This case follows on from a December 2016 decision made by the Information Commissioner in Case No. 150161 (the Commissioner's decision), which can be found at http://www.oic.gov.ie/en/Decisions/Decisions-List/Mr-Y-and-the-Medical-Council-FOI-Act-2014-.html.
The Commissioner's decision concerned a request, made to the Council on 20 February 2015, for 10 categories of records relating to the Council's accreditation of the MUB. To put the request into context, the MUB was established in Bahrain in 2004 to provide healthcare education and training to students from Bahrain and beyond, and has over 1200 students enrolled. Under the Medical Practitioners Act, 2007, the Council is responsible for approving programmes of medical education and the bodies which deliver these. In 2011, the MUB sought accreditation under the Medical Practitioners Act, 2007. As part of this process, the MUB was required to provide various information and documentation, and an accreditation visit/inspection took place in October 2014. A report of this was prepared by the Council in December 2014, which granted MUB accreditation and also made a number of recommendations.
During the review in Case No 150161, the Council found additional relevant records, for which a person (Ms X) made a fresh request on 18 October 2016. The Council's decision of 21 November 2016 granted access to some of the records, and refused to grant access to the rest under various provisions of the FOI Act. Ms X sought an internal review of the Council's decision on 22 November 2016. The Council's internal review decision of 6 January 2017 granted access to some further records, and affirmed the refusal to grant access to the rest under a number of provisions of the Act.
On 27 March 2017, the applicant (on behalf of Ms X) sought a review by this Office of the Council's decision on eight records it had withheld i.e. records 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 14, as listed on Schedule 2 to its internal review decision.
I have now decided to conclude my review by way of binding decision. In carrying out my review, I have had regard to the above; to correspondence between this Office, the Council, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (the RCSI - which, although an FOI body in its own right, is a third party in this review) and the applicant. I did not consult with the MUB. In Case No 150161, the Commissioner consulted only the RCSI, for reasons explained in his decision, and the RCSI made submissions on the MUB's behalf and its own. However, the RCSI did not respond to this Office's request for submissions in this case. I have also had regard to the records at issue, copies of which were provided to this Office for the purposes of this review, as well as the provisions of the FOI Act.
This review is confined to whether or not the Council has justified its refusal of records 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 14 as listed on Schedule 2 to its internal review decision.
Record 1 is a Memorandum of Understanding, dating from 2003, concerning the establishment and operation of the MUB.
Record 4, dating from 2006, concerns the MUB's Performance and Development Review process.
Records 5 and 6 are institutional review reports of the MUB, prepared by the Quality Assurance Authority for Education and Training in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and date from, respectively, 2011 and 2009.
Record 7 is entirely contained in record 10 and I do not intend to consider it further.
Record 9 is an email string between the Council and the MUB, dating from August 2014. It includes a copy of record 1, which I do not intend to consider further.
Record 10 contains a letter sent to the Department of Health (the Department) by the Office of the Attorney General (the AG); a letter sent by the AG's Office to Ceartas (Irish Lawyers for Human Rights), in response to a letter and submission from Ceartas that outlined concerns over the Council's prospective accreditation of the MUB; and an email, from the Department to Council, forwarding this correspondence. The contents of record 10 date from September 2014.
The applicant was employed by Ceartas before it was dissolved and was asked, in this review, to confirm if he wants access to records sent to or from Ceartas. He did not confirm that he wants such records. I have taken it that he does not want access to the Ceartas letter and submission and I have not considered them further.
Record 14 is described in the Council's schedule as a note regarding the MUB, dated December 2013, "for AK approval".
The Commissioner's decision criticised the quality of the Council's submissions, noting that they were general and did not refer to specific records or types of records. I am disappointed to note that the submissions made in this case are, again, general.
The Council originally relied on sections 28(1)(a) and 35(1)(a) of the FOI Act in refusing to grant access to record 10.
Section 28(1)(a) provides that a record may not be released pursuant to an FOI request where the record has been, or is proposed to be, submitted to the Government for its consideration by a Minister of the Government or the Attorney General and was created for that purpose. The Council appears to consider that the fact that a record was submitted to the Attorney General for her consideration makes the record exempt under this provision. However, section 28(1)(a) is clearly only applicable to a record that has been or is proposed to be submitted to the Government for its consideration and I find it not to apply to record 10.
However, the Council is now relying on section 42(f) of the FOI Act in relation to this record. Section 42(f) provides that the FOI Act does not apply to a record held or created by, in particular, the Attorney General or the Office of the Attorney General, other than a record relating to general administration. It is not subject to any public interest test.
The letters from the AG, as contained in record 10, were clearly created by that Office. While they do not contain legal advice, neither do I consider them to relate to the general administration of that Office. I find those letters are not subject to the FOI Act, further to section 42(f). However, section 42(f) does not apply to the remainder of record 10 i.e. the email from the Department to the Council.
The Council's internal review decision relied on section 35(1)(a) of the FOI Act in relation to records 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10.
Section 35(1) provides for the mandatory refusal of an FOI request for a record that, generally speaking, contains (a) information given in confidence or (b) information subject to a duty of confidence. It is subject to section 35(2).
The Commissioner's analysis and findings on section 35(2) in his decision in Case No. 150161 are based on the same facts and circumstances as apply in this case. Accordingly, his analysis and findings are relevant in this case and I have adopted them for the purposes of this review. I see no need to recite the relevant details, and will simply refer to them as necessary. In summary, the Commissioner found that the MUB is not an FOI body, and that it is possible for it to be owed a duty of confidence in respect of records it created or provided to the Council, or which were so provided on the MUB's behalf.
I have decided to consider the application of section 35(1)(b) to records 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10 even though, somewhat surprisingly, the Council did not rely on it. The Commissioner's decision gave a detailed analysis of why the provision applied to certain kinds of records, and not to others, having regard to the same facts and circumstances as relevant to the present case.
The Council's submission in relation to section 35(1)(a), which I will also consider in relation to section 35(1)(b), is brief. It says that the records were provided by the MUB in confidence and on the understanding that they would be treated by the Council as confidential, and that their release "would have a 'chilling effect' on the frankness and openness of future such disclosures." The Council's assertions, of themselves, do not meet the requirements of section 22(12)(b) that the decision making FOI body shows to my satisfaction that its decision was justified. However, it is not open to me to direct release of the records on this basis alone when third party interests might be affected by their release.
I have adopted the Commissioner's analysis regarding section 35(1)(b) as set out in his decision in Case No. 150161 for the purposes of this review. Again, I see no need to recite the relevant details to any significant extent and I will simply refer to them as necessary.
I have no reason to consider that disclosure of the records would breach a duty of confidence provided for by a provision of an agreement or an enactment.
In considering whether an equitable duty applies to these records, I accept that the material in them has the necessary quality of confidence about it (the first Coco test refers). I also accept that release is unauthorised by the third parties to which it relates and would result in detriment to the MUB (the third Coco test refers).
The Commissioner's decision, when considering the second Coco test, found certain information to have been imparted in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence that lasts beyond the Council's decision to award accreditation. He found that records with ongoing application to the MUB's day to day operations, even if some were created specifically in advance of the accreditation process, could be distinguished from records specifically concerned with the application for accreditation. The records he found to meet the second Coco test included records concerning the MUB's internal operations, such as policies and procedures, SWOT analysis-type information, and information concerning arrangements with third parties.
Records 1, 4, 5, and 6 concern the general and internal operations of the MUB and have ongoing application. I do not consider them to have been created specifically for the purpose of seeking accreditation from the Council. I am satisfied that they were provided by the MUB to the Council for the limited purpose of seeking accreditation and that the second Coco test has been met in relation to them.
Accordingly, I accept that the Council owes the MUB an equitable duty of confidence in relation to these records. The Commissioner's decision explained why he did not consider there to be any basis on which a breach of the duty of confidence in that case might be authorised, or excused. Again, I adopt his analysis and finding on that issue for the purpose of this decision. I find records 1, 4, 5, 6 to be exempt under section 35(1)(b) of the FOI Act.
In his decision, the Commissioner described the accreditation process as somewhat like a tender process, in which the MUB seeks to gain the intangible benefits of accreditation, via the Council, from the Irish State. He found that records created and provided to the Council in order for the MUB to be accredited (which he described as similar to tender documents) not to meet the second Coco test. He also found the MUB's response to recommendations made by the Council when it accredited the MUB (the follow up record) not to meet the test. While accepting that the follow up record was created and submitted after accreditation process had ended, he considered it to have been in the MUB's interests to submit the document concerned.
