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Research, both old and new, points to the therapeutic benefits of certain psychedelic drugs in treating PTSD, addiction, and other mental illnesses.
By Chris Cannon
Canada is talking about drugs.
They've always been on the radar – a statistic here, a celebrity death there – but lately the headlines have been awash with daily tales of legalization, overdoses, and new discoveries, renewing public interest in natural and synthetic mind-altering substances.
Such talk is always accompanied by the shadow of stigmatization, as drug use is often framed in the context of criminality or culture wars, only regarded as a health issue as an afterthought. But the growing acceptance of medical cannabis, the need for new ways to combat the opioid crisis, and an unprecedented attention to mental health issues has Canada leading a sea change in pharmacological research, as once illicit drugs with a reputation for harm are earning serious attention for their potential to treat some of our most pressing health challenges.
Zach Walsh, a psychology prof on UBC's Okanagan campus, studies the effects of cannabis on PTSD.
"We are at an extraordinary intersection of a social‑change movement and scientific explosion that will directly affect the lives of people around the globe," says Zach Walsh, an associate professor in psychology at UBC's Okanagan campus who studies the effects of cannabis on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). "Canada and British Columbia are leading the way in the acceptance of using cannabis for therapeutic purposes."
It's true that we were among the first countries in the world to have a medical cannabis program, and most of the licensed producers now chasing the recreational market in Canada have been providing medical cannabis for years. So while the headlines are new, the science is not – prescription weed has been available in Canada since 2001. But now, platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Reddit have given a face and a voice to advocates for drug policy that's informed more by science and less by stigma. And the country is taking note.
A trickle-down effect of cannabis shuffling off its immoral coil is a growing public interest in the more transformative, spiritual experiences that one can get from peyote, ayahuasca, or psilocybin mushrooms. Used by Indigenous peoples for centuries, such substances are known as entheogens, a neologism coined in 1979 by a group of botanists – the Greek words theos [god] and genesis [origin] – meant to denote giving birth to the spirit within.
Legal issues be damned, social media has brought about something of a renaissance for entheogenic use via the public airing of users' experiences. "In the case of ayahuasca, it's the narratives of people who are sharing YouTube videos of themselves," says Kenneth Tupper, a director at the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and adjunct professor in UBC's School of Population and Public Health. "They're talking about what kind of transformative experience they've had, what insights they've gotten from drinking it."
These first-person narratives range from reports of intense personal growth to the curing of eating disorders. But while the anecdotal evidence is intriguing, there is a dearth of quantitative, clinical studies of entheogenic substances – and it's possible this void can never be properly filled.
The effects of entheogenic drugs are difficult to study beyond qualitative observation. Removing traditional drugs from their Indigenous environs changes the nature of the experience, a concept known as "set and setting" – one's mindset and the setting for the experience – both difficult things to quantify in a laboratory experiment. Unlike the Cartesian mind/body split in contemporary Western culture, spirituality and health are often intertwined in Indigenous cosmologies, and the secularization of modern medicine has largely left behind that spiritual dimension so crucial to the entheogenic construct.
"There is so much we don't know about the use of medicinal plants. Refining medicines derived from cannabis and other plants will have a dramatic effect on the health of Canadians and people worldwide. How do we make the best use of these plants and combine them with other therapies to create better outcomes for people who are suffering?"
~ Zach Walsh
Laboratories in Brazil and Spain have been attempting clinical ayahuasca studies for years, but swallowing ayahuasca in a freeze‑dried capsule under an MRI scanner just isn't the same as lying beneath the stars while a shaman chants sacred incantations and blows smoke in your face. Even so, observational experiments in which entheogens are removed from their traditional context have shown positive results for those patients who reported a transformative event.
"People who have a profound mystical type of experience are often the ones who have the best therapeutic outcomes," says Tupper, "which again points back to traditional and Indigenous knowledge systems. It makes me wonder whether we need to reinvent the wheel, whether or not traditional shamanic practices have already perfected the use of these kinds of tools and recognized the relationship between spirituality and health in a way that contemporary Western medicine has kind of lost touch with."
"There is so much we don't know about the use of medicinal plants," adds Walsh. "Refining medicines derived from cannabis and other plants will have a dramatic effect on the health of Canadians and people worldwide. How do we make the best use of these plants and combine them with other therapies to create better outcomes for people who are suffering?"
It's unfortunate then – and long a bane for the scientific community – that the distinctions between classes of drugs is confusing to the layperson.
Like cannabis and entheogens, heroin and cocaine are plant-based. But where the former have shown promising therapeutic applications, the latter have been wearing holes in the social fabric for decades. Yet, according to the US Controlled Substances Act of 1970, upon which most of the Western world's drug policy is based, marijuana and peyote are classified as Schedule 1 drugs – the most dangerous category – while cocaine and fentanyl (the deadly opioid at the centre of the overdose crisis) fall under Schedule 2. Approximately 4,000 Canadians died from fentanyl‑related overdoses in 2017. Zero died from smoking pot.
Synthetic drugs, particularly psychedelics such as Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD, or acid) and Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, or ecstasy), are similarly stigmatized, both appearing in the Schedule 1 category, despite their relative safety (they are rarely habit-forming or fatal).
They also happen to be among the most promising of all hallucinogenic therapies, and we are reaching a point where public perception is catching up to what the science has been showing for years – that synthetic psychedelics show enormous promise for curing a range of addictions and mental disorders.
Kenneth Tupper is a director at the BC Centre on Substance Use and an adjunct professor with UBC's School of Population and Public Health.
Pharmacologically different from addictive substances such as alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, and opiates (a class of drugs that acts on similar dopamine-reward systems that lead to chronic dependency patterns), synthetic psychedelics are not self-reinforcing, meaning they don't leave the user waking up in the morning craving another hit. Synthetic psychedelics, in fact, have demonstrated potential as a treatment to end addictions altogether, as well as anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, and obsessive‑compulsive disorders – a whole cluster of mental illnesses that are regularly prescribed patented medications that mask symptoms rather than heal patients.
Working with pure, pharmaceutical-grade substances, institutions like the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) – Kenneth Tupper serves on the Board of Advisers for the Canadian branch – are plotting a revolution in mental health treatment. Current research at the Santa Cruz-based lab includes MDMA‑assisted psychotherapy to help heal the psychological and emotional damage caused by sexual assault, war, violent crime, and other traumas, as well as anxiety treatment for autistic adults and people suffering through life‑threatening illnesses. The lab has also just completed the first double‑blind, placebo-controlled study of the therapeutic use of LSD in human beings since the early 1970s.
As promising as the research is, psychedelics – whether plant-based or lab-grown – still carry the baggage of a checkered history.
According to UBC professor of medicine Evan Wood – who is the Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine and director of the BC Centre on Substance Use – MDMA has shown exceptional promise working as an empathogen that reduces anxiety but provides users a sense of connection, without the hallucinogenic ego‑dissociation that often accompanies psilocybin or LSD. Phase 2 trials of MDMA administered to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with severe PTSD resulted in the veterans being able to "package up those experiences," says Wood, "in a way that enabled them to move on to where they no longer met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD."
Where MDMA could mitigate PTSD without the risk of addiction, psilocybin and LSD could conquer addiction itself, simply by offering abusers a perspective on themselves that engenders positive changes in behaviour.
"One of the biggest mysteries in the treatment of addiction is how people can make a decision to make a change in their life and really follow through with it," says Wood, who is also medical director for Addiction Services with Vancouver Coastal Health. "Neuroimaging studies have shown how on psychedelic drugs like psilocybin or LSD, new connections are formed between our thoughtful brain and that reward system, connections that hadn't existed before and couldn't be brought about by normal psychotherapy. And through that process, people appear to be able to follow through on their intentions around recovery."
As promising as the research is, psychedelics – whether plant-based or lab-grown – still carry the baggage of a checkered history. Simply uttering the phrase "the Sixties" evokes the spectre of music and rebellion, fuelled by a Wild West of psychedelic use, and the characters that became synonymous with unchecked drug experimentation: Owsley Stanley, the Grateful Dead's audio engineer who also supplied most of the Bay Area music scene with LSD; Ken Kesey, who founded the "Acid Test" parties and helped bring the beat movement into the hippie era; and Timothy Leary, the Harvard psychologist who conducted LSD experiments on his graduate students and became a figurehead of the counterculture, popularizing such phrases as "Question authority" and "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
While the spiritually transformative experiences were as real then as they are now, the lack of sufficient scientific oversight and America's prudish drug laws robbed the movement of any sense of legitimacy, and brought ruin to its practitioners. Leary, Stanley, and Kesey all ended up in prison on drug offenses, the latter two becoming recluses upon their release.
Evan Wood is a Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine and leads the BC Centre on Substance Use.
Canada was a different story altogether. As early as the 1950s, Saskatchewan was leading the world in treating issues such as addiction, paranoia, and manic depression with LSD. Under Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas, author of Canada's modern healthcare system, Weyburn Mental Hospital (where the term "psychedelic" was first coined) conducted bold experiments to treat mental disorders, allowing doctors and nurses to take LSD to better understand and empathize with the mentally ill – a practice that reportedly had a profoundly constructive effect on the hospital's population. The psychiatrist who led the treatment, Humphry Osmond, introduced trip-lit author Aldous Huxley to mescaline, and had earlier used LSD to cure Bill Wilson – co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous – of his drinking problem.
But it wasn't long before LSD and other synthetic psychedelics spread from the pharmacy to the streets. As a symbol of the counterculture, LSD was quickly demonized and outlawed in US states through the 1960s, and Canada in 1968, leading to what was essentially a worldwide ban at the United Nations Convention On Psychotropic Substances in 1971, classified among drugs with "no currently accepted medical use."
The last North American institution to legally use LSD therapy was New Westminster's Hollywood Hospital in 1971. Instead of drugs of use, psychedelics became drugs of abuse, and their potential therapeutic value was lost in the global fearmongering.
"The drug laws that essentially kept these drugs out of the hands of scientists and doctors didn't do so much to keep them off the street, but resulted in essentially shutting down human-subject research for a good 30 years or so pretty much everywhere around the world," says Tupper. "So we basically lost a whole generation of potential researchers and medical professionals who lost interest, or in many cases didn't even learn about it – medical schools stopped teaching the history of psychedelic research."
At the turn of the century, however, things began to change. Underground experimentation had continued, and by the 1990s a new counterculture had arisen in the rave and nightclub scenes that centered around the mood-altering effects of MDMA. Ecstasy became the default party drug, and an increasing liberalism in the West encouraged intrepid researchers to navigate the bureaucracy of administering controlled substances, renewing interest in the potential mental health benefits of synthetic drugs.
In a bit of a virtuous circle, positive results from these early studies led to more interest, which meant more money, which meant more research. Far from the ethically questionable experimentation of the 1960s, 21st-century research is rigorously controlled by medical professionals who are keenly aware of the optics of the situation. Protocols ranging from university ethics approvals processes to Health Canada clinical trial regulations help reinforce a sense of precaution absent from 20th-century research.
"People are desperately in need of innovative treatments for the malaises of modernity – things like anxiety, depression, PTSD, addictions – that are so rampant in society. We really need to explore these new clinical tools that may not be that far away from us, but have long been dismissed as having 'no medical value and highly likely to be abused'." ~ Kenneth Tupper
And though the research has tiptoed at a snail's pace over the past two decades, in many cases the results have been deeply encouraging, perhaps even providing a path away from the scourge of addictive prescription opiates that have overwhelmed our medical system.
"People are desperately in need of innovative treatments for the malaises of modernity – things like anxiety, depression, PTSD, addictions – that are so rampant in society," says Tupper. "We really need to explore these new clinical tools that may not be that far away from us, but have long been dismissed as having 'no medical value and highly likely to be abused'."
The optics of psychedelics as drugs of abuse, though largely overcome by the medical community, still linger in the eyes of government agencies, a fact that limits research to institutions that can pony up the necessary capital through private donors. To date, neither the Canadian Institutes of Health Research nor the US National Institute on Drug Abuse – the world's largest funder of addiction research – has supported research in this area.
"We're kind of rubbing pennies together to do this work," says Wood, "but I think it really is the most exciting area in mental health right now. Substance use in general doesn't get much funding in comparison to the burden of disease. Addiction medicine for a long time has been an unwanted stepchild in the healthcare system, and has not received the appropriate funding by any stretch of the imagination."
Our tendency to treat addiction as a criminal issue rather than a medical issue – a War on Drugs that should have been fought as a War on Dependency – has created an enduring stigma of lawlessness and abuse that makes political entities hesitant to commit tax dollars to research, no matter how promising it is.
Some believe the Canadian Institutes of Health Research should have a dedicated substance‑use research institute that focuses on tobacco, alcohol, opioids, and behavioral addictions like eating disorders and gambling. Currently, such research is subsumed under the National Institute for Mental Health, Neuroscience, and Addiction, where the addiction funding is limited.
A shaman conducts an ayahuasca session in the Amazon jungle (Photo by Fotoholica Press/Lightrocket via Getty Images).
Until such a milestone is achieved, the hope is that existing philanthropic support will be enough to get the pilot data needed to achieve real funding from federal granting agencies. But if the private money dries up, there is no viable path to public money, and the research may once again may be lost or delayed. For a researcher in a scientific lab, if you don't get grant money you don't do research, and even the most dedicated practitioners will stop requesting funds they know they won't receive.
This would be a tremendous loss for a promising new direction for treatment. The existing evidence for psychedelic therapy as a viable tool to fight alcohol, tobacco, and opioid addiction is compelling, and even the US Food and Drug Administration has recognized – though not yet funded – MDMA as a potential breakthrough therapy to combat PTSD.
