Afghanistan, bin Ladin returned to Saudi Arabia and continued to support opposition movements in that country and Yemen. He began to oppose the Saudi leadership when they rejected his advice to rely on native fighters and turned the country's defenses over to the U.S. military. Bin Laden organized a local movement to force U.S. troops out of the country. He relocated to the Sudan in 1991 and was stripped of his Saudi citizenship in 1994 after Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Yemen accused him of supporting subversive groups. Eventually, in 1996, Sudan expelled bin Laden under pressure from the U.S. and Suadi Arabia threatening UN sanctions for Sudan's alleged complicity in the attempted assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 1995.
After returning to Afghanistan, bin Laden found many willing Muslim recruits who were angered by the massive civilian "collateral damage" caused by the Gulf War. In 1996, bin Laden publicly issued his "Declaration of War" against the United States. Since then, his anti-U.S. rhetoric has escalated to the point of calling for worldwide attacks on Americans and allies, including civilians.
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I (Maarten) have been to Moscow three times. The last time was in 2006, so it's fair to say that I waited a bit too long to write this post. We started this version of our blog in 2014 (I think), and I guess at that time I thought my pictures and knowledge of this city were too dated to bother writing about it. I have changed my mind, though. Today, I am convinced that it is still relevant to share my experiences in this wonderful city and hopefully I can revisit Moscow with my family one day. In that case I might have to update this post a bit I suppose.
First of all, I want to clearly state that this is by no means an exhaustive overview of all sightseeing options and highlights of this enormous city, but rather a record of my own personal experiences. It is just not possible to cover everything on one page and I must admit that I haven't seen half of it myself. To be completely honest, I've only visited the city twice. My very first time in Moscow was a crazy taxi ride between two airports in 2003. I arrived from Europe in Moscow and was looking for my connecting flight to Vladivostok. After a bit of wandering around, looking for "departures", I started to realise that my departure towards Vladivostok was in a completely different airport than the one I arrived in. So I had to check out my luggage and found myself a daredevil taxi driver, who took me to the other airport in no time. All of this happened in one of the outer districts, so technically it wasn't really in the city itself. However, the crazy taxi driver showed me what Moscow is all about: everything is possible, there are no boundaries and money buys you anything. Moscow really is how Rammstein so aptly (but slightly R-rated) puts it: "She takes off her clothes, but only for money. The city that keeps me in suspense."
Since the last time I visited Moscow I didn't bring my camera with me (it was stolen in another Russian city, called Blagoveschensk, prior to my visit to the capital), I am going to focus on the city trip I made with my parents in September 2005. I was finishing my PhD at that time, and had to start the final writing process (I got my degree in June of the next year, so in September I still had a long way to go). My parents were convinced that I needed a week off in order to clear my mind, and so they surprised me with a trip to Moscow, Novgorod and Saint-Petersburg. A triple city trip it was. Or a citytriple, if you like. They knew I would love it, because I always had a soft spot for this country. In my teenage years and early twenties, I used to listen to classical music only. My favourite composer was a Russian: Dmitri Shostakovich. His music certainly sparked my interest in Russia.
My parents had booked a group tour through a Belgian agency specialized in religiously inspired travel. They are devout Christians theirselves and so were the other group members. I was the youngest participant, my mother the second-youngest and my father the third-youngest. I was a bit reluctant at first, but I soon realised that these people were a lot of fun to travel with. I learnt that age doesn't matter too much when you travel: it's the participants' mindset that matters. Our Belgian tour guide was also a priest, which really is a plus when you visit Moscow, since many of the highlights here are religious in nature.
And so we set off on an epic journey to the capital of Russia, a very intense experience with numerous highlights each day. Since the participants were mostly of high age, the pace at each site was slow. However, we did see so much in so few days that it was mindblowing. So, here are some of the most noteworthy places in and around Moscow:
The Red Square (Красная Площадь)
Without any doubt the most iconic spot in the capital and an obvious must-see when you're there. It is surrounded by many interesting buildings and monuments. First of all, the Red Square (or "beautiful square", in an alternative translation) is adjacent to the Kremlin, the fortified central citadel of the city (see below). Its impressive red stone towers, topped with a Soviet star, can be seen at the western border of the square. At this side of the square you will also find the Mausoleum of Lenin, which looks like a step pyramid made from red granite. This structure contains the embalmed body of the founder of the Soviet Union. It is open to the public on most days of the week, free of charge.
Our group on the Red Square. You can see one Kremlin tower on the right side. Saint Basil's Cathedral can be found in the back.
Lenin's mausoleum.
The northern part of the Red Square is bordered by the St. Nicholas Tower (one of the Kremlin towers, rebuilt after the French had blown it up in 1812), the "Kremlin-style" State Historical Museum (which has an impressive collection of antiquities, from prehistoric artifacts to artwork of the Romanovs), the Resurrection Gate (with its small chapel) and the Kazan Cathedral (demolished by order of Joseph Stalin in 1936 and rebuilt in the 90s).
State Historical Museum by night (sorry for the pathetic quality of the photo).
State Historical Museum by day.
Resurrection Gate.
Kazan Cathedral.
The eastern part of the square consists of the GUM State Department Store, originally built at the end of the 19th century. The most iconic of all Red Square buildings, however, stands at the southern side: the unique and colourful Saint Basil's Cathedral. This former Byzantine cathedral, nowadays a museum, is a national symbol and its structure is unprecedented, even in the Byzantine tradition of church building.
Saint Basil's Cathedral.
