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"If your vision is for a year, plant wheat. If your vision is for ten years, plant trees. If your vision is for a lifetime, plant people." This is a Chinese proverb from Artika R. Tyner's book, "The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice," and inspires Elizabeth Tolzmann, one of the amazing women Voices Magazine has chosen to feature. She strives in everything she does to maintain that purpose within her life map of "planting people" whether as a lawyer herself, teaching as an adjunct professor at St. Thomas, and serving on two different non-profit boards, or, as the new Assistant City Manager of Bloomington doing internal organization work, and external community engagement work.
Elizabeth Tolzmann, born in Laos, came to the US in 1980 with her parents, her sister, and her aunt, right as the VietNam war ended. She was only one year old and her sister was only three. She spent her earliest childhood years living in a 1 bedroom apartment with her mom, dad, aunt and sister, located in the area of Minneapolis that eventually became Uptown.
Ms. Tolzmann started kindergarten not speaking a word of English. Her parents were so new to this country they were still taking ESL classes and working full-time jobs to support the family. Ms. Tolzmann's parents were well educated in Laos, her dad an engineer and her mom a nurse. But when they came to the US they were not given credit for their education and background and had to start over virtually from scratch. They both worked full-time production assembly jobs, and worked second jobs as well, while the aunt stayed home to babysit. That hard work paid off and when Ms. Tolzmann was in the third grade her parents eventually were able to buy a home in what is now the city of Chanhassen. Ms. Tolzmann and her sister attended and eventually graduated from high school in Chaska.
Ms. Tolzmann said that going to school in Chaska was great in terms of academic support and stable friendships, but it was not a very diverse community at that time. When asked if attending a school in an area with little diversity posed any challenges, Ms. Tolzmann said she doesn't remember feeling uncomfortable. She said she just did her best and "conformed" to her surroundings. But for her sister who was slightly older, it was a little more challenging. Ms. Tolzmann said, "I think a lot of it was culture Identity. Because you know you physically look different and sometimes you feel like an outsider given the different cultural norms you have at home. For example, in my culture, we don't do sleepovers. When I was invited to my very first sleepover, I didn't even own a sleeping bag let alone had a ride to go to and from my friend's house unless they lived close by. My parents always worked full-time factory jobs and they also worked part time jobs. So they couldn't take us to social events or after school activities, so that was really hard for us. So when I say different, we just didn't have things easy for us. Because we didn't have the typical suburban parents that could help us with homework at night or drive us around to activities, it limited our opportunities to be more fully engaged and active in the community
Ms. Tolzmann's first exposure to diversity did not occur until she attended the University of MN. According to her attending the U of M, "was the first time I felt what it was like to be in a place of where I actually fit in – not so much of being part of a crowd, but more of where I could be comfortably independent in my being and be valued for my unique background amongst a sea of other students who also had different backgrounds and experiences in life.".
Ms. Tolzmann majored in Business and Marketing and was able to live on campus at the U. She said like any student "I probably changed my major 4 or 5 times. I went into film studies, psychology, considered nursing because my mom was a nurse. But I don't know, I just didn't feel it. And towards the end, I gravitated towards the business school and felt really into being creative, entrepreneurial and into marketing. I graduated with that, but it wasn't until my very last semester that I decided to go to law school. I got married during that time period, and we bought a duplex in St Paul that we still have to this day, and so we were doing a lot of renting and doing the landlord stuff and thought why to deal with a lawyer to draft the leases…why not just be a lawyer and do it myself."
For Ms. Tolzmann self-sustainability played a part in motivating her to be a lawyer, but that was only one part of her decision. She said, "The second part of it was really wanting to help families like my parents and their community. I'm constantly getting questions from them to interpret a document, contest a bill, or pay an invoice. I remember when we first bought our house in Chanhassen, I was only in the 6th grade, but I read and interpreted and the closing documents for them. At the time that was normal to me, I was constantly doing that. But it hit me later when I was an immigration attorney and I was doing a trial for a family from Guatemala. The family had a little 5-year-old girl with them. I was in private practice, so I had to ask for a payment, and we were sitting in a conference room at a deport hearing, and I had to say, I'm sorry but I have to collect the final payment. And the 5-year-old got out the check book, and she's writing it out to the law firm name, and it just hit me that was me 25 years ago. When I think of things like that it makes me understand what an impact your world experience has meant but also what it means to be a facilitator for others. And that's why I went to law school. To this day, I still get requests to help fill out health insurance forms, call the utility company etc. Becoming an attorney gave me the confidence to be able to advocate for those most vulnerable in our society.."
Ms. Tolzman worked for the law firm Davis and Goldfarb for 3 ½ years right after leaving law school. Then she accepted an opportunity to move to London England for an international immigrant consult company. "I think I did that for just about a year, then I came back to the US to open up my own law firm. I was moonlighting part-time at the Brooklyn Park Police Department while juggling my law practice and I saw a job posting for Community Engagement. When I saw that job posting it felt different from other types of government job postings I had seen. I didn't know it at the time, but the job description was written by the community. It didn't utilize typical standard governmental verbiage, titles and classifications It was the first job description that they brought in community members and asked them to draft up the language and qualities they want to see. It really spoke to me and mirrored my experience and passion in working with diverse communities. I thought maybe I can impact a highly diverse community in a more collective way than I could through individual cases which I enjoyed, but didn't have as wide of an impact. So up until that time I had no government experience other than them being my opposing counsel for over five years. So I put my name in the hat and I got the position. That's how I got started in government. I was there 3 ½ years. I left Brooklyn Park because I had a little one and it was difficult coordinating child care with the demanding and irregular schedule of community engagement. But where I found a lot of passion in working in Brooklyn Park was internal organizational development. I started seeing, experiencing and understanding the impact that institutional barriers can have on people. A lot of it was through the Human Rights Commission, the Community Engagement Initiative, and the community challenging the city in how they do things from the hiring process to building talent of people. I felt more impactful in the organizational development role. So when I left Brooklyn Park, I went on to work for Hennepin County Public Works. There I was doing primarily internal change management for the leadership team and various departments by aligning the business line's mission, values, and goals with the County's overall core values of customer service, continuous improvement, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement and workforce development"
While at Hennepin County, Ms. Tolzmann got the wind that the City of Bloomington was looking to hire an Assistant City Manager. Ms. Tolzmann knew the fairly new City Manager well, Jamie Verbrugge, as she had worked for him in Brooklyn Park when she did community engagement. "When I was given a heads up about the possible opportunity, I initially said thanks, but no thanks. I was really enjoying working for the county, doing internal organizational development work, taking the light rail into downtown, and leaving at 4:30 pm every day. But when the position was eventually posted several months later, what pulled me in was the community engagement part of the job description. It's where my heart is, and you never let go of where your heart space is, what you're passionate about."
