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using NLog;
using NLog.Config;
using NLog.LayoutRenderers;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web;
using System.Xml;

namespace $safeprojectname$.NLog
{
    [LayoutRenderer("web_variables")]
    public class WebVariablesRenderer : LayoutRenderer
    {

        ///
        /// Initializes a new instance of the  class.
        ///
        public WebVariablesRenderer()
        {
            this.Format = "";
            this.Culture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
        }

        //protected override int GetEstimatedBufferSize(LogEventInfo ev)
        //{
        //    // This will be XML of an unknown size
        //    return 10000;
        //}

        ///
        /// Gets or sets the culture used for rendering.
        ///
        ///
        public CultureInfo Culture { get; set; }

        ///
        /// Gets or sets the date format. Can be any argument accepted by DateTime.ToString(format).
        ///
        ///
        [DefaultParameter]
        public string Format { get; set; }

        ///
        /// Renders the current date and appends it to the specified .
        ///
        /// <param name="builder">The  to append the rendered data to.
        /// <param name="logEvent">Logging event.
        protected override void Append(StringBuilder builder, LogEventInfo logEvent)
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb);

            writer.WriteStartElement("error");

            // -----------------------------------------
            // Server Variables
            // -----------------------------------------
            writer.WriteStartElement("serverVariables");

            foreach (string key in HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables.AllKeys)
            {
                writer.WriteStartElement("item");
                writer.WriteAttributeString("name", key);

                writer.WriteStartElement("value");
                writer.WriteAttributeString("string", HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables[key].ToString());
                writer.WriteEndElement();

                writer.WriteEndElement();
            }

            writer.WriteEndElement();

            // -----------------------------------------
            // Cookies
            // -----------------------------------------
            writer.WriteStartElement("cookies");

            foreach (string key in HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.AllKeys)
            {
                writer.WriteStartElement("item");
                writer.WriteAttributeString("name", key);

                writer.WriteStartElement("value");
                writer.WriteAttributeString("string", HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies[key].Value.ToString());
                writer.WriteEndElement();

                writer.WriteEndElement();
            }

            writer.WriteEndElement();
            // -----------------------------------------

            writer.WriteEndElement();
            // -----------------------------------------

            writer.Flush();
            writer.Close();

            string xml = sb.ToString();

            builder.Append(xml);
        }
    }
}


The scope of this test is to verify if it is possible to collect a set of valid usernames by interacting with the authentication mechanism of the application. This test will be useful for brute force testing, in which the tester verifies if, given a valid username, it is possible to find the corresponding password.
Often, web applications reveal when a username exists on system, either as a consequence of mis-configuration or as a design decision. For example, sometimes, when we submit wrong credentials, we receive a message that states that either the username is present on the system or the provided password is wrong. The information obtained can be used by an attacker to gain a list of users on system. This information can be used to attack the web application, for example, through a brute force or default username and password attack.
The tester should interact with the authentication mechanism of the application to understand if sending particular requests causes the application to answer in different manners. This issue exists because the information released from web application or web server when the user provide a valid username is different than when they use an invalid one.
In some cases, a message is received that reveals if the provided credentials are wrong because an invalid username or an invalid password was used. Sometimes, testers can enumerate the existing users by sending a username and an empty password.
In black box testing, the tester knows nothing about the specific application, username, application logic, error messages on log in page, or password recovery facilities. If the application is vulnerable, the tester receives a response message that reveals, directly or indirectly, some information useful for enumerating users.
Record the server answer when you submit a valid user ID and valid password.
Using WebScarab, notice the information retrieved from this successful authentication (HTTP 200 Response, length of the response).
Now, the tester should try to insert a valid user ID and a wrong password and record the error message generated by the application.
Using WebScarab, notice the information retrieved from this unsuccessful authentication attempt (HTTP 200 Response, length of the response).
Now, the tester should try to insert an invalid user ID and a wrong password and record the server answer (the tester should be confident that the username is not valid in the application). Record the error message and the server answer.
The above responses let the client understand that for the first request they have a valid user name. So they can interact with the application requesting a set of possible user IDs and observing the answer.
Looking at the second server response, the tester understand in the same way that they don't hold a valid username. So they can interact in the same manner and create a list of valid user ID looking at the server answers.
Some web application release a specific error code or message that we can analyze.
As is seen above, when a tester provides a user ID and password to the web application, they see a message indication that an error has occurred in the URL. In the first case they have provided a bad user ID and bad password. In the second, a good user ID and a bad password, so they can identify a valid user ID.
Sometimes a web server responds differently if it receives a request for an existing directory or not. For instance in some portals every user is associated with a directory. If testers try to access an existing directory they could receive a web server error.
In the first case the user exists, but the tester cannot view the web page, in second case instead the user "account2" does not exist. By collecting this information testers can enumerate the users.
Testers can receive useful information on Title of web page, where they can obtain a specific error code or messages that reveal if the problems are with the username or password.
When we use a recovery facility (i.e. a forgotten password function) a vulnerable application might return a message that reveals if a username exists or not.
Invalid username: e-mail address is not valid or the specified user was not found.
Valid username: Your password has been successfully sent to the email address you registered with.
When we request a user within the directory that does not exist, we don't always receive 404 error code. Instead, we may receive "200 ok" with an image, in this case we can assume that when we receive the specific image the user does not exist. This logic can be applied to other web server response; the trick is a good analysis of web server and web application messages.
In the above sample we can create simple shell scripts that compose user IDs and submit a request with tool like wget to automate a web query to discern valid user IDs. To create a script we can also use Perl and CURL.
Other possibilities are: - user IDs associated with credit card numbers, or in general numbers with a pattern. - user IDs associated with real names, e.g. if Freddie Mercury has a user ID of "fmercury", then you might guess Roger Taylor to have the user ID of "rtaylor".
Again, we can guess a username from the information received from an LDAP query or from Google information gathering, for example, from a specific domain. Google can help to find domain users through specific queries or through a simple shell script or tool.
Attention: by enumerating user accounts, you risk locking out accounts after a predefined number of failed probes (based on application policy). Also, sometimes, your IP address can be banned by dynamic rules on the application firewall or Intrusion Prevention System.
Verify that the application answers in the same manner for every client request that produces a failed authentication. For this issue the Black Box testing and Gray Box testing have the same concept based on the analysis of messages or error codes received from web application.
The application should answer in the same manner for every failed attempt of authentication.
Ensure the application returns consistent generic error messages in response to invalid account name, password or other user credentials entered during the log in process.
Ensure default system accounts and test accounts are deleted prior to releasing the system into production (or exposing it to an untrusted network).
This page was last modified on 7 February 2017, at 21:50.


Bonjour! Welcome to the 143rd edition of tranquility du jour: a guide to bringing tranquility to your every day.
Today's show menu features happenings and musing on planner pad pursuits with Joanna Lo and Julia Coney.
Workshops + Retreats: Join moi for a "New Year, New You" teleclass on January 5 and our next online creativity circle starting January 26 PLUS events around the globe: a day focused on creating a fabulous 2009 at our 2nd annual new year's gala, a luxurious weekend of tranquility and creativity at our 3rd Annual Hip Tranquil Chick retreat in a lovely farmhouse not far from NYC March 27-29, 2009, a decadent retreat to Costa Rica over Memorial Day, and another tranquility-filled week at Kripalu August 9-14, 2009. All the scoop is on my workshops page.
Featured eco-luxe TranquiliT: skirt pant.
Julia Coney created All About the Pretty in March 2006 because of her intense love of beauty products. The site is musings of beauty as a lifestyle and not just a product. All About the Pretty was voted one of the hottest top ten beauty blogs by Women's Wear Daily.
Joanna Lo started her fascination with paper organization when she was introduced origami paper as a young child growing up in Taipei. Since then, she has used her work in international trade to expand her knowledge of paper customization products by using any excuse to travel and spend hours and hours in the stationery stores in Taipei, Beijing, Dallas, and DC, as well as online. She also has used the Franklin Covey system, the Getting Things Done system, and loves to combine both paper and electronic planning. PlannerPad personalization is her current passion.
Au Revoir: To close out the show, we're playing Mastermind by Dan the Automator and Del the Funky Homosapien from Promonet. You can learn more about their music in the shownotes.
Wonderful podcast topic! Do you have any photos to share? At certain points I got lost trying to visualize the "dots" and other organization tips provided by you and your guests.
i am so glad you guys finally did a planner pad post! i am going to try to make it to the workshop. my planner pad needs a little sprucing. i am looking forward to seeing you on the 17th!
Kristine, we should have photos after the workshop this weekend. I hope that helps. It was such a fun podcast with my girl J.Lo.
Photos would be fabulous! Thanks, Julia!
Thanks for suggesting the Planner Pad. I have been a Franklin-Covey girl for years with some success....and some is better than none. However, I have now switched to Planner Pad and will be forever grateful for the change it has made to the organizational aspect of my life. Thanks again.


