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A Personal Loan: Better Deal than a Credit Card?
By Marlys Harris
Updated on: September 30, 2010 / 3:06 PM / MoneyWatch
The other day, American Banker reported that the old-fashioned unsecured personal loan may be making a come-back. Once upon a time, back in those ancient days before credit cards and color TV, that's what people resorted to when they needed dough in an emergency or wanted to purchase something -- or a batch of somethings -- that couldn't be financed by a lay-away or installment plan.
The vehicle is pretty simple. You borrow a set amount at a fixed interest rate and make regular monthly payments over, say, three or five years. Then you're done. No variable rates. No confusing multiple balances and rates for purchases, cash advances and balance transfers. If you don't repay, you'll have a collection agency after you -- and pay a late fee. But you won't risk losing your house as you would with a home equity loan.
Among the banks promoting personal loans now: Wells Fargo, Discover Financial, Citi and CapitalOne. Wells Fargo says that it will lend from $3,000 to $100,000 for a term as long as five years. From Citi, you can borrow from $300 to $7,500. The banks keep the rates top secret until you apply, because they are "risk-based" -- in other words, they vary according to your credit score. However, a Wells Fargo rep told me that my rate for a $10,000 five-year loan would be about the same as the rate on my credit card, about 13 percent. And there's a $50 origination fee. When I sighed in disappointment, he asserted that even if my rate were 15 percent, I would likely come out ahead with a personal loan. It might be a close call on the numbers. A fixed payment rather than one based on the average daily balance might indeed save a little money. But on the psychology, he's right. How many times have you vowed to pay $500 on your bankcard only to wimp out and pay $300 because you spent too much on chai lattes that month -- or manicures. The $200 you didn't pay stayed on your balance and accrued more interest for the bank. My payment, by the way, for a $10,000 loan for five years at 15% would be $238 a month.
Unlike a credit card, a personal loan isn't flexible. You wouldn't use one to charge a book at Barnes & Noble, a shirt or a pizza. But if you need a big clump of money for a large, unexpected expense -- say, both of your cars need new timing belts at once, an uncovered medical bill (for that face lift) or consolidation of other debts with higher interest rates, a personal loan with a no-nasty surprises fixed payment can make a pretty sensible choice.
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1. Boil milk till it is reduced to half its original quantity.
2. Prepare a thick syrup with sugar and 1 glass water.
4. Next morning drain and grind to a paste.
5. Put the dal, khoya and cardamoms on slow fire and cool till thick.
6. Remove from fire, cool and form into round balls and add raisins around.
7. Deep fry to a golden colour.
8. Drain and toss into the syrup.
9. After about 15 minutes, mix the milk into the badas being careful not to break them.
10. Sprinkle essence, nuts and petals and serve cold.
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Making it as a chef in a city rich in diverse cuisine as this one is not easy. But 31-year-old Nicholas Shipp is quietly earning his keep. With a wealth of culinary experience Shipp has brought an enticing, well-blended mix of tastes, aromas and flavors to Santa Monica restaurant "Upper West," where he serves as Executive Chef. Shipp's menu offers any discriminating palate with innovative twists on contemporary American cuisine.
Hailing from Forth Worth, Texas, the "Funkytown" native began his cooking career at the early age of 15, working part-time for several high-end restaurants in the greater Fort Worth/Dallas metropolis, all while playing drums in a local rock band. As his skills developed and his passion for fine cuisine grew, Shipp found himself devoting more time to the kitchen, forgoing a potential career in music for a formal education at the Culinary Institute of Dallas.
Shipp eventually ventured out to Los Angeles to broaden his cooking endeavors where he soon became immersed in L.A.'s famed Wolfgang Puck franchise. For 2 years, he strengthened his cooking chops working the governor's ball, award shows and private celebrity parties and weddings just to name a few. And the hard work paid off. After his departure from the Puck franchise he became the Executive Chef of Pete's Café in Downtown where he developed his palate for modern American/Global cuisine. Now, he's brought his emerging reputation to the kitchen at "Upper West."
Nicholas Shipp's passion for food has granted him the task of assembling an expert staff that shares his vision and taste and has allowed him to create an ever changing superb menu that will exceed every customer's expectation.

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Posh beetroot in vinegar! You will really see the difference between beetroot in a jar and this version. Serve a teaspoon or two with goat's cheese or a runny brie, with sliced roast pork or on top of a lamb burger – anywhere you want colour and acidity on the plate.
Mix the balsamic vinegar and olive oil together. Add the beetroots and season with salt and black pepper. Leave to marinate for an hour in the fridge before using. The salad can be left in a covered container or jar for up to a week.
Read how to roast or boil fresh beetroot if you would like to use it in this recipe. You can also omit the balsamic dressing and instead toss the beetroot in Tangy Buttermilk Mint Dressing.


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Eight more Morsi supporters sentenced to death
February 8, 2016 Staff Writer
A military court in the Egyptian city of Alexandria has handed down death sentences to eight more supporters of the country's army-toppled President Mohamed Morsi, Press TV reports.
The court, which issued the sentences on Sunday, has now sent the defendants' cases to the country's Grand Mufti Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, soliciting his legally non-binding opinion in the case.
The defendants face terrorism charges in the case, known as the "advanced operations' committee." They are accused of administering a so-called "advanced" cell tasked with targeting police and military personnel.
They have pleaded not guilty and will face a final verdict on March 13.
Twenty other defendants, who have likewise been received various sentences in the case, also await a ruling in the upcoming court session.
Nineteen of the 28 are in police custody, while the rest are being tried in absentia.
Morsi, affiliated with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement, was elected as the country's president in 2012, but was ousted only a year later in a military coup led by the then army chief and current President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi.
Since the ouster of Morsi, thousands of anti-government protesters, mostly Brotherhood supporters, have been sentenced to jail in civilian and military courts. Cracking down on Morsi's supporters, the country held mass trials in 2015, when it gave death sentences to many.
The Brotherhood has vowed "peaceful resistance to the coup."
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This Is How Euphoria Changed Zendaya
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By Joey Keogh/Sept. 16, 2020 8:37 am EST
Zendaya is one of the most bankable stars in the world right now, and she's actually been working steadily for more than a decade. Her breakout came alongside Bella Thorne in Disney Channel's Shake It Up, which was all the way back in 2010. In the ensuing years, the actress, musician, and plenty more besides has proven herself adept at handling anything that comes her way, all while being an outspoken and passionate activist (via IMDb).
Mega-hit teen show Euphoria was a major moment for all involved, from dreamboat gone bad Jacob Elordi to breakout star and transgender activist Hunter Schafer. But, as troubled lead Rue, Zendaya gave one of the most captivating and committed performances of her career, which the 2020 Emmys rightfully recognized by nominating her for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, per the award show's official site. The show changed the landscape for viewers, particularly teenagers, but it had a profound impact on its stars, too, chiefly its lead.
Euphoria forced Zendaya to be more emotionally open
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In an interview with Deadline, Zendaya gushed about how much playing Rue has taught her about herself, describing how "honored" she felt to have been given the opportunity to portray such a complex character. "I care a lot about Rue. She's important to me," the talented multi-hyphenate admitted. Although Zendaya was, thankfully, nothing like Rue when she was growing up, the Euphoria star found the role cathartic for her as a person.
As she explained, "Playing her as a character has opened me up in a lot of different ways and exposed a lot of things and emotions. A role like that requires you to be a lot more open and a lot rawer with your emotions. If you aren't, it won't work." As a result, Zendaya feels more open, admitting to having "softened a little bit" through the role. Nowadays, "I'm more emotionally connected. I've learned more about people, empathy, and understanding by playing her."
Euphoria encouraged Zendaya to step behind the scenes
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Zendaya has nursed aspirations of heading behind the camera herself for years, hence her recent move towards producing and writing. As she told Deadline, being on the set of Euphoria sparked an interest in directing, too. "I just love the process. I'm so fascinated by the whole thing. I'm just lucky to be in a space where those questions are welcomed and invited. In this space, I can learn. So, I do," she explained. Zendaya also expressed an interest in cinematography.
She gushed, "I was always just so blown away by it every day. I just love to sit there and watch them set up the shots and do these incredible things with the camera. Figure out how everything would look." If she wants to make it happen, Zendaya certainly will. After all, as she told Vogue of becoming a teen producer, "A lot of people don't realize their power."


