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Clinton with 9 point lead over Trump post-conventions: NBC-WSJ poll
Published Thu, Aug 4 2016 5:54 PM EDT Updated Thu, Aug 4 2016 6:54 PM EDT
John Harwood@johnjharwood
Clinton doubles lead on Trump in new poll
Hillary Clinton has emerged with a wide 9 percentage-point lead over Donald Trump after both parties' political conventions, the new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll of the nation's registered voters shows.
Clinton draws 47 percent to 38 percent for Trump in the survey, conducted Sunday through Wednesday. That nearly doubles the 5 percentage-point lead (46 percent-41 percent) the former secretary of state held in July before either the Republican or Democratic convention.
Moreover, giving voters the option of selecting Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson or Green Party candidate Jill Stein leaves Clinton the same 9 percentage-point margin. In a four-way matchup, Clinton draws 43 percent, Trump 34 percent, Johnson 10 percent and Stein 5 percent.
That 9-point lead is higher than President Barack Obama ever held over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in 2012. Among registered voters, Obama led by 50 percent-44 percent in the NBC/WSJ point after both conventions that year.
In the survey, Clinton's lead is built on robust support among women, better-educated and minority voters. Among all women, she leads Trump by 51 percent-35 percent while nearly breaking even (43 percent-42 percent) among men. She breaks even among white women, a group Obama lost by 14 percentage points in 2012, on the strength of her double-digit advantage among those with college educations. She also splits the votes of college-educated men with Trump.
Among nonwhite voters, Clinton leads by 69 percent to 17 percent over the bombastic billionaire Republican nominee. Among African-Americans, she leads 91 percent-1 percent.
Among qualities important to voters, Clinton's experience and temperament stand out as critical assets. Trump holds a 22 percentage point edge on "changing business as usual in Washington," and smaller advantages on "dealing with the economy" (4 points), "dealing with crime" (8 points) and "standing up for America" (2 points).
But Clinton breaks even with Trump on handling terrorism and homeland security, and leads by 6 points on "changing the country for the better." She holds solid edges on "dealing with immigration" (10 points); "being a good commander-in-chief" (11 points); "improving America's standing in the world (14 points); "having the ability to handle a crisis" (18 points); "caring about people like me" (16 points); "handling foreign policy" (26 points); "dealing with racial problems" (20 points); and "having the ability to unite the country" (17 points).
The telephone poll of 800 registered voters carries a margin for error of 3.46 percentage points.