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Fallout TV Show Still Happening, According to Todd Howard
By Marc Deschamps - November 11, 2021 10:26 pm EST
It's been more than a year since Bethesda and Amazon announced a TV series based on the Fallout games, so some fans could be forgiven for thinking that it might have been quietly cancelled. Fortunately, that is not the case, as Bethesda's Todd Howard has confirmed that the show is still in development! Howard was asked about Fallout during a Reddit Q&A celebrating the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Anniversary Edition. While Howard had little to say about the project, fans of the games should be happy to hear that the show hasn't been given the axe!
"Moving ahead. Really excited to be working with Jonah, Lisa, and Amazon on it," Howard wrote on Reddit.
Howard is referring to Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, creators of HBO's Westworld. The two have been attached to the project since it was announced in July 2020, so it seems that not much has changed, since. In this case, it seems like a case of "no news is good news!" Hopefully Bethesda and Amazon will have some more information to reveal in the coming months.
While video game adaptations have historically been a mixed bag, they're in a bit of a renaissance, at the moment. Adaptations such as Pokemon: Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog have proven that Hollywood can find success by sticking closely to the source material. This month will see the release of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, while next year will see Uncharted and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 speeding into theaters. Halo and The Last of Us are both getting TV shows in 2022, while Mario will get an animated theatrical release from Illumination and Universal.
Given all the attention video games are getting from Hollywood, it makes perfect sense that Fallout remains a priority for Amazon. Unfortunately, it's hard to say which game (or games) the Fallout series might follow, or if the show will offer a new storyline using the concepts and themes from the games. For now, fans can just take comfort knowing that it's still happening!
Are you a fan of the Fallout games? What would you like to see from the show? Let us know in the comments or share your thoughts directly on Twitter at @Marcdachamp to talk all things gaming!
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Duncan Money
Click on PDF version for open access pre-print versions of my articles and book chapters.
White Mineworkers on Zambia's Copperbelt, 1926-74: In a Class of Their Own (Brill: Leiden, 2021) [Open Access version]
Born with a Copper Spoon: A Global History of Copper, 1830-1980 (Vancouver: University of British Colombia Press, forthcoming) [with Robrecht Declercq and Hans Otto Frøland]
Rethinking White Societies in Southern Africa, 1930s–1990s (London: Routledge, 2020). [with Danelle van Zyl-Hermann] [Open Access]
'Race at Work: A Comparative History of Mining Labor and Empire on the Central African Copperbelt and the Fushun Coalfields, c. 1907-1945', International Labor and Working-Class History (forthcoming, 2022) [with Limin Teh]
''Ain't I a bastard, well I received my training in Aussie': The life of Frank Maybank, an Australian trade unionist in Central Africa', Labour History (forthcoming, 2022).
'Revisiting White Labourism: Working-Class Whiteness in Twentieth-Century Southern Africa', International Review of Social History, 66, 3 (2021): 469-491 [with Danelle van Zyl-Hermann] [Open Access]
'"A Fundamental Human Right"? Mixed-Race Marriage and the Meaning of Rights in the Postwar British Commonwealth', Comparative Studies in Society and History, 63, 3 (2021): 655-684 [with Jon Piccini] [Open Access PDF]
''Not Wholly Justified': The Deferred Pay Interest Fund and Migrant Labour in South Africa's Gold Mining Industry, c.1970-1990', Journal of Southern African Studies, 47, 3 (2021): 1-21 [with Michael Glover] [Open Access]
'Rebalancing the historical narrative or perpetuating bias? Digitizing the archives of the Mineworkers' Union of Zambia', History in Africa, 48 (2021): 1-21. [Open Access]
'Africa–EU relations and natural resource governance: understanding African agency in historical and contemporary perspective', Review of African Political Economy, 47, 166 (2020): 585-603. [with Hans Otto Frøland and Tshepo Gwatiwa] [Open Access PDF]
''Aliens' on the Copperbelt: Zambianization, nationalism and non-Zambian Africans in the mining industry', Journal of Southern African Studies, 45, 5 (2019): 859-75. [Open Access PDF]
'Race and Class in the Postwar World: The Southern African Labour Congress', International Labor and Working-Class History, 94 (2018): 133-55. [PDF version]
'Trouble in paradise: The 1958 white mineworkers' strike on the Zambian Copperbelt', Extractive Industries and Society, 4, 4 (2017): 707-16. [PDF version]
'"There are worse places than Dalmuir!" Glaswegian riveters on the Clyde and the Copperbelt', Labour History Review, 80, 3 (2015): 273–92. (Awarded the 2015 Labour History Review essay prize) [PDF version]
'The World of European Labour on the Zambian Copperbelt, 1940-1945', International Review of Social History, 60, 2 (2015): 225-55. [Open Access]
'American Mining Engineers and the Global Copper Industry, c.1880-1945', in Robrecht Declerq, Hans Otto Frøland and Duncan Money (eds.), Born with a Copper Spoon: A Global History of Copper, 1830-1980 (Vancouver: University of British Colombia Press, forthcoming).
'Zambia: Changes in Occupational Structure and Key Industrial Sectors, 1900-2000', in Andrew Cohen and Rory Pilossof, Labour and Economic Change in Southern Africa c.1900-2000: Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi (London: Routledge, 2021), 104-153 [with Andrew Cohen and Rory Pilossof]
'Divergence and Convergence on the Copperbelt: White mineworkers in comparative perspective, 1911-63', in Miles Larmer, et. al. (eds.), Across the Copperbelt: Urban & Social Change in Central Africa's Borderland Communities (James Currey: Woodbridge, 2021), pp. 77-100. [Open access]
'Underground Struggles: The Early Life of Jack Hodgson', in Klaas van Walraven (ed.), The Individual in African History: The Importance of Biography in African Historical Studies (Leiden: Brill, 2020), pp. 170-193. [PDF version]
'The Dog that Didn't Bark: White Mineworkers at Zambian Independence' in Duncan Money and Danelle van Zyl-Hermann (eds.), Rethinking White Societies in Southern Africa, 1930s-1990s (London: Routledge, 2020), pp. 154-172. [Open Access]
'South Africa's Divided Trade Unions and the International Labour Movement' in Stefano Belluci and Holger Weiss (eds.), The Internationalisation of the Labour Question: Ideological Antagonism, Workers' Movements and the ILO since 1919 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), pp. 383-408. [PDF version]
'Introduction: India in Edinburgh, 1780 to the present day', in Roger Jeffrey (ed.), India In Edinburgh, 1750s to the Present (London: Routledge, 2019), pp. 1-21. [with Roger Jeffrey]
Encyclopaedia entries
'Sources for the History of the Copperbelt', Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of African History (forthcoming, 2022).
'No matter how much or how little they've got, they can't settle down': a social history of Europeans on the Zambian Copperbelt, 1926-1974, D.Phil. in History, University of Oxford, 2016.
Essays and Reviews
'Review: General Labour History of Africa: Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th and 21st Centuries ed. Stefano Bellucci and Andreas Eckert', International Review of Social History (forthcoming, 2022).
'A Trove for Historians of Africa: Reflections from the International Studies Group and Research Associates', History Australia (2021) [with Ana Stevenson, George Bishi, Victor Gwande, Kundai Manamere, Rebecca Swartz and Sarah-Jane Walton]
'The Global History of Labor and Race: Foundations and Key Concepts', JSTOR Daily, 30 April 2021. [with Limin Teh]
'Class, Race and Empire: The White Working Class in Historical Perspective', The Sociological Review, 30 April 2021.
'Repurchasing the Family Silver: Zambia nationalises its copper mines again', ASCL Africanist Blog, 19 February 2021. [with Jennifer Chansa]
'Whiteness in Southern Africa', Africa is a Country, 5 April 2020. [with Danelle van Zyl-Hermann]
'White Mineworkers at Zambian Independence', Africa is a Country, 5 April 2020.
'Review: The Long Shadow of the British Empire: The Ongoing Legacies of Race and Class in Zambia by Juliette Bridgette Milner Thornton', Zambia Social Sciences Journal, 4, 1 (2013), 66-68.
Duncan Money, A WordPress.com Website.


US stock Amazon is in a strong monthly uptrend with monthly demand zone now in control for potential longs. New daily demand created at 738 as confirmation which could work well for continuation of longs otherwise wait for new clear imbalances to form on the daily. Long bias on Amazon.


Today, the Montgomery County Planning Board reviews plans for a second phase of Pike + Rose. Meanwhile, the first phase of the new urban neighborhood at Rockville Pike and Montrose Road inches closer to opening next year.
Grand Park Avenue, one of several new streets in Pike + Rose. All photos by the author.
When finished, Pike + Rose will have housing, offices, shops and restaurants, a high-end movie theatre, and a hotel, along with several public open spaces. A redevelopment of a 1960's-era strip mall, it'll be multiple times the size of developer Federal Realty's other projects in the area, Bethesda Row and Rockville Town Square.
According to Evan Goldman, Federal Realty's vice president of development, the first phase will start opening next year. In the meantime, let's visit the construction site.
Bricks going in at PerSei.
Back in July, the first of three buildings in the first phase, a 174-unit, five-story apartment building called PerSei, topped out. Units here will start renting late next spring, Goldman says. You can see cream-colored brick going in on one side.
Like many new apartment buildings, PerSei has been designed to look like a block of smaller buildings. The windows on Old Georgetown Road and Grand Park Avenue, one of several new streets, are more modern, with large panes and less ornamentation. But around the corner, the windows have smaller panes and more detail, almost like those on a warehouse.
11800 Grand Park Avenue. The movie theatre and music venue will be on the right-hand side.
Across the street, 11800 Grand Park Avenue, an office building, has topped out as well. It'll open in fall 2014, along with 150,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space in both buildings. 75% of the retail is already leased and will include a high-end iPic movie theatre, a music venue operated by Strathmore, several restaurants, and a Sport & Health Club.
Read on and see additional photos at the Friends of White Flint.


i try to change a page with a swipe. i installed the mmm-Swipe and mmm-pages module. i have 2 pages right now but i don't understand how can i change the pages with a swipe. i don't know where i should write down the send notification in with .js file. have someone a example for me or can tell me how it will work?
@fischi87 With MMM-NotificationTrigger you could.
Not real tested, but you can get an idea.
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When your node version is low, those errors will come.
You can use this format instead arrow function.
I will try of course.
Thank u really so much.