Except for passing through the Resurrection Gate, I can't say I have visited any of those buildings on the inside. Like I said: our visit was quick and (not so) dirty. On the other hand, this square, surrounded by all those exquisite historical buildings, made quite an impression on us all. This is the very heart and soul of Moscow, the heart and soul of Russia even. Regarding the photos: most of them were taken at night, and my photography skills in those days were even worse than they are now. Especially when it's dark. I was lucky that Photoshop came to the rescue a bit, but the results are not so nice, I'm sorry.
During our few days in Moscow, we stayed in the Rossiya Hotel, which was situated adjacent to the Red Square. This hotel was built in the 1960s by the Soviet government. At that time it was the largest hotel in Europe, with 3000 rooms and a 21-story tower. In January 2006 (only a few months after our stay), the hotel was closed. I still remember the empty hallways and spooky dining-room: it was clearly a dying relic of another time.
The Red Square, as seen from our hotel room.
Another fun anekdote: we witnessed a concert of Joe Cocker, who by coincidence played just outside the Red Square (and in front of our hotel) when we were there. We hadn't payed for the concert but could clearly see and hear everything from outside the "concert area".
The Kremlin (Московский Кремль)
In fact, Thé Kremlin is just Á Kremlin, since there are numerous Russian cities that have a Kremlin. However, because the Kremlin of Moscow is the most well-known, it is often referred to as Thé Kremlin. A Kremlin is a major fortified central complex in a Russian city. The Moscow Kremlin is surrounded by a high wall with its typical Kremlin towers (nowadays still topped by Soviet stars that are illuminated during the night). Inside, there are no less than 5 palaces and 4 cathedrals. The Grand Kremlin Palace was originally the Tsar's residence, but it is now inhabited by the Russian President.
The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site (hoho, what a name!) is definitely a must-visit when you're here. It includes a number of palaces and cathedrals, as well as the Armoury Chamber, which has a very rich collection of Russian art, antiques and royal parafernalia. This includes the famous Fabergé eggs, late 18th-, early 19th-century easter gifts for the Tsars.
A selection of Tsars' crowns.
Carriage-sled and my father.
Another extravagant carriage.
Fabergé egg.
Although it is relatively small, the Cathedral of the Annunciation (originally 15th century) is probably the most spectacular of the Kremlin cathedrals, both from the outside (with 9 golden domes) as well as from the inside. The central prayer area, which includes a large iconostasis with works of the famous medieval painters Rublev and Theophanes The Greek, is surrounded by several galleries. The northern gallery contains a famous Image of Edessa icon. It is separated from the central room by a spectacular azure blue doorway.
Cathedral of the Annunciation.
Northern gallery with icon and doorway as described above.
The blue doorway.
Colourful ceiling.
Colourful wall paintings as well.
The interior of this cathedral is a profusion of religious paintings and symbols, as well as a lot of gold and other shiny precious materials. I suggest you don't visit each cathedral in the Kremlin, but rather take a walk outside and take in the atmosphere of this peculiar place.
Together, the Red Square and the Kremlin form a UNESCO world heritage site.
The Tsar Bell, the largest bell in the world. It has never made any sound.
The 16th-century Tsar Cannon and my mother. This example of Russian artillery casting art has never been actually used.
The Dormition Cathedral.
The Novodevichy Convent (Новоде́вичий монасты́рь)
This 17th-century monastery is also a UNESCO world heritage site. The entire convent was built in the so-called "Moscow Baroque" style. It's importance is closely related to the Kremlin and the Tsars, since it was used by women of the Tsar's family and the aristocracy. Just like the Kremlin, the (mostly religious) buildings of the Novodevichy Convent are richly decorated with numerous paintings and artefacts.
The cemetery associated with the convent is equally interesting. It contains the graves of several Russian leaders (e.g. Nikita Khrushchev and Boris Yeltsin) and famous artists, such as Sergei Prokofiev, Mstislav Rostropovich ànd Dmitri Shostakovich. I have never visited the cemetery, though. As you can see, this is at least one important reason why I need to come back here.
Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk.
Ceiling of the cathedral.
Prokhorov Chapel.
The octagonal bell-tower.
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина)
This museum is the largest museum of European art in Moscow. Since it features works of many famous European artists, it really is a must-do for every traveler with a heart for art (yes, word joke there…). We only visited the paintings and sculpture section, but the museum also has an extensive archaeological collection.
Ambroise Vollard by Pablo Picasso.
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Храм Христа Спасителя)
Just opposite the Pushkin Museum you may find the third tallest Orthodox Christian church building in the world. Maybe that's not very spectacular, but the building is I think. The original version was constructed in the 19th century and hosted the premiere of the Ouverture Solennelle "1812" by Tchaikovsky. This building was demolished in 1931 by order of Joseph Stalin (yes, him again), since he wanted to build a giant palace here (which never was constructed). The cathedral was rebuilt between 1995 and 2000.
The Seven Sisters (Сталинские высотки)
After demolishing the cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Stalin ordered the Palace of the Soviets to be built on this spot. The construction was, however, interrupted by WWII and the metal frame that was already put in place was used for the fortification of the city. After the war, Stalin changed his ideas about the appearance of the city completely. In order for Moscow to equal the greatness of capitalist cities all over the world, he wanted seven enormous skycrapers to be built in "Stalinist style" (a.k.a. Socialist Classicism), their overall image inspired by the Municipal Building in Manhattan. At the time of construction they were the tallest buildings in Europe. These remarkable buildings are notable eye-catchers that remind us of an eventful period in Russian history.
