An application has been approved for environmental review and design review for construction of a new, six-story senior assisted living facility at 1600 Trousdale Drive, zoned TW. The proposed project includes 124 apartments, with studios and one and two bedrooms. The project features a choice of restaurant-style dining or "fresh-express bistro," fitness and wellness offerings focused on strength-based training and lifestyle management, lifelong learning classes and social events. There will also be transportation to shopping and appointments, a memory care program, walkways and patios on multiple floors and a rooftop garden.
A building permit has been issued and the project is now under construction.


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Avalanche of art leads to cancellation of Studley postcard painting auction
Lot 12, Rachel Doughty.
Lot 26, Ilona Mary Bryan.
Lot 4, Michala Gyetvai.
Lot 65 Kim Philpotts.
Dawn Harris of the Artists Workhouse in Studley
Ross Crawford 15th Nov, 2017 Updated: 16th Nov, 2017
A PLANNED auction of postcard-sized artwork has had such a terrific response organisers have been forced to cancel it – due to the sheer volume of paintings submitted.
The art had been due to go under the hammer this Saturday at the Artists Workhouse in Redditch Road, Studley.
However with more than 220 pieces of work – and more coming in – curator Dawn Harris realised it was impossible to carry out the sale in one evening.
As a result an exhibition and sale of the pieces will now be held over three days on December 8th, 9th, 10th giving people more time to view the works and if anything catches their eye, make a purchase.
"We had a meeting and decided that with the cumulative total of postcards currently exceeding 220 pieces it was totally impractical to auction all these artworks in one evening," said Dawn.
"I'm truly shocked by the response. I thought there would be a core of people willing to back us at the Artists Workhouse and to back Studley but this has gone way beyond my wildest dreams," said Dawn.
"The generosity of people and their willingness to take part is wonderful."
The auction was planned as a fund raiser for the Put Studley on the Map project, a crowdfunding scheme aimed at raising £36,660 to launch a visitors' website for the village and install signposts highlighting Studley's considerable attractions.
"We have considered different options that showcase the amazing generosity and support from the artist community and maximise the amount of funds we can raise and have decided to curate the postcards into an exhibition, where all of the works can be viewed and will be for sale," added Dawn.
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Conflict & Justice
Identicide: How demographic shifts can rip a country apart
August 5, 2019 · 11:45 AM EDT
By Monica Duffy Toft
Former US President Obama participates in a Democratic political rally.
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What happens to a country when its core national identity — its preferred image of itself in terms of race or religion — doesn't match its demographic reality?
Say a Sunni-dominated Arab country is actually a majority Shiite Arab country; or a Russian-Slavic majority becomes a minority; or a white Protestant US becomes predominantly mixed race and mixed faith.
The answer, unfortunately, is "nothing good." Internal strife, perhaps civil war or collapse often precedes a decisive demographic shift. Let me explain.
My research looks at what happens when countries cherish a central national identity — invariably made up and maintained by groups in power — and that identity is challenged by the reality of differential demographic growth rates.
Rather than face "identicide," most representatives of that mythic identity will fight back, either subtly or with violence.
Consider the most important example in recent memory: the relatively peaceful disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The USSR then
The Soviet Union's mythology and national identity narratives tended to produce heroes who were Russian Slavs, including literary figures, military heroes, cosmonauts, political elites and Olympic athletes.
Although the image projected was Slav, if not Russian, the Soviet Union was in fact home to hundreds of distinct ethnic, linguistic, racial and religious groups. But as George Orwell might have quipped, in the Soviet Union, all ethnic groups were equal, "but some ethnic groups [Russian Slavs] were more equal than others."
This proved ironic in two senses. First, much of this Russian Slav heroic narrative was constructed under the leadership of an ethnic Georgian, Josef Stalin.
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Second, after World War II, Soviet census data began to record an alarming trend. Slavs, concentrated in major urban areas with access to higher education and employment, were not having nearly as many babies as Chechens, Kazakhs, Tatars and Uzbeks.
At the same time, the life expectancy of Slavic males began dropping due to widespread alcoholism, and accidents and diseases related to alcoholism. This made their female partners, most of whom were also employed full-time, somewhat reluctant to start or expand families.
At first, the actual demographic statistics were simply falsified for public release — a very common practice in authoritarian countries. But, by the mid-1970s, the demographic demise of the USSR's Slav majority had become a state secret and a major policy concern; and even more so with the conclusion of the 1979 census, the results of which were not published for five years.
Government efforts to improve the birthrate of Slavic women and dampen the birthrate of non-Slavs came with unanticipated risks. By the 1970s, women from all ethnic groups had risen to become economically productive workers. Attempts to encourage Slavic women to marry young and have three or four children would have undermined the already fragile Soviet economic productivity.
Meanwhile, an impossible-to-win war in Afghanistan only made things worse. Post-traumatic stress disorder, heroin and opium abuse among young men added to the scourge of alcoholism. Citizens increasingly resented discrimination in education, employment and relocation permission for non-Slavs.
This WWII USSR propaganda poster reads 'Everything for the Front. Everything for Victory.'
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To both foreigners and Soviet citizens of all groups, the USSR looked like a majority Russian, Slavic country with little intermixing and intermarriage among the Muslim and non-Muslim populations. Only the Politburo knew that it soon wouldn't be.
The USSR's collapse
The Politburo faced intensified pressure for economic reform, partly to keep up with the West, but partly to free Slavic women to have more babies. This pressure led to the ascent of the young economic reformer, Mikhail Gorbachev.
Gorbachev, a lawyer by training and a true believer in communism, came to settle on two core policies to revitalize the Soviet economy: openness and restructuring.
Openness was intended to allow workers, planners and academics to work together to share best practices — but this merely made all Soviets more miserable. As the availability of knowledge of the outside world expanded, Soviets learned that none of the party's longstanding claims about Soviet technology, education, health care and standard of living were true. Non-Slavs became aware of just how much their heroes, traditions, languages and histories had been unfairly left out of the Soviet national identity.
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The resulting resentment would have been manageable, had not Gorbachev combined openness with "restructuring." This gave political voice to what had formerly been low-level political and managerial positions and created a pathway for demographic injustice to express itself politically.
Non-Slavs began to use their new access to the political process to seek greater access to education, employment and residency in Russia's major cities. Their demands were rebuffed, and the resentment grew only more intense, giving rise to nationalism and nationalist movements across the USSR.
The result was a crucial moment in Gorbachev's leadership. In Tatarstan, Chechnya, Kazakhstan, the Baltic states and even Ukraine, there was talk of a reassessment of relations with Moscow — even possibly independence.
As resentment began to pull the Soviet Union apart, Gorbachev faced a stark choice between continuing to hope the Soviet ship of state would right itself, and the long-established practice of using Interior Ministry troops to murder protesters at mass rallies. Gorbachev chose the former, and the USSR disintegrated largely without bloodshed.
Soviet propaganda poster from the 1930s.
Adam Jones/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA
Soviet propaganda poster from the 1930s. Adam Jones/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA
The US today
As you read your next depressing news report highlighting America's polarization, even on the most basic of facts or growing lack of civility in political discourse, remember that historically these are due to a declining majority's fear of losing "everything" in a democratic country in which groups vote as demographic blocs.
As with the Soviet Union, the US too has a national mythology: one centered on an identity with a white, male and predominantly Protestant Christian hero.
This white, male, Christian identity was historically leavened with another point of pride, symbolized most poignantly by the Statue of Liberty. The US has long celebrated itself for being big enough — in its space and in its economic system — to welcome immigrants; and our form of government made possible our greatest national strength: "out of many, one."
For many Americans on the political right, however, a key question has become: Is the US still big enough? Whites are still a majority across the country as a whole, but young people today no longer worry about mixing races or faiths. What will happen midcentury, conservatives wonder, when whites are no longer a majority?
The US Republican Party has become a minority party, composed increasingly of older white Protestant males. Its base constituency feels threatened by what they've been told is an invasion of people who are making the country dirtier and poorer.
A February survey from the Public Religion Research Institute revealed that only 29% of Republicans preferred a mostly ethnically diverse country and 12% a mostly religiously diverse country. Such views on diversity encourage those who lean Republican to stay engaged politically, while their younger, mixed-race, multi-faith, majority Democratic and independent rivals' constituencies often skip voting.
Left unmolested, rising identity groups rarely vote as a bloc, as dwindling majority groups often fear. They tend to form coalitions around different interests. However, rising minority groups are likely to act or vote as a bloc if they share a history of abuse at the hands of the declining majority group — like Shiite Arabs did in Iraq, or Chechens and other national identity groups did in the USSR.