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Human Trafficking and Ethnic Minorities: the Case of Burma
By Marie Ngiam
This article is part of our March theme, which focuses on an ongoing challenge to Australian society: Race & Discrimination. Read our Editorial for more on this theme.
The trafficking of human beings has existed throughout the ages; in recent times transforming into an issue of global importance, touching the Asia-Pacific and indeed Australia directly. Despite widespread media coverage as well as research into this phenomenon, there are conflicting views regarding which factors contribute to the vulnerability of trafficked people. The Strategic Information Response Network notes that while some reports cite poverty and a lack of education as common factors, other reports assert that in different locales, different factors increase the susceptibility of victims being trafficked. There is a clear link in some countries between ethnic minorities and trafficking victims.
Policy of Discrimination
The United Nations observes that inter-ethnic and inter-racial tensions and conflict are erupting in nearly every region of the world today, with the severity of conflicts involving minorities often ending in tragic consequences. A case in point is Burma's ethnic conflict in which the Burmese government has committed mass atrocities through explicitly targeting its ethnic minority populations. The scale and extent of forced displacement, rape and sexual violence, torture and extrajudicial killings, all of which constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, have been reported extensively by successive United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. Victims of the Burmese government's discriminatory policies are subsequent targeted by traffickers.
In its military campaigns against armed ethnic opposition groups, the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) implements its notorious 'Four Cuts' Policy aimed at cutting off four crucial links between insurgents and the civilian population: food, finance, intelligence and recruits. In addition, this policy is accompanied by a notorious 'shoot on sight' policy in ethnic minority areas which results in individuals who are found outside their villages being shot.
Stripped off their Burmese citizenship in 1982, the case of the Rohingya ethnic minority illustrates the extent to which ethnic minority populations in Burma have been discriminated against. Most experts agree that conditions in North Rakhine State where the Rohingya reside are among the worst in Burma if not globally, with government-sanctioned discriminatory policies directed specifically at them. This was evident in comments made by the Myanmar Consulate in Hong Kong in 2009. Mr Ye Myint Aung sparked a public outcry when he commented that the Rohingya "are neither 'Myanmar People' nor Myanmar's ethnic group" and while "their complexion is 'dark brown' … the complexion of Myanmar people is fair and soft, good looking". In fact, the Rohingya face abuses that have increasingly worsened. The Irish Centre for Human Rights were provided with accounts which revealed agencies of the Burmese government's State Peace and Development Council were responsible for the discriminate killing of the Rohingya, from deaths resulting from the use of live ammunition to torture and accounts of individuals being beaten to death while performing forced labour.
Discrimination and Trafficking
It is not surprising then that Burma has become a major source country for the trafficking of women, children and men in the Asia-Pacific Region. Although victims of trafficking are most often migrants, there is a distinction between migrants who flee due to threats to their life, as opposed to migrants who merely choose to seek better economic opportunities. The Advisory Council of Jurists observes how the former will go to great lengths, such as attempting to circumvent legal restrictions, as they have more to lose if deported back to their country of origin. For these reasons, that they end up becoming more vulnerable to the deceptive and coercive practices of traffickers.
Ethnic minorities in Burma represent the most glaring example of migrants who flee due to direct threats to their lives. In fact, the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children observes how women and girls from ethnic minorities who live in fear of sexual violence in Burma are later preyed upon by traffickers and exploitative employers upon fleeing the country. They are particularly vulnerable in camp situations as illustrated by the UNCHR, where it uncovered a trafficking ring operating from a refugee camp in Thailand targeting refugee children.
Similarly, corrupt public officials specifically prey on ethnic minority refugees. Regardless of whether they possess UNHCR identification, a US government report notes how Malaysian government officials transport these refugees to the Malaysia-Thailand border for deportation regularly where human traffickers take possession of them and issue ransom demands. Freedom is only possible once these money demands are met, if not they are turned over to human peddlers in Thailand. Women are trafficked as prostitutes, child beggars, and domestic servants while men end up working in substandard and dangerous labour conditions in textile factories, fishing or other industrial settings around the region.
The numerous bilateral, regional as well as international initiatives and mechanisms to stem human trafficking have failed to address the link between this phenomenon and ethnic minorities fleeing from discriminatory practices. This is through reasserting the notion of state sovereignty and the safeguarding of national borders against non-citizens. Article 12 of the Bangkok Declaration on Irregular Migration allows a great degree of flexibility for countries to implement their own laws regarding migration and immigration, increasing the likelihood that international laws preventing the discrimination of ethnic minorities will unlikely be translated into domestic laws.
Human trafficking initiatives have also failed to ensure that protection mechanisms are in place to address the needs of ethnic minorities who have been trafficked. At the heart of this is the principle of non-refoulement, which prevents governments from returning refugees to a State where their freedom or lives may be compromised. There remains a strong emphasis on the repatriation, reintegration and sometimes deportation of trafficked victims regardless of whether they are refugees needing protection from refoulement. Unfortunately, these decisions are rarely challenged and sometimes even supported by governments and international agencies.
Unregistered Rohingya Refugees – Jonathan Saruk
Australia as a Destination Country
As Australia has become a popular destination country for traffickers, the Australian government has initiated bilateral agreements with Burma as well as Thailand to prevent trafficking. Nevertheless, domestic legislation addressing the needs of trafficked victims has a strong focus on the repatriation and reintegration of victims in their country of origin. The Parliamentary Committee into the Trafficking of Women for Sexual Servitude recommended that the government ensure no women accepted into the victim support program be forced to return to their country and that arrangements be made to enable witnesses on Criminal Justice Stay (CJS) visas to return to their country of origin for short periods. Janet Phillips notes that the Government responded by accepting some of the Committee's recommendations while rejecting the recommendation that trafficked women be accepted into the victim support program. The Government also rejected the recommendation that those who were granted a CJS visa be exempt from compulsory return to their country of origin.
This outcome is particularly disheartening given that Australia is party to the International Convention on The Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It is clear that in the Burmese context, there is a strong connection between trafficked victims and discriminated ethnic minorities. Yet in denying these trafficked victims adequate protection, the Australian government is potentially reaffirming the discrimination faced by these minorities.
Ultimately, initiatives and mechanisms to combat trafficking conveniently ignore the underlying causes – whether economic or political – that motivate people to migrate. In doing so, they neglect the underlying fact that ethnic minorities flee Burma because they have been discriminated against, and this makes them increasingly vulnerable to traffickers. A sustainable solution to human trafficking should address the reasons for their predicament and subsequent flight, and in doing so rectify the long-standing injustice that ethnic minorities have had to endure.
ASEAN Chair as an Opportunity?
Given that Burma will chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014, it is essential that the connection between human trafficking and mass atrocities committed against ethnic minorities in Burma is addressed. Burma's decision to accept the role of ASEAN chair this time around, having previously declined the opportunity in 2005, is a positive sign. While there may be numerous reasons for Burma accepting the role, it suggests that the government intends on improving relations with its regional neighbours and in doing so, improve its reputation as well.
Countries within the region, including Australia, now have greater leverage to put pressure on Burma to improve its human rights record. Member countries in ASEAN will no doubt want to ensure that Burma is qualified to chair the regional organisation, especially as Burma will be representing it at an international level. Failing to do so may tarnish the reputation of ASEAN as an organisation as well as causing embarrassment to countries associated with it. As 2014 approaches, Burma's action on preventing and redressing discrimination against ethnic minorities, and Australia's own response to regional issues of racial discrimination, will come into sharper focus. In the mean time there is much to be done to right the track record of wrongs committed against ethnic minorities in Burma and around our region.
Marie Ngiam is an Asia-Pacific Studies (Honours) and Law undergraduate at the Australian National University. This article was adapted from her research conducted at the University of Queensland's Centre for the Responsibility to Protect where she was a summer research scholar.
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A man and a woman chat in an elevator until she arrives to her floor.
2: Ah. Excuse me. Good morning.
1: Good morning. Yes, that's right.
1: Your Japanese is good.
Ah. Well then, see you.
2: aa. sumi-masen. ohayou gozai-masu.
1: ohayou gozai-masu. hai, sou desu ne.
anata wa america-jin desu ka?
1: anata wa nihon-go ga jouzu desu ne.
nihon-go ga jouzu ja ari-masen.
anata wa nihon-go ga o-jouzu desu.
Words ending in -i and -na, like 'haya-i' and 'jouzu-na', are i-adjectives and na-adjectives.
Eng: Your Japanese is good!
lit: You? Your Japanese! You are skilled at it!
anata wa ni-hon-go ga jouzu desu ne!
kimi wa ni-hon-go ga jouzu da na!
You? You are not Japanese.
anata wa nihon-jin dewa ari-masen.
anata wa nihon-jin ja ari-masen.
anata wa nihon-jin dewa nai.
anata wa nihon-jin ja nai.
'o' (お) is an honorific; we add it to a word to show respect. As a general rule, 'o-' is used only with words of Japanese origin, like 'o-sake' (rice wine) or 'o-mizu' (water) , while the honorific 'go-' is only used with words of Chinese origin, like 'go-han' (rice or meal), or 'go-kazoku' (your family); words of foreign origin, usually written in katakana, don't take neither 'o-' nor 'go-' [wikibooks].
An important exception to the use of honorifics depending on origin of the word that they append to is 'o-cha', with 'cha' being a word of Chinese origin; after all, tea comes from China, so there is no 'original' Japanese word for tea.
Lesson 2 introduces the i-adjectives and na-adjectives. i-adjectives behave like verbs – we can conjugate them, while na-adjectives behave more like English adjectives.
Lesson 2 introduces two i-adjectives: 'haya-i' (is early), from which we get the greeting 'o-hayou', and 'i-i' (is good), which is a special case of i-adjectives. In Lesson 7 we will see the i-adjective 'hoshi-i' (is desirable), which we also use here for the examples.
the weather! It is good.
The key is to remember that in this case, 'desu' is not acting as a verb, but merely as a decorator that increases the politeness of the sentence. Also, we can use 'desu' to raise the politeness of the casual form, but we cannot use 'da' to lower it. Hence, '-i desu' is correct, but '-i da' is not.
This grammar is different from English. In English, we would say 'I want x', using the verb 'to want' while in Japanese we say 'x is desired' or 'x is desirable', using the adjective 'hoshi-i'.
This conjunction does not appear in Lesson 2, but it is the origin of 'dewa', which is the formal version of 'ja', that does appear.
'de' (で), as a conjunction, means 'so' or 'and then'.
'jaa' (じゃあ), also written as 'ja' (じゃ), is the contraction of the conjunction 'de' (で) and the particle 'wa' (は); this is why we can replace 'dewa arimasen' with 'jaa arimasen'.
'de' (で) means 'so' or 'and then', and 'wa'(は) is the question mark '?', so 'de-wa' would mean a polite 'Then?'. In the recordings, the contraction 'jaa' (じゃあ) is translated as 'Well, then…', but we will simply use 'Then…' often. Whether this 'Then…' is formal or casual depends on whether we use 'dewa' or 'jaa'.
'hayou' is a noun meaning 'early'. Its kanji is 早う.
'gozaru' is an old form of the verb 'to be', so the -masu form makes it a polite 'is'.
Hence, 'o-hayou' means 'early!', which is used as the casual 'morning!
When we add 'gozai-masu', we get 'It's early!', which is used as the formal 'Good morning!'.
Although 'o-hayou gozai-masu' means 'good morning', in certain contexts it can be used at any time. For example, in some places it is used to greet someone for the first time in a day, regardless of when the encounter takes place.
'osu/ossu' would be something like 'hey' or 'sup.