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Newark Pilots Sweep Jamestown in Two-Game Set to Open the Year
JAMESTOWN, N.Y.--The Newark Pilots (2-0) completed a two-game sweep with a 7-4 victory over Jamestown on Thursday. The Pilots completed the tall-task of winning two straight games on the road to start the season.
Newark fell behind early when Tolly Filotei (Faulkner St.) scored on a sacrifice fly from Hunter Jones (UNC Charlotte). However, this was the only run the Jammers would score off Pilots right-hander Skyler Defer (Northeast Miss. C.C.).
Defer (1-0) pitched six strong innings in his Pilots debut, keeping Jamestown off balance with an effective mix of pitches. Northeast Mississippi C.C. has produced the winning pitcher in Newark's first two games with Defer joining his college teammate, Xan Reese, who earned the victory in relief on Wednesday.
"He threw his fastball to both sides of the plate," Pilots pitching coach Kevin Smith said after the win. "He threw the change to keep hitters off and then finished with the slider. Couldn't ask for more from him out there."
Newark struck first in the fifth inning with a two-RBI single from Mark Tumosa (UMass-Lowell) that gave the Pilots a lead they wouldn't surrender. Luke Reynolds (Mississippi State) would follow with a run-scoring single and Bo-Hao Huang (Fu Jen Catholic) added an fielder's choice that would plate the fourth run of the inning.
The Pilots added on with three more runs in the seventh to take a 7-1lead. Newark took advantage of three consecutive flyballs to left field that Filotei lost in the lights. A native of Taiwan, Huang would add an RBI double to go 2-for4 in his pilots debut.
"It's hard for him to come into a situation like this," Pilots coach Chris Edmomdson said of Huang's assimilation. "He really kept his composure and played well for us tonight."
Jamestown would add three of its own in the bottom of the inning, stringing together three softly-hit singles off reliever Max Ludka (Saginaw Valley State) to cut the lead to 7-4.
However, Ludka settled in after that, tossing scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth inning to earn the rare three-inning save in the Pilots victory.
"They didn't the ball hard on him," Smith said of Ludka's performance. "Some balls were hit in front of our outfielders and that's going to happen. It wasn't like he was getting beat up. I thought he threw really well in the eighth and ninth inning."
Starting center fielder Travis Cloney was hit by a pitch in the head/neck area to leadoff the game and was taken to local hospital for medical attention. Cloney was later released from the hospital and traveled back to Newark with the team.
The Pilots return to action on Friday night as they host the Geneva Red Wings (1-0) in the home-opener at Colburn Park. First is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. with a fireworks celebration to take place postgame.


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Interactive theatre is a presentational or theatrical form or work that breaks the "fourth wall" that traditionally separates the performer from the audience both physically and verbally.

In traditional theatre, performance is limited to a designated stage area and the action of the play unfolds without audience members, who function as passive observers. Conversely, in interactive theatre, the performance engages directly with audience members, making them active participants in the piece. Interactive theatre often goes hand in hand with immersive theatre, which brings the audience into the same playing space as the performers. They may be asked to hold props, supply performance suggestions (as in improvisational theatre), share the action's real-world (non-theatrical) setting (as in site-specific theatre and immersive theatre), or become characters in the performance. They may also be asked to participate in altering the course of the play by collectively voting to steer the plot in a new direction, as with Augusto Boal's forum theatre. In therapeutic and educational settings, they may even be invited to discuss pertinent issues with the performers.

Interactive theater is not made for only entertainment, but is often produced to illustrate real-life political and moral debates. It allows the audience to become immersed as participants and to become the primary reason for the production. They may even become the show's main characters. Interactives productions are designed to create a sense of reality, where the location and setting sets the tone of the production. Space is an important factor: Interactive set designers "want rooms with character, with personality, so that we can work with [an audience member] as we would an actor."

Theatre companies and shows that regularly utilize audiences interactively include The Second City, pH, Supernatural Chicago, Dungeonmaster, Mystery on the Lake Productions, and Walkabout Theater.

Examples
 Sleep No More - a mash-up of Shakespeare's Macbeth and 1930s film noir that combines elements of theater, dance, and haunted fun house in a five-story warehouse space retrofitted as the fictitious McKittrick Hotel
 Hair - interactive theater where performers would walk down the aisles or over the seats, with elements of sexuality (interracial sex, songs on masturbation)
 66 Minutes in Damascus: A hard-hitting multi-sensory performance that premiered at the London International Festival of Theater (2012) and is considered one of the most extreme kinds of interactive theater put on stage, where the audience play the part of kidnapped tourists in today's Syria in a hyperreal sensory environment
 There are several forms Interactive theater can take. In a production piece You Me Bum Bum Train, audience members are encouraged to play roles either assigned or chosen. In this specific production the characters play a variety of roles that range from a football coach to a famous rock star. Interactive theater is not entirely based on dialogue. In plays such as Tony and Tina's Wedding, the audience becomes silent guests that slowly immerse themselves into the production. Audience members are all immersed into the play yet no two people experience the same thing. In fact, even several visits to the same production can cause an audience member to come out with a completely different approach. "The real-life citizen is both a performer and an audience in a play that he or she has had a hand in creating." Interactive Theater has been around for centuries, with examples such as Thomas Kyd's Renaissance play The Spanish Tragedy in 1585-1587 and Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1601. Interactive theater is an old theatrical form that has been re-adapted in the twenty-first century.

Precursors

There have been several stage shows where audience members can actively alter the plot. Examples include:

 The Mystery of Edwin Drood - This musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' unfinished novel is considered a solve-it-yourself mystery. During a break in the show, the audience votes on an ending, with 7 possible outcomes.
 Night of January 16th – In this 1934 courtroom drama by Ayn Rand, the audience takes on the role of the jury. They decide if the defendant is "guilty" or "not guilty", leading to one of two possible outcomes.
 American Standard - American Standard by R.B. Ripley and Ryan Dixon, focused on three characters who conned, stole and murdered their way through the narrative in the hopes of hiding a deadly secret that had the power to change the course of American politics. While the story on stage had a linear narrative, each audience member was provided with a headset and small switch device dubbed a 'thought box' that allowed them to enter the inner thoughts of the characters onstage during the play. During the performance, audience members were able to choose which character's thoughts to listen to, switch back and forth between them or simply take the headset off and watch the 'play' transpire on stage. The original production of American Standard premiered at the 2005 Los Angeles Edgefest. It was directed by Ryan Dixon and co-starred Katy Mixon.
 The Boomerang Kid, by Chris Econn, introduced a new interactive theatrical element by allowing the audience to choose on behalf of the main character throughout the narrative, in real time, leading to over 50 possible story variations. The audience made their decisions with hand held wireless technology that was given to them before the beginning of the show. The original 2007 production, directed by Ryan Dixon, ran in Los Angeles and co-starred Josh Andrew Koenig as the "M.C.".
 Interactive theater in Soviet Russia developed from the Russian Civil War (1917-1922). This Interactive theater was used primarily to spread ideology, which was done by having the audience participate in reenactments of the worker's victories over the Tsar and his army. The use of  interactive theater helped spread information as two out of ten people could not read, and theater began to replace the role of the newspaper. These performances were seen in plays such as Mystery-Bouffe, Great Revolution, and The Glorification of Revolution, which incorporated the audience to perform with actors on large makeshift platforms outdoors. Each of these plays would have the audience be a part of either the Tsar's military or the workers revolting. Another form of interactive theater in Soviet Russia during 1920 was improvised dialogue and stories called Agit-trials. This allowed the audience to connect to the current socio-political climate and allowed the audience to freely speak by having the audience play the part as the judge or other roles in these plays. However, this freedom in theater was revoked during 1930 when Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party controlled the use of theater, limiting the audience to the point of not being able to improvise with stricter scripts. With the death of Stalin in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev began to reopen theaters that were closed by authorities under Stalin's rule with less restrictions. However, this did not last and the implementation of the "Ministry of Culture" oversaw and revised plays that were deemed dangerous or anti-soviet and adjusted plays that seemed too pessimistic or critical. This prompted playwrights to embed suggestions within their plays to the audience where they could create different narratives compared to what the ministry was officially viewing. During the late 1980s restrictions on plays became less stringent allowing for the resurgence of interactive theater. During the 1990s the resurgence of interactive theater became more personalized towards the audience, converting spectator interactivity from large groups to singular audience members to come to the stage. This form of interactive theater is utilized in Nina Belenitskaya's play Anonymous Artists. Within this play interactivity allows audience members to imagine they are successful actors, writers or creators, conducting interviews with artists and giving awards to them as well. This ability to exert personal experiences and act anonymously provided an ability to its audience to speak openly.

