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<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use Apine\Core\Error\ErrorHandler;
use Apine\Core\Http\Stream;
use Apine\Core\Http\UploadedFile;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

class UploadedFileTest extends TestCase
{
    static private $filename = './testUploadFile';

    public function setUp()
    {
        ErrorHandler::set(E_ALL); // Set up error handling so that notice in file manipulation convert to Exception
    }

    public function tearDown()
    {
        ErrorHandler::unset();
    }

    /**
     * @beforeClass
     */
    public static function createTestFile()
    {
        $resource = fopen(self::$filename, 'w');
        $return = fwrite($resource, 'Test Content');
        fclose($resource);
    }

    /**
     * @afterClass
     */
    public static function deleteTestFile()
    {
        unlink(self::$filename);
    }

    /**
     * @return UploadedFile
     */
    public function testConstructor() : UploadedFile
    {
        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            self::$filename,
            12,
            0,
            'uploaded.txt',
            'text/plain'
        );

        $this->assertEquals('uploaded.txt', $uploadedFile->getClientFilename());
        $this->assertEquals('text/plain', $uploadedFile->getClientMediaType());
        $this->assertEquals(12, $uploadedFile->getSize());
        $this->assertEquals(0, $uploadedFile->getError());

        return $uploadedFile;
    }

    public function testConstructorFromResource()
    {
        $resource = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');

        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            $resource,
            0,
            0
        );

        $this->assertEquals(null, $uploadedFile->getClientFilename());
        $this->assertEquals(null, $uploadedFile->getClientMediaType());
        $this->assertEquals(0, $uploadedFile->getSize());
        $this->assertEquals(0, $uploadedFile->getError());
    }

    public function testConstructorFromStream() : UploadedFile
    {
        $resource = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');
        $stream = new Stream($resource);

        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            $stream,
            0,
            0
        );

        $this->assertEquals(null, $uploadedFile->getClientFilename());
        $this->assertEquals(null, $uploadedFile->getClientMediaType());
        $this->assertEquals(0, $uploadedFile->getSize());
        $this->assertEquals(0, $uploadedFile->getError());

        return $uploadedFile;
    }

    public function testConstructorFromSAPI() : UploadedFile
    {
        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            self::$filename,
            12,
            0,
            'uploaded.txt',
            'text/plain',
            true
        );

        $this->assertAttributeEquals(true, 'sapi', $uploadedFile);

        return $uploadedFile;
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage Invalid resource provided
     */
    public function testConstructorInvalidResource()
    {
        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            false,
            0,
            0
        );
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage Uploaded file filename must be string
     */
    public function testConstructorInvalidFilenameType()
    {
        $resource = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');

        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            $resource,
            0,
            0,
            false
        );
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage Uploaded file media type must be string
     */
    public function testConstructorInvalidMediaType()
    {
        $resource = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');

        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            $resource,
            0,
            0,
            null,
            false
        );
    }

    /**
     * @depends testConstructor
     * @param UploadedFile $uploadedFile
     */
    public function testGetStream(UploadedFile $uploadedFile)
    {
        $this->assertInstanceOf(Stream::class, $uploadedFile->getStream());
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \RuntimeException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage Cannot retrieve stream due to upload error
     */
    public function testGetStreamOnInvalidUpload()
    {
        $resource = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');

        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            $resource,
            0,
            1
        );

        $uploadedFile->getStream();
    }

    /**
     * @depends testConstructor
     * @param UploadedFile $uploadedFile
     *
     * @expectedException \ErrorException
     * @expectedExceptionMessageRegExp /No such file or directory/
     */
    public function testMoveToCannotWrite(UploadedFile $uploadedFile)
    {
        $newName = './weirdDirectory/' . uniqid('test-');
        $uploadedFile->moveTo($newName);
    }

    /**
     * @depends testConstructor
     * @param UploadedFile $uploadedFile
     * @return UploadedFile
     */
    public function testMoveTo(UploadedFile $uploadedFile)
    {
        $newName = './' . uniqid('test-');
        $uploadedFile->moveTo($newName);

        $this->assertFileExists($newName);

        unlink($newName);
        self::createTestFile();

        return $uploadedFile;
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage The specified path is invalid
     */
    public function testMoveToInvalidTarget()
    {
        $resource = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');

        $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile(
            $resource,
            0,
            0
        );

        $uploadedFile->moveTo(false);
    }

    /**
     * @depends testConstructorFromStream
     * @param UploadedFile $uploadedFile
     */
    public function testMoveToStream(UploadedFile $uploadedFile)
    {
        $newName = './' . uniqid('test-');
        $uploadedFile->moveTo($newName);

        $this->assertFileExists($newName);

        unlink($newName);
        self::createTestFile();
    }

    /**
     * @depends testMoveTo
     * @param UploadedFile $uploadedFile
     * @expectedException \RuntimeException
     * @expectedExceptionMessage File has already been moved once
     */
    public function testMoveToCannotDoTwice(UploadedFile $uploadedFile)
    {
        $newName = './' . uniqid('test-');
        $uploadedFile->moveTo($newName);
    }

    /**
     * @depends testMoveTo
     *
     * @param UploadedFile $uploadedFile
     *
     * @expectedException \RuntimeException
     */
    public function testGetStreamOnMovedStream(UploadedFile $uploadedFile)
    {
        $uploadedFile->getStream();
    }
}