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This is a seriously cute restaurant. Did I mention it's vegan too? You can be sure to find brands like Raaka at this trendy spot.
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The Queen's final resting place beside her beloved Prince Philip revealed in first image of slab
By James Last updated Sep 24, 2022
This is the first picture of the new simple black marble slab featuring the name of the late Queen as she lays beside her beloved husband Prince Philip.
The exclusive image emerged after worshippers were allowed into King George VI Memorial Chapel earlier this week for church services following Her Majesty's moving private burial on Monday night. Read More
Her name was inscribed alongside that of her father George VI, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and that of her late husband who died last year at the age of 99.
It is the first time the names of the Queen and Philip have been seen together in the King George VI memorial chapel on the black Belgian marble, as a previous image released in 2002 only showed the gold lettering for George VI and the Queen Mother along with the dates of their birth and death.
In order, it reads George VI 1895-1952, Elizabeth 1900-2002, Elizabeth II 1926-2022, Philip 1921-2021. Between the two couples is a single metal Garter Star, the insignia of the Order of the Garter, the country's oldest and most noble order of chivalry.
All four were members of the order and St George's Chapel, where the memorial chapel is situated, is its spiritual home.
In a touching tribute the wreath – which was seen by billions across the world during last Monday's historic funeral service – and was personally selected by King Charles lies next to the black stone in the side chapel at St George's which is set to reopen fully to the public next week.
The flowers in the wreath are, in shades of pink, deep burgundy, white and gold, to reflect the Royal Standard, and include pelargoniums, roses, autumnal hydrangea, sedum, dahlias and scabious.
This is the first picture of the new Windsor Chapel ledger stone featuring the name of the late Queen. It emerged after worshippers were allowed into St George's Chapel earlier this week for church services following Her Majesty's burial on Monday
Her name was inscribed alongside that of her father George VI, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and that of her beloved late husband Philip who died last year
In a touching tribute the wreath (pictured, on top of the coffin on Monday) made up by King Charles lies next to the black stone in the side chapel at St George's which is set to reopen fully to the public next week
There is also rosemary, for remembrance, myrtle, a symbol of happy marriage, and English oak, which symbolises the strength of love.
A woman who took the picture on Wednesday had been at a service in the chapel. She said: 'I went in there for a prayer service and was luckily enough to be able to view the final resting place of Her Majesty.
'As you can imagine it was very moving to be able to pay my respects to our beloved Queen. I recognised the stone from pictures I'd seen in the media over the funeral period but I soon realised that the names of the Queen and Prince Philip had since been added.
'It was very moving to see their names like that and think of them together for eternity. And I feel extremely fortunate to have been among the first members of the public to have been able to see this.
'I'm sure others will want to travel to see this in the future as it's such a simple but beautiful motif – and so many millions of people were so moved by the Queen's death.'
Attendees were left stunned after being told at the start there would be 'an opportunity to see the late Queen's resting place'. One visitor was seen mouthing to a woman next to her: 'Oh my gosh ! That's amazing.'
The 30-minute service also featured prayers for King Charles and the congregation was asked to remember him and other members of the Royal Family at 'this mournful time'.
The Royal Family released a never-before-seen image showing Queen Elizabeth II hiking in the heather at Balmoral in Scotland as her funeral was held
Her Majesty was interred alongside her husband, Prince Philip, and her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Pictured: A stone in the George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's Chapel in Windsor, where the Queen Mother was laid to rest in 2002
Following the conclusion of evensong worshippers, were invited forward to walk through the historic chapel and past the slab on which the Queen's coffin rested on Monday and which then lowered into the vault.
Gathered from the gardens at Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Highgrove House, the King made the wreath was made up without floral foam but a nest of English moss to ensure sustainability.
The official Royal Family Twitter account revealed that, at The King's request, the myrtle included in the wreath is cut from a plant grown from the sprig of myrtle that was in The Queen's wedding bouquet in 1947.
Gardener and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh told the BBC: 'Our history was in that wreath. There were oak leaves there. There are oak trees in Great Windsor Park that were growing when William the Conqueror invaded in 1066. Some of them are still there.'
The fresh stone now says, in list form, 'George VI 1895-1952' and 'Elizabeth 1900-2002' followed by a metal Garter Star, and then 'Elizabeth II 1926-2022' and 'Philip 1921-2021'.
All four royals were members of the Order of the Garter, which has St George's Chapel as its spiritual home.
When Philip died 17 months ago, his coffin was interred in the royal vault of St George's, ready to be moved to the memorial chapel – a pale stone annex added on to the north side of the building behind the North Quire Aisle in 1969 – when the Queen died.
Other floral tributes seen in the chapel were also from last Monday's funeral service and thought to have come from other members of the Royal Family as well as household staff.
The new slab was laid immediately after last Monday's funeral service and St George's Chapel opened again for regular church services on Wednesday.
A private service, which was due to start at 7.30pm, took place away from the public's gaze where King Charles buried his mother the Queen. This rarely seen picture from 1947 was released this week
King Charles III places the Queen's Company Camp Colour of the Grenadier Guards on Her Majesty's coffin at Monday's committal service
The new monarch was tearful as he bade farewell to his mother at Monday afternoon's committal service at St George's Chapel in Windsor
Members of the public threw flowers and bouquets which covered the royal hearse as the Queen arrived in Windsor on Monday afternoon
Worshippers who were allowed in were left stunned when they were told they would be allowed to visit the Queen's final resting place – with an audible intake of breathe at the lucky privilege.
A woman who attended a service and passed the picture to MailOnline said:'I went in there for a prayer service and was luckily enough to be able to view the final resting place of Her Majesty.
'As you can imagine it was very moving to be able to pay my respects to our beloved Queen.
'I recognised the stone from pictures I'd seen in the media over the funeral period but I soon realised that the names of the Queen and Prince Philip had since been added.
'It was very moving to see their names like that and think of them together for eternity.
'And I feel extremely fortunate to have been among the first members of the public to have been able to see this.
Also in the vault are the remains of the Queen's sister Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, was cremated, and her ashes were initially placed in the royal vault, before being moved to the George VI memorial chapel with her parents' coffins when the Queen Mother died weeks later.
The public will be able to view the Queen's final resting place from next week but will have to pay for the privilege, it can be revealed.
The Imperial State Crown is removed from the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during the Committal Service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle
King Charles III and members of the royal family follow behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre, as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey after her State Funeral
The Dean of Windsor, The Rt Revd David Conner, places the Imperial State Crown, and orb and sceptre on the high altar during the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth
The chapel, which is currently closed during the period of royal morning, will reopen to visitors on Thursday September 29 as part of a general tour of Windsor Castle, costing up to £28.50 for adults and £15.50 for children.
The castle is only open five days a week from Thursday through to Monday – but St George's Chapel is closed to the public on Sundays as it is a living place of worship.
Castle tours are run by the Royal Collection Trust (RCT), a registered charity and a department of the Royal Household. No profits are kept by the Royal Family.
Income generated from admissions and other commercial activities is used for the upkeep of the Royal Collection, one of the largest and most important art collections in the world and one of the last great European royal collections to remain intact.
Containing thousands of artworks and antiques, the collection is not owned by The King as a private individual but is held in trust by the sovereign for his successors and the nation.
Its treasures are spread among some 15 royal residences and former residences across the UK, most of which are regularly open to the public.
There may be some surprise, however, that those wishing to see the Queen's resting place and pay their respects will have to pay in order to do it.
Sources stressed, however, that the RCT is a charity and suffered a £30million deficit as a result of the pandemic.
There is also likely to be concern that St George's Chapel could be overrun with mourners, particularly as the family memorial is so small and visitors can only peer into it through a small metal gate.
A sea of people, holding flags and bunting, lined the route into Windsor as Her Majesty made her final journey on Monday afternoon
The Grenadier Guards seamlessly transferred the Queen's coffin on Monday, moving it safely to each point in the funeral and procession
King Charles, Camilla, Queen Consort, Anne, Princess Royal, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Sophie, Countess of Wessex follow behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II with the Imperial State Crown resting on top of it carried by pallbearers as it departs Westminster Abbey
The pallbearing team of eight Grenadier Guards inched their way up the steps of St George's Chapel in Windsor and were followed by members of the Royal family
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II being carried by the right pallbearers leaving the State Funeral held at Westminster Abbey
More than 4,000 military personnel were involved in the Queen's state funeral, which ended at St George's Chapel, in Windsor, pictured above
Given that 250,000 wellwishers queued for up to 14 hours to view the Queen lying in state, Windsor staff could face long waiting lines and bottlenecks.
An RCT spokesman stressed, however, that only a limited number of castle tickets are sold each day in timed, 15-minute slots.
George VI died in February 1952 at the age of just 56 – a moment the Queen always marked privately at her Sandringham estate. Her mother passed away aged 101 in March 2002. The Queen lost her sister, Princess Margaret, the previous month at the age of 71.
King George's coffin had been originally placed in the Royal Vault. But as it was his wish to rest in his own chapel with his beloved wife, a memorial chapel that bears his name was built by his eldest daughter in 1969.
Their resting place was marked by a black ledger with the inscriptions King George VI 1895-1952 and Elizabeth 1900-2002 in gold lettering. Margaret's ashes were initially placed in the Royal Vault, before being moved to the memorial chapel when the Queen Mother died weeks later.
After an historic State Funeral in London and committal ceremony at Windsor on Monday, the late Queen's coffin was taken down into the vault but later brought back up along with that of Prince Philip, who died last April at the age of 99.
Their remains were then interred in the tiny family memorial annex built on the north side of St George's Chapel.
The coffins were gently lowered 18ft to lie one on top of the other, supported by a metal frame, inside the 10ft by 14ft chamber. An RCT spokesman said visitors would not be able to bring flowers inside the castle.
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Deion Sanders Cited in Domestic Dispute
By Katie Kindelan April 25, 2012
Former NFL hall of famer Deion Sanders was cited for misdemeanor simple assault late Tuesday, one day after an altercation with his estranged wife, Pilar, who was arrested for misdemeanor family violence.
Police in Prosper, Texas, where the couple live, said further investigation of the domestic violence claims led to a charge also being filed against the football star. The charge, which did not lead to Sanders' arrest, covers any act considered aggressive and carries a fine of up to $500, Prosper police spokesman Celso Martinez told the Associated Press.
Sanders' arrest is the latest chapter in a "War of Roses" divorce drama that neither side has been afraid to make public.
On Monday the Hall of Famer tweeted that his estranged wife attacked him in front of their kids.
"Pray for me and my kids now! They just witnessed their mother and a friend jump me in my room. She's going to jail n I'm pressing charges!," he wrote. He also posted a photo of himself with two of his sons, ages 10 and 12, filling out police reports. He later removed the photos from the site.
Pilar was charged with misdemeanor assault and held overnight in the Collin County Jail with bond set at $264. She was released Tuesday and ordered to stay away from their home for 60 days. The judge also barred her from threatening or harassing her husband, according to the Associated Press.
"I understand that I have very little chance at beating a Hall of Fame, two-sport man that everyone seems to love and adore," she said to reporters outside the jail after her release. "I'm a full-time mom, 100 percent for my children. And I just haven't been given a fair shake."
Sanders filed for divorce from Pilar in December after 13 years of marriage but the couple has continued to live together in their 10-bedroom, 29,000-square-foot home in Prosper with their three children. Sanders' attorney, Rick Robertson, has said the couple live in separate areas within the home.
Sanders, nicknamed "Primetime," became an icon in the Dallas area during his five seasons as a cornerback with the Cowboys. He now works as an analyst for the NFL Network. The couple starred in a 2008 reality show, " Deion & Pilar Prime Time Love," that aired on the Oxygen network.
While it is not clear what happened exactly on Monday night, Deion insists via Twitter that he did not fight back: "Strength is not only based on what u can lift,push,pull,press,carry,hold or squat. Its also measured by WHAT U CAN WALK AWAY FROM! Truth."
Sanders also spoke out to Dallas television station KXAS after his wife's arrest.
"Is somebody going have to die?" he said. "Is it going to be me before the court does something and gets this woman out of my house? It's absurd."
Pilar has accused Sanders of cheating on her with entertainment producer Tracey Edmonds.
In February, she filed a suit against her husband and his aunt, Laura Jones, in which she claimed the aunt attacked her in their home while Sanders watched.
She has also filed a $200 million defamation lawsuit against her husband and his daughter, Deiondra, for calling her a "gold diggin' h*e" on Twitter. Deion defends himself against those allegations by insisting that he wasn't lying and that his statement shouldn't be considered libel if there was any truth to his words.
ABC News' Michael Ono and the Associated Press contributed to this report.


