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US IN THE BALKANS 6…THE DEVIOUS MARSHALL FROM ITN
Penny Marshall tried to say that she never used the word "concentration camp" when she and her cameraman took the photo composed of two main elements, a skinny man and some strands of barbed wire. However in the last article, the report by Professor Wladimiroff we see that it was totally unnecesasary for Marshal to do so. Marshall and ITN had a whole organizational backup for distributing that film around the world and the film was accompanied by text which did just that.
Penny Marshall is an accomplished deceiver, that special kind of deceit which has been bred into the British ruling class over many centuries.
The problem for Marshall though is that there are very many people alive and well in the world who are not so easily deceived.
First of all the context. In discovering whether people tellthe truth or not the context is always very important. In this case the context refers to what was going on before they took that trip to Yugoslavia. And the context also refers to what happened after it, including the written reports and interviews which Marshall gave to various Media.
Marshall and Vulliamy were sent out there to Yugoslavia in order to find "Serb concentration camps". Marshall and her cameraman Irvin then proceeded to produce the iconic photo of the decade and not only did they do so but they proceeded to blow their trumpet about it.
The key factor in this picture was the barbed wire and the skinny man. Immediately the image of concentration camp is brought up into the mind. This is because the image of the Holocaust of the Jews remains such a strong emotive force in the minds of all humans no matter what country they hail from.
Even the most cursory knowledge of photography will teach that you eliminate and you accentuate. In this photograph the real background was eliminated and the two components, the barbed wire and the skinny man were accentuated. The actual mechanics were terribly simple. A 12 year old could easily have done it.
However it was not standing alone. The ground had already been prepared by other professionals in this business, such as the Irish woman Maggie O'Kane. Prior to the Marshall visit and photograph this individual had built quite a name for herself in the journalistic world by her lurid accounts of concentration camps being run by the Serbs. Invariably the evidence for this was "discussion" O'Kane was having with Muslim "refugees". The Islamofascist professional liars of Izetbegovic must have seen this Irish woman Maggie coming from a mile off. And that was "journalism of the "O'Kane School". O'Kane was not alone! There were thousands like her!
All of that was going on with the Marshall film from the Balkans which showed the skinny man and the barbed wire. And the jutting nose of flinty eyed Marshall had an overall strategic picture and knew it all very well.
We have just seen with Professor Wladimiroff how Marshall's employers and company the ITN was linked with another company which did all the lying about the picture showing a concentration camp.
But what about hard eyed Marshall. How careful she was! But how blatantly and bloodily obvious she was as well! Let us examine what Marshall said exactly. Her very own words tell the story and I see a remarkable similarity to Charles Enderin in the El Durra France 2 case. My comments are in brackets in the following quote and analysis by Deichmann:
[start quote here]
Penny Marshall did mention the barbed wire fence in the first report she wrote after returning from Trnopolje, published in the Sunday Times (16 August 1992). About her first visit to the camp she simply wrote that 'Outside was barbed wire'. Describing her second visit to the camp in the same article, she noted that 'Outside, the camp had changed in the week since our original report. The barbed wire fence had been removed and the Serbians had left building materials for the prisoners to make shelters'.
(This is surely the sneakiness of the British ruling class I talked about above. "Outside there was barbed wire" says this woman. You are damned right Marshall there was barbed wire, which was one of the two components which made up that phorograph which consumate Imperialist that she is knew very well that this barbed wire in THAT photograph was what really was going to screw the Serbs good and proper. This is not a journalist really but a consumate member of the British Imperialist class. Got that! Doing a job willingly on behalf of here masters and did she ever get the Queens Honours for that work! Williams did npot have to say anything more. She was full of comprehension of her own role, she was but one cog in the whole British ruling class strategy against the Serbs)
This was true; the barbed wire fence (and the ordinary wire mesh fences) which Marshall's cameraman had shot during the first visit had indeed been removed before her return. But Penny Marshall had left open the question of precisely whereabouts 'outside' the barbed wire fence had been located. She thus failed to correct the false interpretation which so many people had placed upon the pictures. Similarly, Ed Vulliamy wrote in his book that 'Four days after our visit to Trnopolje, the fence came down' (p113). This left untouched the impression which had settled in the public mind – that the camp had been fenced-in with barbed wire.
(Absolutely right! Marshall said in her second report that the wire had come down. Vulliamy that "the fence came down". They were doing 2 things. They were providing a cover for themselves. And at the same time they were doing nothing to challenge the Big Lie that had been set in motion by THEIR picture)
A year after the ITN pictures were first broadcast, Penny Marshall reacted to the suggestion that her report might have been sensationalist: 'I bent over backwards, I showed guards – Bosnian Serb guards – feeding the prisoners. I showed a small Muslim child who had come of his own volition. I didn't call them death camps. I was incredibly careful, but again and again we see that image being used.' (Independent, 5 August 1993) Despite her plea of objectivity, however, she did not explain how 'that image' of Fikret Alic behind barbed wire had been produced by her team.
(You can see the deviousness of this woman. Marshall knew very well that it was that picture that counted and none of the rest of her padding. It was the two things, the skinny man up against the barbed wire. Marshall knows very well the psychology of the Fascism of the Empire, aka Imperialism, which she was serving)
In a German television programme 'Kozarac – Ethnically Cleansed', broadcast on 11 October 1993, Marshall told German movie producer Monika Gras about the impact of the Trnopolje picture: 'That picture of that barbed wire and these emaciated men made alarm bells ring across the whole of Europe. I believe that the report would not have caused such a reaction had it been transmitted without that picture, although the facts would have been the same.' Marshall said that the Bosnian Serbs did not know how to deal with the Western press: 'It was a PR mistake in the Bosnian Serbs' terms.' She did not mention her team making any mistakes in their presentation of the Trnopolje story.
(And this paragraph proves what I said above and proves the deviousness of Marshall. I will repeat the key sentence which I believe also draws the parallel with Enderlin. The above proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Marshall set up the fix on the Serbs, she was sent there to do a job, it was all part of the Big Lie, and as far as journalistic probity this cynical woman could not have given a damn. In the above Marshall pinpoints the two material factors, the emaciated man and the barbed wire. Not men but man. Note that Marshall says "men" but there was only one skinny man in that picture, some of the rest had big bellies. Marshall cannot help but embroider her story. That is where truth goes, a little compromise here, a little compromise there, and soon the Big Lie builds up! And in pinpointing the essence Marshall is really telling that all her previous comments were lies. Her key phrase "I believe that the report would not have caused such a reaction". That is it. Marshall was a partisan in the war and not a factual reporter. Marshall tells us out of her own lying and phoney mouth that she was out to create a "reaction" and not to report the facts. Yes Marshall was a partisan, not a "reporter". Whatever Marshall is she is not a reporter. And this is the link with all of this emoting rather than reporting. O'Kane, catholic product of the convent nuns in Dublin, was all the time in the Balkans full of this emoting, rather than armed with a technique for reporting facts. Who trains these people as reporters is a question. And from Marshall with chum Vulliamy on to Charles Enderlin in the El Durra case)
It is worthwhile at this point recalling what Charles Enderlin of France 2 said when he was hammered into a corner, when he was forced to retreat by the weight of evidence against his phoney footage of the El Durra shooting.
The possibility of a staged scene is further substantiated by expert testimony presented by Mr. Karsenty — including a 90-page ballistics report and a sworn statement by Dr. Yehuda ben David attributing Jamal al-Durra's scars — displayed as proof of wounds sustained in the alleged shooting — to knife and hatchet wounds incurred when he was attacked by Palestinians in 1992. In fact, there is no blood on the father's T-shirt, the boy moves after Mr. Enderlin's voice-over commentary says he is dead, no bullets are seen hitting the alleged victims. And Mr. Enderlin himself had backtracked when the controversy intensified after seasoned journalists Denis Jeambar and Daniel Leconte viewed some of the raw footage in 2004. The news report, he said, corresponds to "the situation." The court, concurring with Messrs. Jeambar and Leconte, considers that journalism must stick to events that actually occur.
[end quote here]
To Enderlin the final report that he put out to the nation of the French and to the world using the phoney footage of an antisemitic palestinian Arab cameraman was not true (he is admitting that) but it "corresponds to the situation". By that he means to the situation that the Palestinian Arabs are in, or anyway his interpretation of same.
So to Enderlin it is not a matter any longer of a journalist seeking out the facts of a case and truthfully reporting them. Rather it is that Enderlin and France 2 are participants in the drama and are partisans, making thje case against Israel for the Palestinian Arabs.
This is the same mode in which Marshall and Vulliamy worked. It is also the same immoral method used by Hoare and Kammwho will argue that black is white and no matter what evidence is placed in front of them will seek to make a case against the Serbs.
The responsibility on Marshall and Vulliamy is horrific.
Marshall says above that the Serbs did not understand how to deal with the British Press. Well you bet Marshall. The Serb leaders had invited Marshall to come out and view for herself. The Serb leaders had organized a safe escort, had deliberately shown here everything, there was nowhere that she and Vulliamy could not go. The mistake the Serb leaders made was in thinking that they were dealing with journalists. They were not! They were dealing with the express representatives of the British state machine, not really journalists at all. Was that a mistake! Was that naivity! I think not! That was rather a very normal reaction of a civilized people showing hospitality to people from another country. let us not let Marshall and Vulliamy drag us down into their sordid British Media hell hole.
They singled out the skinny man, they quickly spotted the barbed wire, then they constructed their dirty little lie of a picture. They had their ITN organization and its sister organization write the blurbs which called it a Serb Concentration camp. Marshall and Vulliamy wretches that they are though have no compunction about doing this. They are partisans. They are British Imperialists essentially. The result led to the murder of countless Serb ordinary small people going about their lives. The result was a civil war in which innocent on all sides lost their lives and others suffered terribly. And they started the whole industry of lies as seen in the following described by Deichmann, sheer licence to lie in a book later published by a fellow hack:
The notion that there was a barbed wire fence around Trnopolje camp, and the comparison with Nazi concentration camps, have been widely accepted as matters of fact. 'When the first journalists had arrived there a few days earlier, barbed wire surrounded the place and there was no welcoming banner', Peter Mass wrote in Love Thy Neighbours: A Story of War, about his visit to Trnopolje in the late summer of 1992. (London, 1996, p41) 'I walked through the gates and couldn't quite believe what I saw. There, right in front of me, were men who looked like survivors of Auschwitz.' Marshall, Williams and Vulliamy have not used such language themselves. But neither have they corrected the false interpretation of the picture of Fikret Alic apparently imprisoned behind the barbed wire.
Do not forget that Marshall and Vulliamy work led to the later murder of Milosevic in the Hague, to the emergence of the first Islamofascist states in Europe. Also to centres of drug running into Europe and even prostitute trading. Some achievement for a womens libber like Marshall.
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The top of the Associated Press poll remained unchanged, but the remainder of the Top 25 continued its state of flux after another weekend full of upsets.
Alabama tightened its stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking with a sound win over Mississippi State, while Clemson remained No. 2 after it took down Boston College on the road. Notre Dame, Michigan and Georgia round out the Top Five.
Alabama has not given up a point in its last two games, outscoring LSU and Mississippi State 53-0. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had his worst statistical game of the 2018 season in Saturday's 24-0 win, but the Crimson Tide defense held the Bulldogs to 169 yards of total offense.
With no losses from Top 10 teams—though Oklahoma made it close against rival Oklahoma State—the highest-ranked squad to take a plunge this week is former No. 12 Kentucky, which couldn't get anything going offensively in a 24-7 loss at Tennessee. The Wildcats turned the ball over three times and were held to 262 total yards.
Also taking a plunge this week among the ranked were Fresno State and North Carolina State. The Bulldogs allowed Boise State to score the game's final 21 points in a 24-17 road loss on the blue turf, while NC State was upended by a late touchdown in a 27-23 home loss to Wake Forest.
Fresno State, NC State and Michigan State moved out of the Top 25. No. 21 Utah, No. 23 Boise State and No. 24 Northwestern moved in as replacements.
The College Football Playoff committee will release its next rankings Tuesday.