When asked about the interview process Ms. Tolzmann said, "Without a doubt, he (Mr. Verbrugge) and the city put me and the other two final candidates through the ringer. It was one of the most stressful and intense interviews I've ever been through. There were three panels that had like 8 people in each one and I think I spent close to 15 hours total writing essays and taking assessments. But when I applied for the position, I wanted to equitably earn it. Despite the perception of how I may have received the position, I know for a fact that I worked hard to earn the position." When asked how she enjoys working for a different community, Ms. Tolzmann said that "Bloomington is a great community – it really is! The people have been warm and welcoming in my new role and the staff is one of the best that I've seen in terms of expertise and professionalism. The average tenure has to be around 15-20 years in Bloomington – when people join, they tend to stay for a very long time." But she went on to say that Bloomington in some ways is just getting started when it comes to organic and grass-roots community engagement compared to what Brooklyn Park has already accomplished. "I actually have a greater appreciation of the work that was done in Brooklyn Park. Knowing where they were at and even though there were some frustrations, looking back I'm so proud of what their community has done in Brooklyn Park, because they are light years ahead of what other cities and counties have done in terms of community connectivity, outstanding volunteerism, and striving to be more representative of the community. They're really a model to look at, the investment the city has made in engaging the community. Leadership is definitely important. It has to be embedded at both the council and executive staff level. When Jamie and I left, we both felt confident that enough seeds had been planted that there would still be great people within the organization and community to sustain the work."
Now that Ms. Tolzmann is the new Assistant City Manager of Bloomington, she's back to working what can sometimes be crazy hours. But, she said it makes a difference, "knowing I could work for a leader that was not only supportive of community engagement, but also being willing to be progressive and take risks beyond organizational comfort zones. Knowing that I could stand behind Jamie's vision, but also knowing that he values what I value. He knew that money and title are not particularly important to me. He knew that I was driven by the passion of my work and that it had to involve making an impact amongst community and people. That's what got me in – he tugged at my heart strings and played it like a violin. And he also knows that work-life balance is important and he's been really good about allowing me to flex my schedule. There's definitely more responsibility. I will say in this new position I've noticed I'm able to influence without authority, which in the past, let's be honest, as a woman and a person of color, in mid-level roles in government it had to take me longer to have that impact. So I will say that although I'm not driven by title, I will say that the title of Assistant City Manager has helped me gain more respect and to be more influential in a shorter period of time."
Ms. Tolzman's diverse experience has helped her in this new role. "I just feel like my experience really adds a lot of value to the conversation… I have traits that are very different from a lot of people but I do feel like when I speak, people listen, and they really value the fresh perspective that I bring to the conversation. I find that very impactful just as I listen to other people's experience as well."
Ms. Tolzman balances her work as the Assistant City Manager of Bloomington with multiple other roles in her life in addition to being a wife and mother. She is a board member of Mines Advisory Group, an international non-profit based in Washington, D.C. that saves lives and builds futures through the removal and destruction of landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other weapons remaining after conflict. MAG has worked in over 35 countries and was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. MAG's leading priority is to protect the lives and wellbeing of the most vulnerable individuals in contaminated areas by providing risk education and removing deadly weapons. Equally important, we focus on development by clearing land in affected areas to open access to agriculture, water, schools, hospitals, and roads. By listening to and collaborating with local communities, MAG concentrates on clearing areas that have the largest humanitarian impact, enabling local populations to propel themselves to economic growth. As a board member, I work to raise awareness of these issues, particularly my home country of Laos, where at least one-third of the land across all 17 provinces in the country is still contaminated with unexploded ordnance.
She is also a board member of the University of St. Thomas' Adjunct Faculty Council serving on the governance committee to support adjunct faculty development, orientation, and onboarding.
And, Ms. Tolzman is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas' School of Law teaching in the mentor externship program, where students learn how to integrate the law school's mission of "integrating faith and reason in the search for truth through a focus on morality and social justice" into their personal and professional lives.
Ms. Tolzman said, "I teach students how to become well-rounded lawyers after they graduate, not how to practice, but how to develop people skills and adjust when life happens. Bad things, good things. You can't predict what's going to happen in life, you're going to have people pass away. You're going to lose relationships. You might have a baby. You can't predict what's going to happen in life, but how do you keep that mission as a lawyer?" Ms. Tolzmann said, "The mission I had when I first went to law school was to help the most vulnerable people in society. And I haven't lost that tract despite the various professional pathways in my life from private immigration to government, and community engagement. My end goal has always been serving my community and I can confidently say that I've never lost track of that as my core value. I try to instill in my students, how to keep that vision in mind in whatever they do and despite what life throws at them.
Juggling so many commitments can be a challenge, and at one point Ms. Tolzmann came very close to taking a sabbatical with her Adjunct Professor position to make some room in her life. But then she said, "I attended a racial equity cohort… And one of the questions was, 'How many of you have had a teacher the same race as you?', and that was really impactful to me as an Asian woman. I thought about that and I don't think I ever had an Asian professor. But then I got to reflecting because I have been teaching for 3 years at law school and I got to thinking, how many students in my class could say they've had a teacher from a different race as them? You know, that really inspired me. I was thinking about quitting teaching because I have so much going on, and with the new job, but that inspired me to think maybe I need to stay on as I think my diversity and unique experiences in various positions adds tremendous value to their learnings
Ms. Tolzman said, "Teaching at St Thomas as an adjunct professor, and serving on two boards, it's hard to let go and hard to say no. But I do find that I'm not someone who likes the spot light. I don't need credit, don't like to be the center of attention. My gratification is knowing what I'm doing individually quietly behind the scenes, that I'm impacting people who don't need to spotlight me. Another thing that inspires me is working with different generations within our rapidly changing community. We're a transitioning community and we need to innovate our services and adjust to each generation's needs while promoting the preservation of history and cultural identity. When I think of my son and my nephew who were born here, there's this huge gap in cultural identity and appreciation because they didn't have first generation immigrant parents like I did.. I think that's going to be one of the biggest challenges facing our next generation, is the appreciation for their culture and what their parents went through. You lose that rich cultural history because you get absorbed in the American way of life so you don't have that respect and appreciation for where you came from."
And so, Elizabeth Tolzmann, amazing woman, wife, mother, Attorney, Assistant City Manager, Adjunct Professor, and nonprofit board member, continues to make an impact in whatever she does, as she strives to make a difference and impact in the community through connectivity, bridging cultural and generation gaps, paving pathways for people, and planting the seeds of people in the pursuit and growth of social justice.


