Maybe you don't like tax day … [because] it reminds you of how high taxes are—and you think that, because of those high taxes, the economy grows more slowly. That would mean fewer jobs and less pay for you—and the country as a whole. It's not a crazy argument … But the evidence for this point of view turns out to be thinner than you've probably heard. Relative to other countries, tax rates in the U.S. are relatively low, even when you throw in local and state taxes and add them to federal levies. Overall, according to the Tax Policy Center and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities … taxes in the U.S. are among the lowest in the developed world. The average for countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an organization of rich countries, is higher. And in countries like Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands countries, the average is much higher. In those nations, taxes account for more than half of total national income.
As conservatives like New York Times columnist Ross Douthat note, you can't simply import that model to the U.S. wholesale. But the Scandinavian experience is one reason that many economists and policy experts think there's room for U.S. taxes to rise ….
1) It's true that the U.S. has a lower tax burden than most developed countries. It's also the case that the U.S. is much, much richer than most developed countries, in ways that a casual trip to Paris or London or Stockholm can sometimes obscure. The I.M.F.'s numbers have our purchasing-power-adjusted per capita G.D.P. at $53,101, which is slightly lower than oil-rich Norway (and Luxembourg) but more than $10,000 higher than Sweden and more than $15,000 higher than Denmark; most of the rich European economies are clumped together between the mid-thirties (where you'll find the French) and the low forties (where you'll find the Germans). Now: This wealth gap doesn't necessarily prove anything about the link between low taxes and growth, since the U.S. has basically always been richer and (as Cohn notes) many of the social democracies have grown at a very respectable rate, in per capita terms, over the last few generations. But if you flashed back to the 1970s, you would find a number of very smart people who expected northern Europe (and Japan) to achieve more than respectable growth, and do more than just keep up with U.S. growth: They expected, for plausible theoretical reasons, that we would see continued convergence between the American economy and its developed-world competitors. And that, to put it mildly, did not happen; instead, post-Reagan, the social democracies actually slipped back a bit. So without claiming anything dispositive, I would be much more cautious than Cohn about the claim that growth and tax rates are unrelated, and much, much more hesitant about treating major tax increases as basically a free lunch.
3) Then on what you might call the question of implementation, Cohn concedes the very general point that we can't simply impose Swedish structures on the United States and call it a day, but he doesn't address the more specific problem suggested by that concession: Namely, that a lot of liberal proposals essentially ask us to assume that American government — the quasi-imperial government of a vast, diverse, immigrant-heavy continent of three hundred million people — can somehow, in some future dispensation, approach the efficiency of welfare states administered on a much smaller scale and for a much more homogenous population. Which is to say, they wave away one of the central problem with existing public outlays in the U.S., which in other contexts they're happy to highlight — the absence, in core areas like health care and education, of a clear link between increased spending and better outcomes. Or else they acknowledge the link, but assert that the best way to reform our kludgeocracy is to pursue greater efficiency in program design while simultaneously pouring more money into the system overall — using a heaping-full of sugar to make the medicine go down, if you will. (This was the basic theory of Obamacare, and also of more bipartisan reforms like No Child Left Behind.) It isn't a crazy theory, but I think it's reasonable to worry that in a system as inefficient and cross-pressured as ours, the sugar simply offsets or counteracts the medicine's effects. And that possibility makes a strong case for holding the tax burden constant while seeking de-kludge-ification, rather than pre-emptively handing more money to bureaucracies and programs that aren't exactly being managed with Nordic efficiency, and aren't showing the most impressive of results.
To the foregoing I'd add one further, non-rebutting point: Namely, that regardless of whether one prefers Scandinavian-style social democracy to a lower-tax, more laissez-faire-ish mixed economy on moral grounds, the case for higher taxes gets stronger to the extent that the U.S. model doesn't seem to be working on its own terms. By this I mean that all systems involve trade-offs, and our model is no different: American-style capitalism promises higher living standards overall in exchange for higher individual risks; faster growth rates in exchange for greater inequality; lower unemployment rates in exchange for fewer workplace protections; more liberty for innovators and entrepreneurs in exchange for somewhat less solidarity-as-redistribution. But if this promise isn't being fulfilled, as has been the case in the last decade — if only the rich are seeing income gains, if the pace of growth and innovation are slowing even as inequality gets wider, if workforce participation is actually dropping below the European norm — then it's inevitable that the model itself will start to bleed support. So at least part of the left-right divide at the moment (visible in the Picketty discussion, the guaranteed-income vogue, and the like) is over whether we should accept this breakdown, this failure of the American promise, as a permanent feature of our political economy — in which case the argument for high taxes does look stronger, because there's less to lose — or whether we should still be making policy on the assumption that while the 2000s may have been a lost decade for the American dream, a revival of our model's advantages is still a real, worth-desiring possibility.
Ross Douthat is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times.


Adobe-owned open source mobile development platform PhoneGap has released version 2.0 and the system could be a good fit for those who need to produce native and Web based apps all in one place.
PhoneGap can help companies meet cross platform app needs using Web tools that are more widely disseminated.
Anyone who's tried to build apps knows the Apple iOS system in particular has more stringent rules on what apps make it into the app store. Because of this, iOS app development can take longer and be more of a resource drain. PhoneGap 2.0 implements a new command line interface for building iOS apps, and this gets rid of some of the problems associated with using Apple's Xcode app building tools.
PhoneGap 2.0 is an app building template for all types of needs, including the enterprise.
Command line tooling is a way of making common tasks like debugging more simple by using the same language across the different operating systems. Additionally, version 2.0 adds support for Windows Phone 7, although this is a mixed bag considering Microsoft is only a few months out from the the Windows 8 launch. There's also added documentation on getting started and the PhoneGap Plugin API.
PhoneGap takes the more familiar Web tools and uses them to build apps for multiple native environments, but other platforms take a similar approach. OpenPlug is a free cross platform development kit also, but it does require a bit more knowledge of programming. At the other end of the spectrum there is AppBuilder that can build apps right from an iOS or Android powered smartphone.
This system makes the most use of HTML5, one of the most widely known markup languages. Kendo UI also uses HTML 5, but is limited to building apps for Android, iOS and BlackBerry. PhoneGap can build native apps for other systems like Nokia's Symbian and even the nearly defunct webOS system from HP. Let us know in the comments if you think it's better to build apps for just one system or go cross platform.