Sergiyev Posad (Се́ргиев Поса́д)
To be more precise, the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is a must-visit in the city of Sergiyev Posad. This 14th-century orthodox monastery is the most important one in Russia ànd a UNESCO world heritage site. It developed between the 15th and 18th century and combines the styles of different centuries. It also blends religious and military architecture. The Cathedral of the Assumption contains the tomb of tsar Boris Godunov. Among the treasures of the Lavra is a famous icon called The Trinity, painted by Andrei Rublev.
Even if you have already visited the religious buildings of The Kremlin with all their artistic and architectural splendour, I do think this is a necessary day trip to make. Sergiyev Posad is only an hour driving or 2-3 hours by train from the very center of Moscow. When you approach the monastery from the village, it just looks like something from a fairytale, with its bright colours and rounded domes. Like a religious Disneyland I would say.
The 15th-century Trinity Cathedral.
The colourful Assumption Cathedral.
The Bell Tower.
Take a tour of the Moscow underground (Моско́вский метрополите́н)
The Moscow Metro was opened in 1935 as the first underground in the Soviet Union. With 263 different stations it is also the longest metro system outside of China. But that is not the reason why you should visit it. Several stations are so beautifully decorated with statues, paintings and other artistic forms of expression that it would be a shame to leave Moscow without seeing them. These stations are even known as the "underground palaces of Moscow". While the pre-war stations symbolise the industrialisation of Russia, the stations built after the war illustrate victory and national pride. Find yourself a guided tour, though. Since I have not always felt safe in the Moscow underground I would not advise you to explore it on your own.
One of the many Soviet-style statues in the Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station.
Go on the water!
It might sound as a cliché, but take a boat tour when you visit this city. The Moskva (Moscow) River runs right through the city center and therefore going on the water is an ideal way to see Moscow from a different perspective. The river itself also has a treat to offer: the giant Peter the Great Statue which rises up from the water in all its glory.
This has become a longer blog post than I originally had in mind, but seriously, this is only a tiny fragment of what this city has to offer for a traveler. As you can see, Moscow is just the perfect spot for a cultural city trip. So what are you waiting for? давай!
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An old dude rear ended me and begged me not to go through insurance. We swapped info and he wants me to get 2 quotes and he says he will give me a certified check for the amount between the 2 quotes. How long would you wait after giving the guy quotes?
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So, if one quote was $1200 and the other was $1195, he's gonna give you $5?
I would have claimed it. That's just me.
There are trustworthy people out there, but hard to come by. I was once in the situation and got my compensation as promised.
As long as you have the insurance information as well the driver's license, I think he cannot get away with it. If he is waiting for your quote, then go get one ASAP. To cut him some slacks, I would not go to dealers simply because the high cost. To forgive others is to leave ourselves some room for unfortunate mistakes in the future.
...To forgive others is to leave ourselves some room for unfortunate mistakes in the future.
i would of went through insurance. I got t-boned in the start of the year and the guy said the same thing to me, asking me not to got through it, but i did, and when the cops came, i found out the guy had no licence and no insurance, so if i would of, i would of bin ****ed. Yes there are some people that are trustworthy, but need to worry about your self, and need to cover your ***.
I got rear ended a couple of years ago. I didn't go through insurance as well. He seemed like an ok guy. That doesn't change the situation though. I still got his driver's license, and insurance info though. I also got a contact number. Call the number before you leave the scene of the accident, otherwise it might be a fake number. Although, you should be good with the insurance info, and license info. You could also get the VIN number of the car, just in case as well.
I got the guy to pay for my damages. Everything was fixed, no insurance was necessary. Everything is good to this day.
Save the hassle, just go thru insurance... you will be spending a lot of time running around. Tell the guy Certified cheque is not good enough, use money order.... It is cheaper for him to get you the money order and you will guarantee you get money for it as well.
lol a certified check and money order is basically the same thing.
i suggest u get a quote right away and give him a day or two to get you the money. you have nothing to loose and you can still go to insurance if he declines to pay.
Isn't not reporting an accident to your insurance company considered fraud?
Say this guy is willing to pay cash for the repairs, but later tells his insurance company. Your insurer later finds out that you were involved in an accident and didn't report it. You get dumped and have to pay huge to get insured again. Not worth it IMO.
ok wait, why would it be fraud NOT to report the accident?? iirc, YOU are a customer, and YOU pay to have insurance. whether you choose to use the insurance or not is up to you. as far as i know, if no one was injured, and damage was under $some large amount, you don't have to report it. at least that's what cops at the accident reporting center in ottawa told me back in 2000.
Thats exactly how it should be!
Unfortunetely it is not that way, in your insurance contract it states that you must notify insurance within a certain time frame of the accident. Now most insurance companies wont cancel you unless they feel like being a$$holes.
This is what i would do. I would go to a police reporting center and file an accident report. This DOES NOT go to your insurance company! This report will cover your *** if the guy ***** off and you need to go to your insurance. But at the same time cuts the guy some slack. If he doesnt want to get a police report done then hes obviously out to **** you and i would go straight to insurance.
Get the police report to fall back on if the guy takes off. You never know, he might think it's $1000 damage and when he finds out the quote is $2500 he's not going to stick around.
i had a guy say that to me, but then when he found out the amount of damages, he went through insurance.
there are trustworthy people for sure.
I believe the under $1000 rule is only to save the police the time of attending the scene of the accident. Under $1000 you go to the reporting centre, over $1000 or with injuries, they will come to the scene.
I went this route 2 times...got rear ended, got quotes...it was too much for them to pay cash so I went through insurance...second time the woman ran a redlight and almost tore off my bumper...got quotes, they agreed on the amount and we met up and settled it...signed waivers to the tone of "damages were paid for in cash, no further action shall be taken etc"
get the quote asap , give the guy 2 days to pay off. Get a police report to cover your a s s . If the guy tries to play smart go to the insurance.