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Q: Create a Static / Global Collection in AngularJS I'm a Java/C++ developer who is doing an AngularJS project.
In AngularJS, I need to create a collection (e.g. an array) that I can access from various controllers and that doesn't need to be repopulated every time an controller is reloaded.
In Java, I would create a static class that holds the collection an populate it lazily the first time it is requested. Any subsequent calls would have access to the already created collection. (here's a very simple example).
    class MyCollectionClass {
        private volatile static ArrayList<Items> s_items = null;
        public static synchronized List<Items> getItems() {
            if (s_items == null)
                s_items = Foo.getItemsFromNetwork(); // blocking call
            return s_items;
        }
    }

// elsewhere in the code

    List<Items> l = MyCollectionClass.getItems();

How do I do something similar in AngularJS? I don't find the documentation very clear on this.

A: In AngularJS you can create a Service and follow the same principle you apply in Java (for instance).
In AngularJS services are singleton, so the same collection can be reused everywhere the service is injected.
See the sample below where a service is created and two controllers. These 2 controllers use the same collection. (Many other good solutions can be found out there, and many others where no good-practice approaches are applied)
How goes the flow:
1- The service is created with a collection in null.
2- The controller 1 (ctrl1) is created (service is injected) and a check is peformed in order to see if the collection in service is null. If so, initialized it with the following collection ['element1-Controller1', 'element2-Controller1']. As the collection is null this new collection is set.
3- The controller 2 (ctrl2) is created (service is injected) and a check is peformed in order to see if the collection in service is null. If so, initialized it with the following collection ['element1-Controller2', 'element2-Controller2']. As the collection is not null this new collection is not set.
4- Conclusion: service is singleton and the same collection can be reused as needed.

angular
  .module('app', [])

  // a singlenton instance of this will be created and shared accross all components of the application
  .service('service', function() {
    var self = this;
    self.exp = {
      collection: null,
      setCollection: fnSetCollection,
      getCollection: fnGetCollection
    };

    return self.exp;

    function fnSetCollection(collection) {
      self.exp.collection = collection;
    }

    function fnGetCollection() {
      return self.exp.collection;
    }

  })

  .controller('ctrl1', function(service) {
    var vm = this;

    vm.wizard = {
      getCollection: fnGetCollection
    };

    init();

    return vm.wizard;

    function init() {
      if (!fnGetCollection()) {
        service.setCollection(['element1-Controller1', 'element2-Controller1'])
      }
    }

    function fnGetCollection() {
      return service.getCollection();
    }
  })

  .controller('ctrl2', function(service) {
    var vm = this;

    vm.wizard = {
      getCollection: fnGetCollection
    };

    init();

    return vm.wizard;

    function init() {
      if (!fnGetCollection()) {
        service.setCollection(['element1-Controller2', 'element2-Controller2'])
      }
    }

    function fnGetCollection() {
      return service.getCollection();
    }
  });

     Collection in controller 1

 {{ctrl1.getCollection()}}

         Collection in controller 2

 {{ctrl2.getCollection()}}

A: In angularjs services and factories are singeltons which fits perfectly for this case. Create a service which loads data to the array on creation and then expose that array to consumers
angular.module('app').factory("exampleServ", function(){
       var s_items = [];
       var getItems = function(){
            return s_items;
       };
       var loadData = function(){
           //load your data here
           s_items = data;
       };

       //invoke the method which will make sure the items is loaded to the array
       loadData();
       return {
            getItems: getItems
       }
    });

Then use the service in your controller exampleServ.getItems();

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It's still a small fishing village, but Patonga has ditched the "sleepy" label with the relaunch of The Boathouse Hotel following a reported $5 million refurbishment.
The waterside pub has long been a favourite stop for fish and chips, but these days you'll be rubbing elbows with patrons from far and wide who have come to sample the smoked salmon fritters for breakfast, the crumbed Dory burger for lunch or the Patonga pork ribs for dinner, paired with one of 17 beers.
Obstetrician Dr Ric Porter, the Today show's medical reporter, and his wife, Amanda, are big fans of the hotel.
Amanda says the owners, Andrew and Pip Goldsmith, have done a remarkable job transforming the pub after plenty of community consultation.
Keen fisherman can haul fish, prawns and oysters in from Patonga's tranquil waters.
Private boats and Sydney day trippers are joined by those ferrying from Palm Beach to enjoy this Central Coast gem.
The Porters discovered Patonga on a camping trip with friends nearly 30 years ago and bought their first holiday home in the village not long after. Being in commutable distance of the Royal North Shore Hospital was a key factor. "It's important if Ric has a baby to deliver!" she says.
Amanda credits the Progress Association with retaining Patonga's "delightful, rural" vibe by resisting a government push to monetise crown land with a new caravan and camping park.
Instead, the local fishing industry continues to operate, trawling for fish, prawns and oysters, and the council-run community camping ground remains a favourite with holiday makers.
A favourite among holidaymakers, Patonga was established as a fishing village in the 1920s.
to occupy one of the best-known destinations outside the Sydney metropolitan area," says agent Stuart Gan of Central Coast Realty.
Gan believes the introduction of the ferry service from Palm Beach was a major turning point in the popularity of the village, along with the rise in property values in neighbouring Pearl Beach.
With just 270 properties in Patonga, there's only ever a small handful on the market, making buying a little more challenging as ex-pats, finance professionals, sea-changers and retirees vie for limited stock.
12 Nalya Avenue, Patonga NSW.
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There are two bedrooms in the main residence plus a separate bunk house.
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The property is being marketed toward buyers in search of a sea change.
The al fresco set-up includes a pebbled courtyard, a covered entertaining area and wraparound decks.


gluten free yummy blueberry and lemon delight!
Pre-heat oven to 150°C fan oven. Grease and line a loaf tin around 11cm by 21cm and set aside.
Place butter, sugar, half a lemon zest and half a lemon juice with vanilla extract in a large bowl and whisk. I used an electric hand held whisker.
Add in the beaten eggs, a little a a time, and whisk.
Add the flour, salt and grounded almonds, all separately and then using a wooden spoon or spatula beat it in.
Fold in around half of the blueberries and pour into the loaf tin.
Bake for 15 mins, then sprinkle the remaining blueberries on the top of the cake. Retun to oven for a further 15 mins until cake is golden brown, but still uncooked.
Cover cake loosely with tinfoil and place back in oven for a further 30 mins. Check it is cooked through with a cake tester or with a knife. It may need more time in the oven.
Once baked, remove from oven and leave to cool.
Once cool, dust the sieved icing sugar over the top! Enjoy!
To stop the blueberries from sinking to the bottom (mine did a little bit) pop them in a tablespoon or two of flour from the recipe's dry ingredients — just enough flour to give them a coating. Then, fold the flour-coated fruit into the batter as the very last step before baking.