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The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre (CBHC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Ingram to the position of Executive Director of the Centre. Dan has a history of local involvement. Dan leaves the position of Area Manager of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, a position he has held since 2000. His accomplishments there are a result of his ability to lead and motivate staff and volunteers to accomplish the objectives and targets of the organization. He is a member of a Sault College Advisory Committee and past member of a number of health related advisory committees. His 20 years of experience at advocating at all levels of government an added asset.
He has worked closely with community partners, sponsors and volunteers to ensure revenue expectations are met and promotional initiatives are effective.
Dan's passion for his community of Sault Ste Marie and Northern Ontario's and bilingual capabilities will help enhance the Centre's values of Authenticity, Quality and Volunteerism, as he carries out his duties as the Centre's Executive Director. He is the recipient of several awards including the Heather Crowe Award, Smoke free Champion Award and the Police Services Award for saving a drowning victim.
Under his direction and with the many skills of the Centre's staff, CBHC will continue to preserve and tell the story of Canada's bushplane and forest fire protection heritage and how it has shaped life in northern and remote parts of Canada. CBHC collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets a collection of Bushplanes and related material and promotes public understanding of their significance by offering quality presentations, education programs and visitor experiences in a public museum facility. It also serves as a centre of research and information on bushplane and forest fire fighting heritage.
The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre is located in the historic waterfront hangar that was once home to the Ontario Provincial Air Service. Explore the Centre at your leisure; we boast over 30 aircraft displays, two theatres, flight simulators, and interactive children's activities! Guided group tours are available on request. Our Gift Shop offers unique aviation memorabilia including crested t-shirts, sweatshirts and pants, hats, pins, and books.
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When I'm out, I often see struggles happen between parents and children which are simply caused by the parent having an unrealistic expectation.
This makes me so sad for both of them!!!
What I'm talking about here are struggles where if the expectations, the environment or the circumstances were changed, the conflict or difficulty for the parent would completely disappear.
It makes me incredibly sad to witness those struggles, tears and fights which would never even show up in a different family simply because the parent's expectations are in alignment with what's realistic for a child that age, of that temperament or in that situation.
One thing that's guided my parenting and has been so helpful to me has been to look at my children from an evolutionary perspective.
What has been normal for most of humanity, but has completely changed in the last centuries (or even decade!) and now leads us to having completely unrealistic expectations of our children.
For most of humanity, babies have been carried until they could walk and slept with their moms, for safety. Expecting them to be happy and thrive if they sit in a cold hard seat during the day and sleep away from human contact is not realistic.
For most of humanity, babies have nursed on demand, and for several years. Expecting them to feed on a schedule or easily wean before they're ready is not realistic.
For most of humanity, children have been around lots of people of all ages, living in tribes. Expecting children to be happy and thrive at home alone with mom is not realistic.
For most of humanity, children have learned from observing what others were doing and then doing it themselves. Expecting children to happily and cooperatively sit in classrooms and be interested in what's decided for them that they should learn is not realistic.
For most of humanity children only had a handful of objects/toys to play with. Expecting them to be able to manage and clean up hundreds of them, including many of them with loads of little pieces like Lego's and Barbie's is unrealistic.
For most of humanity, food was REAL food. Expecting children to be able to regulate their diet when presented with addictive substances such as sugar and processed foods (which happen to be advertised everywhere by experts who are trained in convincing your children that eating it will be the best experience of their life!) is unrealistic.
For most of humanity, there were no such things as addictive screens. Expecting children to be able to healthily regulate their use of screens is not realistic.
Toddlers are just babies on wheels. Their development is all about learning about their world through touch, and developing their gross motor functions. Expecting a 1 year old to not stand on chairs for example, or not touch objects in his environment is not realistic.
Children have a huge need to be active (some more than others.) Not taking this into account, including their specific temperament, can lead to many unrealistic expectations.
Children need support in processing strong emotions. Expecting them to behave appropriately in the midst of strong emotions, without the underlying cause of the behavior being addressed and before they reach a certain level of emotional maturity (which, to be honest, in our society, most adults don't reach themselves, just some sad form of emotional suppression) is unrealistic.
Children have their own agenda, are their own person. Another expectation that parents (people!) often have that gets them in trouble is that their children have or should have the same agenda as they have. Which of course is not true because we all have different priorities, interests, desires.
Developing realistic expectations of our children can go a LONG way in preventing struggles in our families!
And similarly as with our children, a lot of the pain and stress that we experience as parents comes from the fact that we don't have realistic expectations of OURSELVES.
And because we're caught up in what we think we should be doing, or how we think we should be, we don't proactively address the real problem.
Where in your parenting do you have unrealistic expectations of yourself?
If you have a hard time seeing it, imagine that the situations with which you struggle are happening to a dear friend of yours, who's a great parent.
Seriously, picture someone you know and value. From that lens, can you spot some unrealistic expectations?
What insights have you had as a result of reading this article?
Is there anything that you can see changing in your family as a result of it?
Take a few minutes to journal about it!
I'd also love to read your comments and insights if you post them below!
Did you enjoy this perspective?
Then I suggest that you request my FREE report: The Almost Magical Formula For Surprising Ease and Harmony in Your Family While Fully Honoring Your Children's Spirits.
It describes the four essential principles I teach, which when used together, truly lead to astounding ease and harmony in families.
This article is part of Module 3's assignment, in which you're asked to ponder this concept, work on applying it to each of the items on the list of challenging situations you created at the beginning of the program, and get to exchange about it with all the other committed parents in the Facebook group who are also working through the program alongside you.
Eliane, I think you share some great ideas here for all of us parents. Another expectation, or perhaps a broad one from which many others flow, is that children should adapt to our lives rather than us making real space for them. I know there are many reasons why people put children in daycare, or wean them early, or seek to potty train them by a given age, yet I think that many parents are expecting their children to "slot into" the family instead of doing all they can to adjust the family to a more child-honoring way of life for the first few years. On the other side, I think we often do have unrealistic expectations of ourselves as parents...at least I know I do. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!!
Shonnie, I'm re-looking at this article as I'm including it as a reading in my 15 Day Challenge, and I will edit the article to include your point. Thank you my friend!
Where do you live Anana?
Great article, definitely interesting to think about.
Also you should discuss how whole family/tribe raised the children or at least helped, now moms expected to mother, teach, make babyfood, teach sign language, etc you name it often solo if family far away.
Thank you Jen! And yes, that's a great point, which actually deserves its whole article, and which I have MUCH to say about!
I just found your website and i really love it !! It totally resonates with me . I agree with all the above but I have a question.
"For most of humanity, children have been around lots of people of all ages, living in tribes. Expecting children to be happy and thrive at home alone with mom is not realistic."
I agree with this statement completely the thing is that my current situation is to live in a house with 3 connected houses with the same yard. Which means that the children play freely outside my children with their cousins.
However when the cousins are not there my 3 year old cries and cries. The only question i hear the whole day is where are they ... he goes from one yard to another the whole day and as a consequence i have noticed he gets really irritated and more frustrated . When I keep him in a schedule lets say we eat, we play, we get some rest, we see our cousins and then we go back home and not every time , he is calmer and more cooperative. When he is outside the whole day going back and forth he is less cooperative and more whinny.
So I don't have a clear answer for you here.
Thanks for this article. Long befor I knew about "attachment parenting" many of the items in your list seemed, well natural to me. I could not help but nurse on demand, co-sleep, understand that a toddler is not capable of following all of the "be still" rules.
But even today I feel alone (thanks again for your article!) from my elders, parents, even friends. Is there a group for like minded parents? I am in the Raleigh NC area!!
How lovely that your instincts were so strong that you naturally practiced attachment parenting without any introduction or support for it! I'm so impressed!
I know that there are many Facebook groups for attachment parents, but am not familiar with local ones. As my fan base grows, I'm looking for a way to connect all of you, as I hear the same loneliness and lack of support from so many and am guessing you might have neighbours who are also on my list or Facebook page, longing to connect with you as well.
Have you checked Meetup, for local groups? If you're interested in online communities, I can totally hook you up. Just let me know!
And keep up the good work. Your children are very lucky to have such a natural attuned mom!
Hi! Regarding the tribe and how children shouldn't be home exclusively with mom. I have a 2 year old and I still have babysitters come to the house. He has had 1 play date with another toddler his age so far. He goes to tumble time 1 x a week for over a year now and plays along side lots of kids in the class. We take him with us wherever we go and he hangs out with lots of adults. He's been around more adults than children or toddlers his age. I let him explore around the house. He knows how to climb on the kitchen counter now. :) I feel uncomfortable sending him to daycare because he doesn't communicate very well yet and not potty trained. I have nanny cams and feel more comfortable if people come to my house to watch him. There have been times when my friend or grandma will watch him at their house. But while my husband and I are at work, I prefer our house. I'm thinking that I have to up his playdates more. I also would like to get your thoughts about daycares and preschools. I am an attached parent who doesn't believe in desks and think a lot of kids have problems learning in the current public school system and are classified as problem kids when in reality they just need a different way to learn. So I've read that kids shouldnt be enrolled in school until 6. However yes play = learning and maybe a preschool would be beneficial to him. Do you suggest Montessori? Im thinking as long as he is playing that's a good thing. And playing along side other kids his age is a good thing. Im I "keeping him back" by keeping him at home with babysitters until hes 3 or older? Ive read something you wrote once and I believe you homeschooled. I wont be able to do that since I have to work full time and don't know of other homeschoolers in the area to ask. But is homeschooling keeping them away from the tribe?
It sounds like you're doing an amazing job, Christine, and that all your instincts are spot on. I would continue to keep him at home with respectful caregivers to whom he's attached to, over a daycare situation. I think it's helpful to think of children's evolutionary needs as a guideline. So if you notice your son is not as happy as he used to be, or seems more demanding than he used to, it might be a sign to bring him to the playground a bit more often and/or to create more playdates for him.
Unless necessary because the parents work and can't afford in home care, I don't recommend daycares or preschools for young children. If you feel like he needs more social encounters, I'd focus on creating personal ones.
And this drive for children to learn is so detrimental to them! If you just allow them to explore on their own, in their own way, and include him in your activities when he wants to, he'll learn what he needs to.
As far as schools, I definitely encourage Sudbury, Forest schools, Montessori (though make sure they truly follow the teachings of Maria Montessori and aren't just using the name and a few of her ideas) or Waldorf over public schools.
What's so bad about preschool? Our 3 yr old goes twice a week for a few hours and loves it. However, if it was all day I think that would be too much.
I'm all for getting your kids out to play with other kids - but "scheduling" is not easy to do on a consistent weekly basis either.
I do agree that it may not be "ideal" for children to sit and learn what someone wants to teach them (or at least for the amount of hours they do) but obviously most kids go to school and many 'do' enjoy it and look forward to it.
So am curious as to what you suggest or why you felt this point was important to mention in your article? Care to elaborate? Suggesting homeschooling? Thanks.
Thank you for this great article! It found it was very adequately put and really resonated with me.
I do have one question regarding one of the expectations, you mentioned that "Children need to be taught how to appropriately handle their emotions" looking at the reasoning you follow throughout the article, why do you believe we need to teach our children to appropriately manage their emotions? This is probably not true for all other animals and children in tribes.
Appreciate your time reading this, and look forward to hearing from you!
I like some of these recommendations however..
For the sake of "healthy balance" ... what do you consider a "realistic" balance as far as behavior? If you keep allowing certain behavior from kids, not putting them in them in timeout, etc they will run the show and wear parents out too.
I disagree with the cleaning up part. If they make a mess they can learn to clean it up or at least try the best they can. I think it's important to teach kids this around the age of 4 - as parents would never stop cleaning.
I DID agree with the point about what they eat. For instance, It's a lot to ask them to Constantly eat bland food or anywhere close to the current recommendations for sugar.
You can only feed your kid plain oatmeal with berries but for so long without adding honey, etc. Kids simply will not eat most vegetables either. Your right the foods, deserts, are in their faces, esp at schools too.
I wIsh the emphasis would be on being active and "adding in healthier foods" and not worrying about the junk. Any thoughts on this??