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Our mission is to defend working people's standard of living, fight for job security, protect our right to organize and support contract campaigns and strikes. Jobs with Justice opposes racism, sexism, ageism and homophobia and will actively support struggles against any form of discrimination.
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Too many elected politicians ignore the needs of working people. The erosion of secure and stable jobs, the decline in living standards, cuts in wages and benefits, as well as the deterioration of the right to organize and strike are political problems.
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movies June 20, 2015
Movie Review: Eden Is Long and Unfocused, But It Mostly Works Anyway
By David Edelstein
Mia Hansen-Løve's potently amorphous music drama Eden follows Paul (Félix De Givry), a French electronic dance DJ, over two decades, and you could be forgiven for finding his 131-minute odyssey wandering, unfocused, and overlong. The defense admits that Hansen-Løve is militantly casual in how she tells Paul's story, and that the way the movie skips from dance space to dance space, track to track, and love affair to love affair can leave you wondering if there's any "there" there. Who is this man? What does he do for a living again? But Hansen-Løve — like her partner, Olivier Assayas in Summer Hours and The Clouds of Sils Maria — has a near-supernatural instinct for finding the right form (and degree of formlessness) to induce a sense of transience, of something being lost before it even fully registers. Her last film was called Goodbye, First Love, and Eden is another long, long good-bye.
Hansen-Løve does tip her hand on the subject of loss with the title, no? Eden is the name of a local music scene magazine (glimpsed briefly), but it also denotes the paradise in which Paul — who's based on Hansen-Løve's brother, Sven, with whom she wrote the script — finds himself when he's in, literally, the groove. His religion is "New York Garage with a Parisian twist … like House but more disco." Early in the film, he enters a tunnel and moves toward the source of the music, his body visible only between strobes, the electro beats at once arousing and relaxing — hypnotizing. He and his buddy, a high-strung illustrator named Cyril (Roman Kolinka), create a duo called "Cheers," becoming famous for the magical "French touch." Despite the efforts of a swinging radio guru named Arnaud (Vincent Macaigne), they don't see much money. But it's clear that spinning vinyl records makes Paul feel a kind of centripetal force, as if he's pulling the world into his orbit.
I think the triumph of the film itself is its centrifugal force, its dispersed palette, its constant movement away from a center — the reverse direction of those records on Paul's Technics turntable. The first of his girlfriends is in the process of leaving him before we even see them together. She's an American named Julia, played by Greta Gerwig in a hard, low-voiced style I find a huge relief from her usual ditheriness. Julia thinks of Paul as the little French boy with whom she's spending wonderful time before she has to go back to New York and grow up. The hole she leaves is eventually filled by Louise (Pauline Etienne), a sprightly, short-haired gamine who's happy to follow Paul from gig to gig in lieu of working. But impermanence eats at her, too. Cyril, the other half of Cheers, is more and more angry and out of sorts, both sublimating and wallowing in his despair with a series of illustrations for a book he calls Song of the Machine. Paul's mother (Arsinee Khanjian) sounds grim warnings about the real world on which Paul is turning his back, as well as his dwindling finances. But it will be a while in Eden before there's any sense of urgency.
For most of the film, Hansen-Løve's tempo is glancing, her eye restless. She'll settle for a while on Paul and his friends as they throw back drinks or snort cocaine and then move on, the soundtrack picking you up and fuzzing you out. What do we hear? Most prominently Daft Punk, who are also characters in the film (played by actors) in a running joke in which they keep being denied entrance to clubs. (Paul thinks the duo is going nowhere.) My press kit lists 42 separate tracks by the likes of Arnold Jarvis, Juliet Roberts, MK, and the Style Council. The throbbing, floating, omnipresent music — inducing dreaminess, transcendence — is a counterpoint to the increasingly stark economics of Paul's life. As tastes change and the crowd moves on, he finds himself addicted, in nightmarish debt, and alone. And at last Hansen Løve gives us our narrative bearings.
In one respect, it's too little too late: De Givry (who was also in Assayas's Something in the Air) is a non-actor, handsome, serious, and comfortable being observed but never particularly expressive. That's obviously what Hansen Løve wanted, but I can't help thinking the movie's amorphousness would have worked better with a more definite actor — someone who didn't disappear so fully into the scene. Eden has a remarkable orbit, but it spins around a void.
Movie Review: Eden
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LeapEd Conferred CSR Award For A Social Enterprise
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- LeapEd Services Sdn Bhd ('LeapEd'), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Malaysia's first homegrown education service provider, recently obtained the "CSR Leadership Award for a Social Enterprise" for its breakthrough in education transformation. Established in 2010, LeapEd enriches lives through capacity-building and education transformation and has impacted over 71,000 students and over 160 schools through its various intervention models including the nation's pioneering Trust Schools Programme.
"We are truly honoured to receive this award, which recognises our efforts in pushing boundaries in the education landscape. Our future lies in the youth today and we believe that every child deserves a great future. This is why we are passionate about nurturing and engaging students with the appropriate knowledge, abilities, and skills through our holistic school transformation programme. This will enable them to smoothly navigate their future in the 21st century workplace,"
said En Zulhaimi Othman, Managing Director of LeapEd Services Sdn Bhd.
Article devoted to the 75th anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic: Development of Kyrgyz-Malaysian relations
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- The foreign policy of the Kyrgyz Republic since its independence was based on the provisions of the Constitution, the Declaration of State Independence, the norms of international law, adherence to the goals and principles of the UN.
Being an integral part of domestic policy, the foreign policy of Kyrgyzstan reflected the consolidated interests of the multinational and multi-religious people of the republic.
Status Of Recognition For Seven Taiwan Dental Schools Qualifications
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Dental Council would like to refer to the news published in The Star Online and The Borneo Post on the 17th July 2019, whereby the MDC was reported to have removed recognitions for seven Taiwan dental schools from the Second Schedule of the Dental Act 1971. The reported Taiwan dental schools are: Taiwan University School of Medicine, National Defense School of Medicine, Yangming University School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, China Medical University, Zhongshan Medical University and Kaohsiung Medical University.
The MDC would like to clarify that this is not true, as basic dental qualifications from Taiwan dental schools have never been recognised under the Dental Act 1971, hence has never been listed under Second Schedule of the said Act.
Ferns N Petals Eyes at South East Asian Market
SINGAPORE, July 17 (Bernama) -- India's Gifting Giant Ferns N Petals has started its operations in Singapore by launching www.fnp.sg recently. After establishing a strong foothold in India, the company planned expansion into the Middle East market in 2015 with UAE and now targeted to capture South East Asian Market.
Ferns N Petals provides gift deliveries for all major occasions. While Birthdays and Anniversaries are all year round occasions, main occasions in India are Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Rakhi, and Diwali when the business is on peak. Similarly in UAE- EID, Ramadan, Mother's Day are the big buck occasions. With the expansion in Singapore, company wishes to cater general and major occasions like Chinese New Year and Christmas. The company has launched flowers, cakes, plants, gift hampers and combos. Customers looking for flowers delivery in Singapore can now place orders for some stunning floral arrangements from the website and an upcoming mobile app for Android & iOS.
Serba Dinamik Launches Beyond Paradigm Summit
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Bernama) -- Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad ("Serba Dinamik Holdings" or the "Company"), a global integrated engineering services provider, launched the inaugural Beyond Paradigm Summit at the Malaysian International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC) today with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad officiating at the opening.
The Beyond Paradigm Summit, held from 17 – 18 July and with the theme 'Creating Distinctive Digital Solutions', showcases advanced technologies encapsulating the core ideas of automation and data exchange surrounding Industrial Revolution 4.0 ("IR 4.0").
"Tour around Fujian, Have all Blessings" -- Welcome to the Fantastic World of Colorful Zhangzhou
ZHANGZHOU, China, July 17 (Bernama) -- Zhangzhou, situated at South Fujian Triangle, is a key city along the Belt and Road and a well-known ancestral hometown for overseas Chinese and Taiwan compatriots. Known as one of the world cultural heritage sites, one of China's famous historical and cultural cities and one of China's top tourist cities, and the City of Hot Spring, Zhangzhou is a brilliant highlight in the tourism landscape of China. In recent years, Zhangzhou has gone all out to boost the holistic tourism and constantly built the brand of Beautiful Zhangzhou, thus making its tourist economy booming.
There are three world wonders in Zhangzhou.
The first is the world tangible cultural heritage –- Tulou (Earthen Castles) in Nanjing and Hua'an counties, which not only bears the history of but also witnesses the great changes in Zhangzhou.
Win 365 Days Of Bubble Tea With Hong Leong Bank´s Bubble Tea Frenzy
No one can resist bubble tea, what more 365 days of bubble tea! Three lucky winners to walk away with a year's worth of Bubble Tea when they go cashless with Hong Leong Bank's Bubble Tea Frenzy at SS15, Subang Jaya this July 21st
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Bernama) -- The celebration of going Cashless continues at Hong Leong Bank ('HLB' or 'the Bank') in line with the recent roll-out of the Bank's Digital Day 2019 campaign, Bye-Bye Cash, No Cash, No Problem.
This time, going cashless with HLB comes with a sweet reward!
Customers who either apply for a HLB Credit Card, register for Hong Leong Connect (banking mobile app) or link their HLB Debit Card/-i to WeChat Pay Wallet and follow HLB WeChat Official Account on Sunday, July 21st 2019 at HLB's Bubble Tea Frenzy at SS15/4 Subang Jaya, will immediately enjoy a RM10 bubble tea voucher bubble tea from Daboba, The Alley or PIN Tea courtesy of HLB, redeemable only at the participating branches at SS15/4.