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In Arizona, Slow Counts of Early Votes Raise Questions, Concerns
By Doug Chapin December 1, 2014
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I've written a lot over the years about the pressure election officials face to count ballots quickly – pressure that usually comes from candidates and the media, but which is intense enough at times to cost slow-counting officials their jobs.
Now, a new story out of Arizona (the site of a razor-thin race for Congress) suggests that slow counts associated with early voting may be forcing voters themselves to reconsider the practice. AZCentral has more:
Despite Arizona's progress in lowering the number of provisional ballots cast in the recent general election, results in several legislative and congressional races were again delayed because voters continue to drop off their early ballots at the polls …
The number of provisional ballots cast statewide, however, dropped by more than 60 percent compared with 2012, when Arizona was embarrassed on the national stage as record numbers of provisional and early ballots went uncounted for two weeks after the polls closed, leaving key races hanging in the balance.
Election officials said there were fewer provisional ballots cast this year due to voter-education efforts by the state and Maricopa County, the county's use of easier-to-notice yellow early ballots, and its new electronic poll books that helped lessen the number of provisional ballots cast in the wrong polling places.
Despite those improvements, delays in counting early votes coupled with the close race in Congressional District 2 between Republican Martha McSally and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has left some voters questioning early voting. The CD2 results are being fought in court and will later head to a recount.
The slow count – and growing distrust of the voting process stoked by partisan animosity and fights about election laws – is making voters nervous about how their ballot is handled in reaching a result:
Allison Suriano, a small-business owner living in downtown Phoenix, said seeing pallets of early ballots left to be counted after Election Day doesn't give her confidence her vote was counted. She said the early ballots almost seem like an afterthought, and she is considering going back to voting at the polls even though she finds it less convenient.
"I almost want to go back to voting in person," Suriano said. "I physically see the ballot going into the box. With early voting, you don't know."
Pollster Earl de Berge, research director for Phoenix's Behavior Research Center, said the public is skeptical that elections represent the true will of the voters — and that the election results are not manipulated by those in power. Delayed early-ballot counts fall into that line of thinking, he said.
The really difficult part of this concern is that there really isn't much that election officials can do to speed up early-voting counts:
Though many think voting early makes the results come in faster, the opposite is true.
Most Arizona counties stop counting early ballots between noon and 2 p.m. on the Monday before the election to prepare for Election Day itself. That means any mailed early ballots that arrive at the county after that point are not counted until after Election Day. In addition, any ballots that are hand-delivered to polling places or the county on Election Day also have to wait to be counted.
Those late mail-in ballots need to be processed by the county recorder. That means matching the voter's signature on the early ballot to a signature on file with the county, and forwarding the early ballot to the elections office to be counted.
Given the fact that voters have embraced early voting, experts say, there's not much that can be done to change the early-voting system. They contend it's the way elections are conducted now.
Tempe pollster Michael O'Neil said late-arriving early ballots are the cause of delayed counts, but there is no easy fix.
"That's human nature, you are never going to change that," O'Neil said. "It's more important to get it right than to get it quick."
That said, Arizona officials seem open to having the state join the growing number of jurisdictions that allow election officials to open and count early ballots before Election Day:
Matt Roberts, spokesman for the Arizona secretary of state, said the only option he has heard as a possibility to count ballots faster is to allow counties to start tallying the votes earlier than the law currently allows.
"People overwhelmingly support early voting," Roberts said.
This is definitely a trend worth watching; once complaints about vote counts shift from impatience by reporters and campaigns to lack of confidence by voters, the urgency to address the issue grows. Arizona has actually made great strides in improving its elections since 2012 – adding electronic pollbooks, improving ballot materials and reducing unnecessary provisional votes – but if slow counts are telling voters that something's not right then election officials and policymakers are going to have to overcome those concerns.
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Robert De Niro is supporting comedian Michelle Wolf's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner last Saturday – despite backlash from some journalists, politicians, and even President Donald Trump.
At the Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual Chaplin Award Gala in New York on Monday evening, where Helen Mirren was honored for her impressive body of work, De Niro, who was last year's recipient, took to the stage and began a passionate three-minute long rant about his dissatisfaction with President Trump's policies and how Wolf was unfairly criticized for mocking Trump and his administration.
The Oscar-winner then warned the audience that he was "going to digress for a minute," to which they responded with nervous laughter.
Ahead of the political jabbing, Mirren, who has appeared in over 100 projects on film, television, and the stage in a career spanning five decades, spoke about her key to wowing both critics and fans with her versatile performances.


The body is able to heal itself in most circumstances. Our wounds heal when we cut ourselves, our bones become as strong after a fracture as they were before, our immune system fights infections. This applies to all body functions, be they neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, visceral, neurological, endocrine, etc.
Osteopathy works with the principle that the body has the capacity to heal itself and that at times it may need outside help to remove 'osteopathic lesions' just as bones need a cast during healing, or as anti-biotics may be needed to fight an active infection.
We all understand that for the body to work at its best, it needs to nourish its cells and to remove waste products produced by them. This is done mainly by the arterial and venous systems. In addition to this, we also have 'circulation' or movement in the lymphatic (immune) system, the nervous system (information to and from the spinal cord and brain), and more specific to osteopathy: the fluctuation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Osteopathy aims at an optimal flow in all of the above systems. This is attained by removing areas of resistance to movement. As an example, consider a shoulder that is limited in movement. The neck and back will compensate to maximize functionality and thereby create 'kinks' in the circulatory system. By regaining full range of motion at the shoulder we will allow for better circulation and thereby promote health. Osteopathy aims at proper alignment, position and mobility in all body structures be they musculoskeletal, visceral, or neurological.
We can understand that proper function requires a sound structure. For example, if an elbow does not have its full ability to bend or to straighten, then reaching far from the body or behind the neck will be impossible. This is true for all structures in the human body.
Osteopathy aims at ensuring that each component will be able to have its full range of movement in the directions and sequences that are particular to that structure.
The body can be described as being composed of several systems: we have our musculoskeletal system (bones and muscles), cardiovascular (heart, veins and arteries), neurological (brain and nerves), respiratory (lungs), digestive (stomach, liver, intestines), endocrine (pancreas, thyroid), etc. For optimal health, each system must function optimally individually, but it must also be able to function with its partners. Each unit is a member of a team that is interdependent (the brain will not be able to function without nourishment and digestion of nutrients will be useless if the liver cannot transform our food to glycogen to be used by the brain).