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MHT Awards $300,000 in Non-Capital Grants
9 Organizations Receive Non-Capital Historic Preservation Grants
By Heather Barrett, Administrator of Research & Survey
The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) is pleased to announce the FY 2020 Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grant Program recipients. MHT received over $1 million dollars in non-capital grant requests this year and awarded nine grants totaling $300,000 to Maryland nonprofit organizations and local jurisdictions for fiscal year 2020. The funds for these grants were distributed from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Financing Fund to MHT to support and encourage research, survey, planning and educational activities involving architectural, archeological and cultural resources.
Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness (1784-1786) is one of Maryland's most sophisticated Palladian-influenced Georgian houses.
The goal of the Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grants Program is to identify, document, and preserve buildings, communities and sites of historical and cultural importance to the State of Maryland. MHT identified several special funding priorities for the FY 2020 grant cycle, including: broad-based and comprehensive archeological or architectural surveys; assessment and documentation of threatened areas of the state due to impacts of natural disasters and ongoing natural processes; and projects undertaking in-depth architectural or archeological study of a specific topic, time period, or theme. This year's grant awards ranged from $15,000 to $55,000.
The availability of fiscal year 2021 Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grants Program funds will be announced in the spring of 2020 on MHT's website. Application deadlines and workshop dates will also be found on this page at that time.
For more information about the grant program, please contact Heather Barrett, Administrator of Research and Survey at MHT, at 410-697-9536 or heather.barrett@maryland.gov. For information about organizations receiving grants, please contact the institutions directly.
University of Delaware – Regional Project
($48,800 grant awarded)
The project includes a cultural resource survey to document dairy farms and their associated farm structures in Carroll, Cecil, and Frederick counties, as well as the preparation of three brief historic contexts. The work is designed to be the first of a multi-year, statewide project to survey these threatened historic resources.
The upcoming preservation plan for Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness (1784-1786) will address the five-part-plan house, as well as the numerous domestic and agricultural outbuildings on the estate.
The John M. and Sara R. Walton Foundation, Inc. – Prince George's County
The project will create a preservation plan for the main house at Poplar Hill on His Lordship's Kindness and some of its most important outbuildings, including the smokehouse, dairy, slave infirmary, privy, pigeon cote, corn crib, garage/chauffeur's apartment, and granary.
City of Frederick – Frederick County
This project entails revising and updating the Frederick Historic District National Register Nomination (1988), including a detailed and inclusive historic context to meet current standards to address the topics of African Americans, women, workers, immigrants, and LGBTQ histories. The project also involves re-evaluating the existing boundaries with justifications, establishing a period of significance, preparing a contributing/noncontributing map and corresponding list, and updated photography.
Somerset County Historical Trust, Inc. – Somerset and Dorchester Counties
Project work includes the completion of a historic sites survey (Phase III) for threatened resources in Dorchester and Somerset counties.
The Archeological Society of Maryland, Inc. – Location Undetermined
This proposal will partially fund the 2020 Field Session in Maryland Archeology at an as-yet undetermined site in the spring of 2020. The field session provides a hands-on opportunity for laypersons to learn archeological methods under the direction of professional archeologists.
In 2019, the annual Archeology Field Session was held at Billingsley House near Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County. The session provides hands-on opportunities for the public to learn archeological field methods.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Archeological Foundation, Inc. – Queen Anne's County
Pedestrian shoreline and plowed field archeological surveys, shovel testing, excavations, and remote sensing investigations will be carried out on Parsons Island in Queen Anne's County. Parsons Island is currently eroding at a rate of approximately 1 acre per year. A geoarcheological assessment of the island's exposed shorelines will also be completed, and all data will be incorporated into a monograph on the island's disappearing cultural resources.
Anne Arundel County – Regional Project
Anne Arundel County's Cultural Resources Division (AACo) proposes a one-year archeological project to enhance the existing stewardship of the Robert Ogle collection. The collection (donated to the county in 2009) includes annotated quad maps, detailed notebooks, and photographs linking the collections to sites in Maryland. Many of "Ogle's" sites do not survive, so the collection is the last record of these cultural resources. Funds will be used for the professional curation, processing, and cataloging of the collection, as well as to update Maryland Archeological Site Survey Forms and to produce a final report.
Baltimore Heritage, Inc. – City of Baltimore
Project involves conducting a survey of African American heritage sites in the Old West Baltimore National Register District, resulting in new or expanded Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties (MIHP) forms.
Town of Perryville – Cecil County
This project will involve using non-invasive archeological survey techniques to determine the presence or absence of outbuildings that supported the operation of Rodgers Tavern and the Susquehanna Lower Ferry. In addition, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) database will be built for managing previously-collected archeological information, existing utility locations, anticipated construction, and the generation of new maps and analyses.