Since 2017, at least two overlapping demographic groups highlight claims of group abuse: African Americans, through #BlackLivesMatter, and women, through #MeToo. If my research holds true, expect African Americans and women to vote against the GOP in 2020. The GOP's current policies at our national borders could only make conservative fears a self-fulfilling prophecy and may cause Latino Americans to start voting against the GOP as a bloc.
So if I'm right, the only way to avoid the kind of internal strife we have seen time and again in other countries is for federal and state governments to commit to a future of inclusiveness. That way, in 2050, when middle-aged white Protestant Christian males become a national minority, every American wins.
Monica Duffy Toft is a Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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The disappearance of José Rubén Zamora
The car of José Rubén Zamora, the founder of three of Guatemala's most important newspapers - El Periódico, Siglo Veintiuno and Nuestro Diario - was found abandoned early this morning in Guatemala City. I found out the news from a member of Zamora's family as I was trying to set up an interview with him for later today in connection with an article I am writing on the grupos clandestinos, criminal organizations that represent perhaps the greatest threat to Guatemala's fragile state and an end to the culture of impunity that has dominated here for so long.
My arrival in Guatemala City last evening marks my first return to this beautiful and terribly troubled land since the fall of 2003, when I spent several months here reporting on the presidential candidacy of Efraín Ríos Montt, a former military dictator who seemed in danger of winning the highest office in the land through means fair or foul. Ríos Montt, whose government Amnesty International estimated killed over 10,000 indigenous Guatemalans and peasant farmers during a single four-month period in 1982, was eventually defeated by former Guatemala City mayor Óscar Berger, who has since been succeeded by Álvaro Colom.
Despite the change in governments and the increasing marginalization of Ríos Montt's Frente Republicano Guatemalteco political party, the threat posed by the grupos clandestinos and other parallel powers, many composed of both former and active-duty members of the country's security services deeply enmeshed in a web of drug and weapons trafficking and human rights abuses committed during Guatemala's long civil war, continues and in fact appears to have expanded and deepened in the five years since my last visit.
I sat and spoke with Zamora in his office at El Periódico one fall day in 2003, and listened to why he had found it necessary to make his newspaper a forum for detailing the links between government figures and the country's criminal underworld. His decision came at no small risk, as he well knew, as earlier that year, he had been held captive along with his family as a dozen armed individuals brandishing the identification of a government ministry and the national police stormed his home, stripped him, and beat his two teenage sons.
Zamora, who was awarded the 1995 International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists and the 1994 Maria Moore Cabot Prize, vowed to me that day that ""I will continue on in Guatemala."
Hours have passed since José Rubén Zamora's disappearance, without word or ransom demand, and Guatemala's brave civil society is understandably plunged once again into a fearful and tense time, as has so often been the case here.
My hope is that José Rubén Zamora, one of Guatemala's greatest lights and a fearless champion of press freedom, will be returned to his family and his desk at El Periódico to continue on with his brave work. Dark forces seek to keep the free press in Guatemala from operating, and to continue with the stranglehold of impunity over the country. It is my solemn hope that they do not succeed.
Update 22 August 2008
The Prensa Latina agency is reporting that José Rubén Zamora was found, unconscious but alive, in the city of Chimaltenango, 50 kilometers west of Guatemala City.
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My new article on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo: Between Hope and Despair, has appeared in the Summer 2008 edition of the World Policy Journal and can found at newsstands or read in PDF format here.
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Labels: Africa, Bill Clinton, CNDP, Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights, Ituri, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni
TRADE-AFRICA: New Technology to Sever Timber's Link to Conflict?
NEW YORK, Aug 8, 2008 (IPS) - While conflict diamonds or blood diamonds, as they are known, have gained attention the world over in terms of the role illicit gems play in fuelling warfare, the role that the timber trade has played in abetting conflict has received considerably less consideration. That may be beginning to change.
The world over, though particularly in West Africa, both legal and illegal commerce in timber has played a substantial role in the enabling of conflicts in countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The ruin globally wreaked on forests is having wide-ranging consequences.
According to the 2007 World Bank report ''At Loggerheads: Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests'', nearly 70 million people—many from an indigenous background —live in remote areas of closed tropical forests, while an additional 735 million live in or near trop¬ical forests and savannas. Both groups rely heavily on forested areas for fuel, food and income.
The World Bank report went on to warn that tropical forests were shrinking at a rate of five percent a decade and that ''by the middle of the 21st century only shreds of this once-vast forest may be left''. This trend, the report noted, will have a dramatic effect on climate change, adding three billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year, something that would affect people far beyond forest-dwelling communities.
Stepping into this contentious landscape, Helveta, a firm based in the United Kingdom, is marketing software that it says will help regularise the fragmented supply chain for timber. It should also lessen the risk for companies of purchasing wood that has been illegally procured.
Labels: Africa, Charles Taylor, Control Intelligence System, Helveta, Liberia, logging
La Gran Sultana
We arrived in Granada, Nicaragua, a few days ago, passing through the over-touristed and sterile climes of Costa Rica and leaving behind Panama's rainy Bocas del Toro and its capital's enchanting San Felipe district. Now in the land of Rubén Darío and Augusto Sandino, but also of Anastasio Somoza Debayle and the disgraceful pacto between the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional and the Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, we have found something lacking Nicaragua's more affluent neighbor to the south: A country with a great soul and a sense of its own history.
Granada, a city modeled on its eponymous namesake in Spain and so elegant that it earned the nickname La Gran Sultana, skirts the edge of Lago de Nicaragua beneath the looming rise of the Volcán Mombacho outside the city. Lovely one-story Spanish adobe buildings front lanes on which both horses and automobiles roll by at a leisurely pace. Once burned to the ground by the American adventurer (privateer might be a better word) William Walker, the city rebuilt itself splendidly and remains a fine place to enjoy a sip of 18 year-old Flor de Caña rum or the delicious chocolates produced by the city of Matagalpa, just to the north. My novia and I have enjoyed wandering its streets in advance of several days of hard reporting work this week and a journey to the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte starting this weekend. A trip to the surrounding pueblos blancos yesterday brought us into contact with the noted spiritualist Andrea Peña Aguirre and the natural healer William Mena in the historic village of Diriomo. All in all, my first trip to Nicaragua, a country I have long wanted to visit, has already proven greatly rewarding from both a historic and aesthetic perspective.
High noon has arrived and the flâneur in me calls.
Labels: Augusto Sandino, Diriomo, FSLN, Granada, Nicaragua, PLC, Rubén Darío, William Walker
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Tier five signing news: Great additions for Mountain Rangers, Llanfairpwll and more
PICTURE by Wynne Evans shows new Llanfairpwll signing Marquis Holland in purple.
CLUBS all over North Wales are busy getting new faces to commit for the upcoming 21/22 campaign schedule to begin in July.
Tier five clubs, who will play in the North Wales Coast West Division One, have been very busy in terms of signings over the last few weeks.
Mountain Rangers have made a quality signing in the form of Mark 'Bych' Williams.
The experienced midfielder (below) was fantastic for Arriva Bangor during their 2018/19 Anglesey League season. That year, he captained the Busmen on several occasions, scored 15 goals and helped them onto winning the Benllech Car Boot Trophy.
Williams (yellow) in action against former club Arriva Bangor at the weekend. PIC: Arwyn Herald
Last with Bethesda Athletic in the Gwynedd League during 2019/20, Williams is a solid player in the middle who will be a fantastic addition to Alex Philp's side who should be up there fighting for the title in tier five.
The 40-year-old made his debut for Rangers against former club Arriva in a 1-0 win at Cae'r Gors on Saturday and impressed greatly.
Llanfairpwll managers Vinny Walker and Spud Thomas have made some rest acquisitions to their side over the last week or two also.
The club enjoyed great success with a mostly young squad last season, finishing up fourth in a very competitive Anglesey League.
Pwll have bolstered their attacking options with the signing of striker Marquis Holland (below) from Aberffraw.
Holland (purple) playing for Llanfairpwll v Trearddur Bay Bulls last week. PIC: Wynne Evans
The 25-year-old striker joined Aberffraw last year but it was at Pentraeth in the Welsh Alliance where he had really proved what he could do over the last few seasons.
In 2019/20, he scored eight league goals for a struggling Pentraeth side and was one of their standout stars once more. His experience of playing at a higher level should come in handy for Pwll.
Also switching over to the club is fellow ex-Pentraeth man Dylan Williams (below) – a solid centre back who will fit in effortlessly at tier five level. In 2018/19, he was Players Player, Managers Player and Committee Player of the Season at Pentraeth and is a highly-reliable player.
Williams (left) also starred for Pwll v Bulls last week. PIC: Wynne Evans.
Pwll have also announced the signings of Aled Davies, a hard-working full back who was superb for Llandegfan in 2019/20, and Dylan 'Banks' Williams who is a familiar face to many on the local football scene having been a great player for the likes of Llangoed over the years.
Bodorgan have also been bolstering their ranks over the past few weeks. The signing of Keenan Latham, who had impressed with Gaerwen in friendlies last year, is perhaps the most eye-catching of them all.
Latham in action for Llangefni Town Reserves previously.