Interactive theatre as a teaching tool
Many medical students, as of 2012 are receiving training assistance from theater and drama instructors in interactive theater and role play to help prepare them for real world situations in which they will be delivering a medical diagnosis to patients who test positive for cancer, "teaching breaking bad news to medical students." Medical students attend interactive theater classes where hired actors role play with the medical student. The medical student is put in different health care setting scenarios where she or he delivers a terminal diagnosis to the actor patient and the actor acts out a variety of different emotional responses. This enables the medical student to experience what she may encounter in the future when working with real patients. The purpose of this activity is to enable the future doctor to prepare herself for a variety of emotional outcomes where she will be able to deliver difficult news with the best bedside manner possible. By knowing what to expect the medical student can train themselves to react calmly and professionally. Studies done to determine the effectiveness of this sensitivity training program show that the program is successful. When surveyed the majority of participating medical school students reported they were more prepared for real life situations as a result of having participated in interactive theater. Out of 451 students who volunteered in a survey regarding the effectiveness of the program 89-94% agreed that using interactive role play theater as an adjunct to their medical training helped them become better at communicating difficult news to an ill patient.

Interactive theater in interpersonal relationships
Researchers from the School of Nursing at University of Texas, Austin use CBPR (community-based participatory research) to teach youths the dynamics of a healthy relationship since they are at a formative age. 114 seventh grade Latino students in a Texas health class participated in interactive play. Study subjects were chosen for their age since the researchers believed that they would be able to grasp and apply these teachings easier as they are in a formative period of their lives. Interactive theater is seen as an efficient and unconventional way to educate students about complex information that can be easier to grasp in a setting and situation that appeals to their attention compared to traditional classroom settings that tend to be less engaging. It was imperative for this study to be engaging to its subjects since the topics of harassment, abuse, and impending relationship dynamics are often difficult to talk about. Youth engagement allows for a fun and interactive way for them to understand such crucial issues. In order to determine the specific topics and situations in which to focus, researchers compiled a list of issues they believed would be beneficial and relevant to young adult lives. Topics include: healthy compared to unhealthy relationships, anti-bullying/anti-sexual harassment education and changing in-school environments. Since this study was conducted over the course of multiple days, the first day consisted of three actors in which they acted out scenes that depicted unhealthy tendencies in relationships. After a demonstration by these actors, the students observed the study more closely and broke up the scenes to analyze each unhealthy habit. The students were encouraged to come up with various ways they could re-address the problems, then the students analyzed the issues again in addition to acting out their own solutions to exercise the knowledge they obtained from the previous days. They were asked to connect the play to their own lives and help conceive the top ten rules to stop such dangerous behaviors as well as reflect on the effectiveness of this unconventional learning strategy. The researchers concluded that interactive theater was an effective medium to allow students to feel comfortable about the serious topics.

Future trends
Combining interactive theater and video games allows modern day playwrights and authors to create immersive plotlines. Interactive theater and video games previously were two separate entities, but are now being combined. Theater provides the audience with lessons the viewer can interpret through plot, meanwhile video games provide the gamer with a storyline that they can alter. There are possible drawbacks to blurring lines between video games and interactive theater: the author may be discredited by intertwining the two. Video games and interactive theater can break the classic appearance of a story. Connecting the two visual mediums of entertainment deters the player from drawing conclusions that are explicitly shown through the plotline. Realism can be difficult to achieve when the lines are blurred regarding plot, scenery, and conversation due to the fact that structure is not followed and imagination can change reality. The audience may draw a different conclusion than if they became a player, because participation changes the outcome. Video games limit the player to a linear pre-written game script organized by the game developers. Although video games present some control over the development of the story, players are not the playwrights of the game. Video games are vital to the formation of emotional connections between a gamer and player.

Virtual Reality immersive narrative allows different points of view: in first-person the audience experiences the main characters story; in first-person peripheral, the audience acts as a supporting character following the main character's story; in second-person, it is in the perspective of "you;" in third-person limited, the audience only knows what the character knows; in third-person multiple, few characters thoughts are known; and, in third-person omniscient, the viewer knows everyone in the story.

Youth movement
Contemporary theaters must address audiences who try to interact with the stage. Millennial audiences are not following traditional theater rules and etiquette. In 2012, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, two teenage youth touched a stage prop horse. Their actions were left unnoticed. This type of behavior has been on the rise in the past decade, with more and more young audience members opposing traditional theater rules and norms. A possible reason for this is how millennials are being brought up today. Following World War II, the audience's dominance over theatre judgement was up for discussion. As a result, a new social contract was created where audience members took a more casual viewing approach to plays.

Types of interactive theater
 Design Theatre
 Script Writing
 Forum theatre
 Community theatre
 Invisible theater
 Theatre for Early Years
 Immersive Theatre
 Playback Theatre

See also
 Theatre of the Oppressed
 Interactive installations
 Participatory theatre
 Odyssey Works

References

External links
Supernatural Chicago official site
Second City official site
pH official site
Dungeonmaster article
InterAction Theater official site
Interactive Theater, Oh What An Experience in SotanLIFE
Mystery on the Lake - iTheatre
Walkabout Theater official site
Interactive Theater project, University of Colorado Boulder
All the Campus a Stage? article from University of California Berkeley
Interactive Theatre in Pakistan
Sausalito Electric Theatre Company, mixes online and stage productions

Theatrical genres

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This tyre was reviewed by users driving only outside the city.
Out grips sports bike tyres in the twisties, keeps going on offroad trails, wears like a commuter tyre and costs the same as a moped tyre. These tyres really do it all.
very good front tire which has already traveled 10,000 kms and a half I used the wear in all conditions: tt, city, mountain (I live in Haute Savoie) and even drove up my bosnia this summer !! The only downside driving in the rain or the tire is a savonette (braking, not on the angle). Mount back against it by n lasted only 6000 kms .... Overall very good tire for varied use, but I would take the 07 th Mitas next time for even more versatility road / tt, they are the same price. ..
Try on a honda XRV750 proved mediocre tires. Dangerous on wet, dry and discrete poor on snow and mud, although they are m + s (try different pressures). After 7,000 km showed the obvious cracks on the tire. Cheap, but not recommend it even to my worst enemy.
Selected initially for the look and especially the price I was pleasantly surprised by the grip of its tires in particular the back very tender. They heat up quickly, no traces of wear special.
Great for street and dirt too hard with rocks and river crossings good grip on wet duration and cost I recommended to friends who wanted provarlo.ho already used two trains.


Because nobody has said anything yet.
So, whatcha drinking? What fuckery is causing you to drink it?
Me? Drinking a Deschutes Chain Breaker White IPA. Had a couple really bad days at work, a lot of dental work today, and I'm on the injured list for sportsball things.


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Q: remove child not working - child is reinstated if the node is referenced again using :
var replaceElement = function replaceElement(el,replacement){
    console.debug(arguments);
    var par=el.parentNode,sibling=el.nextSibling;
    par.removeChild(el);
    par.insertBefore(replacement,sibling);
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The replacement is being inserted before the sibling (and 'el') but 'el' is not being removed from parent.
These nodes were created with innerHTML. Not too sure what else would be causing the problem.

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Wardrop, Patricia. "Ada Kent". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 15 December 2013, Historica Canada. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ada-kent-emc. Accessed 23 January 2020.
Wardrop, P., Ada Kent (2013). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ada-kent-emc
Wardrop, Patricia, "Ada Kent". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published July 10, 2007; Last Edited December 15, 2013. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ada-kent-emc
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Ada Kent
Article by Patricia Wardrop
Last Edited December 15, 2013
Ada (Jane Fairlina) Kent (b Twohy). Pianist, organist, composer, b Denver, Colo, of Canadian parents, 8 Feb 1888, d on a visit to London 23 Jul 1969; LAB 1904, B MUS (Toronto) 1906.
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Ada (Jane Fairlina) Kent (b Twohy). Pianist, organist, composer, b Denver, Colo, of Canadian parents, 8 Feb 1888, d on a visit to London 23 Jul 1969; LAB 1904, B MUS (Toronto) 1906. Taken at 13 by her mother to Hamilton, Ont, she studied piano 1901 with Helen Wildman and piano and organ 1902-5 with J.E.P. Aldous and 1905-8 in Toronto with A.S. Vogt. She gave a solo recital 25 Oct 1904 in Toronto. Commuting 1905-8 between Hamilton and Toronto, she served in Hamilton as organist at St Paul's Presbyterian Church and taught at the Hamilton School of Music. In Toronto she taught 1907-16 at the TCM and the Moulton Ladies' College and served 1909-18 as organist at Trinity Methodist Church and accompanist to the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.
Also active 1909-13 as a soloist, Kent toured in southern Ontario (her repertoire included works by Aldous and H.A. Fricker) and played the first movement of Grieg's Concerto with the Welsman TSO. She was organist 1920-2 at Deer Park United Church, Toronto. Among her works (written after 1933 and listed in Catalogue of Canadian Composers) are the vocal pieces 'At Christmastide,' 'Long Ago,' and 'Dominion Hymn' (all Waterloo 1934), the children's song collections Sing a Song of Canada (Thomas Nelson 1937), Let's Pretend (Gage), and Tiptoe Tunes for Tiny Tots (Waterloo 1952), and the widely performed anthem 'No Flower So Fair' (Carl Fischer 1940). Some of her songs were performed in 1938 by Jeanne Pengelly before the Vogt Society and by the contralto Mary Jarred, accompanied by the composer, on a BBC broadcast to Canada from London. In a Wigmore Hall recital of her songs and violin pieces 2 Jun 1938, David Martin played her 16 Variations on an English Theme, described in The Times of London as 'none the worse for recalling greater achievements' and in the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post as 'of a type nearer to Corelli than to Brahms or Elgar'.
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Coniston Water is best known as the place Donald Campbell perished during a water speed record attempt in 1967. Campbell's rocket-powered Bluebird K7 literally disintegrated at 320 mph, and the remains of the ill-fated craft and its driver were not recovered until 2001.
When the Peters & May U-11 runs on Coniston Water in early November it will be the first time an Unlimited hydroplane has run in the United Kingdom.
But in early November, the famed waterway, the third largest in England's Lake District National Park, will be known for something else—and something far less grim. During Coniston Records Week, Nov. 5-9, the U-11 Peters & May-backed Unlimited hydroplane will attempt to set a United Kingdom National Water Speed Record. What's more, it will be the first time an Unlimited hydro has run on United Kingdom waters.
The U-11 hydro will be piloted by its co-owner, J.W. Myers. Joining Myers in his efforts will be Peters & May-supported Aaron Salmon, who will attempt to break the O350 world record of 113.25 mph in his R102 hydro.
"We have a number of goals besides the records," said David Holley, the chief executive officer of Peters & May. "We want to remind the world of the strong presence and history of powerboat racing in the UK. We'd like the whole of Europe to get more familiar with the H1 Unlimited Hydroplane series, and we are always looking to strengthen the bond between two power boating strongholds like the UK and the USA."
The U-11 and R102 are scheduled to arrive in Southampton in late October. The boats will be trucked approximately five hours to Coniston and encounter winding country lanes not designed for something of the size and shape of a hydroplane.
"Our team is already working on the ground leg of the transport," Holley said, "And while there are a few challenges along the way, it's what we are in business to do."