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26 Years Later, 'Lorena' Revisits The Bobbitt Saga — And The Media Reaction
By David Bianculli • Feb 15, 2019
In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt made national headlines when she severed her husband's penis and threw it out a car window. She said her husband had been abusive.
Originally published on February 21, 2019 12:00 pm
In 1993, a 24-year-old woman named Lorena Bobbitt reacted violently to what she said was a long-term pattern of marital abuse — sexual and otherwise — by severing the penis of her husband, John Wayne Bobbitt, then driving away and tossing the remnant out her car window.
This unusual act made national headlines and resulted in a pair of high-profile trials: his for marital sexual assault, hers for malicious wounding. Now, a new four-part documentary series called Lorena (Amazon Prime Video) recounts the incident, the trials that followed and the national furor that resulted.
The show is directed by Joshua Rofé, who is also one of the program's executive producers. Another executive producer is Jordan Peele, the Get Out filmmaker and former co-star of the sketch comedy series Key & Peele. But Peele is nowhere to be seen in Lorena, and there's nothing funny at all about the subject or its approach.
Those too young to remember the particulars of the Bobbitt case may be morbidly curious about it. But if you were around and aware back in the '90s, you may well ask: Why revisit this infamous, and familiar, story? And why now?
I asked similar questions when ESPN announced a few years ago that it was presenting a multipart documentary series on O.J. Simpson, called O.J.: Made in America. But then I previewed the series and saw what those filmmakers were up to: With the passage and perspective of time, they were telling a larger, more involved and important story about fame, the media and race.
In Lorena, Rofé is just as fascinated by fame and the media. But instead of race, he focuses on gender and on the very different treatments of men and women in the courts and in the headlines. In the #MeToo era, this examination couldn't be more relevant.
The research and homework here are impressive. The program provides fresh interviews with both John and Lorena Bobbitt, as well as with many of the lawyers, jurors, character witnesses and journalists involved in the case.
It also does a deep dive into newspaper and television archives, showing just how the case was covered at the time. No headline was too tasteless, and norms were being challenged and changed.
As Carlos Sanchez, a reporter who was covering the trials for The Washington Post, recalls, newspapers were grappling with who could be identified in sexual assault cases. Meanwhile, Lorena Bobbitt says that after her name was released by the media, "Everyone wanted a piece of me."
Her use of the phrase "piece of me" is a little jarring in this context. But what's most jarring about this documentary and, perhaps most memorable, is the parade of TV hosts and comics who weighed in on the Bobbitt case at the time.
Some of them, like Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose and Al Franken, have since been ensnared by their own high-profile scandals. Others, like Whoopi Goldberg, Howard Stern and David Letterman, can look back at the jokes they made and either be proud or cringe.
At least one high-profile celebrity was admirably ahead of her time. Speaking to her 20/20 co-host, Hugh Downs, Barbara Walters framed the story — and the reaction to it — as something that was very, very different whether you were a man or a woman.
As you might guess from its title, Amazon's Lorena ultimately extends more sympathy to her than to her ex-husband. But since the documentary ends by following both of their actions in the decades since — including John Wayne Bobbitt's forays into porn films and other attempts to cash in on his so-called celebrity — that's a justifiable conclusion.
But the primary verdict delivered by the documentary is that the media were at fault, too — as were our society's attitudes about when to believe women who come forward with tales of abuse. Watch the TV show Lorena, then decide for yourself whether, in the 26 years since the Bobbitt case, our attitudes and our tabloid culture have changed that much — or changed enough.
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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. Today Amazon Prime Video presents a new four-part documentary series called "Lorena." It's about the infamous 1993 case in which John Wayne Bobbitt's wife Lorena violently reacted to what she claimed was a long-term pattern of marital abuse - sexual and otherwise - by severing his penis as he lay in bed then driving away and tossing the remnant out her car window. This unusual act made national headlines and resulted in a pair of high-profile trials - his for marital sexual assault, hers for malicious wounding. This new nonfiction miniseries called "Lorena" recounts both trials and the national furor surrounding them. And it does so without being lurid or exploitive, which could hardly be said of the media and pop culture at the time.
Those too young to remember the particulars of the Bobbitt case may be morbidly curious about it. But if you were around and aware back in the '90s, you may well ask, why revisit this infamous and familiar story. And why now? I asked similar questions when ESPN announced a few years ago that it was presenting a multipart documentary series on O.J. Simpson called "O.J.: Made In America." But then I previewed it and saw what those filmmakers were up to. With the passage and perspective of time, they were telling a larger more involved and important story about fame, the media and race.
In "Lorena," the director Joshua Rofe is just as fascinated by fame in the media. But instead of race, he focuses on gender and on the very different treatments of men and women in the courts and in the headlines. In the #MeToo era, this examination couldn't be more relevant. The research and homework here are impressive. The program provides fresh interviews with both John and Lorena Bobbitt and many of the lawyers, jurors, character witnesses and journalists involved in the case.
It also does a deep dive into newspaper and television archives, showing just how the case was covered at the time. No headline was too tasteless and norms were being challenged and changed, not only what graphic words could be used in the papers but also who could be identified in sexual assault cases. As one reporter covering the Bobbitt trials, Carlos Sanchez of The Washington Post recalls, followed by a current reaction from Lorena herself.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "LORENA")
CARLOS SANCHEZ: Most newspapers had a practice that if you were the victim of a sex crime, you were never identified. And then I learned one day that Lorena had hired a public relations firm. And I called my editors and let them know of this development. And the editor said, OK. Well, if she's hired a publicist, then she knows that we're going to use her name. She wants her name used.
LORENA BOBBITT: When they learned about my name, it was a nightmare. Everybody wanted a piece of me.
BIANCULLI: Lorena Bobbitt using the phrase piece of me in this context is a little jarring. But what's most jarring about this documentary and perhaps most memorable is the parade of TV hosts and comics shown weighing in on the Bobbitt case back in the '90s. Some of them, like Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose and Al Franken, have since been ensnared by their own high-profile scandals. Others, like Whoopi Goldberg, Howard Stern and David Letterman, can look back at the jokes they made then and either be proud or cringe. And at least one high-profile celebrity then - Barbara Walters, when talking to her co-host Hugh Downs on ABC's news magazine "20/20" - was admirably ahead of her time.
(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "20/20")
BARBARA WALTERS: I do think that men and women see this very differently. And men see it as a man being mutilated, I think, in the most awful way a man can imagine. Many women see it as a woman abused to such a degree that she struck out at the area that was doing her the most harm.
HUGH DOWNS: You can still be very sensitive to the need to cut down on abuse of women and see this act as different from the act of many women who are abused who may kill their husbands.
WALTERS: If you're a man, you may.
DOWNS: (Laughter).
WALTERS: And you are.
DOWNS: I guess I can't help looking at it that way - fascinating.
BIANCULLI: Fascinating, indeed - Amazon's "Lorena," as you might guess from its title, ultimately extends more sympathy to her than her ex-husband. But since the documentary ends by following both of their actions in the decades since, including John Wayne Bobbitt's forays into porn films and other attempts to cash in on his so-called celebrity, that's a justifiable conclusion. But the primary verdict delivered by "Lorena" the documentary is that the media were guilty of a lot, too, and so were our society's attitudes about when to believe women who come forward with tales of abuse. Watch the TV show "Lorena," then decide for yourself whether in the 26 years since the Bobbitt case, our attitudes and our tabloid culture have changed that much and changed enough.
After a break, we'll hear from Paul Schrader. His film "First Reformed," which he wrote and directed, is nominated for Best Original Screenplay. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF WES MONTGOMERY'S "4 ON 6") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