So whats happened since the first post.. have you got your money yet??
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March is my busiest sowing month, so it's quite a relief to get to April. I have dozens of seed trays full of healthy plants now and many of the February and early March sowings are in the ground. The main challenge has been the onions, I've had a couple of bad batches of seeds and I've had to re-sow, fortunately with good results!
A lot of my sowing decisions are driven by having enough space to germinate and pot on seeds/seedlings and as we start April that's definitely the case. The little greenhouse and seedling bench in the polytunnel are full as are all of the window sills. Within two weeks though a lot of space will have been cleared and I will be well on with the April sowings.
In this video I show you the progress of my February and March sowings which are doing very well. The peppers are all doing well, the early tomatoes seem to have been worth the effort and the main tomato sowing destined for the polytunnel has all germinated well. The early courgettes and cucumbers are planted or potted too. The early brassicas are in the ground and succession sowings are growing strong.
In the video I also spend a few minutes on the computer to show you the databases that I'm using to capture all of my knowledge about the 250+ varieties of fruit and veg that I grow and also the details of what I'm sowing.
Before we get to the video though you might like to cheack out my latest tour, which shows everything that's growing.
So finally we get to the video for April sowing and growing.
When looking at these databases please bear in mind that they are live views onto rapidly evolving data. The content and design is being constantly improved. If you want to look at snapshots and/or take your own copies, please look at the video above and it's associated description.
For completeness here's a view of my sowing database with all the details!
Watch out for the next video showing what I'm sowing in May!


I have been a lot of places in my 21 years on Earth. I feel so lucky to have worked jobs that have allowed me to experience all different parts of the country and meet so many people. The other day, after a summers worth of hard work in Minnesota, I made the trip down to Madison to watch the first football game of the season – you can put the girl in Gopher country, but you can't take the Badger out of her blood. Before heading to the tailgates, I had to make a quick pitstop to pick up a few things.
Shopping first, everything else second, am I right?
I'm not a big fan of malls, they get too busy and crowded for me…I'm sure this comes as a shock to many, but as you know from my previous blogs, online shopping is my addiction. That being said, I have always loved the Hilldale Shopping Center. I remember going to Hilldale when I was younger whenever I came down to Madison to visit my grandparents, it was fun because as a kid I got to shop and play outside at the same time, I truly don't think it gets better than that! I still feel that way, but am blown away by how much it has grown.
I'm not a label hound but I do have my favs. I am a Lululemon girl. Kate Spade and Michael Kors never disappoint, and if you can't find what you are looking for at Macy's you didn't look hard enough. All of those place can be found in this little gem of a shopping center. When I was Miss Wisconsin USA it was on the path between my college home and everywhere I had to go. A million stops at Hilldale later and most of my appearance wardrobe and every pair of pantyhose that needed replacing came from this corner of Madison. There is no secret style notes here, other than I buy a whole lot of stuff here. They have a LUSH for goodness sake, LUSH. I miss shopping in Madison.
Madsion is a part of me and it will always be a part of me. I can't imagine a visit without a walk down State, a stop at Ian's, a visit to Hilldale and of course one quick scoop of Babcock Ice Cream. There is something about the Terrace and Lake Mendota when fall is about to spark and the crisp air blows off the water that you can't find anywhere else in the world. I graduate in less than two months and the nostalgia is really kicking in. So if you ever are where I am and the song "Jump Around" starts playing, you best just move out of the way.


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"Hello, Mary Beth? This is Dr. Farris. Could you please have the coroner come to the Wheeler's residence at 213 Oak Drive in Kennsington? Helen Wheeler has passed away. Oh, yes, sorry Mary Beth, the time was 2:13 p.m. The cause of death, I would diagnose as coronary thrombosis. Thank, you Mary Beth, I'll wait here until Ed arrives."
Helen Wheeler was a cruel and mean child. As an adult she added to this repertoire, bitter, boisterous and opinionated. In our small quiet tree shaded community, she earned the pseudonym Hell-en Wheels. Helen had a sister four years younger, Miriam. Miriam was the antithesis of the none too loved Helen. She was sweet, kind, gentle and very quiet. One month after Miriam's birth, the Wheeler girls were left fatherless after a terrible traffic accident claimed their father's life. Lucille Wheeler, widowed at the very young age of 22, had become sullen, morose, and totally withdrawn because of her husbands sudden demise. She suffered from a broken heart, broken dreams, and had resigned herself to a broken life. She became a mother in title only, providing the mere basics in the way of maternal attentions. Perhaps this is the reason Helen became so domineering. Someone needed to take charge. In addition, she, being the eldest, had had a few years to endear herself to her mother, where as Miriam arrived in a time of great sadness and turmoil. Miriam essentially was ignored. She had no recourse to the cruelty visited upon her by her older sister as her mother surrendered to her oldest daughter's ranting and recalcitrant demands. Miriam was fed, clothed, and sheltered. Over the years, Miriam had become inured—capitulated—it was just her life.
I grew up in this bucolic serene community with its narrow tree-lined streets. Went to the same small two-room schoolhouse and participated in most of the activities in which the two dissimilar girls did. The overbearing and outspoken Helen always claimed the center of attention while Miriam stayed in the shadows, coming forth only when Helen bade her. The bidding was usually for the meek Miriam to perform some task for her demanding and overbearing sister.
Helen grew to be a striking young girl and later a handsome woman. Miriam was an adorable child and matured into a very beautiful demure young lady.