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CLASIC Tool Predicts Costs, Co-Benefits, and Climate Resilience for Stormwater Infrastructure
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Stormwater project designers often have numerous design and configuration options that would match the parameters of a project site. Their challenge becomes identifying the options that will provide maximum environmental, social, and economic benefits at minimal costs.
A new decision-support tool developed by the Water Research Foundation (WRF; Denver) aims to make that challenge easier. WRF's Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs (CLASIC) tool, released in April, lets users weigh the long-term pros and cons of different infrastructure designs. Using climatological, geographic, and historical data, the free tool also enables users to quantify factors beyond stormwater management such as community co-benefits and climate-change resilience.
"This is the culmination of a multi-year effort to provide stakeholders with powerful tools for comparing the costs and benefits of stormwater infrastructure alternatives," said Peter Grevatt, WRF Chief Executive Officer in an April release.
Providing Actionable Data
CLASIC users begin by defining their project area. Using built-in geographic information system (GIS) capabilities, they identify such site-specific factors as percentage of impervious surface area, soil types, and slope. Next, they can access relevant information from such sources as the U.S. Census, the National Land Cover Database, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BASINS Model to provide a baseline for the defined project area's climatological and hydrological conditions. Optionally, CLASIC can incorporate international-standard climate change scenarios to consider how infrastructure built today could perform differently tomorrow.
From there, users can model a range of both green and gray infrastructure — rain gardens, infiltration trenches, permeable pavement, underground storage tanks, and more — appropriate for the site. CLASIC can recommend interventions to prioritize specific targets, such as pollution reduction, regulatory compliance, and life-cycle costs.
The Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs (CLASIC) tool is a new, free-to-use decision-support resource that compares the performance, life-cycle costs, and co-benefits of various stormwater management solutions. Developed by the Water Research Foundation (WRF; Denver, Colorado) with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CLASIC is already growing in popularity among municipal infrastructure planners. Image courtesy of WRF/EPA
Unique to the CLASIC tool is its ability to estimate and quantify the co-benefits of new infrastructure. This feature facilitates comparison between important factors such as mental health benefits, improved biodiversity, and urban-heat mitigation, which are often qualitative. Each modeled scenario assigns a score out of five points that measures the environmental, social, or economic improvements of new infrastructure compared to current conditions. The user has the option to prioritize infrastructure recommendations based on specific co-benefits.
CLASIC has been in production since 2016, funded by a nearly $2 million U.S. EPA grant. In addition to WRF, stormwater experts from several U.S. universities, engineering firms, and nonprofits — including the Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Virginia) — contributed to the tool's development.
CLASIC's early adopters already are reporting its usefulness as a decision-support tool.
In Kansas City, Missouri, city engineers used CLASIC to optimize their plans for a series of 62 rain gardens each covering about 93 m2 (1,000 ft2) on recently vacated urban lots. A case study about the project describes that users wanted to determine whether the potential benefits associated with including two trees in each rain garden would justify their implementation costs. According to CLASIC's estimations, including the trees would more than double infiltration rates and halve runoff, compared to tree-less gardens. Although adding trees entails significant upfront costs, the case study describes, their addition cuts the cost of reducing 0.45 kg (1 lb) of phosphorus in half from $0.22 without the trees to $0.11 with them. Including trees also would notably increase co-benefit scores, according to the analysis.
Using CLASIC's climate-change modeling capabilities, planners in San Diego wanted to determine whether three new 2,830-m3 (100,000-ft3) detention basins would remain cost-effective under a potential scenario. In this drier and hotter scenario, the city would receive 15% less annual precipitation and face 10% higher evaporation rates. According to the tool's output, this climate would increase the life-cycle costs of the basins by about $90,000 due to more frequent irrigation needs.
In current conditions, the basins would increase rainfall infiltration rates by about 10%, helping replenish local groundwater. In the hot-and-dry scenario, however, they would reduce infiltration and potentially undermine the area's groundwater supplies.
CLASIC helped project planners understand that the basins were too sensitive to shifts in precipitation patterns, and therefore not an ideal approach for the site, a case study about the project describes.
Users in Fort Collins, Colorado, wanted to deploy enough green infrastructure to prevent street flooding during a 25-mm (1-in.) rainfall event. They tested three scenarios using CLASIC.
First, they modeled a 0.8-ha (2-ac) pond in their project area. It was predicted to capture approximately 8,500 m3 (300,000 ft3)of runoff and reduce total suspended solids (TSS) by 15%.
Second, they simulated a decentralized approach that would install 38 sand filters, 57 rain gardens, and permeable pavement. The decentralized approach resulted in a slightly higher runoff-capture capacity in addition to decreasing both TSS and runoff generation by about 50% while increasing infiltration rates by 20%.
Third, they considered a mixture of both, featuring a smaller pond alongside permeable pavement, 19 sand filters, and 4 rain gardens. The hybrid option was projected to reduce TSS by 30% and runoff by 15%.
Although CLASIC estimated that the second option would provide superior stormwater management performance by a wide margin over other options, it also showed that the decentralized approach would be more than nine times as expensive over the next 35 years as the pond-only option and more than twice as expensive as the hybrid option. The hybrid option — at less than half the life-cycle cost of the decentralized approach — turned out to be the most cost-effective option, project documents describe.
Access the new CLASIC tool for free at https://clasic.erams.com/.
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Q: Unable to correctly parse JSON body I am successfully able to retrieve the JSON body from a URL in Visual Studio 2019 using Newtonsoft library. However I'm having difficulty in parsing out the only variable I am interested in.
I've tried to follow some guides on here that I don't seem to have either implemented correctly or haven't fully understood (I'm pretty new to this).
e.g.
Unexpected character encountered while parsing API response
RAW JSON:
{"deviceId":37,"longMacAddress":"5884e40000000439","shortMacAddress":259,"hoplist":"(259,3)","associationTime":"2019-06-10 22:43:54","lifeCheckInterval":5,"lastLiveCheck":"2019-06-11 07:11:37","onlineStatus":1,"txPowerValue":14,"deviceType":1,"frequencyBand":1,"lastLivecheck":"2019-06-11 07:11:36","disassociationState":0,"firmwareUpdateActivated":0,"firmwareUpdatePackagesSent":0,"firmwareUpdatePackagesUnsent":0,"firmwareUpdateInProgress":0,"deviceIdOem":"-1","deviceNameOem":"-1","deviceCompanyOem":"-1","binaryInputCount":0,"binaryOutputCount":0,"analogInputCount":0,"characterStringCount":1,"location":[{"location":"UK","locationWriteable":1,"changedAt":"2019-06-10 23:40:50"}],"description":[{"description":"DevKit","descriptionWriteable":1,"changedAt":"2019-06-10 23:40:54"}],"binaryInput":[],"binaryOutput":[],"analogInput":[],"characterString":[{"characterString":"149+0.0+99+26.5+0","characterStringWriteable":1,"changedAt":"2019-06-11 06:45:02"}]}