The emails comprising record 9 are administrative in nature. They detail contacts between the Council and the MUB concerning the accreditation process itself, rather than the detail of the MUB's own operations. I consider the emails to have been created specifically in relation to the MUB's application for accreditation. I do not consider their contents to support any claim being made that the details amount to frank and open disclosures, nor does the Council's submission explain why this might be the case. Accordingly, I do not accept that the MUB could have reasonably expected that the details of the emails in record 9 would be indefinitely protected from disclosure.
I find that the second of the "Coco" tests, necessary for it to be said that the information in record 9 is subject to an equitable duty of confidence, has not been met in this case. I find the record not to be exempt under section 35(1)(b).
Neither do I consider it to be exempt under section 35(1)(a). One of the tests that must be met for that exemption to apply is that, in the opinion of the head, disclosure of the information in the record would be likely to prejudice the giving to the body of further similar information from the same or other persons. The Council's submission does not address this test. The record, in part, contains emails from the Council to the MUB, which is not information to which section 35(1)(a) can apply anyway. Having regard to the content of the emails sent by the MUB, it was clearly in its interests to send those emails. I have no reason to consider that the release of record 9 would be likely to prejudice the receipt of similar material from either the MUB, or other bodies seeking to be accredited by the Council. I find record 9 not to be exempt under section 35(1)(a).
It is clear from the provisions of section 35(2) that section 35(1) cannot be relied on in relation to the remainder of record 10. It was an email created by an FOI body (the Department) and contains no information that, if released, would breach of a duty of confidence owed to any third party, including the MUB. I find that this element of record 10 cannot be exempt under section 35(1) of the FOI Act.
I find a name and all contact details for an MUB staff member in record 9 to be personal information that is exempt under section 37(1) of the FOI Act, and that none of the exceptions to section 37(1) (including the public interest balancing test at section 37(5)(a)) require their release.
party, the dominant purpose of which is preparation for contemplated/pending litigation (to which I will refer as records attracting litigation privilege).
In requesting submissions from the Council, this Office noted that record 14 seemed to be the only record over which section 31(1)(a) was claimed. It also noted that, while according to Schedule 2, record 2 should be three pages long and refer to "AK approval", what was provided to this Office was one page long and made no reference to being for approval/AK approval. The request for submissions told the Council that it should show that the relevant communication(s) were for the purpose of obtaining and/or giving legal advice, where this is not immediately evident from the face of the record. The Council duly supplied a full copy of record 14, but made no submission in relation to section 31(1)(a).
This Office subsequently asked the Council to clarify what happened further to record 14, such as to whom it was subsequently provided, for what purpose and what was the outcome. The Council was also asked for copies of any relevant associated records. It replied that, on foot of record 14, a legal opinion was sought through the Council's legal advisers and this was provided on 28 February 2014.
This Office asked the Council again for copies of any relevant associated records. The Investigator made it clear to the Council that it should provide, at the very least, a copy of the request for legal advice that was said to have been sought further to record 14, as well as the date it was sought, in order for this Office to decide whether record 14 was exempt under section 31(1)(a).
The Council replied that its internal searches had not found any additional or associated records. It also said that while record 14 stated that it was for legal opinion, it did not ultimately form part of the instruction to the Council's solicitors to request Counsel's opinion.
I accept that details disclosing confidential communications made between a client and his/her professional legal adviser, for the purpose of obtaining and/or giving legal advice, attract legal privilege. While I cannot describe record 14's contents in detail, it is largely factual and concerned with the accreditation process up to December 2013. However, points 6 and 7a of record 14 contain details of legal advice sought from the Council's legal advisers. I find that these parts of record 14 attract legal advice privilege and are exempt under section 31(1)(a).
I do not accept, however, that the rest of the record attracts legal advice privilege. It does not contain any further details of legal advice requested or given, neither is it apparent how it forms the basis for any request for legal advice subsequently sought. I also note the Council's confirmation that record 14 did not ultimately form part of the instruction to the Council's solicitors to request Counsel's opinion. Furthermore, while the phrase "for legal opinion" appears in record 14, so too does "for decision". I find that the remainder of this record is not exempt under section 31(1)(a).
The Council's submission also refers to sections 30(1)(a) and (b) and sections 36(1)(a) and (b) of the FOI Act. Its submissions indicate that these exemptions apply to those records I have found to be exempt, rather than the remainder of records 9, 10 and 14. I will, however, consider their application to these records, for the sake of completeness.
Section 30(1)(b) of the FOI Act is a discretionary exemption that provides for the refusal of a record if access to the record concerned could, in the opinion of the head, reasonably be expected to "have a significant, adverse effect on the performance by an FOI body of any of its functions relating to management (including industrial relations and management of its staff)".
The Council's submissions regarding section 30 indicate no concern about the impact of release of records on its own functions.
Its arguments concerning section 30(1)(a) say that the records relate to reviews carried out by the RCSI to "review the quality of the performance education and training institutions." It says they contain information that, if released, could reasonably be expected to prejudice the effectiveness of the functions of the RCSI in relation to its vetting of external medical schools, and disclose the methods currently employed by the RCSI "to ensure the availability of high quality Doctors for the Irish Healthcare system." This, in the Council's view, "would prejudice the effectiveness of examinations."
In relation to section 30(1)(b), it says that the records relate to how the RCSI performs its functions of assessing foreign medical schools. It considers that release of the records would have a significant adverse impact on the RCSI's assessment and inspection of foreign medical schools. It says it is vital for the RCSI to have robust and consistent assessment tools in place to ensure the continued working relationships with foreign medical schools. It claims that release of the records could reasonably be expected to prejudice the effectiveness or the procedures or methods employed for the actions current being undertaken by the RCSI to improve its delivery of education.
The Council's submission does not explain why it considers release of the records remaining at issue could result in the harms it envisages. I see no reason, based on their content and the Council's submission, to find them to be exempt under section 30(1)(a) or (b).
Sections 36(1)(a) and (b) are mandatory exemptions.
Section 36(1)(a) applies to a record containing trade secrets of a person other than the person seeking access to the records.
Section 36(1)(b) applies to certain types of information whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to result in material financial loss or gain to the person to whom the information relates, or could prejudice the competitive position of the person in the conduct of his or her profession or business or otherwise in his or her occupation. The essence of the test in section 36(1)(b) is not the nature of the information but the nature of the harm which might be occasioned by its release. The Commissioner's decision adequately explains his approach to the application of section 36(1)(b) in that case, which I again adopt for the purposes of this decision.
The Council's submission in relation to sections 36(1)(a) and (b) says that the records give details of proprietary approaches taken in developing medical programmes for which accreditation is sought. It says that release of the records would undermine the value of the RCSI's investment in such developments. It asserts that release could meet the harms set out in section 36(1)(b). It did not develop its assertions further.
The Commissioner's decision found section 36(1)(b) to apply to the records he described as similar to tender documentation, and to the follow up record. In making this finding, he accepted that the records were sufficiently current to have relevance today. He noted that the information in them reflected the content of other records he had found to be exempt under section 35(1)(b). He accepted that they could provide MUB's competitors with at least some level of insight into its commercial operations than would otherwise be the case, which insight they could incorporate into improving their own operations.
The details in record 9 are general and, as already described, concern the accreditation process much more than they concern the MUB's (or the RCSI's) operations. They reflect the material submitted for the MUB's accreditation only to a very limited extent. The email in record 10 does not reflect other records, and is general. Record 14 is as described above. I have no reason, based on the Council's submission and the content of these records, to find any them to be exempt under sections 36(1)(a) or (b).
I find that the parts of records 9, 10 and 14 that I have not already found to be exempt/outside of FOI are not exempt under the FOI Act.
I should also add that, if I had found these details to be exempt under section 30 or 36, I would have directed their release in the public interest. The FOI Act itself recognises a public interest in ensuring the openness and accountability of FOI bodies. In this case, there is a significant public interest in ensuring openness and accountability in respect of how the Council performed its accreditation functions. While that public interest has been served to a certain extent by the material released to date and other publicly available material, I would consider it appropriate to further serve it by directing release of these records, all of which concern the Council's decision making process on the MUB's accreditation application.
Record 14: release except for points 6 and 7a.