Most of our former classmates were nonplussed when Helen caught the eye of a dashing young man, new to our environs. With his attentive attentions, Helen made a noticeable change to her attitude. Her change in demeanor was a welcomed one. She actually became somewhat pleasant. She swooned and gave in to the modest demands of her handsome beau, Clarence Singleton, and even treated poor Miriam somewhat humanely. The yearlong courtship of Clarence and Helen drew attention away from Miriam, and advantageously she managed to enroll at the community college in nearby Lynwood to obtain a nursing degree.
The young Helen Wheeler however, could not maintain her attitude of sweetness despite the handsome Clarence and his fondness for her. She eventually returned to her true despicable self. Her suitor, upon experiencing Helen's true nature, became disenchanted and severed their relationship. Their breakup did not fare well for Miriam. Helen became more vituperative, bitter and demanding toward her younger sibling. The ensuing years found both lonely—yet sharing the same household. I was hoping after their mother's death that Miriam would break the hold Helen had on her. However, Miriam never found the courage to break away from her domineering older sister. Fortunately, after the breakup of Helen and Clarence she was able to finish out the second year of her schooling to get her registered nursing degree. Being quite skilled, she secured a position at Lynwood Community Hospital.
I went away for the next eight years to study medicine and received my medical degree. On occasions such as holidays and semester breaks, I would return to visit. I had for many years been attracted an enamored to Miriam and we had become close friends. Or I should say as close as Helen would allow. Not only was she bitter at the loss of Clarence, she certainly wasn't going to allow someone to come between her reliance on Miriam's servitude. Nor would she allow Miriam to have what she couldn't; some one caring and loving. So, even friendships were kept distanced. Any plans Miriam and I made to have dinner or just visit usually were dashed by Helen's incessant demands. She always managed to become 'ill' which necessitated Miriam's services. It appeared my desire for a relationship was hopeless.
After my residency requirements were fulfilled, I returned to Kennsington, hung out my shingle and became the new and only doctor upon old Doc Richardson's retirement. Unless a specialist was needed I attended to the majority of medical care for all but a very few in our small town.
It was early in the afternoon, on a stormy September day, when I received the plaintive call from Miriam informing me she believed her now 55-year-old sister was having a heart attack. I rushed to their small neatly kept home to attend to Helen. As I was performing the preliminary vital sign tests, Helen's heart stopped completely. I immediately administered directly to her heart a shot of epinephrine. Her heart gave out. It was too late. Helen was dead. I then called the county coroner, Dr. Ed Hemsley. Lynwood, the county seat, was some thirty miles away and it took Ed about an hour to navigate the winding narrow country roads through the storm's deluge.
According to the coroner's findings a few days later, Helen's death was a direct result of an overdose of epinephrine. As I was a GP not a cardiologist and up to that time had had a spotless record, and since any surviving relative filed no complaint, the medical review board censured me. They put me on one year of informal probation, for my unintentional yet fatal error. I was allowed to continue practicing my profession. However, I had to have another qualified physician monitor my practice for one year. I was greatly relieved. As I left the informal hearing, Miriam, who had been waiting for me, was also noticeably relieved, when she saw my smile.
"Miss Wheeler," I asked, "would you like to accompany me to dinner?"
"Are you asking me out on a date Dr. Farris?" She coquettishly replied.
"And more if you'll have me Miriam," I sincerely responded.
"Why Jane Farris, I didn't think you'd ever ask."
Over the ensuing years together, we never discussed the findings of the medical board's lenient reprimand. My feelings and smile of relief, that day, were because I did not need to confess to the medical board that I had asked Miriam Wheeler, RN to prepare the syringe of epinephrine that I injected into her sister Helen.


This USTATF Certified Half Marathon route includes something for everyone: flat and scenic views of the Missouri River, quaint and historic downtown Washington, wide open spaces in rural surroundings and VERY CHALLENGING HILLS! The 5K route takes runners along the riverfront area of town and on near our gorgeous city lake. Funds raised by RTR support Foundations for Franklin County, a volunteer-led non-profit agency dedicated to creating a safe and healthy community by supporting programs that strengthen families, including those impacted by addiction. Entry fee includes finishers' medals for EVERYONE, cotton T-shirts for 5K runners and EveryRUN participants, and moisture wicking shirts for Half Marathoners. All participants will receive official RTR swag including decals and sponsor goodies. Team runners also qualify for extra prizes!
Awards | Awards are based on overall chip time, as this event is start and finish chip timed. Commemorative plaques for the fastest male and female in the 13.1M and 5K. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals in each age group for both the 13.1M and 5K. Also, race-specific finishers' medals provided to all participants! Age groups are: 12 & under (5K only), 12-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & up.
Register online or by printing and mailing in the downloadable form.
For the safety of our runners, no pets will be allowed on the race course. Strollers are permitted on the 5K course only.
Time Limit for Half Marathon Participants | Walkers are very welcome to participate in the RiverTownRun Half Marathon! However, we will need to close the race course according to a rolling 17 minute per mile pace, beginning at 8:30 am. If you would like to walk at a rate that is more relaxed, please just move off the streets and onto the sidewalk or shoulder, as we will need to reopen the roads to traffic. Race Course Volunteers will be available to direct you. Official electronic finish line timing will conclude at 12:30 pm, which allows 5 hours for participants to complete the Half Marathon and their time to be listed with Fleet Feet's official Race Results Page. Participants who arrive after 12:30 will still receive an official Finisher's Medal, provided they complete the race course by 2:00pm when the Runner's Village /Finish Area will officially close for the day.


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Alice @ 97.3 welcomes Shawn Mendes: The Tour to Oracle Arena on Saturday, July 13th 2019.