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declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Cake\View;

use Cake\Core\App;
use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
use Cake\View\Exception\MissingCellException;

/**
 * Provides cell() method for usage in Controller and View classes.
 */
trait CellTrait
{
    /**
     * Renders the given cell.
     *
     * Example:
     *
     * ```
     * // Taxonomy\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList()
     * $cell = $this->cell('Taxonomy.TagCloud::smallList', ['limit' => 10]);
     *
     * // App\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList()
     * $cell = $this->cell('TagCloud::smallList', ['limit' => 10]);
     * ```
     *
     * The `display` action will be used by default when no action is provided:
     *
     * ```
     * // Taxonomy\View\Cell\TagCloudCell::display()
     * $cell = $this->cell('Taxonomy.TagCloud');
     * ```
     *
     * Cells are not rendered until they are echoed.
     *
     * @param string $cell You must indicate cell name, and optionally a cell action. e.g.: `TagCloud::smallList` will
     *  invoke `View\Cell\TagCloudCell::smallList()`, `display` action will be invoked by default when none is provided.
     * @param array $data Additional arguments for cell method. e.g.:
     *    `cell('TagCloud::smallList', ['a1' => 'v1', 'a2' => 'v2'])` maps to `View\Cell\TagCloud::smallList(v1, v2)`
     * @param array<string, mixed> $options Options for Cell's constructor
     * @return \Cake\View\Cell The cell instance
     * @throws \Cake\View\Exception\MissingCellException If Cell class was not found.
     */
    protected function cell(string $cell, array $data = [], array $options = []): Cell
    {
        $parts = explode('::', $cell);

        if (count($parts) === 2) {
            [$pluginAndCell, $action] = [$parts[0], $parts[1]];
        } else {
            [$pluginAndCell, $action] = [$parts[0], 'display'];
        }

        [$plugin] = pluginSplit($pluginAndCell);
        $className = App::className($pluginAndCell, 'View/Cell', 'Cell');

        if (!$className) {
            throw new MissingCellException(['className' => $pluginAndCell . 'Cell']);
        }

        if (!empty($data)) {
            $data = array_values($data);
        }
        $options = ['action' => $action, 'args' => $data] + $options;
        $cell = $this->_createCell($className, $action, $plugin, $options);

        return $cell;
    }

    /**
     * Create and configure the cell instance.
     *
     * @param string $className The cell classname.
     * @param string $action The action name.
     * @param string|null $plugin The plugin name.
     * @param array<string, mixed> $options The constructor options for the cell.
     * @return \Cake\View\Cell
     */
    protected function _createCell(string $className, string $action, ?string $plugin, array $options): Cell
    {
        /** @var \Cake\View\Cell $instance */
        $instance = new $className($this->request, $this->response, $this->getEventManager(), $options);

        $builder = $instance->viewBuilder();
        $builder->setTemplate(Inflector::underscore($action));

        if (!empty($plugin)) {
            $builder->setPlugin($plugin);
        }
        if (!empty($this->helpers)) {
            $builder->addHelpers($this->helpers);
        }

        if ($this instanceof View) {
            if (!empty($this->theme)) {
                $builder->setTheme($this->theme);
            }

            $class = static::class;
            $builder->setClassName($class);
            $instance->viewBuilder()->setClassName($class);

            return $instance;
        }

        if (method_exists($this, 'viewBuilder')) {
            $builder->setTheme($this->viewBuilder()->getTheme());

            if ($this->viewBuilder()->getClassName() !== null) {
                $builder->setClassName($this->viewBuilder()->getClassName());
            }
        }

        return $instance;
    }
}

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I am not a big fan of fansigns…in fact at one point I almost hated them and thought they are one of the worst things around. But a couple of friends of Its A Geeks Life sent us some fansigns because of our new layout we just launched earlier this week.
Here they are..this will be the one and only time we post these.


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Owner Operator Jesse Wellmeier drove for Army Reserves within the US and Afghanistan. After much discussion and planning he decided to make a go of it locally.
We still make local runs mostly for equipment and dump bed products.
We are also able to tow Semi Tractors with Pro-Tote set-up.
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This time we will have DJ and producer from England and southern Italy, as well as the monsters the Romans, who will accompany you throughout the evening in a unique journey into d'n'b with its myriad forms, including folding shades of excellent dubstep. ..
poses at the social center Brancaleone (Rome) at 2010 LPM Live Performers Meeting the interactive work "FLY": A fly follows the movement felt in view webcam.Ad October 2011 I edited the workshop "System Crash" - Theatre in Multimedia collaboration Loredana Piacentino [Act Theatre Project - http://www.acttheatreproject.wordpress.com/] in the context of Video Art Festival 2011 Rome at the Cinema Theatre Volturno Busy (ROME): this workshop, participants have produced two final performances where actors and dancers interaggivano with video through webcam and fotocellule.Nelloo same year 2011 presents the interactive installation "PAINT 3D" is displayed on the screen of a 3D shape created by the movement of the user-actor-painter in space from the data received via the webcam: Through the action you create simple representations of 3D painting and you will have the impression of a real-time animated board [Pinboard-Pin Art, which was used recently in some music videos.]. In June 2012 he participated in the contest Video Mapping at 2012 LPM at the disco night club Planet Alpheus (Rome).
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2) In a large bowl combine the anchovy paste and olive oil. Add the olives, onions, celery, tuna, lemon juice and pepper, to taste, and toss to combine.
3) Lightly butter each side of the rolls and toast on each side under the grill. Fill the rolls with the tuna salad and top with cheese. Arrange on a baking tray and grill until the cheese melts. Transfer to serving plates and serve.


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The Windsors – brytyjski serial komediowy nadawany od 2016, którego twórcami są George Jeffrie i Bert Tyler-Moore. Napisali oni również scenariusze wszystkich odcinków, które wyreżyserował Adam Miller. Serial pokazywany był oryginalnie w Channel 4.

To utrzymana w stylistyce parodii opery mydlanej opowieść o perypetiach brytyjskiej rodziny królewskiej – rodu Windsorów. W latach 2016–2017 powstały dwie serie po sześć odcinków oraz specjalny, dwukrotnie dłuższy, odcinek świąteczny. W 2018 ukazał się kolejny odcinek specjalny, związany ze ślubem księcia Harry'ego i Meghan Markle.

Średnia oglądalność pierwszej serii wyniosła 1,6 mln, zaś 1 odcinek zgromadził 2,2 mln widzów, co było najlepszym rezultatem serialu komediowego na Channel 4 od 2012.

Występujący w roli ks. Karola Harry Enfield uzyskał w 2017 nominację do Nagrody Telewizyjnej Akademii Brytyjskiej w kategorii najlepszy aktor w programie komediowym.

The Windsors dostępny jest na platformie Netflix (angielska wersja językowa, napisy angielskie, polskie i niemieckie).

Obsada

Role główne
 Hugh Skinner jako Wills
 Louise Ford jako Kate
 Richard Goulding jako Harry
 Morgana Robinson jako Pippa
 Ellie White jako Beatrice
 Celeste Dring jako Eugenie
 Harry Enfield jako Charles
 Haydn Gwynne jako Camilla

Role powracające
 Katy Wix jako Fergie (13 odcinków)
 Matthew Cottle jako Edward (11)
 Tim Wallers jako Andrew (5)
 Ben Lambert jako Johny Matters (4)
 Vicki Pepperdine jako Anne (4)
 Kathryn Drysdale jako Meghan Markle (4)
 Gillian Bevan jako Theresa May (3)

Role epizodyczne

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Seriale telewizyjne emitowane od 2016

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USA: Craft Brew Alliance dissolves its Emerging Business Division
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA), which is 32.2% owned by AB InBev and which is according to their own website the fifth largest craft brewing company in the U.S., announced a change in strategy and dissolved its Emerging Business Division. As a consequence John Glick, who served as the Vice President of the company's Emerging Business Division, will leave the business to "pursue other business opportunities." The company has promoted Karmen Olson, who had been serving as the Director of Emerging Business Partnerships and reporting to Glick, to the newly created role of Director of Innovation within CBA.
The move reflects a shift in strategy with focus more on innovation, instead of mergers and acquisitions. CBA has lately faced severe headwinds and lost more than 5 per cent of its sales last year (inside.beer, 18.12.2017).
In order to streamline production, the company sold last December for $24.5 million its underutilized Redhook brewing facility and adjacent Forecasters Pub in Woodinville, Washington, to a real estate firm.
In November 2017 the company also announced to change its strategy to shift focus of its Widmer Brothers brewpubs from food to beer. (inside.beer, 14.11.2017)
CBA is headquartered in Portland, Oregon and operates breweries and brewpubs across the U.S. CBA beers are available in all 50 U.S. states and 30 different countries around the world.
CBA was originally formed in 2008 with the merger of two pioneering Pacific Northwest craft brewers — Redhook Brewery, established in Seattle in 1981, and Widmer Brothers Brewing, established in Portland, OR in 1984. The merger was the first of its kind in the craft brewing industry.
Together, as Craft Brew Alliance, Redhook and Widmer Brothers gained an expanded brewery footprint, shared resources and access to a seamless national distribution network that enabled them to bring originals like Widmer Brothers Hefe and Redhook ESB to beer lovers across the U.S.
Kona Brewing, Hawaii's oldest and largest craft brewery established in 1994, was the third legacy brewer to join the Alliance in 2010, and today Kona is CBA'slargest brand family. Kona is a top 10 national craft beer brand, known for its distinctive Island-inspired brands such as Big Wave Golden Ale and Longboard Island Lager.
CBA has formed strategic partnerships with Appalachian Mountain Brewery in Boone Creek, North Carolina in 2014), Cisco Brewers, Nantucket, Massachusetts in 2015 and Wynwood Brewing Company from Miami, Florida in 2016. (inside.beer, 17.12.2016)
In addition CBA has reached an agreement with Resignation Brewery in Austin, Texas in 2013 to brew and market their very successful KCCO brand.
In addition to growing and nurturing distinctive brands rooted in local heritage, CBA is committed to developing innovative new category leaders, such as Omission Beer, which was born in 2012 as a passion project for CBA's brewmaster whose wife is gluten intolerant. Today, Omission is the #1 beer in the gluten free beer segment. Square Mile Cider, was launched in 2013 and is now the #2 hard cider in the Pacific Northwest.
Craft Brew AllianceJohn GlickKarmen OlsonRedhookWidmer BrothersKona BrewingOmission Beer
USA: Kona Brewing offers USD 4.7 million indemnification for misleading customers
Compensation of up to USD 20 per household ... read more... read more
USA: Craft Brew Alliance urged by investor to sell the company
AB InBev likely to stock up its investment ... read more... read more
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USA: Craft Brew Alliance acquires three partner brands
AB InBev subsidiary spends $45 million on breweries in North Carolina, Massachusetts and Florida ... read more... read more
USA: Craft Brew Alliance announces two major personnel losses
Board member Michael R. Taylor and CFO Joseph K. Vanderstelt leave the company ... read more... read more
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USA: Craft Brew Alliance to change strategy for Widmer Brothers
Turn-around expected with less food and more beer ... read more... read more


