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"Simply Soup"
a concrete (delicious and nutritious) expression of our parish mission: "where one can feel the loving embrace of God". Our work is directed to "feeding the hungry" as our Lord asks in the Gospel.
Volunteer parishioners provided over 1,900 containers of soup to Catholic Charities in Rio Grande and Lazarus House in Wildwood for distribution to the families and individuals they serve.
The soup is made fresh each month in the kitchen in our Parish Hall. Volunteers devoted over 400 hours of service in preparing, packaging, and delivering the soup. For this work of mercy, donations came in other forms as well. This money was used for pots, pans, kitchenware, produce, and soup package materials (microwavable containers, plastic utensils, napkins, crackers, and labels). Several local businesses contributed by offering produce for free or at a reduced price.
Charity extended beyond our parish. Faith and good works reveal God's active presence in our community. "Simply Soup" was a welcomed and fruitful ministry.
We will continue the mission. We invite your participation. "Many hands make work light".
We ask for your prayers.
Perhaps you would like to become a volunteer.
You may be moved to contribute money to this cause to pay for supplies.
We are grateful to God and to all of you for the wonderful and generous outpouring of support. In the name of Jesus, you bring to life our faith, our parish mission and so add goodness to the lives of our neighbors in need.
Simply Soup Committee
Alice and Joseph Scala
Sister Judith, SSJ
Pat Dillon
Steve Carroll
We would like to thank our business partners:
Tony's Produce
Cape May Gourmet
Avondale Motel
Contact Alice or Joseph Scala at (609)884-5452 for further information.
The " Simply Soup Ministry" was made possible because of YOU! Thank you!
As we continue to join others in responding to meeting the needs of our neighbors, we ask you to please help financially as well as becoming a volunteer.
June, 2019 Update
Thank you to all for sharing your time, talent and treasure for the 'Simply Soup' Ministry. For 2017 - 2018 we made over 2,700 cups of soup for three local agencies. For 2018 - 2019 we have made over 3,200 cups to date. Donations/checks can be made out to Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish and put 'Simply Soup' on the memo Line. God Bless you.
Our Lady Star of the Sea
520 Lafayette Street Cape May, NJ 08204-1487
609-884-5312 609-542-9702 (Fax)
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After completing this learning tool you may feel that you wish to incorporate some of the learning points in your own practice.
It is clear that anorexia nervosa is the most serious eating disorder however the numbers dealt with in general practice will be low.
The overall incidence of eating disorders in the young female population that presents to general practice is approximately 5%.
By raising awareness and being equipped to deal with these patients when they present access to appropriate treatment will be easier for your patients.
find out if there are practitioners using CBT-BN in your locality and if not why not?


What is the common point between the development of a migrain, crime evolution in a town, the invasion of a piece of land by a pest or the propagation of a fire? They may all be described by reaction-diffusion processes. Trying to understand, or to describe, or to find possible common features to these events, lead us to the study of front propagation under reaction-diffusion processes.
One of the challenges in all the above processes is that they occur in highly heterogeneus media. The goal of this project is to make a leap forward in the description of front propagation with highly heterogeneous diffusion and transport processes. Mathematically, this will lead us to use elements from - and possibly to prove new results in - partial differential equations, infinite dimensional dynamical systems, nonlocal equations and nonlocal diffusion processes, nonlocal free boundary problems, nonstandard spatial couplings.
By the way, the images that you can see on this page and on the welcome page display the propagation of a front directed by a horizontal line with abnormally fast diffusion - here, the bottom line - The model that we use is relevant to describe various biological invasions driven by transportation networks - pine processionary moth, tiger mosquito... Numerical simulations due to A.-C. Coulon.


