Dec. 21 (BusinessDesk) – Listed property vehicles Goodman Property Trust and Stride Property Group have announced a flurry of end-of-year transactions of Auckland properties to reposition their portfolios.
Hot on the heels of announcing the $29 million purchase of an industrial property at Mangere, Goodman has agreed to sell its Concourse property in Henderson to Stride for $35 million.
Stride simultaneously announced the $50.5 million sale of an ASB Bank-tenanted property at Albany to Oyster Management, another fund manager.
Goodman investment director James Spence said the trust bought Concourse, an industrial property with 9,700 square metres of industrial space and 2.17 hectares of development land, in 2016 and hadn't been planning to sell it but took an "opportunistic" reaction to an unsolicited offer from Stride.
Goodman paid $18.9 million for the two adjoining Concourse sites in September 2016 but Spence said the trust has since added significant value reconfiguring the layout, creating additional yard space and securing new leases.
"It was a compelling offer from Stride and, rather than complete the development of this property, we'll be reinvesting in new opportunities elsewhere in Auckland," Spence said.
The sale will add about 0.5 cents per unit to the trust's net tangible asset backing, and is expected to settle in June next year.
Goodman has a history of recycling capital by selling mature assets and using the proceeds to buy other assets with development potential.
It calls the Mangere purchase "strategic" and has plans to develop 30,000sqm of new warehouse space on the site which currently features a 2,279sqm warehouse and 41,790sqm glasshouse with associated office and coolstore space.
Stride said the Concourse property will give it an initial yield of 6.1 percent and that it is well advanced with development plans for the land.
"This acquisition aligns with Stride's strategic investment focus on growing its portfolio of quality industrial investment property and builds on Stride's track record of industrial development expertise," the company said.
Stride said it has committed to about $600,000 worth of upgrades to the Albany property and it expects the purchase to settle on April 1 next year.
The sale was at an initial yield of 5.88 percent and a 4.7 percent premium to the property's value of $48.25 million recorded in Stride's first-half results for the six months ended September.
"This transaction aligns with Stride's strategy to recycle capital from non-core assets and into office and industrial assets that we consider will form the base of portfolios that will, in future, become Stride's new investment management products," said Stride chief executive Philip Littlewood in a statement.


Berlin is one of my favourite cities I have visited and it is mainly because of the great atmosphere that this city possesses and the great music taste! It is simply a techno city and its unique underground clubs are very popular among music and party lovers. I have always wished to experience something similar in Prague. Firstly, I thought that it would not fit into my city, but I have witnessed something completely different. In the end, I think that Ankali is a great addition to the local club scene.
Ankali is a music club hidden in Prague 10 and you certainly must know where are you going, because the building is a former factory, a little bit scary and doesn't look like a place to spend a great evening. Or maybe that is exactly why it is a guarantee for a great evening. People come here to enjoy techno, drum 'n' bass or electro vibes and nobody really cares how it looks. Its ramshackle look makes it very chilled, but with a busy and energizing atmosphere. The music events are always on Friday and Saturday night and if you are a techno lover, you will certainly love it. It is still quite a new and mysterious place, but I think it has a big potential to become a must-visit spot in the city.


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Although most courses in the area already provide you with a place to warm up and practice. So yes - most courses here have their own practicing facility.
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Sagat is unlocked by default.
Sagat is not a complicated character. And yet, he is, at present, considered to be the most devastating fighter in the Street Fighter IV roster. The two elements of Sagat's game that make him so powerful are his Tiger Shots and his easily comboable ultra which deals massive damage.
Sagat's Tiger Shots are faster than any other character's projectile in the game, which means that you can dominate a projectile war against pretty much everybody (Dhalsim's got tools to make it difficult). Stick mostly to Low Tiger Shots ( + K ) until you expect the opponent to try and jump over your barrage, at which point a High Tiger Shot ( + P ) will knock him/her out of the air. As a Sagat player, you are generally at an advantage to fight from a distance, so do your best to keep the fight there.
If an opponent gets through your fireballs, poke with s.LK and cancel into a Low Tiger Shot. Even if it's blocked, it's a good poke string to push back the opponent with. As well, c.MK is an excellent poke, with solid range and a low hit to break a high guard. You can cancel that, too, with a Low Tiger Shot. You can also push opponents back with a Tiger Knee Crush ( + K ) as it's a fairly safe attack.
By FADCing a Tiger Uppercut, you can pop an opponent into the air, setting him/her up for a juggle combo that includes Sagat's devastating Tiger Destruction ultra ( + KKK ). If an opponent is standing over your downed body, wake up with a Tiger Uppercut and FADC it. If it lands, you can go right into Sagat's ultra or just land a High Step Kick ( + HK ) for more time to see if the combo is connecting. If that High Step Kick lands, you can still combo into Sagat's ultra.
And that plays into another of Sagat's tools for keeping the opponent at bay. If you've got a full ultra meter, you can always threaten with a High Step Kick as an anti-air against an incoming jump-in attempt. If that High Step Kick connects as an anti-air, you can juggle an ultra combo. The damage dealt is pretty crazy, and combined with Sagat's great fireballs and very high hit point count makes Sagat arguably the best character in the game.
Sagat's j.LK is his only cross-up, and it's not especially good. To combo off of it, you'll have to connect very low to the ground, so it's mostly useful as a meaty attempt. But if you can connect it, you can combo into a Low Tiger Shot and cancel into Sagat's super ( + K ). We're not sure it's totally worth it, since Sagat needs meter for EX Tiger Shots and FADCs, but if you want to polish off an opponent this isn't a bad way to do it. And if you're in a corner, you can continue by juggling with an ultra combo.
This is a fairly obvious route into Sagat's awesome ultra combo if you've got the meter, and highlights why you should probably save Sagat's super meter for his FADCs. Cancel the Tiger Uppercut quickly and dash forward to connect the High Step Kick, off of which you can pretty easily juggle with Sagat's ultra.
It's a shame this combo works so well, unless you're a Sagat player in which case it's quite awesome. If an opponent jumps at you, tag him/her with a High Step Kick. You don't even have to be immediately ready to fire off the ultra, because Sagat can juggle with a second High Step Kick before finally deciding that, yeah, about now would be a pretty sweet time to tag the opponent with an ultra, I guess.
This is a solid overhead that does good damage and even has pretty solid range. Throw it out after s.LK and c.MK pokes fail to bust through an opponent's low guard.
It's pretty slow and leaves Sagat vulnerable afterward. Don't use it as a kick. What you can use it for is extending the range on Sagat's supers. Interestingly, the Low Step Kick can be canceled into a special before it even connects. Mostly this is useful for stretching the horizontal range of a LP Tiger Uppercut.
Doesn't hit opponents that are on the ground, but it's a great anti-air and easily juggles 1) with itself and 2) with Sagat's ultra.
Fast fireball that travels high. It'll pass over the heads of crouching opponents, which lets them more quickly jump at you. But it's good for knocking opponents out of the air when you suspect they're trying to jump.
The LP version has pretty weak horizontal range, and the other versions have quite a bit of recovery time. Generally, you should be FADCing your Tiger Uppercuts, using them as a lead into Sagat's ultra. They've still got solid priority and do good damage, and you can extend the horizontal range by canceling a Low Step Kick.
Good priority and speed on this horizontally rangy attack. It's a good counter to a fireball up close as it'll usually beat the projectile. And since the Tiger Knee knocks down on hit, you can begin pressuring with Low Tiger Shots afterward, or even go for a j.LK cross-up.
Solid, easily comboable super combo that does solid damage. Still, we think Sagat's super meter is better saved for EX attacks and FADCs.
The key to Sagat's power. You can easily juggle the ultra for most hits off of a High Step Kick, an FADC'd Tiger Uppercut, an EX Low Tiger Shot in the corner, and even off of Sagat's super in a corner. When Sagat's ultra meter starts flashing, the opponent should be very afraid.