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"LONELY SOULS" by Mary R. O'Shaughnessy, D.V.M.
In the past three days I neutered and spayed 21 cats, only four of which had permanent homes. The other 17 were an assortment of stray, semi-wild, and wild, (or feral) cats that were spayed or neutered for a local cat shelter. Ten feral kittens trapped by shelter volunteers were brought in to be vaccinated, blood tested for FIV ("feline AIDS") and leukemia viruses, and handled and socialized in hopes of becoming adoptable pets. Six more feral and semi-feral cats are waiting quietly in the kennel room to be spayed as soon as I finish writing this article. Shelter volunteers report they will be bringing in another 16-20 cats and kittens in the next few days. This is a few more than we usually do in a three day period, but the fact remains that the shelter brings us homeless cats and kittens several times a week, every week of the year.
The time and effort put into these animals by my staff, myself, and especially the shelter volunteers is enormous, and yet the animals which pass through our clinic are only the tip of the iceberg. Many, many more are living in backyards, barns, towns vacant buildings, dumpsters and apartment complexes in virtually every community throughout this country.
Unfortunately, far too many people are not committed to spaying or neutering their pet before it reaches maturity. The result is a mushrooming cloud of unwanted offspring, some of whom become strays, who bring up litter after litter of kittens on their own with only minimal exposure to people. When these kittens bring up their own kittens, the result is a feral cat. The instincts of their wild ancestors become stronger than the influence of domestication, and although they look like a house cat, they behave quite differently. Close approach by a person is likely to send them into a full blown anxiety attack. They will bolt with amazing speed, sometimes crashing into objects in their panic.
I would much rather work with a feral cat than a "just plain mean" house cat. Ferals are rarely aggressive or spiteful, they are just lonely souls who have never known the love and kindness that a human can offer them. Although generally a project undertaken by adults, my technician's 9 year old son has been carrying around a 7 month old feral cat in his arms all week. It is heartwarming to see this rough-and-tumble little boy hold her so quietly and carefully, and equally wonderful to see this little cat put her trust and faith in him.
You can help with the homeless/feral cat problem in several ways: 1. Donations of food, money and time are always needed and appreciated. 2. Become involved in a trapping/neutering project. Salvageable animals are gradually handled and socialized in foster homes until they are ready for adoption. Others are re- released after being neutered, to safe areas where volunteers provide food for them regularly. 3. Become a "foster" family. Foster homes are frequently needed for many reasons. It can be very rewarding to hand raise and bottle feed a litter of orphan kittens, socialize and win the trust of a terrified feral cat, or witness the miracle of birth by temporarily caring for a pregnant stray. 4. Consider adopting a feral cat. Feral cats make excellent additions to multiple cat households as they become very bonded to other cats, and with time, patience, and a soft voice they can learn to trust you as well.
Well, it's time to go spay those cats. For more information you can contact us at Dunstable Animal Clinic, 978-649-6513, or contact Kitty Angels Cat Shelter at 978-649-4681. Thank you.


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Synopsis: Gwendolyn Shepherd is actually a very normal 16-year-old teen. What's annoying is that her family definitely has a tad too many secrets. They all have to do with the time-travel gene that is passed down in the family. Everyone is certain that Gwen's cousin Charlotte has the gene, and so everything is all Charlotte, all the time. Until the day Gwen, out of the clear blue sky, suddenly finds herself in London at the end of the 19th century. She knows right away that she, and not Charlotte, was born to be a time traveler - even if she could certainly do without it. Just as she could do without Charlotte's arrogant boyfriend Gideon de Villiers, with whom she now has to forge an alliance in order to clear up the biggest secret of her family history. One thing is clear: she will do everything possible to solve the ancient mysteries. What isn't clear is that one should not fall in love between the times. For that really makes things complicated!
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director(s): Felix Fuchssteiner
Actors: Josefine Preuß, Florian Bartholomäi, Uwe Kockisch, Johannes Silberschneider
Production: Lieblingsfilm
3 nominations.
So embarrassing, Gwenny!
Just ignore her.
I talked to Gordon, okay.
He's got a stepbrother who might
go to the ball with you.
Except, he's in Essex... you'd have
to cover his costs to get here.
Gwenny? I won't be going to the
ball anyway.
Hey, Gwenny! Watch out!
You can talk, you're the one
with the genetic mutation.
It is a gift, Gwendolyn.
It's all connected to your
birthday, isn't that right?
I mean, did they do any kind of
experiment or something?
And, and that guy...
Was he with you?
Gideon? Naturally!
Gideon and I have trained for
our roles for years.
Charlotte. Say something honey.
I'm still here, as you can see.
Are you dizzy?
They said that's how it starts.
Charlotte... Gwendolyn, go to your
room and play. Mr. Bernheart?
Gwendolyn, my angel. Come and
sit with me,
Keep me company, a bit.
Say something, my dear.
Glenda makes me really nervous!
You feel something, don't you?
Where's Lady Arista?
Your grandmother's in there
on the phone.
But I can't hear because
she's so quiet.
... we saw Charlotte vanished into
thin air, right in front of our eyes?
The de Villiers are expecting us
at the Temple. Come along.
So arrogant, the de Villiers.
Why is everyone's so sure that
Charlotte's the one
who inherited the gene?
I refuse to say another word.
Your grandmother would kill
me if I said anything at all.
Except there was an astronomical
occurance that day when Charlotte was born.
Mr. Newton envisioned
the date of her birth.
You mean our milkman? That Mr. Newton?
No, Isaac Newton,
the mathematician.
Sometimes it's better if you don't
know the truth. It's safer.
The Order...
...it has a time machine...
...underground.
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Thinking about ancient Greek poetry and drama, we tend to overlook a very important aspect. 'All the great poetry, from Homer through to the lyric age, and the great Greek tragedians – most of that was music,' says Professor Armand D'Angour. It was sung, played, and even danced.
Armand D'Angour is a Professor in Classical Languages and Literature (Faculty of Classics) at Jesus College. Formerly a professional cellist, he is currently engaged on a project to reconstruct ancient Greek music.
Experts on ancient music theory have long understood the general principles of Greek melody. 'Ancient Greek has a natural melody - there was a pitch change on different syllables of words,' says Prof D'Angour. Ancient documents confirm that song melodies generally imitated the natural rising and falling pitch of words.
It is not that an understanding of ancient Greek music and musical notation has ever really been lacking. Thanks to treatises like that of Alypius (5th century AD), following on the Elements of Harmony by Aristoxenus of Tarentum (4th century BC) and Harmonics by Ptolemy (2nd century AD), we know what the signs mean and how the modal systems worked. What Prof D'Angour is doing is trying to make coherent musical sense of what we have.
Now that there is music to play, Prof D'Angour's reconstructions can be performed with a whole chorus and the two main instruments that were used in ancient Greece: lyre (or kithara) and double pipes (aulos). 'We don't have any archaeological records of lyres, because they were made from wood and animal gut which perished,' he says.
We tend to talk as if there was just one kind of Greek music, but in fact 'there were hundreds of different kinds of music'. And it was as ubiquitous as it is now: you could hear it in the home, in the temple, in the theatre. 'And of course ancient authors tell us what effect it had: it was moving, it sounded tragic, it was joyful or triumphant,' says Prof D'Angour.