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Solder, lawyer and writer, Pliny the Elder's (23 – 79 AD) research into the natural world formed the basis of scientific authority for centuries to come. He died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Born into a wealthy family, Pliny's first career was in the army. After rising to the rank of cavalry commander, he returned to Rome and semi-retirement.
Historia Naturalis
During this time, he wrote extensively on subjects as varied as grammar, the history of Rome, and military history and skills. His most famous work, however, was "Historia Naturalis" (Natural History), an encyclopedia of natural science that spanned thirty-seven books.
In this work, Pliny describes in detail the physical nature of the world. It includes books on geography, anthropology, zoology, botany, and the medicinal uses of plants. Much of its importance lies in the way Pliny organized previously random facts and spotted important details which had been ignored by others.
Fount of human knowledge
The work was a success and was kept in libraries for centuries to come. For many people, it formed the basis of their education. It shaped scientific and medical theories until the Middle Ages, over 1,000 years later. Only in 1492 did his conclusions begin to be challenged and, although most of his observations are now rejected, the work still gives a fascinating window into the world view of Romans in the first century.
Towards the end of Nero's reign, Pliny came out of retirement to become procurator in Spain, ensuring that taxes were paid and collected properly. Following Nero's death in 68 AD, Rome once more slid into civil war.
Commander of the fleet
After over a year of internal strife, the army general, Vespasian, became emperor. Pliny was a friend of his – the two had served together in the German legions. Pliny returned to Rome to take up a number of official jobs.
The last of these was commander of the fleet in the Bay of Naples, where his task was to stamp out piracy. While there, he heard of a strange cloud formation and was keen to discover for himself what was going on.
The clouds had been caused by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder wanted to reassure the people of Pompeii and help his friends there out of any danger. Leaving his nephew, Pliny the Younger, at home to record what was happening, he sailed across to the base of the volcano to a friend's house.
Once there, he was overcome by the volcanic ash and died of asphyxiation, along with thousands of other people from Pompeii and its surrounding towns. The sky remained dark for three more days.
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NEW ALBUM; JJ Hairston Releases "Miracle Worker"
"MIRACLE WORKER," the highly anticipated new album from Multiple Stellar Award winning artist JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise, is available now to stream, download & purchase on all digital platforms worldwide.
"Miracle Worker" LP boasts collaborations with Travis Greene, Todd Dulaney, Benita Jones, Darrel Walls, Tim Godfrey, Tiffany Boone, Mercy Chinwo and a host of others. The 16-track set also includes a remix of "You Deserve It," and Chinwo's "Excess Love".
Serving as Hairston's 10th album, 'Miracle Worker' was recorded in two sessions, one in Abuja, Nigeria at COZA Church and the second half, at Hairston's home church City of Praise in Landover, MD.
NEW SONG; O. DANIEL is out with a New Single titled "We Worship You" || @Onyekadi_Daniel
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The National Embryo Donation Center Board of Directors oversees the NEDC. Our board members come from a lot of different backgrounds. They also have different interests. But what unites them is the desire to help couples complete their families through embryo adoption. To learn more about our board members, read their bios below.
Lauren Wilson, Board Chair
Executive Director, Bethany Christian Services Knoxville
Lauren Wilson serves as Branch Director and Church Liaison for Bethany Christian Services in Knoxville.
Lauren received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2004 and then a Master of Science in Social Work in 2006 from the University of Tennessee. She grew up in the Powell area and has lived in or near Knoxville her whole life.
Lauren worked at Bethany Christian Services for about a decade as a pregnancy counselor and adoption specialist before undertaking her current role overseeing the operations of the East Tennessee programs. She also works closely with area churches in developing ministries for adoption, foster care, and Safe Families for Children. Lauren enjoys spending time with her husband Sammy and their two young boys.
Dr. Jeffrey Keenan, President
Medical Director, Southeastern Fertility Center
Dr. Jeffrey Keenan, a highly respected specialist in infertility and reproductive medicine, leads the NEDC team. He is the center's medical director and a fertility specialist at the Southeastern Fertility Center in Knoxville, TN. He is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Dr. Keenan is also a professor at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and is director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He has been in practice since 1990 and has performed innumerable fertility procedures with outstanding success rates. To get to know Dr. Keenan better through an in-depth conversation with master interviewer Hallerin Hilton Hill, click here.
Roger Redding
Retired Executive Director, Holston Conference Foundation
Roger Redding served as the Executive Director of the Holston Conference Foundation for 18 years (2000-2018), increasing assets under management from $25 million to $125 million at the time of his retirement. He has over 40 years of experience working with non-profits, including 10 years with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as a Development Officer and 12 years as Vice Chancellor of Development and Alumni Relations with UT Medical Center. He and his wife Rebecca reside in Maryville. They are active members of Cokesbury United Methodist Church. They have two adult children, Russell Redding in Johnson City and Leslie Rosenbaum (husband Corey) in Knoxville.
Stephen Gillman, JD
Attorney, Partner, Pryor Priest & Harber
Stephen Gillman joined the law firm of Pryor Priest & Harber in 2003, became an associate in 2005, and became a partner of the firm in 2017. He is a graduate of The University of Tennessee (B.A. Political Science, 2002, Summa Cum Laude) and The University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 2005, Cum Laude), where he concentrated in the school's Advocacy and Dispute Resolution program.
He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, where he serves on its Membership Committee, and he is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association. In the community, he served as instructor for the Farragut High School Mock Trial team between 2008 and 2012 and is proud to serve as an advisor to the Career and Technical Services Department for Lenoir City High School. Stephen has also contributed as a guest legal expert on WBIR 10 News Weekend on Saturday mornings and has been a commentator on Newstalk 98.7. Mr. Gillman was proud to be selected to the 2015 and 2016 mid-south Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, which is peer nominated.
Stephen and his wife, Katie, have one daughter.
Executive Director, Women's Fund of East Tennessee
Prior to her current role as the first Director of the Women's Fund of East Tennessee, Terry served as National Foundations Director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 2010 through 2012; President and CEO of her own consulting company, Philanthropy Does Matter, 2008- ongoing; and Senior Vice President and Executive Director, then President and CEO of the Baptist Health System Foundation in Knoxville, 1993 – 2008.
Terry is a trusted, certified executive with a legacy of success in developing and managing large multi-system foundations, developing more than $100 million, with recognized ability to develop leadership and community benefit collaborations through relationship building and creative and strategic stewardship of resources.
She was a board member and frequent speaker at national and regional fundraising conferences
and seminars and was published in 2005. Prior to joining ETF, in her role at Baptist Health System Foundation, she successfully developed a Who's Who board, more than 800 volunteers and 22 community collaborations. Her work culminated with the regional AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) presenting her the "2007 Foundation of the Year" award in recognition of the foundation's growth, leadership and contribution to the region.
Terry is a lifelong student and in addition to attending the University of Central Oklahoma, she received her Fund Raising School Certification at the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business and CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) international mastery certification.
Her pride and joy are her family. She is married to Bruce C. Morgan, President and CEO of Synergy Insurance Group of Knoxville. They have four talented adult children, Lauren Upshaw Eastham, Victor Upshaw, Tara Morgan DeLozier and Matthew Morgan, who have blessed them with four adorable grandchildren, Davis and Averi Eastham and Ava and Leighton Upshaw.
As a longtime community leader in this area, Terry is thrilled with the opportunity to work with and develop an amazing Women's Fund board to break down barriers for women and girls in 25 counties in East Tennessee focusing on life skills, work skills and education while advocating against domestic violence. The Women's Fund model is unique in that is one of the few funds in this region working collectively with philanthropists to research, vet, report and seek input, prior to funding exemplary organizations. The Women's Fund is about creating self-sufficiency for women. In just two years of granting the fund has provided $158,750 to eight organizations serving all 25 counties. The endowment now has over $2.1 million, with an operating fund of $158,000.
Marti Bailey
Retired Public Relations Professional
Marti Bailey is a former Public Relations Manager and blogger for the NEDC. She is a graduate of East Tennessee State University, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Marketing.
After seven years of infertility (the same amount of time the embryos were frozen), Marti and her husband, Brian, were blessed with embryo-adopted twins through the NEDC. They knew God had a plan for them the whole time but weren't sure how it would all unfold. Answered prayers came in the form of not only two tiny babies, but a beautiful relationship with another family through open adoption. Marti and Brian are very grateful for the NEDC and it is their desire for this blessing to be lavished on others who desire a larger family.
Margie Shealy
Vice President of Communications, Christian Medical & Dental Associations
Margie Shealy serves as Vice President for Communications for the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. She joined CMDA in 2002 with 22 years of experience in media and public relations.
She was previously employed as Director of Marketing and Communications at Wellmont Health System in Kingsport, Tennessee. Among her many responsibilities with the health care system, she produced the Children's Miracle Network Broadcast for 14 years.
Prior to her tenure at Wellmont Health System, she was the production manager for WJHL-TV, where she was responsible for all aspects of production for news, advertising and promotions.
In her role at Christian Medical & Dental Associations, she assists in the production of Today's Christian Doctor, Christian Doctor's Digest and multiple newsletters. In her tenure at CMDA, she has developed CMDA grassroots campaigns in the states of California, Hawaii, Michigan, Missouri, Vermont and Washington with CMDA members to stop physician-assisted suicide, cloning and embryonic stem cell research. She also has oversight of CMDA's web content and development.
She is serving a third term on the board for the NEDC.
Margie is a graduate of East Tennessee State University, where she received a Bachelor of Mass Communications degree. In 2012 she was inducted into ETSU's Department of Communications Hall of Fame.
Margie and her husband, Donnie, have one daughter, Faith, who is also a Communications graduate from ETSU.
Andy Halbert
Missions Pastor and Administrator, Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church
Paul (Andy) Halbert and wife Renée live in Knoxville where Andy serves as Missions Pastor and Administrator of Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church, and Renée teaches 1st grade at Concord Christian School. Andy and Renée have three married sons, all of whom are serving in cross-cultural missions in various locations around the world. They are grateful to God for nine grandchildren, two of whom are adopted, and three of whom are embryo-adopted.
Andy and Renée met at Columbia International University in Columbia, South Carolina and were married in 1975. Their mutual desire and passion for world missions led them to 14 years of cross-cultural ministry with Mission Aviation Fellowship, serving in Honduras, Central America.
Upon return to the US in 1995, Andy accepted his current position with Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church.
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Patients newly colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are at higher risk of clinical MRSA infection. At present, there are limited data on the duration or magnitude of this risk in a hospital population with a known time of MRSA acquisition.
Balm, et al. (2013) reported on a retrospective cohort study of 909 adult patients known to have newly identified MRSA colonization during admission to National University Hospital, Singapore that was undertaken between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2011. Patients were excluded if they had history of previous MRSA colonization or infection, or if they had been a hospital inpatient in the preceding 12 months. Data were collected on the development of MRSA infection requiring hospitalization up to June 30, 2012.
Of 840 patients newly colonized with MRSA as identified on active surveillance and not clinical specimens, 546 were men (65.0 percent) and the median age was 65 years (range 18-103 years). Median follow up was 24 months (range 0-64 months, 85.1 percent followed >6 months). Clinical infection occurred in 121 patients (14.4 percent) with median time to infection of 22 days (95 percent CI 14-31). Overall 71.9 percent (87/121) of infected patients developed infection within 60 days of the date MRSA colonization was detected. However, 17/121 patients (14.0 percent) developed clinical infection more than six months after documented MRSA acquisition. The most common sites of clinical infection were skin and soft tissue (49/121, 40.5 percent, 95 percent CI 31.7-49.8), respiratory tract (37/121, 30.6 percent, 95 percent CI 22.5-39.6) and bone and joint infections (14/121, 11.6 percent, 95 percent CI 6.5-18.7). Thirteen patients (13/121, 10.7 percent, 95 percent CI 5.8-17.7) had bacteremias, of which six (5.0 percent 95 percent CI 1.8-10.5) were primary and seven (5.7 percent, 95 percent CI 2.3-11.6) were secondary to infection at other sites. Crude mortality at 30 days and six months was higher in patients with MRSA infection than colonization alone (aOR 5.49, 95 percent CI 2.75-10.95, p<0.001 and aOR 2.94, 95 percent CI 1.78-4.85, p<0.001 respectively).
The researchers concluded that risk of clinical infection is highest soon after MRSA acquisition and say that prevention of MRSA acquisition in the hospital will have significant impact on morbidity and mortality for patients. Their research was published in BMC Infectious Diseases.