Kamikazee Tagpuan Tour 2018 Announced for Comeback!
UPDATE: Kamikazee has announced that they will be playing in Cavite, Bulacan, Dubai, Baguio, Ilocos, Ilo-Ilo, Cebu, Lucena, Laguna, Davao, Bicol, the US, Canada, Singapore, and of course Manila. Dates are to follow.
Kamikazee surprised us by announcing their comeback Tagpuan Tour 2018! The crowd favorite OPM band has taken a rather long hiatus since 2015.
Filipinos all over the country expressed their sadness when the band themselves announced that they will be taking a break. Now, Kamikazee has just announced that they will be coming back together as a band in 2018.
Few details have been unveiled about the Kamikazee Tagpuan Tour 2018, but what's important is the confirmation itself. The band, who is well known for their timeless hits "Narda," "Martyr Nyebera," "Huling Sayaw," and more.
The band posted a short video of a previous live performance in black and white on their official Instagram account. They have been teasing "Tagpuan" and a new song for months now.
Kamikazee also posted in August that there will be a new song released supposedly on December 9, 2017. No further details have been released. As of this writing, the IG post already has nearly 3000 views and about 90 comments.
On Facebook, their video post has already reached 209K views, 21K reactions, and almost 2K comments. Almost all of the commenters are saying that they want more details, or that they need to save up soon for the tickets.
Kamikazee briefly reunited in August 2015, but they played their farewell concert in December 2015. The band itself was formed when five of the members met at the College of Fine Arts in University of the Philippines, Diliman. Most of their first few gigs were just around the campus before they went on to be one of the biggest OPM bands in the country for nearly two decades now.
What do you think Kamikazee has in store for the fans this December?