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An Evaluation of Surveillance for Chlamydia trachomatis infections in the United States, 1987-1991
Linda A. Webster, Ph.D. Joel R. Greenspan, M.D., M.P.H. Allyn K. Nakashima, M.D. Robert E. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Prevention National Center for Prevention Services
Problem/Condition: Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the United States; however, no precise data on the prevalence and incidence of chlamydia infection are available because currently no comprehensive national surveillance system exists for chlamydia. Despite the absence of such a system, states do report numbers of male and female chlamydia cases to CDC on a quarterly basis.
Reporting Period Covered: This report summarizes and reviews the chlamydia surveillance data received by CDC from 1987 through 1991.
Description of System: Summary data on cases of chlamydia reported to state health departments were sent quarterly to CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. The quarterly data from each state included total number of chlamydia cases by sex and by source of report (public, private).
Results: From 1987 through 1991, the number of states with legislation mandating reporting of chlamydia increased twofold. The reported chlamydia rate from those states also doubled during the same time period, from 91.4 cases per 100,000 population in 1987 to 197.5 cases per 100,000 population in 1991.
Interpretation: This twofold increase in the rate of chlamydia reported to CDC did not represent a doubling in chlamydia prevalence or incidence during this time period. Instead, the increase resulted from the increase in the number of states with reporting laws and from the initial attempts of those states to identify and report diagnosed chlamydia infections.
Actions Taken: More accurate measures of the number of chlamydia infections and of trends in the chlamydia infection rate are needed to justify, develop, and evaluate public health programs to control chlamydia infections. An outline of possible surveillance activities for local communities is presented.
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen in the United States (1,2). Chlamydia infections are a major cause of infant pneumonia and neonatal conjunctivitis and of pelvic inflammatory disease and subsequent tubal infertility and ectopic pregnancy in women (3). Although the prevalence of genital chlamydia among women has been reported to range from 8% to 40% (4), no precise data for the prevalence and incidence of chlamydia infection are available because currently no comprehensive national surveillance system exists for chlamydia. A combination of factors has affected our ability to establish a national chlamydia surveillance program and to analyze and interpret chlamydia surveillance data: a) a lack of inexpensive, widely available diagnostic tests for chlamydia, b) a large percentage of asymptomatic infections that can only be detected through active screening programs, c) limited resources to support active screening programs, d) a lack of public health laws in all states requiring that health-care providers and laboratories report cases, and e) a lack of resources in local areas to manage and report information on the large number of chlamydia infections. The absence of a nationwide surveillance system for chlamydia has necessitated the use of nongonococcal urethritis as a surrogate in monitoring trends in chlamydia infections and the use of gonorrhea case counts to estimate the number of chlamydia infections each year (1,5).
Despite the absence of a comprehensive national chlamydia surveillance system, states do report numbers of chlamydia cases among males and females to CDC on a quarterly basis. The following report summarizes and reviews the data received by CDC from 1987 through 1991.
The surveillance case definition for chlamydia involves a laboratory-based diagnosis, namely: a) isolation of C. trachomatis by culture or b) demonstration of C. trachomatis in a clinical specimen by antigen detection methods (6). Summary data on cases of chlamydia reported to state health departments from 1987 through 1991 were sent quarterly to CDC in Atlanta, Georgia. The quarterly data from each state included total number of chlamydia cases by sex and by source of report (public, private). Rates of chlamydia infection were calculated by using estimates of the population for 1987 through 1989 and data from the 1990 census for 1990 and 1991 rates (7,8).
The status of chlamydia reporting legislation was ascertained through a telephone survey of sexually transmitted disease programs in each state. Data were included in this analysis only from those states that had legislation requiring chlamydia reporting, and only for those years in which legislation was effective for the entire 12 months of the year (Table 1). No legislation requiring chlamydia reporting was effective for at least a 1-year period from 1987 through 1991 in the District of Columbia and in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia.
To compute regional rates of chlamydia, we grouped states into the four regions of the United States as defined by the Bureau of the Census: Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont); South (Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin); and West (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming).
In 1987, only 18 states had legislation requiring chlamydia reporting (Figure 1). By 1991, the number of states with such legislation had increased to 36. Likewise, the reported chlamydia rate from those states with reporting legislation also increased more than twofold during the same time period, from 91.4 cases per 100,000 population in 1987 to 197.5 cases per 100,000 population in 1991.
In 1991, 28 (78%) of the 36 states with legislation requiring chlamydia reporting reported chlamydia infection rates above the year 2000 objective of 170 cases per 100,000 population (Table 2). The highest reported rates of chlamydia were in the midwestern and western regions of the United States. Specifically, the reported rate of chlamydia was 233.4 cases per 100,000 in the Midwest (117,550 cases), 210.3 in the West (96,791 cases), 177.1 in the South (92,367 cases), and 133.8 in the Northeast (28,011 cases).
Reported chlamydia rates for women far exceeded those for men in the United States during the period 1987 through 1991 (Table 3). Furthermore, although the reported chlamydia rates for men increased only slightly during this time period, the reported rates among women increased 106%. Specifically, the reported rate among women in 1987 was 138.0 cases per 100,000 population, 3.3 times higher than the reported rate among males of 41.9 cases per 100,000 population. By 1991, the reported rate among females was approximately six times higher than the rate reported for males (281.2 cases per 100,000 population vs. 47.7 cases per 100,000 population).
The twofold increase in the rate of chlamydia reported to CDC from 1987 through 1991 did not represent a doubling in chlamydia prevalence or incidence during that time period. Instead, this increase resulted from the increase in the number of states with reporting laws and the initial attempts of those states to identify and report diagnosed chlamydia infections. Likewise, the higher reported rates of chlamydia in the Midwest and the West reflected the substantial resources that were committed to organized screening programs in those regions in the mid- to late 1980s (9,10). The higher reported rates of chlamydia for women from 1987 through 1991 may have reflected the increased detection of asymptomatic infection in women through screening. The lower rates in men suggested that many of the sex partners of women with chlamydia infection were not diagnosed, treated, or reported during this period.
More accurate measures of the number of chlamydia infections and trends in the chlamydia infection rates are needed to justify, develop, and evaluate public health programs to control chlamydia infections. To encourage reporting of chlamydia infections by laboratories and health-care providers, every state should have reporting laws requiring that identified chlamydia infections be reported to appropriate boards of health (11). However, as much as 25% of men and 70% of women with chlamydia infections may be asymptomatic (4). Thus, periodic expanded screening efforts must be initiated to better estimate the prevalence of chlamydia infections in local communities. Such screening efforts should be carried out in a variety of settings, e.g., prenatal clinics, family planning clinics, sexually transmitted disease clinics, adolescent health clinics, correctional facilities and detention centers, hospital emergency departments, student health centers, neighborhood health centers or health maintenance organizations, or drug treatment centers. The prevalence of chlamydia infections in the local communities can then be estimated from the number of persons tested and the number of those persons with positive test results. In addition, these expanded screening efforts could be instrumental in identifying persons with asymptomatic infections who continue to contribute to the transmission of chlamydia infections in a community (10).
To better monitor secular trends in the chlamydia infection rate, ongoing, universal screening should be conducted within a small number of clinic populations (sentinel surveillance sites) in local communities (11). Data should be collected not only on the number of persons tested and the number with positive results in these sentinel sites, but also on the demographic characteristics and selected risk factors of all screened patients. Those data will then allow public health officials to estimate disease frequency, determine secular trends, and focus prevention programs by identifying those at high risk for the disease. Furthermore, monitoring secular trends in these sentinel sites should assist programs in evaluating their chlamydia prevention efforts. For example, decreases in the prevalence of chlamydia infection in these sites could indicate movement from prevalent to incident disease detection or a true decline in the rate of disease transmission due to routine screening, appropriate treatment, or partner notification.
The establishment of better chlamydia surveillance programs in local areas is a crucial first step in being able to more accurately estimate the number of chlamydia infections in the United States each year and to monitor disease trends. Improved chlamydia detection programs, in particular active screening programs in high-risk populations, are even more critical to preventing chlamydia infections and decreasing the $2 billion health-care costs associated with chlamydia infections in the United States annually (12).
US Department of Health and Human Services. Sexually transmitted diseases. In: Healthy people 2000: national health promotion and disease prevention objectives. September 1990:19.1- 19.15.
CDC. Division of STD/HIV Prevention Annual Report, 1991. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, 1991.
Stamm WE, Holmes KK. Chlamydia trachomatis infections of the adult. In: Holmes KK, Mardh PA, Sparling PF, et al., eds. Sexually transmitted diseases. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990:181-93.
Cates W, Wasserheit JN. Genital chlamydial infections: epidemiology and reproductive sequelae. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991;164(6):1771-81.
Washington AE, Johnson RE, Sanders LL, Barnes RC, Alexander ER. Incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in the United States: using reported Neisseria gonorrhoeae as a surrogate. In: Oriel D, Ridgway G, Schachter J, et al., eds. Chlamydial infections. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1986:487-90.
CDC. Case definitions for public health surveillance. MMWR 1990;39(No. RR-13):9.
Bureau of the Census. United States population estimates by age, sex, and state: 1981-1989. Current population reports (Series P-25). In press.
Bureau of the Census. Census of population and housing, 1990: summary tape file 1 {machine-readable file}. Washington: Bureau of the Census, 1991.
Katcher ML, Addiss DG, Vaughn ML. Chlamydia trachomatis screening in family planning clinics in Wisconsin. Wis Med J 1986;85:27.
Lossick J, Delisle S, Fine D, Mosure D, Lee V, Smith C. Regional program for widespread screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in family planning clinics. In: Bowie WR, Caldwell HD, Jones RB, et al., eds. Chlamydial infections. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990:575-9.
CDC. Expanded screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in STD project areas. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, June 1990.
Washington AE, Johnson RE, Sander LL. Chlamydia trachomatis infections in the United States: what are they costing us? JAMA 1987;257:2070-2.
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from telemetry.page import page as page_module
from telemetry.page import page_set as page_set_module