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Q: Find controller name from AuthenticateRequest In my web.config I have configuration -> system.webServer -> modules and have added a module named BasicAuthHttpModule. This has an Init event which assigns a AuthenticateRequest handler.
public void Init(HttpApplication context) {
   context.AuthenticateRequest += OnApplicationAuthenticateRequest;
   context.EndRequest += OnApplicationEndRequest;
}

private static void OnApplicationAuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e) {
   // Find the controller name here
   var request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
}

In the code above the OnApplicationAuthenticateRequest checks the request.Headers["Authorization"] and ensures that the user is valid. I do not want this to happen for a specific controller though. I tried adding the AllowAnonymous attribute to it and its methods. No changes.
How do I find the controller? The RequestContext.RouteData doesn't contain anything. I could look in the requested URL but I don't want to parse this like a string. Seems hacky. Also, server/ControllerWithoutAccess/Index?ControllerWithAccess=1 would contain the name of the controller allowing anonymous access but would actually reference a different controller.
[Edit]: ((System.Web.HttpApplication)sender).Context.Request points to my request variable in code. They are the same. Meanwhile, request.RequestContext.RouteData has a null Route, null RouteHandler and Values contains 0 items.

A: Given that you seem to have missing Route details, I think you'll just have to recreate the routing table based on the current context:
private static void OnApplicationAuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var context = ((HttpApplication)sender).Context;
    var routeData = RouteTable.Routes.GetRouteData(new HttpContextWrapper(context));
    var controllerName = routeData.Values["controller"];
    ...
}

Keep in mind that this event is probably going to fire for every image, CSS, script file as well, so it could be an expensive operation. You may want to interrogate the request context more to make an intelligent decision about whether you need to be running the more expensive code.

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↑ Srivastava, Manoj (2006). "Draft Debian Position Statement about the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)". Retrieved 2007-09-25. It is not possible to borrow text from a GFDL'd manual and incorporate it in any free software program whatsoever. This is not a mere license incompatibility. It's not just that the GFDL is incompatible with this or that free software license: it's that it is fundamentally incompatible with any free software license whatsoever. So if you write a new program, and you have no commitments at all about what license you want to use, saving only that it be a free license, you cannot include GFDL'd text. The GNU FDL, as it stands today, does not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines. There are significant problems with the license, as detailed above; and, as such, we cannot accept works licensed under the GNU FDL into our distribution.
↑ "Thomas Bushnell dismissed from Hurd project for criticizing GFDL". archive.is. 2003-11-19. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
1 2 Bruce Perens (2 Sep 2003). "stepping in between Debian and FSF". lists.debian.org/debian-legal. Retrieved 2016-03-20. FSF, a Free Software organization, isn't being entirely true to the Free Software ethos while it is promoting a license that allows invariant sections to be applied to anything but the license text and attribution. FSF is not Creative Commons:the documentation that FSF handles is an essential component of FSF's Free Software, and should be treated as such. In that light, the GFDL isn't consistent with the ethos that FSF has promoted for 19 years.
↑ FLOSS Manuals Foundation (6 June 2007). "License Change". FLOSS Manuals Blog. FLOSS Manuals Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
↑ Transcript of Eben Moglen at the 3rd international GPLv3 conference; 22nd June 2006: LGPL, like merging electronic weak. Accessed on 2009-06-20.
↑ "Why the Wikimedia projects should not use GFDL as a stand alone license for images". Notablog.notafish.com. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
↑ Judson, Thomas W. (2015). "Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications".


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Landaudemping, genoemd naar de Russische natuurkundige Lev Davidovich Landau, is het verschijnsel dat golven in een botsingsloos gas toch gedempt kunnen zijn. Landau bewees dit voor het speciale geval van Langmuirgolven (zie Plasmagolven), maar het verschijnsel is van fundamenteel belang voor de theorie van een veel-deeltjessysteem. Dat kan ook een sterrenstelsel zijn waar botsingen uiterst zeldzaam zijn, maar de sterren elkaar collectief beïnvloeden door zwaartekracht. Hier worden verder alleen Langmuirgolven in Vlasov-plasma beschouwd.

Golf-deeltje-wisselwerking

Landaudemping wordt veroorzaakt door energie-uitwisselling van een golf met elektronen waarvan de snelheid ongeveer gelijk is aan de fasesnelheid van de golf . Elektronen met een iets kleinere snelheid worden versneld door de golf, terwijl elektronen met een iets grotere snelheid dan  worden vertraagd. Als er meer langzamere dan snellere elektronen zijn, dan is het netto-effect een golfdemping.

Het is enigszins vergelijkbaar met surfers in een dal tussen twee zeegolven. Wie iets langzamer gaat dan de golven, wordt ingehaald en wint snelheid. Wie iets sneller gaat, verliest snelheid als hij golf-opwaarts klimt.

Theorie
De wiskundige behandeling begint met de Vlasov-vergelijking (zonder een magnetisch veld ) en de eerste van de Maxwellvergelijkingen, de Poissonvergelijking. Expliciete oplossingen zijn te verkrijgen in de limiet van een klein elektrisch veld . De verdelingsfunctie  en  worden ontwikkeld in reeksen:

en

In eerste orde zijn de Vlasov-Poisson-vergelijkingen:

en

Landau berekende de golf veroorzaakt door de beginverstoring  en vond met behulp van Laplacetransformatie en contourintegratie een gedempte lopende golf van de vorm  met golfgetal  en een dempingdecrement

Hierin is  de plasmafrequentie en  de elektronendichtheid.

Later bewees Nico van Kampen dat hetzelfde resultaat te verkrijgen is met een Fouriertransformatie. Hij bewees dat het Vlasov-Poisson systeem een continu frequentiespectrum van singuliere eigenfuncties heeft, sindsdien bekend als van Kampen-modes

waarin  de Cauchyhoofdwaarde aanduidt,  de Dirac-delta-functie (zie gegeneraliseerde functie) en

de permittiviteit van het plasma is. Door de beginverstoring te ontbinden in deze eigenfuncties vond hij het Fourierspectrum van de golf. Demping is te verklaren als fasemenging van deze Fouriermodes met frequenties in de buurt van .

Het was niet duidelijk hoe demping mogelijk is in een botsingsloos plasma: de golfenergie was hierin het wringende schoentje. In de continuümtheorie van plasma is de energie van Langmuirgolven bekend: de veldenergie vemenigvuldigd met de Brillouinfactor .
Maar de demping is in dit plasmamodel niet begrepen. Om energieuitwisselling met resonante elektronen te berekenen moet de Vlasovplasmatheorie tot in tweede orde ontwikkeld worden, maar dan ontstaan problemen met geschikte beginvoorwaarden en singuliere termen.

Er zijn beginvoorwaarden gevonden die singulier gedrag onderdrukken en een golf opwekken waarvan de energie overeenstemt met continuümtheorie. Het is
een golfpakket in plaats van een oneindige golf  omdat die in tweede orde gebrekkige resultaten geeft. De figuur toont de energiedichtheid van het golfpakket dat zich voortplant met de groepssnelheid (zie voortplantingssnelheid) en dempt door energieoverdracht aan elektronen met de fasesnelheid. De totale energie, het oppervlak onder de krommen, wordt behouden.