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Home » Miscellaneous, People & Places, Trials » Former Open Vote Worker Wins Case in Court over Termination
In February of this year, the Supreme Court heard the case of Melissa Belezaire Tucker, a former Ministry of Education employee who served in the Public Service for seventeen years, from 1995 to 2013, when she was terminated. Tucker was first appointed as a teacher and then, in 1999, as the School Feeding and Health Coordinator. But she was never confirmed in the post despite recommendations to do so from her bosses to the Public Service Commission and approval from the Ministry of Finance as far back as 2006. Today, Supreme Court Justice Shona Griffith found that that failure by Government authorities constitutes a material breach of Tucker's right under the Constitution to equal protection by the law. She is now entitled to certain damages but will not get her job back. Correspondent Aaron Humes attended the judgment and has this report.
Aaron Humes, Reporting
Following the ninety-minute oral ruling, in court, Melissa Belezaire Tucker, members of her family and her attorney, Senior Counsel Magali Marin-Young, quietly embraced following what appears to be vindication of her position that she should have been confirmed in the post from which she was terminated three years ago. Had she been, it might have resulted in a different experience when she faced that termination. Tucker told us that all things considered, it was a learning experience.
Melissa Belezaire-Tucker
Melissa Belezaire-Tucker, Won Case
"I would not classify it as painful; I will say that it was a situation that really taught me about who I am, and who was I was standing to be, and who I am for many other women, and not only women; any human who find themselves in a situation. So it was not painful; it was a learning experience for me. Life gave me an opportunity to take a stand, and I took the stand, and I learned along the way."
Marin-Young says the Government was at fault here for what it did not do.
Magali-Marin Young
Magali-Marin Young, Attorney
"And in this particular case the court found that the repeated failure to refer her name for purposes of appointment to this established post, in fact breached her fundamental rights and in particular breached her right to protection of the law. As you will recall this morning, when Justice Griffith was giving her reasons, she went into great detail to say that the breach of protection of the law can take place by acts and omissions, and in this particular case it was the repeated omissions."
Because the material breach so infected the course of Belezaire-Tucker's employment, Marin-Young says the court did not need to make a determination on whether her client was wrongfully terminated, because she was never properly appointed.
"The court did not find it necessary to go on to make a determination; but it did give as she described, a "pithy analysis," of the facts that led to her termination, and she did find that it was unreasonable on the basis of terminating her on the basis of not putting in her report within the time specified when her attorney had requested an extension, a one-week extension. But leading up to that unlawful termination, the reason we got into all the arguments of open vote workers, and the fact that she was not ultimately appointed by the Public Service Commission, is because had she been appointed as a public officer by the Public Service Commission, the whole termination process would have been very different than she was terminated – because in this particular case, she was terminated as though she was an open vote worker, by the C.E.O., the Chief Executive officer. Had she been appointed as a public officer by the Public Service Commission, then disciplinary proceedings would have had to be done by the Public Service Commission and not by the Chief Education Officer."
The case is not over yet; the parties will submit written submissions on damages by mid-September and the full judgment will be given by the end of September. Both compensatory and vindicatory damages are in play, and Madam Justice Griffith mentioned that she does not expect the final figure to be a "nominal" one. Costs will also be awarded in the proportion of ninety to ten percent to Belezaire-Tucker. Melissa Belezaire-Tucker, in addition to thanking her family, mentioned one special influence for why she pursued the case to the end – her late uncle, Ambassador Adalbert "Bert" Tucker.
"He said to me when I began this case – he said to me, "They've taken away the job, so that you can do the work." They've taken away the job, so that you can do the work. It was work with myself, work with what I wanted to contribute to humanity. So the job was, in a sense, not very important. Yes, I enjoy contributing to my community, and I have a passion for children. But I did not need that job, to do that. It was only a vehicle."
Aaron Humes reporting for News Five.
The court also upheld the constitutionality of the Open Vote Workers Regulations of 1992, finding them within the power of the Governor General to make as the person tasked with populating the Public Service. This had been the subject of a separate claim consolidated into the final case. The written submissions on damages are due by September sixteenth, and the final judgment by September twenty-seventh. Of the more than thirteen thousand public officers currently employed, about two thousand five hundred are open-vote workers. Deputy Solicitor General Nigel Hawke represented the Government at trial. According to Tucker, she plans to find work with non-governmental organizations.


Agostino Perrone: The Connaught is truly a magical experience for guests, as well as those who work here. Magic sometimes cannot be explained; however, the location and magnificent design does help a lot. That will always be our focus. We are lucky that everyone working here has the same passion for hospitality, and that really makes the difference.
Perrone: This has been a year filled with proud moments. We were awarded World's Best Cocktail Bar and Best International Hotel Bar by Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. I've also recently been awarded European Mixologist of the Year and The Connaught was awarded European Bar of the Year at the Mixology Bar Awards 2017 in Berlin. What I feel most proud of is when we have guests from around the world returning to see us.
Perrone: London truly has everything to offer when it comes to the cocktail scene, and cocktail bars are taking time to master their vision to ensure they stand out and offer the best experience. It is not just about drinking a cocktail anymore; it's about an experience. So all the touchpoints of service standards, product, space, and entertainment have to be ticked.
Perrone: I truly believe that the quality of the ingredients is incredibly important, and finding innovative ways to heighten the guest experience is equally important. For example, at The Connaught, we use dry ice for all our drinks. This stops the cocktails from diluting, allowing the taste of the drink and the overall experience to last longer.
Is there anything you can share for future plans?
Perrone: We are very excited to be working on our new menu, which we will be launching early next year. It has taken some time for us to find innovative ways to continue to delight our guests. I've been fortunate to travel the world, discovering new flavours and ingredients to heighten the guests' experience.


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January 7"BREAKING NEWS: US Capitol Hill Under Siege"
Unmasking Some Fun: "The Masked Singer"
Conor Kelly, Staff Writer
I think I speak for everyone when I say that 2020 has given us so much. Although to be honest, "given" is probably too nice of a word. But one of the greatest gifts this year has presented is The Masked Singer, the reality show sweeping this quarantined nation. Everybody wants to know who is under the mask.
If you haven't watched the show, the premise is pretty simple: a bunch of celebrities dress in crazy costumes, like a lion, a mushroom, a moose, a black widow, and so many more. They all perform on stage for the panel of judges and the live studio audience. At the end of the show, the panel and the audience vote on their favorite performer, and the performer with the least number of votes has to take their mask off and reveal their identity. Any celebrity can be on the show; there have been football players, singers, actors, models, and TV personalities.
The panel of celebrities guessing "who sung it" is probably the funniest panel of judges I've ever seen on a competition show. The panel consists of Robin Thicke, a singer and songwriter (his famous song "Blurred Lines" has appeared on the show); Jenny McCarthy Walberg, the master of clues, (when there is a clue, she always finds it and gets down to the meaning of it); Doctor Ken Jeong, who is the funniest of all judges (he used to be a doctor but retired to perform comedy); and finally, Nicole Scherzinger. She is a singer/songwriter and is the detective of the group. She is great at determining who's voice is under the mask. There have also been guest judges on the show such as Joel McHale and Kenan Thompson.
Season 4 of this show was delayed because of COVID, but when it aired, fans of the show went wild. Fans, especially myself, were craving the mystery and suspense that the show brings to its viewers. I love trying to figure out who is under the mask. Social Media has gone crazy this season because the competition is fierce. TikToker Louis Levanti says, "I am losing my mind over group C this season."
To sum up this season (SPOILER ALERT), in group A we had the Sun, Giraffe, Popcorn, Dragon, and the first-ever 2 person costume, Snow Owls. In episode 1, we quickly found out that the Dragon was not a crowd favorite. He was voted off, but the panel had some guesses as to who this mysterious singer was. Ms.Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke thought it might be Busta Rhymes, a rap/hip hop singer. Jenny McCarthy Walberg's guess was NFL running back for the Detroit Lions Adrian Peterson. And finally, Dr.Ken Jeong was confident with his guess of NFL superstar Marshawn Lynch. The reveal was shocking as it was indeed Busta Rhymes. In episode 3, when Group A returned once again, Giraffe was unmasked. I thought for sure that this singer was a Hamilton star from the way he performed to the clue package, that said it all. This amazing performer turned out to be Brian Austin Green; actor, producer, and 90s icon. If you thought these were shockers wait for group B.
In Group B we had, in my opinion, even better performances than in group A. Group B consisted of Crocodile, Whatchmacallit, Gremlin, Baby Alien (the first costume with a moving mouth), Seahorse, and Serpent. Unmasked in this group unfortunately were Gremlin and Baby Alien. Gremlin had a very unusual unmasking. By this, I mean that when his performance was over, he decided to take off his mask without being voted off the show. When the mask was removed we saw the one and only Mickey Rourke. Mickey Rourke is a renowned actor who has been nominated for an Oscar many times. And Baby Alien was actually NFL superstar Mark Sanchez. This shocked the panelists the most so far.
Finally, let's take a look at Group C. This was highly anticipated after 4 weeks of switching off from Group A and Group B, we finally got to see Group C. This was a very eccentric group of performers. This featured Broccoli, Jellyfish, Squiggly Monster, Lips, and Mushroom. Last week, Lips was unmasked as TV personality Wendy Williams. Two of the panelists came up with this guess, and the others were shocked by her unmasking. Last week the Squiggly Monster actually turned out to be everybody's favorite TV dad, Bob Sagot, Full House star and comedian. If you have watched the show this season, you know that Jellyfish and Mushroom are going to have to go head to head to stay in the competition.
I know that I'm highly anticipating next week's episode, and I hope that if you have been watching the show, or plan on watching, that you are ready for this week. I sure am and social media has been awaiting this and the possibilities are endless for who could be under the mask.
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/*
 * Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
 * RMI-IIOP v1.0
 * Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999  All Rights Reserved
 *
 */

package com.sun.corba.se.impl.protocol;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import javax.rmi.CORBA.Util;
import javax.rmi.CORBA.Tie;

import org.omg.CORBA.COMM_FAILURE;
import org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL;
import org.omg.CORBA.SystemException;
import org.omg.CORBA.CompletionStatus;
import org.omg.CORBA.WrongTransaction;
import org.omg.CORBA.Request;
import org.omg.CORBA.NamedValue;
import org.omg.CORBA.NVList;
import org.omg.CORBA.Context;
import org.omg.CORBA.ContextList;
import org.omg.CORBA.ExceptionList;
import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
import org.omg.CORBA.DATA_CONVERSION;
import org.omg.CORBA.UNKNOWN;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.RemarshalException;
import org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.OutputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Delegate;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ServantObject;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ApplicationException;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.UnknownException;
import org.omg.IOP.TAG_CODE_SETS;

import com.sun.org.omg.SendingContext.CodeBase;