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New for 2016 (the new suspension bracket it on the left)
Early in 2016, we changed the base length of our suspension brckets, from 1.6" to 2". We've been supplying suspension brackets to Locost builders since 2003, when we converted our own suspensions from bushings to rod ends. The virtues of rod ends are many; they're adjustable, they precisely locate the control arm, they look the part, etc. The virtues of rubber bushings are a softer and quieter ride than rod ends provide, but if soft and quiet is your bag, you can stay on your sofa back home and turn the television down low. The virtues of polyethylene bushings are, well, they're dirt cheap and that's about it. We don't use many bushings in our cars.
Our brackets have rounded ends because I got sick of cutting myself on"book" suspension brackets. Also they look racier when they're rounded, since who but a racer would go to this much trouble to save a few grams.
Then again, maybe we could invest those grams in making a better bracket. I've never heard of a problem with our original brackets (or with "book" brackets for that matter) but similar brackets have failed on other (heavier) homebuilts and kit cars. Lengthening the base increases safety margins (strength, fatigue resistance, and longer welds) for a small price in weight and money.
Other than looks and weight, the biggest difference between Kinetic's suspension brackets and the brackets on page 62 of "the book" is, our brackets are 5/8" narrower--1.265" wide instead of 1.9". In my opinion, "book" brackets should not be used with rod ends. The internal width of a "book" suspension bracket is 1.65", vs. 1.025 for the Kinetic suspension bracket. Subtract .625" for the ball in a 1/2" rod end and you get 0.200" bolt overhang on each side of the ball for Kinetic brackets, where "book" brackets have over half an inch of unsupported bolt on each side of the ball. That's a lot of beam loading for a 1/2" bolt, over twice the moment arm as the same bolt in a Kinetic bracket.
The distance from hole center to the base of the bracket is .940 (.820 for the inside).
These brackets are $5.50 each when you get a car's worth. Wow, that's more than an economy rod end. Too bad we can't make as many brackets as they do rod ends; if we could make 10,000 of these a year we could knock the price in half.
Use these as shock brackets if you're using ball end shocks, or pushrod suspension.
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Svetlana Medvedeva Venerates the Holy Relics of Archangel Michael Church
Cannes, France, August 27, 2010
On August 26, 2010, the First Lady of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Medvedeva, while in Cannes, France, to attend a Russian art festival, visited Archangel Michael Church.
One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in France, it was built in 1894 on donations collected from the local Russian community. Among the first parishioners was the granddaughter of Alexander Pushkin, Sophia Merenberg, Countess of Tornby.
Mrs Medvedeva descended to the crypt containing the remains of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army during World War I, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, the eldest of the Romanovs living abroad at the time.
After October 1917, the church in Cannes provided shelter for Russian emigres. The crypt also contains the remains of one of these emigres, a member of the Resistance, Elena Valliano, who was executed by the Nazis a few days before the city was emancipated in August 1944.
As the church Rector, Priest Maksim Massalitine, said, the church belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. Many of the icons were painted by Russian emigres. Among the most venerated are icons donated by Muscovites in the 21st century.
Mrs Medvedeva showed interest in the history of the parish, the life of its parishioners and the possibility of organizing Russian language courses. The rector said that it is hoped that a parish school will be established.
"Today's meeting bolsters us, it bears witness to the fact that Russia is being reborn and did not forget the hearths of Orthodox culture and spirituality abroad," said Fr Maksim.
Official site of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
The Church of the Gauls. Part 1 Monk Nicodemus The Church of the Gauls. Part 1 Monk Nicodemus The Gallic Church had its beginnings in the first century. Western tradition holds that Gaul (France) was initially evangelized and baptized by St. Mary Magdalene, St. Lazarus the Four-DaysDead, and his sisters Sts.Mary andMartha. On the basis of St. Paul's second Epistle to Timothy, several historians have thought that the Apostle Crescens, an envoy of St. Paul, labored in Gaul. Some also think that St. Paul stopped in Gaul on his way to Spain. In any event, Christianity penetrated into southern Gaul at an early date, specifically into Provence and the Rhone Valley — areas that had a strong presence of Greek minorities hailing from Asia Minor, Phrygia and Syria. An Ineffable Fragrance Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki An Ineffable Fragrance Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki It is impossible to describe how exquisite and noble are the podvizhniki![1] These people—although they bear the traces of harsh struggles, although their bodies are so withered and emaciated—have a fragrance and grace imprinted on their wondrous souls. Europe to the Urals Europe to the Urals Philippe de Villiers The well-known French politician and former French Presidential candidate, Philippe de Villiers, encourages François Hollande and Angela Merkel to draw closer to Vladimir Putin to build a Greater Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals.
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Democratic Closing Ads: Health Care and Taxes
In the past week, many Democratic ads across the country have focused on health care and taxes, campaign-long themes for the party's candidates. Some of the ads have used familiar, and misleading, talking points.
Ernst and 'Privatizing' Social Security
Democratic TV ads in Iowa have repeatedly misrepresented Republican Joni Ernst's position on Social Security, claiming she "would privatize Social Security" or that she has "proposed privatizing Social Security."
Trading Jabs in Michigan
Republican Terri Lynn Land and the Democratic Party trade barbs in the Michigan Senate race, but both ads mislead voters.
Down-to-the-Wire Deceptions
Attack ads, and the misinformation that comes with them, continue to swamp the airwaves. In fact, spending on ads in these midterm elections could top $3 billion, said Evan Tracey, whose Kantar Media-owned Campaign Media Analysis Group tracks political ads running nationwide. That cracks the $2.7 billion spent in 2008 – when a presidential race as well as the usual congressional ones were eating up airtime.
A brief rundown of some misleading assaults we've found in the last few days:
DSCC Hits Murkowski
Among other things,
A New Twist on an Old Tax Attack
Democrats and their allies can't get enough of the Americans for Tax Reform tax pledge — which, as we've reported, they've falsely equated in a number of ads with "protecting tax loopholes for companies that ship jobs overseas." Still, Democrats continue …
DSCC Not Fighting Fair
In Connecticut's Senate race, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is sponsoring a misleading ad that attacks Republican candidate Linda McMahon.
It says McMahon, the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, "laid off workers, yet took millions in bonuses," and "spent thousands on lobbyists to get millions in tax breaks for herself." McMahon did earn "millions in bonuses." She got a total of $2.4 million spread over several years. But in only one of those years were any workers laid off.
DSCC Ad Links Crist and Ayotte to Palin
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has released a Web ad linking one confirmed and one potential Republican candidate in the 2010 senatorial races to soon-to-be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. But one person isn't quite like the others.
According to a description of the ad on its YouTube channel, the DSCC says, "Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, and New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte all have something in common: they all promised to serve the people of their state,