Steve Kerr sure would like to properly thank the loyal fans at Oracle Arena one more time. In June. With another championship in hand.
A warehouse in East Oakland caught fire on Monday morning, emitting a huge plume of smoke that was visible around the San Francisco Bay.
Alice @ 97.3 welcomes Panic! At The Disco for their second leg of their Pray For The Wicked Tour to the Oracle Arena on February 19, 2019.
Happening in Oakland from February 18th - 20th.
Alice welcomes Kelly Clarkson to the Bay on January 24 at Oracle Arena on her MEANING OF LIFE TOUR!
The Harlem Globetrotters are taking things to the next level. The basketball team is giving away free tickets to their shows.


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MFAT 75
Finding our feet
Growing Up in the World
The story of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's diplomatic post1 expansion over 75 years is the story of New Zealand growing up in the world.
This is the story of New Zealand setting up our posts around the world. These are places that have become synonymous with New Zealand far from home, sometimes temporarily, sometimes for decades. This is also a story of the lives our people have lived offshore in the service of New Zealand. As our offshore "footprint" has grown over the decades, so too has the Ministry and its people. The Ministry today is a diverse mix of cultures, identities and skillsets spread across New Zealand and MFAT's 60 posts.
This story focuses on particular posts to tell the story of the expansion of the Ministry's offshore network, often drawing on the personal perspectives of those who were there.
1Refers to High Commission or embassy.
1940s and 50s
Prior to the 1940s, New Zealand's foreign affairs were handled by the United Kingdom, and we had few bilateral relationships with other countries.
The New Zealand Government was represented in London by an Agent-General from 1871 to 1905 and subsequently by a High Commissioner.
New Zealand House
London is New Zealand's oldest diplomatic post and the location of New Zealand House. New Zealand House holds a special place in the hearts of many New Zealanders. The embassy was built on the derelict site of the former Carlton Hotel in London, destroyed by a bomb during the Blitz in the Second World War.
Scan of British postcard, circa 1905, showing the Carlton Hotel, London.
The design of the embassy differed from the diplomatic buildings of other Commonwealth countries in that it was a modern skyscraper.
Read more about New Zealand House.
The Second World War made it important for New Zealand to develop its own international partnerships with other countries and join multilateral organisations. To improve coordination with allies during the Second World War, New Zealand established several new posts: Washington DC in 1941, Ottawa in 1942, Canberra in 1943, and a legation in the Soviet Union in 1944, which closed in 1950.
The opening of these posts prompted New Zealand to establish its own foreign ministry, the Department of External Affairs. Created by the External Affairs Act in June 1943, the new Department incorporated an older office of the same name (dealing with island territories) and those sections of the Prime Minister's office which had previously coordinated diplomacy.
Prior to the establishment of the Department of External Affairs in 1943, New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser thought that a New Zealand Minister should go to Washington DC. He picked his Deputy and Finance Minister Walter Nash and on 31 January 1942, Nash gave his first press conference in Washington. Two weeks later he presented his credentials to President Roosevelt.
Read more about the opening of our post in Washington and Mary Laking reflecting on her family's two postings to Washington.
George Laking New Zealand Ambassador to the United States (1961-1967) on the right presenting to US Vice President Hubert Humphrey a case of lamb in 1966.
External Affairs, 1943
Sir Alister McIntosh was appointed the first Secretary of the Department of External Affairs. McIntosh had been deputy to the head, Carl Berendsen, in the Prime Minister's Department and was Secretary to the War Cabinet.
As well as building up the foreign service, McIntosh was instrumental in shaping New Zealand's external policy in the post-war period.
McIntosh commented at the time of his retirement,
"I should like to think that my own main usefulness has been the building up of the Department of which I have been the permanent head since its establishment in 1943."
In 1945, New Zealand played an active role in the negotiation of the UN Charter, including advocating for the rights of smaller powers to participate as equals. When a UN Mission was established in New York, the New Zealand ambassador to Washington was also designated a UN permanent representative.
In 1947, a resident trade representative was appointed in Japan, followed by the establishment of legations2 in Paris (1949) and The Hague (1950). By the late 1950s, these three posts, along with Washington, had been upgraded to embassies.
2 A legation was a diplomatic office ranked below an embassy.
Moscow CLOSED
New Zealand's official presence in France began as a result of a debt. During World War Two New Zealand had supplied New Caledonia with food on credit. The French government subsequently accepted responsibility for the debt but asked it be spent in France due to an acute shortage of foreign exchange. With the agreement of New Zealand, French Government funds were used to purchase a property that became the New Zealand legation. Jean McKenzie (pictured) was appointed head of mission, making her New Zealand's first woman diplomat to head a New Zealand diplomatic post.
Athens, Singapore, Rome
Judith Trotter joined the Ministry in 1965 and in the course of her 33 year career served in New Zealand diplomatic missions abroad in Athens, Bangkok, New York, Paris, Singapore, Paris again, Ottawa, and Rome, the last four as Head of Mission. Judith shares her experience at post in these videos.
Video of NZ Growing Up in the World: An Interview with Judith Trotter, Athens 1967
Video of NZ Growing Up in the World: An Interview with Judith Trotter, Singapore 1982
Video of NZ Growing Up in the World: An Interview with Judith Trotter, Rome 1994
Credit: Judith Trotter
In the mid-1950s, New Zealand accepted a general commitment to collective security in South East Asia and recognised economic opportunities in the region.
From 1955 to 1961, a string of new missions opened in Asia.