Evan Wood is optimistic. Many of his senior-level team at the BC Centre on Substance Use were formerly with the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, which wrote the provincial guidelines for the treatment of HIV infection, bringing about a 90 per cent reduction in new HIV cases and AIDS deaths across the province. Since British Columbia has no such guidelines and standards for addictive disorders, there is a lot of variability in terms of how care is provided. The BCCSU is trying to step into this vacuum, sharing therapeutic guidelines for the treatment of opioid addiction in BC on their website, a process that has become the de facto national guideline.
The challenge now is for the healthcare system to step up – to separate stigma from evidence, fund necessary research into these promising therapies, and establish guidelines and the blueprints for their implementation, "to enable the fruits of that research to become meaningful for people that are affected by these conditions," says Wood. "So that's the idea – we're not off in some laboratory studying things and disconnected from the healthcare system. We have a mandate to study and implement and promote best practice. If the research can confirm what the pilot studies and what the original research showed, we may have something with enormous potential to improve some of the most challenging and vexing health system challenges that we face."
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WASHINGTON—In a strongly worded show of support for her husband, former second lady Jill Biden urged voters Tuesday to ignore which Democratic candidates are mentally sharp enough to finish complete sentences in favor of doing what is best for the Democratic Party. "This is a critical time for our country, and to beat Donald Trump, we cannot focus on who can string together three or four words coherently or provide the American people with a lucid plan for the future," said Biden, adding that Democrats across the nation should come together and ignore those who can speak in interviews without uttering garbled nonsense. "We are at a crucial crossroads and we shouldn't just be persuaded by someone with the mental capacity to know where they are or what they're doing. This isn't about plans, ideas, or the ability to remember what their advisors told them right before the interview. This is about winning back the Oval Office." At press time, Biden insisted that Democrats should be concerned with current polls and disregard a candidate's words, actions, and incompetence.
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PRINCETON, NJ -- In Gallup Daily tracking that spans Barack Obama's third quarter in office (July 20 through Oct. 19), the president averaged a 53% job approval rating. That is down sharply from his prior quarterly averages, which were both above 60%.
In fact, the 9-point drop in the most recent quarter is the largest Gallup has ever measured for an elected president between the second and third quarters of his term, dating back to 1953. One president who was not elected to his first term -- Harry Truman -- had a 13-point drop between his second and third quarters in office in 1945 and 1946.
The dominant political focus for Obama in the third quarter was the push for healthcare reform, including his nationally televised address to Congress in early September. Obama hoped that Congress would vote on healthcare legislation before its August recess, but that goal was missed, and some members of Congress faced angry constituents at town hall meetings to discuss healthcare reform. Meanwhile, unemployment continued to climb near 10%. The high point of Obama's third quarter may have been his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize during the quarter, which led to a noticeable but very brief bump in support.
More generally, Obama's 9-point slide between quarters ranks as one of the steepest for a president at any point in his first year in office. The highest is Truman's 19-point drop between his third and fourth quarters, followed by a 15-point drop for Gerald Ford between his first and second quarters. The largest for an elected president in his first year is Bill Clinton's 11-point slide between his first and second quarters.
Obama's 53% third-quarter average is substandard from a broader historical perspective that encompasses all 255 presidential quarters for which Gallup has data going back to 1945. On this basis, Obama's most recent average ranks 144th, or in the 44th percentile, clearly below average not just for presidents' third quarters but for all presidents.
Results are based on aggregated telephone interviews with 45,987 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted July 20 through Oct. 19, 2009, as part of Gallup Daily tracking. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±1 percentage point.
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Google just signed the deal that could allow its Glass wearable computing device to go mainstream. The company has announced a partnership with Luxottica, the eyewear manufacturer behind a host of brands including Ray-Ban and Oakley, to design and produce an exclusive collection of eyeglass frames that incorporate the technology. To start, the deal will be limited to the US market, and focus on Ray-Ban and Oakley. According to a Luxottica press release, the first collection will "combine high-end technology with avant-garde design offering the best in style, quality, and performance." "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE GLASS ON YOUR FAVORITE OAKLEYS OR RAY-BANS TOMORROW" According to a Google-provided FAQ, design will be a joint effort between Luxottica and Google, while Luxottica will handle manufacturing and distribution. The FAQ doesn't say, however, when the resulting new versions of Google Glass might hit the market. It might not be anytime soon: "You're not going to see Glass on your favorite Oakleys or Ray-Bans tomorrow, but today marks the start of a new chapter in Glass's design," reads a Google+ post. In January, Google began offering the first Google Glass frames that could take prescription lenses. While the company was long rumored to be working with eyewear startup Warby Parker on designer frames, it turned out that Google had designed the four prescription frames itself. Now, it seems that Google has managed to ink a far greater deal for the future of the wearable. According to The Wall Street Journal, Luxottica is not only the single largest eyewear manufacturer with 12.4 percent marketshare, it controls LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut, which will allow it to sell Google Glass in over 5,000 retail stores. That could dovetail nicely with another deal between Google and vision insurance provider VSP, which will reimburse members a portion of the price based on their prescription. It was reported that Google's massive floating mystery barge at San Francisco's Treasure Island might be a floating retail store for Google Glass and other products. That might still be true, but it looks like Google won't necessarily need such a place to sell Glass-equipped eyewear to the public.Google is getting a little help to make its computer headset a bit more stylish, thanks to Italian eyewear designer Luxottica, which owns popular brands as Ray-Ban and Oakley. The goal? To combine "high-end technology with avant-garde design" Google is getting a little help in its quest to make Google Glass as stylish as it is technologically advanced. Italian eyewear designer Luxottica, which owns popular brands Oakley and Ray-Ban, announced on Monday plans to design and sell new versions of the Google headwear. "We believe it is high time to combine the unique expertise, deep knowledge and quality of our group with the cutting-edge technology expertise of Google and give birth to a new generation of revolutionary devices," Luxottica Group CEO Andrea Guerra said in a statement. The Oakley and Ray-Ban brands will be involved in the development of the product, which the company said in a press release will "combine high-end technology with avant-garde design." Oakley has been on the cutting edge of wearable gadgets: the brand has already developed a product like Google Glass that can show outdoor-sports enthusiasts their distance, speed and GPS location on their ski goggles.Oakley School students get to enjoy the same field trips taken by students at Witter School? Both schools belong to the same school district, so why would they allow one school to have more privileges and enjoy off campus activities? — Left behind, Brawley The types of activities and projects undertaken by each individual school within the Brawley Elementary School District is entirely up to their respective Parent Teacher Organization. Some PTOs choose to raise funds for field trips, while others may prefer to have their proceeds go toward new playground equipment, as is the case at J.W. Oakley Elementary School, said BESD Superintendent Ron Garcia. The district does not require that the individual schools' activities be the same, since different groups are raising the funds, Garcia said. Ultimately, it is the fundraising groups that should have a say on what they want to support. If this particular Oakley School parent thinks the student body is being treated unfairly in regard to field trips, their best source of recourse may be to join the PTO, or at least find out more about the organization's plans, if they haven't already. Lest anyone think Oakley students aren't having any fun off campus, they regularly take trips to see the movies. Its kindergarteners visit the California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta as well, Garcia said, adding that the school principal isappreciative of all efforts by staff, parents and the community to support the success of the students.
Google just signed the deal that could allow its Glass wearable computing device to go mainstream. The company has announced a partnership with Luxottica, the eyewear manufacturer behind a host of brands including Ray-Ban and Oakley, to design and produce an exclusive collection of eyeglass frames that incorporate the technology. To start, the deal will be limited to the US market, and focus on Ray-Ban and Oakley. According to a Luxottica press release, the first collection will "combine high-end technology with avant-garde design offering the best in style, quality,Oakley Cheap, and performance." "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE GLASS ON YOUR FAVORITE OAKLEYS OR RAY-BANS TOMORROW" According to a Google-provided FAQ, design will be a joint effort between Luxottica and Google, while Luxottica will handle manufacturing and distribution. The FAQ doesn't say, however, when the resulting new versions of Google Glass might hit the market. It might not be anytime soon: "You're not going to see Glass on your favorite Oakleys or Ray-Bans tomorrow, but today marks the start of a new chapter in Glass's design," reads a Google+ post. In January, Google began offering the first Google Glass frames that could take prescription lenses. While the company was long rumored to be working with eyewear startup Warby Parker on designer frames, it turned out that Google had designed the four prescription frames itself. Now, it seems that Google has managed to ink a far greater deal for the future of the wearable. According to The Wall Street Journal, Luxottica is not only the single largest eyewear manufacturer with 12.4 percent marketshare, it controls LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut, which will allow it to sell Google Glass in over 5,000 retail stores. That could dovetail nicely with another deal between Google and vision insurance provider VSP, which will reimburse members a portion of the price based on their prescription. It was reported that Google's massive floating mystery barge at San Francisco's Treasure Island might be a floating retail store for Google Glass and other products. That might still be true, but it looks like Google won't necessarily need such a place to sell Glass-equipped eyewear to the public.Google is getting a little help to make its computer headset a bit more stylish, thanks to Italian eyewear designer Luxottica, which owns popular brands as Ray-Ban and Oakley. The goal? To combine "high-end technology with avant-garde design" Google is getting a little help in its quest to make Google Glass as stylish as it is technologically advanced. Italian eyewear designer Luxottica, which owns popular brands Oakley and Ray-Ban, announced on Monday plans to design and sell new versions of the Google headwear. "We believe it is high time to combine the unique expertise, deep knowledge and quality of our group with the cutting-edge technology expertise of Google and give birth to a new generation of revolutionary devices," Luxottica Group CEO Andrea Guerra said in a statement. The Oakley and Ray-Ban brands will be involved in the development of the product, which the company said in a press release will "combine high-end technology with avant-garde design." Oakley has been on the cutting edge of wearable gadgets: the brand has already developed a product like Google Glass that can show outdoor-sports enthusiasts their distance,Oakley Outlet Vegas, speed and GPS location on their ski goggles.Oakley School students get to enjoy the same field trips taken by students at Witter School? Both schools belong to the same school district, so why would they allow one school to have more privileges and enjoy off campus activities? — Left behind, Brawley The types of activities and projects undertaken by each individual school within the Brawley Elementary School District is entirely up to their respective Parent Teacher Organization. Some PTOs choose to raise funds for field trips, while others may prefer to have their proceeds go toward new playground equipment, as is the case at J.W. Oakley Elementary School, said BESD Superintendent Ron Garcia. The district does not require that the individual schools' activities be the same, since different groups are raising the funds, Garcia said. Ultimately, it is the fundraising groups that should have a say on what they want to support. If this particular Oakley School parent thinks the student body is being treated unfairly in regard to field trips, their best source of recourse may be to join the PTO, or at least find out more about the organization's plans, if they haven't already. Lest anyone think Oakley students aren't having any fun off campus, they regularly take trips to see the movies. Its kindergarteners visit the California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta as well, Garcia said, adding that the school principal isappreciative of all efforts by staff, parents and the community to support the success of the students.
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US' John Kerry 'notes' Malaysian trafficking steps, urges more
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak before a meeting at the prime minister's office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Aug 5, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
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KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - US Secretary of State John Kerry met Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday and noted steps his government has taken to address human trafficking but urged it to improve law enforcement and victim protection, a U.S. State Department official said.
Kerry's talk with Najib, on the sidelines of meetings of the Association of South East Asian Nations, came just days after the State Department he heads took Malaysia off its list of worst offenders in human trafficking, removing a potential barrier to a signature Asia-Pacific trade pact, despite opposition from human rights groups and nearly 180 US lawmakers.
The US official said Kerry and Najib also discussed progress on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact. "Both leaders reaffirmed the importance to regional prosperity of getting the trade agreement concluded," the official said.
Kerry thanked Najib for Malaysia's actions to address a recent migrant crisis and its willingness to accept large numbers of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar. "They agreed on the importance of ensuring good treatment of the refugees, while also finding ways to address the root causes of migration and to bring human smugglers to justice," the official said.
On Tuesday, senior US lawmakers expressed concern about whether the State Department's annual global report on human trafficking may have been watered down due to political considerations and vowed to demand a full accounting at a Senate hearing this week.
Human rights groups called for an investigation into why strategically important countries such as Malaysia and Cuba were upgraded in the report, after a Reuters article chronicled how senior US diplomats repeatedly overruled State Department human rights experts.
The State Department denied that the country-by-country ratings in the latest report had been politicized.
Lawmakers will question Sarah Sewall, who oversees the anti-trafficking office as undersecretary of state for civilian security, democracy and human rights.
A Reuters examination, based on interviews with more than a dozen sources in Washington and foreign capitals, showed that the State Department office set up to independently grade global efforts to fight human trafficking was pressured into inflating assessments of 14 countries in this year's report.
Among the countries that received higher rankings than recommended by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons were Malaysia, Cuba, China, India, Uzbekistan and Mexico, the sources said.
Kerry said on Tuesday that "good progress" was made last week towards concluding the TPP, the key economic arm of U.S. President Barack Obama's rebalance to Asia in the face of China's growing influence, even though negotiators failed to reach an accord in marathon talks in Hawaii.