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Q: clustering and loadbalancing through Java EE I want to develop clustering and load balancing by using Java EE, I want to use two Tomcats in back-end,If any request arrives to my application it should send request to the tomcats based on the load factor.I want to add fail over and session replication to my application. Please suggest..

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*The API for load balncing and clustering that i have to use and where it should be         down loaded from?

*What are the books that i can make reference to make my application programming?

*Is Apache web server is useful to my application or not?

*what are the sites that i have to use for developing my application?

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The API for load balancing and clustering that I have to use and where it should be down loaded from?

Clustering is actually part of the Java EE specification and containers should thus offer support for this (understand here: clustering shouldn't involve programming on your side, you just have to follow some rules when developing your Java EE applications).
In the case of Tomcat, have a look at Tomcat's Load Balancer HOW-TO and more precisely the Tomcat Connectors documentation to implement for software load balancing. Note that many companies prefer and use hardware load-balancing solutions (with products like F5 BIG-IP or Nortel Alteon). This will be a bit more expensive though.
For the load-balancing algorithm, simple round-robin is usually used (this would be my recommendation).
For the session fail-over part, you'll need to use a Persistent Manager, very likely the JDBC Based Store implementation. Just don't forget to make the objects you'll put in session  Serializable.

What are the books that I can make reference to make my application programming?

Not sure what you mean by application programming but the simple fact that you are asking this question makes me think that you shouldn't implement your own solution but rather use an existing one (software or hardware).

Is Apache web server is useful to my application or not?

For software load-balancing, Apache (+ mod_jk) would be my choice for the web server. Refer to the Tomcat Connectors documentation previously mentioned.

What are the sites that I have to use for developing my application

Again, I'm not sure what you mean by "developing my application" but the links provided so far are good starting point IMO. If you want to go a bit further, maybe check Under the Hood of J2EE Clustering (this is still a good article, even if not really new). For a more specific answer, ask a more specific question :)

A: I believe Tomcat and Apache already have this capability:
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/cluster-howto.html

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*The API for load balancing and clustering that I have to use and where it should be down loaded from?   In my experience, load balancing is best done using hardware like F5 or Cisco ACE routers, not in software.

*What are the books that I can make reference to make my application programming?  See answer to 1.

*Is Apache web server is useful to my application or not?   Yes, it's common to put a web server in a DMZ and let it proxy requests into the app server inside the second firewall.

*What are the sites that I have to use for developing my application?  Can't tell based on the info you provided.  It's probably not possible to get an answer to such a broad question here.

A: There is a good product (open source) called Terracota wich allows you clustering and balance.
http://www.terracotta.org/
For download:
http://www.terracotta.org/dl/


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package com.github.Fupery.InvMenu.API.Event;

import com.github.Fupery.InvMenu.API.Handler.MenuHandler;
import com.github.Fupery.InvMenu.Utils.VersionHandler;
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.event.Event;
import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent;
import org.bukkit.event.inventory.InventoryClickEvent;
import org.bukkit.event.inventory.InventoryCloseEvent;
import org.bukkit.event.inventory.InventoryDragEvent;
import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerQuitEvent;
import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerSwapHandItemsEvent;
import org.bukkit.inventory.Inventory;
import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;

import static com.github.Fupery.InvMenu.API.Event.MenuEvent.MenuCloseEvent;
import static com.github.Fupery.InvMenu.API.Event.MenuEvent.MenuInteractEvent;

public class MenuListener implements RegisteredListener {
    private final MenuHandler handler;
    private final RegisteredListener listener;

    public MenuListener(MenuHandler handler) {
        this.handler = handler;
        listener = (VersionHandler.getVersion() == VersionHandler.v1_8) ? new v1_8() : new v1_9();
    }

    private void fireMenuEvent(MenuEvent event) {
        Player player = event.getPlayer();
        if (event instanceof MenuInteractEvent) {
            MenuInteractEvent interactEvent = ((MenuInteractEvent) event);
            handler.fireClickEvent(player, interactEvent.getSlot(), interactEvent.getClick());
        } else if (event instanceof MenuCloseEvent) {
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        if (event.getClickedInventory() == top) {
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            event.setCancelled(true);

        } else if (event.getClickedInventory() == bottom) {

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                case UNKNOWN:
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                    return;
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                    break;
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        }
    }

    @Override
    public void register(Plugin plugin) {
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    }

    @Override
    public void deregister() {
        listener.deregister();
    }

    private class v1_8 implements RegisteredListener {

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        public void onMenuInteract(final InventoryClickEvent event) {
            if (!handler.isTrackingPlayer((Player) event.getWhoClicked())) {
                return;
            }

            handleClick(event);

            final Player player = (Player) event.getWhoClicked();

            if (event.getClickedInventory() != player.getOpenInventory().getTopInventory()) {
                return;
            }

            fireMenuEvent(new MenuInteractEvent(player, event.getInventory(), event.getSlot(), event.getClick()));
        }

        @EventHandler
        public void onItemDrag(InventoryDragEvent event) {

            if (!handler.isTrackingPlayer((Player) event.getWhoClicked())) {
                return;
            }
            event.setResult(Event.Result.DENY);
            event.setCancelled(true);
        }

        @EventHandler
        public void onMenuClose(InventoryCloseEvent event) {
            Player player = ((Player) event.getPlayer());

            if (player != null && handler.isTrackingPlayer(player)) {
                fireMenuEvent(new MenuCloseEvent(player, event.getInventory(), MenuCloseReason.CLIENT));
            }
        }

        @EventHandler
        public void onPlayerQuit(PlayerQuitEvent event) {
            if (handler.isTrackingPlayer(event.getPlayer())) {
                fireMenuEvent(new MenuCloseEvent(event.getPlayer(), MenuCloseReason.QUIT));
            }
        }

        @EventHandler
        public void onPlayerDeath(PlayerDeathEvent event) {
            if (handler.isTrackingPlayer(event.getEntity())) {
                fireMenuEvent(new MenuCloseEvent(event.getEntity(), MenuCloseReason.DEATH));
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void register(Plugin plugin) {
            Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, plugin);
        }

        @Override
        public void deregister() {
            InventoryCloseEvent.getHandlerList().unregister(this);
            InventoryDragEvent.getHandlerList().unregister(this);
            InventoryCloseEvent.getHandlerList().unregister(this);
            PlayerQuitEvent.getHandlerList().unregister(this);
            PlayerDeathEvent.getHandlerList().unregister(this);
        }
    }

    private class v1_9 extends v1_8 {
        @EventHandler
        public void onPlayerSwapHandItems(PlayerSwapHandItemsEvent event) {
            if (handler.isTrackingPlayer(event.getPlayer())) {
                event.setCancelled(true);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void deregister() {
            super.deregister();
            PlayerSwapHandItemsEvent.getHandlerList().unregister(this);
        }
    }
}

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CHLA WALK LA! Please support the our Dog Therapy Program!!
Many of you are aware that I have been volunteering with my dogs at CHLA for 13 years. Last October Bonner passed away after volunteering at CHLA for 10 years, joining Bruce and Bobbi over the rainbow bridge. I still have Gordon & Willow in the program, who volunteer weekly at CHLA. All five of my dogs have a combined total of 34 years volunteering at CHLA and in 2018 we logged 153 visits, well above the required 2 visits per month. We saw thousands of patients, family members and CHLA employees bringing smiles and helping with pain management and rehabilitation.
In honor of Bonner's ten years of volunteering at CHLA I have set a goal to raise $19,000 for the CHLA Pet Therapy program, $100 for each of his 190 pounds. The dog therapy program is funded entirely on donations. Please consider supporting us. There is a link below to donate.
On April 11th, 2019 CHLA will celebrate a streak of having at least one therapy dog visit the hospital every day for the last 4 years. This is an amazing feat and all our volunteers, people and dogs alike, are determined to keep the streak going well past the four-year mark!!
There are currently 127 dogs and 132 humans in the program. In 2018, we welcomed 32 new teams, said goodbye to 22 teams, and renewed 39 teams here at CHLA. On average 1305 patients per month receive dog therapy visits at their bedside, dialysis or infusion centers and 62 physical therapy visits per month. Between interactions with patients, families, visitors, staff, and attendees at special events, our therapy dogs directly reached 89,196 people last year, that is 16,000 more visits than 2017!!!
Your donation will help cover the costs of evaluations, orientations, extensive personalized training, scheduling, special request honoring, special event participation, scarves, badges, collars and leashes for every dog, polo shirts and aprons for every human, trading cards for every dog, hand sanitizer, reimbursement towards annual vet exams and therapy team re-registration fees, and many other things essential to making it safe and rewarding to have a robust dog therapy program for the CHLA community.