In een zeer lang artikel is Landaudemping bewezen voor de niet-lineaire Vlasov vergelijking, dus zonder reeksontwikkeling. Het is een existentiebewijs, geen expliciete oplossing.

Plasmafysica


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William Paterson Sports
Pioneers Hockey Overcomes Towson, Remains Undefeated
Physical Play and Hard Work Highlight Pioneers' Fourth Win
John Fiorino, Entertainment Editor
Photos courtesy of Cameron Dodds
WAYNE, N.J.- The William Paterson Pioneers ice hockey team defeated the Towson Tigers at the Ice Vault on Friday night by a score of 3-1 to remain undefeated. This matchup comes off the heels of a physical game in Towson, MD last Sunday when WPU took that game by a score of 2-1.
From the drop of the puck the game was filled with aggressiveness and what some would call "old time hockey;" a physical, hard-working style of hockey instead of a flashy, fast-paced one.
Towson immediately came after William Paterson with a strong, relentless forecheck. The Tigers pushed pucks in deep and tried to control the puck along the side boards but the Pioneers' defense would not budge. Led by senior captain Cory Sala, the defense made sure Towson would have to earn every inch of ice by playing physical. Senior forward D.J. Sabato explained that both clubs knew what was coming.
"There was really no feeling out period like there usually is, we just played them last week so we knew what was in store," Sabato said.
What followed was a hard-working game where both clubs would bend but not break. Towson took a 1-0 lead at the end of the first period and despite seeing the Tigers aggressive style of play, Pioneers' head coach Joe Ballance had faith in his team's tight defense.
"We have good defenseman who can handle the pressure," Ballance said. "I thought they did a good job being be able to move the pucks up quickly."
In the second period, the puck was being swung around the ice by the Pioneers who were buzzing in the offensive zone when Sala took a shot from the point and Sabato deflected it into the top of the net to tie the score at one. In the ensuing minutes the Pioneers saw an opportunity to run away with the game constructing multiple scoring chances but to no avail.
Entering the third period with the score tied 1-1, Ballance needed to make an in-game adjustment in order to ensure that WPU would come out on top.
"On our forecheck we like to create pressure on the walls and create turnovers there," Ballance said. "We want to win that point of attack and keep the play within their zone."
In addition to the board play in the offensive zone, an aspect the Pioneers touched up was their passing. Instead of trying to force pucks up the middle or make a cross-ice saucer pass, WPU used the wings and vertical passing lanes to their advantage. Sabato reinforced the technique of keeping the game in a "north-south" format which the Pioneers exceed at.
"Good teams are going to pick off the cross-ice pass, and put it in your net and that one goal can be the difference at Nationals," Sabato said. "We're more of a north-south team where we just play hard north and south hockey, that's our game."
Neither team would strike again until the early third period when Pioneers' senior forward James Bobb would put the puck past Towson netminder Bryan Canter, who stopped 31 of 34 shots on the night. Senior goaltender Jordan Hulahan had to come up large with a left pad save on a one-timer opportunity that came in from the low-middle slot. The stop was made only a minute after the Pioneers took the 2-1 lead.
For Sabato, the close game is nothing new. He believed this will be a good lesson for the future, specifically on a bigger stage like Nationals where they play teams of the same caliber as Towsen.
"In the playoffs all games are one-goal games so you have to learn how to close those out and do the little things to grind it out and end it," Sabato said. "These are the teams we want to play to get us ready for Nationals when we see the Grand Valley's and the Florida Gulf Coast's."
Towards the end of the game the tensions were boiling with the Pioneers up 3-1 and both teams continuing to play belligerent. With the game in the waning minutes, two players got tangled up near the Pioneers' net and started throwing punches at each other and tussling on the ice. Normally, when a fight ensues it leads to a 10 minute game misconduct penalty and a one game suspension to be served immediately. Instead, the four players involved were each served with two minute roughing penalties. Sala explained that what he saw wasn't all that bad.
"I think two guys got tangled up and the frustration leads from there," Sala said. "A kid got punched in the face so he's obviously going to defend himself. I see nothing wrong with it."
The Pioneers have a week off and then they travel to Annapolis, Maryland to play back-to-back games with Division I opponent, Navy. While this is a big test for WPU, Sala has faith that the Pioneers will be hard to beat if they bring their A-game.
"They're Navv so they're going to be fast, now we have a week off so we have time to rest any injuries so we'll be ready to go and as long as we keep our feet moving we're going to be hard to beat," Sala said.
Cory Sala
DJ Sabato
James Bobb
Joe Ballance
Jordan Hulahan
Pioneers Hockey
William Paterson Hockey
WPU Sports
John Fiorino, Managing Editor


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All NHS Staff Given Mandatory BLM Training at Taxpayers Expense in Defiance of Government
Marxist organisation paid to indoctrinate health workers.
The NHS have commissioned the Marxist organisation Black Lives Matter to develop a series of new diversity courses that will become mandatory for all staff on a bi-annual basis, prompting outrage from Civil Liberty and Taxpayer groups alike.
The training will cover 'white privilege', 'unconscious bias' and 'authentic allyship' and even contains a video of a full interview with one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter group Patrisse Cullors, who previously described herself and fellow co-founder Alicia Garza as 'trained Marxists'. The group has also described one of its key objectives as being to 'defund the police'.
In the course, seen by the Telegraph, BLM is reportedly described as a 'healing' movement that works to 'eradicate white supremacy'. The course describes BLM as having a 'prime focus to expose and challenge anti-blackness in its multiple manifestations'. NHS staff are reportedly being urged to look at all NHS policies through a 'BLM lens' and that this would be 'useful' in 'fueling better racial equity in the health service'.
According to the Telegraph, the training says: 'BLM's philosophy would encourage the NHS to critically evaluate its organisations and practices to address the systemic barriers which have retained and relegated BME nurses to the lower tiers of the nursing hierarchy for decades.'
The news has sparked fury from taxpayers' groups, who have accused the NHS of 'wasting money on woke causes'.
BLM deny they are a Marxist organisation but have adopted the same tactics as Marxist, their website lists all the same goals as Marx set out in the Communist Manifesto and the organisation was created by two self-confessed "trained Marxists" giving little credibility to their denial. Co-founder of the US BLM group, Ms Cullours, described herself and fellow co-founder Ms Garza, as 'trained Marxists' in a 2015 interview. She said: 'We do have an ideological frame. Myself and Alicia, in particular, are trained organizers; we are trained Marxists.
The NHS has reportedly paid the BLM organisation to devise the course that will become part of its Diversity and Equality training that all staff must undertake every two years to 're-educate' them out of their racist, homophobic and transphobic ways. The training culminates in an online, time-limited, test where you have 2 attempts to show an 80% pass rate or face being sent back to HR for further 'reprogramming'.
The NHS was always a socialist organisation, with most staff being left-wing, but increasingly the organisation has become far-left, becoming obsessed with extreme left ideologies. Staff have recently been instructed to put their 'gender pronouns' on emails, as if there are more than two genders, a fact that should be a given for the National Health Service.
However, in 2020 Kemi Badenoch made a speech in parliament making it perfectly clear that the teaching of this political ideology is our public sector is breaking the law.
Badenoch stated:
"what we are against is the teaching of 'contested political ideas' as if they


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    <![CDATA[

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    <input type="button" value="makeRequest" onClick="makeRequest()">

    makeRequest result:

    <textarea style="width:600px;" id="makeRequestResult"></textarea>

    rest url:

    <textarea style="width:600px;" id="restUrl">http://shindig/gadgets/api/rest/cache/invalidate</textarea>

    rpc url:

    <textarea style="width:600px;" id="rpcUrl">http://shindig/gadgets/api/rpc</textarea>

    invalidationKeys:

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A 22-year-old Alaska woman said on Wednesday she punched a black bear in the face to save her small dog from being carried off and possibly eaten.
Juneau resident Brooke Collins said she hit the bear Sunday night to save the life of her dachshund, Fudge. She said she discovered the bear crouched down, clutching Fudge in its paws and biting the back of the dog's neck.
"It had her kind of like when they eat salmon," Collins said Wednesday. "I was freaking out. I was screaming at it. My dog was screaming. I ran up to it ... I just punched it right in the snout and it let go."
It's like Palin but better -- she not only takes on animals, but does it empty-handed. And she has even less political experience.