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All The Big Winners From The 2018 Teen Choice Awards
Bebe Rexha, Camila Cabello, and Louis Tomlinson all took home surfboards
Celebrating #8YearsofOneDirection: A Collection of the Best Tweets
Despite being on an indefinite hiatus since 2016, One Direction is still all we can think about. Check out these tweets from the band and fans alike.
Liam Payne, Dua Lipa, Billy Idol, & More React To England's Advance in 2018 World Cup
After breaking their World Cup Penalty Kick losing streak with Columbia to go on to beat Sweden two-nill, England has advanced to the Semi-Final round in the 2018 World Cup. England fans rejoice, as "It's Coming Home" had begun as a joke, but it's becoming more like a reality. 'It's Coming Home'...


Pole Dance/Pole Fitness instructor, performer, competitor.
Sushi, Pasta and Pizza, I love meat.
I love to read and play computer games, I love to meet with my family and friends, I love to watch movies with my love Evgeny Greshilov.
I have never done anything before pole dancing. Just the piano.
So many! But my favorite is The Rainbow!
I have a lot of people who inspire me - Pole Dancers, circus artists and dancers. But most of all those who point their toes, hihi, who are artistic.
Depends on the mood and health. If I prepare myself for a Pole competition or Pole showcase it is almost every day and 2 hours each class. I start with a really good warm up, do some stretching and then power Pole, or Pole tricks. Usually it is 5 days per week.
Pole Dance - It is a beautiful mix of dance, tricks, power and flexibility.
For me Pole Fitness is more about powerful tricks, strict execution, stamina. Pole Dance is more about dance, story, flow, artist and it is not so strict with tricks.
I think I prefer to join a competition as a dancer.
Winner of 2d Pole World Cup 2012/2013; 2nd runner up in Pole World Cup 2011/2012; 2nd runner up in Pole Art 2011; The Finalist of the World Pole Dance Championship 2010/2011; The Best Russian Pole dancer 09/10; UPA's Pro Pole Dancer of the June 2010 etc.