_SCROLL_LIST_ITEM = ('.scroll-list-item .%s')
_NUM_REPEATS_FOR_EMAIL_OPEN = 40
_OPEN_CLOSE_WAIT_TIME = 0.3

class InboxPage(page_module.Page):
  """A class defining inbox page for telemetry."""

  def __init__(self, page_set):
    super(InboxPage, self).__init__(
        url=('http://localhost/?mark_read_on_open=false&'
             'jsmode=du&preload_anim=True&welcome=0'),
        page_set=page_set,
        credentials_path='data/inbox_credentials.json',
        name='Inbox')
    self.user_agent_type = 'desktop'
    self.credentials = 'google'

  def RunNavigateSteps(self, action_runner):
    action_runner.Navigate(self.url, timeout_in_seconds=180)

  def RunPageInteractions(self, action_runner):
    self.OpenCloseConv(action_runner)

  def _WaitForItemOpen(self, action_runner):
    action_runner.WaitForJavaScriptCondition(
        'BT_AutoTestHelper.getInstance().getOpenItemId() && '
        'BT_AutoTestHelper.getInstance().'
        'getOpenItemLoadedRenderComplete() && '
        'BT_AutoTestHelper.getInstance().getOutstandingRenderCount() '
        '== 0')

  def _WaitForItemClose(self, action_runner):
    action_runner.WaitForJavaScriptCondition(
        '!BT_AutoTestHelper.getInstance().getOpenItemId() && '
        'BT_AutoTestHelper.getInstance().getOutstandingRenderCount() '
        '== 0')