Hooded eyes are defined by their lack of visible lid space between the lash line and brow bone. When you have hooded peepers, skin droops from your brow bone down over where your crease should be, effectively hiding it from plain view. The easiest way to differentiate whether or not you have hooded eyes is first to ask yourself, 'Do I have a visible crease?'. If the answer is no, it's time to look at the corners of your eyes. If the outer corners neither pull up or down, then you have hooded lids.
While a noticeable crease may seem inconsequential, it can determine how to create a flawlessly made-up lid. Certain statement looks (like smoky blends and cat eyes) may be harder to achieve on your lid type. To help you navigate the nuances of your eye shape, ahead you'll learn a handful of hooded eye makeup tips.
Pick a primer: Invest in a sturdy eyeshadow primer, as shadows are more likely to smudge and easily transfer on hooded lids. Whichever primer you use, resist the urge to blend it in using your finger. Although one with hooded eyes might not be subject to oily skin, the lid area tends to oxidize quicker and it's always recommended to apply the shadow base/primer with a brush instead of adding personal oils from our fingertips.
Create a fake crease: If you want to mimic the look of a larger lid, you can use your eye makeup to mirror the appearance of a visible crease. Apply the shadow of your choice onto the hood of your eye with window-wiper blending strokes and a small tapered makeup brush. Then use a liner to mimic a fake crease on hooded eyes. Draw small strokes using the liner and blend it out with a soft makeup brush.
Watch yourself: Hooded eyeshadow techniques are best created when looking directly ahead in the mirror. When the eyes are open, the color does not become lost in the crease.
Any eye makeup can perform a disappearing act on drooped lids, but none are quite as tricky as winged liner. To prevent your crisp cat eye from slipping out of view, trace liner along your upper waterline with your eyes open or closed. When you reach the outer corner, open and gently pull your lid in an upward slant to copycat the direction you want your wing to stretch. Using a steady hand, follow your uplifted lid's lead and trace out to the end of where you want your wing tip to be, and then back towards the lash line. For beginners attempting a winged line, use a business card — holding it at an upward slant toward the end of the brow — to create a razor-sharp tip. Be sure to use thin lines to begin with as it's easier to retrace thicker lines than it is to remove a waterproof liner.
Devise a distraction from your invisible crease: If you want to embrace a more almond-like lid, curl your lashes, apply mascara, and add a few individual lashes to the outer corners of your eyes to create a more feline look that will take the focus away from hooded lids.
Rely on waterproof eye makeup products: A statement eye is doable on a hooded lid so long as you always use waterproof liner and transfer-resistant shadows to prevent any smudges.


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Ringelstein gehört zur Ortschaft Harth der Stadt Büren.

Der Ort entstand im Almetal während des Zweiten Weltkriegs als Arbeiter- und Wachsiedlung, als im Ringelsteiner Wald, der sich aus dem Almetal bis auf die Briloner Hochebene hinauf erstreckt, eine Munitionsanstalt an der Eisenbahnstrecke Paderborn–Brilon (Almetal-Bahn) gebaut wurde. Das ehemalige Stellwerk wurde zum Ferienhaus umgebaut. Die Fabrik ("Muna" genannt) war eine der größten im damaligen Reichsgebiet. Die Reste der von den Alliierten nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gesprengten ehemaligen Lager- und Produktionsstätten sind noch heute im Wald zu finden. Heute nutzt der Munitionszerlegebetrieb des Kampfmittelräumdienstes der Bezirksregierung Arnsberg das Gelände.

In Ringelstein befindet sich heute auch das Jugendwaldheim des Regional-Forstamts Hochstift, sowie der Heimatbahnhof der Waldbahn Almetal e. V., die auf der stillgelegten Bahnstrecke mit Schienenbussen einen Ausflugsverkehr anbot.

Die namensgebende Burgruine Ringelstein liegt oberhalb des Tales auf einem Bergkamm und gehört heute zum Gebiet der Ortschaft Harth. In der Burgruine Harth-Ringelstein können die Reste der von den Edelherren von Büren um 1390 erbauten Burg besichtigt werden. Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg war diese Burg Schauplatz zahlreicher Hexenprozesse. So wurden 55 Personen zwischen Dezember 1630 und April 1631 als angebliche Hexen verurteilt und hingerichtet. Zeugnisse dieser Prozesse finden sich im zur Burgruine gehörenden Hexenkeller. Seit Dezember 2005 finden in der Anlage umfangreiche Grabungen statt, die weiter anhalten.

Bei Ringelstein findet sich außerdem der Multhäupter Hammer.