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Q: Why is my route going to a wrong method that I specified nowhere (Laravel) I have this weird issue where the following route: admin.market-segments.orderProducts
Is not going to requestProductOrder like I specified here in my route file:
Route::middleware('admin')
    ->name('market-segments.')
    ->namespace('App\Admin\Controllers')
    ->group(function () {
        Route::get('market-segments', 'MarketSegmentController@index')->name('index');
        Route::get('market-segments/data', 'MarketSegmentController@requestData')->name('data');
        Route::get('market-segments/create', 'MarketSegmentController@create')->name('create');
        Route::put('market-segments/order', 'MarketSegmentController@requestOrder')->name('order');
        Route::post('market-segments', 'MarketSegmentController@store')->name('store');
        Route::get('market-segments/{id}/edit', 'MarketSegmentController@edit')->name('edit');
        Route::put('market-segments/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@update')->name('update');
        Route::delete('market-segments/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@destroy')->name('destroy');

        Route::get('market-segments/productData/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@requestProductData')->name('productData');
        Route::post('market-segments/updateProducts/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@updateProducts')->name('updateProducts');
        Route::put('market-segments/orderProducts', 'MarketSegmentController@requestProductOrder')->name('orderProducts');
    });

The last route is what it should follow.
In my MarketSegmentController I have:
/**
 * Save order questions and groups
 *
 * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
 * @return type
 */
public function requestProductOrder(Request $request)
{
    dd($request);
    $data = json_decode($request->input('data'));

    foreach ($data as $i => $d) {
        $marketSegment = MarketSegment::withoutGlobalScope(ActiveScope::class)->find($d);
        $marketSegment->order = ($i + 1);

        $marketSegment->save();
    }

    return [
        'error' => false,
        'message' => 'Volgorde opgeslagen'
    ];
}

This uses an illuminate http request to just get some data, no validation anywhere, but in my console I get:
errors
:
{name: ["naam is required."], seo_title: ["seo title is required."]}
message
:
"The given data was invalid."

Which is strange so I figured it does not end up in that method, one by one I removed my methods to see where it ends up, and I see it ends up in my 'update' method.
Which looks like this:
/**
 * Update the specified resource in storage.
 *
 * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
 * @param  int  $id
 * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
 */
public function update(MarketSegmentRequest $request, $id)
{
    $marketSegment = MarketSegment::withoutGlobalScope(ActiveScope::class)->find($id);
    if (is_null($marketSegment)) {
        \Flash::error('Product niet gevonden');
        return redirect(route('admin.market-segments.index'));
    }

    $marketSegment->fill($request->all());
    if($request->products == null){
        $marketSegment->products = null;
    }
    if($request->categories == null){
        $marketSegment->categories = null;
    }
    $marketSegment->language_id = language()->id;
    $marketSegment->featured = $request->input('featured', false);
    $marketSegment->slug = Str::slug($request->name);
    $marketSegment->save();

    $marketSegment->handleUploader($request, 'image');
    $marketSegment->handleUploader($request, 'document');

    \Flash::success('Het product <strong>' . $marketSegment->title . '</strong> is opgeslagen.');

    if ($request->type_submit == "save_return") {
        return redirect()->route('admin.market-segments.index');
    }

    return redirect()->route('admin.market-segments.edit', ['id' => $id]);
}

This does have it's own request including validation. Why does it end up there? I never specify that route should go to the 'update' method.
Is this some laravel magic that I don't know about?

A: So this may be a simple route cache issue, but before we get into that please use route prefixes or resources.
Route::middleware('admin')
->name('market-segments.')
->prefix('market-segments')
->namespace('App\Admin\Controllers')
->group(function () {
    Route::get('/', 'MarketSegmentController@index')->name('index');
    Route::get('/data', 'MarketSegmentController@requestData')->name('data');
    Route::get('/create', 'MarketSegmentController@create')->name('create');
    Route::put('/order', 'MarketSegmentController@requestOrder')->name('order');
    Route::post('/', 'MarketSegmentController@store')->name('store');
    Route::get('/{id}/edit', 'MarketSegmentController@edit')->name('edit');
    Route::put('/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@update')->name('update');
    Route::delete('/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@destroy')->name('destroy');

    Route::get('/productData/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@requestProductData')->name('productData');
    Route::post('/updateProducts/{id}', 'MarketSegmentController@updateProducts')->name('updateProducts');
    Route::put('/orderProducts', 'MarketSegmentController@requestProductOrder')->name('orderProducts');
});

Now that the routes look less heart attack inducing you should just run
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan route:cache

If you are building a large application with many routes, you should make sure that you are running the route:cache Artisan command during your deployment process:
php artisan route:cache

And if that didnt fix anything look into your frontend that you did actually provide the right route name for the form!


Haslers are organising a cracker of a brain teasing event this February with its sixth annual Haslers Foundation Charity Quiz.
Due to be held at the Prince Regent Hotel in Manor Road, Chigwell on 26 February 2019, the event will raise money for the Haslers Foundation – the in-house charity of Loughton-based Haslers Chartered Accountants.
This latest event, which will include a dinner and a raffle, follows on from the Foundation's successful quiz last year, which raised nearly £3,000, which helped local causes such as Streets2Homes, Frank Charles Give a Gift Appeal, ELHAP, Haven Hospices and the Dream Factory.
As well as being offered the chance to take part, several lucky local businesses will also be given the opportunity to sponsor each round of the quiz at a cost of £100 to show their support.
To date, Haslers' charity has raised more than £160,000 for local community groups and causes and has high hopes of adding even more to its grand total at this upcoming event, which starts at 6.30pm.
Jon O'Shea, Chairman of Haslers Chartered Accountants and its Foundation, said: "Every year our charity quiz gets bigger and bigger, so we are hoping that this year we can raise a fantastic amount for local causes.
"Since we started the quiz in 2013 it has managed to raise around £23,000 for good causes, but as always these events rely on the support of the local community and businesses.


For years I have been slowly wandering around the country looking with awe at the abandoned houses, churches, forts, and factories that have been left to die. These buildings stand as monuments to a life that was, a life that no longer is, and a life that will be again someday. As nature takes back the things we have erected and left behind, the earth wins.
In places like Pripyat, Russia wildlife is once again returning to eat from the land. If you don't know about Pripyat it is the town that was destroyed by the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. I dream of visiting someday because the beauty of the abandoned town and amusement park has drawn me to it for so long, as long as I've known about the town. It is sad if you think of the lives affected by the disaster, 31 people died that day, and it is predicted that thousands will have died in the years after the disaster due to the effects of the radiation. Still, there is something about disaster that draws us, as humans, to study it. For me, it isn't a morbid fascination, it is the idea of what was and what could be again. How many people died when the Titanic sunk, yet we still study and search for clues.
I have visited Centralia, Pennsylvania, also called the Town on Fire. It isn't really on fire anymore, and there isn't much to see because many of the buildings have been knocked down. The road to the town is over a mile long, so I don't suggest visiting on a very hot day, because you may feel like you are walking for forever and not getting anywhere. The road was, in fact, the most interesting part of the trip there. Also, in case you didn't already know this, Centralia is the town Silent Hill revolved around.
Centralia, Pennsylvania - the road is busted due to heat and fire.
This summer I hope to take a vacation to the one place I have been dreaming of ever since I heard about it on an episode of GHOST HUNTERS. I plan on going to the Trans-Allegheny lunatic asylum in Weston, West Virginia. It is supposedly one of the most haunted places in Northern America, but that's not why I want to go. I want to go because I have a fascination with the way mental patients and non-mental patients were treated in older days. As medicine developed, so did therapy, and while even now some will argue that we are still not where we should be in treatment of mental health disorders, but it could be argued that the same could be said for physical health. Although, I am not here to argue treatment for anything right now. I am here to talk about what we used to do and why I want to visit this asylum.
Asylums in themselves are fascinating. The array of rooms, the places the patients were kept, and yes, while the remake of HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL was not the best, the asylum was awesome and the treatment rooms were fascinating. In different times people were put away for a variety of reasons, some women were put away because their sexual desire caused their families to believe there was something wrong with them mentally, and others were put away because of real life reasons (like dealing with postpartum depression before it was diagnosed).
So this summer I will take a trip to the Asylum, and take a tour, and take a billion pictures. This will be my fulfillment of another dream vacation, I have many. But I can't wait for this one.


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Girl Scouts Coast to Coast - October 23, 2012
Today's Coast to Coast starts with a celebration of Juliette Gordon Low in Cassadagga, NY, and ends with a city proclamation recognizing Girl Scouts in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Check it out!
In Dunkirk, NY, the Evening Observer reports that Girl Scout leaders, volunteers, alumnae, staff, parents and all friends of the Girl Scouts are cordially invited to the "Pearls of Wisdom" Tea. The event will celebrate Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low's 152nd birthday during the 100th anniversary celebration of Girl Scouting in the United States. The tea is called "Pearls of Wisdom" in honor of Low who sold her rare set of matched pearls to finance the Girl Scout movement.
The Press-Enterprise, CA, reports that the Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council, serving more than 11,000 girls in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, will let you charge for Girl Scout Cookies through the PayAnywhere app and credit card reader. The company will provide free training and 24/7 customer service for the young ladies.
In Massachussetts, the Swampscott Patch has an interview about a program called Girl Scouts Trick or Treating so Others Can Eat - an initiative that aims to collect donations for their local food pantry.
American News reports that in Washington, Aberdeen Fire and Rescue now has the equipment to save pets who have inhaled too much smoke thanks to the efforts of a local Girl Scout. Sabrina Mount, 18, who has been a member of the Girl Scouts for 12 years, donated the mask kits as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project.
Louisiana's Hammond Star reports that Girl Scouts from Ponchatoula were recently recognized for their relief efforts during Hurricane Isaac. Dawson Primes, director of the Tangipahoa Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, read a proclamation recognizing the girls for donating hygiene kits, clothing, food and other items in the aftermath of the storm. The girls worked toward their goals of "doing a good deed daily" and "being prepared," the proclamation stated.