The annual re-ranking of The NASDAQ-100 Index, composed of the 100 largest non-financial stocks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market®, occurs this month.
Effective prior to market open on Monday, December 23, 2013, the following five securities will be added to the Index: DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI), TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) and Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO).
The NASDAQ-100 Index dates to January 1985 when it was launched along with the NASDAQ Financial-100 Indexâ, which is comprised of the 100 largest financial stocks on NASDAQâ. These indexes act as benchmarks for investment products such as options, futures, and funds. The NASDAQ-100 is re-ranked each year in December, timed to coincide with the quadruple witching expiration Friday of the quarter.
On a cumulative price return basis, the NASDAQ-100 Index has returned almost 2800% since inception, although past performance is not indicative of future performance.
The NASDAQ-100 Index is the basis of the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ), which aims to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond with the NASDAQ-100 Index performance. In addition, options, futures and structured products based on the NASDAQ-100 Index and the PowerShares QQQ Trust trade on various exchanges.
As a result of the re-ranking, the following five securities will be removed from the Index: Fossil Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL), Microchip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MCHP), Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) and DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ: XRAY).
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The ABA NASDAQ Community Bank Index (ABAQ), the most broadly representative stock index for community banks, celebrates its 10-year anniversary in December. The index, which is composed of 377 banks with a market capitalization of approximately $180 billion, was created on December 2, 2003, with a base value of 250.
The market-cap weighted index includes NASDAQ-listed banks and thrifts or their holding companies with ICB code of 8300 (or that the American Bankers Association, ABA, determines should be classified as such).
The First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA) is an exchange-traded fund based on the ABAQ.
The ABAQ will celebrate the anniversary on December 4th at a symposium looking at industry growth in 2014, followed by the NASDAQ Closing Bell.


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The State Street of Tomorrow
Architects Brainstorm What's Possible for a Future Downtown Santa Barbara
Credit: Jon Messer
For seven weeks this summer, unencumbered by budgets, permits, or other pesky constraints, a small army of Santa Barbara architects let their imaginations run wild with possibilities for a State Street of the future. The intensely collaborative and creative design exercise, known as a charrette and in this instance done virtually, generated an array of options for a post-COVID downtown with fewer cars and far more housing. None of the proposals are binding in any way and instead are meant to kick-start conversations among the public and city leaders.
"Our city is dealing with a confluence of three major crises: a worldwide pandemic, a dramatic economic crisis, and a housing crisis," said Detty Peikert in the opening remarks of a two-hour Zoom presentation put on last Thursday by the Santa Barbara chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). "The confluence of these crises has created a watershed moment for the city, not unlike the 1925 earthquake. It is these unprecedented events that are outside of our control that create the very opportunity to realize positive change."
The ideas put forth, accompanied by bright illustrations and detailed explanations, ranged from the marvelous to the mundane ― from water elements and sky bridges and a sprawling mixed-use project called El Pulpo ("The Octopus") to permeable pavement and bike parking. Some seemed almost immediately feasible while others felt far too ambitious. All of the brainstorming efforts, however, were premised on the widely held belief that building apartments, creating open space, and establishing a permanent State Street promenade are the three key ingredients for a recharged commercial core.
As ambitious as they got, the architects took pains to preserve the city's classic Spanish colonial character in their sketches and renderings. "We have an established community identity, one that we will not abandon," explained Lauralee Anderson. "But we will expand upon this sense of place that we've created, and it will be flexible and adaptable for decades to come." More than one presenter described State Street as the "spinal column" of downtown and the envisioned parklets, plazas, and walkways as the "connective tissue" between its businesses and living spaces.
A number of engineers, landscape architects, interior designers, transportation specialists, and others also took part in the charrette. The nearly 160 total participants divided into 16 teams with each team focusing either on State Street itself or the adjoining individual blocks. Vertical additions and rooftop gardens were common themes. So were bicycles and trolleys sharing the promenade with pedestrians.
Among the variety of schemes offered Thursday were a creek walk with restaurants and art pieces; the underpass repurposed into a music pavilion; a courtyard that replaces the Macy's building and connects to De la Guerra Plaza; gateways that mark special districts like the Funk Zone and the Presidio; Copenhagen-inspired mixed-use projects with housing at ground level and commercial units above; converting the Lyons building into a school; converting the Balboa building to micro-unit apartments of 300 square feet; an outdoor library, dog park, climbing wall, playground, and permanent farmers' market set right on State; using sandstone, manzanita, hummingbird sage, and other natural front-country elements in landscape designs; and so on.
The full presentation and accompanying visuals are available in the video posted above and the slideshow below. Large poster boards of the proposals can also be viewed in the windows of the former Wendy Foster and Forever 21 buildings on the corner of State and Canon Perdido. The materials will soon be shared with city decision-makers, including the City Council, Planning Commission, and design review boards.
If any ideas are adopted, they ought to be carried out in a "Santa Barbara style — full of inspired creativity," said architect Ellen Bildsten, who noted that the charrette took many of its cues from a community survey that drew 5,000 responses on what residents want for a new downtown. "Broad inclusivity and participation is encouraged and necessary as we work together," she said.
To read the full article as well as watch to watch the Downtown Santa Barbara Design Charrette that took place on Wednesday October 28th, 2020, click here: https://www.independent.com/2020/10/28/the-state-street-of-tomorrow/


The Collage series began after a trip to the United States and was developed up until the 1980s. Using a wide range of material (canvas, paper, fabric) and the dripping technique, works like the 3Ds function on the combined effect of the images, which in this case are lying on the same plane. The final picture, a "cold reconstruction of an impulsive act" (Remo Bianco), is the result of the assemblage of the different small squares in which the same work is broken down from. Often "tessere" (pieces) of different works are included in the same collage, thus increasing the possibilities of image creation and lending a flexible character to the picture in its constitutive elements.
The fragmented character of the pictures of this series identifies this cycle as painting in opposition to "Art Informel". The Collages "contrast the gestural violence and the rapid and biomorphic ductus" of those works (A. Altamira 2001).


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Many oppressions and injustices have overwhelmed communities all over the world. However, artists have discovered a way to lighten these burdens by creating what is now known as popular theatre. This can be defined as a performance done for a community and occasionally by a community, in order to depict their predicaments and discuss them as a group. This dramatization of worldwide inequalities is an effective tool that can be utilized to work towards societal change, in spite of its limitations.


Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler) (11:43): It is appropriate that I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which this parliament meets and pay my respect to elders past and present. I am very pleased to take the opportunity to speak to this report of the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I believe that our Constitution is inadequate while ever the First Australians are not recognised in it. We recognised the rights of Indigenous Australians to be citizens in the famous referendum in 1967, but we need to take the next step—it's absolutely critical.
Indeed, those of us who are the descendants of migrants, which is all of us except First Nations people, benefit enormously from the fact that we have, in our midst, the oldest continuous civilisation on the planet. It is something that we should cherish. It is something we should recognise.
Something that we should acknowledge is that the arrival of Europeans in 1788 brought violence, disease and hardship on those people who had been here for 60,000 years previously. We should also acknowledge how we're enriched by that culture. The connection that First Nations people have with the land and with water is something that we can learn a great deal from, so Labor very much accepts the Statement from the Heart. We support a voice to parliament and we support constitutional change.
I don't believe that would be able to be passed at a referendum and it's not a policy that I would support.
Instead of committing himself to listening to First Nations people, to showing leadership for our nation, his government mounted a scare campaign about so-called third chambers of parliament and rejected the proposal out of hand. That was tragic. It followed, and was reminiscent of, the Howard government's failed recognition of an apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people—an apology that was famously delivered by Kevin Rudd at the first opportunity after the election of a Labor government. As the Leader of the House of Representatives in that government, that was my proudest moment—my proudest moment, bar none.
Around the country, far from it being a time of division, it was a unifying moment in our nation's history. People, whether they were members of the stolen generation or young kids in every school around the country, stopped to watch that apology. They were inspired by that moment.
That was important, but it was, as then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said at the time, just a first step. He said that we needed to commit to practical reconciliation, closing the gaps—in some cases extremely large gaps—between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their fellow Australians that still exist in education, health and other outcomes.
The voice to parliament could also be a unifying moment. It's not a third chamber; it plays no role in the legislative process in terms of making law. It is simply what the title implies: a voice whereby First Nations people would be consulted on legislation that affects them. It would provide a structure for that consultation and input. It wouldn't determine what way any one of the 150 members of the House of Representatives or 76 senators would vote on legislation, but it would allow for appropriate democratic input. That is why it is critical. That is why we have committed to consulting with First Nations people to design the voice to parliament. That is why Labor's response has been worked up with the input particularly of Senator Patrick Dodson, widely regarded as the father of reconciliation in this country; Linda Burney, my long-time colleague and friend; Senator Malarndirri McCarthy; Warren Snowdon, the member for Lingiari; and Luke Gosling, who's here in the chamber, the member for Solomon. They have all worked very hard to consult and to establish a process moving forward.
This report is part of that process. It is keeping the fight for constitutional recognition alive in this parliament, despite the inaction of the government. But there is much more to do. That's why we're committed to additional reforms proposed by the Statement from the Heart—in particular the makarrata commission for agreement making and truth-telling. That's why we remain committed to closing the gap.
Of course, the apology was not the end of the story; it was just the beginning … it was just a step on the road to reconciliation.
I believed that then and I believe that today. The national apology was a step on this road, closing the gap means more steps on this road, and constitutional recognition is a vital step in us truly coming together as a nation. On this side of the house, Labor is committed to continuing on this journey. I know that across the parliament there are many people of goodwill who are also committed to this journey. I believe we need to advance it because it's in the interests not just of First Nations peoples but of each and every Australian and those generations to come.