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Planning committee councillors back Feniton residents
21st November 2012 | News | Claire
Several residents, parish council chairman, Martyn Smith and the village's county councillor, Roger Giles all spoke against the application at Acland Park, which was also recommended for refusal by officers.
But Feniton's ward member, Cllr Graham Brown, a planning consultant, argued strongly in favour of approving the application, because he claimed, it was the best way of protecting the village from further development.
The speakers argued that Feniton had already had MORE than its housing requirements met following an appeal decision at Louvigny Close allowing 50 houses in the village to be built on high quality agricultural land – 15 more houses than its allocation,
Feniton has been under huge pressure from developers in the past two years. The officer's report relating to yesterday's application states that Feniton is "unique" in East Devon for its pressure from developers.
Planning and legal officers came under fire from Cllrs Brown and Key for the way they handled the application, which was kept on ice for several months, while planning policy issues were resolved and the Wainhomes appeal ran its course.
At the beginning of the agenda item, head of planning, Ed Freeman, told councillors that there were some positives in the application, including the re-siting of a cricket pitch, a (small) contribution to a flood defence scheme for Feniton and an element of affordable housing.
But he said, on balance the application was being recommended for refusal for policy reasons. EDDC had taken Feniton Parish Council's view on board that it would like the Louvigny Close appeal site, to be regarded as Feniton's formal housing allocation. So the Acland Park application, which had previously been the preferred site for development in Feniton, could not now be supported.
If it was approved, Feniton would receive 82 dwellings, instead of its allocation of 35.
Mr Freeman said that the Louvigny Close appeal decision had been pivotal in recommending the Acland Park scheme for refusal.
Cllr David Key asked what the affordable housing need was in Feniton.
Mr Freeman confirmed it was 15 units, which had already been met by the Louvigny Close appeal development.
Cllr Key argued that the developer did not have to honour this, but Mr Freeman confirmed that it was all part of a legal agreement.
Mr Freeman told councillors that the school had expressed concerns about the application due to the combined impact of the Louvigny Close development and Acland Park. The only way around the problem was to enlarge the school to 315 children.
But Mr Freeman went on to say that Strategic Land Partnerships (developer who applied to build 120 houses on the other side of the village last year) had informed planning officers that they owned the school playing fields – the most obvious solution to school expansion.
Public speakers
The first member of the public to speak to the committee was Martyn Smith, parish council chairman. He told councillors about the 'serious problem' with drainage and flooding in Feniton, adding that one house had been flooded a dozen times.
Mr Smith said any further development was likely to add to the problem.
In relation to sports facilities, he confirmed that the village had a cricket pitch and also a multi-use games area, so in his view, Feniton already had relatively good sports facilities.
After many major applications and the Wainhomes appeal decision Feniton Parish Council "wanted a bit of respite," he said.
Development management committee chair, Mark Williamson extended his sympathy to Martyn Smith and Feniton residents, for the pressure on the village from developers.
Resident, Chris Burton, agreed that Feniton had good sports facilities but what it lacked was safe roads for cycling, walking and running. All the roads into the village, he said, were too narrow for cars to pass.
Station Road, he added was very congested at school pick-up and drop-off times.
Cllr David Key took issue with Mr Burton's point about the roads and argued that two cars could pass for the entire length of the road from Pattesons Cross. Mr Burton confirmed this was only the case at the bridge end, and was not true of the majority of this road into Feniton. Cllr Key seemed to refuse to accept this.
Jayne Blackmore painted a powerful picture of how it feels to be regularly flooded. She said: "Can you imagine how it feels to see all your possessions on a skip, sitting up all night in heavy rain because you can't sleep?"
She added: "It isn't Feniton's fault that the planning inspector chose a beautiful cornfield for housing."
Susie Bond spoke next. She said Feniton was 'under attack' from speculative applications and the application should be rejected.
Cllr Roger Giles addressed the committee, as Feniton's county councillor. He expressed concern about the ability of the school to cope, adding that South West Water had stated that there was a "serious risk" that the foul sewer network would be unable to cope with more development
He then referred to the education contribution from the developer being reduced, saying that young children being bussed off to different schools was a "dreadful prospect." He asked the committee not to add another "devastating blow" to Feniton.
David Cutler from Feniton Park Homes, the applicant, complained about the length of time it had taken officers to determine his application. It had been on hold for 19 months, he claimed.
After the members of the public had spoken, it was Feniton East Devon District councillor, Graham Brown's turn to address the committee.
Cllr Graham Brown's view
Cllr Brown claimed he wanted what was best for Feniton and that was to approve the Acland Park application.
He made some technical arguments about the definition of 'windfall' sites (unplanned development) and claimed that EDDC's handling of the Lovigny Close/Wainhomes appeal, in allowing it to become Feniton's official housing allocation, was not allowed under national planning policy.
There was still a need for 35 homes, Cllr Brown claimed. And there was benefit in approving the application as there would be a contribution to kickstart the flood defence scheme.
It has been estimated that Feniton's flood defence scheme will cost £1.6m. The developer's contribution would have been no more than a few thousand pounds.
Cllr Brown said the issue over cricket balls going into people's gardens should not be trivialised and claimed that some parents would not let their children play in their gardens for fear of being hit by a cricket ball.
The solution he said, was to move the cricket pitch, which would happen if this application was approved.
Getting into his stride and sounding more emphatic, Cllr Brown claimed that he found the idea that affordable housing was not required in Feniton "offensive."
He added that EDDC was an "under-performing council" and insisted people from other parts of East Devon might like to move to an affordable house in Feniton.
Cllr Brown then referred to the fact that prior to the Louvigny Close/Wainhomes appeal decision, Acland Park had been the preferred location for housing. He said that building on the land was the 'best way to resist development.' He warned that other sites would come forward if not.
Moving on to the five-year land supply technical argument, which all councils must prove they have, and the Louvigny Close planning inspector ruled that EDDC could not demonstrate, Cllr Brown said he couldn't understand that if EDDC had failed eight years out of 10 to achieve a five year supply of land for housing how it could prove it had one now.
He claimed that there were no planning reasons to reject the application and said that the applicant had been treated in a 'shambolic' manner.
There followed a technical argument about 'windfall' or unplanned development and rules relating to applying national planning policy.
Head of Planning, Ed Freeman confirmed that the problem with the five year land supply had been a delay with Cranbrook, which was now going ahead. This had boosted the land supply figures and now the council was confident it could meet the national requirements relating to housing land supply.
Cllr Brown was sceptical. He asked whether anyone from the Planning Inspectorate had 'verified' allowing Louvigny Close appeal site to be regarded as a formal housing allocation.
Ed Freeman confirmed that there was no requirement to check this position out with the Planning Inspectorate, it was the council's decision. He said it would be tested at the forthcoming appeal for 130 houses at Ottery and he was confident that the council could defend its position.
Committee debate
Cllr Key took up Cllr Brown's argument. He said he couldn't believe it had taken 19 months for the application to come to committee, saying: "Someone needs to pay for this."
He also claimed that if the Acland Park application had been approved previously, Wainhomes would not have won its appeal.
He claimed he had a 'serious worry' that if the application was refused, Wainhomes would come back with another 50 or 100 houses. Accepting this application, claimed Cllr Key, "would knock everything else into touch."
Referring to Cllr Giles concerns about the school being full and bussing children to other schools, Cllr Key said that this happens all the time at Dunkeswell and in other places where there isn't a school or "where you are over your numbers with housing."
"It is just one of those unfortunate things," he added.
"I am the affordable housing champion," continued Cllr Key and it is "a superb site."
Other committee members then chipped in with questions over the length of time it took to bring the application to committee.
Ed Freeman explained that it had previously been delayed because of a 'moving feast' relating to community support and planning policy, and then when the Wainhomes appeal came in officers decided that they would be challenged by Wainhomes, if they had approved it then.
The only option officers would have had previous to the Wainhomes planning appeal being lodged, said Mr Freeman, would have been to reject the Acland Park application because it was outside the built-up area boundary and contrary to the adopted Local Plan.
Cllr Ingham said that Feniton people should be put first and said he was minded to reject the application. He made a proposal on that basis, which was seconded by Cllr Martin Gammell, who said the only person who wanted the scheme was the builder.
But Cllr Sullivan said he was in a quandary about the application being pushed back and requested the view of the legal officer present, Paul Berkley.
Mr Berkley then gave the legal position and outlined his advice, which basically related to the changed circumstances following the Wainhomes appeal decision.
Cllr Brown interjected. "What the solicitor has just said I find remarkable. It's a really ridiculous remark. Why wasn't the applicant invited to appeal for non-determination?"
But Mr Berkley replied this was quite normal procedure in the circumstances.
Cllr Atkins said he was looking at the application from the point of view of overcoming the flooding problem, adding: "The site needs something doing with it."
Cllr Pook asked for confirmation on the numbers of houses Feniton was allocated, compared with how many were allowed on appeal. Ed Freeman clarified that Feniton had already been allocated 15 houses more than its allocation with the Wainhomes appeal.
Cllr Key started up again. He said: "I cannot believe what the legal bod is saying about going to appeal. The application should have been decided long before," adding: "It was on the cards for 19 months for goodness sake."
Cllr Wragg asked why the application wasn't dealt with on its own merits. "Feniton might end up with more development than some towns," he said.
Cllr Twiss said he thought the key issue was that Feniton had got more than its allocation, but the risk, he said, "according to Graham Brown," was that the village would end up with far more housing. He asked how certain it was that Wainhomes wouldn't be back.
Cllr Brown, who also runs a building company, seized on Cllr Twiss's doubt. He said: "What Phil Twiss said is a certainty. The land supply argument is fragile evidence." The affordable housing argument is "fragile evidence."
He claimed that EDDC officers had given a "mass of bad advice," adding: "I rang the Planning Inspectorate, who were very keen to talk about the windfall situation."
Cllr Brown claimed that he knew that Wainhomes would be applying for more houses before Christmas. Also that Strategic Land Partnerships was submitting another application, based on the Wainhomes appeal decision.
The application was rejected by nine votes to two.
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Feds Investigating Two Fatal Tesla Crashes in Florida Over the Last Week
Federal officials are investigating two fatal Tesla crashes in Florida, which occurred over the space of one week. According to a Reuters news report, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are sending teams to look into two crashes. One occurred on Feb. 24 involving a Tesla Model S, which killed the driver and caused a massive fire. The other occurred March 1 in Delray Beach when a 2018 Model 3 crashed into a semi-trailer.
Recent Tesla Crashes
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported that the 2016 Tesla Model S caught fire and burned its 48-year-old driver beyond recognition. The Tesla battery repeatedly caught fire even after being transported to a towing facility. NHTSA and the NTSB are investigating a number of crashes since 2017 that focus on two primary issues – the role of the Autopilot, Tesla's driver assistance technology and batteries reigniting after vehicle crashes.
In the Model 3 crash, it is still not known if Autopilot was engaged. The report said the Tesla struck a tractor-trailer and roof was sheared off as it passed underneath the trailer and stopped three-tenths of a mile south of the collision. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Tesla advises drivers to keep their hands on the steering wheel even when Autopilot is engaged and say they must be ready to take over at a moment's notice. These are not the only incidents that are being probed. In January 2018, a Tesla vehicle on Autopilot crashed into a fire truck in Culver City. And in May 2018, a Tesla on Autopilot crashed. In May 2018, a Tesla accident in Florida killed two teens and injured another.
A Dangerous Feature
In 2017, NTSB officials said Tesla lacked "proper safeguards" and allowed the driver to "use the system outside of the environment for which it was designed," and that Autopilot gives drivers far too much leeway and diverts their attention. Earlier this week a driver was seen sleeping while driving his Tesla on Autopilot at 75 mph down a busy Los Angeles freeway.
Our auto defect attorneys have maintained that Tesla hasn't done enough to communicate to drivers that their semi-automated driver assist feature is not sophisticated enough for complete reliance. Tesla should stop calling it Autopilot because that name is extremely misleading to drivers who believe they can indulge in other activities while the vehicle is on Autopilot. It encourages them to not pay attention to the roadway, which is a dangerous behavior that puts others on the roadway in grave danger.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-crash/nhtsa-probing-two-fatal-tesla-crashes-in-florida-since-sunday-agency-idUSKCN1QJ0MC