Sportmentary.com is ready to release its QB rankings for week 8. While the top 3 haven't changed we had some movement in the 4th and 5th spots. Take a look at the rankings and let us know what you think.
1) Aaron Rogers (No change and didn't play this week) - At 7-0, Rogers is having a great year. Aaron Rogers has thrown for 20 TDs (Most in the NFL and almost 3 per game) with only 3 INTs (That's amazing) and 2,372 yards (2nd in the NFL but Brady had a bye this week).
Rogers QB rating is 125.7, the highest in the NFL. Rogers is averaging 338.9 yards per game and has a completion percentage of 71.5 (Highest in the NFL).
2) Tom Brady (No change) - While Brady (5-2) lost this week to the Steelers he still threw for another 2 TDs and no INTs. He has thrown for 18 TDs with 8 INTs and has a pass completion record of 67.6%. Brady has a QB rating of 104.4 (Second most in the NFL). Brady has thrown for 2,361 yards (most in NFL). That's 337.3.5 yards per game.
3) Drew Brees (5th Last Week) - Brees took a step back with an upset loss this week but still remains in 3rd spot. Brees is 5-3. His numbers are sill good. He's thrown 19 TDs and 10 INTs (None this past week) for 2,746 yards (Most in the NFL) and a 70.6 pass completion percentage (2nd in NFL). His QB rating of 100.6.
4) Big Ben Rothlesberger (Ranked #5 last week) - Ben keeps on winning and that moves him up a spot. If this continues and Brees doesn't rebound, Big Ben will move up even more. His Steelers have won 4 straight games and are 6-2. Ben's numbers continue to rise.
His numbers are good. He's thrown 124 TDs and 7 INTs for 2,302 yards and a 64.4 pass completion percentage. His QB rating of 95.7.
5) Matthew "On the Rebound Stafford (Not ranked last week) - After missing the cut last week, Matthew rebounded with a nice win in week 8.
His numbers are good. He's thrown 19 TDs with only 4 INTs for 2,179 yards and a 61.2 pass completion percentage. His QB rating of 99.1.
Just missing the cut: Matt Schaub, Eli Manning and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Any of these guys could make the top 5 in the following weeks and all of them have been ranked in past weeks.
There you have it. Sportmentary.com's QB ranking for the end of week #7. Let us know what you think. Did we miss a QB or would you have ranked the top 5 differently? We're eager to find out your opinions!


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I know you probably think I say the same thing for every show "fantastic crowd blah blah" but the San Jose and Alpine shows were amazing and the crowds were hyper great so there! Now we're off to Thunder Valley and Grand Ronde on the 13th and 14th…See you there? Don't miss it or I'll tell Putin!
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Effective Date: Spring 2015
Dallas County Residents* $59 per credit unit or a minimum of $59
Out-of-District Residents $111 per credit unit or a minimum of $111
Out-of-State Residents $174 per credit unit or a minimum of $200
Out-of-Country Residents $174 per credit unit or a minimum of $200
Most distance learning students who live out of state will be charged an additional $55 per credit hour for distance learning tuition.
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Out-of-State or
Out-of-Country
*A full-time College District employee, College District retiree, or eligible dependent who resides outside Dallas County is eligible for Dallas County tuition rates. An individual who would have been classified as a resident for the first five of the six years immediately prededing registration but who resides in another state for all or part of the year immediately preceding registration shall be classified as a resident student.
For distance learning students who reside outside of Texas and have not maintained Texas as their residency of record, a distance learning tuition of $55 per credit hour (a minimum of $165 for 3 credit hours or less) shall be charged in addition to out-of-state or out-of-country tuition. (This charge may be adjusted for third party payers who have established a distance learning partnership with the District and provide contracted services in lieu of payment of all or a portion of the distance learning tuition.)
For those to whom this distance learning tuition applies, please see the table below to assist you in your planning.
Distance Learning Tuition Schedule
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Additional Residency and Tuition Information
Please discuss any questions regarding proper tuition classification with admissions office personnel.
The charge for auditing a course is the same as taking the course for credit.
Provided they established legal residence in the State of Texas, a student's county of residence is the county in which their legal guardian resides, if they are under 18 years of age. Students 18 years of age and older are deemed to be residents of the county in which they reside.
"Out-of-State Residents" are defined to be students of less than 18 years of age, living away from their family and whose family resides in another state or whose family has not resided in Texas for 12 months immediately preceding the date of registration; or students 18 years of age or older who have not been residents of the state 12 months subsequent to their 18th birthdays or for the 12 months immediately preceding the date of registration.
The description of resident and non-resident status contained above are generally applicable, but the determination of residence status for tuition purposes is specifically governed by the provisions of V.T.C.A. Education Code, Section 54.052, the rules and regulations of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, and judicial and/or administrative interpretations thereof. In the event of conflict between the above-noted descriptions and the latter authorities, the latter shall govern.
A foreign national on any other than a permanent resident visa must pay out-of-country tuition and fees.
The tuition schedule above is subject to change without notice by action of the District Board of Trustees or the State of Texas.
By law (TEC: section 4, subchapter B. chapter 54; sec. 54.0521, 1985), the STATE OF TEXAS requires that the CERTIFICATION OF INFORMATION be signed.
The law states that if the institution later determines that the individual was not entitled to be classified as a resident at the time of the individual's registration, the individual shall pay to the institution the amount the individual should have paid as a non-resident. If the individual fails to make timely payment as required, the individual is not entitled to receive a transcript or to receive credit for courses taken during the time the individual was falsely registered as a resident student.
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Pursuant to the authorization contained in the Education Code, Section 130.0032, the Board authorizes a person who resides outside the District, but is a state resident and who owns property subject to ad valorem taxation by the District, or a dependent of the person, to pay tuition at the rate that applies to a student who resides in the District.
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Даяна Келуб (, 28 листопада 1975) — австралійська плавчиня.
Призерка Олімпійських Ігор 2000 року.
Чемпіонка світу з водних видів спорту 2001 року.
Переможниця Пантихоокеанського чемпіонату з плавання 1999, 2002 років.
Переможниця Ігор Співдружності 2002 року.