However, a number of other former Llangefni Town Reserves stars have also made the move across to Dave and John Webster's side including John Alex Jones who will be another fine addition. Also signing for the club is former Cefni defender Matt Jones – a full back who impressed in the 2-1 defeat to Aberffraw on Saturday.
Last but not least to have been busy are Llangoed FC, who will have both a first team and a Reserves side playing in separate divisions this season. Three former Llandegfan FC players have joined former manager Arron Evans at Tyddyn Paun this week.
Ex-Llandeg captain and midfielder Kieran Fritter, previously with Arriva Bangor also, has made the switch over to the club as has pacy attacker Anthony Williams. Both starred in Llangoed's 4-1 defeat to higher league opponents Bodedern Athletic on Friday night with Williams on the scoresheet on his debut.
Fritter (left) and Williams celebrate the latter's goal v Bodedern. PIC: Richard Gregson.
Another one who featured in that match on Friday was the versatile Sammie Williams – who had scored two goals in three games for Llandeg in 2020. He can also play as a goalkeeper however as he previously showed at Arriva Bangor and Beaumaris Town.
Caergybi have continued to strengthen their already brilliant squad with the addition of Marc Thomas to their ranks.
The former Holyhead Town man is an experienced defender/midfielder who's got a great cross on him and will never back down from a battle. He'll be another huge boost to the title chasers managed by Dale Moffat.
Paul Williams (left) in Holyhead Town colours. PIC: JWO Photography.
Finally, as mentioned earlier this week, Paul Williams has made the switch from CPD Y Fali to Holyhead Town.
I backed the versatile and hard-working player to be a success for the Harbourmen and he already began to prove just that on Sunday when he scored in a 3-1 win over his former club Fali.
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District 214 named to innovative Districts of Distinction list by national magazine
High School District 214 is one of 34 school districts across the country to be named to the "Districts of Distinction" list by District Administration magazine.
2018-2019 Second Semester Students & Staff of the Month Honored at Buffalo Grove
Outstanding students and staff of Buffalo Grove High School have been selected from each academic division at Buffalo Grove High School throughout the second semester. These students and staff were honored at quarterly breakfasts honoring the nominees.
Students recognized in April for their accomplishments by Board of Education
Several students were recognized by the District 214 Board of Education in April 2019 for their academic, community service and co-curricular accomplishments.
District 214 receives 2019 National School Library of the Year Award
High School District 214 is the recipient of the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) 2019 National School Library of the Year (NSLY) Award. Sponsored by Follett, the NSLY Award annually honors a single school or district-wide school library that exemplifies implementation of AASL's "National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries." District 214 will receive a crystal obelisk – the symbol of school library excellence – and $10,000 toward it
4th Annual African American Teen Summit features the theme #LifeReady
High School District 214 will host the fourth annual African American Teen Summit on Friday, April 26, 2019. Students from across District 214 will be in attendance. This event, which begins at 9 a.m., will be held this year at Forest View Educational Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Rd., Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005.
District 214 college fair scheduled for April 9
High School District 214's College Fair will be held on Tuesday, April 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the field house at the Forest View Educational Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Rd. in Arlington Heights.
District 214 students recognized by Board of Education for accomplishments
Dozens of District 214 students were recognized by the District 214 Board of Education on Thursday, February 21 for their academic, community service and cocurricular accomplishments
Local volunteers recognized with District 214's Distinguished Service Award
Several volunteers were recognized Thursday, February, 21 with the District's Distinguished Service Awards for their dedication to our schools and programs.
Buffalo Grove teacher named to 2019 Exemplary Teacher Program
Buffalo Grove High School's Karen Roberts was selected to participate in the Illinois Career and Technical Education Innovative Curriculum Resources Project 2019 Exemplary Teacher Program.
District 214 Foundation shines spotlight on fine arts students during March 18 event
Select student artists from across the District will convene Monday, March 18 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights for the District 214 Arts Spotlight: an inaugural evening of exhibits and performances. The event, hosted by the District 214 Education Foundation in partnership with the District's Fine and Performing Arts departments, will benefit the newly established District 214 Arts Fund, empowering opportunities for career exploration and success.
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Anything In Seattle Called 'CHAZ' Probably Not As Dangerous As Fox News, Trump Claim
During the George Floyd protests in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, the police responded with tear gas, OC grenades, and blast balls. This didn't effectively keep the peace, and eventually the cops said "screw it" and abandoned their East Precinct and let the protesters police themselves. However, they aren't beating each other up with batons or spraying themselves with pepper spray, so their own form of law enforcement is very different.
The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) or the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) covers six city blocks and Cal Anderson Park. The protesters demand the abolition of the police --- a reasonable response to people who tear gas you -- and funding of community health. There's also a call for rent control and a reversal of the gentrification that made the area a playground for well-off hipsters. There are homemade signs in the zone announcing that "You are now entering free Cap Hill."
The situation is far less tense and violent now that the police have gone. What a shock. But the cops blinking and the protesters occupying the area has caused conservatives, including our perfectly sane and rational president, to freak out.
Does anyone notice how little the Radical Left takeover of Seattle is being discussed in the Fake News Media. That… https://t.co/FZWCrLQ1y4
— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)1592166875.0
Interesting how ANTIFA and other Far Left militant groups can take over a city without barely a wimpier from soft D… https://t.co/UGMttrVuSh
Seattle is slightly larger than six blocks in Capitol Hill. Trump also suggested in May that Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer "give a little" and "make a deal" with the armed assholes who stormed the Capitol to protest her lockdown orders. Now he wants Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to bust hippie heads, and he's threatened to send in troops to "take back" Seattle from ... Seattleites.
Inside Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone'. No police allowed. www.youtube.com
Durkan explained that it would be "unconstitutional and illegal to send military to Seattle." Of course, "unconstitutional and illegal" is Trump's jam. She should've said it was a minor inconvenience like wearing a mask in public to avoid spreading COVID-19. Inslee also described reality to Trump and mocked his baby brain.
From the Seattle Times:
"I spoke with [Mayor Jenny Durkan] and her team about the situation on Capitol Hill," Inslee tweeted. "Although unpermitted, and we should remember we are still in a pandemic, the area is largely peaceful. Peaceful protests are fundamentally American, and I am hopeful there will be a peaceful resolution."
"What we will not allow," Inslee continued, "are threats of military violence against Washingtonians coming from the White House. The U.S. military serves to protect Americans, not the fragility of an insecure president."
Trump spent his 74th birthday in "seclusion" because no one likes him. He was also probably training for his next rematch with a flight of stairs. He was still amped up over CHAZ or CHOP thanks to Fox News, which has out propaganda-ed itself. Tucker Carlson compared Seattle protesters to conquistadors, who "planted a flag and stole that land." If that were accurate, you'd think he'd dig them. He also claimed CHAZ was some new, lawless nation. Why the fuck is he on TV?
The Fox News site published digitally altered photos about CHAZ, in a "clear violation of ethical standards for news organizations," but Fox News isn't a news organization and has no immediately evident ethical standards. One photo featured an armed man in front of a smashed retail storefront, which was a combination of multiple images from multiple photographers. Friday, Fox's site ran a photo of a city in flames above the headline "CRAZY TOWN: Seattle helpless as armed guards patrol anarchists' autonomous zones, shake down businesses: cops." Again, this isn't the entire city, and the photo wasn't even from Seattle but St. Paul, Minnesota. It's a wonder they didn't include footage of Bane seizing Gotham from The Dark Knight Rises.
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When The Seattle Times pressed Fox News, the network said it "deeply regretted" the deliberate errors. The reality is that CHAZ isn't that scary. The protests are mostly peaceful. Yes, armed men have appeared in the zone, but conservatives can thank the Second Amendment for that. They normally support pro-gun demonstrations in public and have no problem with idiots taking assault rifles with them on their coffee runs. But if they spot anyone armed who might disagree with them, they soil their pants and suddenly remember guns are dangerous.
Durkan said as recently as Thursday that CHAZ was "more like a block party atmosphere. It's not an armed takeover. It's not a military junta. We will make sure that we will restore this but we have block parties and the like in this part of Seattle all the time ... there is no threat right now to the public."
In Sunday's edition of USA Today, the protest area was described as a "mini-Burning Man festival." If that's the worst removing the police from a community can do, I'll take it.
[The Stranger / Seattle Times]
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Rob and Joe both just saw "A Quiet Place", and one of them did not use their MoviePass. A visit to TMOS results in some studio envy. Man's best friend must really put in the effort to win Rob's affection. The controversial show promo is being discussed all over the MORE network. Marcus Certa's new look is getting mixed reviews, but only before a person knows the reason behind it. Rob shares his new headshots and Joe can't help expressing his disspointment with the results. Rob's got a gig in Ocean City, but he won't visit Old Time Photos. Rob speculates how Facebook might be improved by simply eliminating the "like". Rob and Joe need some relief from the stress of the Murder Mystery shows.