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The bloody mess that is Syria stands as Exhibit A of what is happening to global order with the retreat of American leadership. The carefully circumscribed strike ordered by President Donald Trump last week will do nothing to change the reality that he, like Barack Obama before him, has left a power vacuum in the heart of the Middle East. The beneficiaries are Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Turkey and a host of jihadists who will haunt the region — and the West — long after the end of the Islamic State.
That's the obvious story. What's less evident is how far-reaching and consequential the collapse of American-led order has been in the 15 months since Trump took office. In multiple miserable corners of the world, where U.S. envoys and aid would normally be helping victims, deterring malevolent actors and seeking political solutions, there is a void.
Let's take a tour. Start with the Western Hemisphere, whose leaders last week convened at the eighth Summit of the Americas since 1994 - and the first not attended by the U.S. president. The region is watching one of the biggest crises it has experienced in modern times: the political and economic implosion of Venezuela, which has inflicted violence and hunger on tens of millions of people and caused more than 1 million to flee the country- the largest displacement of people in Latin American history.
For a century and more, Latin American and Caribbean countries in crisis could expect that the United States would intervene - for better or perhaps for worse - to break their fall. The summit offered a chance for Washington to rally its allies behind a concerted strategy for the refugees and for the autocratic regime in Caracas.
Except Trump was not there. In his only effort to address the crisis with regional leaders, at a dinner last September, he foolishly raised the idea of military intervention. He has since ignored suggestions by some of the leaders for more realistic measures, such asan embargo on Venezuelan oil. The senior State Department positions for Latin America and for refugee affairs have not been filled. Venezuela's downward spiral will continue.
Next stop: South Sudan, a country that came into existence in 2011 largely thanks to U.S. diplomacy. About two years later, a civil war erupted between rival factions, and it has persisted ever since. Tens of thousands have been killed and more than 2 million driven out of the country; since last year the United Nations has said South Sudan is on the brink of famine.
The robust American stewardship across two administrations has disappeared. The State Department used to have a special envoy for South Sudan; the post is vacant. The only senior Trump administration official to show an interest in the country is U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who visited in October and who has pushed the U.N. Security Council — unsuccessfully — to impose an arms embargo. Both George W. Bush and Obama took a personal interest in South Sudan. Trump, needless to say, has not.
Next, Myanmar, another nation transformed by U.S. diplomacy. In an effort to free itself from comprehensive U.S. economic sanctions and gain some independence from China, the country's military regime freed Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from prison and then allowed a relatively free election in 2015. Obama visited the country, also called Byrma, twice. Then, last August, the generals embarked on a brutal campaign against the Rohingya minority, driving nearly 700,000 people across the border into Bangladesh.
Belatedly, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the campaign what it was, ethnic cleansing. But the U.S. response to this staggering atrocity has been anemic. Under pressure from Congress, one general in charge of the campaign was sanctioned and some visa restrictions were applied to others. But again, the only senior official to engage was Haley, who has pressed for a U.N. special envoy. Forget about an American envoy: Even the senior State Department post for the region has, as elsewhere, no permanent appointee.
A final stop is worthwhile, somewhere near Tibet, the Chinese-ruled land that has become a laboratory for high-tech, 21st-centuryrepression. The prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, was in Washington last week for a singular purpose: to try to persuade the Trump administration to fill the State Department post of special coordinator for Tibetanissues - which, of course, is vacant.
It might seem like a small bureaucratic function, but as Sangay pointed out, no other government in the world has a Tibet coordinator. This U.S. official, he said, has been vital in getting other countries to attend meetings with his government, in channeling aid and in simply forcing China to address Tibet. Without the U.S. representative, he said, "the Tibet issue is not raised." A little-noticed loss, perhaps, but one of many in a world without U.S. leadership.
Jackson Diehl is deputy editorial page editor of The Post. He is an editorial writer specializing in foreign affairs.