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We are looking for writers and music lovers to provide intriguing, thoughtful articles for publication on our website. We're open to writers of all backgrounds, experienced or not. We believe that the best way to communicate with our audience is with a simple, straight-forward style that lends itself to all kinds of readers. We're not trying to be Pitchfork here. As Showbox writers, we try to give our readers the information they need about music in Ottawa while maintaining our individual styles. We're open to new and creative ideas, and looking to build a strong team of Showbox contributors.
Those who are enthusiastic, love music, and has a passion for arts and culture in Ottawa.
Writers who can meet deadlines and deliver timely content as promised.
Those who can communicate their ideas in a way that makes sense to readers – from simple to sophisticated, we love all kinds of writing styles.
People that are from the Ottawa region.
Bilingualism is nice, but not necessary.
Experience writing about music would be nice too, but not required. We are excited to help students develop their writing portfolios.
Individuals that can commit to writing for Showbox at least twice per month.
Individuals that occasionally have interesting ideas to pitch to our editorial team
As a contributor, you can expect:
Feedback on writing and help from our experienced editorial team.
A chance to get to network with industry personnel, including bands, promoters, label reps, venues, and more.
Gain real-world music journalism experience, including conducting interviews, pitching content, keeping track of music news in Ottawa, and more.
Media passes to all events being covered for Showbox, including major festivals like Bluesfest and Cityfolk, as well as local shows around town.
Although we will be taking on contributors on a volunteer basis to begin, we will be aiming to negotiate pay-per-post with committed writers after a strong rapport has been built.
If you think you'd be a good fit, send us an email to music [at] ottawashowbox.com explaining some of your background and, if possible, a sample of your writing. We look forward to hearing from you!


It's Earth Day: What Are We Gonna Do?
According to my hilarious tear-off calendar, this Sunday is Earth Day. Surprise! Though some (including yours truly) might typically be inclined to shrug it off as just another day, we might want to reconsider. Earth Day has become the "largest secular civic event in the world," with more than one billion people participating in Earth Day activities. A pretty spectacular feat considering the event has been in existence for just over 40 years.
The Earth Day Network, an organization that grew out of the first Earth Day, claims to be a global leader in promoting environmental education and green schools. That can't be all bad, can it? Considering Earth is where we keep all our stuff, it seems reasonable that we might want to clean it up a bit. Still, some Christians are leery of that other E-word (environmentalism), which gets wrapped up with Earth Day. The concern for some is that it's all too easy for us to move from caring for the environment (creation) to worshiping it.
On the flipside, our skeptical friends might charge Christians (and theists in general) with having an apathetic attitude about our planet's condition. The complaint is summed up in an e-card I stumbled upon: "I wish more people cared about Earth as much as they cared about who they believe created it." Ouch.
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring has been an unwavering advocate for Virginia women on issues of economic fairness, reproductive justice, and more. Along with Governors Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam, he has been a brick wall against Republican attacks on a woman's reproductive freedom, and has fought in court to defend a woman's access to comprehensive healthcare services including abortion and birth control. In his own office, he has taken unprecedented steps to elevate women in leadership positions, build an inclusive workforce, and promote pay equity.
Attorney General Herring reversed dangerous and incorrect legal advice from his predecessor that had closed at least one women's health clinic and threatened the closure of more through medically unnecessary and intentionally burdensome regulations. Because of his correct legal advice in what the Washington Post called "a watertight official opinion," the Virginia Board of Health protected women's health clinics from expensive and medically unnecessary retrofits that would have closed many Virginia clinics that offer abortion services.
Attorney General Herring successfully fought alongside his colleagues in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt to strike down Texas's onerous, medically unnecessary targeted regulations of abortion providers (TRAP).
He also led a multi state coalition defending access to healthcare on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
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Simon Cowell breaks his silence after news of engagement to Lauren Silverman
Simon Cowell has broken his silence following reports that he and partner of 13 years, Lauren Silverman, are engaged,
The America's Got Talent judge, 62, was grabbing a coffee in Malibu with the socialite when he was quizzed on their upcoming nuptials.
In a video obtained by The Sun, he first was asked how he was doing, to which he replied: "I'm good, how are you?"
After being congratulated, he was then asked to confirm if reports of him being engaged were true, to which he replied: "What do you think? Yeah [it's true]. Thank you so much, I really appreciate that."
The grinning star and his equally happy-looking wife-to-be then headed off on their bikes.
It comes a day after the music mogul's friend Amanda Holden said how she believes that they will marry in Barbados - the place he is reported to have got down on one knee on Christmas Eve.
Speaking on Heart Radio, she said: "I think she's The One, but I don't know if she ever thought he would put a ring on it. Then last night, we all got the text saying 'It's happening'.
"We couldn't believe it and I knew it would be in the papers today if we got the text last night. So I was like, 'Oh my goodness'."
The couple first met in 2004 when Silverman, 44, was still married to one of Cowell's good friends, property mogul Andrew Silverman.
They later fell in love and went public with their relationship in 2013, with Silverman falling pregnant with Cowell's first child, Eric, now eight, shortly after.
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I'm a bit under the weather today, so you'll have to excuse my lack of words here today. Caleb & Suzanne came over last evening to see their photos for the first time, and I wanted to make sure I put their photos up here for them to share. The photographs will do the work to show how wonderful Suzanne & Caleb's day was.
They were married at the Second Congregational Church of Beverly - founded in 1713. Their reception was at The Estate at Moraine Farm, also in Beverly. Suzanne & Caleb (maybe a bit more by Suz) designed and created most every part of the day. Every little detail was carefully thought out to create the look and feel they wanted their guests to experience, as well as themselves. Except for a few tears of joy, I never saw the smiles leave Suzanne & Caleb's faces the entire day.
A small side note - Meg & Chris, a couple who were a bridesmaid and a groomsmen in the wedding will be getting married next year, and we'll be there to document the day. And – Caleb will be officiating! We're looking forward to more celebrating next year!
Suzanne & Caleb, thank you for having us on your wedding day and for generally being fantastic people. We're glad to know you.