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Q: How to use behaviors in Universal Windows Platform? I'm trying to add behaviors for my card game, but don't understand how to use them in proper way - where to put the behavior etc.
I have a listbox of cards (cards are loaded from images) and want to move card up when its clicked and move down when its clicked again.
Can anyone suggest me guide on how to use behaviors in UWP apps or give me an example on my code ( which is not working:( ).
<Page.Resources>
    <Storyboard x:Key="storyboard1" >

    </Storyboard>
</Page.Resources>

<ListView x:Name="list" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Padding="50,0" ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" ItemClick="ListView_ItemClick" >
    <ListView.ItemsPanel>
        <ItemsPanelTemplate>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" />
        </ItemsPanelTemplate>
    </ListView.ItemsPanel>
    <ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
        <Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
            <Setter Property="Margin" Value="0,0,-70,0"></Setter>
            <Setter Property="MaxHeight" Value="100"></Setter>
            <Setter Property="MaxWidth" Value="68"></Setter>
            <Setter Property="Padding" Value="0,0,0,0"></Setter>
            <Setter Property="Template">
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                    <ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
                        <ListViewItemPresenter>
                            <interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
                                <interactions:EventTriggerBehavior EventName="GotFocus">

                                    <media:ControlStoryboardAction Storyboard="{StaticResource storyboard1}">

                                    </media:ControlStoryboardAction>
                                </interactions:EventTriggerBehavior>
                            </interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
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    </ListViewItem>

    <Image x:Name="One" MaxWidth="68" Height="100" >
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                <media:ControlStoryboardAction Storyboard="{StaticResource storyboard1}">

                </media:ControlStoryboardAction>
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    </Image>
    <Image x:Name="Two" MaxWidth="68" Height="100" />
    <Image x:Name="Three" MaxWidth="68" Height="100" />
</ListView>

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The EnGen Mutation Detection Kit provides reagents for detection of on-target genome editing events. In the first step, targeted regions from cells whose genomes were targeted (i.e. CRISPR/Cas9, TALENs, Zinc-finger Nucleases) are amplified using Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity 2X Master Mix. Upon denaturation and re-annealing, heteroduplexes are formed when mutations from insertions and deletions (indels) are present in the amplicon pool. In the second step, annealed PCR products are digested with EnGen T7 Endonuclease I, a structure-specific enzyme that will recognize mismatches larger than 1 base. Both strands of the DNA are cut when a mismatch is present, which results in the formation of smaller fragments. Analysis of the resulting fragments provides an estimate of the efficiency of the genome editing experiments.
The EnGen Mutation Detection Kit includes a Control Template and Primer Mix that can be used as a control for the PCR reaction and T7 Endonuclease I digestion. The Control Template and Primer Mix provided contains two plasmids and primers that when amplified, denatured and re-annealed will form heteroduplexes that contain a 10-base insertion. This structure is a substrate for T7 Endonuclease I. The digestion of the 600 bp heteroduplex containing amplicon yields products of 200 bp and 400 bp. 600 bp parental homoduplexes are uncleaved, and are easily distinguished from cleaved heteroduplexes when separated and visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis or fragment analysis instrument.
The protocol has been optimized so that PCR products generated by the Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity 2X Master Mix can be introduced directly into the T7 Endonuclease I digestion without the need for purification. Digestion of the heteroduplex is complete in only 15 minutes, and Proteinase K is included to stop the reaction efficiently. Additional Q5 Hot Start High-Fidelity 2X Master Mix is also included to allow for optimization of target site amplification before digestion.
Genomic DNA is amplified with primers bracketing the modified locus. PCR products are then denatured and re-annealed yielding three classes of possible structures. Duplexes containing a mismatch greater than one base are digested by T7 Endonuclease I. The DNA is then electrophoretically separated and fragment analysis is used to estimate targeting efficiency.
Why do I see an extra band when I run the undigested heteroduplex on an agarose gel?
Why do I see very little DNA on my gel or low signal on the fragment analyzer?
Will EnGen® T7 Endonuclease I recognize single base mismatches and single base insertions or deletions (indels)?
Can cell lysates be used in the PCR reaction?
What are the expected results using the included control?
My PCR reaction yield is low, can I add more than 5 µl of the PCR reaction to the digestion reaction?


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(A_1 – B) U (A_2 – B) U … U (A_n – B) = (A_1 U A_2 U … U A_n) – B.
The chapter this is in is based on mathematical induction, which might be a big hint.
I haven't a clue how to prove this in mathematical terms, but I know how to give an analogy to demonstrate that I understand the scenario.
Imagine people are lined up to enter a building. As they enter the building (As you introduce each union), each person is carrying a bag (A1, A2, A3, etc). When they enter the building, their bags are searched, and anything on the "No-entry" list (Set B) is removed (An airport example would be removing sharp objects, etc).
(Right side:) ...if you let them all in, and then removed their "No-entry" objects inside.
This demonstrates that I understand the problem, and through just gosh darned common freakin' sense, I know that this is a true fact.
However, I predict only getting part marks for not using mathematical induction, OR for not using mathematical terms.
No, I'll steer, and you push!
Hint: Rewrite (A_1 U A_2 U … U A_n) – B as C_n - B.
If n= 1, this just says "A1- B= A1- B" which is obviously true.
Now suppose that the statement is true for n= k, so that "(A1- B)U (A2-B)U ...U (Ak- B)= (A1-B)U(A2-B)U...UAk)- B.
Let Ak+1 be any set. You need to prove that (A1U (A2U ...U(Ak- B)U(Ak+1- B)= (A1UA2U...UAkUAk+1)- B.
The standard way of proving that two sets are equal is to prove each is a "subset" of the other. And the standard way to prove "X is a subset of Y" is to say "if x is in X" and then show "x is in Y".
If x is in (A1U (A2U ...U(Ak- B)U(Ak+1- B) then it is in at least one of the sets Ai- B for i from 1 to k+ 1, which means it is in Ai but not in B. Do you see how that implies it is in (A1UA2U...UAkUAk+1)- B?
Now do it the other way around. If x is in (A1UA2U...UAkUAk+1)- B, then it is in that union, but, again, not in B. What do you have to show to prove x is in (A1U (A2U ...U(Ak- B)U(Ak+1- B)?
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Home POLITICS We must articulate political, economic, military, policing strategy to address emerging security threats — Gbajabiamila
We must articulate political, economic, military, policing strategy to address emerging security threats — Gbajabiamila
The Editor September 15, 2021 POLITICS,
...says House ready to do more despite successes recorded
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that all efforts must be made to articulate a political, economic, military and policing strategy to address both the manifestations and root causes of the emerging security threats in the country.
Gbajabiamila noted with concern, how some "miscreants and criminals masquerading as separationist activists have emerged to wreak havoc, take lives and commit economic sabotage against fellow Nigerians and the state."
In an address to welcome members back from their annual recess, the Speaker said the activities of such groups presented a clear and present danger in the southern part of the country, adding that there was no difference between them and Boko Haram as well as ISWAP.
He stated, "These people, in their inclination for devastating violence against fellow citizens, their appetite for the destruction of private property, their disruption of academic activities, commerce, and industry, their propensity for defiling institutions of the state, society and community, their refusal to engage in debate, or to consider the possibility of dissenting opinions and alternative viewpoints, are no different from Boko Haram and ISWAP. Given space and time, they will take our nation down the same path of destruction.
"We know from experience that neither appeasement nor overwhelming violence alone will work. We have been down this road before; we know what the consequences of inaction can be. We also know that we cannot afford to be reactionary in our approach. This is the time to convene our best efforts to articulate a political, economic, military and policing strategy to address both the manifestations and root causes of this emerging threat.
"Let nobody be under the impression that there is a political opportunity in exploiting this moment. This is a time for statesmen to act beyond the petty considerations of politics, to do the hard things and achieve greatness.
Gbajabiamila said the House had rightly focused its "national security concerns on the machinations of extremist insurgents who seek to remake our world in the image of their discredited theocracy and bandits who maraud and terrorise whole regions for profit.
"Insecurity remains an overwhelming threat to all our nation's people and a hindrance that further delays the attainment of the critical development objectives necessary to put our country on the path to peaceful prosperity.
"Therefore, the 9th House of Representatives will continue to take action as required to address statutory deficiencies that limit the ability of our national security apparatus to respond effectively to the myriad manifestations of insecurity in our country."
The Speaker said despite the passage of several important bills by the House, some of which had been assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, the House was ready to do more as that was part of the reasons members were elected.
He listed some of the important bills passed by the House to include the Petroleum Industry Bill, which is already an Act of Parliament, the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill, the Companies and Allied Matters Act, the Finance Bill, the Deep Offshore & Inland Basin PSC (Amendment) Act, among others.
"Already, in this 9th House of Representatives, we have done a lot of what we said we would do, and we have made giant strides towards keeping the promises we made to the Nigerian people in our Legislative Agenda. Yet, with every new accomplishment, we confront the unavoidable truth that our work is not nearly done, and the cares that concern us and animate our governing efforts have not been met.
"But rather than be discouraged, we draw inspiration from the things we have achieved, we learn the lessons from the times we tried and failed, and we endeavour with each new day and each new effort to do better than our previous best. In this way, through our individual and joint efforts, we will ensure that in the final judgment of history, it will be said that in the time we had, we strived, and we kept the faith to the best of our abilities" , he told his colleagues.
Gbajabiamila commended his colleagues for their commitment and dedication to the work of Parliament, which he said made it possible for the House to record such achievements in two years.
He said the National Security Summit organised by the House led to the introduction of some key bills and urged the relevant committee chairmen working on them to "act quickly and conscientiously to bring those bills to the floor as soon as is practicable."
He also said the House would follow through to ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the security summit submitted to President Buhari.
On media reports that tend to measure the performance of lawmakers based on the bills they sponsor, Gbajabiamila said: "Often, Members are most effective when advocating for their constituents in the arenas of government where decisions are made. They fulfil their role in the Committees when their measured contributions help to ensure that Bills are of the highest quality and solve the intended problems.
"Legislators also honour their mandate when through meticulous oversight of public spending and incisive questioning of public officials, they ensure that government resources are efficiently utilised to meet governing objectives.
"Therefore, reducing the sum of a legislator's contributions to the number of Bills sponsored is uninspired journalism that reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the legislative function and the role of members in ensuring that parliament delivers on its objectives to the Nigerian people. It is an unhealthy practice, and it should not be encouraged."
He said the House Committee on Health Services would soon present the report on the Infectious Diseases Bill, noting that, "I sincerely hope that our debate this time will be a marked improvement from what came before."
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The 2018-19 Presidential Initiative Netball threw off on a high note with mouth watering fixtures with Civonets and Thunder Queens locking horns in Blantyre.
The games played infront of hundreds of spectators at Blantyre Youth Centre saw Civonets pruning Thunder Queens 32-20 baskets.
In other matches, defending champions,Blue Eagles Sisters beat Mafco Sisters 30-24 while Kukoma Diamonds showed no mercy against Lameck Queens with a 49-9 victory.
Tigresses beat Mimosa 41-11 baskets,while Serenity lost to Thunder Queens 44-24.
However, the games were stopped for some minutes in the afternoon due heavy rainfall in Blantyre as the courtyard was slippery and not conducive for netball.
Meanwhile, the games will continue on Friday and expected to wind up on Saturday.