Посилання
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Народились 1975
Персоналії:Новий Південний Уельс
Плавці та плавчині на літніх Олімпійських іграх 2000
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Призери з плавання чемпіонатів світу з водних видів спорту
Призери літніх Олімпійських ігор 2000
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Six Flags Great Adventure Set To Reopen, With Changes, Limits
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JACKSON, NJ — Six Flags Great Adventure will be reopening beginning July 3, now that Gov. Phil Murphy has allowed the state's amusement parks to reopen, Six Flags officials announced Wednesday.
Murphy on Tuesday announced that amusement parks and water parks, along with playgrounds, could reopen as of July 2, with provisions that include a limit of 50 percent of capacity in attendance and other requirements.
The reopening of Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor will be gradual, with reduced attendance levels that are increased slowly, and extensive new safety measures.
"We have developed a comprehensive reopening safety plan that includes protocols designed by theme park and water park industry experts, along with best practices from top destination parks from around the world, which will allow guests to experience our parks in the safest way possible," said Mike Spanos, president and CEO of Six Flags. "This 'new normal' will be different in some ways, but we believe these additional measures are appropriate in the current environment."
The park will be open to members and season pass holders exclusively July 3. The general public will gain access beginning July 4, and Six Flags will gradually increase attendance levels throughout the month.
The opening dates apply only to Great Adventure, park officials said. An opening date for Hurricane Harbor has not yet been set.
"Six Flags Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor are beloved outdoor destinations for so many in the Northeast, and we look forward to welcoming families back to our parks," said John Winkler, president of Six Flags Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor. "The safety of our guests and team members remains our No. 1 priority, and the new safety guidelines we have put in place are designed to create a safe environment for everyone."
Guests will have to make reservations to come to Great Adventure through the new online reservation system that is used to manage attendance and to stagger arrival times to minimize proximity exposure. Other new technologies include:
Guests also will have to wear masks, including on rides, park spokesperson Kristin Fitzgerald said.
"They were extensively tested before our first Six Flags parks opened, and they do stay on," Fitzgerald said. "Several of our parks have been open and operating with the same policy, and it's going smoothly."
There will be "mask break areas" throughout the park where people can remove their masks temporarily in a socially distant space, she said.
The parks' reopening plan was developed in consultation with epidemiologists, park officials said.
Reopening procedures include:
Park Reservations System
Six Flags will have caps on attendance that will be well below the park's theoretical capacity in order to allow for proper social distancing. All members, season pass holders and all guests with a single-day or group ticket will need to make a reservation at www.sixflags.com/reserve. Guests buying single-day tickets will be able to reserve during the purchase process. The process will take 5-7 minutes, and guests will complete the following steps:
Enter their online order number, ticket number or Membership/Season Pass number;
Select the day and the approximate time they want to visit;
Acknowledge their understanding of the company's health policy;
Order pre-paid parking, if they do not already have a parking pass; and
Watch a brief video describing new social distancing and sanitization procedures.
Guests will be contacted electronically (either by email, text or both) the day before their scheduled visit to confirm their intent to visit. All members and season pass holders will receive booking priority over single-day and group ticket buyers.
Six Flags Great Adventure has been using this reservation system for the Wild Safari Drive-Through Adventure that has been operating since May 30. Plans had been for the safari to revert to its previous guided tour, but park officials said it will continue to operate for now, due to its popularity and the ability for guests to social distance in their own vehicles.
"The theme park aims to reintroduce its Safari Off Road Adventure guided truck tours soon," officials said.
In addition to the reservation system, Six Flags has instituted the following procedures:
Health Screenings for Guests and Team Members
Contactless infrared thermal imaging will be used to screen temperatures of guests and employees prior to entry;
Individuals will be required to acknowledge and abide by the company's health policies, which prohibit park entry if guests have recently been exposed to or are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19;
Following CDC guidelines, all guests over the age of 2 and all team members will be required to wear face masks covering the nose and mouth throughout their visit/work day.
Masks will be available for sale at the front gate for any guest without one.
Masks will not be required on waterslides, water attractions, or in pools.
Strictly Enforced Social Distancing
Distance markers will be added in all park entry, ride, restroom, retail locations, and dining queue lines;
Dining areas will be adjusted to allow ample space between seated parties;
Guests will be separated by empty rows and/or seats on all roller coasters, rides, and attractions;
Guests viewing outdoor entertainment will be separated by at least six feet;
Capacity at indoor venues and on some attractions, including the Wave Pool and Lazy River, will be reduced to meet social distancing requirements;
Guests will be allowed to ride on a tube with family/group members, but will not be allowed to share a tube with those not in their immediate party; and
A limited number of complimentary lifejackets will be available upon request; however, families are encouraged to provide their own Coast Guard-approved lifejackets for children under 42 inches, or those who are not strong swimmers. All Hurricane Harbor lifejackets will be sanitized after every guest use.
Extensive Sanitization and Disinfecting Protocols
Trained teams dedicated to cleaning have been put in place;
Rides, restraints, and handrails will be cleaned throughout the day;
Team members will frequently sanitize and disinfect high-touch points, including the following:
Tubes and Rafts
Restroom staff will be stationed to disinfect each stall, sink, and shower area on a frequent basis;
Multiple hand-washing and alcohol-based hand-sanitizer stations will be located throughout the parks; and
All team member work areas will be regularly sanitized and disinfected.
Sanitized Food Preparation and Service
Menus have been modified and mobile food ordering is available to facilitate touchless transactions;
Self-service buffets and salad bars will be reconfigured to eliminate guest contact with food;
Condiments, self-serve cutlery, and napkins will be provided to guests with their meals as required; and
Beverages will be served by attendants; any drink bottle refills will be served in a paper cup each time guests refill.
See more stories about New Jersey's coronavirus recovery.
Note: This article has been updated with clarification on mask requirements at Six Flags Great Adventure.
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Army Approves First Chaplain From Westboro Baptist Church
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TOPEKA, KS – After several months of closed-door negotiations, the Chaplain Corps of the U.S. Army has announced that they have finally reached an agreement with the Westboro Baptist Church that will allow its members to serve officially as military chaplains.
Second Lt. Jacob Phelps, a member of the Westboro congregation who was already serving as a non-denominational Christian chaplain, has been officially inducted into the Chaplain Corps. Phelps is himself a pioneer: the first member of his congregation to serve in the U.S. Army.
"I admit it was a little unusual," Phelps chuckled, "growing up protesting at fag funerals for fag soldiers in their fag army. But after a while I thought, maybe the reason they're such baby-killing scum is they haven't been exposed to the good word of the Church and the love it preaches."
In addition to his ministerial duties, Phelps will participate in offering secular advice for soldiers in his unit, including family affairs and counseling services.
"A lot of soldiers have questions," Phelps said. "Why did my wife cheat on me? Why do I have post-traumatic stress? Why didn't all my friends come back? Those questions have an answer: because God hates you."
According to officials in the Chaplain Corps, the main obstacle to a Westboro chaplain was ministering to openly-gay servicemembers, a condition that Phelps said was "laughable."
"At first there were questions about whether I could really be impartial and would be able to minister to soldiers who weren't members of my particular congregation," said Phelps, "but in my eyes everyone is equal: whether you're a pedophile Catholic, Jesus-killing Jew, terrorist Muslim, or just plain old devil-worshiping Pagan, you can expect the same treatment from me."
"My position also does not allow me to discriminate against anyone, regardless of their sexual orientation, and any soldiers should feel free to come to me for assistance," he said before adding, "although once they exit the military, the faggots will obviously burn in hell."
In response to a wave of public outrage, the Chaplain Corps has already released a written statement saying that while it stands by its decision to include the Westboro Baptist Church in its ranks, the decision should be viewed in the specific context of the case of 2LT Phelps. Chaplain Corps officials took pains to stress that the decision would not result in other groups like atheists becoming chaplains, since "the Westboro Baptist Church at least believes in something."
UPDATE: Army officials have confirmed news that only minutes after arriving in Afghanistan, Second Lt. Phelps was killed after his MRAP hit a several-hundred pound IED on the flight line at Herat Airfield. The Army is investigating why no one else was in it at the time.
His congregation announced plans to picket his funeral immediately.


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Q: Jest Vue failing: SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export' I have sucessfully setup Jest with Quasar and Vue and most of my tests work. The only test that is failing is this one because of the following error message
Jest encountered an unexpected token

This usually means that you are trying to import a file which Jest cannot parse, e.g. it's not plain JavaScript.

By default, if Jest sees a Babel config, it will use that to transform your files, ignoring "node_modules".

Here's what you can do:
 • To have some of your "node_modules" files transformed, you can specify a custom "transformIgnorePatterns" in your config.
 • If you need a custom transformation specify a "transform" option in your config.
 • If you simply want to mock your non-JS modules (e.g. binary assets) you can stub them out with the "moduleNameMapper" config option.