NEW ORLEANS – Happening today, Urban South Brewery is unveiling two new beers, Sidewalk Side and Neutral Ground.
Both beers are IPA's, but they have very different tastes.
Sidewalk Side is en extra-hoppy DIPA, while Neutral Ground has flavors of mango and milkshake.
The Urban South Taproom is located at 1645 Tchoupitoulas Street, and considers itself a "go-to destination" for Mardi Gras.
With a laid-back, kid-friendly environment, as well as several food trucks, the brewery is a great place to spend your time before and after the parades.
Come in this weekend to try the two new flavors, or any others in their large selection of draft beers.


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Play is on the way at Westbrook's Lincoln Street rink
The four-season facility for soccer, futsal, hockey and skating is expected to open June 10.
Westbrook Community Center Director Greg Post, left, organizer and soccer coach John Morgan and Soccer Maine Executive Director Shari Levesque stand in the new four-season rink on Lincoln Street in Westbrook. Chance Viles / American Journal
The $250,000 Lincoln Street four-season rink project is just about finished and the rink is expected to open next week, Westbrook Community Center Director Greg Post said.
Post sees it becoming a recreational hot spot in the city.
Soccer and hard-court football, called futsal, programs will be offered at the new rink with skating and hockey programming in the winter. Time also will be allotted for pick-up games, community skates and league play. Lighting will allow for nighttime use.
Meanwhile, the boat ramp near the rink is being rehabilitated for safer access to the Presumpscot River.
"People seem excited, and this will be a place kids want to be," Post said.
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Finishing touches, such as minor painting and the installation of nets, were being worked on this week, and Post said the rink should be ready for play June 10.
The project, which initially was scheduled for completion last summer but was delayed after the initial project manager died, was a collaborative effort between Soccer Maine and the city.
Soccer Maine, a nonprofit serving youth, plans to begin league programming at the rink in the fall.
"The rink is a lot safer now and much more inclusive," said John Morgan, who runs the Roosevelt Soccer Club and was an advocate who secured funding for the project. The club is sponsored by the Westbrook Soccer League but is open to any southern Mainer ages 12-21.
The old rink with its splintering boards and rough surface discouraged many people from playing there.
"Youth boys enjoyed it, but we found out how clumsy they can be and were often sending them home wrapped in gauze because of the falls and scrapes on the asphalt," Morgan previously told the American Journal.
The old rink was built in 1994 for $30,000.
"I am excited to see people out and playing," Morgan said. "There is the basketball court, but otherwise not many places here for kids to meet and have those pick-up games we had as kids."
Soccer Maine Executive Director Shari Levesque said there is "nothing like it around."
"We hope this is hugely popular and that we can use it as a model for similar courts and funding around the state," Levesque said.
Soccer Maine contributed $50,000 for the rink and that amount was matched by the Cornelia Warren Foundation. The U.S. Soccer Foundation provided $30,000 in funding, and Morgan and Post then were awarded $120,000 in Community Development Block Grants from the county.
Only minor painting and netting remained to be done as of last Friday. Lights around the rink will allow for nighttime play. Chance Viles / American Journal
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The main issue with packages like React is that they require a lot of individual pieces to be set up.
However, who said we have to install all pieces at the same time?
If you just want to try React and see how it works, and maybe decide if you want to use it in your project, who wants to deal with all that?
Instead of installing everything at once, we can install these piece by piece. This means we can start with plain React, and add JSX if we want. Later once we are more familiar with React itself, we can move on and include the other pieces of the puzzle, such as Browserify.
OK, so you want to try using React and maybe see if you like it. Let's skip all the nonsense and simply set up React itself with nothing else.
// you can put your code here or include them as another script tag.
It doesn't get any more simpler than that. Just two script tags and that's it – Ready to React (pretend that was a funny wordplay).
The only limitation of this method is you don't get JSX. Instead, you need to use React.createElement. We'll look more at JSX in the next step, but for now, let's keep things simple and add some React-code.
This makes React display the message "Something something Dark Side" on the page. It does this by creating a basic App component, which just renders a div with the message. Lastly, it uses ReactDOM.render to render it into the page.
Here's an example JSFiddle showing how this would work. Note that it's slightly different from the example HTML here due to how JSFiddle works.
In most React examples you won't see React.createElement like here. Instead, they make use of JSX which replaces that with an XML-like syntax. It's 100% doable to build a React application without JSX, but since most examples use it and it's quite convenient, the next step is to enable it in our app.
If you're just experimenting with React, you can include Babel in your HTML page. This means the JSX code is changed on-the-fly by the browser. This can make page loads slower than otherwise, so it's not recommended for production apps.
We added a third script tag to include Babel. We also included type="text/babel" into the script tag for our code – this is an important step to remember, as otherwise Babel will not detect it has to transform the code and you'll end up with an error.
Now you're ready to use JSX or ES6 in your code, so let's take our earlier App component and update it to use JSX.
While we can keep our code in a single file as it's quite simple, it makes sense to split each of your components into its own file. This often makes your code easier to maintain, as each component is in its own file. For example, we would take the app component and put it into src/App.js, and include that on our page before src/main.js.
From this point on, you're ready to build a React app. You can for example follow the official React tutorial.
This simple script-tag based approach works well for prototyping small applications. However, when you start having a bit more code, it makes sense to continue to the next step below.
With both React and JSX set up, you can go on your merry way and build your React app. You don't need to concern yourself with any of the other pieces until you want to.
However there comes a point where you start having a bit more code and including all of it as script tags becomes a chore. You also don't want to use the on-the-fly JSX transformation for production applications due to the performance issue. At that point, it's time to start looking into the more advanced tools. Even though these tools need a bit of set up and understanding, ultimately they make the React-experience much better.
Unless you enjoy memorizing complex commands, I recommend putting the command into its own little shell script or using npm scripts, so you don't have to type all that every time.
The idea is that Browserify combines all our individual script files and libraries like React into a single file – in our case, build.js. We also use the -t flag to run Babelify with the React preset, which converts JSX into plain JS.
In order to make our scripts work with Browserify, we need to use require to load them, similar to how you would do it in Node.js applications. This means we need to do a couple of small modifications to the script files.
Note we are now including ReactDOM and our App component via require.
Similar to main.js, we've added a require for React. In addition, instead of declaring var App, we assign the class into module.exports. This means the value we assign is what we get when the file is required, such as in the main.js file.
Using a piece by piece approach like this can be applied to many things. I often see developers looking for boilerplates and templates – when they don't even understand half of what those do. Why not just start with what you need, and add to it later? You'll end up with less code and less complexity.
Interested in learning more React without all the hassle? I'm writing a series of articles on building a React app. Check out getting started and building a basic prototype!