Savings accounts at the moment are almost a waste of time. Why should I put my money in an account to only get a couple of percent interest. Investing into bonds could be an alternative as you although you don't tend to get any interest, the bonds could be a nice little payout if you win. Investing in Property is also another way to make use of that cash lying around, that's if you have loads of cash.
As I have been investing in domain names recently to buy and sell off for profit which really helps to top up my income and allow my wife to not have to return to work, I've decided to invest into commodities such as gold. You can sell gold for cash and with gold prices at an all time high at the moment why not hey. Although its not the usual investment, its still an investment in domains, well a website actually. I recently purchased a website that had what I believe some potential to make a nice passive income from. Although it has cost me to buy the website off the previous owner it has allowed me to put that money lying around into something that I think will get my investment back in hopefully a short space of time and also make me a nice amount of money. The other benefit I find when investing in websites and domains is the value in the domains can be in demand to end users for much more money if I was to sell off at a later date.
If your are struggling for money in the run up to Christmas and you are expecting you will go overdrawn then keep in mind the charges or fees that you might have to pay on top of the interest payments for going into your overdraft. With Christmas being an expensive time of the year, you may not want to cut back as you will want to make your Christmas special for all the family.
If you know that you will be able to pay the money back when you next get paid then why not consider using a Instant Cash Loan. These from the face of it may seem like huge APR rates and get a lot of bad press but can be very helpful to those people that either struggle to get Loans from high street banks or have bad credit scores. The process can be very stressful too with lengthy application forms to fill in asking you for everything from how much your earn to your inside leg measurement! You may also have to wait days before you even know if you are going to be approved the loan or not. Cash Loans on the other hand do not penalise you if you have bad credit. Apparently about 97% of applications will get approved almost instantly and the best thing is you will get a decision straight away online. Although the interest charges seem very high, you need to look at the loan examples. For example borrowing £180 for 28 days, you will end up paying back a total of £225 which works out at £45 interest. This can seem like a lot for such a small amount of time you are borrowing, but can be helpful for those that need it the most, such as when your car breaks down and it needs repairing, but you can't afford to pay out of your current account, you may not want to borrow off family or friends and you know that this is a short term loan. This can work out less what you pay back than if you had to pay all those overdraft fees.
Like any Loan, I'd always recommend you try and pay off the bills, cards or loans that are going to be the highest in interest or fees. Then make sacrifices like cutting back on things that aren't necessary, mobiles phones, sky tv, ipads etc.
If you are in need of some quick cash until payday, then visit www.cashloans.org.uk. They send your application to all the best loan companies offering payday loans to secure the best deal for you and to improve your chances of approval.
I'm always looking for ways to save money and with all the recent new group buying daily deals sites coming along offering savings of up to 90% sometimes on either high street purchases or gift experiences to pretty much anything else you can think of. Sites like Groupon and Living Social offer these promotional offers for a limited time only. They have a timer which runs usually for 24 hours until a certain amount of people buy. If not enough people buy then the deal is not on, but most of the time you will see quite a lot of people taking up the offer.
I recently came across a neat website that offers to list all the deals from these Group Buying websites such as Groupon, Crowdity, KGB Deals, Living Social and more all from 1 site, saving you time having to trawl through the other sites. I think this is a great idea as it means you can see a wider range of deals available, then when you are ready to take up an offer such as a 2 night 4* Break in Brussels including Eurostar return tickets worth £279pp discounted to £139pp. Deals like this don't come along often so when they do groups of people tend to panic buy as they don't like to miss out on such an amazing deal.
With Dealcollector.co.uk you can also select your city so you can view all the Deals London has to offer or any other UK city. This is useful as it helps you tailor your deal search to find relevant deals that might be more suitable to where you live. Some of the deals may be for local companies so might not be useful to someone that lives miles away.
Switching Credit Cards can help you avoid paying over the odds when it comes to borrowing money. We usually switch to 0% cards near the end of the term but one of our recent cards has run out and because we had to use it for the odd purchase here and there, we noticed the bank is now going to charge us for borrowing this money as our initial period where it was 0% run out. We didn't realise so now we are looking at switching to another 0% card.
Switching can save you lots of money but you have to be careful who you switch to and how many times you apply for other cards otherwise you will affect your credit rating. 1 tip would be is to make sure the card provider isn't the same as the one you are switching or already have other existing cards with. Make sure you close down the old cards that are no longer in use. Always look for Instant Decision Credit Cards as then you will find out before going through the main credit checks.
I am not one for wanting to borrow money and putting it on the credit card but tough times mean it becomes difficult to afford just everyday things. That isn't to say we go without the odd treat, like a nice meal out, the odd weekend away or a nice new toy for my birthday. My wife brought me an iPad and I must say I'm getting my use out of it. Hey you've gotta live right. We usually set up a direct debit to pay off a monthly amount so that the debt doesn't continue to build up. So I've been looking around for a new card to transfer my balance over too and I found some which now offer Instant Approval Credit Cards which is great as you can find out almost straight away if you will get accepted or not. This is generally worked out on your income but is very useful to save applying for loads of other cards that might not accept you and then this can have a negative effort on your credit score.
As Christmas is less than 100 days away, Got both Kids birthdays coming up in November with Joshua turning 2 and Molly turning 4, there will be more expense with their birthday parties and presents.
I'd better get more frugal so that I can pay off the debt before the 0% runs out.
My daughter comes home from Preschool and quite often she will bring some drawings or paintings from what she has done that day. It's nice to know that she is having a good time and she tells us this is one of her favourite things to do. However those little drawings can clutter up our kitchen and so we end up binning most of these. Sorry Molly if you are reading this when you have grown up a bit. We do love your drawings and hope you will understand that we can't keep them all. We do however put the odd couple on the Fridge and replace with better ones as and when.
Maybe I've just found the answer. I will take photos of your drawings and keep these as a memory of your earlier years to Cherish those special moments when you were little enough to still want cuddles, still be dependant on Mummy and Daddy and generally just so cute.
I have also decided that I will put up the odd special drawing, painting or even hand printed art onto this blog so that I can look at this when I'm at work or away from home to put a massive smile on my face and can keep for years to come.
So here is the first installment of Molly's special moments that I want to cherish. We love you lots Molly and you are the best daughter in the whole wide world.
Better than sending your picture into the BBC for them to not display it on CBeebies hey!


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Q: Finding Modulus of Complex Rational Function $f(z) = \frac{z-2a+a^2\bar{z}}{1-a\bar{z}-\bar{a}z + |a|^2}$ As the title says, I am to find the modulus of $f(z) = \frac{z-2a+a^2\bar{z}}{1-a\bar{z}-\bar{a}z + |a|^2}$ where $a,z \in \mathbb{C}$.
I'm a bit confused as to where to start. Would I translate the function into Cartesian form first? If so, I'm not sure how to start.
Thanks anyway.

A: Assuming (as mentioned by OP in a comment) that $|z|^2=1 \iff z \bar z = 1 \iff \bar z = \cfrac{1}{z}\,$:
$$\require{cancel}
f(z)=\frac{\cfrac{1}{\bar z}-2a+a^2 \bar z}{1-a\bar{z}-\bar{a}z + |a|^2|z|^2}=\frac{\left(\cfrac{1}{\bar z}-a\right)\bcancel{\left(1-a \bar z\right)}}{(1- \bar a z)\bcancel{(1-a \bar z)}}=\frac{1}{\bar z}\cdot\frac{1 - a \bar z}{1-\bar a z}
$$
Then, using that $\,\overline{1 - \bar a z}=1-\overline{\bar a z}=1-a \bar z\,$:
$$
|f(z)|=\left|\frac{1}{\bar z}\right|\cdot\left|\frac{1 - a \bar z}{1-\bar a z}\right|=1 \cdot \left|\frac{\overline{1 - \bar a z}}{1-\bar a z}\right|=1
$$