You'll find more details and examples of these config options in the docs:
https://jestjs.io/docs/en/configuration.html

Details:

/Users/kristijanstefanoski/Desktop/Projektt/Quasar/projektt/node_modules/capacitor-firebase-auth/dist/esm/index.js:1
({"Object.<anonymous>":function(module,exports,require,__dirname,__filename,global,jest){export * from './definitions';
                                                                                ^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'

> 1 | import * as auth from 'capacitor-firebase-auth';
    | ^
  2 | import * as firebase from "firebase";
  3 | import store from '../store';
  4 | import {set} from "src/mixins/storage";

  at ScriptTransformer._transformAndBuildScript (node_modules/@jest/transform/build/ScriptTransformer.js:537:17)
  at ScriptTransformer.transform (node_modules/@jest/transform/build/ScriptTransformer.js:579:25)
  at Object.<anonymous> (src/mixins/auth.js:1:1)

I have already added the following in my jest config:
  transformIgnorePatterns: [
    '<rootDir>/node_modules/(?!quasar/lang)',
    '<rootDir>/node_modules/(?!capacitor-firebase-auth/)',
  ],

I also tried the following
  transformIgnorePatterns: [
    '<rootDir>/node_modules/(?!quasar/lang)',
    '<rootDir>/node_modules/(?!capacitor-firebase-auth/dist/esm/)',
  ],

But again without luck. Anything I might be missing?

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When I was in my junior year in high school, I had the opportunity to sign up along with my friends for a college tour in California.
The tour consisted on visiting different colleges and universities in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
I was very excited to be a part of this tour not only because of the opportunity to see and learn about new colleges but because I was going to be traveling on my own for the first time without my parents.
Of course the colleges was my number one motivator. Right. Like any good sixteen year old traveling without parent supervision was the cool part.
If my memory doesn't fail me, I believe the trip lasted about a week.
We visited so many great universities like UCLA, Stanford and Berkeley just to name a few. Being in those universities walking around its campus and halls felt like being part of a movie.
In between university tours, we were able to do some sightseeing on the most famous places around Los Angeles and San Francisco.
We had the opportunity to explore and spend a day at the Santa Monica Pier as well as walk around Rodeo Drive that had the most luxurious stores ever.
We also had the opportunity to explore a little of San Francisco.
I remember stopping along the Golden Gate Bridge. It was so cold that day; I remember my hands wouldn't stop shaking from the cold to be able to take a good picture.
It was such a breathtaking sight.
No matter how many times you see it on TV or in movies, once it's in front of you it takes your breath away.
Walking up and down the famous Lombard Street was certainly a fun experience being in such an iconic place.
Touring the mysterious Alcatraz Island was one of the highlights of that trip. It had so many stories, so much mystery and just such a cool experience overall.
And of course how could I forget the delicious In-N-Out burger place. Gosh. One of the best places to eat hands down. I still miss those burgers. I don't know what it is but whenever we saw one around that's where we would stop and eat.
Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to go back to California to enjoy its beautiful cities and beaches but I am glad I had the opportunity to do it in high school.
Next Post Paris, City of Lights.


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Q: Ada GPS editor crashes when pasting in text While editing this package body:
package body ai is

   type Possible_Boards is

end ai;

GPS crashes when pasting the following code after the is:
    let bestMoves = [
        0x1160:1,
        0x1205:0,
        0x1304:0,
        0x1340:0,
        0x1403:0,
        0x1430:0,
        0x1502:0,
        0x1520:0,
        0x1601:0,
        0x1610:1,
        0x1700:0,
        0x2222:0,
        0x2330:0,
        0x2420:0,
        0x2510:0,
        0x3140:1,
        0x3203:0,
        0x3230:0,
        0x3320:0,
        0x4103:0,
        0x4130:1,
        0x4220:0,
        0x5120:1,
        0x6101:0,
        0x6110:1 ];

Obviously, this isn't Ada code, but crashing GPS doesn't seem reasonable.


These calendars will help you love December.
It's almost December, which means shorter days, colder weather and the incessant presence of mall Christmas music. By the time Dec. 1 rolls around, we're all ready for a little pick-me-up.
That's what the advent calendar is here to do: provide a little light and levity as we count down the days until Christmas, helping ease us into December like a nice warm bath instead of being thrown into a pile of snow.
Advent calendars traditionally involve small pieces of chocolate and are given out to children. But why should kids have all the fun?
Here are some advent calendars, made especially for adults, that will help you fall in love with December.
The decadent gifts included in this calendar include a wide variety of L'Occitane products including moisturizers, lotions, oils, balms, perfume, shampoo, conditioner, soap, hand lotion and more.
Includes a ceramic oil diffuser and 11 oil blends, including cozy, festive and joyful.
Features bath, body, skincare, makeup and hair products, as well as accessories.
This calendar includes 24 unique, hand-picked craft beers, including strong ales, imperial stouts, porters, bitters, blond ales and more.
Price: The price will differ by province because of provincial alcohol sales rules, but you're looking at a ballpark of $150.
Where to buy it: Availability differs by province, but you can find more information on the BeerAdvent website or Facebook page.
For those who prefer a slightly milder holiday beverage.
Delicious "gourmet" candy is what everyone wants for Christmas, right? Each day also suggests a way to spread love and gratitude, and a portion of the profits go the P.K. Subban Foundation.
Get 12 new nail polish colours, as well as a high-quality base coat and top coat.
Eyeshadows, highlighters, blush and lip colours are all included.
For fans of wacky popcorn flavours like cookies and cream, and chocolate orange.
This Lush 12-pack includes a wide variety of both Christmas-specific and more general-use bath products — and, as the product description notes, the box can later be repurposed as a hatbox. Can't beat a hatbox.


Saint Luke's Church in Endon is known locally as 'the little gem on the hill'. Set in the Staffordshire Moorlands, its situation, above the valley commands panoramic views. A genuine place of beauty and tranquillity.
St. Luke's Church is a Grade II listed building dating from 1730. In 1876, the Chancel was extended and the South aisle was added, separated from the Nave by arches supported on round pillars. The North aisle was added in 1898 corresponding with the architecture of the, then new, South aisle. More recent extensions to the Vestry and the addition of a Chapter house meeting room to the North-West of the church makes St. Luke's, architecturally, what it is today.
Secondly, and of further interest to biographers and historians is the stained glass window given as a memorial to the poet and philosopher T. E. Hulme. Born in Endon in 1883, Hulme was killed in action during the First World War in 1917.
St. Luke's is the home to a range of silk altar frontals. These were embroidered for the church by Leek Embroidery Society, renowned for their copy of the Bayeaux Tapestry. These are of interest due to the importance of Leek's textile industry, now largely gone.
St. Luke's attracts many visitors from across the world, especially at the annual Well Dressing weekend. The church continues to be at the centre of this and other traditions in the parish.