Perfect for beginning men's groups, the solid vocals are coupled with a rhythmic accompaniment that really moves this arrangement along. Includes an optional third part for TBB groups.Available separately: TB. Time approx. 3:00.
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James McLennan has been celebrated for his "emotional intensity" (Opera News), "considerable charm," and "strong yet pure tenor," (Toronto Star) in a wide range of roles on opera and concert stages across Canada.
Last season's credits included Goro in Madama Butterfly at Manitoba Opera, Luther Billis in South Pacific for Calgary Opera, and Jean Bilodeau in the critically acclaimed production of Les Feluettes for Edmonton Opera, a role James originated at the world premiere with Montreal Opera in 2016. James' 2018/19 season also included a tour the Canadian prairies with A Prairie Boy's Life, a new chamber work by John Greer commissioned by the University of Manitoba's Desautels Faculty of Music. Last spring, James travelled to France on a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for six weeks of study under internationally renowned clown and acting teacher, Philippe Gaulier.
This season, James performs Gastone in La Traviata with Edmonton Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria, Handel's Messiah with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and he makes his debut with the Regina Symphony in Riel, Heart of the North by Neil Weisensel and Suzanne M. Steele. He also appears with Winnipeg's Dry Cold Productions as the Warden in the award-winning Kander and Ebb musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman. James ends the season on a lighter note with a concert of classic show tunes for the Kelowna Community Concert Association.
Past opera credits include Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos (Pacific Opera Victoria), Bardolfo in Falstaff (Manitoba Opera), Caïus in Falstaff (Hamilton Opera, Montreal Opera), Almaviva in The Barber of Seville (Edmonton Opera), Goro in Madama Butterfly (Montreal Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria), Pang in Turandot (Edmonton Opera), Triquet in Eugene Onegin (Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera), Gastone in La Traviata (Calgary Opera, Vancouver Opera), Spoletta in Tosca and Remendado in Carmen (Opera Lyra Ottawa), Beppe in Pagliacci (Hamilton Opera), and the title role in Candide (Toronto Operetta Theatre, Windsor Symphony).
On the concert stage, James has appeared as a soloist with the Vancouver Bach Choir, the Amadeus Choir, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the Grand Philharmonic Choir, Toronto Classical Singers, the Prince George Symphony, Pax Christi Choral, and Ottawa's Thirteen Strings. He has also been a regular guest artist at Augustfest in Brandon, Manitoba.
Last fall James joined the University of Manitoba's Desautels Faculty of Music as a voice instructor. An alumnus of the Second City Training Centre in Toronto, he is also a certified French translator.


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Today, the Victorian Government has released the Advanced Air Mobility Industry Vision Statement, which outlines the commitment to support the development of an AAM ecosystem, and to provide the certainty to underpin investments in Victoria.
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AAM promises new opportunities in emergency services, healthcare, regional service delivery and regional connectivity over the coming years.
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When I am craving a large, hearty salad, I head straight to Modmarket. It is a modern (hence the name) soup-salad-sandwich type cafe that offers a great variety of salads (naturally gluten free), and pizzas that can be made gluten free.
I do not know for sure if the pizzas are free from cross contamination risk because I haven't ordered one before and I can't tell if they use separate equipment to cook it on. However, I am happy to stick with the salads- I have not been disappointed by any salad I've tried there and it's a quick and healthy choice. Most recently I've tried the Thai Coconut Salad, the Farmer Salad, and the Fiesta Salad. I couldn't tell you my favorite because I simply can't choose! I might add that everything is relatively affordable with all the salads costing less than $10 and being in large portions.


Sometimes one encounter can change your whole life. This video shows an amazing story about friendship and unconditional love. It's about helping someone and getting a lot more in return.
James is a musician who not long ago was trying to make ends meet by playing his guitar on the street. One day he found an injured stray cat in his apartment building and without thinking he gave his last penny on providing medical help for the kitty. Bob, as James named him, got better and decided that he couldn't leave his friend so they became roommates. One day Bob didn't want to stay at home, instead, he came with James to keep him company while he was playing and the rest, as they say, is history.
Now, the pair is traveling the world promoting their best-selling book and believe it or not, even Sir Paul McCartney is one of their fans.


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6/9/22 NEC Webinar: 'The FY2023 Defense Budget and Broader Trends in Defense Spending' with Seamus P. Daniels, CSIS
6/9/22 NEC Webinar: 'The FY2023 Defense Budget and Broader Trends in Defense Spending' with Seamus P. Daniels, CSIS
June 9, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
'The FY2023 Defense Budget and Broader Trends in Defense Spending' with Seamus P. Daniels, Associate Director & Associate Fellow, Defense Budget Analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Time: 12pm to 1pm EST
Mr. Daniels will discuss the FY 2023 defense budget request in the context of broader trends in U.S. defense spending and force structure. Additionally, he will cover the alignment of investments with defense strategy and will also address the impact of inflation on current and future spending and the defense industry.
Please Note: The link to the webinar will come in the ticket email. If you do not receive a ticket email or the event link by 11am the day of the event, please contact the NEC for that or any other questions at manager@national-economists.org.
About our speaker:
Seamus P. Daniels is an associate fellow and associate director for Defense Budget Analysis in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he researches issues related to defense funding, force structure, and military readiness. He has authored publications on trends in the overall defense budget, the legislative process surrounding defense appropriations, defense strategy and force structure, Navy readiness funding, and NATO burden sharing. Prior to joining CSIS, Mr. Daniels worked for Government Executive Media Group. He holds an AB from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs with minors in Near Eastern studies and Arabic language and culture. Read more here.
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I treated myself to a gorgeous new Casio watch today. It was a total spur-of-the-moment impulse purchase. But I love and adore it. I've wanted a gold watch for ages. I asked my dad for one for my 21st and he replied "Sure what would you need a watch for when you have the time on your phone!"
I used to have a gold watch with a tan leather strap which I got in Hollywood last summer for $6. Best bargain ever. It froze every now & again but it was still a great buy. Unfortunately the strap broke lately so I put the watch on a chain (bottom, left).


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Hey... THANKS so much for sending me the link to that photo... now I can finish up on that t-shirt for my friend!
Hopefully... we can finish 7--5 and beat the Clowns from Clowntown!
Thanks for responding to my request.
I have been Google searching for over a week now on the internet for that picture. No luck as of yet. I have looked under "Monk", "Hooded Monk", "Priest", "Hooded Priest" and so on and so on... Once again... no luck. Would you happen to have any idea as to what name one would call this picture? Is it part of a video game or a character in a book?
OR... could you just email me a regular sized image!! I tried saving your avatar... but it is too small. Not enough pixelization in it. When I blow it up to a 5" by 7" size... it just blurs out.
So, if you got a copy of the full-sized picture somewhere on your hard drive... that would be wonderful!
I found it on the web years ago - I cannot remember what type of search I did in order to find it. Of course, you're welcome to use it - wish I could help you out. If I can remember how I found it I will send it to you.


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No Hiding Place
See also: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, a sitcom series with an episode of this name.
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1967 TVTimes cover: Raymond Francis & Sean Caffrey
Raymond Francis
No. of series
Associated-Rediffusion for ITV
16 September 1959 (1959-09-16) –
22 June 1967 (1967-06-22)
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967.
It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag (1957–1958) and Crime Sheet (1959), all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.[1]
3 Missing episodes
No Hiding Place carried on from where the TV series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet left off. Murder Bag featured 55 episodes. 30 in Season One (16 September 1957 to 31 March 1958), all untitled and 25 in Season Two (30 June 1958 to 1 April 1959), all titled, and all featuring the word "Lockhart" as the first word of their title. All episodes were 30 minutes long and featured Raymond Francis as Superintendent Lockhart. Backup sergeants and others changed regularly. The murder bag in the title carried 42 items which were needed in the investigation of a crime. The show was produced live in the studio.
In Crime Sheet, Lockhart had now been promoted to Detective Chief Superintendent. The writers of the series revealed to the TV Times in 1962 that Lockhart could not be promoted above this rank, as he would no longer be expected to visit the crime scene, thus hindering the potential of the storylines. 17 episodes of 30 minutes were produced from 8 April 1959 to 9 September 1959. Due to Raymond Francis contracting mumps, the final episode of Crime Sheet did not feature Lockhart but Chief Superintendent Carr, played by Gerald Case.
No Hiding Place continued to follow the cases of Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart at Scotland Yard, with a new longer one-hour format allowing for more story and character development. He was initially assisted by Detective Sergeant later Inspector Harry Baxter (Eric Lander), followed by Det. Sgt. Russell (Johnny Briggs) and Det. Sgt. Perryman (Michael McStay), and finally by Det. Sgt. Gregg (Sean Caffrey).
Still largely studio-based, the series now included more pre-recorded film segments. A decision was made to cancel the series in 1965, but there were so many protests from the public and the police that it started again for another two years.[2][1] 236 episodes were made in total.[3]
Detective Sergeant Harry Baxter was there from episode one until episode 141. Midway through the series he was transferred to E Division's Q Car Squad and promoted from Sergeant to Inspector, a rank he retained when he returned to the Yard in 1963. Baxter had his own short TV series, Echo Four-Two. Unfortunately the show suffered from poor scripts and of 13 planned episodes, only 10 were made (30 minutes each, 24 August 1961 to 25 October 1961), interrupted by an actor's strike, and no more were made.
Raymond Francis Tom Lockhart
Eric Lander Harry Baxter
Johnny Briggs Sergeant Russell
Michael McStay Sergeant Perryman
Sean Caffrey Sergeant Gregg
Heather Chasen Brenda
Murder Bag and Crime Sheet are considered lost television series; according to www.lostshows.com, no complete episodes of the former exist, and only one survives of the latter. However, one episode of Murder Bag (retitled Mystery Bag),[4] "Lockhart Finds a Note", was found in the form of a film telerecording from Australia, and included on Network's ITV 60 compilation box set. The longer-running No Hiding Place fared marginally better than its predecessors, although only 26 of the 236 episodes produced are known to exist in either a full or partial form. This figure includes episodes known to be held by the National Film and Television Archive and those held in private collections. Some early episodes were broadcast live and were not recorded.
^ a b "BFI Screenonline: No Hiding Place (1959-67)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
^ "TV SHOWS N - TVH". www.televisionheaven.co.uk.
^ Fairclough, Robert (8 December 2017). "Missing Believed Wiped, BFI Southbank, 16 December 2017 » We Are Cult".
^ "The Murder Bag (TV series)". BFI.
No Hiding Place on IMDb
British Film Institute Screen Online
No Hiding Place Episode Archive Status
Eric Lander obituary