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Q: jq removing inner child node without breaking the json Im trying to get jq to remove an inner node from a json file, the json file looks as so:
    {
  "etag": "14b3796c268c87553291702c808e86dfe1e53d1b",
  "rules": {
    "name": "default",
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "xxxx",
        "children": [
          {
            "name": "dffaa42b-3f0f-425f-a9a1-a63cd35b2517",
            "children": [],
            "behaviors": [
              {
                "name": "xxx",
                "options": {
                  "key": "xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx",
                  "compress": true,
                  "ports": ""
                }
              }
            ],
            "criteria": [
              {
                "name": "xxxx",
                "options": {
                  "Name": "UUID",
                  "values": [
                    "dffaa42b-3f0f-425f-a9a1-a63cd35b2517"
                  ]
                }
              }
            ],
            "criteriaMustSatisfy": "all"
          },
          {
            "name": "7004389c-c47a-4611-9bd7-9f5dfe051d17",
            "children": [],
            "behaviors": [
              {
                "name": "xxx",
                "options": {
                  "key": "xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx",
                  "compress": true,
                  "ports": ""
                }
              }
            ],
            "criteria": [
              {
                "name": "xxxx",
                "options": {
                  "Name": "UUID",
                  "values": [
                    "7004389c-c47a-4611-9bd7-9f5dfe051d17"
                  ]
                }
              }
            ],
            "criteriaMustSatisfy": "all"
          }
        ],
        "behaviors": [],
        "criteria": [],
        "criteriaMustSatisfy": "all"
      }
    ],
    "behaviors": [
      {
        "name": "xxx",
        "options": {}
      }
    ],
    "options": {
      "is_secure": true
    },
    "variables": []
    },
  "warnings": [
  ],
  "Format": "xxx"
}

I may have muddled up the json structure, however my jq query at the moment is as follows:
(.rules.children[].children[] | select(.name | contains("7004389c-c47a-4611-9bd7-9f5dfe051d17")| not ))

This works, excepts it it return the json excluding the child item from .rules.children[].children[].
How do I have jq return the entire json file excluding the json identified in the filter?

A: del/1 is capable of deleting nodes based on path expressions.
The example doesn't seem to be minimal, so let's consider:
  {"a":{"c":[
         {"d":{"c":[{"e":"xyzzy"},{"e":2}]}},
         {"d":{"c":[{"e":"xyzzy"},{"e":2}]}} ]}}

Now suppose we want to delete the objects for which .e == "xyzz":
del( .a.c[].d.c[] | select(.e == "xyzzy") )

This would result in:
    {"a":{"c":[{"d":{"c":[{"e":2}]}},{"d":{"c":[{"e":2}]}}]}}
Unfortunately, jq 1.5 does not support complex path specifications in del/1; using a sufficiently recent version of jq, however, we can write:
del( .a.c[].d.c[] | select(.e | type == "string" and contains("xyzzy") ) )

Thus, with the above-mentioned caveat about jq 1.5, you could write:
del(.rules.children[].children[] | select(.name| contains("7004389c-c47a-4611-9bd7-9f5dfe051d17")))

Workaround for jq 1.5
.rules.children[].children |=
  map(select((.name? // "")
             | contains("7004389c-c47a-4611-9bd7-9f5dfe051d17")
             | not))