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My Child is Being Evaluated ...
What Tests Should I Request?
by Pat Howey
"I think my child has a learning disability - what tests should I request?"
"My child has Down Syndrome - what tests should I request?"
I am an advocate, not a psychologist, so I do not advise parents to ask their evaluator to use specific tests.
You want to select an evaluator who is knowledgeable about your child's disability. Your evaluator should have expertise and knowledge about a variety of tests and should use this expertise to select appropriate tests for your child. (Read How Can I Find an Evaluator or Educational Consultant)
Parents do need to provide their evaluator with proper information about the child - this information will help the evaluator decide which tests to administer. At a minimum, you should provide your evaluator with all previous testing and evaluations. Ask the evaluator what additional information s/he needs.
Learning About Evaluations
To learn about evaluations, read these articles about evaluations.
If you have Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd edition (FETA-2), the new book by Pete and Pam Wright, you should read Chapter 10, Tests and Measurements 101, and Chapter 11, Tests and Measurements 102. The second edition was revised to include information about tests used to assess children and the strengths and weaknesses of these tests, including:
Reading Tests: What different reading tests measure and do not measure
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV): Index and Subtest Scores; key differences between the WISC-III and WISC-IV
Other Measures of Intellectual Functioning: Differential Ability Scales, Stanford-Binet, Woodcock Johnson, etc
Comprehensive Educational Achievement Tests: Kaufmann, WIAT, Peabody, Woodcock Johnson-IV,
Single Subject Tests: Gray Oral Reading Test, Woodcock Johnson IV Diagnostic Reading Battery, Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Test of Written Language, KeyMath, more
Personality Tests and Behavior Rating Scales
Speech and Language tests and Vocabulary Tests
Learn How to Use Tests to Measure Progress
This is not to say that you should not learn about tests in general. You need to know the difference between criterion-referenced and norm-referenced tests. You need to know that test instruments must have high validity and high reliability. The validity of a test depends on whether the sample used to determine the norms for that test was made up of individuals who are similar to those for whom the test will be used.
Parents and advocates need to know how to use the Bell Curve to interpret the child's test results. You can learn about these topics by reading Measuring Progress: Tests & Measurements for the Parent, Teacher, Advocate and Attorney or Chapters 10 and 11 on Tests and Measurements in Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition)
Know Your State's Rules & Laws About Testing
As a parent or advocate, you need to know your state's rules and laws about the requirements for testing children with special educational needs. If you do not understand these rules, the school may reject the independent evaluation that you, the parent, paid good money to obtain. It is just as important that you understand your state requirements as it is for you to understand the tests selected and the purposes for which these tests are used.
Let me give you an example. Indiana requires that children who are tested to determine
if they are eligible for special education due to a specific learning disability be tested in at least the following areas:
1. Ability testing, i.e., IQ
2. Achievement testing i.e., educational needs
3. Additional measures of achievement for identified areas of deficit identified by the first two areas of testing
4. Classroom observation
511 I.A.C. 7-26-8 (b) (1), (2), and (3)
Note: Please refer to 511 I.A.C. 7-26-8 (b) for other requirements.
As an advocate, I must advise parents that their independent evaluator is also required to assess all these areas. The last thing an advocate wants is to have the parents' expensive independent testing thrown out because it did not meet all the components required by law - especially when the parent relied on the advocate's advice.
For a student who is suspected of having some degree of mental retardation, I must advise the parent that Indiana law does not require a classroom observation for this disability category. Despite this, I strongly recommend that the parent request a classroom observation because this can provide valuable information about how the child learns and performs in the classroom environment. Indiana requires at a minimum, the following tests for a child who is suspected of having mental retardation:
2. Achievement test, i.e., educational needs
3. Adaptive Behavior assessment
511 I.A.C. 7-26-9 (b) (1), (2), and (3).
Advice from an Advocate: Responsibilities, Duties and Knowledge
If an advocate accepts the responsibility of representing to parents what types of tests are required, the advocate also assumes the duty to ensure that the parent understands all the legal requirements under state law.
If you select an independent evaluator who is knowledgeable about your child's disability and you trust the evaluator, you need to have confidence that the evaluator will determine and use appropriate tests for your child.
However, you should not assume that your independent evaluator is knowledgeable about all the legal requirements about testing in your state law.
An advocate should also know which independent evaluators are reputable and which evaluators are on the school's referral list. Being in a position to provide parents with this specialized information is part of what makes the advocate such an important resource for parents of special needs children.
Copyright © 2005-6 by Pat Howey.
What to Expect from an Evaluation. In this excellent article, psychologist and literacy researcher Marianne Meyer walks you through the process of gathering information and participating in the evaluation process.
What You Should Know About Evaluations. As a parent, you must make sure that all areas of possible need are assessed as quickly as possible. While some parents would rather not allow their school system to evaluate their child, a refusal to cooperate at this stage of the process can backfire . . . " Read article
Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs): What? How? Why? Who Pays? Parent attorney Wayne Steedman describes IEEs, the value of IEEs for parents and school personnel, what the law requires, and who is financially responsible.
Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs): Must Parents Chose an Evaluator from School's Approved List? In 2004, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) published a Policy Letter about IEEs and parent choice; clarified that parents have a right to choose their independent evaluator.
Tests, Testing Issues and Advocacy. Dr. Bill Matthew, Director of Special Education, Delano, CA, offers suggestions about tests and and testing issues, including age & grade equivalents, subtest scatter, improper use of projective tests, and tests that are psychometrically sound.
Meet Pat Howey
Patricia Howey has supported families of children with disabilities since 1985. She has a specific learning disability and became involved in special education when her youngest child entered kindergarten. Pat has children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who have a variety of disabilities and she has used her experience to advocate for better special education services for several of them.
Pat is a charter member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), serving on its Board of Directors from 2000 through 2003. She has been a Commissioner on the Tippecanoe (County) Human Relations Committee, a graduate of Leadership Lafayette and Partners in Policymaking, and a member of the Wrightslaw Speakers Bureau. She has been on the faculty of the College of William and Mary Law School's Institute of Special Education Advocacy since its inception in 2011.
Pat has an A.S. and a B.A. in Paralegal Studies from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, where she graduated magna cum laude. She is an Indiana Registered Paralegal and an affiliate member of the Indiana Bar and the American Bar Associations.
Pat began her advocacy career as a volunteer for the Task Force on Education for the Handicapped (now InSource), Indiana's Parent Training and Information Center. In 1990, she opened her advocacy practice and served families throughout Indiana by representing them at IEP meetings, mediation, and due process hearings.
In 2017, Pat closed her advocacy practice and began working on a contract basis as a special education paralegal. Attorneys in Indiana, Texas, and California contracted with her to review documents, spot issues, draft due process complaints, prepare for hearings, and assist at hearings. In January 2019, she became an employee of the Connell Michael Kerr law firm, owned by Erin Connell, Catherine Michael, and Sonja Kerr. Her duties have now expanded to assisting with federal court cases.
"Changing the World -- One Child at at Time."
Patricia L. Howey, B.A., IRP
West Point, Indiana 47992-0117
E-mail: specialedconsulting@gmail.com
Webpage: https://cmklawfirm.com/
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Bootstrapping a Global $7M Software Company from Kolkata, India
Posted By Sramana Mitra On July 31, 2012 @ 3:00 pm In Startup | No Comments
Those who know me know that I am a strong advocate of bootstrapping. Of course, it's not always feasible, but when it is, as in the case of Pallav Nadhani, CEO of FusionCharts, I believe every entrepreneur should bootstrap.
Pallav was born in the small Indian town of Bihar where he lived until the age of 15. After that, he lived in Kolkata with his father, a man with an entrepreneurial spirit of his own. Pallav's father had started his own Web design company and Pallav helped out. He'd gotten his first computer at age nine and used it to teach himself Basic and C++. While helping out at his father's Web design company, Pallav "picked up a few different Web technologies."
One day, while browsing the Web, he discovered ASPToday.com, which was published by Wrox Publication. The idea for FusionCharts came when Pallav noticed that desktop applications didn't look as good as Web applications, and came up with an idea to change Excel's charting to a "webified interface."
He described his idea in a tutorial article that ASPToday.com published. Pallav earned $1,500 for that article and used it to fund what would grow into a multi-million dollar operation with close to 500,000 people using its products.
Many people who read Pallav's article started contacting him. They wanted to know if he could customize some aspect of his tutorial. So, he decided to create all of the requested customizations and use them as the foundation on which to build a product that he could sell. Because he didn't know how much he should charge, Pallav started out only charging $15 because that was the minimum amount that a payment gateway he had signed up with would accept. That was in 2001.