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Q: vtkImageData blank cells or blank points using VTK Is it possible to assign certain cells / points of the vtkImageData to be blank? The point is that cca. 90 % of my vtk domain is empty. The vtk files are huge just because they contain a lot of nothing.

A: Have you considered using another data structure besides vtkImageData? For sparse points, you could use vtkPolyData.

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December 27, 2012, Woodstock, IL - Newer Technology, Inc. (NewerTech®) http://www.newertech.com, a leading developer of Macintosh®, PC, iPod®, iPhone®, and iPad® performance upgrades and accessories, announced today the next generation Newer Technology iFolio, a custom, handcrafted carrying/protection case for any full-size Apple iPad. Designed in Woodstock, IL and made in North America with premium imported top grain leather, the iFolio offers maximum protection and portability for iPads without sacrificing style or luxury.
Backed by a Lifetime Warranty, the NewerTech iFolio is available in eight colors - Black, Gray, Cognac, Tan, Blue, Green, Red, and Pink - priced starting at $99.00 from NewerTech's exclusive distributor, Other World Computing (OWC®), as well as through the retail channel. OWC is also offering a limited time special offer of including a Newer Technology NuScribe touch screen stylus and pen, a retail value of $19.99, at no cost with the purchase of every new iFolio.
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package org.owasp.appsensor.core.configuration.server;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

import javax.persistence.Transient;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringBuilder;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.ClientApplication;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.DetectionPoint;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.DetectionSystem;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.Event;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.correlation.CorrelationSet;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.rule.Expression;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.rule.Rule;
import org.owasp.appsensor.core.rule.MonitorPoint;

/**
 * Represents the configuration for server-side components. Additionally,
 * contains various helper methods for common configuration-related
 * actions.
 *
 * @author John Melton (jtmelton@gmail.com) http://www.jtmelton.com/
 */
public abstract class ServerConfiguration {

	@Transient
	private File configurationFile;

	private Collection<Rule> rules = new ArrayList<>();

	private Collection<DetectionPoint> detectionPoints = new ArrayList<>();

	private Collection<CorrelationSet> correlationSets = new HashSet<>();

	private String clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName;

	private Collection<ClientApplication> clientApplications = new HashSet<>();

	private String serverHostName;

	private int serverPort;

	private int serverSocketTimeout;

	private boolean geolocateIpAddresses = false;

	private String geolocationDatabasePath;