SALT LAKE CITY, Utah September 18, 2017 – Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes co-authored a letter representing a coalition of 37 states and territories urging health insurance companies to examine financial incentives that contribute to the opioid epidemic in Utah.
The bipartisan coalition announced Monday a two-step strategy intended to identify problematic policies and encourage reforms to spur increased use of non-opioid alternatives for treatment of chronic, non-cancer pain.
Describing the opioid epidemic as "the preeminent public health crisis of our time," the 37 attorneys general will send a letter to industry trade groups and major insurance providers nationwide. It urges insurers to review their coverage and payment policies as the starting point in a coalition-initiated dialogue focused on incentive structures across the insurance industry.
"Utah citizens, like those across the country, deserve to have their pain management needs addressed in a responsible way that does not promote an even greater risk to their health and well-being. Solving the current opioid crisis is incredibly challenging because there are so many layers of contributing factors involved. This letter is significant but only a part of one area of concern. To be clear, this letter is not an accusation of wrongdoing aimed at the recipients but rather an attempt to ask partners in the private sector to be part of the multi-faceted solution to the crisis.
"From opioid manufacturers, distributors, prescribers, pharmacists, and insurance companies to addicts and their families, emergency responders, recovery professionals, and law enforcement agencies, among others, we must have difficult conversations to fix a problem that is not going away on its own.
The attorneys general, in acknowledging the important role insurance companies play in reducing opioid prescriptions, hope to assess the positive and negative impacts incentive structures have on the opioid epidemic. They contend incentives that promote use of non-opioid techniques will increase the practicality of medical providers considering such treatments, including physical therapy, acupuncture, massage, chiropractic care, and non-opioid medications.
Increased reliance on these alternatives will combat a significant factor contributing to the epidemic – the over-prescription of opioid painkillers. The letter notes the number of opioid prescriptions have quadrupled since 1999, despite Americans reporting a steady amount of pain.
Attorneys general from West Virginia, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, Virginia, and Utah are co-sponsors of this effort. Other attorneys general signing the letter are those from Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
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Home Gossip Paul Blackthorne still Single or Married? Know Details of his Dating History, Affairs, Relationships
Paul Blackthorne still Single or Married? Know Details of his Dating History, Affairs, Relationships
Chandra Rana Tue Nov, 2017
Paul Blackthorne, the famous English actor who gained high success in his career with Bollywood film Lagaan has been in the highlights in accordance with his extraordinary talent and his campaign to save wild animals. Paul, who is known as the TV series Arrow actor, has raised the curiosity to a height as he manages to keep his love life away from the eye of media.
Paul, after his split with Daryl Hannah, without any disclosed reason has raised issues regarding his love life. Has he been dating someone after his split or has he married?? Paul with his closeness with the actress, Kaley Cuoco has made him the center point of attraction. So, let's know the truth to his love-life and know if he in a relationship with her or is still single. Scroll down to know.
Paul Blackthorne's relationship Kaley Cuoco
Paul blessed with his talent and a handsome personality, probably have got the opportunity to date many beautiful ladies. So, the closeness of Paul and Kaley leads all to suspect their relationship. Paul and Kaley are friends from a long time, have they made the way to turn the friendship to love??
Well, Kaley after her divorcing her husband, Ryan Sweeting was seen cozy with the Arrow actor, and they were allegedly dating which was in the limelight back in 2015.
Kaley Cuoco with her pet dog
Source: hawtcelebs
In an interview with Kaley's inside source, it was revealed that she was excited about the new issue in her life, but the answer made everyone in dilemma. Probably, it indicated her love life with Paul.
Kaley and Paul with their same interest, that is love for animals made them even closer. Kaley also shared her photo on Instagram supporting Paul's campaign to save the rhinos.
Buy a Tee here http://represent.com/keeprhinoshorny in nxt 8 hrs 4 chance to win @kaleycuoco signed Tee... #KeepRhinosHorny For IG - see Represent link in my Bio @normancook Why Keep Rhinos Horny? Rhino poaching has increased massively in recent years. In 2007, 13 Rhinos were poached in South Africa. In 2014, 1200 Rhinos were poached. Presently a Rhino is being killed every 8 hours for its horn. Deaths will soon be overtaking births leading to one thing: EXTINCTION. The ridiculous thing about it, is that Rhino horn is made of the same thing as your FINGERNAILS. As far as I know fingernails don't cure cancer or make you the world's hottest lover, as is believed to be the case about Rhino horn in certain parts of the world (China, Vietnam, Thailand). I'm running this campaign because I want to help raise money for Air Shepherd. They have 'super computers' on the ground in South Africa that can predict the poachers' movements. They then send in drones to confirm that information. Once confirmed, they send in the Rangers and the poachers are arrested. Where the drones fly, the poaching STOPS. The more drones we get in the air, the more Rhinos we save. It's simple. 100% of the money raised from the Keep Rhinos Horny T-shirt is going to the Air Shepherd initiative. Thank you for your support. I love you The Rhinos love you Paul
A post shared by Paul Blackthorne (@paulblackthorne) on Nov 27, 2015 at 7:37am PST
The love issue, however, was neither accepted nor denied by Kaley or by Paul. So, the couple made the love issue even more serious and made everyone think the rumor to be true defining as a lovely couple.
But, Kaley in December 2016 came up with her new mysterious boyfriend. So, it made a shocking clearance that Kaley and Paul were not together in late 2016.
#rex is back [email protected]
A post shared by @normancook on Dec 4, 2016 at 4:45pm PST
But what about the time up to early 2016?? Probably, they had split up due to some mishap or they were not in the love relationship from the beginning. Well, the answer is still in the mystery behind the silent lips of them.
Really, love is mysterious and deeper to know!!
So, after 2016, has Paul, been in a relationship, well the answer is down there.
Paul Blackthorne's recent dating issue
Paul, who has successfully achieved his success with his surprising talent, doesn't hold back to surprise all in the off-screen life. Well, you may have guessed the fact by now. Yeah, he is in a relationship but is not married yet.
Paul is not only in a loving relationship with his girlfriend, but also he has taken his love further in the relationship as he is engaged to his girlfriend. Paul even shared his Insta post with her captioning her as his fiance.
Day at the races with my beautiful fiancé #GloriousGoodwood #200quidup #Quitwhileyoureahead
A post shared by Paul Blackthorne (@paulblackthorne) on Jun 11, 2017 at 9:31am PDT
But, Paul, however, has not given details about his relationship with his girlfriend nor the date of his engagement, maybe he got engaged in June and posted to inform about his relationship status. Adding the strength to the mystery, Paul also has not revealed the name of his girlfriend.
The couple: Paul and his mysterious girlfriend, is seen actively together since January of 2017, so probably they met back in late 2016 and surprisingly it was the time when Kaley came with her new boyfriend.
Paul and his fiance seems deep in love with each other and often seen together with a blissful smile on their face.
Sailing the seas with these lovely ladies. Accompanied by a majestic Minke whale too. A glorious afternoon in #California
A post shared by Paul Blackthorne (@paulblackthorne) on Aug 2, 2017 at 4:44pm PDT
She was here just a minute ago...
Paul with his fiance and a baby girl, enjoying the memorable moments probably have made all to guess that the couple might have shared the parenthood of a baby-girl without marriage. Well, your guess sadly goes off the target.
Even though Paul is seen with a baby girl, the girl is not actually his child as he considers her as his goddaughter. Well, the love story goes in the flow for Paul and seems Paul and his fiance are not in a hurry to tie the knot, till then, let's wish and wait for the happy news of marriage the couple.
Also, read: Relationship of British actress, Jenna Coleman with her boyfriend, Tom Hughes
Quick facts about Paul Blackthorne:
Who is Paul Blackthorne's previous girlfriend?
Paul Blackthorne's previous girlfriend is Daryl Hannah.
Who is Paul Blackthorne's present girlfriend?
Paul Blackthorne's current girlfriend is Kaley Cuoco.
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Xavier delivers 28-point drubbing to St. John's in second round
Eri Trent	New York Sports 2018	 March 9, 2018 March 10, 2018 3 Minutes
Xavier's offensive firepower was impressive, but its defense is what powered the Musketeers to the semi-finals of the Big East Tournament.
No. 3 Xavier deployed a suffocating zone defense and an electric transition offense to capture an 88-60 win over St. John's in the second round of the Big East Tournament Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
Xavier and St. John's prepare to face off prior to their quarterfinal game at Madison Square Garden Thursday, March 8, 2018. Photo credit: Eric Trent
Xavier (28-4, 16-3) faces the winner of No. 4 seed Creighton (19-12) and No. 5 seed Providence (21-10) in the semi-finals Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
The Musketeers have reached the Big East Tournament semifinals every year since joining the conference in 2013.
Xavier coach Chris Mack praised the Musketeer's defense for shutting down a St. John's (16-17, 4-14) offense that put up 88 points Wednesday night against Georgetown.
"In the first and second half we defended our tails off," Mack said. "I thought we were really locked in."
Senior guard Trevon Bluiett led the way for the Musketeers on offense, dropping 27 points and pulling down seven boards.
Xavier continued its success at fending off a St. John's team that had won four of its last five games in New York City, including a victory over then-No. 4 Duke on Feb. 3.
It's the third-straight time the Musketeers have beaten St. John's this season; an 88-82 win on Jan. 17 and a 73-68 victory on Jan. 30, where St. John's guard Shamorie Ponds dropped 31 on the Musketeers.
Ponds, who scored 26 points in the Johnnies' 88-77 victory over Georgetown Wednesday, was held to just four points in the first half and 15 points on the night, going 0-for-7 from long range.
"We made him use the ball screen, rather than reject it," Mack said. "Our guys on the backside did a really good job of limiting his options."
The Musketeers held St. John's backcourt tandem of Ponds and sophomore guard Justin Simon to 29 combined points.
Bluiett said he knew Simon and Ponds used ball screens to get open and that Xavier's guards could use that to their advantage.
"Our guards did a good job executing, taking them out of their game a little bit," Bluiett said. "Knowing what we're supposed to do on ball screens and take them out of the game kind of worked for us."
After taking a 33-29 halftime advantage, Xavier built a 67-46 lead in the second half on a bevy of 3-pointers, including six straight points from Bluiett.
Xavier shot only 36 percent from the field in the first half, but was aided by a swarming perimeter defense that converted 16 points off eight St. John's turnovers in the first half.
St. John's isolation offense proved futile against Xavier's pack line and zone defense.
The Johnnies hit five-of-15 treys, but were unable to convert buckets down-low, or draw fouls, leading to only three combined assists
It didn't help the Johnnies had a distinct size disadvantage on the glass.
The Musketeers dominated the paint in the first half, scoring 16 points down-low after gaining a 20-13 rebound advantage, including seven offensive boards. St. John's was out-rebounded 42-30 on the night.
The first half was only kept close thanks to Johnnies' sophomore guard Justin Simon, who had 12 points in the first 10 minutes of regulation, two more than the rest of his team combined.
Post-game press conference Photo credit: Eric Trent
Simon connected on 2-of-3 3s on 5-of-7 shooting in the first half.
In the second half, the Musketeers jumped to a 10-point lead on a Bluiett 3-pointer with 15:41 remaining, sparking a 3-point barrage for the Musketeers in the second half.
Junior forward Kaiser Gates nailed a 3 to give the Musketeers a 48-35 lead at the 14:31 mark, then drained another trey with two minutes later to bring the score to 53-40.
Xavier built an 18-point lead after Bluiett drilled a corner 3 in the face of a defender, bringing the score to 64-46 with 9:04 left.
The Musketeers ramped up the defensive pressure in the final 10 minutes.
Simon said there was no answer for Xavier's ferocious defensive pressure down the stretch.
"I'm not sure what adjustments they made, but they definitely stepped up their defense," Simon said.
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Justia Dockets & Filings Eleventh Circuit Georgia Southern District Sanchez-Leyva v. Stone
Sanchez-Leyva v. Stone
Petitioner:
Gerardo Antonio Sanchez-Leyva
Stacey N. Stone and Warden, FCI Fort Dix
US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Dudley H Bowen
Brian K Epps
Habeas Corpus (General)
28 U.S.C. § 2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)
This docket was last retrieved on January 13, 2023. A more recent docket listing may be available from PACER.
November 17, 2022 Filing 11 ORDERED that the Court DIRECTS Respondent's counsel to re-serve the motion to dismiss on Petitioner at his new address. Petitioner shall have through and including December 8, 2022, to file a response. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps on 11/17/22. (loh)
November 17, 2022 Set/Reset Deadline as to #8 MOTION to Dismiss. Responses due by 12/8/2022. (loh)
November 15, 2022 Filing 10 RESPONSE to #9 Order, Set Deadlines filed by Stacey N. Stone. (Leithart, Otto)
November 7, 2022 Filing 9 ORDER: In Re McRae Correctional Facility. (Compliance due by 11/18/2022.) Signed by Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps on 11/7/2022. (ca)
October 18, 2022 Filing 8 MOTION to Dismiss by Stacey N. Stone. Responses due by 11/1/2022. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit White Declaration)(Leithart, Otto)
October 18, 2022 MOTIONS REFERRED: #8 MOTION to Dismiss (slt)
October 13, 2022 Filing 7 U.S. Marshal Return Executed as to the Clerk at the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for #4 Order Directing USMS Service of Process, and #1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus served on 10/3/2022. Cert mail signed by Michele Peel on 10/3/2022. (csr)
October 13, 2022 Filing 6 U.S. Marshal Return Executed as to the Attorney General of the United States for #4 Order Directing USMS Service of Process, and #1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus served on 10/3/2022. Cert card signed by E. Sase on 10/3/2022. (csr)
October 13, 2022 Filing 5 U.S. Marshal Return Executed as to Stacey N. Stone for #4 Order Directing USMS Service of Process, and #1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus served on 10/6/2022. Cert card signed by V. Johnekin on 10/6/2022. (csr)
October 13, 2022 Set/Reset Deadlines: Stacey N. Stone answer due 10/23/2022. (csr)
September 26, 2022 Filing 4 ORDER Directing USMS Service of Process re #1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and this Order upon: (1) the Attorney General of the United States; (2) the named Respondent; and (3) the civil process clerk at the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps on 09/26/2022. (Attachments: #1 USM Form - Attorney General, #2 USM Form - Respondent, # and (3) USM Form - Civil Process Clerk.) (jlh)
September 26, 2022 Filing 3 NOTICE of Filing signatures pages re #1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, by Gerardo Antonio Sanchez-Leyva. (Attachments: #1 Envelope)(loh)
September 19, 2022 Filing 2 NOTICE of Filing Deficiency re #1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. After 14 days a notice of noncompliance will be submitted to a judicial officer for possible sanctions, to include dismissal. Compliance due by 10/3/2022. (thb) Modified on 9/27/2022 to correct typo (kjm).
September 19, 2022 Filing 1 PETITION for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed by Gerardo Antonio Sanchez-Leyva.(wwp) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/19/2022: #1 Attachment) (wwp).
September 19, 2022 Filing fee: $ 5.00, receipt number 100000122. (wwp)
Access this case on the Georgia Southern District Court's Electronic Court Filings (ECF) System
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Petitioner: Gerardo Antonio Sanchez-Leyva
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Represented By: Otto Woelke Leithart
Respondent: Warden, FCI Fort Dix