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OCI Foundation's COVID-19 safety tips to Nigerian youths: delivered by the Teenage Male Face of the Foundation's Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Health Campaign (April 2020).
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The OCI Foundation encourages all Nigerians to stay safe, as the world battles against the scourge from this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. We enjoin us all to watch our message, delivered in a video clip below by Master Ebube AKUEGBU, the Teenage Male Face of the Foundation's Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Health Campaign.
As a Foundation established to Promote Health, Education and Social Welfare, the OCI Foundation is doing its best to support (materially and otherwise) her members and everyone within its reach through this difficult period. We urge all and sundry to hang in there, stay calm, maintain social distancing, wash your hands regularly, keep safe, and, above all, trust in God. This, too, shall pass.
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VIDEO: ANOTHER HONOUR TO THE OCI FOUNDATION AND ITS PRESIDENT (JANUARY 17TH, 2021). On Saturday, January the 17th, 2021, the OCI Foundation's President, Dr Chris Ifediora, was honoured with an award as the "Most Innovative Humanitarian Service Provider in Benue State 2020". Benue State is one of Nigeria's 36 states, and the Ayatutu Family, the organisers of the Award, is a Nigerian NGO established to revive the Tiv Cultural Heritage, educate their younger generation, and promote their values to the world. The Tiv tribe is the 4th largest of Nigeria's 300 or so tribes. This honour is the 5th of such to be bestowed on the OCI Foundation within the past 6 months. Some of the others came from renowned and reputable organisations like the Rotary International and the Nigerian Bar Association, with the latter being the body of legal practitioners in Nigeria). There were also awards from Caverra World and King David SOCAPA. At the award presentation ceremony, held in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, the OCI Foundation was represented by a team led by its Social and Entertainment Liaison Officer, Mr Luter Ikyobo. The other team members were the newly crowned Face of Tiv International, Queen Vera Iortyer (also the OCI Foundation's Face of ArOY Campaign in Benue State) and Miss Vivian Ukwueze (a Member of the Advocacy Team in the Benue State). The OCI Foundation is grateful to the Ayatutu Family for recognizing it with this award. More awards are expected from various groups in the coming weeks and months. Indeed, we rising, by lifting others . . . . #werisebyliftingothers #ocifoundation ... See MoreSee Less
ANOTHER HONOUR TO THE OCI FOUNDATION AND ITS PRESIDENT (JANUARY 17TH, 2021). On Saturday, January the 17th, 2021, the OCI Foundation's President, Dr Chris Ifediora, was honoured with an award as the "Most Innovative Humanitarian Service Provider in Benue State 2020". Benue State is one of Nigeria's 36 states, and the Ayatutu Family, the organisers of the Award, is a Nigerian NGO established to revive the Tiv Cultural Heritage, educate their younger generation, and promote their values to the world. The Tiv tribe is the 4th largest of Nigeria's 300 or so tribes. This honour is the 5th of such to be bestowed on the OCI Foundation within the past 6 months. Some of the others came from renowned and reputable organisations like the Rotary International and the Nigerian Bar Association, with the latter being the body of legal practitioners in Nigeria). There were also awards from Caverra World and King David SOCAPA. At the award presentation ceremony, held in Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, the OCI Foundation was represented by a team led by its Social and Entertainment Liaison Officer, Mr Luter Ikyobo. The other team members were the newly crowned Face of Tiv International, Queen Vera Iortyer (also the OCI Foundation's Face of ArOY Campaign in Benue State) and Miss Vivian Ukwueze (a Member of the Advocacy Team in the Benue State). The OCI Foundation is grateful to the Ayatutu Family for recognizing it with this award. More awards are expected from various groups in the coming weeks and months. Indeed, we rising, by lifting others . . . . #werisebyliftingothers #ocifoundation ... See MoreSee Less
Dr Ifediora bags the "Most Innovative Humanitarian Service Award Provider" from the Ayatutu Family of Benue State, Nigeria (January 17th, 2021).
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10-4: Salinas cop wraps up 30-year career
SPD Deputy Chief Terry Gerhardstein began working at the department in 1985.
10-4: Salinas cop wraps up 30-year career SPD Deputy Chief Terry Gerhardstein began working at the department in 1985. Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: https://bit.ly/1OvvcTG
Chelcey Adami, The Californian Published 3:58 p.m. PT Dec. 28, 2015 | Updated 10:52 p.m. PT Dec. 29, 2015
Salinas Police Deputy Chief Terry Gerhardstein is retiring from the department after working there since 1985.(Photo: Photo Chelcey Adami)Buy Photo
As 2015 draws to a close, it also brings the end of a 30-year career at the Salinas Police Department as Terry Gerhardstein retires from his position as deputy chief.
A native of Michigan, Gerhardstein started his law enforcement career in 1980 when he served in the U.S. Army's military police. It was "quite an experience" as he was stationed in Berlin for five years during the Cold War.
When he returned to the states in January 1985, he was sent to Fort Ord. While there, Gerhardstein put in an application with the Salinas Police Department.
"It was a local job. I liked California, and at the time, jobs weren't abundant," he said. "If you want to be a cop and stay busy, this place is the place to be. I've always enjoyed staying busy and never found another organization that has the type of employees and camaraderie that this department has."
As an officer, Gerhardstein saw the best and the worst of the Salinas community.
He said it can be easy to "become jaded and suspect everybody so it's a constant struggle to understand, believe and have faith in your fellow man that 99 percent of the people are really loving and good people. There's just that one percent out there that wreaks havoc on society and gives us a job."
"The goal of anybody in law enforcement (is) you have to have a need to want to help people," he said. "We protect the innocent and the people who can't protect themselves, and there's a huge amount of satisfaction that comes from that."
As Gerhardstein's career continued, he saw how gangs became a critically important issue for the community over the past 30 years.
In the 1980s, Salinas had "its head stuck in the sand" regarding the gang problem, he explained, with some not even allowed to say the word "gang" over the scanner out of concern for instilling public fear at the time.
And for a long time, the police department would also just go out and "pull over everything," he said.
With intelligence-based policing, the department is now able to more effectively target the "worst of the worst" without impacting citizens caught in the middle, he explained. The department is also continuously working on improving public trust.
"A lot of it comes down to staffing and coming to spend time with citizens," he said. "With the new hiring and our emphasis on community policing, we will see gains made in that area."
Gerhardstein rose through the ranks of the department as windows of opportunity continued to open, advancing to corporal in 1999 and serving as a field training officer, regional training officer and detective. He was an instructor in several areas including chemical weapons, defensive tactics, and racial profiling.