import com.sun.corba.se.pept.broker.Broker;
import com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.InputObject;
import com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.OutputObject;
import com.sun.corba.se.pept.protocol.ClientRequestDispatcher;
import com.sun.corba.se.pept.protocol.MessageMediator;
import com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.Connection;
import com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.ConnectionCache;
import com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.ContactInfo;

import com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior.IOR;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior.iiop.GIOPVersion;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior.iiop.IIOPProfileTemplate;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior.iiop.CodeSetsComponent;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.oa.OAInvocationInfo;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.oa.ObjectAdapterFactory;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb.ORB;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb.ORBVersion;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb.ORBVersionFactory;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.protocol.CorbaMessageMediator;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.protocol.RequestDispatcherRegistry;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.transport.CorbaContactInfo ;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.transport.CorbaContactInfoList ;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.transport.CorbaContactInfoListIterator ;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.transport.CorbaConnection;

import com.sun.corba.se.spi.servicecontext.ServiceContext;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.servicecontext.ServiceContexts;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.servicecontext.UEInfoServiceContext;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.servicecontext.CodeSetServiceContext;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.servicecontext.MaxStreamFormatVersionServiceContext;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.servicecontext.SendingContextServiceContext;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.ByteBufferWithInfo;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.CDRInputObject;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.CDROutputObject;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.CDROutputStream;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.CodeSetComponentInfo;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.CodeSetConversion;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.MarshalOutputStream;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.encoding.MarshalInputStream;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.orbutil.ORBUtility;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.orbutil.ORBConstants;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.ReplyMessage;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.KeyAddr;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.ProfileAddr;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.protocol.giopmsgheaders.ReferenceAddr;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.transport.CorbaContactInfoListIteratorImpl;
import com.sun.corba.se.impl.util.JDKBridge;

/**
 * ClientDelegate is the RMI client-side subcontract or representation
 * It implements RMI delegate as well as our internal ClientRequestDispatcher
 * interface.
 */
public class SharedCDRClientRequestDispatcherImpl
    extends
        CorbaClientRequestDispatcherImpl
{
    // REVISIT:
    // Rather than have separate CDR subcontract,
    // use same CorbaClientRequestDispatcherImpl but have
    // different MessageMediator finishSendingRequest and waitForResponse
    // handle what is done below.
    // Benefit: then in ContactInfo no need to do a direct new
    // of subcontract - does not complicate subcontract registry.

    public InputObject marshalingComplete(java.lang.Object self,
                                          OutputObject outputObject)
        throws
            ApplicationException,
            org.omg.CORBA.portable.RemarshalException
    {
      ORB orb = null;
      CorbaMessageMediator messageMediator = null;
      try {
        messageMediator = (CorbaMessageMediator)
            outputObject.getMessageMediator();

        orb = (ORB) messageMediator.getBroker();

        if (orb.subcontractDebugFlag) {
            dprint(".marshalingComplete->: " + opAndId(messageMediator));
        }

        CDROutputObject cdrOutputObject = (CDROutputObject) outputObject;

        //
        // Create server-side input object.
        //

        ByteBufferWithInfo bbwi = cdrOutputObject.getByteBufferWithInfo();
        cdrOutputObject.getMessageHeader().setSize(bbwi.byteBuffer, bbwi.getSize());

        CDRInputObject cdrInputObject =
            new CDRInputObject(orb, null, bbwi.byteBuffer,
                               cdrOutputObject.getMessageHeader());
        messageMediator.setInputObject(cdrInputObject);
        cdrInputObject.setMessageMediator(messageMediator);

        //
        // Dispatch
        //

        // REVISIT: Impl cast.
        ((CorbaMessageMediatorImpl)messageMediator).handleRequestRequest(
            messageMediator);

        // InputStream must be closed on the InputObject so that its
        // ByteBuffer can be released to the ByteBufferPool. We must do
        // this before we re-assign the cdrInputObject reference below.
        try { cdrInputObject.close(); }
        catch (IOException ex) {
            // No need to do anything since we're done with the input stream
            // and cdrInputObject will be re-assigned a new client-side input
            // object, (i.e. won't result in a corba error).

            if (orb.transportDebugFlag) {
               dprint(".marshalingComplete: ignoring IOException - " + ex.toString());
            }
        }

        //
        // Create client-side input object
        //

        cdrOutputObject = (CDROutputObject) messageMediator.getOutputObject();
        bbwi = cdrOutputObject.getByteBufferWithInfo();
        cdrOutputObject.getMessageHeader().setSize(bbwi.byteBuffer, bbwi.getSize());
        cdrInputObject =
            new CDRInputObject(orb, null, bbwi.byteBuffer,
                               cdrOutputObject.getMessageHeader());
        messageMediator.setInputObject(cdrInputObject);
        cdrInputObject.setMessageMediator(messageMediator);

        cdrInputObject.unmarshalHeader();

        InputObject inputObject = cdrInputObject;

        return processResponse(orb, messageMediator, inputObject);

      } finally {
        if (orb.subcontractDebugFlag) {
            dprint(".marshalingComplete<-: " + opAndId(messageMediator));
        }
      }
    }

    protected void dprint(String msg)
    {
        ORBUtility.dprint("SharedCDRClientRequestDispatcherImpl", msg);
    }
}

// End of file.