	//Change for adding new custom client specific detection points
	private HashMap<String,List<DetectionPoint>> customDetectionPoints = new HashMap<String, List<DetectionPoint>>();

	private static transient Map<String, ClientApplication> clientApplicationCache = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<String, ClientApplication>());

	public HashMap<String,List<DetectionPoint>> getCustomDetectionPoints() {
		return customDetectionPoints;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setCustomDetectionPoints(HashMap<String,List<DetectionPoint>> customPoints) {
		this.customDetectionPoints = customPoints;
		return this;
	}

	public File getConfigurationFile() {
		return configurationFile;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setConfigurationFile(File configurationFile) {
		this.configurationFile = configurationFile;
		return this;
	}

	public Collection<Rule> getRules() {
		return this.rules;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setRules(Collection<Rule> rules) {
		this.rules = rules;
		return this;
	}

	public Collection<DetectionPoint> getDetectionPoints() {
		return detectionPoints;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setDetectionPoints(Collection<DetectionPoint> detectionPoints) {
		this.detectionPoints = detectionPoints;
		return this;
	}

	public Collection<CorrelationSet> getCorrelationSets() {
		return correlationSets;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setCorrelationSets(Collection<CorrelationSet> correlationSets) {
		this.correlationSets = correlationSets;
		return this;
	}

	public String getClientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName() {
		return clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setClientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName(
			String clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName) {
		this.clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName = clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName;
		return this;
	}

	public Collection<ClientApplication> getClientApplications() {
		return clientApplications;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setClientApplications(Collection<ClientApplication> clientApplications) {
		this.clientApplications = clientApplications;
		return this;
	}

	public String getServerHostName() {
		return serverHostName;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setServerHostName(String serverHostName) {
		this.serverHostName = serverHostName;

		return this;
	}

	public int getServerPort() {
		return serverPort;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setServerPort(int serverPort) {
		this.serverPort = serverPort;

		return this;
	}

	public int getServerSocketTimeout() {
		return serverSocketTimeout;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setServerSocketTimeout(int serverSocketTimeout) {
		this.serverSocketTimeout = serverSocketTimeout;

		return this;
	}

	public boolean isGeolocateIpAddresses() {
		return geolocateIpAddresses;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setGeolocateIpAddresses(boolean geolocateIpAddresses) {
		this.geolocateIpAddresses = geolocateIpAddresses;

		return this;
	}

	public String getGeolocationDatabasePath() {
		return geolocationDatabasePath;
	}

	public ServerConfiguration setGeolocationDatabasePath(String geolocationDatabasePath) {
		this.geolocationDatabasePath = geolocationDatabasePath;

		return this;
	}

	/**
	 * Find related detection systems based on a given detection system.
	 * This simply means those systems that have been configured along with the
	 * specified system id as part of a correlation set.
	 *
	 * @param detectionSystemId system ID to evaluate and find correlated systems
	 * @return collection of strings representing correlation set, INCLUDING specified system ID
	 */
	public Collection<String> getRelatedDetectionSystems(DetectionSystem detectionSystem) {
		Collection<String> relatedDetectionSystems = new HashSet<String>();

		relatedDetectionSystems.add(detectionSystem.getDetectionSystemId());

		if(correlationSets != null) {
			for(CorrelationSet correlationSet : correlationSets) {
				if(correlationSet.getClientApplications() != null) {
					if(correlationSet.getClientApplications().contains(detectionSystem.getDetectionSystemId())) {
						relatedDetectionSystems.addAll(correlationSet.getClientApplications());
					}
				}
			}
		}

		return relatedDetectionSystems;
	}

	/**
	 * Locate matching detection points configuration from server-side config file.
	 *
	 * @param search detection point that has been added to the system
	 * @return DetectionPoint populated with configuration information from server-side config
	 */
	public Collection<DetectionPoint> findDetectionPoints(DetectionPoint search) {
		Collection<DetectionPoint> matches = new ArrayList<DetectionPoint>();

		for (DetectionPoint configuredDetectionPoint : getDetectionPoints()) {
			if (configuredDetectionPoint.typeMatches(search)) {
				matches.add(configuredDetectionPoint);
			}
		}

		return matches;
	}

	/**
	 * Locate matching detection points configuration from server-side config file.
	 *
	 * @param search detection point that has been added to the system
	 * @param clientApplicationName the client name for which the detection point exists
	 * @return DetectionPoint populated with configuration information from server-side config
	 */

	public Collection<DetectionPoint> findDetectionPoints(DetectionPoint search, String clientApplicationName) {
			Collection<DetectionPoint> matches = new ArrayList<DetectionPoint>();

			if( getCustomDetectionPoints().size() != 0){

					for (Entry customDetectionPoint : getCustomDetectionPoints().entrySet()) {
					String clientName = customDetectionPoint.getKey().toString();
					if(clientApplicationName.equals(clientName)){
					   List<DetectionPoint> customList = (List<DetectionPoint>)customDetectionPoint.getValue();
					   for(DetectionPoint customPoint: customList)
					   {
							if (customPoint.typeMatches(search)) {
								matches.add(customPoint);
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
			for (DetectionPoint configuredDetectionPoint : getDetectionPoints()) {
				if(!matches.contains(configuredDetectionPoint)){
					if (configuredDetectionPoint.typeMatches(search)) {
						matches.add(configuredDetectionPoint);
					}
				}
			}
		return matches;
	}

	/**
	 * Finds all {@link Rule}s that could have been triggered by the {@link Event}. A
	 * trigger {@link Event} must be the final {@link Event} so if the corresponding
	 * {@link MonitorPoint} is in the {@link Rule}'s final {@link Expression} it should
	 * be evaluated.
	 *
	 * @param triggerEvent the {@link Event} that triggered the {@link Rule}
	 * @return a list of {@link Rule}s applicable to triggerEvent
	 */
	public Collection<Rule> findRules(Event triggerEvent) {
		ArrayList<Rule> matches = new ArrayList<Rule>();

		for (Rule rule : rules) {
			if (rule.checkLastExpressionForDetectionPoint(triggerEvent.getDetectionPoint())) {
				matches.add(rule);
			}
		}

		return matches;
	}

	public ClientApplication findClientApplication(String clientApplicationName) {
		ClientApplication clientApplication = null;

		clientApplication = clientApplicationCache.get(clientApplicationName);

		if (clientApplication == null) {
			for (ClientApplication configuredClientApplication : getClientApplications()) {
				if (configuredClientApplication.getName().equals(clientApplicationName)) {
					clientApplication = configuredClientApplication;

					//cache
					clientApplicationCache.put(clientApplicationName, clientApplication);

					break;
				}
			}
		}

		return clientApplication;
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return new HashCodeBuilder(17,31).
				append(detectionPoints).
				append(correlationSets).
				append(clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName).
				append(clientApplications).
				append(serverHostName).
				append(serverPort).
				append(serverSocketTimeout).
				append(geolocateIpAddresses).
				append(geolocationDatabasePath).
				toHashCode();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
		if (this == obj)
			return true;
		if (obj == null)
			return false;
		if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
			return false;

		ServerConfiguration other = (ServerConfiguration) obj;

		return new EqualsBuilder().
				append(detectionPoints, other.getDetectionPoints()).
				append(correlationSets, other.getCorrelationSets()).
				append(clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName, other.getClientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName()).
				append(clientApplications, other.getClientApplications()).
				append(serverHostName, other.getServerHostName()).
				append(serverPort, other.getServerPort()).
				append(serverSocketTimeout, other.getServerSocketTimeout()).
				append(geolocateIpAddresses, other.isGeolocateIpAddresses()).
				append(geolocationDatabasePath, other.getGeolocationDatabasePath()).
				isEquals();
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return new ToStringBuilder(this).
			    append("detectionPoints", detectionPoints).
			    append("correlationSets", correlationSets).
			    append("clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName", clientApplicationIdentificationHeaderName).
			    append("clientApplications", clientApplications).
			    append("serverHostName", serverHostName).
			    append("serverPort", serverPort).
			    append("serverSocketTimeout", serverSocketTimeout).
			    append("geolocateIpAddresses", geolocateIpAddresses).
			    append("geolocationDatabasePath", geolocationDatabasePath).
			    toString();
	}