He holds an Associate's Degree in Administration of Justice from Hartnell College and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Management from St Mary's College, where he graduated with honors.
He studied for hours at night to then become sergeant in 2000 and served as a patrol sergeant, internal affairs sergeant, violence suppression unit and SWAT team sergeant as well as a special operations sergeant.
He initially had no desire to do anything else but be a sergeant, Gerhardstein said, but he began to see the bigger impacts that he could have on the direction of the department. In 2010, he became commander and served as the north area commander, watch commander and investigations commander.
Terry Gerhardstein (Photo: Salinas Police Department)
He became deputy chief of the department in 2012, a time when law enforcement across the nation was seeing a big change in the way the profession is viewed.
"There's not that huge desire, want or need to be in law enforcement anymore," he said. "I'm a little more proud today than I was a few years ago, because we are the few who are out there protecting the public from the evils. There's many shunning that career, and there's some that don't want to do it because of the public scrutiny."
Gerhardstein takes pride in the times he has been able to encourage and help other officers become more successful in their own careers.
"It's a very honorable career. Granted, we got those who shed a black eye on it, but those are few and far between," he said, adding that officers come from the same melting pot that all other professionals do.
In 1990, he received the Monterey County Peace Officers' Association's Officer of the Year Award, and in 1995 he received the Salinas Police Activities League Volunteer of the Year Award.
Salinas Police Chief Kelly McMillin worked patrol with Gerhardstein when McMillin first began at Salinas police in 1988. The pair went on to work together in several units including gangs, SWAT and more.
"For as long as I've known him, I've trusted his judgment," McMillin said. "He has a different approach than I do to things which is very important to me so I get a different look at different scenarios. He's very decisive. It was really important as part of the executive team for him to bring his different perspective on things."
Gerhardstein also brought a "very clear moral and ethical compass" that was able to see bright lines in situations where others were unable to, McMillin added, and he was often entrusted to speak directly with the public about the pros and cons of the department.
The loss of a division chief is a big change for Salinas police, McMillins said. Dave Shaw, a native of Salinas who has been with the department since 1987, has been promoted from commander to deputy chief.
"New leadership always brings different perspectives," McMillin said. "That's always the case. While we're sad to see Terry go, we're also excited to see new leadership coming up in the department and that will have huge impacts within the organization."
"I'm a firm believer that new blood is good in our organization, and I'm not going to clog up that new blood from flowing through. There's plenty of people who will do this job, just as good, if not better," Gerhardstein said in agreement.
Retiring after 30 years in law enforcement is becoming increasingly rare, and even more unusual is to leave on a service retirement instead of disability retirement.
"I'm really proud of him to have a long distinguished career in one place, have a variety of jobs, do them well and walk out with his health and family intact … He's been a great friend to me, a personal confidante, and I'm going to miss him deeply," McMillin said.
One of the most important aspects of his career included his family's support, Gerhardstein said, and he looks forward to spending more time with his family -- that now includes two grandsons.
"I would not have had the success I had without the love and support of a very caring and loving family," he said. "Without the love and support of my two daughters, Danielle and Heather, and especially the love and support of my wife Renae, I would not have lasted these 30 years."
He's going to miss his law enforcement family as well.
"I just came to work and tried to do the best I could every day," Gerhardstein said.
Contact Public Safety Reporter Chelcey Adami at 831-754-4261 or cadami@thecalifornian.com
The Salinas Police Department will conduct a final briefing for retiring Deputy Chief Terry Gerhardstein at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Rotunda at Salinas City Hall, 200 Lincoln Ave.
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If you are a huge fan of the hit television show '24' you must be familiar that the character named McCarthy drove a modern car model of Maserati during the sixth day of the TV program. You must be asking what Maserati is and where did it come from?
Maserati is a luxury car brand for sports and racing vehicles. The company was established in the year 1914 in the province of Bologna in Italy. Since the start of its existence, Maserati has already used the trident emblem as its logo. What's more special about Maserati is its founders. The company was founded by brothers Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore, Ernesto and Mario Maserati. The brothers were all actively involved in the automobile industry then.
As a proof that Maserati is never a substandard when it comes to valuation of the car brand, the brand has been pitted directly against high-end rivals like Volkswagen's Bentley, BMW's Rolls-Royce and DaimlerChrysler's Maybach. Currently, there are four major Maserati car models that are being groomed to provide the company with a decent source of income in the future. These models are the Coupe, the Spyder, the GranTurismo and the Quatteoporte, which was the one used in '24'.
Maserati has been popular as a high-end or luxury car brand since the year 2002, when the car company re-entered into the United States market after a few years of hiatus in the said area. Now, the country is Maserati's biggest market globally. And the company's market reach worldwide is starting to rapidly pick up.
The company's history is also not so unique. Just like other car manufacturers in the world, Maserati has also been subjected to numerous and significant changes in management. However, it is noteworthy that despite these changes in leadership and ownership, the firm has still managed to stay on top of the game. Maserati is still the premium and luxury racing and sports car brand to beat by global competitors.
Currently, Maserati is half-owned, operated and distributed by Italian vehicle maker Fiat SpA. The other owner, Ferrari, is also a known luxury brand in itself. More than that, Maserati is also in talks over potential good deals with other premium car brands like Germany's Volkswagen and Audi.
As a luxury car, the Maserati cars have also been featured in numerous television shows and movies. Maseratis have also been a popular choice for novelty gift items to important personalities. The President of Italy received a Quattroporte in 2004 as a gift or token of recognition from the company itself.
The popular TV show 'Desperate Housewives' is also patronising and promoting the brand. As a matter of fact, during the show's season one, Gabrielle Solis, played by Eva Longoria, drove a Spyder the whole duration of the controversial and breakthrough season. It was because the car was very appropriate for the affluent status of Mrs. Solis.
Today, when people are considering buying luxury cars, Maserati is included in the list of brands for consideration. Expect that the investment would be significant and costly, but for sure, it will be all worth it.