Similarly, asked about the use of condoms to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, Martini responded: "Certainly the use of prophylactics can, in some situations, constitute a lesser evil," mentioning the case of a couple where one partner is infected and the other isn't.
The problem, Martini said, isn't really the ethical analysis. The problem is the PR headaches that follow whenever a church official says this out loud. To put it bluntly, anytime a senior church official says that use of a condom might be a "lesser evil" in the context of a deadly disease, the next day's headlines trumpet "Church okay with condoms," which is not the same message.
"The question is really if it's wise for religious authorities to propagandize in favor of this method of defense [from HIV/AIDS], almost implying that other morally sustainable means, including abstinence, are put on a lower level," Martini said. "The principle of a 'lesser evil,' applicable in all the cases covered by ethical doctrine, is one thing; another thing is who ought to express these judgments publicly."
"God's Medium is God's Message"
Is the Pope Catholic? Yes, thank Allah!


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Kong: Skull Island. Film review: 2/5 for this dumb but exciting adventure.
Film review by Jason Day of Kong: Skull Island, the fantasy adventure about monsters on a remote island starring Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson and Brie Larson.
Action/Adventure/Fantasy
Tags Apocalypse Now, Brie Larson, Gorilla, King Kong, Kong: Skull Island, Monsters, Nixon, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Watergate
The big films released this week are…
If you are off to the cinema this weekend, below is a list of the main movies being released in the UK, as of this Friday, 16 October 2015. To find out your nearest cinema showing these films, use the Find Any Film website.
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Tom Hiddlestone is fast becoming the Brit film actor of the moment (his High Rise headlined the London Film Festival and our reviewer in…Maysa Moncao has had chance to see it). He stars as a seductive stranger who spirits away innocent Mia Wasikowska to his titular, mouldering mansion in this Guillermo del Torro directed horror, which follows a similar visual path to his Pan's Labyrinth (2006). The trailer looks splendidly creepy and stunning, so lucky for horror fans this will be showing nationwide as a pre-Hallowe'en treat. See the official website for more.
Tags Colin Farrell, Cycling, Hallowe'en, Haunted House, Tom Hiddleston, Witches


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Moving Forward with Faculty Diversity at Yale
Merceditas Villanueva, Contributor
Clinician-educator, HIV/AIDS focus, service delivery improvement, current Public Voices Fellow at Yale University School of Medicine
Jan 22, 2016, 03:12 PM EST | Updated Jan 22, 2017
2015 marked the year of student-led protests targeting the lack of diversity on university campuses nationwide. At Yale, where we teach, it was a string of electronic communications about diversity conscious Halloween costumes that led to a tumultuous exchange between students and educators. Many in the student body and their faculty allies perceived that the administration was not cultivating and encouraging an inclusive and safe environment. While this conversation is not new to the Yale campus, at a time when students are voicing similar concerns across the country, the need to address these concerns is more imperative than ever.
There have been many previous organized attempts at promoting diversity at Yale. In February of 2014, for example, the President and Provost convened a Diversity Summit to re-evaluate the climate of inclusiveness on campus. The resulting Diversity Report, confirmed part of what students would protest months later - that while concerted efforts to increase diversity of the student body dating back to the 1970s had been largely successful, the faculty and upper level administration had not fared as well. Among tenure-track faculty in the Arts and Sciences, only 29% are women; broken down by race, just 9% are Asian followed by 3% black and Hispanic respectively. This lack of diversity also afflicts the leadership level. Of the current 29 Department Chairs at the School of Medicine, 24 of them are white men. A July 2015 report on Gender Equity released by the Yale School of Medicine confirmed that in the largest graduate school at the University, the statistics are similar: only 8% of Department Chairs are held by women, which is below the national average as reported by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
The latest conversations have resulted in tangible progress. The University committed more than $50 million over the next five years to promote faculty diversity across campus. Yale hired its first university-wide Chief Diversity Officer and the search is underway for an additional diversity officer for the medical school. The Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity now meets regularly with the Yale Women Faculty Forum, a university-wide group that promotes gender equity for faculty and the Dean of the medical school has been meeting with the Committee on the Status of Women in Medicine and the Minority Organization for Retention and Expansion, two medical faculty-led groups whose voices are critical in this ongoing conversation. There are also now 50% women and under-represented minorities on all search committees for chairs, a major change since the 1990's.
But there is still much to be done. For example, the Diversity Report identified creating leadership accountability as critical and recognized that the university must work to ensure the success of the diverse faculty it recruits. To that end, the report went on to suggest that the administration should use annual evaluations of leadership to assess progress on achieving diversity. This is a great first step. But progress towards the goal of faculty diversity should be codified in a concrete way such as making it part of each Department's Annual Report. The university could set specific benchmarks for improving and maintaining diversity within each department and hold leaders accountable for achieving them.
The Report also recommended greater transparency in diversity metrics including comparison of Yale data with that of the University's peers in this area. Again, this is an important recommendation and keeping in mind transparency, we suggest that all metrics related to the diversity efforts be housed in an easily accessible place on the Yale central website.
Naturally, all of these changes will not come as second nature and training plays an important role. As the report recommended, department chairs must be trained to promote best practices in the mentorship and advancement of junior faculty, cultural competence and diversity training. But this alone is not enough to ensure real change. Mandatory training for department chairs in this area has been in place for years without resulting in palpable change. In order to create an environment in which diverse faculty are strategically mentored and encouraged to establish and develop their careers, we need new models of engagement that actually challenge the status quo, and force us to confront long-held unconscious biases that continue to propagate.
As faculty members, we know that with diversity of opinions, with varying backgrounds, colors and creeds, comes the kaleidoscope of thought that leads to greater innovation, collaboration and excellence. The Diversity Summit Report's first recommendation was that there should be a tone of urgency for targeting faculty diversity with the premise that "diversity and excellence are complementary pursuits." As a university, we must see this through for ourselves, our community, and the future success of Yale.
This piece was co-authored by Christine Ngaruiya, Anees Chagpar, Paula Kavathas, Laura Morrison, Lynne Regan, Joan Cook, Anna Reisman, Deepti Pradhan--current and former Fellows at the Op Ed Project
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The Forest Practices Board has found Lemare Lake Logging Ltd.'s operations in the East Creek Valley on northern Vancouver Island met provincial standards, but that the company had failed to follow the law requiring it to provide public access to its site plans.
"The board concludes that the licensee did not provide the complainant with reasonable access to [site plans] 'on request at any reasonable time' as required by [the Forest and Range Practices Act]," concluded the reportreleased this week.
Lemare holds a licence to log on publicly owned land in East Creek Valley which borders Mquqᵂin / Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park on the west side of northern Vancouver Island. Logging in the area has been controversial since at least 2003, when the Wilderness Committee campaigned to protect it.
The Tyee reported last May that Mark Worthing, a biodiversity and forestry campaigner with the Sierra Club of B.C., had complained to the Forest Practices Board about both the lack of access to documents and the company's logging practices.
The board found the company's operations had complied with the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Vancouver Island Land Use Plan, but that the company failed to meet the requirement to give Worthing reasonable access to its plans.
An official with Lemare, which is based in Port McNeill, said nobody from the company was available Thursday afternoon to answer questions.
Forests Minister Steve Thomson can levy up to a $10,000 fine for a failure to provide access to a site plan under the Forest and Range Practices Act. Last May a spokesperson for the ministry said they believed the matter had been resolved.
Nobody from the ministry was immediately available late Thursday afternoon to say what if any consequences there could be for the company as a result of the Forest Practices Board's finding.