  def _ClickToOpenItem(self, action_runner):
    action_runner.MouseClick(_SCROLL_LIST_ITEM % 'summItemSection_')

  def _ClickToCloseItem(self, action_runner):
    action_runner.MouseClick(_SCROLL_LIST_ITEM % 'fullItemHeader_')

  def _WaitForInitialSync(self, action_runner):
    # This wait is to make sure that the actual background sync starts
    # properly and we are  not capturing the initial default synced status.
    action_runner.Wait(120)
    action_runner.WaitForJavaScriptCondition(
        'window.BT_events && '
        'BT_events.ITEMS_LOADED && BT_events.INITIAL_SYNC_COMPLETE', 90)

  def _OpenAndCloseEmail(self, action_runner):
    self._ClickToOpenItem(action_runner)
    self._WaitForItemOpen(action_runner)
    action_runner.Wait(_OPEN_CLOSE_WAIT_TIME)
    self._ClickToCloseItem(action_runner)
    self._WaitForItemClose(action_runner)
    action_runner.Wait(_OPEN_CLOSE_WAIT_TIME)

  def OpenCloseConv(self, action_runner):
    # Wait for the page to load and start background sync
    self._WaitForInitialSync(action_runner)
    for _ in range(0, _NUM_REPEATS_FOR_EMAIL_OPEN):
      self._OpenAndCloseEmail(action_runner)
    action_runner.Wait(10)

class InboxPageSet(page_set_module.PageSet):

  """Inbox page set."""

  def __init__(self):
    super(InboxPageSet, self).__init__(
        user_agent_type='desktop',
        archive_data_file='data/inbox_data.json',
        bucket=page_set_module.INTERNAL_BUCKET
        )

    self.AddUserStory(InboxPage(self))