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Analyzing and ranking how the Canucks' forwards currently stack up against the rest of the Pacific Division
Photo credit:© Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
By Noah Strang
As it stands, the Vancouver Canucks have made considerable upgrades to their forward group. After a late-season push saw them fall just short of the playoffs last year, the Canucks have only gotten better up front and will hope that the upgrades are enough to push them into the postseason.
One advantage that the Canucks hold that works towards their goal of achieving the postseason is that they compete in the relatively weak Pacific Division. Last year the Pacific Division only had two teams that recorded at least 100 points. In contrast, the Metropolitan had four, the Atlantic had four, and the Central had three as well as the two wild card teams in the Western Conference.
That's not to say the same thing will happen this season. Plenty of Pacific Division teams have had tons of turnover and there will be several new faces playing in the division, as well as familiar faces that have gone elsewhere.
Besides goaltending, the Canucks' forward group will be relied upon to win games. Will it be enough against Pacific Division foes?
Here's a complete ranking of each team's forward group. Each team was graded on three metrics (best player, best line, best depth) and rewarded points based on its ranking. The final results will be tabulated at the bottom. Score it like golf where the lowest number wins.
Best Player: Troy Terry – 7th
It's hard to grade Terry who had a scorching hot start to the season last year and finished with 37 goals. The Ducks have a collection of young talent up front that know how to put the puck in the back of the net, even if they're still learning some of the finer points of the game. It will be interesting to see if Terry can replicate his success this year.
Best Line: Adam Henrique / Trevor Zegras / Troy Terry -8th
There's a chance that this ranking looks really stupid a year from now as both Zegras and Terry could take big leaps forward. However, as it stands, the Ducks are still too young to contend with the other teams on this list. Henrique is not a first line player and could be moved sometime during this season to a team making a playoff push.
Best Depth: 7th
The Ducks aren't very deep as they're still in a rebuilding phase and offering lots of opportunity to young players. They do have some interesting young players like Isac Lundeström, a 22 year-old centre and former first-round pick that scored 16 goals last season. However, as a unit, the Ducks are lacking talent in their bottom-six.
Best Player: Jonathan Huberdeau – 4th
For a minute it seemed as if the Calgary Flames were headed towards a rebuild after they lost Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk demanded a trade. Instead, they managed to flip their young power forward for a package that include Huberdeau, a gifted playmaker that scored 115 points on a high flying Panthers team. We will see how his production translates after moving from a team that scored 4.1 goals-per-game to a team that scored 3.5 last season.
Best Line: Jonathan Huberdeau / Elias Lindholm / Tyler Toffoli – 4th
The Flames would have ranked higher on this list with their roster from a year ago. They still slot in third because of Huberdeau's playmaking abilities and Lindholm's presence in the middle. The centreman managed to score 40 goals last season while also playing great defence. All in all, a very solid top line that should give opponents plenty of trouble.
Take a look at the Flames' top-six and you'll likely be very interested in some of the possible combinations. Shift your vision to the bottom-six and things begin to get ugly. They still have the albatross of a contract that is Milan Lucic and have the disappointing Sean Monahan who has never been able to regain his form.
Best Player: Connor McDavid – 1st
There's no debate that Connor McDavid is the best player in the Pacific Division, or the entire league for that matter. Even teammate Leon Draisaitl would have finished atop this category. There's not much that hasn't been said about McDavid who is the best player the league has seen in a long time.
Best Line: Leon Draisaitl / Connor McDavid / Evander Kane – 1st
With the ability to play two of the top five best forwards in the world on the same line, it's no surprise that the Oilers finish first in this category as well. The franchise's willingness to turn a blind eye to Evander Kane's personal life has paid off for them on the ice, though also speaks to the culture of the organization. When this trio is on the ice together, play is rarely in the Oilers' end.
It's no secret that the Oilers don't have a ton of forward depth. The additions of Kane and Zach Hyman over the past ~12 months have helped bolster the group, but beyond McDavid and Draisaitl there isn't a ton to get excited about. The signing of Mattias Janmark during the offseason will hopefully add some speed, though there are still plenty of holes.
Best Player: Kevin Fiala – 6th
The Kings' best forward is a debate between sniper Kevin Fiala and longtime centreman Anze Kopitar. Fiala is closer to his prime and thus he gets the nod here. Canucks fans will be familiar with Fiala as he gave the team nightmares when he was a member of the Minnesota Wild. He possesses a great shot and adds a high-end scoring threat to a young and up-and-coming Kings team.
Best Line: Adrian Kempe / Anze Kopitar / Kevin Fiala – 5th
The Kings have managed to build a solid first line. Trading one of their many defence prospects for Kevin Fiala helped them add the high end scoring threat to add to Kopitar's flank. Kempe is also one of the more underrated players in the Pacific Division as he scored 35 goals last season.
The Kings have some interesting pieces in their bottom-six and plenty of breakout candidates. Quinton Byfield will likely start the season in that area and — as a former number two overall selection — will be expected to work his way up the lineup. Arthur Kaliyev is another young player that scored 14 goals last season and is still in his early 20s.
Best Player: Timo Meier – 5th
Last season marked a breakout year for Meier who established himself as one of the best goal scorers in the Pacific Division. He scored 35 goals and added 41 assists, finishing only a single point under the point-per-game mark. He scored five goals in a single game in January of this year and can put a puck in the back of the net at any time.
Best Line: Alexander Barbanov / Tomas Hertl / Timo Meier – 6th
This line is a left winger away from moving up the list. Both Meier and Hertl are dangerous offensive threats, each scoring at least thirty goals last season. Barbanov played his first full NHL season last year and did manage 39 points. That's nothing to laugh at but not close to some of the other names on this list.
Depth: 8th
The Sharks have a lack of depth with several weak players slated to get solid minutes. 34 year old Nick Bonino is going to play a middle-six role. The Sharks are hampered by plenty of terrible contracts and have not been able to add supporting pieces as a result.
Best Player: Jaden Schwartz / Oliver Bjorkstrand – 8th
The Seattle Kraken were a tough team to pick a best player for because of a distinct lack of star power. Newly acquired Oliver Bjrokstrand had a good season in Columbus last season, almost scoring 30 goals. Schwartz is also an electric forward who missed lots of games last season. Neither is good enough to raise Seattle from the bottom.
Best Line: Andre Burakovsky / Jared McCann / Oliver Bjorkstand – 7th
Heading into last season, many experts predicted the Kraken to be competitive for a playoff spot, yet they fell well short. Again this year, the Kraken look solid on paper. That first line is nothing to sneeze at but it remains to be seen how they will perform. One thing that resonates throughout the Kraken forward group is the absence of a true star, something that other teams in the division have multiple of.
Depth: 3rd
For all the talk about the Kraken's lack of star power, there is solid depth throughout the lineup. This is partly due to the nature of the expansion draft that allowed the Kraken to fill out a team of solid if unspectacular players. With middle and bottom six players like Brandon Tanev, Alexander Wennberg, and Yanni Gourde, the Kraken have some very good role players.
Best Player: J.T. Miller – 3rd
J.T. Miller is coming off a career season where he scored 99 points and was the Canucks most impactful forward. You can make the argument that he should be second on this list after the season he had. The biggest question about Miller is which team he will be playing for next season.
Best Line: Elias Pettersson / J.T. Miller / Brock Boeser – 2nd
The Canucks have so many options with their forward lineup but one of the most potent still looks to be the "Lotto Line", at least on paper. Every player on this line is a threat to score thirty goals and very well could this upcoming season. This is one of the most balanced lines in the Pacific Division as each player is a legitimate first liner.
Depth: 1st
The Canucks ranking first in depth should come with an asterisk that it could all change if management trades some of the pieces, a scenario that still seems fairly likely. As of today, the Canucks have strong depth throughout the lineup. They have plenty of good wingers with a mix of veterans like Tanner Pearson and young players like Vasily Podkolzin and Nils Höglander. The forward group is not of concern for the Canucks.
Best Player: Jack Eichel – 2nd
This was one of the hardest teams to grade. When healthy, Jack Eichel is one of the best centres in the league. While he's never put up a 99 point season like Miller just did, he has suffered through injuries and the situation in Buffalo. The Golden Knights also have Mark Stone whose two-way game would place him high on this list.
Best Line: Chandler Stephenson / Jack Eichel / Mark Stone – 3rd
The Golden Knights likely first line features both Jack Eichel and Mark Stone. That's a scary duo for any team to go up against, though both players struggled with injuries last season and failed to show a ton of chemistry in the limited minutes they did get together. However, the pure talent that oozes from this line is too much to ignore. The speedy Chandler Stephenson is also not one to forget about as he had 64 points in 79 games last year.
Depth: 2nd
The other expansion team ranks high in the depth category. What a shocker. While the Golden Knights forward group isn't as deep as it once was, they still have lots of solid players under contract. Keegan Kolesar was just re-signed to a multi-year deal that will keep the power forward in the desert. Nicolas Roy is another bottom-six forward that would play on many Pacific Division team's second line.
T1st: Vancouver Canucks (3 + 2 + 1) = 6
T1st: Edmonton Oilers (1 + 1 + 4) = 6
2nd: Vegas Golden Knights (2 + 3 + 2) = 7
4th: Calgary Flames (4 + 4 + 6) = 14
5th: Los Angeles Kings (6 + 5 + 5) = 16
6th: Seattle Kraken (8 + 7 + 3) = 18
7th: San Jose Sharks (5 + 6 + 8) = 19
8th: Anaheim Ducks (7 + 8 + 7) = 22
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Q: Trigger on Child record to update Parent Record and to create new Child records ( same ) I have been trying to come up with the pattern in which i need to handle the below scenario ( considering recursion ).
On Insertion of Child Record ( Object - B ) i need to update parent record ( object - A) as well as conditionally insert object ( object - B again ).
Could anyone point me what is the best way to handle this kind of scenario?
** EDIT **
Sorry if its confusing. Giving another shot :)
Initially Insert record for Object B ( consider of type Apple ) , after that update Object A and then based on some criteria create new records for Object B ( this time it might be Mango and Orange ) again after that need to update Object A .