MY MAIN CODE:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace API_JSON_1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var client = new WebClient();
            var JSON = client.DownloadString("http://192.168.0.254:8000/nodes/longmac/5884e40000000439");
            Console.WriteLine(JSON);
            Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------");
            CharacterString CSV = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CharacterString>(JSON);
            Console.WriteLine("Sensor data: " + CSV.CharacterStringCharacterString);
        }
    }
}

MY CHARACTER STRING CLASS:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace API_JSON_1
{
    public class CharacterStrings
    {
        public CharacterStrings CharString { get; set; }
    }

    public class CharacterString
    {   public string CharacterStringCharacterString { get; set; }
        public long CharacterStringWriteable { get; set; }
        public DateTimeOffset ChangedAt { get; set; }
    }
}

OUTPUT TO THE CONSOLE:
{"deviceId":37,"longMacAddress":"5884e40000000439","shortMacAddress":259,"hoplis
t":"(259,3)","associationTime":"2019-06-10 22:43:54","lifeCheckInterval":5,"last
LiveCheck":"2019-06-11 06:56:37","onlineStatus":1,"txPowerValue":14,"deviceType"
:1,"frequencyBand":1,"lastLivecheck":"2019-06-11 06:56:33","disassociationState"
:0,"firmwareUpdateActivated":0,"firmwareUpdatePackagesSent":0,"firmwareUpdatePac
kagesUnsent":0,"firmwareUpdateInProgress":0,"deviceIdOem":"-1","deviceNameOem":"
-1","deviceCompanyOem":"-1","binaryInputCount":0,"binaryOutputCount":0,"analogIn
putCount":0,"characterStringCount":1,"location":[{"location":"UK","locati
onWriteable":1,"changedAt":"2019-06-10 23:40:50"}],"description":[{"description"
:"DevKit","descriptionWriteable":1,"changedAt":"2019-06-10 23:40:54"}],"binaryIn
put":[],"binaryOutput":[],"analogInput":[],"characterString":[{"characterString"
:"149+0.0+99+26.5+0","characterStringWriteable":1,"changedAt":"2019-06-11 06:45:
02"}]}
----------------------------------------------
Sensor data:
Press any key to continue . . .

Obviously I was expecting/hoping that the penultimate line there would read:
"Sensor data: 149+0.0+99+26.5+0"

A: In order for this to work you have to modify your classes like this:
public class CharacterStrings
{
    public List<CharacterStringObject> CharacterString { get; set; }
}

public class CharacterStringObject
{
    public string CharacterString { get; set; }
    public long CharacterStringWriteable { get; set; }
    public DateTime ChangedAt { get; set; }
}

After that, after you read your JSON like that:
CharacterString CSV = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CharacterString>(JSON);

You end up with List<CharacterStringObject> with one element in it. So you take the first one like that and print it:
Console.WriteLine("Sensor data: " + CSV.CharacterString.First().CharacterString);

Cheers,
Edit: Tested it locally with your given JSON, works fine

A: The CharacterString property in the json is  an array of objects. Also the first property in those objects is characterString. Below is a working example
Output is Sensor Data: 149+0.0+99+26.5+0
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace SOTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var json =
                "{\"deviceId\":37,\"longMacAddress\":\"5884e40000000439\",\"shortMacAddress\":259,\"hoplist\":\"(259,3)\",\"associationTime\":\"2019-06-10 22:43:54\",\"lifeCheckInterval\":5,\"lastLiveCheck\":\"2019-06-11 07:11:37\",\"onlineStatus\":1,\"txPowerValue\":14,\"deviceType\":1,\"frequencyBand\":1,\"lastLivecheck\":\"2019-06-11 07:11:36\",\"disassociationState\":0,\"firmwareUpdateActivated\":0,\"firmwareUpdatePackagesSent\":0,\"firmwareUpdatePackagesUnsent\":0,\"firmwareUpdateInProgress\":0,\"deviceIdOem\":\"-1\",\"deviceNameOem\":\"-1\",\"deviceCompanyOem\":\"-1\",\"binaryInputCount\":0,\"binaryOutputCount\":0,\"analogInputCount\":0,\"characterStringCount\":1,\"location\":[{\"location\":\"UK\",\"locationWriteable\":1,\"changedAt\":\"2019-06-10 23:40:50\"}],\"description\":[{\"description\":\"DevKit\",\"descriptionWriteable\":1,\"changedAt\":\"2019-06-10 23:40:54\"}],\"binaryInput\":[],\"binaryOutput\":[],\"analogInput\":[],\"characterString\":[{\"characterString\":\"149+0.0+99+26.5+0\",\"characterStringWriteable\":1,\"changedAt\":\"2019-06-11 06:45:02\"}]}";

            var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CharacterStrings>(json);
            Console.WriteLine($"Sensor Data: {obj.CharacterString.First().CharacterString}");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        public class CharacterStrings
        {
            public List<Characters> CharacterString { get; set; }
        }

        public class Characters
        {   public string CharacterString { get; set; }
            public long CharacterStringWriteable { get; set; }
            public DateTime ChangedAt { get; set; }
        }
    }
}