Once Pallav's first customers deemed the product a good one, Pallav put it up on a website and started marketing it by writing articles about "why people should not be using outdated charts in Excel when there was a better technology." He had no money at the time, so guerilla PR – writing articles that indirectly promoted his product – was the only option available to him.
FusionCharts gained traction with the help of recommendations from clients whom Pallav helped integrate his application into the product for free, only charging them a licensing fee. In return, they wrote recommendations that led to more clients. Pallav continued to write guest posts. He also visited Web forums and talked about the features of his product.
Because one of the clients for whom Pallav provided free integration services had a wide reach, Pallav's business grew steadily early on. He launched the first version of his product in October 2002. By March of 2003, the company had earned $10,000. In 2003, the company earned $100,000; in 2004, $300,000; and in 2005, FusionCharts earned $750,000 in revenue and so on.
Increased earnings allowed Pallav to start paying for online advertisements, which helped the company to grow even faster. By 2006, FusionCharts had almost earned $1 million and had a staff of 10 people.
Of course, pricing has come a long way. Where Pallav once charged $15 dollars for a product that's designed for developers who can integrate charting with software applications, he now charges from $199 to $13,000 for the reseller license. Enterprise licensing can cost as much as $100,000.
FusionCharts has another product that's designed for SharePoint users who require visualization on the platform. The fee for that is $1,299 per server. The third product is for non-technical users who need visualization that's better than what they can get with PowerPoint. For that, the charge will be $49 per user.
The introduction of the iPad presented Pallav with a serious challenge because FusionCharts' products require Flash and Apple doesn't support it. Pallav's answer was to partner with one his competitors to create a hybrid product that works on iPad, iPhone, Android, PCs and the Web, a strategic move that gave FusionCharts a big boost in business and, consequently, revenue.
Today, FusionCharts is a $7 million enterprise with a global clientele, many of them Fortune 500 companies. Pallav has increased his team to 60 people and increased its product offering to a total of 14. In 2011, FusionCharts opened a location in Bangalore.
Pallav has no interest in financing because, as he puts it, financing would not help him grow at this point. He runs a lean operation that for the seven years of its existence ran at 80% profit margin.
That's quite an accomplishment for a young man who started his company with $1,500.
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Billy Graham Turns 93
Most newspapers have canned obits of famous people ready to go. When I saw the Rev. Billy Graham was in the hospital several months ago, I remembered that I had shot Billy Graham Day in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 15, 1971. I'd better pull out those files "just in case," I thought.
As it turned out, the Preacher to the Presidents got better and was released from the hospital. I'm happy to use the occasion of his 93rd birthday today as an excuse to run the photos.
Billy Graham Day and Richard Nixon
Billy Graham Day had several political subplots.
President Richard Nixon had appeared with Graham in Knoxville, TN., in May 1970, the first time a president had spoken on the stage with an evangelist, according to reports I've read. The mostly sympathetic audience's reaction to protestors who showed up gave the President's re-election team an idea. The Watergate hearings uncovered a plot to plant agents provocateur in the crowd to cause trouble, then have pickup trucks of "cowboys" show up to "let things happen."
Event figured in Watergate Hearings
Apparently those shenanigans never got beyond the frat boy talking stage, but the "fake ticket" ruse WAS employed. An advance man would demand to see a protestor's ticket, pronounce it "fake" and have him escorted away.
Nixon beams at crowd
I don't remember anything about the President's speech. The paper's religion writer was along with me to cover the event, so I could concentrate on shooting and not have to worry about taking notes.
Published accounts say that he praised the minister's family, "Let me just say this, we all think of Billy Graham as a strong man. But as I look at the Graham family, if I am asked who are stronger, Billy Graham or the women in his family, I'll say the women every time…God made man out of the soft earth but he made woman out of a hard rib – the woman is the stronger of the two."
Ruth Graham ambivalent
Patricia Daniels Cornwell wrote in Ruth, A Portrait: The story of Ruth Bell Graham that Mrs. Graham had her own private ambivalence about Nixon's appearance on her husband's platform. "I think to have [presidents] come and sit in the audience is one thing. To have them speak from the platform is another."
"What is your affiliation, Young Man"
Bill Williams, editor of The Gastonia Gazette, thought it would be a neat story idea to send the religion writer and me over to Charlotte to the rally on a church bus to get some local flavor.
I had no sooner boarded the bus when a blue-haired, primly attired little old lady accosted me. "What is your affiliation, Young Man? she demanded.
Somewhat taken aback by her tone, but raised to be polite to my elders, I replied, "I'm with The Gastonia Gazette, Mam. Would you like to see my identification?"
"I mean your RELIGIOUS affiliation."
Looking at me like she would look at her shoe if she sensed that she had just stepped in something unpleasant, and speaking slowly and enunciating clearly because it had just become obvious that everything she had been told about Yankees was true, she gave an audible "sniff" and asked again, "Young man, I mean what is your RELIGIOUS affiliation?"
"Well, Mam, to be honest, despite eight years of parochial schooling, I mostly serve as a bad example."
She didn't invite me to sit next to her.
I don't recall the ride BACK on the bus, either. I think I might have called one of the other photographers to drive the 19 miles over to Charlotte to pick us up. I would have had no problem approving his mileage for THAT trip.
Photo Gallery of Billy Graham Day
Here's a collection of photos from the Nixon / Graham rally. Click on any photo to maker it larger, then click on the left or right side to move through the gallery. Happy Birthday Mr. Graham.
CategoriesJournalism TagsBilly Graham, Gastonia Gazette, Journalism, Nixon, Politicians
12 Replies to "Billy Graham Turns 93"
Anna Newell says:
I didn't know it was Billy Graham's birthday, but did you know that George Beverly Shay, the soloist with Graham, is over 100? And Cliff Barrows, the song leader's wife, was a distant, distant cousin to my husband.
Terry Hopkins says:
Great shots of Nixon…wow you were close to greatness!
So was Nixon.
LaFern Stiver says:
I loved your comment! I know you can really think that fast, too. My grandson's band got to play for both Billy Graham and the Pope. He got to drive the golf cart that took Billy Graham to the stage and after the talk, backstage again. He said Billy Graham was so kind and humble and thanked them for playing there. Ben said they would have played for nothing for the advertising they got from a Billy Graham Crusade. They took the money though.
I learned to "take the money" when I covered a church revival in Gastonia.
Graham was a class act. He made some comments on Nixon's tapes that made him look slightly antisemitic, but he managed to stay clear of personal scandal unlike so many of the televangelists.
Anne Rodgers says:
Oh my goodness. The hairstyles then took WAY too much hairspray. Hilarious.
You mean on the men or the women?
I figured you wouldn't get past the studly Secret Service guys hanging onto the running boards.
Carol Kranawetter says:
My friend Donna and I went to St. Louis (on a school bus with members of Donna's church) several years ago to see and hear Billie Graham speak at the TWA Dome. The stadium was packed. We sat close to the stage and had a great view of everything going on – plus we could clearly see behind the staging area as well.
After 30+ minutes of music and special speakers, I saw Bille Graham and his group gathering behind the stage. (At that very moment, it reminded me of what it may have been like when Elivs Presely prepared to take the stage in Las Vegas.) Rev. Graham and his men joined together and prayed … then BG was lifted up to stage level on a hydraulic lift.
This was the first of several nights in St. Louis, and BG was very strong in his presentation. I knew this was something special – it was a very special moment in my life.
Happy Birthday Billie Graham!
sharonhusband says:
God bless Billy Graham
why cant i say this again if i want toWGod bless Billy Graham
Please respond I only want to praise such a wonderful man
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I don't know about you guys but for me, I absolutely love having my afternoon snack. And obviously, when trying to watch what you eat it becomes a little harder to have impromptu snacks. I used to like to purchase the little Sabra cups with the hummus and the pretzels because it tasted good and it was just something easy to have with you when you're on the go. Eventually, that started getting a little pricey especially being on a college student budget. So I decided to play around in my kitchen and try to make my own hummus. After many tries, I came up with the perfect recipe, for a super quick and super easy homemade hummus. I usually make this recipe on Sundays and divide it into four or five little tupperwares and then take them with me to school or wherever I have to be that day.
Place everything in a food processor, in my case I used my NutriBullet.
pour it on a plate or in your to go containers for an easy healthy snack on the go, sprinkle with some smoked paprika and drizzle some olive oil on top. Enjoy with some veggies or pretzels!
** Why garbanzo beans/ chickpeas?
I love to use chickpeas because they are very high in protein, and for someone who doesn't eat much meat, it helps a lot. For one cup of cooked chickpeas, we have 15 grams of protein and 13 grams of fiber which will help with digestion.
For those who do not know what tahini is, it is pretty much the peanut butter of sesame seeds! It is made from ground sesame seeds and is often used in hummus. Tahini is a great source of healthy fats (high in unsaturated fats) and amino acids. It will also help maintain healthy skin and muscle tone while promoting cell growth.
Along with the olive oil, I also like to add something with a little heat like "Fire Oil." (Not too much … just a dab.) I eat the hummus onm Pita bread which is only 70 calories per slice instead of regular bread which can be as much as 200 calories per slice.