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We arrived in the UK on January 1, after an overnight flight from Baltimore. There was no midnight announcement, no complimentary champagne; nothing. Clearly I had my hopes too high. So we're feeling a bit cheated out of our New Year's Eve experience and will be doing a recreated countdown and toast when we have houseguests over for this Epiphany weekend.
It was a low-key, relaxing couple of weeks back in the States, the majority of it spent seeing family and friends. We also made it into D.C. to see the new Obama portraits. Mostly I enjoyed doing not a lick of work. And I acquired books, of course: a secondhand and remainder stack that, after my trade-in of some cast-off books, cost just $4; and a few ARCs I'm excited about.
Plus a few ARCs I brought back from America. The Leung stories came out in Canada last year.
I'm feeling restless in my career, like if someone gave me permission to quit all my gigs I would do it tomorrow. But, of course, only a fool would do so with no plan to replace them with other remunerative work. The year is likely to involve a lot of rethinking for me as I evaluate which of my proofreading and writing jobs feel worthwhile, and what's taking me in the direction I want to go (not that I currently know what that is).
I plan to reinstate the Classic and Doorstopper of the month features I ran in 2017, since otherwise I hardly ever read them. I'm starting with Annabel's readalong of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, which is just over 500 pages but also conveniently falls into one of the below categories.
The doorstoppers I have around to choose from.
I'll make a second attempt at getting through some of the travel books and biographies I own, though I won't hold myself to any particular target. At least five of each would be nice.
I'm determined to up my literature in translation ratio. These are all the books I own that were originally published in other languages – pitiful! – but I will get hold of more through the library and publishers.
Re-reading is something I undertake very reluctantly. I have friends who swear by it, but to me it can feel like a waste of time. Last year I re-read just four books: Little Women, Give Me Everything You Have, Crossing the Moon, and Diary of a Bookseller. In each case, on the second reading I rated the book a star lower. That suggests that, far from appreciating books more on a second reading, I have less patience with them and find more flaws! All the same, I've chosen four books to re-read in 2019. The Collins is a longtime favorite about moving to Hay-on-Wye; the Thomas is one of the books that first got me into reading memoirs. I've been let down by Lamott's latest three books so wanted to go back to one of her spiritual classics; I've gotten into L'Engle's writing for adults and want to revisit her most famous children's book (which I don't think I comprehended at age nine or whatever I was).
I have a bad habit of racing through self-help and theology books rather than taking my time mulling over them and fully exploring how I might apply them in my life. This was especially true of The Artist's Way, one of my bibliotherapy prescriptions. I started out with the aim of completing the daily "morning pages" of free writing (though for me they were 'evening pages'; I'm not a morning person) and each chapter's self-knowledge exercises. But soon I'd given up on the writing and contemplation and begun just reading the book straight through, which is not the point of it at all. So this year I mean to go back through the Cameron and Rubin books more mindfully, and use the McLaren devotional as it is intended, reading the recommended Bible passages alongside the weekly reflections.
What are some of your goals (reading-related or otherwise) for 2019?
Genova's writing, Jodi Picoult-like, keeps you turning the pages; I read 225+ pages in an afternoon. There's true plotting skill to how Genova uses a close third-person perspective to track the mental decline of Harvard psychology professor Alice Howland, who has early-onset Alzheimer's disease. "Everything she did and loved, everything she was, required language," yet her grasp of language becomes ever more slippery even as her thought life remains largely intact. I also particularly enjoyed the descriptions of Cambridge and its weather, and family meals and rituals. There's a certain amount of suspension of disbelief required – Would the disease really progress this quickly? Would Alice really be able to miss certain abilities and experiences once they were gone? – and ultimately I preferred the 2014 movie version, but this would be a great book to thrust at any caregiver or family member who's had to cope with dementia in someone close to them.
Other fictional takes on dementia that I can recommend: Unforgettable: Short Stories by Paulette Bates Alden, The Only Story by Julian Barnes, Everything Under by Daisy Johnson and Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante.
A remarkable insider's look at the early stages of Alzheimer's. Mitchell took several falls while running near her Yorkshire home, but it wasn't until she had a minor stroke in 2012 that she and her doctors started taking her health problems seriously. In July 2014 she got the dementia diagnosis that finally explained her recurring brain fog. She was 58 years old, a single mother with two grown daughters and a 20-year career in NHS administration. Having prided herself on her good memory and her efficiency at everything from work scheduling to DIY, she was distressed that she couldn't cope with a new computer system and was unlikely to recognize the faces or voices of colleagues she'd worked with for years. Less than a year after her diagnosis, she took early retirement – a decision that she feels was forced on her by a system that wasn't willing to make accommodations for her.
The book, put together with the help of ghostwriter Anna Wharton, gives a clear sense of progression, of past versus present, and of the workarounds Mitchell uses to outwit her disease. The details and incidents are well chosen to present the everyday challenges of dementia. For instance, baking used to be one of Mitchell's favorite hobbies, but in an early scene she's making a cake for a homeless shelter and forgets she's already added sugar; she weighs in the sugar twice, and the result is inedible. By the time the book ends, not only can she not prepare herself a meal; she can't remember to eat unless she sets an alarm and barricades herself into the room so she won't wander off partway through.
In occasional italicized passages Mitchell addresses her past self, running through bittersweet memories of all that she used to be able to do: "It amazes me now how you did it, because you didn't have anyone to help you. You were Mum, Dad, taxi, chef, counsellor, gardener and housekeeper, all rolled into one." Yet it's also amazing how much she still manages to do as an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society and Dementia Friends. She crisscrosses the country to give speeches, attend conferences, and advise universities; she writes a blog and has appeared on radio to promote this book. Like many retired people, she's found she's busier than ever, and her engagements help her to feel purposeful and like she's giving a positive impression of early-stage dementia. No matter that she has to rely on dozens of reminders to self in the form of Post-It notes, iPad alarms and a wall of photographs.
The story lines of this and Still Alice are very similar in places – the incidents while running, the inability to keep baking, and so on. And in fact, Mitchell reviewed the film and attended its London premiere, where she met Julianne Moore. Her book is a quick and enjoyable read, and will be so valuable to people looking to understand the experience of dementia. She is such an inspiring woman. I thank her for her efforts, and wish her well. This is one of my personal favorites for the shortlist of next year's Wellcome Book Prize for medical reads.
Other nonfiction takes on dementia that I can recommend: In Pursuit of Memory by Joseph Jebelli and The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L'Engle.
Celebrating the strength of female friendship, even in the face of life-threatening illness.
Vivid portrayals of drug addiction.
Glimpses into the high-class world of fine dining – and fine wine.
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence is chock-full of recommendations and reading pairs. The Novel Cure is also good for this sort of thing, though it is (no surprise) overwhelmingly composed of fiction suggestions.
I fly back to the UK later today after a fairly busy few weeks of packing, unpacking, and more packing as I got my mom settled into her new home and dealt with the substantial amount of stuff I still had in storage with my parents. I'll post later in the week about book culling versus acquisitions. For now, here's a quick look at the books by women I've been reading in print towards my summer challenge: everything from a memoir of infertility to a perfectly summery novel set at a Vermont lake resort.
I first read this nearly four years ago (you can find my initial review in an early blog post that rounds up three of Alden's works), and was moved to reread it this summer as a follow-up to Sheila Heti's Motherhood. The book focuses on Alden's uncertainty about having children all the way up to her late thirties, when she underwent three years of somewhat desperate, and ultimately unsuccessful, infertility treatment. "From the very start, I had seen writing and motherhood as mutually exclusive," she writes, an attitude very similar to Heti's. Yet she feared missing out on the meaning and love a child could bring to her life.
More broadly, the memoir is about the search to integrate the different aspects of a life – including family history and the fateful decisions that seem to have been made for you – into a realistic vision of the future. I didn't find the book quite as profound this time around, but I noticed that I marked many of the same passages I did four years ago, about the dearth of childless role models and the struggle to accept the life that has become yours, even if it's not what you predicted for yourself. That proves how influential and comforting it's been for me.
I mostly know Colwin as a food writer, but she also published fiction. This subtle story collection turns on quiet, mostly domestic dramas: people falling in and out of love, stepping out on their spouses and trying to protect their families. I didn't particularly engage with the central two stories about cousins Vincent and Guido (characters from her novel Happy All the Time, which I abandoned a few years back), but the rest more than made up for them.
Several stories reveal the hidden depths of a character who's only been a bit player in a protagonist's life: a family friend who suddenly commits suicide, a Hispanic cook who has a rich boyfriend, a widowed piano teacher whose young student's accomplishments buoy him up, and a supermarket employee whose ordinary life doesn't live up to the fantasy background her manager, an art history PhD student, dreams up for her. In "The Water Rats" and "Wet," water symbolizes all that we can't control and understand, whether that's our family's safety or the inner life of a spouse.
Maybe you grew up in or near a town like Mooreland, Indiana (population 300). Born in 1965 when her brother and sister were 13 and 10, Kimmel was affectionately referred to as an "Afterthought" and nicknamed "Zippy" for her boundless energy. Gawky and stubborn, she pulled every trick in the book to try to get out of going to Quaker meetings three times a week, preferring to go fishing with her father. The short chapters, headed by family or period photos, are sets of thematic childhood anecdotes about particular neighbors, school friends and pets. I especially loved her parents: her mother reading approximately 40,000 science fiction novels while wearing a groove into the couch, and her father's love of the woods (which he called his "church") and elaborate preparations for camping trips an hour away.
The tone is light-hearted despite hints of unpleasantness around town: open hostility towards people of color, a lecherous music teacher and a kid who abused animals. The more exaggerated stories are reminiscent of David Sedaris's work – did she really cut hippies' hair in exchange for an Irish Setter puppy?! Mostly, the book made me think about my mother's small-town childhood versus my own suburban one, and how I would try to put all my early experiences together in a funny, nostalgic but honest way. It wouldn't be easy at all, which makes Kimmel's a noteworthy achievement.
This was a breezy, delightful novel perfect for summer reading. In 1962 Natalie Marx's family is looking for a vacation destination and sends query letters to various Vermont establishments. Their reply from the Inn at Lake Devine (proprietress: Ingrid Berry) tactfully but firmly states that the inn's regular guests are Gentiles. In other words, no Jews allowed. The adolescent Natalie is outraged, and when the chance comes for her to infiltrate the Inn as the guest of one of her summer camp roommates, she sees it as a secret act of revenge.
In fact, in the years to come, after she trains as a chef, Natalie will become further entwined in the inn's life, helping the family recover from a tragedy, falling in love with one of the Berry sons, and unwittingly contributing to a livelihood-threatening accident. Natalie's voice drew me in right from the start. Lipman's comedies of manners have been compared to Jane Austen's, and you can see that likeness in the witty dialogue. I'll certainly read more by her.
In 1993 Steinbach, then in her fifties, took a sabbatical from her job as a Baltimore Sun journalist to travel for nine months straight in Paris, England and Italy. As a divorcee with two grown sons, she no longer felt shackled to her Maryland home and wanted to see if she could recover a more spontaneous and adventurous version of herself and not be defined exclusively by her career. Her innate curiosity and experience as a reporter helped her to quickly form relationships with other English-speaking tourists, which was an essential for someone traveling alone.
I enjoyed spotting familiar sites I've visited, but I don't think you need to know these countries or even have a particular interest in them to appreciate the book. Whether she's attending a swanky party or nearly getting mugged, Steinbach is an entertaining and unpretentious tour guide. Her attitude is impressive, too: "I had surprised myself this year by jumping in to reshape my life before life stepped in to reshape it for me." You might not be willing to give up your normal existence for nine months, but I suspect that this travel memoir might make you consider how you could be more daring in your daily life.
The other day I discovered a pencil-written recipe in the back of a secondhand book I got for Christmas. It got me thinking about handwriting in books: signatures, inscriptions, previous owners' names, marginalia, and so on. If I can find enough examples of all those in my personal library, I might turn this into a low-key series. For now, though, I've rounded up my signed copies for a little photo gallery.
I've never placed particular value on owning signed copies of books. I'm just as likely to resell a signed book or give it away to a friend as I am a standard copy. The signed books I do have on my shelves are usually a result of having gone to an author event and figuring I may as well stick around for the signing. A few were totally accidental in secondhand purchases.
Though I've had personal correspondence with Paulette Bates Alden and love the three books of hers that I've read, this signature is entirely coincidental, in a used copy from Amazon. Shame on Patti for getting rid of it after Paulette's book club visit in 2000!
While my husband worked at Royal Holloway we saw Alain de Botton speak at the Runnymede Literary Festival and I had him sign a copy of my favorite of his books.
I have yet to read one of Melissa Harrison's books, though I'm interested in her novels and her book on British weather. However, she edited the Seasons anthologies issued by the Wildlife Trusts last year – two of which my husband's writing appeared in. When she spoke on the University of Reading campus about notions of the countryside in literature, my husband went along to meet her and bought a paperback of her second novel for her to sign.
I've seen David Lodge speak twice, both times at the London Review Bookshop. He's one of my favorite authors ever but, alas, isn't all that funny or personable live; his autobiography is similarly humorless compared to his novels. Deaf Sentence was a return to his usual comic style after his first stab at historical fiction (Author, Author, about Henry James's later life). The second time I saw him he was promoting A Man of Parts, which again imagines the inner life of a famous author – this time H.G. Wells.
An obscene bargain from Amazon that just happened to be signed. I'm looking forward to starting this one soon: books about book are (almost) always such a cozy delight.
You can tell she enjoys her S's.
Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott: I love Lamott's nonfiction but have never tried one of her novels. I found this one at a library book sale, going for $1; I guess nobody noticed the signature.
The Sixteenth of June by Maya Lang: I originally read the book via NetGalley, but it quickly became a favorite. After she saw my five-star review, Maya asked me to help her out with word-of-mouth promotion and was kind enough to send me a signed copy as thanks.
The Life of D.H. Lawrence: An Illustrated Biography by Keith M. Sagar: Sagar was one of the keynote speakers at the D.H. Lawrence Society of North America conference I attended in the summer of 2005.
Do you deliberately buy signed copies? What are some of the jewels in your collection?