}

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Arizona Birther Bill Vetoed By Gov. Jan Brewer : It's All Politics Gov. Jan Brewer said she was troubled by the potential politicization of the certification process. She called the bill a bridge too far.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a birther bill passed by the state legislature last week that would have required presidential candidates, among others seeking spots on the ballot, to present to state officials proof the candidates were born in the U.S.
In her veto letter, of which the Associated Press reported details, Brewer said she was troubled by a process that could be politicized since the bill would have given Arizona's secretary of state the power to decide whether or not to accept a given candidate's documentation and claims to being born on U.S. soil.
of state until she became governor in 2009.
secretary of state," she said. "This is a bridge too far."
As I posted on last week, the Arizona legislature was the first in the nation to pass a birther bill with requirements presidential candidates would have to meet if they wanted to be on the state's ballot.
Some critics of the legislation questioned its constitutionality as well since it appeared to violate the "full faith and credit" clause of the U.S. Constitution under which states recognize the officials acts of other states.
Also, the Arizona law appeared to add more requirements for the presidency than those in the Constitution, which would be a violation of the founding document's "supremacy clause."
Supporters of the legislation said it wasn't targeted at President Obama whose U.S. birth has been rejected by birthers. Yet the birther movement only emerged in force following his election to the presidency.


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Le HMS Exmoor (pennant number L08) est un destroyer d'escorte de classe Hunt de type II construit pour la Royal Navy pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Construction
Le Exmoor est commandé le 20 décembre 1939 dans le cadre du programme d'urgence de la guerre de 1939 pour le chantier naval de Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. de Wallsend-on-Tyne en Angleterre sous le numéro J4190. La pose de la quille est effectuée le 7 juin 1940, le Exmoor est lancé le 12 mars 1941 et mis en service le 18 octobre 1941.

Il est parrainé par une communauté civile de Minehead dans le Somerset pendant la campagne nationale du Warship Week (semaine des navires de guerre) en mars 1942.

Les navires de classe Hunt sont censés répondre au besoin de la Royal Navy d'avoir un grand nombre de petits navires de type destroyer capables à la fois d'escorter des convois et d'opérer avec la flotte. Les Huntde type II se distinguent des navires précédents type I par une largeur (Maître-bau) accru afin d'améliorer la stabilité et de transporter l'armement initialement prévu pour ces navires.

Le Hunt type II mesure 80,54 m de longueur entre perpendiculaires et 85,34 m de longueur hors-tout. Le Maître-bau du navire mesure 9,60 m et le tirant d'eau est de 3,51 m. Le déplacement est de 1070 t standard et de 1510 t à pleine charge.

Deux chaudières Admiralty produisant de la vapeur à 2100 kPa et à 327 °C alimentent des turbines à vapeur à engrenages simples Parsons qui entraînent deux arbres d'hélices, générant 19 000 chevaux (14 000 kW) à 380 tr/min. Cela donné une vitesse de 27 nœuds (50 km/h) au navire. 281 t de carburant sont transportés, ce qui donne un rayon d'action nominale de 2 560 milles marins (4 740 km) (bien qu'en service, son rayon d'action tombe à 1 550 milles marins (2 870 km)).

L'armement principal du navire est de six canons de 4 pouces QF Mk XVI (102 mm) à double usage (anti-navire et anti-aérien) sur trois supports doubles, avec un support avant et deux arrière. Un armement antiaérien rapproché supplémentaire est fourni par une monture avec des canons quadruple de 2 livres "pom-pom" MK.VII et deux  canons Oerlikon de 20 mm Mk. III montés dans les ailes du pont.  Les montures jumelles motorisées d'Oerlikon sont remplacées par des Oerlikons simples au cours de la guerre.  Jusqu'à 110 charges de profondeur pouvaient être transportées.  Le navire avait un effectif de 168 officiers et hommes.

Histoire
Alors en cours de construction sous le nom de HMS Burton, il est rebaptisé HMS Exmoor en juin 1941 à la suite de la perte tragique du premier navire de ce nom en février 1941: le HMS Exmoor (L61).

Seconde guerre mondiale

Atlantique, 1941
Lors de la mise en service, le Exmoor commence immédiatement à réaliser des essais. Après leur achèvement réussi plus tard en octobre, il est positionné à Scapa Flow dans les îles Orcades, où il effectue des taches avec les navires de la Home Fleet. Après avoir terminé ses préparatifs en novembre 1941, le Exmoor est sélectionné pour des tâches d'escorte de patrouille et de convoi à Gibraltar, mais avant d'assumer ces responsabilités, il se rend à Derry - également connue sous le nom de Londonderry - en Irlande du Nord et rejoint le 13 novembre 1941 son sister ship (navire jumeau)  et les destroyers  et  comme escorte du convoi militaire WS12Z pendant qu'il traversait les approches occidentales. Il se  détache du convoi le 17 novembre 1941.

En décembre 1941, le Exmoor se rend à Gibraltar, où il se présente à la 13e Flottile de destroyers - qui comprend également ses sister ships  et  - pour le devoir. Le 14 décembre 1941, le Exmoor est déployé pour renforcer l'escorte du convoi HG76, qui subit de fortes attaques de sous-marins allemands (U-Boote) dans l'océan Atlantique Nord. Le 17 décembre 1941, le Exmoor rejoint le Blankney, le destroyer , la corvette , le sloop  et un avion Grumman Martlet du Fleet Air Arm du squadron 802 Naval Air venant du porte-avions d'escorte  dans une attaque avec des charges de profondeur qui force le sous-marin allemand U-131 à faire surface, où il coule par des coups de feu au nord-est de Madère, au Portugal, à la position géographique de . Le 18 décembre 1941, le Exmoor est détaché du convoi et retourne à Gibraltar.

Méditerranée, 1942
En janvier 1942, le Exmoor est transféré à la 37e Division de Destroyers, responsable des patrouilles anti-sous-marines et de la défense des convois dans l'océan Atlantique Nord et la Méditerranée occidentale. Il continue ce travail jusqu'au 27 février 1942, quand le Exmoor ,le  Blankney et le Croome sont affectés à la Force H pour participer avec le cuirassé , les porte-avions  et , le croiseur léger  et les destroyers , , , , , et  dans l'opération Spotter I, une tentative de livrer des avions Bristol Blenheim et Supermarine Spitfire à Malte. L'opération est annulée le 28 février 1942 lorsque des défauts sont découverts dans les réservoirs de carburant de des avions .

Le Exmoor reprend ses activités normales de patrouille et d'escorte jusqu'au 6 mars 1942, lorsqu'il est de nouveau affecté à la Force H en tant qu'escorte pour une deuxième tentative de mener à bien l'opération Spotter I. Le Exmoor reprend ses fonctions de routine le 8 mars 1942. Le 20 mars 1942, il reçoit sa troisième affectation à la Force H, cette fois pour rejoindre les Malaya, Argus, Eagle, Hermione, Active, Anthony, Blankney, Croome, Laforey, Whitehall, Wishart, et le destroyer dans l'opération Picket I, la livraison des avions Blenheim, Spitfire et Bristol Beaufort à Malte. Le Exmoor est renvoyé à ses fonctions de routine le 23 mars 1942, mais le 28 mars 1942, il est réaffecté à la Force H pour l'opération Picket II, une autre livraison d'aéronefs à Malte impliquant les mêmes navires que Picket I. Le Exmoor reprend de nouveau ses fonctions normales d'escorte de patrouille le 30 mars 1942. En mars 1942, il est "adoptée" par la communauté de Minehead dans le Somerset, à la suite d'une campagne d'épargne nationale réussie pour la Warship Week (semaine des navires de guerre).