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(Nanowerk News) Imagine thousands of copies of a single protein organizing into a coat of chainmail armor that protects the wearer from harsh and ever-changing environmental conditions. That is the case for many microorganisms. In a new study, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have uncovered key details in this natural process that can be used for the self-assembly of nanomaterials into complex two- and three-dimensional structures.
Details on this study have been published in the journal ACS Nano ("Ion-Specific Control of the Self-Assembly Dynamics of a Nanostructured Protein Lattice").
The binding of calcium ions to SbpA proteins starts the process by which the SbpA self-assembles into nanosheets. Ca2+ binds to SbpA with an affinity of 67 µM.
Given the rugged nature of the S-layer proteins and their adhesive quality - bacteria use their S-layer armor to attach themselves to their surroundings - there are many intriguing applications awaiting further study.


I wanted to ask if the Extreme/Elevated mode decrease the typical range in compare to the classic mode .
yes with classic and elevated there is a lower top speed due to "push back"
@vafreak My feeling about extreme vs classic on range, is that it takes more power to push you back. I would imagine that extreme would go further since it doesn't push back as much or ever. I haven't tested this.


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ExxonMobil and Honeywell's UOP have formed a joint marketing and licensing alliance to deliver a comprehensive suite of lube and advanced fuels hydroprocessing and engineering capabilities to companies in the refining sector. The alliance is limited to marketing, licensing, engineering package delivery and providing catalysts for fuels and lubricants improving opportunities for refiners globally.


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Crown wants 20 years for B.C. man at centre of teenage prostitution ring | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan's News Source
Crown wants 20 years for B.C. man at centre of teenage prostitution ring
Jennifer Stahn
September 22, 2015 - 10:30 AM
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man found guilty of luring teenage girls into prostitution should spend more than 20 years behind bars, says a Crown lawyer.
Prosecutor Kristin Bryson argued in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday that Reza Moazami should serve back-to-back sentences for each of his 11 victims, who ranged in age from 14 to 19.
In the first human-trafficking conviction in the province, Moazami was convicted last September of 30 of 36 charges laid against him, including sexual exploitation, sexual assault and living off the avails of prostitution.
The court heard during his trial that Moazami recruited vulnerable girls by promising them drugs, alcohol and, in one instance, a puppy.
"Crime must not get cheaper by the dozen," Bryson told the court, quoting an earlier judgment to bolster her case.
Moazami was arrested in 2011 and spent three years and seven months in custody, meaning the Crown's proposed sentence would amount to a further 17 years imprisonment.
A sentencing hearing was scheduled initially for early December but was delayed after Moazami fired his counsel.
Moazami was present for the sentencing hearing and wore jeans and an untucked, neatly pressed, blue dress shirt. When not staring ahead passively he fidgeted in his seat and periodically hunched forward to scribble notes on a yellow pad of legal paper.
One of Moazami's two lawyers began Monday's hearing by asking that Justice Catherine Bruce reconsider her judgment on his client's five convictions of living off the avails of prostitution.
Lawyer Jeremy Fung argued those convictions were no longer constitutional because the Supreme Court of Canada's one-year delay in overturning the country's prostitution laws had expired since Moazami's conviction.
The country's top court struck down Canada's prostitution laws in December 2013, but gave the government a year to establish new legislation.
Bruce rejected Fung's argument, saying what mattered was that the laws were constitutional at the time of Moazami's conviction.
"Mr. Moazami may have an appeal," she said. "But I've convicted him and I'm going to sentence him."
Speaking outside the courtroom, defence lawyer Brian Coleman said he would push for a sentence of "significantly less" than 17 years, but declined to provide specifics.
Moazami testified in his own defence at his trial, saying he didn't know the teens were underage and that he hadn't been living off the money they earned while having sex with a dozen men a day on average.
He is scheduled to appear in court next month to face additional charges of breaching his bail conditions and obstructing justice.
In both instances he allegedly made contact with victims, once online while on bail and once through a third party while in custody at a pre-trial centre.
News from © The Canadian Press, 2015


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A new day and another early start. One of upsides of US road side motels, is that apart from being cheap, they all serve a basic breakfast usually consisting of juice, muffins and an ingenious waffle making machine – something of an irony that the luxury hotels we'd booked all charged a rip off $15-25 for breakfast.
After finishing up and loading the bags into the car we attempted the automatic car wash at the garage next door. Whilst not quite as high tech as ones in the UK it managed to remove most of the dust, mud and bug splatters that had baked on the car.
Once on the road we headed south, out of South Dakota crossing over briefly into Iowa and then into Nebraska. For the most part, the drive was along dead straight roads flanked with corn fields and other crops.
Our first stop of the day was in historic Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska. We parked up in the Old Market area of town and despite the overcast weather were pleasantly surprised just how pretty the city was – old warehouses and industrial buildings all beautifully converted into restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and apartments.
We decided to stretch our legs before lunch so took a wander down to the Heart of Americas Park. After initially getting lost and walking into a corporate office park, we made it down to the lakeside where we were greeted by dozens of geese. In the few minutes we paused to take photos the heavens began to dark and we (and the geese) were forced to run for cover as a torrential storm passed over.
As quickly as it arrived, the storm was gone and with the clouds parting the sun baked down and the temperature soared. We walked the lakes edge, visited a number of statues and memorials surrounding it and climbed a viewing point which overlooked the mighty Missouri River which flows through the city.
In the middle of the lake is a giant fountain which can be seen from across town – as we walked the full path around the lake we watched it shoot jets of water a hundred or so feet in the air.
With the midday sun now upon us we headed for lunch at Spaghetti Works – an Italian restaurant in one of the converted warehouses in the Old Market. The Art Deco interior decor and good food made it a memorable stop.
After lunch we took a short wander around the surrounding neighbourhoods, stopping at the Durham Museum to admire the striking Art Deco building. Short on time and with a long drive ahead we got back on the Interstate highway and headed east.
With the exception of regular road works, the drive through Iowa was uneventful – mile after mile of corn fields and wind turbines. The road side rest stops giving me a chance to send LARS up for a look – only to confirm it was more of the same as far as the eye could see.
We arrived in Des Moines in the late afternoon and after checking in to our motel we decided to head out and see some of the city. We'd read about a 'sky walkway' that connected most of the downtown buildings which sounded like a good way to see the city.
We were somewhat disappointed to discover it was more like an airport skybridge system that connected office and government administrative buildings throughout the city. If you're the type that likes airconditioning and not having to set foot outside this maze of walkways is for you – it just made me feel claustrophobic so we headed outside and took a walk to the State Capitol building.
It's certainly a theme of all the great American cities – spectacular grand government buildings and statues. The Des Moines Capitol Building was among the finest we'd seen – perched on a hill looking straight down through the city centre. Surrounding the building are several impressive monuments, commemorating major events and Iowas role in the Union.
From the Capitol Building we ventured down to one of the many bridges crossing over the Des Moines river. With the sun starting to set we enjoyed the fantastic colours and shadows being cast over the river.
From the bridges we decided on one final stop at a local park which had become a garden for modern art. Whilst not all the pieces were to our taste, nor could we work out what they all were, several striking sculptures looked imperious with the sun setting in the background.
As night fell, we headed back to the motel, for Vanessa and Andy the next morning would be their last leg of the road trip.


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Ted Bird (if I have to explain who he is you clearly haven't been reading this blog) has begun blogging in addition to his Twitter activity.
The blog is essentially an extension of his popular "Bird Droppings" radio thing, and features comments on stuff, particularly sports.
The baby Hitler front and centre on the blog's homepage should give you an idea of how little self-censorship is involved here.
Gazette West Island columnist Huntley Addie also talks about Bird this week.