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Today, Ms. Oda Helen Sletnes has taken up her position as President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority. The Governments of the EFTA States have appointed Ms. Sletnes for the period 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2013.
Ms. Sletnes, leaving the position as the Norwegian Ambassador to the European Union, succeeds Mr. Per Sanderud as President of the Authority.
"Today, the EEA institutions are both trusted and credible, not at least because of the good work carried out by an independent and competent Authority, led by Mr. Sanderud. I will do my best to contribute to this credibility, which is of great importance both for the Member States and the EEA as a whole", Ms. Sletnes said.


-LOST IN THE MEADOW – a performance in a giant field at Longwood Gardens (west of Philly) – is finally going to happen (after years of development. September 10th opening. The story (by Lisa Damour) of a group of strangers wandering a meadow in search of…something. Directed by Katie Pearl and in collaboration with set monster Mimi Lien and sound wizard Nick Kourtides. I am composing a score for percussion and electronics, performed by Yarn/Wire. Whoa.
-HOW TO BUILD A FOREST is happening in New Orleans, the place of its birth. Contemporary Arts Center, October 2015. A difficult-to-describe eight-hour performance installation of the construction of a beautiful ecosystem designed by Shawn Hall – in which my secret sounds – based on the materials of our faux-forest – morph into a world of digital birds and insects (co-designed with the great Christopher Delaurenti. Good time lapse video here, to give you an idea.
-Much is bubbling in the world of MILTON. Great article in the New York Times. Not sure which Milton is next – but we're closing in on Oregon. More soon.


Meeting the anatomical needs of people optimally: this is, in short, the purpose of the mattress today. But once lie down, sensations become protagonists.
Orsa Maggiore designed a line of coverings characterized by sophistication and authenticity of design, which doesn't want just to capture fleeting looks but wishes to stimulate the imagination of people to make them live the night in its deepest sense.
Tailor Bed Living develops an exclusive concept of contemporary elegance 100% made in Italy, renowned for its research and experimentation in the textile field.


Mannochmore Distillery was established in 1971 in the Speyside whisky region alongside an elderly neighbour which dates from 1876. Mannochmore is equipped with eight larch washbacks and six stills and produced Loch Dhu the now sought after 'black' single malt whisky produced by maturation of Mannochmore malt whisky in heavily charred oak casks. Mannochmore typically produces light malt whisky with fragrant vanilla and malty notes for blending. Given its very limited availability as a distillery bottling this malt whisky can be found in the Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs range.


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Now it's even easier to be responsible. At a press conference on May 1, 2007, on the National Mall, the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) joined with the Federal Communications Commission, the Associated General Contractors of America, John Deere, The Travelers Companies Inc. and Cox Communications to ceremonially connect 811, the new national "Call Before You Dig" number.
"Now that there is a single number to call any time, there's no excuse for putting lives at risk by striking a utility line," said Mary E. Peters, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, who was in attendance at the event.
The FCC designated the 811 number in 2005 at the direction of an act of Congress in 2002. According to the CGA, 46 percent of Americans are actively digging, and there are 700,000 underground utility damages per year, which means there is more than one unintentional hit per minute.
The event kicked off a national public education campaign to raise awareness of the new number and demonstrate its relevance to consumers and professionals who conduct digging activities. Additionally, the campaign's national launch partners and promotional sponsors will promote the new number through a variety of tactics designed to leverage the grassroots power of their customers, clients and members, creating awareness and positive behavioral change among those most likely to dig.
"We believe the new 811 number will encourage more people to have their lines marked to protect themselves, their neighbors and their community," said Bob Kipp, CGA president.
Historically, people could contact the local One Call Center, a service that contacts appropriate utility companies who then visibly mark the approximate locations of their lines with paint or flags before a caller begins a digging project. However, the current statistics on One Call Centers show the majority of Americans are not using this service.
For more information about the 811 service, campaign and a new national survey on consumer digging habits, visit www.call811.com. EC


For those that know me there is no hiding my enthusiasm for Kirath Ghundoo's work. I was excited to see her new collection, the India 14 Wallpaper launched at Maison & Objet at the beginning of this year.
The collection introduces two new patterns, Taj and Pink City. Inspiration for the new range comes from her recent travel to India where she took in the sights of the Taj Mahal and Jaipur, in which she fell in love with the bright colours and soft curvaceous lines of the Architecture. The colours of the collection play with a striking rich traditional Indian red offset with muted pastel hues.
Kirath goes on to say ' being Indian, it was great to finally visit the country, and I am proud to be able to bring elements of my heritage and culture to my work.
Designed digitally and printed in England on 170gsm non woven wallpaper, measuring 52cm by 10m, Taj and Pink City retail at £140 per roll.


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Il Campionato africano di calcio femminile Under-17 2013 è stato la 4ª edizione del torneo. Si è svolto dal 17 agosto 2013 al 24 novembre 2013 con la formula dell'eliminazione diretta e partite di andata e ritorno. Il torneo valeva come qualificazione per il Campionato mondiale di calcio femminile Under-17 2014.

Primo turno
L'andata è stata giocata il 17 agosto 2013, il ritorno il 1º settembre.

1 Kenya e Marocco si sono ritirati dall'incontro.
2 Il Congo non si è presentato alla gara di andata. La CAF lo ha di conseguenza eliminato.

Secondo turno
L'andata è stata giocata tra il 2 e il 3 novembre 2013, il ritorno tra il 23 e il 24 novembre.
Nigeria e Sud Africa entrano in questo turno come teste di serie. Le vincitrici si qualificheranno al Campionato mondiale di calcio femminile Under-17 2014.

1 Il Sud Sudan si è ritirato dall'incontro.

Collegamenti esterni

2013


Selflessness is one of the greatest qualities we can impart to all in this world. Providing support, empathy and love is crucial in making this a kind world. Teach our children selflessness and gratitude but nothing is more powerful than letting them see other's model a servant's heart. When we do so, we give our children a much better chance to grow up to be givers, not takers. Be a model of selflessness and have our children get involved. They will continue this behavior.
Do you have a 'Heart of Service'? Not sure where or how you can help those in need? Here are two opportunities you can get involved and children are welcome as often as possible (depending on the event).
Are interested in joining Balanced Symmetree on local service opportunties? Contact Erica to be added to the local (Wisconsin) service adventures group in Balanced Symmetree's Facebook page. This group is open to anyone looking to lend a helping hand. Events include asssistng local food pantries, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, and local women's shelters.
Erica has truly fallen in love with a Women's Collective in the Jicquillio region of Nicaragua. These women's spirits and enthusiam are contagious.
Balanced Symmetree will be coordinating various activities and trips with other organizations and non-profits to help support their continued efforts of growth. Contact Erica to be added to the global service group in Balanced Symmetree's Facebook page.