A: You are defining the CSV object with CharacterSting. I should be CharacterStrings and Inside the CharacterStrings class it should to be array because your JSON is an array

A: Welcome to StackOverflow!
Something you need to keep in mind when converting a json string to an object (ie: Deserialize) is that the object to which you are converting the string into needs to match the format of the json string. In your case, the json string does not match the object to which you are converting.
Once you have the correct object, this will give you the output you want:
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string JSON = "{\"deviceId\":37,\"longMacAddress\":\"5884e40000000439\",\"shortMacAddress\":259,\"hoplist\":\"(259,3)\",\"associationTime\":\"2019-06-10 22:43:54\",\"lifeCheckInterval\":5,\"lastLiveCheck\":\"2019-06-11 07:11:37\",\"onlineStatus\":1,\"txPowerValue\":14,\"deviceType\":1,\"frequencyBand\":1,\"lastLivecheck\":\"2019-06-11 07:11:36\",\"disassociationState\":0,\"firmwareUpdateActivated\":0,\"firmwareUpdatePackagesSent\":0,\"firmwareUpdatePackagesUnsent\":0,\"firmwareUpdateInProgress\":0,\"deviceIdOem\":\"-1\",\"deviceNameOem\":\"-1\",\"deviceCompanyOem\":\"-1\",\"binaryInputCount\":0,\"binaryOutputCount\":0,\"analogInputCount\":0,\"characterStringCount\":1,\"location\":[{\"location\":\"UK\",\"locationWriteable\":1,\"changedAt\":\"2019-06-10 23:40:50\"}],\"description\":[{\"description\":\"DevKit\",\"descriptionWriteable\":1,\"changedAt\":\"2019-06-10 23:40:54\"}],\"binaryInput\":[],\"binaryOutput\":[],\"analogInput\":[],\"characterString\":[{\"characterString\":\"149+0.0+99+26.5+0\",\"characterStringWriteable\":1,\"changedAt\":\"2019-06-11 06:45:02\"}]}";
        Console.WriteLine(JSON);
        Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------");
        RootObject CSV = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(JSON);

        // Option 1: Loop over the items in your List<CharacterString>...

        foreach (var cs in CSV.characterString)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Sensor data: " + cs.characterString);
        }

        // Option 2: Or, if you know there is only one in the list...

        Console.WriteLine("Sensor data: " + CSV.characterString.First().characterString);
   }

EDIT to explain the code above: Because characterString is a List<CharacterString>, it's technically possible that you could have more than one item in that list. Option 1: If you want, you can loop through that list to display the items in it. But if you know for certain that there will only be one item in the list, then, Option 2: You can just display the .First() item in the list.
I took the json sting you gave us, and using this handy website (http://json2csharp.com/#) I converted it into the following classes:
public class RootObject
{
    public int deviceId { get; set; }
    public string longMacAddress { get; set; }
    public int shortMacAddress { get; set; }
    public string hoplist { get; set; }
    public string associationTime { get; set; }
    public int lifeCheckInterval { get; set; }
    public string lastLiveCheck { get; set; }
    public int onlineStatus { get; set; }
    public int txPowerValue { get; set; }
    public int deviceType { get; set; }
    public int frequencyBand { get; set; }
    public string lastLivecheck { get; set; }
    public int disassociationState { get; set; }
    public int firmwareUpdateActivated { get; set; }
    public int firmwareUpdatePackagesSent { get; set; }
    public int firmwareUpdatePackagesUnsent { get; set; }
    public int firmwareUpdateInProgress { get; set; }
    public string deviceIdOem { get; set; }
    public string deviceNameOem { get; set; }
    public string deviceCompanyOem { get; set; }
    public int binaryInputCount { get; set; }
    public int binaryOutputCount { get; set; }
    public int analogInputCount { get; set; }
    public int characterStringCount { get; set; }
    public List<Location> location { get; set; }
    public List<Description> description { get; set; }
    public List<object> binaryInput { get; set; }
    public List<object> binaryOutput { get; set; }
    public List<object> analogInput { get; set; }
    public List<CharacterString> characterString { get; set; }
}

public class Location
{
    public string location { get; set; }
    public int locationWriteable { get; set; }
    public string changedAt { get; set; }
}

public class Description
{
    public string description { get; set; }
    public int descriptionWriteable { get; set; }
    public string changedAt { get; set; }
}

public class CharacterString
{
    public string characterString { get; set; }
    public int characterStringWriteable { get; set; }
    public string changedAt { get; set; }
}