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Home / Publications / Grasping the capital/revenue nettle: a lesson from Singapore
Grasping the capital revenue nettle
04 July 2012 | Brief Counsel
Distinguishing between taxable and non-taxable gains from the sale of shares is notoriously difficult, as the large body of case law in this area attests.
So perhaps our Government should follow Singapore's lead and remove some of the uncertainty by exempting from tax certain share sale gains?
Singapore's regime similar to ours
Like New Zealand, Singapore is in a small minority of developed countries that do not tax capital gains. And Singapore relies on the same factors to distinguish between revenue and capital gains as we do.
The test for distinguishing between revenue and capital gains creates uncertainty. Recognising that this reduces Singapore's attractiveness as a business location and increases compliance costs, the Singaporean Government has announced that it will legislate to exempt from tax certain share sale gains.
The proposed exemption
The exemption will apply to gains made by a company from the sale of ordinary voting shares where, at the time of the sale, the seller has held at least 20% of the ordinary voting shares in the relevant company for a continuous period of at least 24 months.
It will apply to shares in both domestic and foreign companies. It will not apply to gains made by insurance companies, or to sales of shares in unlisted companies which are in the business of trading or holding land in Singapore.
Generously, the ability to deduct losses from such sales is not affected. Nor is there any negative implication that a gain which is outside the terms of the exemption is necessarily on revenue account.
Would it work in New Zealand?
Yes, and it would also be consistent with steps that have already been taken.
Gains made by PIEs from the sale of New Zealand and listed Australian share investments are already tax-exempt. However, PIEs cannot hold more than 20% of the voting interests in a single company.
Gains made from most foreign portfolio investments are subject to the fair dividend rate (FDR) method in the FIF regime, which taxes a deemed dividend return of 5% of the opening market value of the investments each year, but not the capital gain.
Accordingly, the only significant types of equity investment which are still truly governed by the uncertain case law tests are investments by non-PIE investors (such as individuals or private equity funds) into companies which are:
New Zealand resident
Australian listed, or non-listed if it is more than a 10% investment, or
resident outside Australasia, if the investment is not a FIF interest for the shareholder (or where the shareholder uses the attributed income method to calculate their FIF income).
Chapman Tripp comment
The Government's decision in 2010 not to introduce a capital gains tax was based at least in part on the fact that the relative equality between the corporate rate and the top marginal rate means that, for New Zealand companies at least, corporate income is already adequately taxed without having to impose a capital gains tax on shares.
An exemption along Singapore lines would give taxpayers some certainty of outcome, rather than having to hope that their own views on whether gains are on capital account are shared by the Inland Revenue.
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A debate on mining is scheduled in the Colombian Senate on 14 November. Please send the following letter, or a similar letter, to the Chief Executive Officers of the three London-listed companies, and to the Colombian government departments, listed below the letter, BEFORE 14 November.
I am writing in support of communities displaced by the activities of Cerrejon Coal in Colombia . As you know, the history of the Cerrejon mine is one of forced displacement of communities, and unjust and brutal treatment.
First, I urge that you insist that the company abandon its proposal to divert the River Rancheria, which would cause further incalculable loss to many more communities through its negative and permanent impact on the hydrology, flora and fauna of the Department of La Guajira, Colombia 's driest region. There have been allegations that the company is conducting a consultation on this project in Wayuu Indigenous communities in a manner which violates Colombian law on prior consultation, and that inducements have been offered to community members – which, if true, would constitute a violation of the UK Bribery Act by the London-listed corporate owners of the mine.
Secondly, I understand that the Cerrejon Coal company is currently negotiating community relocation arrangements with several communities (including Roche, Chancleta and Tamaquitos) which are in the process of involuntary displacement for the planned expansion of the mine. I absolutely reject the forced displacement of any community by large-scale mining activities, because of the negative human, social and economic impact which forced displacement invariably has upon communities. I believe that protection of local communities and their territories, culture, traditions and way of life should always come first. However, given that these negotiations are already in progress, we support the communities' demands that you ensure that they receive not only acceptable housing, but adequate land of sufficient quality and quantity to ensure that community members can continue their agricultural way of life should they wish to do so.
I also understand that the agreement made in December 2008 between the company and former residents of the village of Tabaco has been stalled and that the promised construction of a new community has still not begun. This situation is completely unacceptable, given the brutal and inhuman treatment which they have already suffered, beginning with their violent forced eviction in 2001 and continuing until the present day due to the grinding poverty in which they have been forced to live. I support the Tabaco community's demand that all the terms of the agreement be fulfilled and that a new village be built without delay.
Offer these communities, as well as those displaced since 2000, relocation agreements which, at an absolute minimum, fulfil the recommendations of the International Finance Corporation concerning involuntary displacement, including decent housing and amenities, access to adequate quantities of agricultural land of a quality at least equal to the land that they have lost, investment in agreed economic projects, and compensation for loss of land and disruption to their livelihood and way of life over an extended period.
I look forward to receiving a positive response from you that is matched by the communities confirming that there has been positive action on the ground.


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Books Magazine
Three Loves by A J Cronin (1932)
Our reading groups started again in September after an August break, and the first novelist to report back on is A J Cronin.
Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896 – 1981) was born in Scotland, and trained as a doctor at the University of Glasgow. He served as a surgeon with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War 1, and then in the 1920s became Medical Inspector for Mines in Great Britain. In 1930 he became ill and was instructed to take complete rest; in this time he wrote his first novel, Hatter's Castle, which was published by Gollancz.
He quickly became a prolific and high popular novelist. Reviews of two of his most famous novels, The Citadel and The Stars Look Down, will follow. (His novel Country Doctor would later be adapted as Dr Finlay's Casebook.)
The Encyclopedia Britannica entry concludes, 'Though labeled a successful middlebrow novelist, he managed to create in The Stars Look Down a classic work of 20th-century British fiction'.
I should think many novels labelled middlebrow are also classic works of fiction! Is he much read now? He is certainly easily available in ebook form.
Review of Three Loves by George Simmers
This is the story of a lower-middle class woman in Scotland at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is ambitious, but the society in which she lives means that she can only realize her ambition through the men in her life.
She starts the novel married to Frank, an unambitious commercial traveler. She pushes him to advance himself, and becomes unreasonably jealous when he takes pleasure in the less stressful company of Anna, his cousin. The scene that first made me see that this is a better-than-average novel is an excruciatingly embarrassing one where Lucy invites Frank's employer to a meal, and then publicly asks him to give her husband promotion. All the guests cringe, and the reader cringes with them.
After Frank's death (in an accident partly caused by Lucy) she devotes herself to the upbringing of their son, Peter, with the ambition that he should become a doctor. She bravely goes to her late husband's employer, and asks to take over his job, even though it is not one considered suitable for a woman. She is given her chance, and makes a success of it.
When that firm is shut down, she takes a more degrading job, as a rent-collector, and makes a success of that, too. Her tireless self-sacrifice enables Peter to go to medical school.
Peter is self-centred and shallow, with little recognition of the price his mother has paid to ensure his future – or maybe he just wants to live his own life, not have it lived for him by a possessive mother. He marries a young woman from a rich family, against his mother's wishes, and moves to London, to be free of her.
Lucy then devotes herself to her third love – God. She becomes a nun in Belgium, but revolts against the humiliations imposed by the strict order.
The book is an absorbing character study of a woman whose forceful character is thwarted because she can only express her ambitions through a male – and who ends up being rejected by the males that she tries to control.
The long central section, where she is scrimping and saving for her son's education, sustained by her ambition that he should become a doctor, reminded me of Warwick Deeping's Sorrell and Son. But this book is an anti-Sorrell and Son, or at least a corrective to it. In Deeping's novel, the boy Kit always fits in with his father's plans and ambitions. He has no ambitions,needs or desires of his own, and is little more than a blank on which his father's ideas are projected. (Deeping writes : 'As for the so-called "oedipus complex," it did not appear to exist in Kit.') Here Peter is a person (and not a very attractive one) with ideas and needs quite distinct from those of his mother, with whom he is at odds. Her wish to live her life through him leads, not as in Deeping's book to perfect harmony, but to disaster.
This is a novel of precise observation. You can tell that Cronin is a doctor; his descriptions of symptoms and ailments are always clear and accurate. Also the book gives glimpses of aspects of life that a doctor would have seen – slum dwellings, a madhouse. He is good too on money – he lets us know what things cost, and makes us very aware of the value of a halfpenny to someone on a tight budget.
I gather from other members of the group that some of Cronin's later books are 'novels with a purpose' where the purpose swamps the story and the characters. Themes about which he later campaigned, such as the price of medicine, are present in Three Loves (in one rather gruelling scene Lucy, decides to have her teeth extracted without anaesthetic, rather than pay out money destined to help her son) but they are subordinate to the characters. This is a well-written and gripping novel, of the kind that makes you understand and sympathise with the heroine, even when you see how disastrously she is going wrong.
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On February 28 after midnight there was a burglary reported at 1600 block on High Street (Case 16-03319). There were multiple individuals who live there and one of whom was home at the time of the burglary. The 20-year-old male victim was awakened by a sound of someone walking around inside his residence, then yelling. He got up, and spotted a black male, 5'8" tall, in his early 20s, with a stocky build and medium length braided hair, wearing a red shirt and a red hat. The victim confronted him and the suspect began to leave, but he turned and grabbed coats from the coat rack near the door before sprinting out the front door. The victim chased him briefly, but couldn't keep up. The victim gave a good description and direction of travel. One of our officers located a man matching the suspect's description changing his clothes at the trunk of a car at E. 20th and Hilyard. He was contacted and identified as Kerry Cargill Stabler, Jr., age 25.
In that case, 1603224, the home of a group of males in their early 20s, in the 1700 block of Mill Street was burglarized on February 28. One of the housemates was home during the burglary, but didn't awaken. The other housemates were out and when they returned between, they found their home had been burglarized at reported this around 1:12 a.m.. Missing were electronics. Officers had been responding to the burglary on High Street, when this burglary aired and were able to link the two cases.
Stabler was arrested without incident on Burglary 1 and Theft I for case 16003319, and on two counts of Burglary 1 and one count of Theft 1 for case 1603224. He was taken to the Lane County Jail and became more uncooperative as the process continued. As he was taken out of the car, he kicked his legs out of the car toward the officer. When he was walked to booking, He was trying to pull away. In the Prebook room, he faced the officer, squared off and refused to sit down. When the officer pushed him backwards and down towards the bench, he pushed back again the officer. Deputies responded to take him to booking area due to his behavior. He began yelling, eventually becoming physically resistive and requiring physical control.
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