Liza Bernstein is NED (No Evidence of Disease) after three primary cancer diagnoses. She is an independent advocate who serves a global audience via social media, conference attendance, live-tweeting, speaking and media engagements, and in-person mentoring. She also collaborates, co-designs, and advises across the multi-stakeholder healthcare spectrum to break down silos, foster understanding, promote education and empowerment, and accelerate change.
Liza is a TCK (Third Culture Kid) who grew up in South Africa, France, and the US. She is passionate about connecting and collaborating across vastly differing cultures and digs deep into her life experience and artistic training to do whatever it takes to facilitate understanding and communication — she's no stranger to mime and improvised sign language, which have the added benefit of yielding lots of laughs.


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Prize-winning physicist honoured by Northumbria University
Respected physicist Professor Julia Yeomans has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by Northumbria University, Newcastle.
Professor Yeomans is a theoretical physicist, researching how mathematics can be used to understand topics as diverse as waterproofing, how bacteria move, and biological machines.
Professor Yeomans began her academic career at the University of Oxford graduating with a first class degree in Physics. She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford in 1979, before moving to the USA as a Research Associate at Cornell University.
She returned to the UK in 1981, taking up a post at Southampton University before moving to an appointment as the Pauline Chan Fellow and Tutor in Physics at St Hilda's College, Oxford in 1983. In 2002 she was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford.
Professor Yeomans is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and currently a member of their Council. She has received numerous accolades including the EPJE Pierre Gilles De Gennes Lecture Prize in 2013. Her service in the field of physics has been extensive from chairing Royal Society committees to major international research funding panels. Her latest appointments include the editorial boards of the Journal of Physics A, Molecular Physics and the Oxford Encyclopaedia.
Upon receiving her honorary degree, Professor Yeomans said: "It's a wonderful honour to be awarded such an accolade from Northumbria University. I'm delighted to be associated with the students and alumni here at the University and I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the new Northumbria graduates."
As well as being an official role model for Women in Engineering, Professor Yeomans serves on the advisory panel of the Institute of Physics' Women in Physics Group. Here in the North East, she has completed four years as Chair of Northumbria's own Think Physics/NUSTEM Advisory Board.
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Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
The Trouble with the Congo : Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding
4.07 (90 ratings by Goodreads)
Cambridge Studies in International Relations
By (author) Severine Autesserre
The Trouble with the Congo suggests a new explanation for international peacebuilding failures in civil wars. Drawing from more than 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, it develops a case study of the international intervention during the Democratic Republic of the Congo's unsuccessful transition from war to peace and democracy (2003-6). Grassroots rivalries over land, resources, and political power motivated widespread violence. However, a dominant peacebuilding culture shaped the intervention strategy in a way that precluded action on local conflicts, ultimately dooming the international efforts to end the deadliest conflict since World War II. Most international actors interpreted continued fighting as the consequence of national and regional tensions alone. UN staff and diplomats viewed intervention at the macro levels as their only legitimate responsibility. The dominant culture constructed local peacebuilding as such an unimportant, unfamiliar, and unmanageable task that neither shocking events nor resistance from select individuals could convince international actors to reevaluate their understanding of violence and intervention.
Format Paperback | 344 pages
Dimensions 150 x 226 x 28mm | 480g
Publication date 14 Jun 2010
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication City/Country Cambridge, United Kingdom
Illustrations note 1 Tables, unspecified; 7 Maps; 1 Line drawings, unspecified
Bestsellers rank 493,523
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1. The peacebuilding world; 2. A top-down problem; 3. A top-down solution; 4. A bottom-up story; 5. The defeat of bottom-up solutions; 6. Beyond the Congo; Appendix. Chronology.
'The Trouble with the Congo is a magnificent accomplishment and is must-reading for anyone interested in whether, why, and how the international community might be able to reduce the cases of violence around the world. Scholars will admire how Autesserre uses a combination of theoretical analysis and ethnography to show us how two different worlds collide, and how peacebuilders do not see the collision even on impact. My hope is that practitioners will take to heart the book's call for critical self-reflection and use its insights for more effective policy prescriptions. Wonderfully written, the book delivers a cool but passionate analysis, born from Autesserre's courage, commitment to Congolese, and sincere desire not to simply identify criticisms of peacebuilding but to suggest ways in which it can improve its craft to help the people on the ground.' Michael Barnett, University of Minnesota 'What happens when international peacebuilding is culturally focused at the national level, yet most conflict takes place at the local level? Using extensive, painstakingly collected evidence, Autesserre shows that the macro-micro mismatch is not only a methodological shortcoming but also a grave policy failure. By helping to frame a nasty concatenation of local conflicts as a 'postconflict situation', this policy focus ended up exacerbating the war and its attendant human suffering. At once a gripping account of war and failed peace in the Congo and a strikingly lucid and original examination of the causes of peacebuilding failure in civil war, this book demonstrates why deep contextual knowledge remains an essential precondition of theoretical innovation.' Stathis N. Kalyvas, Yale University 'Autesserre's book stands as a major contribution to our understanding of the roots of conflict in eastern Congo and the failure of the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC) to effectively restore peace. She develops a highly original and theoretically innovative framework for reconceptualizing both the nature of conflict in eastern Congo and how to deal with it. This book will be read with considerable interest, and no little trepidation, by UN officials and international peacemakers in general, as well as by students of international relations and African politics.' Rene Lemarchand, Emeritus Professor, University of Florida 'This is a disturbing book about a failure that is not acknowledged as a failure, about intervention strategies that do not address key sources of deadly violence, and about the trained incapacity of diplomats who look solely to national agreements and processes to end long-standing wars. This is a book that aims to challenge and change peacebuilding orthodoxy.' Stephen John Stedman, Stanford University 'A brilliant new book by Barnard Professor Severine Autesserre.' Foreign Policy '... a powerful, perceptive book whose subtitle signifies its central argument: wars have local roots; therefore, the peace process must be localized, and would-be peace builders need to engage conflicted societies at every level ... the culmination of years of fieldwork and research, more than 330 extended interviews, and several articles ... offers new ways of understanding and resolving civil wars and of understanding why peacebuilding efforts have often foundered. [Autesserre's] case study of the failed international intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... underscores the incongruence between the complex grassroots bases of the conflict and the predominantly state-centric, top-down approaches of the UN and other external actors. This reconceptualization of civil wars and international peace-building modalities leads logically to ... policy recommendations to guide future peacemaking enterprises ... should be on the must-read list for scholars, advanced students, and international policy professionals ... highly recommended ...' Choice 'Autesserre's recommendations, which open up new avenues of thinking about bottom-up peacebuilding strategies, contribute to the establishment of preconditions for a radical change not only in culture but also in action.' Geoffroy Matagne, African Security Review 'The main virtue of the book is that it uncovers a major blind spot in the work of international peacebuilding bureaucracies: conflict resolution at the local level.' Thorsten Benner, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 'The Trouble with [the] Congo is an exemplar piece of research and an excellent example of the deeper insights that can be gained from qualitative studies of the micro-dynamics of civil war spearheaded by Stathis Kalyvas and his colleagues at Yale University. Autesserre's book offers the most succinct yet complete account available in English of the Congolese conflict and the international intervention and it provides a fresh perspective on the micro-foundations not only of the sources of conflict but also of the sources of imperfect intervention strategies.' Christof P. Kurz, Journal of Politics 'Drawing from a great variety of qualitative sources, and most notably, years of ethnographic work and more than 330 interviews, Autesserre links the collective international neglect of local conflict dynamics to the presence of a dominant international peacebuilding culture, which she defines broadly as the shared set of 'ideologies, rules, rituals, assumptions, definitions, paradigms, and standard operating procedures' that shape international actors' 'parameters of acceptable action' in the field ... [her] rigorous empirical analysis has successfully positioned the previously widely neglected issue of local conflict at the forefront of contemporary debate on international intervention - the litmus test of a scholarly work of exceptional quality and international relevance.' Lisa Karlborg, African Studies Review 'Readers eager to understand the origins and persistence of the deadliest conflict since World War II have a valuable new resource grounded in a powerful critique.' A. Carl LeVan, Political Science Quarterly 'Severine Autesserre has written a brilliant book on peace-building in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It has already won a major academic prize, and easily deserves the further accolades it is sure to garner. The book will be of enormous interest to students of the multiple conflict in the DRC and to practitioners of peacemaking throughout the world. It also serves as a model for excellence in qualitative research design. The study has the potential to change substantially the culture and practice of peacemaking for the better if policymakers are willing to hear the heartfelt and constructive criticism embodied in this analysis.' John F. Clark, Perspectives on Politics 'In this impressive volume, Severine Autesserre [offers] a compelling and engaging account ... Her analysis is clear and its implications are highly relevant for making sense of other peacebuilding failures in troubled states. Along the way, she provides a great deal of rich detail about specific forces needed to understand the long term violence in the Congo's eastern provinces.' Marc Howard Ross, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflicts
About Severine Autesserre
Severine Autesserre is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, specializing in international relations and African studies, at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on civil wars, peacebuilding and peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, and African politics, and her findings have appeared in scholarly and policy journals including Foreign Affairs, International Organization, the African Studies Review, the Review of African Political Economy, the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, and Birikim. Over the past twelve years, Professor Autesserre has worked periodically for humanitarian and development agencies in Afghanistan, India, Kosovo, Nicaragua, and the Congo.