Le 1er avril 1942, le Exmoor et le Croome sont réaffectés à la 9e Flottille de Destroyers de la Mediterranean Fleet (flotte méditerranéenne), basée à Alexandrie, en Égypte, et quittent Gibraltar à destination d'Alexandrie via une croisière autour de l'Afrique. Le 8 avril 1942, ils arrivent à Freetown en Sierra Leone, où ils sont temporairement affectés à des escortes locales. Le 11 avril 1942, le Exmoor et le Croome rejoignent le destroyer , la corvette  et les corvettes des Forces navales françaises libres, le commandant Drogou (K195) et le commandant Détroyat (K183) comme escorte locale pour le convoi militaire WS17B alors qu'il passe le long de la côte de l'Afrique de l'Ouest à destination du Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Le Exmoor, le Croome  et le commandant Détroyat sont détachés du convoi le 15 avril 1942 et retournent à Freetown.

Le 25 avril 1942, le Exmoor et le Croome quittent Freetown pour un voyage sur la côte ouest de l'Afrique, autour du Cap de Bonne-Espérance, dans l'océan Indien et sur la côte est de l'Afrique, par la mer Rouge, puis via le canal de Suez vers la Méditerranée orientale et leurs nouvelles fonctions à Alexandrie, où ils arrivent en mai 1942. Ils commencent des tâches de patrouille et d'escorte en Méditerranée orientale et un soutien à la garnison de l'armée britannique à Tobrouk en Libye. Le soutien à la garnison dure jusqu'en juin 1942, lorsque le Exmoor est affecté à participer à l'opération Vigorous, un effort majeur pour réapprovisionner Malte, dans le cadre de l'escorte du convoi MW11. Le 13 juin 1942, le Exmoor et le Croome rejoignent les destroyers britanniques , , , , , , , , , , , , et , les destroyers d'escorte britanniques , , , , , , et , et les destroyers de la Royal Australian Navy , , and  comme escorte du convoi MW11. Les avions de l'Axe ont commencé à attaquer le convoi le 14 juin 1942; les attaques aériennes ont cessé à la tombée de la nuit, après quoi les avions ont largué des fusées éclairantes pour aider les torpilleurs de l'Axe dans leurs attaques. Les attaques aériennes et par torpilleurs se sont poursuivies jusqu'au 15 juin 1942, moment où la menace d'interception du convoi par des unités de surface lourdes de la Marine royale italienne a annulé l'opération et le retour du convoi au port .

Le 22 juin 1942, le Exmoor reprend ses fonctions normales avec sa division de destroyers. En juillet et août 1942, ceux-ci se concentrent sur le soutien à la garnison de Tobrouk, y compris le bombardement des positions de l'Axe à terre en Libye en appui des opérations de l'armée britannique. En septembre 1942, le Exmoor est choisi pour participer à l'opération Agreement, une attaque terrestre et amphibie contre les positions de l'Axe autour de Tobrouk et, après avoir embarqué une force de Royal Marines, s'e démarque d'Alexandrie avec le Sikh et le Zulu le 12 septembre 1942. Il échange des coups de feu avec L'artillerie côtière de l'Axe le 13 septembre 1942 et, après l'échec de l'opération Agreement, retourne à Alexandrie en compagnie des Beaufort, Dulverton et Hurworth le 14 septembre 1942.

En octobre 1942, le Exmoor soutient des opérations militaires à terre dans le cadre de l'opération Lightfoot, qui fait partie du prélude à la deuxième bataille décisive d'El Alamein, et le 20 octobre 1942, il escorte une force qui effectue un débarquement de diversion à Ras-el-Kanais. En novembre 1942, le Exmoor retourne en patrouille et en escorte de convoi en Méditerranée orientale. Le 17 novembre 1942, le Exmoor, le Aldenham, le Beaufort, le destroyer d'escorte  et le destroyer grec {{|Pindos|L65|2}} rejoignent le convoi MW13 comme escorte rapprochée de l'opération Stone Age, la première tentative de diriger un convoi en direction ouest vers Malte depuis l'opération Vigorous. Malgré les attaques aériennes de l'Axe le 18 novembre 1942 qui ont mis hors service le croiseur léger , le convoi a traversé Malte, arrivant le 20 novembre 1942. le Exmoor et les autres navires de l'escorte rapprochée quittent Malte le 21 novembre 1942 et regagnent Alexandrie.

Le 1er décembre 1942, les Exmoor, Belvoir, Croome, Hursley, Tetcott, et Pindos rejoignent le convoi à destination de Malte MW14 comme escorte rapprochée de l'opération Portcullis, livrant le convoi en toute sécurité à sa destination le 5 décembre 1942. Le 7 décembre 1942, les Exmoor, Aldenham, Belvoir, Croome, Dulverton, Hursley, Pakenham, Pindos, et Tetcott rejoignent le croiseur léger , le destroyer  et le destroyer grec {{|Vasilissa Olga|D15|2}} pour escorter le convoi ME11 en provenance de Malte à destination de l'Égypte, mais les Exmoor, Orion, Aldenham, Croome, Dulverton, et Hursley se détachent le 9 décembre 1942 pour escorter le convoi MW15 en direction ouest vers Malte dans le cadre de l'opération Quadrangle A.

Méditerranée, 1943
De janvier à mars 1943, le Exmoor et le reste de sa division de destroyers soutiennent les opérations de la 8e Armée britannique alors qu'elle avance à travers la Libye et en Tunisie à la poursuite du retrait des forces de l'Axe. Le 27 mars 1943, le Exmoor sauve 13 survivants du navire marchand britannique City of Guildford, que le sous-marin allemand U-593 avait coulé au large de Derna, en Libye, à la position géographique de . En avril 1943 sa division est transférée à Malte , à partir de laquelle il continué son soutien de la 8e Armée et s'engage dans l'escorte de convoi. Du 7 au 13 mai 1943, sa division rejoint les destroyers Jervis, Paladin, Petard, et  de la Force K basée à Malte , et les destroyers britanniques basés à Bône en Algérie Laforey, , et  et le destroyer de la marine polonaise  de la Force Q pour bloquer le cap Bon en Tunisie, dans l'opération Retribution, pour empêcher les forces de l'Axe en Tunisie d'évacuer en Sicile par la mer.

En juin 1943, la Royal Navy choisit le Exmoor pour participer à l'opération Husky, l'invasion alliée de la Sicile prévue pour juillet 1943, et en juillet est affectée à la Force d'escorte P pour les débarquements amphibies. Il se rend à Port-Saïd, en Égypte, d'où il part le 5 juillet 1943, escortant le convoi d'assaut MWF36. Après avoir quitté le convoi le 8 juillet 1943 pour faire un ravitaillement en carburant, il rejoint l'escorte le 9 juillet 1943 et livre le convoi à la plage d'invasion de Bark West le 10 juillet 1943, le premier jour du débarquement. Le Exmoor défend ensuite la tête de pont contre les avions de l'Axe, les navires de surface et les sous-marins. Le Exmoor, le destroyer britannique  et le destroyer grec Kanaris tentent d'entrer dans le port d'Augusta, en Sicile, le 11 juillet 1943 et échangent des tirs avec l'artillerie côtière de l'Axe.