When Sir Edmund Hillary was appointed New Zealand's High Commissioner to India in 1984, he asked Prime Minister David Lange what he was supposed to do. "Do whatever you think best," Lange replied. And with that advice, Sir Edmund took on the task of re-opening the recently-closed New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi. Hillary, a major celebrity in India for his mountaineering achievements and his development work, oversaw a substantial warming of relations with India in the following years.
Read more about New Zealand's relationship with India.
Sir Edmund Hillary High Commissioner to India (1985-1989) with officials.
1960s, 70s and 80s
In 1961, the United Kingdom announced its intention to enter the European Economic Community, prompting New Zealand to diversify its export markets. The mid-1960s saw a cluster of new posts opening in Europe, with new missions in Belgium, Greece, Germany and Italy. A post was also opened in South Vietnam due to the ongoing conflict there, although this did not last beyond the end of the Vietnam War.
When Samoa obtained its independence from New Zealand in 1962, it became the first Pacific Island state to host a New Zealand diplomatic post. A post was established in the Cook Islands in 1965 after it obtained self-government from New Zealand, becoming New Zealand's second mission in the South Pacific.
New Zealand posts around the world rely on local people for their skills and advice. Nana Anae, the longest-serving staff member at the New Zealand High Commission in Samoa, is one example of hundreds around the world who have worked for New Zealand. Nana spent 26 years at the High Commission before leaving in 2017. She entered as a receptionist, and moved into a Consular/Passport Officer role before taking up the position as Senior Consular/Citizenship Adviser in 1997, a role she held until her departure.
Read more about Nana and New Zealand's history in Samoa.
Nana Anae served at the New Zealand High Commission in Apia from 1991-2017.
Credit: Nana Anae
The 1970s and 1980s were a time of continued expansion for MFAT. In 1973, the Labour government of Norman Kirk reopened its embassy in the Soviet Union and opened an embassy in the People's Republic of China. However, it was in the Pacific where New Zealand's representation rapidly expanded as several countries gained independence, including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Tonga and Vanuatu. Frequently, New Zealand was the first country to establish a mission in these states. To continue diversifying its markets, New Zealand also expanded into the Middle East, Latin America, and elsewhere in Asia.
Saigon CLOSED
New Delhi CLOSED
Toronto CLOSED
Baghdad CLOSED
Port Vila
Osaka CLOSED
New Zealand opened an embassy in Santiago, Chile in 1972 as part of its economic strategy to diversify markets for New Zealand exports. The government could hardly have chosen a worse moment for its first venture in Latin America with the September 1973 military coup led by General Pinochet. Piera McArthur, wife of Ambassador John G. McArthur, recalls the situation in Chile during the coup. New Zealand's Ambassador to Chile (2015-2018), Jacqui Caine, describes New Zealand's current relationship with Chile.
Read more about New Zealand's relationship with Chile.
Piera and John G. McArthur, New Zealand Ambassador to Chile (1973-1975), Santiago, 1973.
Credit: Piera McArthur
1990s, 2000s and 2010s
The early 1990s were a time of substantial reorganisation of New Zealand's diplomatic missions, with a number of closures. A substantial redistribution of New Zealand's European resources took place — posts in Greece and Austria were closed, while a new post was established in Spain. New Zealand's post in Iraq was closed due to the Gulf War, and a post in Bahrain was shut shortly afterwards. The end of apartheid resulted in a decision to move New Zealand's post in Zimbabwe to South Africa. In South America, New Zealand's embassy in Peru was also closed, but missions were opened in Brazil and Argentina.
Times were changing at the turn of the century with capitalism spreading and the cold war thawing. Germany was starting to show strength and influence in Europe and New Zealand shifted its post from Bonn to Berlin.
New Zealand opened a post in Dili in 2000 following Timor Leste's independence and subsequent support of New Zealand's various stability and security operations. New Zealand also operated a post in Kabul with a Resident Ambassador from 2010-2014 to support the Provincial Reconstruction Teams and International Security Assistance Force missions.
By 2010 other foreign missions were looking at changing to a hub and spoke operating model. The Ministry adopted an approach to ensure that our offshore presence is flexible and responsive to emerging opportunities, including for NZ Inc agencies. This has included developing new connections in new geographies to achieve economic and security objectives for New Zealand. Following changes to our own operating model in 2012, our network expanded rapidly, with six new posts opening in two years: Addis Ababa, Bridgetown, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Honolulu and Yangon.
Adelaide CLOSED
Lima CLOSED
Perth CLOSED
Athens CLOSED
Bahrain CLOSED
Brisbane CLOSED
Melbourne CLOSED
Harare CLOSED
Bonn CLOSED
Stockholm CLOSED
New Zealand's newest post in Africa is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Establishing the embassy in a new and sometimes challenging environment for New Zealand took plenty of flexibility and hard work. James Kember, New Zealand's first ambassador to the African Union, Ethiopia and Djibouti undertook years of "suitcase diplomacy", armed simply with MFAT laptop and suitcase, to pave the way for a permanent post.
Read more about New Zealand's embassy in Addis Ababa.
James Kember in front of the new African Union Headquarters building, opened in 2013.
Credit: James Kember
New Zealand re-opened its post in Baghdad in 2015 in a co-location arrangement with Australia to support New Zealand's non-combat training mission to Iraq. A post in Bogotá was opened in February 2018 to help New Zealand develop business links in Colombia in what is one of the strongest performing economies in South America. The newest posts in the network are Dublin, Ireland and Stockholm, Sweden, which opened in November 2018 to further strengthen the close relationships.
Kabul CLOSED
Today the New Zealand government has relations with governments all over the world. We have grown our network of diplomatic posts to a presence across 60 posts representing 166 countries, supported by 1,600 people in the Ministry, as we act in the world to make New Zealanders safer and more prosperous.