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Patriots and Novartis tackle high blood pressure
The New England Patriots and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation are teaming to fight high blood pressure by raising community awareness of this chronic disease and educating people on the risks associated with untreated high blood pressure.
Foxborough, MA, October 24, 2008 - The New England Patriots and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation are teaming to tackle high blood pressure by raising community awareness of this chronic disease and educating people on the risks associated with untreated high blood pressure. Novartis Vaccines, which has offices in Cambridge, is also a sponsor of the program.
They are urging football fans and communities throughout New England to "Get in the Zone" by setting a blood pressure goal with their doctor and letting The BP Success Zone Program help them reach their blood pressure goal. Highlights of this partnership include:
The New England Patriots are providing free blood pressure screenings at several home games at Gillette Stadium this season. The remaining games include: 10/26 vs. St. Louis, 11/9 vs. Buffalo, and 11/30 vs. Pittsburgh.
New England Patriots alumni will lend their support of this initiative by personally encouraging fans and the public to tackle high blood pressure and "Get in the BP Success Zone."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 26.4 percent of Massachusetts residents surveyed were told by a healthcare professional they had high blood pressure. High blood pressure is one of the most important, but treatable, risk factors for cardiovascular disease- the world's leading cause of death. An estimated 73 million adults in the U.S. - nearly one in three - have high blood pressure, and nearly 40 percent of those who are taking blood pressure medication are not at a goal of less than 140/90 mm Hg.
Untreated high blood pressure needs to be recognized as a priority, as medicines that lower HBP decrease your chances of heart attack or stroke. In addition, if left untreated, high blood pressure may result in heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney disease and vision problems. "The New England Patriots are committed to working with partners to help people understand the dangers of untreated high blood pressure and motivate them to work with their healthcare professional to get their BP to a healthier level - and keep it that way," said Andre Tippett, Patriots Executive Director of Community Affairs. "Together, we can tackle high blood pressure by helping our fans understand the danger of untreated high blood pressure, providing free blood pressure screenings and providing educational materials through the BP Success Zone program."
The BP Success Zone Program (http://www.bpsuccesszone.com) from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation includes comprehensive and customized patient support and education programs in the area of hypertension. People in the program receive information about treatment, education and tailored action plans to help reach blood pressure goals set for them by their health care professionals.
The medications in this program are approved to treat high blood pressure and are not approved to treat or to prevent heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, eye damage or other serious conditions resulting from high blood pressure.
About Novartis
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation researches, develops, manufactures and markets leading innovative prescription drugs used to treat a number of diseases and conditions, including those in the cardiovascular, metabolic, cancer, organ transplantation, central nervous system, dermatological, GI and respiratory areas. The company's mission is to improve people's lives by pioneering novel healthcare solutions.
Located in East Hanover, New Jersey, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation is an affiliate of Novartis AG which provides healthcare solutions that address the evolving needs of patients and societies. Focused solely on healthcare, Novartis offers a diversified portfolio to best meet these needs: innovative medicines, cost-saving generic pharmaceuticals, preventive vaccines, diagnostic tools and consumer health products. Novartis is the only company with leading positions in these areas. In 2007, the Group's continuing operations (excluding divestments in 2007) achieved net sales of USD 38.1 billion and net income of USD 6.5 billion. Approximately USD 6.4 billion was invested in R&D activities throughout the Group. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies employ approximately 97,000 full-time associates and operate in over 140 countries around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.novartis.com.
About the New England Patriots
The three-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots are one of the National Football League's premier franchises. Since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, the Patriots own the NFL's highest win total, the league's highest winning percentage and have won more Super Bowl titles, more conference championships and more playoff games than any other NFL team. The team is located in Foxborough, Mass. - halfway between Boston and Providence, R.I. - and plays its home games at state-of-the-art Gillette Stadium, a 68,756-seat facility that opened in 2002. Patriots fans are among the most loyal and passionate fans in the country. The Patriots have sold out each home game since 1994 and their games are consistently the highest rated television programs in the Boston market each year.
Recap of this year's annual Toy Drive with Project 351 and WBZ
Through the Celebrate Volunteerism initiative, the New England Patriots Foundation, in partnership with WBZ and Project 351, hosted their annual toy drive from Nov-Dec to benefit children in need during the holiday season.
The Kraft Family and Gillette Award $100,000 to Nonprofits During Pregame Ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 1
The New England Patriots Foundation announced $100,000 in grants to 17 local nonprofits in honor of each Patriots Difference Maker named during the 2022 Celebrate Volunteerism initiative.
Wakefield Memorial High School's John Rafferty Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Year
Following a perfect 13-0 season, capped off with the school's first football title since 1999, Wakefield Memorial High School's Coach John Rafferty has been named the 2022 New England Patriots High School Coach of the Year along with being nominated for the Don Shula Award.
My Cause, My Cleats: Your Patriots chosen charities
On December 1st, the Patriots wore custom cleats for the charities of their choice as part of the NFL's 'My Cause, My Cleats' campaign.
Hull High School's Michael O'Donnell Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week
Hull High School won its annual Thanksgiving rivalry matchup against Cohasset, 24-10, for the first time since 2009. The Pirates kept their undefeated record (12-0) and won the South Shore League Tobin Division Championship. For his leadership of the team, Hull's Coach O'Donnell has been named this week's New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week.
Grafton High School's Chris McMahon Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week
With a 21-12 victory over Foxborough in the Division 4 semifinal game, Grafton High School (11-0) is headed to the Division 4 Super Bowl and Coach Chris McMahon has been named this week's New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week.
Bishop Feehan High School's Bryan Pinabell Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week
With a commanding, 48-6, victory over the previously unbeaten Reading High School in the Division 2 quarterfinals, Bishop Feehan High School football coach, Bryan Pinabell, has been named this week's New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week.
Cathedral/Matignon/Cristo Rey High School Co-Op's Derrick Beasley Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week
Following a dominating, 43-7, victory over Nashoba Valley Tech in the first round of playoffs, Cathedral/Matignon/Cristo Rey High School Co-Op football coach, Derrick Beasley, has been named this week's New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week.
Milford High School's Dale Olson Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week
Following a crucial Hockomock league 43-24 win over Franklin to secure the top seed in the Division 2 playoffs, Milford's Dale Olson has been named this week's New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week.
Brockton High School's Peter Columbo Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week
In his final home game, Brockton's Peter Colombo led his team to a convincing 35-24 win over New Bedford and has been named this week's New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week.
Catholic Memorial High School's John Dibiaso Named New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week
Following a crucial Catholic Conference, 28-17, win over St. John's Prep and renewing the rivalry, Catholic Memorial's John Dibiaso has been named this week's New England Patriots High School Coach of the Week.
Massachusetts General Hospital receives record gift from Kraft family benefitting community health and health equity
$50 million gift is largest in support of community health and health equity in 211-year history of MGH.


I'll be speaking at Utah JUG on Thursday, Oct 21 about CDI, Seam 3 and Arquillian. I'll also get a chance to meet for the first time in person one the Seam 3 community developers, Jason Porter. Jason works on Seam Catch, the exception handling process based on the CDI event bus.
CDI and Seam 3: What's the story and how do I test it?
In the first of this two-part session, Dan will provide an overview of Seam 3, a powerful Open Source development platform for building rich Internet applications in Java EE.
The talk begins with an overview of JSR-299: Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI). CDI is the new core programming model in both Java EE 6 and Seam 3 and therefore the most prominent aspect of this stack. It provides services for managed and enterprise beans that include dependency injection, contextual life cycle management, interceptors and event notification. It also includes an extensible SPI for developing additional portable functionality and customization, a key enabler for Seam 3.
Seam 3 extends the CDI programming model by providing portable enhancements, extensions and integrations that tie together technologies within and beyond the Java EE platform into a full-stack solution, complete with tooling. You'll discover how this stack is used to address common business concerns and then look ahead at what else is on the menu for Seam 3.
After the whirlwind tour of CDI and Seam 3, we'll ask the question "How do I test this stuff?" That's where Arquillian comes in.
Arquillian is a container-oriented testing framework, layered atop TestNG and JUnit, that brings your test to the runtime rather than requiring you to manage the runtime from your test. In doing so, it provides the missing link in enterprise Java development: simple, portable integration tests. We'll walk through example after example until the sun goes down so you can see that Arquillian is the future of enterprise testing, and there's no limit to what you can test with Arquillian in your toolbox.
Want to know what's going on with Seam 3?
Even if given days of preparation to draft a written response, I don't think I could have answered this question more clearly than Pete Muir, lead of the Seam and Weld projects, does in the following interview. This interview was given by Java Magazin author Michael Schütz at JUDCon Berlin 2010.
I pulled out a couple of quotes to highlight here, but there's plenty more where they came from.
I'm a great believer that what makes a good framework developer is really understanding the problems the framework solves.
Think of CDI as the core of Seam 3 - it's the basic programming model for your application components.
Seam 3 is implemented as a set of portable extensions (modules) for JSR-299 that run in any environment which supports JSR-299.
I'll add that I thoroughly enjoy working with the community and seeing the exhilarating impact a great idea can have on the group.
We also moderate a social bookmarking group where anyone can link to a #CDI extension.
Coming up, we'll start to see GWT really take its place as a first-class option for writing your view layer. The GWT integration for Seam 3 will focus heavily on integration with Errai.
A lot of pieces had to come together for Seam 3 to take shape. Those pieces are finally aligning and, now that the source has been switched over to Git at github.com, things are going to get heavy.