Le Exmoor retourne en patrouille et en escorte en Méditerranée centrale en août 1943, mais plus tard dans le moi; il est choisi pour participer à l'opération Avalanche, les débarquements alliés à Salerne sur le continent italien prévus pour septembre 1943. Il est affecté à la Force opérationnelle 65 avec les Laforey, Loyal, Nubian, Tartar, et  de la 19e flottille de Destroyers et les destroyers d'escorte Beaufort, Belvoir, , , , Dulverton, , , Pindos, , et Tetcott. En septembre 1943, après son arrivée à Tripoli, en Libye, le groupe de travail quitte Tripoli en tant qu'escorte du convoi TSF1, qu'il livre aux plages de débarquement le 10 septembre 1943. Le Exmoor fournit ensuite la défense antiaérienne et le soutien de tir à la tête de pont et la défense des navires alliés contre des torpilleurs allemands jusqu'au 16 septembre 1943.

En octobre 1943, le Exmoor est affecté à des opérations en mer Egée pour aider à la tentative infructueuse des Alliés de défendre les îles tenues par l'Italie contre l'invasion par les forces allemandes pendant la campagne du Dodécanèse . Le 24 octobre 1943, le croiseur léger Aurora, le destroyer  et le Exmoor, et son sister ship , quittent Alexandrie pour soulager le croiseur léger  et les destroyers d'escorte Aldenham et Hursley, après quoi le Exmoor s'engage pour intercepter les embarcations transportant des troupes allemandes vers les îles et de ravitailler les garnisons britanniques. Les 8 et 9 novembre 1943, le Exmoor mène une recherche infructueuse d'embarcations d'invasion allemandes qui se seraient établis à Levitha, puis à l'abri dans le golfe de Doris. Il chargea 10 tonnes de munitions à Limassol le 13 novembre 1943 et part le lendemain avec le destroyer britannique  et le destroyer polonais  pour les livrer à Leros, mais doivent avorté leur voyage à la suite de la capitulation de Leros des forces allemandes. Le 24 novembre 1943, le Exmoor participe à l'opération Rumble Bumble, une action de diversion. Le 4 décembre 1943, le Exmoor et le Aldenham soulagent les destroyers  et Petard de l'escorte du destroyer grec endommagé Adrias (L67) à Alexandrie, où il arrive le 6 décembre 1943.

Après la fin de la campagne dodécanaise par une défaite alliée,  le Exmoor est transféré à la 22e Flottille de Destroyers d'Alger, en Algérie, pour patrouiller et escorter en Méditerranée centrale. Il part pour Alger en décembre 1943 et y arrive le 31 décembre 1943.

Méditerranée, 1944
En février 1944, le Exmoor est affecté à la protection de la navigation soutenant l'opération Shingle, l'invasion alliée à Anzio et Nettuno, en Italie. Il escorte des convois jusqu'à la tête de pont et y fournit une défense antiaérienne. Le 10 mars 1944, il rejoint ses sister ships Blankney, Blencathra, et Brecon, le destroyer , et le destroyer  de la marine américaine dans une attaque à charges de  profondeur dans l'ouest de la Méditerranée au sud d'Ostie, en Italie, qui force le sous-marin allemand U-450 à faire surface. le U-450 se sabordée à la position géographiqe de , et le Urchin sauve tout son équipage.

Le Exmoor retourne à ses fonctions courantes en Méditerranée centrale en avril 1944. En octobre 1944, il se déploie pour escorter des convois vers le continent grec à l'appui de l'opération Manna, et devient le chef de flottille de la 3e Flottille de Destroyers, qui se compose de destroyers d'escorte de classe Hunt, y compris le . La flottille escorte les convois et soutient les opérations terrestres en Méditerranée orientale jusqu'au début de 1945.

Méditerranée, 1945
Au début de 1945, le Exmoor soutient la réoccupation alliée des îles de la mer Égée et patrouille pour intercepter les embarcations qui évacuent les forces allemandes. Le Exmoor , le Ledbury et le Tetcott se déploient également à Nisero dans le Dodécanèse pour soutenir une unité de l'armée grecque dans une attaque contre un raid allemand. Après cela, le Exmoor continue les opérations de la mer Égée jusqu'en avril 1945, puis retourne à Tarente, en Italie, pour un carénage.

Au cours de son radoub, l'Allemagne capitule au début de mai 1945, le Exmoor est sélectionné pour servir dans la Eastern Fleet (flotte de l'Est). Il rejoint sa flottille en Méditerranée en mai 1945, mais le 1er juin 1945 part pour le Royaume-Uni, où il commence une autre remise en état dans le chantier naval commercial du Royal Albert Dock à Londres pour se préparer au service en Asie du Sud-Est. Après l'armistice avec le Japon qui met fin à la Seconde Guerre mondiale le 15 août 1945, son carénage et son déploiement dans la flotte de l'Est sontannulés.

Après guerre
Le Exmoor est  mis hors service en novembre 1945 et placé en réserve à Portsmouth. Il y reste jusqu'à ce qu'il soit inscrit sur la liste des ventes en 1953.

Marine royale danoise
Le navire est vendu au Danemark et entre en service dans la marine royale danoise sous le nom de HDMS Valdemar Sejr (F 343) en 1954.

Il est placé sur la liste de démolition en 1962 et est vendu en 1966 pour la ferraille au Danemark.

Honneurs de bataille
 NORTH SEA 1941
 ATLANTIC 1941-42
 LIBYA 1912
 SICILY 1943
 SALERNO 1943
 AEGEAN 1943
 MEDITERRANEAN 1944

Commandement
 Lieutenant Commander (Lt.Cdr.) Lawrence St George Rich (RN) de juin 1941 à février 1943
 Lieutenant (Lt.) Donald Terry McBarnet (RN) de février 1943 au
 Commander  (Cdr.) John Jefferis (RN) du  à début 1944
 Lieutenant (Lt.) Donald Douglas Howson (RN) de  début 1944 à janvier 1945
 Commander (Cdr.) John Holmes (RN) de  janvier 1945 au
 Commander (Cdr.) Bertram Wilfrid Taylor (RN) du  à fin 1945

Notes et références

Bibliographie
  Blair, Clay (2000). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942. London: Cassell & Co. .
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  English, John (1987). The Hunts: A history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. World Ship Society. .
  Lenton, H.T. (1970). Navies of the Second World War: British Fleet & Escort Destroyers: Volume Two. London: Macdonald & Co. .
  Rohwer, Jürgen; Hümmelchen, Gerhard (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. London: Greenhill Books. .
  Whitley, M.J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. .

Liens externes
  Exmoor sur uboat.net
  Exmoor sur naval-history.net.net

Classe Hunt
Destroyer de la Royal Navy de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
Bateau lancé en 1941
Navire démoli en 1966

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Norway still leads the PyeongChang medal count at 22. Marit Bjoergen and her teammates added to the tally by winning gold in the women's relay 4x5 cross country ski. With the medal—her 13th—Bjoergen matched the all-time Winter Olympic record for career medals, tying fellow Norwegian Ole Einar Bjorndalen, though Bjoergen could own the record outright before the 2018 Games comes to a close.
Germany still remains second in the ranks (17) as Jacqueline Loelling took home silver in women's skeleton and Andreas Wellinger came in second in men's ski jumping large hill. Canada follows close behind (15) after Samuel Girard won gold in men's 1000m short track speed skating Sunday.
Although Great Britain only has four medals, ranking them No. 16, the Brits witnessed an Olympic first on Sunday when Isabel Atkin won the country's first-ever medal for skiing. The 19-year-old is the youngest Team GB member at these games and took home a bronze in the ski slopestyle. Switzerland's Sarah Hoefflin finished at the top with gold, while her teammate Mathilde Gremaud won silver.


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SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia said Wednesday that it was "absurd" in a news report that the crown prince Muhammad bin Salman was behind the hacking of the phone of Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos.
In 2018 Bezos ' phone was hacked after receiving a WhatsApp message from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's personal account, The international media reported, on Tuesday.
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The exam will consist of three papers.
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The difficulty level of exams is somewhat same as expected. As equal weightage for all the topics in all the papers.
Candidates should mark the answers on a separate OMR sheet provided with the question paper. Also, the appearing candidates must mark the answers by bubbling the OMR using a black ball pen.
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