I've called the City of Kobe home for the past 9 years and proudly admit that I am a big fan of the place. This place is a great place to live, raise a family and is a really nice place to visit.
When people think about visiting Japan, they often think of Tokyo, Kyoto and maybe Osaka. Kobe is not always on their lists of "must see" places, but it really should.
In this post I'm going to tell you some of the reasons you should visit Kobe and if you're planning to live in Japan, make Kobe the place to hang your hat.
Kobe's International Feel – Kobe was the second city in Japan to open up to the outside world in the late 1800's. Ever since then it has had an international feel and a large foreign population. With this comes a wider variety of foreign restaurants and import shops than most other places in Japan. It has beautiful Japanese shrines and temples that people often seek out when visiting Japan as well as European architecture.
Ikuta Shrine in Sannomiya in downtown Kobe.
Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown has a lot of amazing food to enjoy.
Comfortable Place as a Foreigner – Kobe has had a large foreign population for the past 150 years and because of that, Japanese residents of Kobe are fairly used to seeing non-Japanese people walking around or working in the city. In more rural areas of Japan or even other large cities, locals aren't as used to seeing foreigners so you may get stares and surprised people when you go about your business. That's not really the case in Kobe. People definitely feel more comfortable with foreign visitors and residents.
Vibrant Festivals – Kobe has it's fair share of festivals throughout the year. There are large ones like the Kobe Matsuri and smaller neighborhood summer festivals. There are Jazz festivals, food festivals and ones that celebrate other cultures.
Kobe Luminarie is a memorial light festival each December that remembers the victims of the 1995 Kobe Earthquake.
Closeness to Nature – A lot of Kobe is nature. The M. Rokko Range goes through the city. You can be walking through a bustling and exciting city and then minutes later find yourself wandering along a forest path enjoying birds, flowers and beautiful views. Places like the Nunobiki Herb Gardens and Rokko Farm are easily accessible from downtown or you can head up to the hiking trails behind Shin Kobe Station.
5 minute walk behind Shin Kobe Station (Shinkansen Station) you get get connected with beauty and nature.
Taking the ropeway from downtown Kobe to the Nunobiki Herb Gardens.
Urban nature! A wild mandarin Duck swimming in a pond in Kobe, Japan.
Great Food – Kobe is of course world renowned for it's Kobe Beef, but there is a lot more here as well. World cuisine is represented throughout the city with many foreign restaurants. There are many import shops with foreign food and of course the Japanese food offerings in the city are amazing. The festival food is awesome as well!
Good Medical Service – If you have any health issues while in Kobe, Kobe City Medical Center located on Port Island is state-of-the-art and offers many services in English. They can arrange translators and a lot of their medical staff can communicate in English. I've had two surgeries at this hospital and had no communication issues even though my Japanese is limited.
Quiet Yet Convenient – With a population of about 1.5 million, Kobe is big enough to have everything you want, yet a much slower pace of life than bigger cities like Osaka and Tokyo.
Amenities and green space in downtown Kobe, Japan.
The Ocean – Kobe is a port city. You're right on the ocean. If fishing or bird watching is your thing, you're all set. Harbor cruises and the scent of fresh sea air are always on offer.
International Education – If you're planning to move here with your family, you of course have the local Japanese schools as an option for your children, but there are also several international school. This is something not as common in cities of this size or smaller. Some of these schools have a long history in the city. Schools such as Canadian Academy, Marist Brothers International School, St. Michael's International School and Kansai International Academy offer English language curriculums and top-notch education experiences.
Old meets new in Kobe.
Friendly People – People in Kobe are friendly and helpful. If they see you walking the streets in an obvious state of confusion because you cannot find the place you're looking for, there's a good chance a stranger will walk up to you and offer assistance. Some cities can have a cold feel, but Kobe isn't one of them.
Kobe is a great city and one I have enjoyed living and raising my children in. It has a safe feel and lots of wonderful culture, both Japanese and foreign. It's definitely a place you should plan to visit when coming to Japan.
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Great posting. Been here only 8 months but agree entirely!
You nailed it. All of these are 100% right, people! I can attest to its accuracy, being close enough to Kobe to be considered a resident. Amazing city! Well written, Kevin!
Thanks a lot! We are lucky to live here!
Very cool to read this post about Kobe – our little Aussie family stayed there for about 5 months in 2013 and have lots of fond memories of the place.


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package org.apache.cassandra.distributed.test;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.UUID;

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

import org.apache.cassandra.distributed.Cluster;
import org.apache.cassandra.distributed.api.IInstanceConfig;
import org.apache.cassandra.distributed.api.TokenSupplier;
import org.apache.cassandra.distributed.shared.NetworkTopology;
import org.apache.cassandra.schema.MigrationCoordinator;
import org.apache.cassandra.schema.Schema;

import static org.apache.cassandra.distributed.api.Feature.GOSSIP;
import static org.apache.cassandra.distributed.api.Feature.NETWORK;

public class MigrationCoordinatorTest extends TestBaseImpl
{

    @Before
    public void setUp()
    {
        System.clearProperty("cassandra.replace_address");
        System.clearProperty("cassandra.consistent.rangemovement");
        System.clearProperty(MigrationCoordinator.IGNORED_ENDPOINTS_PROP);
        System.clearProperty(MigrationCoordinator.IGNORED_VERSIONS_PROP);
    }
    /**
     * We shouldn't wait on versions only available from a node being replaced
     * see CASSANDRA-
     */
    @Test
    public void replaceNode() throws Throwable
    {
        try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.build(2)
                                      .withTokenSupplier(TokenSupplier.evenlyDistributedTokens(3))
                                      .withNodeIdTopology(NetworkTopology.singleDcNetworkTopology(3, "dc0", "rack0"))
                                      .withConfig(config -> config.with(NETWORK, GOSSIP))
                                      .start())
        {
            cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE ks with replication={'class':'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor':2}");
            InetAddress replacementAddress = cluster.get(2).broadcastAddress().getAddress();
            cluster.get(2).shutdown(false);
            cluster.schemaChangeIgnoringStoppedInstances("CREATE TABLE ks.tbl (k int primary key, v int)");

            IInstanceConfig config = cluster.newInstanceConfig();
            config.set("auto_bootstrap", true);
            System.setProperty("cassandra.replace_address", replacementAddress.getHostAddress());
            cluster.bootstrap(config).startup();
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void explicitEndpointIgnore() throws Throwable
    {
        try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.build(2)
                                      .withTokenSupplier(TokenSupplier.evenlyDistributedTokens(3))
                                      .withNodeIdTopology(NetworkTopology.singleDcNetworkTopology(3, "dc0", "rack0"))
                                      .withConfig(config -> config.with(NETWORK, GOSSIP))
                                      .start())
        {
            cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE ks with replication={'class':'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor':2}");
            InetAddress ignoredEndpoint = cluster.get(2).broadcastAddress().getAddress();
            cluster.get(2).shutdown(false);
            cluster.schemaChangeIgnoringStoppedInstances("CREATE TABLE ks.tbl (k int primary key, v int)");

            IInstanceConfig config = cluster.newInstanceConfig();
            config.set("auto_bootstrap", true);
            System.setProperty(MigrationCoordinator.IGNORED_ENDPOINTS_PROP, ignoredEndpoint.getHostAddress());
            System.setProperty("cassandra.consistent.rangemovement", "false");
            cluster.bootstrap(config).startup();
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void explicitVersionIgnore() throws Throwable
    {
        try (Cluster cluster = Cluster.build(2)
                                      .withTokenSupplier(TokenSupplier.evenlyDistributedTokens(3))
                                      .withNodeIdTopology(NetworkTopology.singleDcNetworkTopology(3, "dc0", "rack0"))
                                      .withConfig(config -> config.with(NETWORK, GOSSIP))
                                      .start())
        {
            UUID initialVersion = cluster.get(2).callsOnInstance(() -> Schema.instance.getVersion()).call();
            cluster.schemaChange("CREATE KEYSPACE ks with replication={'class':'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor':2}");
            UUID oldVersion;
            do
            {
                oldVersion = cluster.get(2).callsOnInstance(() -> Schema.instance.getVersion()).call();
            } while (oldVersion.equals(initialVersion));
            cluster.get(2).shutdown(false);
            cluster.schemaChangeIgnoringStoppedInstances("CREATE TABLE ks.tbl (k int primary key, v int)");

            IInstanceConfig config = cluster.newInstanceConfig();
            config.set("auto_bootstrap", true);
            System.setProperty(MigrationCoordinator.IGNORED_VERSIONS_PROP, initialVersion.toString() + ',' + oldVersion.toString());
            System.setProperty("cassandra.consistent.rangemovement", "false");
            cluster.bootstrap(config).startup();
        }
    }
}


It's possible that we really have only one choice when it comes to seeking our true identity: will we identify with our physical body coupled with our complex, fickle mind, or with consciousness, that which knows our body and mind?
Our body-mind is a temporary unit, a cluster of thoughts, images, emotions, sensations, and perceptions. These qualities are always changing, coming and going, flowing through a cycle of birth, life, death, birth, life, death.
But our consciousness, that which observes all of these changes, never changes with them. You hear people say all the time, 'I may be getting older, but I don't feel any differently than I did ten years ago.' Or you see someone you haven't seen in years and they comment that you haven't changed a bit, when you know that you look markedly different. That's because they see in you, in your eyes, that unchangeable, unknowable, unnamable essence that is your true being.
Francis Lucille has said that our life is like a bridge between birth and death and that it's never been a good idea to build your house on a bridge.
Build your identity on the rock-solid foundation of ever-present consciousness rather than on the temporary bridge of mind-body-world and you will always be. Period.
But even 'period' is saying too much: there is nothing to construct in the first place. Before any bridge is built, traveled on, and inevitably crumbles – before any individual body-mind is created, lives, and dies – you are.
You are That from which all arises. Once this is experienced, known, all doubts of your origin vanish in a flash, disappearing in the knowing beyond all knowing. And all that is left is . . .