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I just recently bought a Foo Fighters CD that had the track "Times Like These". Actually, it's what they call a DVD/EP which they released three years ago. And the song has helped me through some very difficult times.
Initially, I had mixed feelings about the Foo Fighters. As a teenager in the 80's, I joined others in rebelling against what I considered to be tired and rather negative hard rock that had characterized much of the 70's. Recently I saw a documentary called "Made In Sheffield" which chronicles the late 70's and early 80's the development of synthesizer bands like the Human League, Heaven 17 and Cabaret Voltaire, among others. It was clear that they were out to subvert the old rock order. There is one scene in the documentary where someone makes a statement by taking an electric guitar and hurling it off an elevated walkway.
Of course the guitar never disappeared, but for most of the 80's it was different than it had been before. Whether it was new and unique guitar sounds from U2, New Order, or Prince, the jangly-folky pop of R.E.M. and it imitators, or the richly textured, otherworldly sound of the Cocteau Twins (my all-time favorite), the guitar was something more than just an instrument to crank up to eleven.
So when I first heard Nirvana, I thought "Yuck! It's warmed-over Black Sabbath!" I felt frustrated as the record industry and the music press seemed locked in a goose-step towards grunge, a two-dimensional world in which music "sucked" if it didn't "rawk." I felt that Seattle grunge represented the death of Alternative Rock, with the band members of Nirvana as its pallbearers. However, I did develop a grudging (grunging?) respect for the late Kurt Cobain, born just three months before me. I have a copy of their "Unplugged in New York" CD, which I consider to be a classic. It features acoustic (and therefore non-abrasive) versions of their songs as well as some folk and blues standards by other artists, including an old Leadbelly song.
Since Dave Grohl was the drummer for Nirvana, I didn't know what to make of his next band, the Foo Fighters. But they've grown on me over the years. I was pleasantly surprised by the Foo Fighters' song "Learning to Fly." And then while driving into Chicago one day in 2003, I heard the acoustic version of "Times Like These," which gave me chills down my spine. That year was probably the most difficult year of my life, dealing with unemployment, aggressive creditors, and a struggle to survive on temp jobs. As I struggled to establish a new life in Madison, the following lyrics really hit home for me:
"It's times like these you learn to live again
it's times like these you give and give again
it's times like these you learn to love again
it's times like these, time and time again"
I had a really difficult time finding the acoustic version of the song, though. I do also like the rock version, but the acoustic version is, well, sublime. The only place I could find it was on a DVD, but I did not own a DVD player until recently.
The DVD features the song "Low" with what I'd consider to be a quite ugly video. It features the shaky camera angles common to "The Blair Witch Project" with Grohl and guest actor Jack Black looking like the evil characters from "Deliverance." In the video they rent a motel room, drink heavily, and dress in women's clothing. Not a pretty sight.
But there are also two rock versions of "Times Like These" in addition to the acoustic version. One video seems to have an anti-materialistic theme. It starts with a little girl tossing a handheld video game off a bridge, followed by two young people throwing their TV's over the edge, and before you know it, the bridge is full of people throwing things down, climaxing in two cars creating spectacular explosions when they crash into the ground below, and yes, even a house goes overboard. The UK version showcases them performing over a background of the digital psychedelic images, bright and symmetrical, looking like something out of the 60's, except amped up and speeded up to a higher level.
The acoustic version features Dave Grohl in a candle-lit studio by himself, and yes, I still get goose bumps listening to it. The rock version is fast and high-energy which helps make the message powerful, but with it slowed down and softer, every lyric is heard more clearly and the song becomes more meaningful.
Some of the 90's bands that I thought to be nihilistic and negative have mellowed out or changed. Many have gotten involved in activist efforts—the Foo Figthers themselves played "Times Like These" just three blocks from my house at a massive John Kerry rally right before the 2004 presidential election.
So I guess that in some ways, music has gone full circle, as it often seems to do—time and time again. And "Times Like These" is also helping me go full circle
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Kivrin says:
Hi, I need to get a copy of the acoustic version of "It's times like these" for a gift. Can I get it on a music CD or mp3 file from somewhere. I don't want it on DVD?
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I've looked for several years but have not been able to find a non-DVD version of the acoustic version. I first heard the acoustic version on WXRT in Chicago–not sure how they got it.–Steve
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Gov. Gaidam Donates Birthday Gifts To IDPs
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H.E Governor Ibrahim Gaidam marks his 60th birthday anniversary today with prayers at the Government House, Damaturu hosts new Army Commander, Outgoing Saudi Consul-General
The governor had wanted the event to remain absolutely low-key and closed press but his deputy Engr. Abubakar D. Ali led members of the State Executive Council in a surprise birthday visit to him.
"We are here to join Your Excellency in praising Allah (SWT) and giving thanks to Him for your life; for your leadership, for your commitment to serving the people, for the examples you always set for us and to pray for long life and good heath as you push forward with your services to our people", the deputy governor said.
The deputy governor also conveyed a gift of five bulls to His Excellency the governor on behalf of the delegation he led.
The State Assembly Speaker Adamu Dala Dogo represented by his deputy Dr. Garba ibrahim also led members of the State Assembly to felicitate with His Excellency.
They prayed Almighty Allah (SWT) to grant the governor good health, wisdom and long life to continue to serve the people of the state. The House members also announced a gift of two bulls and 20 bags of Made-in-Nigeria rice to celebrate the governor's birthday.
Members of the State's Correspondents' Chapel also visited to felicitate with the governor. Led by duku joel of the Nation, the journalists joined others to wish the governor well as he marks his diamond anniversary.
In his separate speeches to the various people who came in to rejoice with him, the governor expressed gratitude to Almighty Allah (SWT) for sparing his life to reach 60 years of age, saying he has nothing else to do for Allah's favours on him than to continue to dedicate his life to the service of the people.
The governor said that he has donated all the birthday gifts brought to him (namely seven bulls and 20 bags of rice) to the remaining Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living at the Pompomari Primary school camp in Damaturu.
H.E Governor Gaidam also hosted separately the newly posted Commander of the 27th Task Force Brigade, Damaturu Brigadier General E.C Ekwesi and the outgoing Consul-General of the Saudi Arabian Consulate, Kano Mr. Majid Muhammad al-Qahtani.
The new army commander said he will work with the State Government to ensure peace and security and make Boko Haram history in the State.
The governor praised the military and other security forces for their gallantry and professionalism, saying "under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, they have lived up to our expectations in terms of security and defeating Boko Haram".
H.E Governor Gaidam added that the terrorist group Boko Haram is in 'irreversible retreat' and assured the army commander of the state government's continued support and partnership.
In his remarks to the outgoing Consul-General of the Saudi Consulate in Kano Mr. Majid al-Qahtani, Governor Gaidam expressed happiness with the cordial relationship between the Saudi mission in Nigeria and the Yobe State Government. He said that he will personally miss the outgoing Saudi diplomat who over the years has become a personal friend and brother.
Mr. al-Qahtani said he came to felicitate with the governor over Eid-al-Kabir and to fraternise with the governor whom he described as a great servant of the people of Yobe State and of Islam. He added that he also visited to extend a personal invitation to the governor for the upcoming celebration of Saudi National Day taking place next week in Kano..
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Want More Wars? Have More World Cups
Soccer is substitute warfare, but the game can also encourage conflict
Uncategorized June 15, 2014 Matthew Gault 0
The World Cup has come to Brazil, and with it a bunch of problems. Brazil spent billions on stadiums it doesn't need, protesters crowd...
The World Cup has come to Brazil, and with it a bunch of problems. Brazil spent billions on stadiums it doesn't need, protesters crowd the streets, riot police crack skulls and FIFA hoovers up cash.
These events—we're told by promoters—are about global unity. Healthy competition between countries brings the world together. The games are all in good fun. There's drama. There's winners and losers. There's the feeling viewers are part of something bigger than themselves.
But there's enough evidence to say the positive benefits of international sporting contests are largely bullshit.
As George Orwell remarked in his December 1945 Tribune essay on soccer and the Olympics: "Even if one didn't know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles."
This is because Orwell understood sports to be mock wars. These events are about beating the other team in violent competition. The World Cup and the Olympics are nationalist pain parades that inspire little and divide much. These games increase state aggression, lead to military build-up and publicize horrific tragedies.
Seriously. International sport is awful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L857KaOKoD4
Sports begets violence
For one, there's evidence that participation in international sports increases state aggression. This doesn't simply mean wars, but also threats of military force and forms of combat short of war.
Andrew Bertoli—a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of California at Berkeley—recently studied the military actions of 71 countries that barely qualified for several international soccer competitions, including the World Cup, from 1958 to 2010.
He compared these actions to those of 71 countries that failed to qualify—also just barely. Turns out, that's a pretty close approximation of a randomized set of samples.
"Going to the World Cup increases aggression substantially," Bertoli wrote in his recent paper. "The qualifiers not only took military action more often than the non-qualifiers, but the actions they took tended to be more violent."
Bertoli also found that the effect is magnified in countries where soccer is popular. The effect increases under dictatorships, which use sporting events to rally popular support behind their regimes. This increase in aggression is also likely to occur within the World Cup year.
True, it's impossible to say whether any individual sporting event leads to any particular conflict. The Russian invasion of Crimea happened shortly after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi—a showcase for Russian nationalism—but Russia may have invaded Crimea regardless of whether or not it hosted the games.
Yet there are more direct historical examples.
In the late 1960s, relations worsened between soccer-crazy El Salvador and Honduras. Salvadoran laborers migrated to Honduras for decades to work on farms. Hondurans felt they were being cheated out of jobs by an illegal immigrant labor force. In 1967 the Honduran government began rounding up Salvadorans and deporting them to El Salvador.
Then, in 1969, El Salvador beat Honduras in a qualifying match for the 1970 World Cup. As soon as the game was over—literally the same day—El Salvador severed diplomatic ties with Honduras. The Salvadoran government next accused Honduras of committing genocide against its Salvadoran migrant population.
A few days later El Salvador attacked Honduras with its air force, beginning what's known as the "Football War." Three thousand people died during four days of fighting, before the international community helped broker a cease fire.
An excuse to buy weapons
So states involved in international sports tend to be more aggressive towards their neighbors. But surely countries benefit within their own borders, right?
Perhaps. Bertoli suggests sports can help unify nations and make them more internally peaceful, although he cautions there's no reliable data.
For example, South African rugby plausibly helped reconcile a country scarred by a racist Apartheid system. Another example could be Ivory Coast's disciplined national soccer team, which arguably helped bring the country out of civil war with its qualification for the 2006 World Cup.
So, let's say: sure. There's nothing quite like that fuzzy feeling that comes from the collective joy of a crowd watching their team win—as long as you aren't the country hosting games on a major scale. Let's look at Brazil.
Brazilian security forces tasked with protecting the 2014 World Cup are wearing 22 pounds of armour. Their masks are designed on purpose to intimidate people. Brasília spent nearly a billion dollars on security for the World Cup—including Israeli drones, 34 German anti-aircraft tanks and 30 bomb disposal robots from the United States.
Sports may not bring nations together, but arms sales certainly do.
Many Brazilians are not happy about all the money their government is spending on a single month-long sporting event. This is a country where almost 12 million people live without running water or electricity. Brazilians are in the streets protesting the absurd spending.
A similar thing happened in the United Kingdom during the 2012 Olympic games. During the event, Britain deployed 13,500 soldiers to London. That's more troops than Britain was fielding in Afghanistan at the time. The largest ship in Britain's navy—the HMS Ocean—floated the Thames. The elite Royal Marines patrolled the city. The Ministry of Defense placed missile batteries on top of apartment buildings.
All for a sporting event that's supposed to inspire peace and harmony.
It gets worse
In 2009, the soccer rivalry between Algeria and Egypt became so aggressive it caused several riots.
A fan gouged out the eye of the Egyptian's team's doctor during one such riot. Rioters looted Egyptian stores in Algiers. Gangs of angry fans set fire to cars. Member of the Algerian team wore bandages during one of the later games. They were still healing from wounds received while defending their coach from a mob.
When North Korea's soccer team performed poorly in the 2010 World Cup, Kim Jong Un took it as a personal slight. The regime forced the team's manager into a menial job as a construction worker. The government displayed the players on a stage before a crowd of people and publicly humiliated them for six hours. They got off easy.
Uday Hussein—the psychopathic son of Saddam—made life on the Iraqi international soccer team a living hell. Miss a penalty shot? Prison camp. Ref pulled a red card on you? Prison camp, forced shaving and beatings with electrical wire. Miss a practice? Jump into a pit of sewage.
Uday's sadistic soccer management ended when U.S. troops killed him during the Iraq war.
Today, the military juntas in Egypt and Thailand are also using the World Cup to service anti-democratic ends. Thailand's military rulers and the military dictatorship in Egypt are both making the World Cup easily available to the people. Anything to make up for the months of blood in the streets.
Despite all the babble of hope and community from organizations like FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, international sports are a horrorshow. Countries go to war, dictators abuse their people and states purchase more weapons, all in the name of goodwill.