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Texas On Immigration: "Absolute Frustration"
Athena Kerry
A slew of bills are in preparation this week by Texas lawmakers for the 2007 session — and it's not looking good for illegal immigrants. Here's the rundown according to the New York Times:
1. State Representative Burt R. Solomons, (R) from Carrollton, outside Dallas, introduced a bill to deny state licenses to people without proof of legal residence.
2. Mr. Solomons also filed a resolution to put the House on record, as he put it, as "demanding the federal government do what they're supposed to" to control the border with Mexico and to authorize the state attorney general to sue Washington to recoup the state's costs.
3. Representative Leo Berman, (R) from Tyler, would deny state benefits, including welfare payments, food stamps, disability payments, public housing and unemployment assistance to the children of illegal immigrants — even if they are American citizens.
4. Mr. Berman also wants to tax 8 percent out of electronic money transfers from immigrant workers in Texas to people in Mexico and Central and SouthAmerica. Federal law may not permit it.
5. Dianne White Delisi, (R) from Temple, introduced a bill to require state agencies to report the cost of services like hospital care provided to illegal immigrants.
And while I wonder what has taken Texas so long to wake up and smell the tamales, I laud the effort now being put forth. "Want to know what it's all about?" asked Rep. Solomons. "Absolute frustration." (Texas Lawmakers Put New Focus on Illegal Immigration by Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, November 16, 2006)


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est le premier album studio du groupe de black metal symphonique italien Stormlord. L'album est sorti en 1999 sous le label Last Episode.

Liste des morceaux

 Where My Spirit Forever Shall Be
 A Descent Into The Kingdom Of The Shades
 Sir Lorial
 Age Of The Dragon
 Immortal Heroes
 War(The Supreme Art)
 Of Steel And Ancient Might

Album de Stormlord
Premier album musical sorti en 1999

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Q: how use vars created in the with_elements and used in a with_subelement loop I want to include tasks and create users with the item var created by the with_items function
It's a part of a big code. I can't post here the entire code but i need to create a user by multiple way and very different way.
in my create.yml i make differents tests to choose the good file to include. In this exemple i's because the type of the user is "simple" so i include the create_simple.yml file
For exemple :
file create.yml :
- name: 'Create'
  include_tasks: create_simple.yml user='{{ item }}'
  with_items:
    - '{{ userslist }}'
  when: item.simple

Here a exemple of the userslist :
userslist:
  - name: 'user1'
    simple: False
    uid: '1002'
    password: 'test'
    shell: '/bin/bash'
    comment: 'comment user1'
    primary: 'groupe1'
    gid: '30002'
    groups:
      - gname: 'secondary'
        gid: 30000
    remote_groups:
       - gname: 'remote'
    expires: 1580472000
    generate_ssh_key: true
    ssh_key_type: 'rsa'
  - name: 'test'
    simple: True
    uid: '1002'
    password: 'test'
    shell: '/bin/bash'
    comment: 'test'
    gid: '30003'
    groups:
      - gname: 'test'
        gid: 30000
    expires: 1580472000
    generate_ssh_key: true
    ssh_key_type: 'rsa'

in the create_simple.yml file i have this :
- name: 'test'
  debug: msg='{{ resultat.1.gname }}'
  with_subelements:
    - "{{ lookup('dict', user) }}"
    - groups
  loop_control:
    loop_var: resultat

But i have this message :
FAILED! => {"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'dict'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: with_dict expects a dict"}

the user var in the with_items of the create.yml file seem to be a dict
I have test to convert the user var in a dict but it doesn't work.

A: with_subelements requires a list of hashes (i.e. dictionaries) and a key to lookup in each element on this list, but the list of hashes returned by lookup('dict', user) will return something like:
[
  {
    "key": "comment",
    "value": "comment user1"
  },
  {
    "key": "shell",
    "value": "/bin/bash"
  },
  {
    "key": "name",
    "value": "user1"
  }
  ...
]

And with_subelements will try to find key groups in each of the dictionary in this list, which fails.
  with_subelements:
    - "{{ lookup('dict', user) }}" # Wrong: items in this list of dict does not have 'groups' keys
    - groups # OK: this a field name to lookup

In included create_simple.yml, the variable user will be a dictionary such as:
name: 'user1'
simple: False
groups:
  - gname: 'secondary'
    gid: 30000
...

If you want to list groups each time create_simple.yml is included, you can do in create_simple.yml:
- name: 'test'
  debug:
    msg: '{{ resultat.gname }}'
  with_items: "{{ user.groups }}"
  loop_control:
    loop_var: resultat

Or even simpler if you only need a single task in create_simple.yml, you can use directly with_subelements instead of include_tasks in create.yml:
# this will lookup field 'groups' in each element of the 'userslist' variable
- name: 'Create'
  debug:
    msg: "Group for user {{ resultat.0.name }}: {{ resultat.1.gname }}"
  with_subelements:
    - "{{ userslist }}"
    - groups
  loop_control:
    loop_var: resultat

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Photoluminescence from wurtzite GaN under hydrostatic pressure
Sangsig Kim, Irving P. Herman, J. A. Tuchman, K. Doverspike, L. B. Rowland, D. K. Gaskill
The pressure dependences of the band gap in wurtzite GaN at 9 and 300 K have been determined from the shift of the peak position of the I2 line with pressure; the dependence at 300 K is similar to that determined from band-edge absorption. The changes of the DAP lines and the 'yellow' band upon compression have been described in the terms of the band and configuration coordinate levels.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.114635
wurtzite
pressure dependence
Kim, S., Herman, I. P., Tuchman, J. A., Doverspike, K., Rowland, L. B., & Gaskill, D. K. (1995). Photoluminescence from wurtzite GaN under hydrostatic pressure. Applied Physics Letters, 67(3), 380-382. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.114635
Photoluminescence from wurtzite GaN under hydrostatic pressure. / Kim, Sangsig; Herman, Irving P.; Tuchman, J. A.; Doverspike, K.; Rowland, L. B.; Gaskill, D. K.
In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 67, No. 3, 01.07.1995, p. 380-382.
Kim, S, Herman, IP, Tuchman, JA, Doverspike, K, Rowland, LB & Gaskill, DK 1995, 'Photoluminescence from wurtzite GaN under hydrostatic pressure', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 380-382. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.114635
Kim S, Herman IP, Tuchman JA, Doverspike K, Rowland LB, Gaskill DK. Photoluminescence from wurtzite GaN under hydrostatic pressure. Applied Physics Letters. 1995 Jul 1;67(3):380-382. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.114635
Kim, Sangsig ; Herman, Irving P. ; Tuchman, J. A. ; Doverspike, K. ; Rowland, L. B. ; Gaskill, D. K. / Photoluminescence from wurtzite GaN under hydrostatic pressure. In: Applied Physics Letters. 1995 ; Vol. 67, No. 3. pp. 380-382.
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package com.google.cloud.spring.pubsub.integration;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.integration.history.MessageHistory;
import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
import org.springframework.messaging.support.NativeMessageHeaderAccessor;