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ST. GEORGE, Utah – Brittanee Fisher hit a two run home run and a two run double in the same inning, helping the Montana State University Billings Yellowjackets earn a 10-2 win over Metropolitan State University Denver in the final game of the Courtyard Classic Tournament, hosted by Dixie State University Saturday afternoon. Fisher hit her 18th career homer in the bottom of the third and the Yellowjackets batted around the order and scored seven runs to take a commanding lead. MSU Billings went 2-3 in the tournament but moved to 6-4 overall in non-conference softball games over the past two weeks.
Starting pitcher Maddy Lincoln (3-1) picked up the win for MSU Billings and allowed two earned runs on seven hits, walked two, and struck out three. Darby McGhee (0-3) took the loss for the Roadrunners, lasting 2.0 innings and allowing three earned runs on three hits with two walks.
The Yellowjackets (6-4) return home after two weeks of travel before heading to Denver Saturday, February 16 for a doubleheader against Metro State Denver at Regency Athletic Complex. MSUB begins the Great Northwest Athletic Conference schedule on March 2 against Western Washington and hosts a home game for the first time on March 16.
Sidney Pollard hit a double to the bottom of the left field fence in the bottom of the first inning to score a run and put MSUB in front 1-0. The big third inning for the Yellowjackets began when Pollard walked and Fisher homered to centerfield, which extended the lead to 3-0. The 'Jackets were assisted by two hit batters, a fielding error, and a walk. Then Rylan Austin singled to centerfield, scoring Madison Kelly from third base.
Fisher came to the plate for the second time in the inning and slammed a double down the right field line to score Cailee Morgan and Payton Reynolds. Hughes became the 10th player to hit in the half inning and struck out swinging to end the third.
MSU Denver scored two runs on three hits in the top of the fourth but Lincoln got McGhee to fly out to right field, stranding two runners on base and keeping the score at 8-2.
MSUB loaded the bases in the bottom of the fourth and Morgan laced a single past the pitcher to score Skyler Jenkins from third. With Kelly on third, Austin hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to give MSUB a 10-2 lead.
Needing a run to avoid a run-rule shortened affair, Metro State Denver's JJ Sheppard was hit by a Lincoln pitch with two outs. Celyn Whitt singled down the third base line to keep the Roadrunners alive but Lincoln struck out Laney Sheppard who was looking to end the game after four and a half innings.
Brittanee Fisher was named St. Vincent Healthcare player of the day for MSU Billings and went 2-for-3 with one run scored. Austin had a pair of RBI's and went 1-for-2. Kelly and Jenkins had one hit apiece and scored two runs each.
The Yellowjackets carried over their strong defensive play from Friday and ended with 10 runs on seven hits, zero errors. Metropolitan State Denver scored two runs on seven hits with three errors.


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Q: django 4.0rc1 and django-taggit "TypeError: get_extra_restriction() missing 1 required positional argument: 'related_alias'" on filtering by Tag After upgrading Django to 4.0rc1, wherever I try to filter Objects by it's Tag (django-taggit)
entrys = Entry.objects.filter(tags__name__in=["Tag1", "Tag2"])

or
entrys = Entry.objects.filter(tags__id=tag.id)

I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 256, in __repr__
    data = list(self[:REPR_OUTPUT_SIZE + 1])
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 280, in __iter__
    self._fetch_all()
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1354, in _fetch_all
    self._result_cache = list(self._iterable_class(self))
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 51, in __iter__
    results = compiler.execute_sql(chunked_fetch=self.chunked_fetch, chunk_size=self.chunk_size)
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1189, in execute_sql
    sql, params = self.as_sql()
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 545, in as_sql
    from_, f_params = self.get_from_clause()
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 833, in get_from_clause
    clause_sql, clause_params = self.compile(from_clause)
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 463, in compile
    sql, params = node.as_sql(self, self.connection)
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/datastructures.py", line 81, in as_sql
    extra_cond = self.join_field.get_extra_restriction(self.table_alias, self.parent_alias)
  File "/dirkb/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/db/models/fields/reverse_related.py", line 168, in get_extra_restriction
    return self.field.get_extra_restriction(related_alias, alias)
TypeError: get_extra_restriction() missing 1 required positional argument: 'related_alias'

Does anyone have a solution or a workaround?

A: This is an error from django-taggit.
They have just pushed a commit that fixes this. To install this you can first uninstall the current version and then install it from git.
pip uninstall django-taggit
pip install git+https://github.com/jazzband/django-taggit.git@d0833966d357ed1e1b9b1f40c39c1ed99affbf9b