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Q: Gedit gktsourceview3.0 rules - multiple optional suffixes I'm trying to write a syntax highlighter rule for arm assembly to use in gedit. In arm, every command has some optional suffixes which make it execute conditionally. So obviously I want the command itself to be highlighted, but also have it highlighted if it has a suffix. So, I created a keyword list that looks like this:
<context id="keywords" style-ref="keyword">
    <suffix>(ne)?|(cs)?|(hs)?|(cc)?|(lo)?|(mi)?|(pl)?|(vs)?|(vc)?|(hi)?|(ls)?|(ge)?|(lt)?|(gt)?|(le)?|(al)?</suffix>
    <keyword>add</keyword>
    ....keywords....
</context>

All the listed keywords get highlighted. However only [ANYKEYWORDHERE]ne [ANYKEYWORDHERE]cs get highlighted. It looks like it's only paying attention to the first 2 suffixes. What am I doing wrong?

A: I cannot really explain why your regex does not work.
Though I find it bit ambiguous and too complicated. Try:
(ne|cs|hs|cc|lo|mi|pl|vs|vc|hi|ls|ge|lt|gt|le|al)?

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Apache Kafka hit the 1.0.0 milestone this week—congrats to all those involved! Whether in celebration or by consequence, there are a bunch of Kafka-related posts this week covering applications built with Kafka streams, operational considerations for Kafka, the differences between the Kafka Streams DSL and Processoro API, and debugging a production Kafka issue. There are also great posts on structured logging, Scio, and Python UDFs for Spark.
When it comes time to analyze data, it's important to have well-structured and enriched source data. Structured logging, in which metadata and a schema are applied to events, is a good way to ensure high-quality. This post looks at how to build an API for structured logging in just a few lines of code.
Part two of the blog post series on Scio covers the core features of the API, additional syntactic sugar (such as support for side-input joins), and support for type-safe BigQuery (via a macro that performs a dry-run query to generate a case class for output rows). The post also describes some of the ways it is used at Spotify—ad hoc queries (by over 200 people), a tool called BigDiffy (for pairwise comparisons), and another tool, Featran, for feature transformations.
This post demonstrates how to use Kafka for a non-trivial stream processing application. Specifically, data is pulled from an HTTP endpoint and inserted into Kafka using the Producer API. From there, a Kafka Streams application performs fraud detection (with a stubbed out method in this example) and computes long-term and 90-day aggregated statistics. Finally, Kafka Connect writes data to a PostgreSQL database for serving up via REST API.
The MSDN blog has a four-part blog series focused on learning to use Azure for folks who are already familiar with Hadoop. It teaches the basics like access management, networking, storage, compute, and the Azure Data Services (including HDFS compatible PaaS offerings).
Zolando has a guest post on the Confluent blog about several operational / SRE considerations for Kafka. These include the type of EBS volumes to use on AWS (specifically, EBS volume type is important since RocksDB makes lots of writes, and for some volume types there is a burst capacity budget that is important to monitor), tuning some defaults, monitoring of consumer lag, monitoring memory usage, and optimizing instance memory (with the counter-intuitive realization that a smaller JVM heap is better given that Kafka uses lots of off-heap memory).
Via an integration using Apache Arrow, Spark 2.3 will include support for so-called vectorized user defined functions (UDFs). Performance is greatly improved when a UDF is annotated with @pandas_udf and consumes/returns a pandas.Series. There are several example UDFs, including simple addition, cumulative probability, & OLS, and the post has a microbenchmark that shows 3x-100x speedups.
The team at Honeycomb has written about a recent outage they had with their Kafka cluster. It's interesting to see all the metrics and graphs that they have to debug and to understand some of the new instrumentation that they plan to add.
With an example of stream processing of page view and event data, this post describes how to implement a non-trivial application using both the Kafka Streams DSL and the underlying Processor API. In this example (based on a real-world use case), the Processor-version is significantly more efficient for only a bit more code.
The Magpie talk show podcast has an interview with Confluent CEO Jay Kreps.
The Call for Papers for Kafka Summit London, which takes place April 23-24, has been announced. Submissions are due December 1st.
A CVE for Apache Hive has been announced. Users are encouraged to upgrade to version 2.3.1, but the announcement also describes mitigations for lower versions (2.1.0 through 2.3.0 are effected).
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This week, Apache Kafka hit version 1.0.0. The new release includes performance improvements, faster TLS, Java 9 support, and more. The Apache Software Foundation has coverage of the milestone, and the Confluent blog describes several of the improvements in recent versions leading up to version 1.0.0.
Version 2.6.3 of HDP has been released. It's the first release to support the Hortonworks DataPlane Service, and there are several new versions of packages (Spark, Zeppelin, Livy, Druid, Atlas, Knox, Ambari, SmartSense, and Ranger).
Qubole has released a Qubole Jump Start to run the Qubole Data Service on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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Q: How to run a loop where I change i and k at the same time in R? I have two objects:
ElectionDay <- c( "1982-11-02",
                  "1984-11-06",
                  "1986-11-04")

And
ElectionYear <- seq(from=1982, to=1986, by = 2)

I want to run a for loop that changes i and k at the same rate. This is what i have so far and i know it is wrong.
for (i in ElectionDay){
for (k in ElectionYear){
print(i); print(k)

}}

I want the output to look like this:
1982; "1982-11-02"
1984; "1984-11-06"
1986; "1986-11-04"

I do not want it to cycle back around where it runs all of i for each value of k like it would in a normal loop.

A: You could use cat and paste0 in the loop.
for(i in 1:3) {
  cat(paste0(ElectionYear[i], ";"), paste0('"', ElectionDay[i], '"'), "\n")
}

The \n gives the new line.
As @markus pointed out we can avoid the for loop by doing:
cat(paste(ElectionYear, paste0('"', ElectionDay, '"'), sep = "; "), sep = "\n")

Result
1982; "1982-11-02"
1984; "1984-11-06"
1986; "1986-11-04"

A: There´re several ways to do it. But firstly you have to indicate from...to you want to interate, so it'd be 1:length(ElectionDay) part.
You can use lubridate to paste the year of your ElectionDay object and then use it inside the loop.
library(lubridate)

ElectionDay <- c( "1982-11-02",
                  "1984-11-06",
                  "1986-11-04")

for (i in 1:length(ElectionDay)){
  print(paste(year(ElectionDay[i]), ";", ElectionDay[i]))
}

which returns:
#[1] "1982 ; 1982-11-02"
#[1] "1984 ; 1984-11-06"
#[1] "1986 ; 1986-11-04"

If you want to unquote the years and semicolon, you can use cat instead, as @jay.sf said:
for (i in 1:length(ElectionDay)){
  cat(paste0(year(ElectionDay[i])), ";", paste0('"', ElectionDay[i], '"'), "\n")
}

#1982 ; "1982-11-02"
#1984 ; "1982-11-02"
#1986 ; "1982-11-02"

A: I'd do this with mapply:
a <- mapply(function(i,k){
  print(i)
  print(k)
}, ElectionDay, ElectionYear)

mapply takes vectors and calls a function with each element of the vectors as arguments. (The assignment to a is just to supress output of mapply)