/** Tests for the Pub/Sub message header. */
class PubSubHeaderMapperTests {

  @Test
  void testFilterGoogleClientHeaders() {
    PubSubHeaderMapper mapper = new PubSubHeaderMapper();
    Map<String, Object> originalHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    originalHeaders.put("my header", "pantagruel's nativity");
    MessageHeaders internalHeaders = new MessageHeaders(originalHeaders);

    originalHeaders.put("googclient_deliveryattempt", "header attached when DLQ is enabled");
    originalHeaders.put("googclient_anyHeader", "any other possible headers");

    Map<String, String> filteredHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    mapper.fromHeaders(internalHeaders, filteredHeaders);
    assertThat(filteredHeaders).hasSize(1).containsEntry("my header", "pantagruel's nativity");
  }

  @Test
  void testFilterHeaders() {
    PubSubHeaderMapper mapper = new PubSubHeaderMapper();
    Map<String, Object> originalHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    originalHeaders.put("my header", "pantagruel's nativity");
    originalHeaders.put(NativeMessageHeaderAccessor.NATIVE_HEADERS, "deerhunter");
    originalHeaders.put(MessageHistory.HEADER_NAME, "I've traveled to the moon");
    MessageHeaders internalHeaders = new MessageHeaders(originalHeaders);

    Map<String, String> filteredHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    mapper.fromHeaders(internalHeaders, filteredHeaders);
    assertThat(filteredHeaders).hasSize(1).containsEntry("my header", "pantagruel's nativity");
  }

  @Test
  void testDontFilterHeaders() {
    PubSubHeaderMapper mapper = new PubSubHeaderMapper();
    mapper.setOutboundHeaderPatterns("*");
    Map<String, Object> originalHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    originalHeaders.put("my header", "pantagruel's nativity");
    MessageHeaders internalHeaders = new MessageHeaders(originalHeaders);

    Map<String, String> filteredHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    mapper.fromHeaders(internalHeaders, filteredHeaders);
    assertThat(filteredHeaders).hasSize(3);
  }

  @Test
  void testToHeaders() {
    PubSubHeaderMapper mapper = new PubSubHeaderMapper();
    Map<String, String> originalHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    originalHeaders.put(MessageHeaders.ID, "pantagruel's nativity");
    originalHeaders.put(MessageHeaders.TIMESTAMP, "the moon is down");
    originalHeaders.put("my header", "don't touch it");

    Map<String, Object> internalHeaders = mapper.toHeaders(originalHeaders);
    assertThat(internalHeaders).hasSize(3);
  }

  @Test
  void testSetInboundHeaderPatterns() {
    PubSubHeaderMapper mapper = new PubSubHeaderMapper();

    mapper.setInboundHeaderPatterns("x-*");

    Map<String, String> originalHeaders = new HashMap<>();
    String headerValue = "the moon is down";
    originalHeaders.put("x-" + MessageHeaders.TIMESTAMP, headerValue);
    originalHeaders.put("my header", "don't touch it");

    Map<String, Object> internalHeaders = mapper.toHeaders(originalHeaders);

    assertThat(internalHeaders)
        .hasSize(1)
        .containsEntry("x-" + MessageHeaders.TIMESTAMP, headerValue)
        .doesNotContainKey("my header");
  }

  @Test
  void testSetInboundHeaderPatternsNullPatterns() {

    PubSubHeaderMapper mapper = new PubSubHeaderMapper();

    assertThatThrownBy(() -> mapper.setInboundHeaderPatterns(null))
            .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
            .hasMessage("Header patterns can't be null.");
  }

  @Test
  void testSetInboundHeaderPatternsNullPatternElements() {

    PubSubHeaderMapper mapper = new PubSubHeaderMapper();

    assertThatThrownBy(() -> mapper.setInboundHeaderPatterns(new String[1]))
            .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
            .hasMessage("No header pattern can be null.");
  }
}


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Bernard Moon is a Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Group, which is a network of startup accelerators and venture capital funds that has invested in over 280 companies across the globe. Previously, he was Co-founder & CEO of Vidquik, a web conferencing & sales solutions platform. Bernard was a Managing Director at the Lunsford Group, which is a private investment firm with holdings in real estate, healthcare and other industries. Bernard was Co-founder & VP of Business Development of GoingOn Networks, a social media platform for companies, and also led their product development where BusinessWeek recognized them in their "Best of the Web" list. Previously, Bernard was a Director at iRG, a leading boutique investment bank in Asia, where he focused on TMT companies.
Bernard co-founded a couple of other startups, raised over $50 million in venture capital, and enjoys helping other entrepreneurs. He serves on the advisory boards to Seoul National University's Graduate School of Data Science and Nanyang Technological University's EcoLabs (Centre of Innovation for Energy). Bernard has spoke and lectured about startups and entrepreneurship at Stanford University, Global Entrepreneurship Congress, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and other organizations.
He is a frequent guest writer to various technology journals, such as VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and ReadWrite, and has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. He was previously selected as one of 8 global judges for EDF's innovation contest (EDF is the world's biggest electricity producer based in France).
He completed a post-graduate fellowship with the Coro Foundation. He received his MPA in Telecom and New Media Policy from Columbia University and a BA in English and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Блекота́ бліда́ (ін. назва: блекота́ че́ська), Hyoscyamus bohemicus, синонім — H. pallidus — однорічна трав'яниста опушена рослина родини пасльонових. Рослина отруйна, може також використовуватися як лікарська.

Стебло прямостояче, просте, 20—60 см заввишки. Листки чергові, прості: нижні — черешкові, видовженояйцеподібні або яйцеподібні, виїмчасто-перистолопатеві; стеблові — сидячі, напівстеблообгортні, видовженоланцетні або видовженояйцеподібні, виїмчасто-зубчасті. Квітки двостатеві, мають зрослопелюстковий, широколійкоподібний, брудно-жовтий, без пурпурових жилок віночок, зібрані в облистнені завійки. Плід — глечикоподібна коробочка. Цвіте у травні — вересні.

Поширення
Трапляється зрідка в Лісостепу (на півдні) і в Степу як бур'ян у посівах.