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Home FM JESSIE REYEZ ANNOUNCED AS APPLE MUSIC UP NEXT ARTIST
JESSIE REYEZ ANNOUNCED AS APPLE MUSIC UP NEXT ARTIST
Apple Music today announced Toronto based singer-songwriter and emerging global superstar Jessie Reyez as the latest addition to its Up Next program, Apple Music's monthly artist initiative geared towards identifying, showcasing and elevating rising talent.
Apple Music has supported Reyez since the early days of her streaming career, dating back to August of 2016 when her song "Figures" was premiered by Zane Lowe on Beats 1 and was immediately featured on an array of popular Apple Music playlists, including: New Music Daily, R&B Now, and The New Toronto. Reyez' music has been Shazamed in over 180 countries around the world and cracked Shazam's Top 25 Global Chart for the first time in April 2019 with her track "Great One" which peaked at No. 11. Reyez also appeared Shazam's Top 25 charts in the US and Canada with "Figures." Reyez has received over 325 Million streams on Apple Music to date and is the first Canadian female to be named an Up Next artist.
"Honestly, Apple is a giant — I'm working to be one — so I appreciate them putting me on their shoulders as the next Up Next artist," said Reyez.
"I've been intrigued by Jessie Reyez since I saw her perform an acoustic version of 'Figures' on her guitar back in 2016, and her growth since then has been incredible to watch," said Apple Music host Nadeska Alexis. "In addition to her raw talent, the honesty in her songwriting makes her extremely relatable. On 'Far Away' for example, she tackles something as universal as romantic relationships and as culturally important as immigration with ease."
Reyez debuted her RIAA certified-gold single "Imported" with 6LACK this spring, from her highly anticipated forthcoming studio album, slated for release early next year via FMLY / Island Records. Her most recent single, "Far Away" and it's poignant video, received vast critical acclaim from the likes of Variety, Rolling Stone, CBS News, FADER, Complex, Toronto Star, Exclaim!, and more. Last year's monumental accomplishments included a sold-out 30-date tour and the Fall 2018 release of her EP, Being Human in Public. Reyez has collaborated with Eminem, Daniel Caesar, Sam Smith, Lewis Capaldi and Karol G and has co-writing credits on Dua Lipa's hit song "One Kiss" with Calvin Harris and "Promises" with Calvin Harris and Sam Smith. She was inducted to the Canada Walk of Fame in 2018 and won a Juno earlier this year for R&B / Soul Recording of the Year.
Reyez' Up Next short shot on iPhone 11 comes to Apple Music exclusively today and is available to watch HERE. In the film, Reyez tells Apple Music she feels more comfortable expressing herself through her highly personal approach to R&B and hip-hop, or, as she puts it, "I like to sing about shit I don't like to talk about."
In her interview on Apple Music's Beats 1, she talks to Nadeska about how busking sharpened her craft, the rawness inherent in her lyrics, and which song she had to emotionally prepare her family for. Watch the full interview HERE.
On November 21st, Jessie will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as part of Apple Music's Up Next program.
The latest music from Jessie Reyez, along with that of her Up Next peers, is available now on the Apple Music Up Next Playlist.
Listen to Jessie Reyez' Essentials playlist on Apple Music HERE
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Manila Basics - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW »
Metro Manila · Travel & Tourism
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With 7,107 islands, the Philippines is popular among those who love the beach, the scenic countryside or tropical mountains. It is a prime destination for vacation, no matter if you look for diving, tanning, party or trekking. Tourism in the country is not as big as it used to be, though, since it is no longer an Asian hub for nightlife. However, a huge number of tourists from over the world still go to the Philippines for leisure and increasingly for its amazing natural wonders.
A great place to escape the hordes of tourists going to other parts of Southeast Asia, the Philippines has a lot to offer – a string of coral-fringed islands, beautiful beaches with white, black, and even pink sand, and many snorkelling and diving spots. Its mountains are just as majestic but it takes a lot of patience to reach these places because even if the Philippines is a small country, infrastructure for easy travel is not exactly advanced.
Anyone who has gone to the Philippines will say that it's not really the place itself that makes the visit to the country pleasant – it is the people and their culture that makes the experience unique. Poised at the centre of trade in Southeast Asia and formerly colonized by a number of world powers, the Philippines has a vivid tapestry reflecting its unique cultural inheritance. And of course, despite the poverty that has long been prevailing in the Southeast Asian destination, the Filipinos are considered to be among the most ebullient and easy-going people.
Among the must-see places in the Philippines are
Intramuros: The fortified city of Intramuros was built during Spanish colonial times to protect the seat of government from marauders. Located along Manila Bay near the southern bend of the Pasig River way before reclamations in the area obscured the Walled City from the infamous body of water, Intramuros' location was a very strategic one especially for trade. Because of this characteristic, the area was deemed as the perfect spot to build a community and of course the walled city later on.
The Underground River: Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is one of the must-visit places and has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage. With more than 8 km length, it might be the world's longest navigable underground river
The Rice Terraces: The Rice Terraces in Banaue are of breath-taking beauty and (Batad and Sagada) located in the North of Luzon are a must-visit for everyone who enjoys more than beaches and diving and ends up in the Philippines.
The Taal Volcano: The Taal Volcano is one of the world's lowest and smallest volcanoes, more precise it is 'a Lake within a Volcano within a Lake Within an Island'. Up for hiking and and a beautiful view of nature and environment? That's the place to be.
Boracay: The Pearl of the Philippines offers you some of the prime beaches in the whole of Asia and combines it with its famous nightlife, delicious cuisine, luxurious resorts and a lot of adventure.
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Victim in State Street shooting dies in hospital
The scene of the shooting that occurred on Oct. 11 at the Wasatch Inn. (Alex Cabrero, KSL TV)
(Alex Cabrero, KSL TV)
SALT LAKE CITY – The victim of the shooting at a State Street motel died in the hospital Monday, according to police.
Salt Lake City Police said 38-year-old Nickolas Parks has died after being shot in the head during a verbal argument with Thomas Leroy Glasker, 71, and Joseph Marquez, 60, on Oct. 11.
According to arrest documents, witnesses told police that the suspects got into an argument with Parks and his friend at the Wasatch Inn over a cigarette.
Witnesses say Parks and his friend walked away from the argument and went to a motel room. Meanwhile, witnesses saw Glasker giving Marquez a firearm and Marquez pounding on the victim's door to confront them again.
Parks and his friend exited their room, and the argument continued, according to arrest documents.
"(Marquez) then shot the victim in the back of the head as the victim was walking away," read arrest documents. "(Glasker) stated that he turned around and heard a gunshot."
Surveillance video of the scene shows Marquez physically fighting with Parks and shooting him.
Witnesses told police that Glasker helped Marquez flee the scene by driving him away, according to arrest documents.
Police arrived on the scene at approximately 10:05 a.m. and found Parks not conscious or breathing. He was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
One critically injured in Salt Lake City shooting; police searching for suspect
Glasker was arrested shortly afterward, telling police he met Marquez before the shooting to give him some food. He told police he didn't help Marquez after the shooting but later admitted he did give him a ride.
Police found Marquez on Oct. 12 hiding in Glasker's apartment and arrested him, according to arrest documents. The gun has not been found by police.
Marquez and Glasker were booked in the Salt Lake County Jail for murder and obstruction of justice. Marquez is facing an additional charge of unlawful transaction of a firearm by a restricted person.