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The website had to have several functions: Ability to collect wordwide donations using several different methods (PayPal UK and US, GoFundMe and a remittance service). An easy to operate method to keep donors up-to-date with the progress of the projects. Utilizing social media (Facebook and Twitter) for updates, appeals and to share information on a dedicated page with messaging system.
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Renewable Music
A displaced Californian composer writes about music made for the long while & the world around that music. ~ The avant-garde is flexibility of mind. — John Cage ~ ...composition is only a very small thing, taken as a part of music as a whole, and it really shouldn't be separated from music making in general. — Douglas Leedy ~ My God, what has sound got to do with music! — Charles Ives
Delicate or robust?
Composing blogger James Ricci, in an item about his mentor, Milton Babbitt, recalls one of the too-many Babbitt stories about a premiere performance shortchanged by inadequate rehearsal. In this case, an orchestra's inadequate rehearsal time for a Babbitt piece was compared with the apparently over-generous rehearsal for a repertoire warhorse which shared the program, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade. The complaint was, more likely than not, justified, but attempting to reconstruct the rationale behind such a rehearsal schedule might be more than an idle exercise and may, in fact, reveal something interesting about how repertoire is handled in real life by the institutions which dominate concert music-making.
From Babbitt's point of view, his work — here, Ars Combinatoria, but the understanding is general to his catalog, not specific to this chamber orchestra piece — was something rather delicate, with every detail projecting and embodying its underlying structures, thus a flawed execution of a detail — be it a wrong pitch, rhythm, or dynamic — is, in effect, a crack through the whole piece. (The compositional rigor and performance practical demand that Babbitt made strongly contrasts with some of the "new complexity" repertoire, in which detail may be even more dense, but not as structurally integrated as Babbitt's music and may embrace performances in which approximation and even failure to literally realize the score are acceptable or even desirable practices. Such works, however complicated on the page, are thus potentially rather robust, performance-wise, in tolerating considerable variation in the character and quality of their realizations.*)
But from the orchestra's point of view, however, it's Sheherazade that's the delicate work. Not because of its technical demands, which are not extreme, but simply because the work is familiar, to both musicians and to larger audiences. And because it's familiar, there is a fear that mistakes — both technical and interpretive — will stand out and reflect more immediately, and poorly, upon the performers. The conductor and the orchestra are probably completely aware that they are taking advantage of the audience's total lack of familiarity with the new work and accepting more than a few wrong notes and, more than likely, they are assuming that the Babbitt has a degree of robustness that the composer himself doesn't recognize — drop a bunch of notes, mess up some entries or exits, wing the dynamics altogether and fall apart completely here and there, and it's still going to sound like finicky, agitated, serial bebop. So, it's not the Babbitt exactly, but it's something in that general neighborhood, goes the line of thinking, and since we don't visit that neighborhood very often in the first place, the investment in the skills required to get more exact are better spent elsewhere, and elsewhere just happens to be the same Sheherazade that every other orchestra plays every other year.
Yes, there is a real dishonesty here at work, and one unfortunate effect is that the investment and continuous reinvestment in the conservation of the best-known repertoire places ever higher hurdles on the possibility of new work joining the repertoire, up to performances that completely fail to represent the work. But it may also be useful for composers to reflect a bit on the sometimes contradictory ways in which their work — for example, in terms of performance practical robustness or delicacy — might be understood, and use this, potentially, to help nuance some of these performance issues when, for example, negotiating rehearsal time or introducing efficiencies into the rehearsal, as when, as Ricci describes it, Babbitt quietly accepted a conductor's over-simplified description of the piece's form as a set of variations. No, it's not quite that, but if it gives the musicians a handle on or a point of entry into the work, why not?
* Babbitt: "The difference is of a different kind. Mine is an ensemble difficulty, making that ensemble work. The individual parts do not have that kind of virtuoso demand that some of Elliott's parts do. And as for Ferneyhough and Dillon and composers such as that, of course they're not. But we can talk about that in a way that would probably not do either of us any good, because I've checked on some of those Ferneyhough performances. I mean, Brian's a very good friend of mine, and I'm sort of sympathetic too what he thinks he's trying to do. But, you know, Brian Ferneyhough once said that he's satisfied if the performers get one-tenth of his piece. I don't want to settle for one-tenth. If I settle for one-tenth, I'd write only that one-tenth. He said he likes to see performers sweat. Well, I don't like to be near anybody who sweats. That's a totally different attitude towards these things."
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CMP# 30 In Praise of Brusque But Kindly Widows
Clutching My Pearls is about Jane Austen and the times she lived in. Click here for the first in the series.
In Praise of Brusque But Kindly Widows
"My dearest Clarentine, you are always either upon crutches or upon stilts!" -- Mrs. Denbigh
In the last post, I discussed Austen scholar Mary Waldron's thesis that Fanny Price is not a perfect heroine because she falls short of her own Christian ideals. Waldron suggests Sarah Burney's Clarentine, who I have also discussed previously, as an example of a "perfect" heroine,
Waldron says Clarentine is a girl who, "despite temptations, never deviates, even in thought, from the accepted path of right conduct."
While "pictures of perfection" heroines in Georgian literature were a thing, I don't agree that Clarentine is one of them. It's not just that, by modern standards, she is ridiculous. It is that there are a sensible people within the novel who can see she is being ridiculous.
Clarentine, like Fanny Price, manages to make timidity look like hauteur. When Clarentine goes to live with her guardian's old tutor, she trembles as she descends from the carriage:
CMP#29 The Faults of Fanny
Clutching My Pearls is about Jane Austen and the times she lived in. The opinions are mine, but I don't claim originality. Much has been written about Austen. Click here for the first in the series.
Is Fanny Price a Picture of Perfection?
Perfect heroines – sweet, guileless, innocent, virtuous – were a staple of novels in Austen's time. Some social critics of the day believed that heroines ought to represent ideal female behaviour, lest novels set a bad example.
So is Fanny Price intended to be Jane Austen's entry in the "perfect heroine" category? Is she so sweet and mild-tempered and virtuous that she's unrelatable to modern readers?
Scholar Mary Waldron says we've been getting Fanny – and Austen's intentions – wrong. She says Fanny is not perfect, and is not intended to be perfect.
In Jane Austen and the Fiction of Her Time, Waldron says Austen's contemporaries understood that Fanny wasn't perfect, but since then, Fanny has come to be seen as an artistic failure. The take on Fanny is that "Austen must have been trying to create a perfectly good girl and has failed."
For example, C.S. Lewis calls Fanny insipid. "Jane Austen has put really nothing [into Fanny's character] except rectitude of mind; neither passion, nor physical courage, nor wit, nor resource" to counterbalance her insignificance. (By insignificance, Lewis means that Fanny is the least important person in the household, the one nobody listens to).
 Waldron suggests that instead, we look at Mansfield Park "as a working through of the unresolvable conflicts facing a young woman" who tries to follow evangelical principles. While Fanny's actions are correct, her mind is in "turmoil." Inwardly, she is rebelling against her fate. Waldron suggests that Austen is exploring whether it is possible to be faultless, to be perfectly modest, submissive, and charitable, and to give up the man you love without an inner murmur of the heart.
 So what are Fanny's faults? Well, says Waldron, she resents Mary Crawford and is jealous of her. She cannot give Mary credit for the good, kind things she actually does. While Fanny condemns Mary for her mercenary attitudes, she herself can't stand living in poverty in Portsmouth. She longs for the "ease, refinement and wealth" of Mansfield Park. Fanny gladly tutors her sister Susan in virtuous conduct but hypocritically refuses to give moral guidance to Henry Crawford.
CMP#28 Will You Be My Valentine
Clutching My Pearls is about Jane Austen and the times she lived in. Click here for the first in the series
Will You Be My Valentine? Or, Reticence and Reality
In Pride & Prejudice, Jane Bennet's serene conduct with Bingley helps her avoid "the suspicions of the impertinent."
Charlotte Lucas thinks Jane is making a tactical error. A woman can hide her feelings from the world, but "if a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark."
There was no more important decision for a young woman in Jane Austen's time, than who to marry – presuming she received an offer. And yet, genteel young ladies were supposed to act confused or indignant if someone impertinently suspected them of making a conquest. Young ladies were supposed to be so totally free of guile that they would never angle to attract someone. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable, said Darcy. Marianne Dashwood is highly indignant when Sir John Middleton teases her about Willoughby. "That is an expression, Sir John," said Marianne, warmly, "which I particularly dislike. I abhor every common-place phrase by which wit is intended; and 'setting one's cap at a man,' or 'making a conquest,' are the most odious of all. Their tendency is gross and illiberal..."
CMP#27 Meet Clarentine
"We are reading Clarentine & are surprised to find how foolish it is. I remember liking it much less on a 2nd reading than at the 1st & it does not bear a 3rd at all. It is full of unnatural conduct & forced difficulties, without striking merit of any kind."
-- Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, February, 1807
So You Think Fanny Price Is An Irritating Heroine? Meet Clarentine!
Dear reader, do you dislike Mansfield Park's heroine Fanny Price? Do you think her a goody-goody, a crybaby, a doormat? Well, wait until you meet Clarentine, the titular heroine of a three volume novel by Sarah Burney, half-sister to the more famous Fanny Burney. Austen scholar Mary Waldron says Clarentine is an example of a popular literary type of the day: "an exemplary girl who battles with worldliness and vice, emerging ultimately victorious after innumerable tribulations, misunderstandings and accusations."
As Waldron points out in Jane Austen and the Fiction of her Time, Austen may have drawn from the plot of Clarentine (1796) for Mansfield Park (1814). Clarentine lives in her uncle's family, is persecuted and harassed by another aunt, "a Mrs. Norris-type figure," who is afraid she will ensnare her cousin Edgar into marriage since they are growing up under the same roof. Clarentine is "banished to Sidmouth, where she is pursued by an attractive rake."