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Comcast According to DISH: "You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, but You Can Never Leave"
By Anders BylundFool.com
Source: Dave Winer, via Wikimedia Commons
Comcast is in the process of buying its largest rival, fellow cable service Time Warner Cable . The buyout has been delayed several times, but still appears to be on track for approval.
But not if satellite broadcaster DISH Network has a say in the matter. In a document filed with the Federal Communications Commission on December 22, DISH laid out a couple dozen of the best reasons why the FCC should deny the merger application, neatly organized into 10 categories.
"The 80,000 plus comments from consumers and the 22 substantive Petitions to Deny make clear that a diverse group of stakeholders warn against the merger," the paper begins. "Consumers don't want it, programmers don't want it, other [video service providers] don't want it, [online video providers] don't want it, and advertisers don't want it."
Here are three of the strongest arguments DISH makes against Comcast's Time Warner Cable buyout. Caution: Legal and procedural filings are normally pretty dry, but this one gets downright entertaining sometimes.
"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" Comcast has claimed that consumers would leave the service if the company started behaving badly. Hence, it would not be in Comcast's best interest to raise prices, limit choice, or restrict service quality once the proposed merger is completed. The claim is supported -- but sadly redacted in this public version of a legal filing -- by the high number of people who leave Comcast's service on a monthly or quarterly basis.
But DISH says that this suggestion is "demonstrably false." The defection rates bake voluntary departures in with forced churn as customers move, get fired, die, or otherwise have no choice but to cancel their Comcast subscriptions. DISH writes:
The tasty Eagles reference is just icing on the cake. DISH has a solid point to make here.
I'd love to see the full text of this document, but context makes it clear that the censored figures don't tell Comcast's preferred story at all. Given the well-documented lack of viable alternatives to Comcast's Internet services in many areas, even bad and overpriced service is rewarded with crazy-high customer retention. There's just nowhere else to go.
Does Comcast's merger team read what the marketing guys write? Comcast claims that almost everyone has access to multiple broadband services, such as DSL subscriptions from the local telecom service. DISH finds that argument unconvincing, as cable tends to crush DSL alternatives with market shares of 98% or more where those two options are available. DISH writes:
It's an age-old strategy: Set the bar for what the consumer might need higher or lower depending on which argument you're trying to support. It's also blatantly misleading and downright tiresome.
In Comcast's defense, 4 Mbps is indeed enough to support a high-def Netflix or YouTube stream today. But then you're filling the entire pipe with one content stream, leaving little room for the kids to fire up another video on a tablet, or even browsing the web while your spouse watches a movie. And when 4K video becomes the gold standard for high-definition video -- don't laugh, it'll happen in 2016 at the latest -- that tired old 4 Mbps service just won't be able to keep up anymore.
Netflix recommends Internet speeds of 25 Mbps or above to play one Ultra HD -- read: 4K video -- stream. DSL services typically tap out way below that level, and tend to be expensive if you're lucky enough to have true high-speed DSL plans available.
Comcast's marketing team largely wins this round over the company's legal writers. Slim broadband pipes may be good enough for now, but won't stay that way for much longer. And fiber-based telecom services are more of a luxury than the norm. When you exclude bandwidth-challenged DSL services from the comparison, Comcast stands without real competition in many of its markets -- as does Time Warner Cable.
This point supports the first finding. With nowhere left to turn, Comcast and Time Warner subscribers are far more captive to the cable service than either company wants to admit.
Merger applicants often lie, in general, and Comcast, in particularDISH points out that merger applicants often make big promises to get their deals approved, and then fail to follow through on these commitments. For example, Baby Bell phone companies often promised to invest more in next-generation networks if they were allowed to recombine into larger entities. But in many cases, fiber-based deployments actually stopped rather than accelerated, and firm service-level commitments are still unfilled more than a decade later.
Merger applicant claims "should be taken with a grain of salt in the best of circumstances," DISH writes. But Comcast is painted as a particularly bad actor.
The company has been caught skirting promises made to support the NBC Universal buyout many times. Comcast hasn't followed through on delivering local news, as promised, makes it hard to buy or even discover the existence of low-cost Internet services, and imposes data caps on other online media services, while exempting its own Internet video from such restrictions.
"This history demonstrates vividly that the Commission should not be persuaded by Comcast's now-familiar refrain," DISH writes.
In other words, the Commission shouldn't be swayed by sweet promises to expand access in rural or low-income areas, leaving rivals able to compete, and not exploiting the near-monopoly powers of serving 33 million subscribers with very few realistic service alternatives.
If DISH's claims sound alarmist, it's because they are. But DISH is not the boy who cried wolf. It's actually the little boy who points out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. The Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger will be bad for consumers, bad for the broadband and TV service markets as a whole, and generally only serve Comcast's own interests. There is no "public interest" in play here regardless of Comcast trying to make that claim.
If you're a Comcast shareholder, I can't blame you for wanting this deal to pass regulatory muster. But as DISH says: "Consumers don't want it, programmers don't want it, other [video service providers] don't want it, [online video providers] don't want it, and advertisers don't want it."
Unfortunately, this firebrand isn't likely to change the FCC's thinking. I'm afraid that we'll see exactly how Comcast's promises actually work out soon enough, as the merger is approved and executed. And I don't think it will be pretty.
The article Comcast According to DISH: "You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, but You Can Never Leave" originally appeared on Fool.com.
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Over time, Christmas does not and has not changed much. Every year, there's the new excitement of young children just beginning to grasp the magic and wonder of it all. Every year, there's the singing of centuries old traditional 'Christmas carols'. This annual celebration of the birth of Christ is a perfect blend of unchanging old and ever-changing new.
With well over sixty Bermuda Christmases stored in my memory cells, I look forward, again, to this Christmas; and I look back at past Bermuda Christmas's. As happens with human memory, a lot of what I recall has blended and merged into mixed up blobs with the memories of one Christmas fusing with the memory of another.
I am fortunate, though some might consider it unfortunate, to have spent most of my life in a North Shore Pembroke/Devonshire Bermuda patch that covers about 600 acres. I've done lots of travelling, and I and my family, have worked and lived overseas; but more than 90% of my life has been spent growing up and living and helping to raise a family in this patch.
One of my memory blobs recalls the old neighbourhood custom of travelling carollers on Christmas Eve. These would come around late at night. Late, that is for a six or seven year-old who should have been abed by seven o'clock. But regardless of long ago bed times, I still recall the actual events. Perhaps my parents, most likely my father – but it could have been my mother – woke me so that I could share the experience.
As I recall, the Salvation Army people would move through our neighbourhood. They'd play the traditional carols and we'd sing along with them. We could sing along because we were a churchgoing family – and neighbourhood – and knew all the carols.
Several stanzas of some, and the odd verses of others. So we'd join in.
Later, another group would sometimes appear. These too, would sing. Or, should I say, attempt to sing.
This latter group were the neighbourhood 'rummies'. As I recall, in our neighbourhood, these men would gather, lubricate their throats, tune up their voices, and then commence propelling themselves about our neighbourhood bringing such vocal cheer as they could muster.
These would not have the even harmony and smooth melody evinced by the practiced musicians of the Salvation Army. Instead, and certainly as I recall hearing them, these men tended to favour the style of the Gregorian chant – though I doubt that any had spent time in a Gregorian or any other monastery. Or, for that matter, were even aware of the monks of that ancient Christian order.
Still, these bands of lubricated chanters would arrive. They would sing relatively softly. Certainly, they were not as loud as the trumpets and trombones of the Salvation Army.
As I recall, on the one or two (three?) Christmases [or was it New Year's?] that I did hear them; by the time they got to us, they had generally reached the point in their musical meditations where they tended to chant, no, not Christmas carols – for carols, in the main, do not lend to being chanted; instead, they chanted traditional but non-Christmas verses.
As I recall, they chanted, or tended to chant, the same line or lines over, and over, and over again, and again, and again.
Like a bedevilled chant. The like of which would surely be disowned by those ancient Gregorian brothers.
As I recall, my parents expressed disapproval of these men's Christmas behaviour.
I grew up thinking that these night chanters were a part of a real Bermuda Christmas. Certainly, in the North Shore neighbourhood that nurtured me.
Perhaps this no longer happens. I certainly cannot recall it happening anytime since I've been married. Perhaps it's a broken or lost Bermuda tradition.
But Christmas is ever fresh and always new. This 2014 Christmas is the same. Fresh, traditional, new, old.
Happy Christmas to you and to all who read Bernews.
be carful though….don't be like my mate gregory….some Christmas carolers went to his house to sing and maybe have a hot toddy laced with alcohol no doubt…dey got to his house singin "Come let us adore you !"…he had started drinkin early…his mustah thought they ment him….and he started takin his clothes off!


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I hadn't cooked Gumbo before, although I had done the Spanish seafood dish Paella (which is very similar), and I'm very fond of Cajun-style spices.
First off, the roux (pronounced 'roo').
I only had self-raising flour, which bubbled a lot in the olive oil I cooked it in, but eventually this stopped and the mixture turned a nice dark-brown (without burning).
When added to the liquid stew, it greatly resembled gravy, with a caramelised and slightly nutty taste.
I used the 'holy trinity' of vegetables: Green (bell) pepper, onion and celery. I also added jalepenos, spring onion, and the all-important sliced okra (which I easily obtained fresh from a local supermarket here in the UK).
For a slightly Greek touch I added chopped aubergine (eggplant), though the taste of this was a little overpowering (even after salting for 20 mins and then rincing). I also added just a few mushrooms.
I used fresh chicken thighs (with bones).
I made the mistake of trying to cut them raw (I couldn't get the boneless variety), which proved very difficult, but eventually had them fried in olive oil in boneless small pieces.
I added prawns (shrimp if you're from the States), in small and king sizes; squid, octopus, mussels, crab meat (I used the cheap fake variety), and crayfish (crawdad??).
I used a mixture of fresh and frozen seafood.
I also added an all-important liquid fish stock, to add flavour to the Gumbo. I used a Cajun-style seasoning mix which included Cayenne Pepper, added a few drops of Tabasco, and some bay leaves and other herbs to taste.
For the final touch, I added some scallops on the half-shell.
I contemplated adding monkfish, but found that this exceeded my budget - and I personally found shellfish enough without adding real fish.
I found that it was rich enough to not require any rice at all. Instead, it was served with a fresh Parisian-style stick.
The best meal I've cooked so far.
I'm going to cook an enormous one for my family over Christmas time, feeding at least 8 mouths. I'll tone down the heat accordingly (and use milder jalapenos).
Has anybody else had any luck with this?
I'd certainly recommend trying this if you can afford the time, energy and money (good ingredients for this dish are very expensive where I live, particularly fresh seafood).
Edit Reason: Recommendation: Try it!
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'Light Gay Prostitution': Another #MeToo-Themed Tape Of Jimmy Kimmel Emerges
A second uncomfortable flashback for the "Time's Up" Oscars host.
Audio tape of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel making light of a podcast host's alleged sexual encounter with a Hollywood executive as "light gay prostitution" has emerged — just days before the comedian takes the stage to host the "Time's Up"-era Oscars.
Below is the audio and transcript posted by Austen Fletcher of Kimmel's 2014 appearance on "The Big 3 Podcast," hosted by Perry Caravello, Don Barris, and Walter Molinski. "Jimmy Kimmel mocks man sharing story of being sexually abused by Hollywood Exec in order to get a role," Fletcher wrote in the caption.
In the episode, Caravello discusses his experience of allegedly being coerced into a sexual act by Hollywood executive Randy Callahan, a topic which has been brought up at other times on the show and treated as something of a running joke. In the audio clip posted by Fletcher, Kimmel discusses the alleged incident with Caravello, which Kimmel describes as "light gay prostitution":
CARAVELLO: I'm not talking about what you just mentioned.
KIMMEL: Right, but if everyone else wants to talk about it, while you're sitting there, I think you have to go along with it.
CARAVELLO: What's there to talk about? ... And I did become an extra in that film. I did not blow Randy Callahan.
KIMMEL: He didn't blow Randy Callahan.
CARAVELLO: No. I had to give him the knuckle shuffle.
KIMMEL: On his piss pump.
CARAVELLO: Yes.
KIMMEL: How did it go? I mean, did it work? You wound up getting the job, right?
CARAVELLO: Yes, I did get the job...
KIMMEL: So, it was a little like light gay prostitution.
[UNSEEN]: Jimmy Kimmel mocks man sharing story of being sexually abused by Hollywood Exec in order to get a role.
Kimmel called it "LIGHT GAY PROSTITUTION".
.@TheAcademy couldn't find a better host for #Oscars2018?#DropJimmy #TimesUpJimmy #TimesUp .@JimmyKimmel .@LauraLoomer pic.twitter.com/ElRjZr4RXc
— Austen Fletcher (@fleccas) February 25, 2018
Whether or not there is any truth to Caravello's claim is unclear. In response to a bizarre petition calling on Caravello to apologize for "lying about people," a "Randy Callahan" recently wrote, "Perry has lied to further his own career, and never once have I been asked what happened because Perry is afraid to have the truth told by me." Here is the link to The Big 3 Podcast's November 2010 episode in which they talk more about the "explicit encounter Perry had with Randy Callahan."
This is the second #MeToo-themed Kimmel tape that has emerged since the anti-sexual harassment movement first began in fall 2017. In a video that went viral in October, the former "Man's Show" host asks women to feel all over his crotch to find out what he's got stuffed inside.
"I've stuffed something in my pants, and you're welcome to feel around on the outside of the pants," Kimmel tells a blonde woman. "You have then ten seconds to guess what it is in my pants." When she begins to grope him, the host suggests, "You should use two hands."
He remarks to another woman, "You've done this before, haven't you." He tells another one, who is on her knees, "Maybe it would be easier if you put your mouth on it."
Kimmel even works in a statutory rape joke, saying to one girl, who claims she's 18, "You sure of that? Cause old Jimmy doesn't need to do time."
When he finally makes the big reveal to one woman, who guessed that he has a "vibrator" in his pants, he says, "No, it is actually a zucchini with a rubber band on it. But you could use it as a vibrator ..." He then demonstrates how she could make it vibrate with his hand.
Watch below (video posted by Fletcher):
More gems from #Kimmel.
Here he has women feel his crotch to guess what he stuffed in his pants.
KIMMEL: "You should put your mouth on it" pic.twitter.com/Yv0MVN9vPw
— Austen Fletcher (@fleccas) October 11, 2017
Read More: Hillary Clinton Hollywood Jimmy Kimmel MeToo