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Dr. Melanie Conrad
Sep 23, 2021 | Science
In this episode, we talk all about the impact of the environment on asthma, antibiotics in pregnancy, and all of the cool research being done by Dr. Conrad and her team!
What role might the environment play on autoimmune diseases, like asthma? What could we learn about antibiotic use in pregnant women? Reproductive immunologist, and researcher, Dr. Melanie Conrad joins me to talk about these topics, and about the work she, and her team, are doing to uncover new information about how the immune system works!
Visit the Conrad Lab: https://www.conradlab.net/
Follow Melanie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLConradLab
Topics and Timestamps
(0:00:45) Moving to Germany and accents.
(0:02:42) Research and the study of asthma.
(0:04:07) The journey to studying asthma.
(0:06:22) Environmental causes of asthma and the role of traditional farms.
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(0:16:06) Moving from mouse to human: The ethics and physiology involved.
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(0:19:02) Farm analysis and the chosen bacteria.
(0:20:34) Urban environments and pollution: Getting back to nature.
(0:22:36) The Protection Model and the Antibiotic Model.
(0:24:30) Antibiotics: Not always the best solution.
(0:25:31) Microbiome Analysis and the Antibiotic Model.
(0:26:30) The importance of fetal development of microbiomes: Where they come from.
(0:29:05) Pre and postnatal development of microbiomes and antibiotics.
(0:30:55) Targeted antibiotics: Is it a possibility in the future?
(0:32:00) Bonnie Bassler and Quorum sensing.
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Pathfinder Society Scenario #6–02: The Silver Mount Collection (PFRPG) PDF
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A Pathfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 3-7.
The esteemed Blakros family—famous for their museum in Absalom—receives a large shipment of artifacts from Numeria but fears that the ever-vigilant Technic League will attack to reclaim its "stolen" property. When they request the help of Pathfinders to help guard the collection, the PCs discover that the Technic League is the least of their worries.
Written by Crystal Frasier.
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This is a scary module, but I liked it.
outshyn — Jun 9, 2018, 02:52 am
By "scary" I do not mean "haunted" or "ghosts." I mean, this module/scenario has a reputation for being difficult. See the previous reviews. Some will tell you it's unfair or ends in a TPK. To be fair, when I was a player in this module, there was indeed death (but no TPK), so it IS a rough one. However, I just ran the scenario and nobody died. I did do a lot of damage, though, and I wasn't trying hard. Let's talk about some of the details:
The oozes - when I played in this game, the oozes were scary for being oozes, but the GM wasn't tracking the piercing/slashing damage, and never had the oozes get bigger. So, as a player this fight was so-so. However, running the game as the GM, I tracked this carefully. One of the oozes got bigger twice, although the other oozes did not because the players caught on and began to switch to blunt weapons. Nonetheless, the fight was difficult -- I hit 4 of the 6 PCs multiple times, and I got 3 PCs with grab/grapple/constrict.
At one weird point, all 3 oozes were in negative HP, but I had to keep the initiative running, because all 3 could potentially get back up due to their regeneration, and in fact the big one did. Monsters that can get back up after getting knocked out will always make for a tougher encounter.
If you are a GM, know that this is very difficult to juggle. The growth stacks. So twice I had to increase the monster's STR/CON/HP and I did that live, and I did it badly. The monsters should have been stronger and done more damage -- I was focused on giving the monsters the extra HP and short-changed the other parts. It wasn't intentional, and the PCs needed me to screw up so that the fight wasn't miserable. But if there is an option to pre-print the stat blocks in ALL their expanded forms, I absolutely would do that next time, just to save me the trouble of quickly re-calculating stats on the fly. Also, having to track if the monsters were hit by piercing/slashing/fire/acid was definitely a bit more paperwork. So watch out for this fight.
Pendleton/silver swarm - this fight is brutal, and it's possible that if I had not called the fight, it would have gone very badly for the group, based upon their fight with the oozes. The silver swarm has the ability to fully recharge the gearsman robot that protects it. So the fight isn't just "beat up Pendleton so that you can beat up the silver swarm, but hopefully don't kill Pendleton." Instead, it's that issue plus this damn robot that keeps getting back up. AND it can heal itself too. The amount of hits this boss fight can endure is really high, and it can drag out the final encounter quite a bit.
In addition, you're not really supposed to tell the players that killing Pendleton will cause them to lose prestige points. So this is difficult to suss out in the middle of combat. You'd have to realize who you're up against, which isn't disclosed, AND while Pendleton is possessed by the silver swarm he cannot speak (and the swarm itself speaks a language that no PC will likely have). Good luck even knowing that it IS Pendleton. However, if you get that, you'd still need to figure out a way to harm the swarm without killing Pendleton. Although I didn't run this fight, I told my players about this aspect of it, and one asked, "Well how do you do it?" And I replied that that's the trick. You just don't know so you have to experiment, mid fight. Make knowledge checks, use logic, etc. This is a good way to kill the poor guy if you cannot figure it out fast enough.
In the GM discussion a lot of GMs insisted that the swarm will leave Pendleton once he is knocked out. But this isn't true, and in the GM forum, that misconception was corrected. The swarm won't exit Pendleton until he's dead. So the temptation to kill Pendleton is high. People will lose prestige, and I bet some of the prior reviews will tell you that the product sucks for exactly that reason. It didn't bother me, but then again I had to cut the fight short due to the store closing, so I didn't remove prestige from my players' Chronicle sheets.
Overall, I'd say that the module, at least in low tier, feels like it's on hard mode. GMs, my advice is to remind the players that they are in Absalom, and NOTHING in the module suggests that they must remain in the museum, on a timer. They absolutely can retreat, purchase gear, and try again. Oh! Also, the Venture Agent running my local store says she's run this multiple times and always ended it in 4 hours. There is no way I could do that. I actually had the map on a giant flat-screen TV that we used as a table, and we had fog-of-war over the map, so as they opened doors I'd reveal only that particular room. Going room-by-room on 2 separate maps (with 2 extra not-made maps of the basement and a living area) just took waaaayy too much time. I needed 6 hours. I could have crammed down to 5 hours. For me, 4 hours would require too much hand-holding or railroading. I can't do it fast enough, with everything in the product (2 or 3 social interactions & 5 or 6 fights, 3 of which are HARD -- I can't run all that in 4 hours unless I'm leading the players by their noses). So I'm going to dock 1 star for the length & difficulty. However, I still like it anyway; I really enjoyed this exploration of the museum. If we could do halves, I'd give this 3.5 stars.
A Brutal Exhibition at the Blakros Museum
TheDegraded — Mar 1, 2017, 11:44 pm
When the GM openly said that it wouldn't be a bad idea for me to bring my level 7 alchemist to a low tier table of this scenario, I was a little confused. As we all know, there's a tendency for a level 7 to outshine every level 3 or 4, which in turn can make players not have the best of evenings. We trusted his judgement however and I myself tried to only roll for skillchecks when really needed. That I could also pass Infusions to other characters made sure that I didn't completely stole the spotlight every single time.
And so a party of four went into the museum (why Nigel, why?!) on a 6-player low tier: a level 3 fighter with a polearm, a level 4 investigator, a level 4 bard and a level 7 alchemist. For the record: my alchemist did have shocking bombs, as well as the Technologist feat. At the start of the session, I thought to myself to only use bombs when absolutely needed. Imagine my surprise when the first encounter happened. Those creatures are incredibly rough to deal with and I can understand the low average rating (especially in combination with the need to have Technologist).
I did like the scenario though. While it's true that it's somewhat of a railroad going from one fight to the next one, there were a few instances where social skills helped a lot. My alchemist didn't have any, but the others in the group performed admirably and had a great time. Personally I was happy to see that while I outperformed others in the damage department and certain skill checks, they easily bested me in others. There was a certain balance: we all needed each other to survive this painful experience.