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WARNING: Baby Fit Approaching!
Originally Posted: 10/19/2005 12:13:35 PM
Patrick Fitzgerald, special prosecutor of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, is reported in the New York Times as having chosen not to file a final report when the Grand Jury expires on October 28. The report goes on to say that this means that indictments are pending, because to close the investigation with neither indictments nor a final report will "set off a political firestorm." The facts belie the premise of the report, and the press knows it. This statement is nothing less than a subtle gauntlet thrown down at Mr. Fitzgerald's feet. It's a threat: "Indict Karl Rove and / or Scooter Libby or we will make your life a living hell." Thisis no less than the threat of a baby fit by the press.
"Mr. Fitzgerald's integrity is what will prevent him from violating Grand Jury secrecy rules or Justice Department regulations to disclose a final report. He could ask a judge for leave to make such a report. He appears to have decided not to do so."
Why do the facts belie this? Well, for starters, Patrick Fitzgerald is a man of unassailable integrity. He would never do anything that is not on the straight up-and-up, ever. The reason that Illinois Republicans, aside from his benefactor, former Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (no relation), hate him is that he did not restrain himself from indicting fellow Republicans. These Republicans include former governor George Ryan, who is presently on trial in Chicago, Fitzgerald's home district, on corruption charges. Mr. Fitzgerald's integrity is what will prevent him from violating Grand Jury secrecy rules or Justice Department regulations to disclose a final report. He could ask a judge for leave to make such a report. He appears to have decided not to do so. Does this means that he will resort to a massive number of indictments? No. Nor does it mean that he will close the investigation and be silent. It's too early to tell.
Fitzgerald's integrity also renders him quite immune to threats of press excoriation. He risked his law enforcement career, which is legendary (he is the one who successfully prosecuted the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, among other stellar achievements), to pursue illegal acts by fellow Republicans. Do you think that he will flinch over some whiny reporters? Neither do I.
"What Mr. Fitzgerald's integrity means for this investigation is that it has been, and will be, scrupulously honest. He won't do a 'Ronnie Earle' and try to manipulate a Grand Jury into issuing an indictment. He won't even ask for an indictment unless there is real and compelling evidence of crminial activity. This is problematic for the leftist press. They need indictments, or their hype, and the hype of their friends in the extreme leftist pundit ranks, will look as dishonest as it actually is."
What Mr. Fitzgerald's integrity means for this investigation is that it has been, and will be, scrupulously honest. He won't do a "Ronnie Earle" and try to manipulate a Grand Jury into issuing an indictment. He won't even ask for an indictment unless there is real and compelling evidence of crminial activity. This is problematic for the leftist press. They need indictments, or their hype, and the hype of their friends in the extreme leftist pundit ranks, will look as dishonest as it actually is. Chris Matthews has Karl Rove already in prison. The leftist blogs are manufacturing "facts" from whole cloth to bolster their claims that everyone in the Bush administration from the President himself down to the White House pastry chef are criminal conspirators. Without indictments, which the Left will undoubtedly use as proof positive of criminal guilt, these extremists will be made out to be liars.
It is possible that some people will be indicted on "collateral" offenses, such as lying to a Grand Jury. Washington tends to make people abandon their candor and "cover up" things that may look bad, even if they are not unlawful. The end result is that the non-criminals make criminal mistakes in an effort to look good. It is also possible that we don't have a full understanding of the facts in this matter and there has been a crime committed in "outing" Valerie Plame. However, if the substantiated facts we've heard are all of the true facts, I don't see where any law has been broken. The people who wrote the law in question have stated, repeatedly and publicly, that on those facts, the law was not violated even if there was an "outing."
"Does the press want Fitzgerald to ask for indictments merely to scold non-criminal but unethical conduct? If so, they are barking up the wrong tree. Also, threatening the man with nasty press, even as subtly as this "political firestorm" comment does so, is just plain wrong. Again, I think that Patrick Fitzgerald has the cajones to handle some whiny reporters without so much as breaking a sweat."
Does the press want Fitzgerald to ask for indictments merely to scold non-criminal but unethical conduct? If so, they are barking up the wrong tree. Also, threatening the man with nasty press, even as subtly as this "political firestorm" comment does so, is just plain wrong. Again, I think that Patrick Fitzgerald has the cajones to handle some whiny reporters without so much as breaking a sweat. I wonder of Mr. Fitzgerald plans to wrap things up and go home without doing anything to anyone. He could also release a letter saying that the investigation revealed no criminal conduct at all. Either of those options will trigger the whiny reporters (and more than a few whiny Democratic officials). And I think that Patrick Fitzgerald won't care, as long as he knows the truth in heart, that he has honestly handled this process.
Personally, I believe that Karl Rove is not so ruthless as to adopt a "total warfare" policy against someone who made one nasty anti-Bush statement that, strategically, was best left ignored. He has always adopted a far more conciliatory stance. Moreover, in a White House that has been known widely to hate leaks, someone as high up on the food chain as Karl Rove seems unlikely to resort to leaking information, especially classified information, just to poke Valerie Plame's husband in the eye.
I am beginning to see an indictment-free end to this matter, or if there are indictments, peripheral indictments. And I am beginning to see the baby fit of the millennium, from the again-discredit left, including both Democratic leaders and the press.


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Кооперати́вный мат, коопмат (; ) — вид неортодоксальной шахматной композиции.

В задачах на кооперативный мат начинают чёрные (если в условии не оговорено иное) и помогают белым объявить мат чёрному королю в заданное число ходов, то есть чёрные и белые действуют согласованно, «кооперативно», чтобы выполнить задание. В этом жанре шахматной композиции с целью расширения содержания допускается составление задач с несколькими решениями и несколькими иллюзорными играми. Другие распространённые формы расширения содержания коопматов — близнец, когда новое решение обеспечивается за счёт незначительного изменения начальной позиции (например, перестановкой фигуры, добавлением, снятием или заменой фигуры, поворотом доски), и дуплекс, когда в одной и той же позиции одинаковое задание выполняется каждой стороной (стороны играют кооперативно сначала, чтобы дать мат чёрным, затем — чтобы дать мат белым).

В современной игре с контролем времени кооперативный мат важен в глубоком эндшпиле, когда у одного игрока подавляющий перевес, но цейтнот, у другого — одна фигура. По правилам, просрочившему время засчитывается поражение, если возможен кооперативный мат. Например, в игре «ладья против коня» кооперативный мат возможен, и если владелец ладьи в цейтноте, лучше заранее сводить игру к ничьей.

История
Первая задача на кооперативный мат придумана Максом Ланге в 1854 году (M. Lange, Schachzeitung 1854, № 12, с. 453). Первая полноценная кооперативная трёхходовка составлена в 1860 году С. Лойдом, предложившим начинать решение с хода чёрных. Победитель первого конкурса задач на кооперативный мат (Dubuque Chess Journal (США) 1870—1871) — У. Шинкман. Широкое распространение задачи на кооперативный мат получили в 20-х гг. XX века благодаря работам Т. Доусона. Русское название «кооперативный мат» было предложено в 1926 году М. Нейманом, он же ввёл в практику составление коопматов с несколькими решениями. В СССР первая задача на кооперативный мат была составлена С. Каминером и опубликована в 1927 году. В докомпьютерное время этот вид шахматной композиции был весьма сложен для составления: из-за того, что стороны играют сообща и количество возможных разветвлений велико, зачастую обнаруживался непредвиденный автором способ решения. В настоящее время, в связи с широким применением компьютерных программ для решения шахматных задач, кооперативный мат стал наиболее популярным жанром шахматной композиции.

Нотация
В шахматной композиции в современной записи условия для кооперативных матов обычно используется следующая нотация: сначала указывается латинская буква «h» (; ), затем знак мата «#», затем количество ходов задания. Например, «h#2» означает «кооперативный мат в 2 хода». Чтобы показать наличие иллюзорной игры, обычно используется знак «*». Если в задаче есть несколько иллюзорных игр, ставится соответствующее количество звёздочек. Например, запись «h#2**» означает «кооперативный мат в 2 хода с одним решением и двумя иллюзорными играми».

Примеры

 Б. Хегерман
 The Problemist, 1934

В сёги
В сёги возврат съеденных фигур в игру позволяет, в отличие от шахмат, создавать задачи на кооперативный мат с весьма длинным решением. Длиннейшая из известных таких задач, составленная в 1976 году , имеет решение в 49 909 ходов.

См. также
 Мат (шахматы)
 Обратный мат
 Шахматная нотация

Примечания

Источники

 Владимиров, Я. Г. 1000 шахматных загадок. —М.: Астрель/АСТ, 2004. c.479. ISBN 5-17-025057-6, ISBN 5-271-09235-6
 Feather C. Black to Play.— Vienna: F. Chlubna, 1994.
 Ebert H., Gruber H. «Top Helpmates» (1995), в формате PDF (9,91 Мб)
 Ebert H., Gruber H. «Early Helpmates» (2001), в формате PDF (18,52 Мб)

Шахматные маты
Шахматная композиция
Сказочные шахматы

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