In 331 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine after his conversion, abolish of the pagan healing temples, and replaced with the founding of Christian hospitals. The first Christian hospital of note was founded by St. Basil of Caesarea, in the city of Cappadocia (now part of Turkey) in 370 CE.
Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, and he played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which declared religious tolerance for Christianity in the Roman empire.
Hospital, an institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of disease; for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of the sick and the injured; and for their housing during this process.
Hospitals existed in antiquity, in Egypt and in India. And after Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire hospitals were built in Christian nations, and, after Islam arose, in Moslem countries as well.


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import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.netbeans.modeler.properties.embedded.EmbeddedPropertySupport;
import org.netbeans.modeler.properties.combobox.ComboBoxPropertySupport;
import org.netbeans.modeler.properties.nentity.NEntityPropertySupport;
import org.netbeans.modeler.specification.model.document.IModelerScene;
import org.netbeans.modeler.specification.model.document.property.ElementPropertySet;
import org.netbeans.modeler.specification.model.document.widget.IBaseElementWidget;
import org.netbeans.modeler.widget.edge.IEdgeWidget;
import org.netbeans.modeler.widget.node.INodeWidget;
import org.netbeans.modeler.widget.pin.IPinWidget;
import org.netbeans.modeler.widget.properties.generic.ElementCustomPropertySupport;
import org.netbeans.modeler.widget.properties.handler.PropertyVisibilityHandler;
import org.openide.nodes.AbstractNode;
import org.openide.nodes.Children;
import org.openide.nodes.Node;
import org.openide.nodes.Sheet;

public class BasePropertyViewManager extends AbstractNode implements IPropertyManager {

    private IBaseElementWidget baseElementWidget;
    private IModelerScene modelerScene;

    public BasePropertyViewManager(IBaseElementWidget baseElementWidget) {
        super(Children.LEAF);
        this.baseElementWidget = baseElementWidget;
        if (baseElementWidget instanceof INodeWidget) {
            modelerScene = ((INodeWidget) baseElementWidget).getModelerScene();
        } else if (baseElementWidget instanceof IEdgeWidget) {
            modelerScene = ((IEdgeWidget) baseElementWidget).getModelerScene();
        } else if (baseElementWidget instanceof IModelerScene) {
            modelerScene = (IModelerScene) baseElementWidget;
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    private Sheet sheet;
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    @Override
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    public Sheet reloadSheet(Map<String, PropertyVisibilityHandler> propertyVisibilityHandlerList) {
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                    if (propertyVisibilityHandler != null) {
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                            property.setHidden(true);
                            hiddenPropertyCount++;
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                        if (!elementCustomPropertySupport.getPropertyVisibilityHandler().isVisible()) {
                            property.setHidden(true);
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                    ComboBoxPropertySupport comboBoxPropertySupport = (ComboBoxPropertySupport) property;
                    PropertyVisibilityHandler propertyVisibilityHandler = propertyVisibilityHandlerList.get(comboBoxPropertySupport.getName());//target to remove propertyVisibilityHandlerList and convert to comboBoxPropertySupport.getPropertyVisibilityHandler()
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                        if (!propertyVisibilityHandler.isVisible()) {
                            property.setHidden(true);
                            hiddenPropertyCount++;
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                            property.setHidden(true);
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Q: Selenium tests are not able to interact with any of the elements So I know that when I have DEBUG in my Django settings set to False, Selenium fails to have access to the static files, resulting in something looking like:

However, when I run my Selenium tests regardless they are able to interact with the DOM and select items from the dropdown! The test code I have is currently
from selenium.webdriver import Chrome
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
from urllib.parse import urljoin
import time

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get("localhost:8000/")

time.sleep(3)
driver.find_element_by_id('select-dance').click()
select = Select(driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="select-dance"]'))
select.select_by_value('1')

driver.find_element_by_id('select-date-range').click()
select = Select(driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@id="select-date-range"]'))
select.select_by_value('1')

driver.find_element_by_id('location').click()

When I set DEBUG to True, the page renders how I want it to because it has access to the static files. But whenever I try to run the tests I always get the error
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotVisibleException: Message: element not interactable

This seems to happen for any element I refer to. For some reason, when I try to click on the dropdown directly, it always highlights this input and the select tag always seems to be 'hidden', so I wonder if that may be causing the error

Thank you all for your help, I don't know why Selenium is not being allowed to directly access the select tag for drop down.

A: Your page uses custom Select Component which is not the default html select box. In your case, they have used MDBootstrap Select Component which cannot be interacted using selenium Select class
You are right. You are trying to interact with <select> dom which is not visible and it is throwing element not visible exception.
We have two automate this case exactly similar like the manual steps,
i.e.,

*

*Click the element which is intractable.

*Wait for the dropdown appears.

*Click the value from the dropdown.
In your case for selecting first value in dance select box, the code can rewritten as below.
# this is click the input element which is intractable
# Here the input box which contains value 'dance event' is clicked

driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input.select-dropdown[value*="dance event"]').click

# Then we are waiting for the first value of the dropdown which is not disabled

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 60)
element = wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'input.select-dropdown[value*="dance event"]+ul>li:not(.disabled)')))

# Click the element first value of the dropdown

element.click()


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The songs "Be with you", "NIJIIRO Star☆", and "Kizuna Days" were released four months earlier as pre-debut digital singles. The album' lead track "Miracle ga Tommanai!" was used as ending theme song for the TV shows Arita to Matsuko to Otoko to Onna and Be-Bop! High Heels, and as CM theme song for Ito-Yokado. The album reached #32 on Oricon charts, and charted for 4 weeks.