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Top of the Pops 29 Oct & 5 Nov 1987
Reviewed by Chris Arnsby.
29/10/1987: Steve Wright: "Oh look!! There you are!! Good evening!! Welcome to the Top of the Pops!!" Gary Davies: "Hi, nice to see you again. We have a terrific show lined up for you. In the studio tonight we have Ray Parker junior, we have Scarlett Fantastic, and Rick Astley." Steve Wright: "And we have Style Council and Wanted!! Right here!!"
26] THE STYLE COUNCIL: wanted. I'm restricting myself to one complaint about Steve Wright, in the hope it will reduce my overall number of bizarre rants. Look at him. All he has to do is turn and point but that's not enough for the mad-man of radio. He's too kerazy. It would be boring and kinda square. Instead he turns side on to the camera and sticks his tongue out. Wacky-doodle! We are less than one minute into this Top of the Pops and I'm in a sour mood.
Paul Weller isn't. He looks happy to be in the studio and he's apparently blacked out one of his front teeth for larks (I apologise in advance if he has some terrible dental problem of which I'm unaware). Why is he in such a good mood? Maybe because he's facing away from the flickering ceiling lights which Geoff Beech has decided to shine direct into the camera. It must have been received as a good idea at the time but the result is, it's difficult to spot Weller through the stroboscopic haze of his close ups. During the closing camera crane pan across the audience, watch out for the girl who flashes twin V-for-Victory signs at the camera. It's a classic brief moment of audience misbehaviour, and her friend throws a guilty look back as if she expects the camera to come screaming across the crowd and eject the pair for bad behaviour.
[2] GEORGE MICHAEL: faith. On video. Steve Wright ends his link into the video with the phrase, "like this." How many times does he use it in one 30 minute programme.
[11] RICK ASTLEY: whenever you need somebody. Keep your eye on the bottom left hand side of the screen as Rick's caption fades. There's a bloke standing there in jeans, a white t-shirt and sunglasses and, well, this is what he's doing; he walks in from off screen already pointing directly at the camera, he then very slowly extends his other arm almost as if he is dropping into a standing-on-a-surfboard stance, he then continues to slowly extend his arm backwards as if he is reaching out to grasp the arm of the audience member standing just behind him. What's that all about? "Whenever you need somebody I'll bring my love to you," that's great Rick but I have a leaky tap and I need someone to bring a cross-head screwdriver and a monkey wrench.
TOP 40. Steve Wright, "the charts 40 down to 11!! Like this !!" Songs taped off the radio; George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You, and T'Pau, China In Your Hand.
[15] RAY PARKER JNR: i don't think that man should sleep alone. What's the grammar of this title? Is it I Don't Think that Man (meaning all men) Should Sleep Alone, or is it I Don't Think that Man (points at that man, over there) Should Sleep Alone. It's kind of academic because it rapidly becomes clear Ray Parker Jnr is singing about himself. In which case why not call the song I Don't Think I, Ray Parker Jnr, Should Sleep Alone; too self involved? "This world that we live in has too many laws," where are you going with this Ray? "I want to feel your shoe-budy-bop-shoe-budy-bop." That's it. I'm calling the Police.
BREAKERS. [25] EURYTHMICS, beethoven (i love to listen); [22] GEORGE HARRISION, got my mind set on you; [19] T'PAU, china in your hand.
The Top of the Pops clip of Beethoven (I Love To Listen) is different from the official video on Youtube (which is fantastic, by the way). Did Top of the Pops use an earlier edit?
[30] SCARLET FANTASIC: no memory. Gary Davies, "the last time I introduced these people on Top of the Pops was three years ago when they were in a band called Swans Way and they had a big hit with Soul Train." Gary was joint hosting that week with D*v* L** Tr*v*s, which is why I don't recall Swans Way. They were skipped by BBC4. Mind you, I don't remember Scarlet Fantastic either.
Mystery Man is back, he can be spotted during the first long camera zoom in shoving audience members around. It must be Floor Manager Iain McLean.
Scarlet Fantastic are performing in the same scenery gap as The Alarm (15/10/1987). This is the space where you'd normally expect to find the Stargate stage on the floor plan. Has it been retired? Was the Pet Shop Boys appearance on the Stargate stage (22/10/1987) pre-recorded?
TOP 10. Steve Wright, "it's Top 10 time!! Like this!!"
[1] THE BEE GEES: you win again. The performance from 01/10/1987 has worn out from overuse so here's the video.
[5] FLEETWOOD MAC: little lies. Janice Long and Mike Smith next week.
The Roxy Playlist (27/10/1987): Then Jericho, Muscle Deep; Was (Not Was), Walk The Dinosaur; Black, I'm Not Afraid; T'Pau, China In Your Hand; The Style Council, Wanted; Rick Astley, Whenever You Need Somebody. On video; Bee Gees, You Win Again. Studio guest Andy McKay, from Roxy Music.
Performance of the week: Scarlett Fantastic, No Memory.
05/11/1987: [Mike Smith and Janice Long stand with their backs to camera. They turn. Mike Smith reacts.]
Mike Smith: Hello.
Janice Long: [to one of the people by her side]... I'm leaving you lot standing. [To camera] Welcome to Top of the Pops. Tonight we've got George Harrison, we've got Eric B and Rakim, we've got loads of stuff, and now technical jargon spout forth."
Mike Smith: A world first*. We're in stereo tonight. Unfortunately only in the London area. We are joining up with Radio 1.1053 1089 around the country on medium wave. London and the south-east, the first of the areas to go stereo this week on 104.8FM. So if you want to hear us in glorious stereo tonight 104.8FM. That's our new logo to go with it as well. Just get your radio out now and we'll be there. To get us going in stereo this evening we have a superb band. T'Pau."
*A world first everywhere except America where Top of the Pops USA is already being broadcast in stereo (where available).
[5] T'PAU: china in your hand. Rejoice. Rejoice. Radio 1 is now Radio 1FM. Although you wouldn't know if you looked at BBC Genome. The data diligently lists regional variations of BBC1 but not Radio 1(FM) so checking online for 05/11/1987 shows Bruno Brookes crashing in to Janice Long at 7.30pm. Top of the Pops doesn't get listed on Radio 1FM until 01/09/1988 at which point frequency modulation was available over a large enough part of the country to make it worth changing the listings. Presumably, all areas still listening to Bruno Brookes through a tin can tied to a piece of string heard him bid goodbye to FM listeners at 7pm, and then carry on until 7.30pm when it was time for Janice Long/Simon Mayo/Liz Kershaw; depending on where in time the listener was between 05/11/1987 and 01/09/1988.
Stanley Appel (Producer and Director) has had a word with Geoff Beech (Lighting) about his flickering excess last week. T'Pau start in a darkened studio with the neon lights behind the main stage flashing slowly in time (more or less) to the music. I get it. Geoff's going to wait for the heavy beat on the chorus and bring up all the studio lights at once. Nope, Geoff's sulking about Stanley's constructive criticism (this sound more like Eastenders) and the lights stay set on sombre for the whole song. It actually looks really good. The band are picked out by individual lights so they stand out from the dark background, but the ceiling lights behind are set at a low level, so shots of T'Pau looking up from the studio floor have the illuminated lighting grid in the background but not at a high enough level to overload the camera or the eye of the viewer.
[7] GEORGE HARRISON: set on you. On video.
[32] HEARTBEAT: tears from heaven. Pay attention during the long opening hand held camera shot. It starts on Janice Long as she introduces Heartbeat, wanders down a set of stairs, and then around the band. It's great because it gives a series of wide views of the studio and lets you plot out the geography. And, what's this? The Stargate stage is back again; slotted in between the main stage and the one being used by Heartbeat. I wish they'd make up their minds about whether it was going to stay or go.
There's another long hand held shot at the end. The camera drifts behind the band and then up a different set of stairs to where Mike Smith and Janice Long are waiting. It's a very smooth shot, has Steadicam made it to Top of the Pops?
[11] F.MERCURY & MONSERRAT CABALLE: barcelona. On video. The caption reduces Freddie to F. because otherwise it's too long to fit. When I was at university I'd hang out in Burger King (paid promotion) and was fascinated to realise all the pop music they played in the background was cover versions. The company clearly didn't want to pay licence fees to use the originals and it must have been cheaper to get in bands to rerecord songs. Which was fine, until some unlucky pair drew the short straw and had to cover this track. My memory is the woman singing Monserrat Caballe's part did a pretty good job, it was the bloke covering Freddie Mercury who was unexpectedly terrible.
BREAKERS. [17] WHITESNAKE, here i go again; [15] THE COMMUNARDS, never can say goodbye.
Only two Breakers this week. Top of the Pops used to distinguish between New Entries, that is new songs which entered straight into the Top 40, and songs which broke into the Top 40 after release which they called a Chart Entry. That's stopped and now everything is just marked as a New Entry.
[28] ERIC B. & RAKIM: paid in full. More Steadicam mucking about as the camera wanders down the stairs to the Stargate stage to finds Eric (the half a) B. and Rakim (eventually, for the introduction he's hiding off stage). The camera spins round and round Eric B. It looks fantastic. As the introduction goes on Priscilla Hoadley (Vision Mixer) uses Quantel transitions to flip between camera angles -I think this might be the first time they have been used in a performance, rather than to transition in and out of performances or videos. It looks a lot more dynamic and gives a different energy to the performance than just cutting between cameras as normal.
Did I hate this in 1987? You betcha.
[1] THE BEE GEES: you win again. On video again, so a second chance to check out Brimham Rocks.
[10] WAS (NOT WAS): walk the dinosaur. A repeat of the performance from 22/10/1987.
Performance of the week: Eric B. and Rakim, Paid In Full.
The Roxy Playlist (03/11/1987): The Communards, Never Can Say Goodbye; Maxi Priest, Some Guys Have All the Luck; Heartbeat, Tears from Heaven; Marillion, Warm Wet Circles -sounds vile. On video; Freddy Mercury and Montserrat Caballe, Barcelona; Bee Gees, You Win Again; Nina Simone, My Baby Just Cares For Me.
mumu03 19 November 2022 at 14:12
Bit of a spoiler for the months ahead after Michael Hurll's departure, but the use of steadicams and video effects during performances do soon become very identifiable hallmarks of Paul Ciani's direction style with TOTP. Though both debut here on a Stanley Appel edition, if one is looking out for them, it is actually often possible to tell whenever he or Brian Whitehouse are covering for Ciani during the 1988-1991 era - as most performances on their shows are shot much more traditionally...
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