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Tom Mason | Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers | Captain's Journal : Dec 28 2009-Jan 25 2010, Virgin Islands Tour!!
Dec 28 2009-Jan 25 2010, Virgin Islands Tour!!
Dec 28, 2009- January 25, 2010 The Monday after Christmas I caught a plane (actually, three) to St Thomas in the Virgin Islands, for a four week tour, two as lead guitarist for Last Train Home and two in a duo with my wife, Pru Clearwater. Eric Brace, drummer Paul Griffith, trumpeter Kevin Cordt, and Eric's wife Mary Ann Werner met me at the airport. When I arrived, my suitcase was still in San Juan, so we stalled at a restaurant in Frenchtown while waiting for the last plane to come in. The four of them were very relaxed, the consequence of feeling that warm Caribbean breeze after the cruel onslaught of winter. The next three nights we stayed in a great, sprawling stucco and brick inn called Miller Manor. Miller Manor is situated in a bustling West Indian neighborhood of Savan in Charlotte Amalie, and has a number of decks that look out over the harbors of St Thomas, with huge cruise ships that dock in the east, Hassel and Water Islands in the middle, cargo ships in the west, and all manner of boats in between. In addition to guests visiting from all over the world, Miller Manor has a number of faithful permanent residents who all seem to love the proprietors, Marj and Harry, and their assistants, Dean, Val, and Rolando. Part of our stay there included a rooftop concert during our second week, and the evening was magical. We performed in the sweet breeze as the sun set over the bay, and local folks and their children, guests, and residents danced. Near the end of the show, we did "Feliz Navidad" and had an impromptu a capella children's choir singing from the upper balcony. Miller Manor The View from Miller Manor Another view from Miller Manor Eric before the Miller Manor gig The gig at Miller Manor Dancing at Miller Manor Kevin Cordt Pru Clearwater, and Paul Griffith Kevin Cordt is not only a great trumpet player, he's also one of the funniest people I know. Paul Griffith is not only one of the most recorded drummers in Americana music, he's also a gas to be around, and kept us entertained with selections from a book about Elvis he was reviewing. Pru arrived on Wednesday, and on Thursday we all took ferries to the British Virgin Island of Tortola, Pru coming on a later ferry after spending the day with our gracious island concierge and friend Edythe Dirks. (I can't overstate the help Edythe has been to Pru and me, e-mailing us with potential gigs, introducing us to people, putting us up, helping us out in every way!) We arrived at Tortola's West End, went through customs, and set up to play a three night stand at the Jolly Roger, a favorite club of ours from the past. We saw our old friend Lou, the owner, and a lot of our friends on the staff, who are mostly West Indian. The Jolly Roger is one of the first things you see as you enter Sopers Hole, the bay on the west end of Tortola. We rang in the new year there, and after the gig Pru, Paul, and I caught a ride to the north side of the island and the Bomba Beach Shack, well known for it's all-night full moon parties. By the time we arrived everything had already mellowed out (though mellowing out seems to be part of the purpose of the full moon party), but it was a beautiful place to start the year. My last sunset of 2009, on the West End of Tortola. Smuggler's Cove, Tortola. A rough hike to a beautiful beach. On Sunday we returned to St Thomas for a few shows, and Pru and I stayed with our friends Brian and Gail, who spend their winters on St Thomas and summers on Cape Cod. Brian is very funny, and gave me pointers on guitar playing without ever touching one. We shared stories about our times living in Asia, and had breakfast on their porch near the point of Peterborg, while pelicans flew by below us. On Tuesday Last Train Home played an afternoon gig on St Thomas and then piled in the rental car to catch a ferry to St John for an evening gig at Island Blues in Coral Bay. On the way we stopped at the Beach Bar, a great waterfront bar owned by our good friends Allan MacPhee and Cat Braaten MacPhee. In the late eighties and nineties I toured a lot with Cat when I was moving from Minneapolis to Chicago to Nashville, and she was tearing up the college circuit. She moved down here about 10 years ago after gigging down here, and I first came here five years ago with Last Train Home. All of the Virgin Islands have their own special charm, and St John is the most picturesque of the U.S. Virgin Islands due to the fact that Lawrence Rockefeller bought the island when it was a sugar plantation and donated it to the National Parks. The north shore is filled with expansive sandy beaches, great for snorkeling and swimming. We usually make at least one trip to Cinnamon Bay, where there is a National Park Campground, a snack shop, and an archeological dig site where you can learn about the history of the area. It's not uncommon to see wild donkeys roaming through the grounds. Coral Bay is the sleepier side of St John, and is a little less traveled and probably a little less transient and a little more artsy. A few years back when Pru nd I played Island Blues with The Big Happy, we had a crazy night, with an older hippie woman blowing her harmonica at me all evening (all in a single key, no matter what the band was playing in), and a man half submerged in the sea, waving a bottle of rum and yelping at Pru and Jill as they tried to sing and play. Last Train Home's gig was much more civilized, a house full of music lovers. Wednesday we played at the Beach Bar, where we were graced by both Cat and Pru's vocals. On Friday January 8th we went to the ferry dock on St Thomas at 7 a.m. With Last Train Home to catch the early ferry to St Croix, but they told us there was engine trouble and it wouldn't be leaving until eleven. We went back to Miller Manor, where LTH had been staying, and had breakfast with Eric's wife Mary Ann, who was flying back to the states that day, and when we returned the ferry still wasn't ready to go. By two o'clock we had run out of time and took a taxi to the airport to catch a tiny plane to St Croix. We were met at the airport by our Virgin Islands agent Charlie Campbell, who I knew from his days in Minneapolis where he managed two of the twin cities best bands of the seventies, the hippie funk band Willie (Murphy) and the Bees and the Blues band Lamont Cranston, both of whose members appear on Bonnie Raitt's first record. We high-tailed it to an outside dinner club on Eastern St Croix called Cheeseburgers in Paradise. St Croix is the funkiest of the islands, partially due to its proximity. It lies a good deal south of the St Thomas and St John, so there are fewer tourists, and we end up playing for locals and seasonal residents. This year we stayed in the beautifully dilapidated city of Frederiksted, filled with Danish ruins as well as fixed up buildings with thick stone walls and arches. At night you can walk down the streets and hear a wild mix of calypso, reggae, Mexican polkas, and Afro-cuban rhythms. Christiansted, the city on the north shore, is busier and a bit bigger, but this year we didn't get over there. In St Croix we stayed at a great place called Jasmine Manor in Frederiksted, a wonderful inn consisting of three buildings a beautiful yard tiered by ancient stone walls, and a few amazing 200 year-old trees. The baobab tree next to the house where Pru and I slept is huge and thick. Legend has it that african slaves hid the seeds of the sacred baobab trees over in their mouths during their passage, and that's how they came to grow here. It is awe-inspiring to be in the presence of such a plant. On Saturday we played at Chicken Charlie's and saw a couple of old friends from St Croix, Michael Justis and Will Hart. I'd met Michael three years ago with the Big Happy, and at the time he was walking with a cane and about to undergo treatment for cancer. This time he looked about a foot taller and in great shape having kicked the big C. When we played there again on Monday they both sat in, Michael singing and playing and Will on pedal steel. On Sunday afternoon we played one of my favorite gigs in the universe, the 3:30- 7 shift at Rhythm at Rainbow Beach on the west end of the island. We swim during our breaks and our last set occurs while the sun drops into the sea. Such a buzz. The first few times we were there, the rastafarian bar-back Rass Boof sat in with us, singing "No Woman No Cry" with the greatest presence. (I filmed him singing it with The Big Happy, and I'll try to post it on youtube when I get back to Tennessee.) The third year I was there we learned that Ras had died of cancer, so this time we dedicated "I thought I Heard a Train" to him. A few days later an old friend of his named Chico brought me a button with Ras Boof's photo on it. Tuesday January 12th was Last Train Home's final Island gig, a private party at Jasmine Manor, and it couldn't have been a nicer night for it. Charlie cooked Chicken and ribs, Diana tended bar, and 50 Cruzans sat at tables on the lawn while we played in the beautiful, ancient villa. The next morning Pru and I caught a sea plane to St Thomas and a ferry to St John and checked in to the Inn at Tamarind Court, our home for the next three nights. Our rooms had great bamboo furniture straight out of Gilligan's Island. The Inn is a cool, unpretentious hotel owned by the family of our Nashville friend John Condon, who runs King Easy records and has managed cool people like Darrell Scott. We played an early evening gig there, and then walked down to the Beach Bar to catch a set by Cat, T-Bird, and Wanda, and even sit in for a few tunes. On Thursday, after a rough day at Cinnamon Bay, we rehearsed a bit and headed over to do our duo gig at the Beach Bar. We had a great gig, due in part to a guest performance on the beach by our friends The Pyros of the Caribbean, fire breathers, twirlers, jugglers. It was an amazing site, right in the middle of our set. Having never engaged in this kind of thing before, we weren't sure what to play, and I set off on a medley of fire songs before breaking into our pirate repertoire, much more appropriate. The performers were Fuego, Sandwich, and Chris, and I think from now on my piratical jig "Queen of the Spanish Main" will be dedicated to Sandwich. On Friday we braved the rain to hitchhike across the island to Waterlemon Cay, a nesting ground for turtles. Hitchhiking is a great way to go on St John, and we got rides from Bali Bob (a local who deals in artifacts from Indonesia) a family from Maryland, a Jazz pianist visiting from NYC, and a lovely St John-ian who was listening to Opera on her way from work. We played at Tamarind Court again, and followed it with a quiet night. On Saturday we left early for Coral Bay and visited Sushi, the sailboat where Fuego and Sandwich live. The sky was just clearing, and as we got off the dinghy a spotted ray swam beneath us, and then Pru dove in for some pre-show snorkeling, flirting a bit with a rare leather-back turtle. That night we were joined on djembe by one of Fuego and Sandwiches' sailboat neighbors, Kenny, and had a great groove all night long. On Sunday Edythe's bass playing husband Paul Dirks picked us up from the St Thomas ferry in the pouring rain, and we got ready for our show at Tickles Dockside Pub at the Crown Bay Marina. The show was a gas, with a bunch of our new friends there and a crowd peppered with old salts. Among our new friends were Duane and Laura Hausch, who run Admiralty Dive Center, subtitled "The Last Buccaneer". Paul and Edythe had them over before the gig, and in addition to being a dive instructor, a captain, and a singer songwriter, Duane is quite an expert on pirates, so we had a lot to talk about. (He's also been an engineer and an actor.) The next day Pru went out on an Admiralty dive with Duane and Johnny who lives with singer Becca Darling in Edythe and Paul's apartment. Pru had a great time, diving around a wreck off St Thomas, and raved about Duane and Johnny's expertise. After a few nights off, we played another outdoor gig at the club Wikked at Yacht Haven Grand, a short walk from where the cruise ships dock. It was another beautiful night, sweet breeze off the harbor, friends gathered while we played. Our new friend Jennie Alverez was there with her drummer boyfriend Robert Falzarano and friend Kelli. Jennie is starting to promote music in the islands, and booked the gig at Wikked, as well as finding a venue at the Antilles School for Pru to do her Infinite Field performance the following night. In Nashville her Infinite Field performances have consisted of a large cast of musicians, poets, a lighting person (Rich Davis) and a dancer (Gabriella Sabila), and in St Thomas she did a scaled down version, with just me playing to tracks, but she managed to transform the school classroom into a beautiful shrine with lights and fabrics borrowed from Edythe, a p.a. borrowed from Robert and Peter, and a poet named Jo-el came from St John with his friend Jess, and recited some great poems. The people who were there loved it, and there was some talk of trying to do another Infinite Field show on the beach, but our time on the islands was running out and we needed what little time we had. On Friday we took a ferry to St John to spend some time with Cat and Allan and play our final gig Saturday night at Shipwreck Landing. This time Shipwreck's owner Dennis played bass with us with us, and we had a flurry of guests, including Jo-el, a flutist, a belly dancer, and all our pyro-pirate friends. On Sunday morning we walked to Soloman beach on the northwest end of St John for one last dip, and then we caught a ferry and returned to Edythe and Paul's, and after the three of us had a nice beach-side dinner with Jennie, Kelli, and Robert, we went to pack for home.