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Sanya () ist eine chinesische bezirksfreie Stadt auf der Insel Hainan in der gleichnamigen Provinz. Die Stadt liegt im Süden der Insel. Ihr Verwaltungsgebiet hat eine Fläche von 1.905 km² und 1.031.396 Einwohner (Stand: Zensus 2020).

Sanya ist bekannt für sein tropisches Klima und weite Sandstrände und hat sich seit dem Jahr 2000 kontinuierlich zu einem populären Ziel für in- und ausländische Touristen entwickelt. In Sanya fanden außerdem das Zweite Globalisierungsforum und die Wahlen zur Miss World der Jahre 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 und 2010 statt.

Bei Sanya befindet sich eine wichtige Marinebasis der Seestreitkräfte der Volksrepublik China.

Administrative Gliederung
Auf Kreisebene besteht Sanya aus vier Stadtbezirken. Diese sind von Ost nach West:
 Stadtbezirk Haitang (), 251 km², 113.481 Einwohner (2020);
 Stadtbezirk Jiyang (), 399 km², 447.322 Einwohner (2020);
 Stadtbezirk Tianya (), 916 km², 353.698 Einwohner (2020);
 Stadtbezirk Yazhou (), 338 km², 116.895 Einwohner (2020).

Die Gründung der Stadtbezirke wurden am 12. Februar 2014 beschlossen und am 30. Juli 2014 vollzogen. Die bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt existierende Gemeindeebene (Großgemeinden und provisorische "Stadtviertel") waren direkt der Stadtregierung Sanyas unterstellt.

Ethnische Gliederung der Bevölkerung Sanyas (2000)
Der Zensus des Jahres 2000 zählte 482.296 Einwohner Sanyas.

Denkmäler der VR China
Die paläolithische Stätte der Luobi-Höhle () und die Gräber von Tengqiao () aus der Zeit der Tang-Dynastie bis Ming-Dynastie stehen seit 2001 bzw. 2006 auf der Liste der Denkmäler der Volksrepublik China.

Sport und Freizeit
Seit dem Jahr 2019 findet in Sanya jährlich der Sanya E-Prix, ein Automobilrennen im Rahmen der FIA-Formel-E-Meisterschaft, statt.

Tourismus
Sanya ist ein beliebtes Reiseziel für den Massentourismus in China geworden. Im ersten Quartal 2017 besuchten nach offiziellen Angaben rund 4,95 Millionen Menschen die Stadt. Im Jahr 2017 wird von rund 18 Millionen Besuchern ausgegangen. Der Flughafen Sanya berichtet von 19,4 Millionen Passagiere im Jahr 2017. Apartmenthochhäuser und Hotels prägen das Stadtbild. Nahezu jede namhafte Hotelkette hat einen Standort in Sanya. Es finden sich günstige Hostels genauso wie Luxushotels. Im Zentrum des Tourismus stehen im Wesentlichen drei Buchten mit ausgedehnten Sandstränden: Die Yalong-Bucht, die Dadonghai-Bucht und die Sanya-Bucht. Alle drei Buchten sind von Hotels und Apartments gesäumt. Mehrere Tauchspots machen Sanya zusätzlich interessant: Sunny Bay, Dadonghai Beach, Baifu Bay, Wuzhihou Island, Yalong Bay und West Island. Neben individuellen Reisen von Privatpersonen spielen auch der Hochzeitstourismus und Business-Reisen eine wichtige Rolle. Um die wertvollen natürlichen Ressourcen in Sanya zu schützen, wurde im Januar 2018 ein Programm aufgelegt, bei dem Umweltsünder gegen eine Belohnung angeschwärzt werden sollen. Ein starkes Destinationsmanagement für Sanya arbeitet intensiv am weiteren Ausbau der touristischen Nutzung.

Klimatabelle

Anmerkungen

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website der Stadtregierung Sanya (chinesisch, englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Hainan
Bezirksfreie Stadt