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Ideas, commentary & geekery
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Mozart, spaghetti, eclipses & zoonosis
"annular solar eclipse" by kubotake is licensed under CC BY 2.0
You may be able to spot a 'ring of fire' eclipse this weekend link
On June 21st, at 3:45 UTC, there would be an annular solar eclipse in which the moon only partially covers the sun creating a flaming silhouette. This rare event happens once every one or two years when the moon comes in between the Earth and the sun in its farthest point in its orbit. It will be visible in northern India, southeastern Europe to northern Australia in varying degrees. Don't forget to use the proper equipment in viewing the eclipse as looking directly at the sun could cause permanent eye damage. And no, sunglasses, x-ray films, polaroid filters, or color films won't give you protection.
"What's for dinner?" by Travis Isaacs is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The tangled history of spaghetti bolognese link
The spaghetti that we know – pasta noodles with red sauce often referred to as spaghetti bolognese has nothing to do with the Italian town of Bologna. Its origins can be traced to when Napoleon invaded Italy in 1796 and the Italians' embracing French cooking. American soldiers and Italian immigrants brought it to the United States at the end of World War II. The growth and global expansion of American fast-food chains then exported it to the rest of the world.
"The Last Hours of Mozart by Henry Nelson O'Neil, 1849. Image courtesy Wikicommons" by Royal Opera House Covent Garden is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Mozart may reduce seizure frequency in people with epilepsy link
A study suggests that listening to Mozart reduces the frequency of seizures in people with epilepsy. It doesn't say exactly what in Mozart's music gives this benefit. Maybe music from other classical masters like Beethoven, Bach or Vivaldi would give the same positive effect. From time to time, I put on Spring from Four Seasons just to lighten up the mood and get the creative juices flowing.
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People probably caught coronavirus from minks. That's a wake-up call to study infections in animals, researchers say. link
The consensus among experts is that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 came from bats and then jumped to humans in what is called zoonosis. Now there's a growing body of research that suggests the sources of other pathogens may be closer to home as our domesticated animals in farms and including our pets are potential reservoirs.
Even during the SARS outbreak in 2003, it has been proven that cats and raccoons played a role in the spread of the virus in Hong Kong. Back in April, minks in Dutch fur farms got sick from SARS-CoV-2 and later passed it on to humans. Aside from pet cats and dogs, lions and tigers in zoos have also caught COVID-19. So what can be done with the certainty that there would be another outbreak? Better and widened surveillance that includes animals both domestic and wild.
"Centre of New Zealand" by Bournagain is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
What we can learn from New Zealand's successful fight against COVID-19 link
The exact opposite of what the Duterte administration did and is doing. New Zealand may have had the advantage of a smaller population and geographic isolation, however the following steps proved more decisive:
The early shutdown of its borders
Early ramping up of diagnostic testing
A meticulous contact tracing system
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did well on risk communication, explaining clearly and frequently what was happening and why. This made people feel that they were part of a communal effort to care for each other. She promoted solidarity. – Gavin Yamey, director of the Duke Center for Policy Impact in Global Health
In contrast, the Duterte government did the opposite:
Relented on imposing travel restrictions even saying that it didn't want to offend China
Communication was all over the place: from having different officials saying one thing in the morning only to have another official contradict it later in the day.
They even had the bright idea to classify cases as "fresh" and "old" in their official reporting which only made things confusing. It didn't hide the fact that more people are getting COVID-19 despite imposing the longest lockdown in the world, billions spent, and the available capabilities of local health experts and scientists.
Worse, Duterte's late-night appearances on TV were laced with his signature profanities and incoherent statements were clear only one thing: threatening to jail or kill critics and naysayers.
We're in the third month of the outbreak in the Philippines and it seems that this terrible situation will drag on for longer.
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Today we've got an exclusive interview with Jacqueline Green, author of the Truth or Dare series. Check out our interview, and then make sure to check out her books!
What is your favorite line or scene from your book?
Did you always know that you wanted to be a writer? Do you have any advice for aspiring writers out there?
1. READ! As much as you can, anything and everything--especially books in the genre of writing that interests you.
2. Find a trusted source to give you feedback on your writing. It could be an agent, a friend, a class, a writing program, a writing group--just a person or group whose critiques you really trust. Receiving that kind of feedback, and using it to hone and revise your work, is the best way to improve.
Vanilla chai lattes! They are like my writing drug. There's something about the delicious mix of sugar and hot beverage and caffeine that always jumpstarts my writing. I will drink them in the dead of summer, even if it means having to sit directly in front of the AC while doing so!
This is always the hardest question for me, because I have about a hundred absolute favorites! But whenever I think about the book that most influenced me to become a writer, I often go back to A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnet. I read that book so many times as a child, and was so in love with it. I think it played a large role in inspiring me to become a writer.
There's one more book in the Truth or Dare trilogy. Anything you can share with us that we should be looking forward to?
All your questions will be answered!!! It was so fun to wrap up all the mysteries in the trilogy, and give the characters (well...at least the ones still living!) real closure. I hope it's fun for everyone to read, too!
After wrapping up the trilogy, what's next for you?
I'm in the very early stages of writing another YA book, which I'm really excited about. It has more of a fantasy slant than the Truth or Dare trilogy, but there's definitely still a mystery in it!
Jacqueline Green grew up in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, where she devoured books the way other kids did candy. She never stopped loving those books she read as a kid, so after receiving her BA from Cornell University, she went on to get her MFA in Writing for Children from The New School. She's since worked in many parts of the children's publishing field, from marketing to editorial to writing. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and their very small dog, who moonlights as her writing companion.