The last fight can be really scary for multiple reasons. I assume that there's a peaceful way of resolving that situation, but we went for the stealthy approach followed by some good old bashing. Thanks to me having Technologist, invisibility and some really lucky roles, we managed to force the threat to come out of its, shall we say, hiding hole. There it stood out in the open and even my level 7 alchemist had issues hitting the thing straight in its face(s). Luckily I managed to land one shocking bomb to solve that situation, so we could then focus our attention on the other heavy hitting and still scary foe left.
Playing down typically means that the scenario turns into a cakewalk. This is not the case for this scenario at all. Now it gave us a fighting chance and, due to Technologist, ways to succeed at getting the secondary prestige point. If I had brought something that had been in tier, I'm convinced we all would have died due to our party composition. Only one of us would have been able to deal with hardness and the final encounter would have been really hard to deal with, if we even made it that far to begin with. I honestly think we wouldn't even have seen the second encounter.
I still like having some small technology in my game, but not being able to figure out how to deal with some things can be a major setback. While it is rewarding those with parties with a Technologist present, I feel like it gives other parties too much of a disadvantage. Since you more or less need it for the secondary prestige point, I think that clues should have been more readily available. I also think that anyone with knowledge Engineering should have a chance to identify robots, though a -5 or -10 penalty should be involved.
To conclude: this is a very dangerous scenario when it comes to combat. On the low tier you really need to be prepared in order to deal with some of the things that get thrown your way as they can force a TPK to happen relatively easily. If you have a chance to bring a character with the Technologist feat, you should do so as it can help you figure things out. As a result, I think it's best to play this at the high tier as it's more likely you'll have the tools required, but you should play it only if you really like a challenge.
Noriri — May 5, 2016, 11:18 am
I can't believe it's a Crystal's module!
Mostly combats, too ridiculous for low tier. A construct swarm with 23 touch AC and infest? High potential of TPK if lacks of AOE...
Fine storyline and mechanics, but nothing impressive, I think the BBEG is not well-balaced, at all.
Slothsy — Apr 19, 2016, 08:50 am
Horrifying Scenario
Fig — Sep 28, 2015, 08:37 am
From a GM perspective, I love the scenario, though it desperately needs a sanity mechanic. There is really no reason why the final encounter should ever go in favor of the PCs unless you want it to. The amount of fodder in the last chamber is enough to make 7 PCs run in fear.
If I were to play it, I probably would be able to finish it: There is little in the way of clues given regarding the sort of encounters and the final encounter is specifically written to completely remove fallen PCs, not to mention constantly recharge.
There is a lot to like from a GM perspective, but unless you are willing to greatly help the PCs, the there is little reason to play it.
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Michael Brock Global Organized Play Coordinator Jun 24, 2014, 08:08 pm
Announced for August!
TriOmegaZero Jun 24, 2014, 08:13 pm
DAMMIT NIGEL!
Arnim Thayer Jun 24, 2014, 08:28 pm
Return to the Museum?! That would be awesome!
Black Powder Chocobo RPG Superstar 2015 Top 16 Jun 24, 2014, 08:35 pm
Another reason for my players to request to burn it down? Sign me up!
Ninjaiguana Jun 24, 2014, 10:19 pm
The Museum really needs a sign putting up putting up that reads 'XX days since last artifact-related catastrophe'...
Maglok Jun 24, 2014, 11:59 pm
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Oh nice! My players loved the Blakros museum. I will be sure to schedule this.
Luke Woods - Columbus Jun 25, 2014, 08:10 am
Oh my great giddy aunt! A return to the museum? Please tell me this uses the map from Mists of Mwangi and the Penumbral Accords!
I adore the museum and hope to run this for my local society just as soon as the PDF is released.
Joshua Goudreau Jun 25, 2014, 08:17 am
Mists of Mwangi has been a fan favorite around my local lodge so I am looking forward to return to the museum as well.
Sammy T Jun 27, 2014, 11:26 am
One day, you will be able to play from Level 1 to retirement thanks to the Blakros family.
Eric Clingenpeel Jun 27, 2014, 11:37 am
Sammy T wrote:
Yeah... Can't wait for that day. ;)
thunderspirit Jul 10, 2014, 07:11 am
Eric Clingenpeel wrote:
I see no downside to this. :-D
David Neilson Jul 10, 2014, 07:28 am
Actually I would be really interested in what higher level Blakros scenarios would look like.
Echoes of the Overwatch:
Also a great chance to do interplanetary, dominion of the black, or both. Since the gate in the museum is not referenced again as far as I know.
Dracovaard Aug 8, 2014, 08:47 pm
Laugh! My L7 paladin (provided he doesn't die and gets the XP) should make L8 on this scenario. He HATES the Blakros family and part of his RP is digging up dirt while on missions relating to them. He's played most of the Blakros scenarios...I think he outleveled one or two only. Can't wait to play this one on August 30th. I suppose we have to find the stolen R2D2...
Galnörag Aug 14, 2014, 06:27 am
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I have this in my hands as I'm GMing it at a con, I won't speak of details, but there is a flip map begging to be printed in this folio
DM Beckett Aug 16, 2014, 09:29 am
Interesting Chronicle. Thanks to this one, my Cleric no longer needs to worry about Darkness effects. Ever.
vial of djezet (200 gp each; limit 6; Pathinder
Campaign Setting: Technology Guide 56; when used
as an additional material component, a dose of
djezet increases the effective spell level by 1, which
stacks with a heightened spell. To function as an
additional component, the spellcaster must use a
number of doses equal to the spell's original level—
additional doses have no effect)
Continual Flame is a 3rd level spell, so with 3 doses (leaving you 3 to do it again if a DM thinks they can Dispel it) becomes a 4th effective level spell and neither Darkness (2nd) nor Deeper Darkness (3rd) can touch it. :) Cost = 600 + 50 to cast self.
Crystal Frasier Contributor Aug 18, 2014, 12:39 pm
I hope people really enjoy this one. It was a ton of fun to write. I love blending weird science into my fantasy.
DM Beckett Aug 18, 2014, 01:16 pm
Honestly, my group really didnt dig that part of it at all. A bit suprizing as I figured they would have, or at least not been as against it as they turned out to be, but a combination of the sci-fi and it not feeling like a Blakros Museum Scenario where the two biggest complaints when I ran it.
Its one I would run again, though. I would suggest in the future adding in some more enemy diversity, as I can see a lot of classes being a little peeved at the encounters. One other thing that might have helped a bit on the DMs side, not having any of the books that this one draws so much from, (Numeria, Tech Guide), the motivations and goals of the Tech League that raided the museum seems really unclear and possibly superficial. It might have been a good idea to explain some more about them for the DMs who dont know. If I run it again, Ill study up on them, but I wasnt sure if they where suppossed to be assassins just using the "its our stuff" as an excuss, where somehow the innocent victims, or what the actual deal was.
Todd Stewart Contributor Aug 18, 2014, 04:42 pm
Played through this one at GenCon.
Happily used the line [Indiana Jones] "These artifacts belong in a museum!" [/Indiana Jones]
So wanted to burn the place down (a swarm and no AoE spells among the entire party is unpleasant, and so is having no one being able to natively cast remove disease). Seriously enjoyed the scenario nonetheless. :)
Mike Tuholski Aug 22, 2014, 06:00 am
There seems to be something wrong with the maps in this pdf. With most other scenarios you can copy-paste the maps (which leaves the room labels behind) and print the maps out or use them for online games. The maps in this scenario just copy-paste as a black box; I suspect something isn't layered right as I don't know what else would cause that.
Which of course means that for anyone wanting to print the maps or use them for an online game is stuck with the room labels (and secret door labels!) on their map for the players to see in plain view.
Orthos Aug 22, 2014, 06:04 am
I'm not a PFS player but I might start buying these Season 6 scenarios just for the sake of having more sci-fantasy stuff in my library =D VIVA LA MAGITEK!
Mike Tuholski wrote:
Had the same problem, coincidentally after installing a beta copy of an OS, embarrassingly I opened a defect ticket before I realized it was this PDF (and just the maps in this PDF) and not the OS.
Sir_Wulf RPG Superstar 2008 Top 16 Nov 6, 2014, 07:38 am
When the intro mentioned that Nigel had remodeled the place, I was intrigued. When I saw that the map had nothing to do with the previous maps of the museum, I was baffled.
Matthew Pittard Dec 21, 2014, 06:34 pm
One thing I noticed about this scenario. There was as much tactical information as I remember seeing in other scenarios which was kinda.. well I liked it.
Also I got to Infest a party member. We dubbed her Cyber/Cyivy. Very cool monster.
isdestroyer Dec 29, 2014, 08:13 am
What faction does this advance?
DM Beckett Dec 29, 2014, 08:43 am
Darkive and maybe Grand Lodge.
Arglüe Coppertongüe May 15, 2017, 06:14 am
Paizo, any update on the maps? Could someone put them in the product description for download?
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