Ort mit Seehafen
Stadt als Namensgeber für einen Asteroiden

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Jeff Deyette is the director of state policy and analysis in the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Mr. Deyette conducts analysis on the economic and environmental costs and benefits of renewable energy and energy efficiency policies. He has written extensively for UCS and various renewable energy industry publications on the consumer, employment, and environmental benefits of increasing renewable energy use.
Prior to joining UCS, Mr. Deyette worked as an environmental protection specialist for the New England division of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, where he assisted with environmental compliance and conservation programs.
Mr. Deyette holds an M.S. from Boston University in energy resource and environmental management & international relations, and a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University in environmental science and government.
Deyette, J. 2012. Ripe for Retirement: The Case for Closing America's Costliest Coal Plants. Union of Concerned Scientists. Cambridge, MA.
Deyette, J. 2012. Cooler, Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living. Union of Concerned Scientists. Cambridge, MA.
Deyette, J. 2010. Burning Coal, Burning Cash: Ranking the States that Import the Most Coal. Union of Concerned Scientists. Cambridge, MA.
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Akron Public Schools » News » Past Archived News - 2018 » Past Archived News - August 2018 » Forbes Reports on I Promise School
(from Jerry Barca writing for Forbes.com)
I can't figure this one out. A person spearheads opening a school to serve at-risk youth, and it's time to offer up some criticism.
Global basketball star LeBron James, along with his LeBron James Family Foundation, opened the I Promise School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. It's not a charter school. It's not a private school. It's a public school.
It's different, though. Students eat breakfast with their teachers. The school day runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from July through May. After lunch, students come together in a "supportive circle" to unwind after recess and refocus on learning. The adults charged with raising these children have access to services to obtain a GED and receive help with job placement. The kids wear uniforms provided to them for free. James bought bicycles and helmets for every student. He provided the food pantry and the clothing center.
The school's opening received national attention and so did James. It's a worthy news story, an athlete using his platform, foundation and wallet to give back to his hometown and alter the lives of children there.
Patrick O'Donnell of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on the funding for the school. "You wouldn't know from all the national coverage that LeBron James isn't paying for everything at his new I Promise School in Akron," O'Donnell wrote to start his story.
O'Donnell's story is one of the things communities rely on local journalism for: follow the public money. It's what happened after O'Donnell's story that is perplexing and disappointing. People took this as an opportunity to bash James.
"If LeBron James wants to champion social justice as well as basketball, he should go to Chicago and help the poor people there who are experiencing unprecedented violence," a former Fox News host wrote in a tweet that concluded by asking people to read the host's commentary.
A sports commentator took issue with media's "fawning" coverage of James. He used the Plain Dealer story to make a case for how much the Akron taxpayers would be paying and how little James was giving to the school.
Based on the figures presented in the piece, one could interpret the Plain Dealer story as James paying for 25 percent of the I Promise School and the other 75 percent being foisted upon the Akron taxpayers. The sports commentator made that leap. One could also call the Akron Public Schools and ask them about the situation.
The seven-member board of education in Akron approved a $345 million temporary budget in June. This budget included the funds for the I Promise School, said district chief financial officer Ryan Pendleton.
The I Promise School is not a case of James and Co. opening a school, paying for parts of it and suddenly leaving the rest of the bill for taxpayers."We've been planning this," Pendleton said.
For this school year, Pendleton said the district allocated $2.5 million for the school, which has 240 students in the third and fourth grades. That's less than one percent of the district's total budget.
"It's important for our citizens to know that they're doing something really good with LeBron James," district spokesman Mark Williamson said. "We're not asking them for more money."
The amount of funds James and his foundation have contributed to the school hasn't been fully tabulated yet, but so far it is estimated to be $2 million in startup costs and other supplemental supports, according to the foundation.
Those funds paid to furnish and refurbish the building and upgrade its technology. The food pantry, the clothing and the staff at the school's family resource center, that's all covered through James. He's also paying for the substitute teachers and four additional teachers.
When the school adds students at each grade level from kindergarten through eighth grade, Pendleton forecasts that an estimated 900 students will cost between $8.1 and $10 million for the district. There is no estimate on the money James will end up providing. He's committed for the long-term. The school will remain public, and he and his foundation will be there to continually provide resources he and his mother wished they had when James grew up in Akron.
This is definitely different. It's a public school's partnership with a private individual and his foundation. Because it's new it needs to be malleable and amorphous. There are plenty of what-ifs out there in this scenario, but the commitment to provide an education remains the bedrock for both parties.
Apparently, this isn't good enough for everybody. It reeks of something political. Don't forget, James has said negative things about President Donald Trump so the superfan supporters of Trump have used the school opening as an attempt to blast James. This is what we've become, and it's insanely stupid. A man supports education, aimed at children who are at risk of dropping out of school, and it's time to load up the social media accounts and comment sections with seeds of division.
After the shots at James, the media -- the national media -- are second in line for criticism. It's the standard line of attack: It's the media's fault. It's always the media's fault. They told the story the wrong way.
The truth is it's not James' school. He's not paying for everything. Talk to district officials, though, and they say this wouldn't have happened without him.
"Once you go in that building and see the work they're doing -- it's transformational," Pendleton said.
In the end, a person joined forces with a school district to open a place of education for at-risk children. For some this is somehow a bad thing, and that's a bad sign for us as a society.


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Cat Maudy's leak is fixed…and we are ready to move on. She is launched back into the water at 10AM… Slack tide is 10:30AM. It couldn't be better timing for one more trip on the New River through downtown Ft. Lauderdale.
We learned our lesson navigating INBOUND on the New River. This time, I checked the schedules for the Carrie B and Jungle Queen sightseeing paddle boats. They would not be meeting us head on. Plus, we tucked behind mega-yacht Euphoria….and just followed them for the ride OUTBOUND. It also helped not being Easter weekend. We had zero traffic on the New River.
The weather windows are reasonably good for offshore cruising – so we plan to depart Port Everglades – and sail 45 miles north to Lake Worth. Winds are 10-15 from the East. Generally I don't prefer easterly winds or seas. Too much bounce on the beam. But the weather deteriorates by the weekend – so we go for it.
As huge swells and waves rolled INTO us, I started having second thoughts about our choice of weather opportunities. We are heading due EAST out of the channel. The swells pushed the bow of Cat Maudy WAY up in the air….and then she crashed down into the trough just in time for the next wave to come crashing over the bow and foredeck. OH my. We continued out of the channel, and my thoughts were fixed on the belief that the ride would be better once we changed course.
Finally, we rounded the last shoal, and changed to a northerly course, Sure enough the sea state was more tolerable. Not great…but tolerable. We averaged 9.2 knots…with a high speed of 11 knots. Apparent winds were 12 knots. We couldn't figure out why Cat Maudy was hitting such fast cruising speeds – but I wasn't complaining. The faster we get to Lake Worth….the faster we can be done with these bouncy seas. Go Cat Maudy GO!
We cruised into Lake Worth Inlet in just over 4.5 hours. And spent the night analyzing weather, patterns, sea states and predictions. Can we make another hop to Ft. Pierce before the weather crumbles?


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namespace ZendTest\View\Resolver;

use ArrayObject;
use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as TestCase;
use Zend\View\Resolver\TemplateMapResolver;

class TemplateMapResolverTest extends TestCase
{
    public function testMapIsEmptyByDefault()
    {
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver();
        $this->assertEquals([], $resolver->getMap());
    }

    public function testCanSeedMapWithArrayViaConstructor()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $this->assertEquals($map, $resolver->getMap());
    }

    public function testCanSeedMapWithTraversableViaConstructor()
    {
        $map = new ArrayObject(['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml']);
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        $this->assertEquals($map->getArrayCopy(), $resolver->getMap());
    }

    public function testCanSeedMapWithArrayViaSetter()
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    }

    public function testCanSeedMapWithTraversableViaSetter()
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    }

    public function testCanAppendSingleEntriesViaAdd()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
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    public function testCanAppendMultipleEntriesAsArrayViaAdd()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
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            'foo/baz' => __DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml',
            'baz/bat' => __DIR__ . '/baz/bat.phtml',
        ];
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        $this->assertEquals($expected, $resolver->getMap());
    }

    public function testCanAppendMultipleEntriesAsTraversableViaAdd()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $more = new ArrayObject([
            'foo/baz' => __DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml',
            'baz/bat' => __DIR__ . '/baz/bat.phtml',
        ]);
        $resolver->add($more);
        $expected = array_merge($map, $more->getArrayCopy());
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $resolver->getMap());
    }

    public function testCanAppendMultipleEntriesAsArrayViaMerge()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $more = [
            'foo/baz' => __DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml',
            'baz/bat' => __DIR__ . '/baz/bat.phtml',
        ];
        $resolver->merge($more);
        $expected = array_merge($map, $more);
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $resolver->getMap());
    }

    public function testCanAppendMultipleEntriesAsTraversableViaMerge()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $more = new ArrayObject([
            'foo/baz' => __DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml',
            'baz/bat' => __DIR__ . '/baz/bat.phtml',
        ]);
        $resolver->merge($more);
        $expected = array_merge($map, $more->getArrayCopy());
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    }

    public function testCanMergeTwoMaps()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $more = new TemplateMapResolver([
            'foo/baz' => __DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml',
            'baz/bat' => __DIR__ . '/baz/bat.phtml',
        ]);
        $resolver->merge($more);
        $expected = array_merge($map, $more->getMap());
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $resolver->getMap());
    }

    public function testAddOverwritesMatchingEntries()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $more = [
            'foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml',
            'baz/bat' => __DIR__ . '/baz/bat.phtml',
        ];
        $resolver->merge($more);
        $expected = array_merge($map, $more);
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $resolver->getMap());
        $this->assertEquals(__DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml', $resolver->get('foo/bar'));
    }

    public function testMergeOverwritesMatchingEntries()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $more = new TemplateMapResolver([
            'foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml',
            'baz/bat' => __DIR__ . '/baz/bat.phtml',
        ]);
        $resolver->merge($more);
        $expected = array_merge($map, $more->getMap());
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $resolver->getMap());
        $this->assertEquals(__DIR__ . '/../foo/baz.phtml', $resolver->get('foo/bar'));
    }

    public function testHasReturnsTrueWhenMatchingNameFound()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $this->assertTrue($resolver->has('foo/bar'));
    }

    public function testHasReturnsFalseWhenNameHasNoMatch()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $this->assertFalse($resolver->has('bar/baz'));
    }

    public function testGetReturnsPathWhenNameHasMatch()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $this->assertEquals($map['foo/bar'], $resolver->get('foo/bar'));
    }

    public function testGetReturnsFalseWhenNameHasNoMatch()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $this->assertFalse($resolver->get('bar/baz'));
    }

    public function testResolveReturnsPathWhenNameHasMatch()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $this->assertEquals($map['foo/bar'], $resolver->resolve('foo/bar'));
    }

    public function testResolveReturnsFalseWhenNameHasNoMatch()
    {
        $map = ['foo/bar' => __DIR__ . '/foo/bar.phtml'];
        $resolver = new TemplateMapResolver($map);
        $this->assertFalse($resolver->resolve('bar/baz'));
    }
}


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