Заготівля і зберігання, хімічний склад, фармакологічні властивості і використання, лікарські форми і застосування — усе так, як у статті Блекота чорна

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These movements enable us to pass from one centre of gravity to another; it is the shift that creates the state. The gesture, the movement is what is important, not the attitudes.


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Die Abkürzung ELJ steht für:
 Evangelische Landjugend
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Polaromonas naphthalenivorans es una bacteria gramnegativa del género Polaromonas. Descrita en el año 2004. Su etimología hace referencia al consumo de naftaleno. Es aerobia, inmóvil, con forma cocoide entre 1-4 µm. Normalmente se encuentra individual o en pequeñas agrupaciones. Las colonias son circulares, convexas, sin pigmentación. Temperatura óptima de crecimiento de 20 °C. Catalasa y oxidasa positivas. Se ha aislado de sedimentos contaminados por hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos en Estados Unidos. Es capaz de degradar el naftaleno, como única fuente de carbono. Además, tiene un papel importante en la fijación de nitrógeno.

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2020 « Democratic Candidates « Biden for President Organization « Press Releases
Biden for President Announces Vice Presidential Selection Committee Co-Chairs
Today, Biden for President announced the four co-chairs of the campaign's Vice Presidential Selection Committee: former U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd; U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; and former White House and Senate counsel to Vice President Biden, Cynthia C. Hogan.
"Selecting a vice presidential candidate is one of the most important decisions in a presidential campaign and no one knows this more than Joe Biden," said Jen O'Malley Dillon, Campaign Manager, Biden for President. "These four co-chairs reflect the strength and diversity of our party, and will provide tremendous insight and expertise to what will be a rigorous selection and vetting process. We are grateful for their service to the campaign and for their leadership."
Vice President Biden announced on March 15, 2020 that he would choose a woman to be his running mate. The Co-Chairs of his selection process will conduct conversations across the party as well as work with a network of vetting teams led by former White House Counsel Bob Bauer, campaign General Counsel Dana Remus, and former Homeland Security Adviser Lisa Monaco, to provide Vice President Biden with the background and information he needs to make his decision.
Additional biographic information on the co-chairs is provided below:
Former United States Senator Chris Dodd has been a longtime friend and colleague of Vice President Biden for almost forty years. Senator Dodd has earned a reputation as a leading voice on domestic and international issues during his service in the U.S. Congress. He chaired the Senate Banking Committee, where he co-authored the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Along with Vice President Biden, Dodd helped shepherd the historic Affordable Care Act through the HELP Committee as interim chair and to final passage. Senator Dodd has a long history of foreign affairs experience serving with then-Senator Biden on the Foreign Relations Committee for three decades. Senator Dodd served for almost thirty years on the Senate Children and Families committee. He considers his work on behalf of our nation's children, including such legislation as the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, to be some of the most satisfying and rewarding of his Senate career. Senator Dodd is no stranger to the importance of the upcoming election, having both served as the General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the reelection of Bill Clinton, and having coauthored landmark election reform legislation after the controversial 2000 election. After retiring from the Senate, Dodd served as the Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association and is currently senior counsel at the law firm of Arnold & Porter.
U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester made history in 2016 becoming the first African American and first woman member of Congress to be elected from Delaware, and serves as a National Co-Chair of Biden for President. She serves as an Assistant Whip for House Leadership and sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. She is a leading voice in Congress on health care, economic, and future of work-related issues. As Delaware's former Secretary of Labor, State Personnel Director, and former CEO of the Wilmington Metropolitan Urban League, Lisa leverages her professional experience to advocate for legislation that boosts start-up business growth, removes barriers for citizens re-entering society, and promotes a cleaner and healthier environment for all communities, regardless of zip code. She is also the founder of the bipartisan Congressional Future of Work Caucus. Born in Philadelphia but with deep roots in the First State, Lisa grew up in Wilmington and graduated from Padua Academy. She holds a degree in International Relations from Fairleigh Dickinson University and put herself through graduate school as a working mom – earning a master's degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles and is National Campaign Co-Chair of Biden for President. He is also President of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors, a DNC member and past Chair of Democratic Municipal Officials. Mayor Garcetti is the co-founder and Chair of Climate Mayors, which comprises 438 U.S. Mayors committed to the principles of the Paris Agreement, and is Chair of C40, a global network of 95 megacities representing 1/12 of the world's population whose leaders are committed to addressing climate change. He is Chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Infrastructure Task Force and founder and co-chair of its Latino Alliance. He is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO). As co-founder and Advisory Council Chair of Accelerator for America, he helped lead the creation of economic development tools now utilized by more than 60 cities nationwide and helped local communities generate $22 billion in infrastructure funding. He is now helping lead the Accelerator's work to assist cities nationwide in responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Mayor Garcetti's government service began on the L.A. City Council, where he spent four terms as Council President before being elected Mayor in 2013 and winning re-election in 2017 by the widest margin in Los Angeles history. He served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve and taught at the University of Southern California and Occidental College. He earned a B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University, and studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and later at the London School of Economics.
Cynthia C. Hogan is a long-time aide and advisor to Vice President Biden. From 2009 to 2013, Cynthia served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Counsel to the Vice President of the United States of America. In that capacity, she advised on a broad range of domestic and foreign policy issues before the Obama Administration. She also led the Administration's effort to confirm Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. Cynthia previously served as the Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary where she worked with then-Senator Biden to enact the landmark Violence Against Women Act. Before that, she practiced law at the Washington, D.C. firm Williams & Connolly. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as an editor of The Virginia Law Review. After her government service, Cynthia served in senior policy roles at Apple and the National Football League, where she also helped shape the league's domestic violence prevention initiatives.
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package org.kiwi.proto;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.kiwi.aws.s3.S3Content.newS3Content;
import static org.kiwi.proto.FloatingAverageTestData.createBitcoinTestData;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.inOrder;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import java.util.Optional;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.kiwi.aws.s3.S3Bucket;
import org.kiwi.aws.s3.S3Content;
import org.kiwi.aws.s3.S3KeyProvider;
import org.kiwi.proto.FloatingAverageProtos.Depot;
import org.kiwi.proto.FloatingAverageProtos.FloatingAverage;
import org.mockito.InOrder;

public class DepotS3RepositoryTest {

    private DepotS3Repository depotS3Repository;
    private S3Bucket s3Bucket;
    private S3KeyProvider keyProvider;
    private Depot depot;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        s3Bucket = mock(S3Bucket.class);
        when(s3Bucket.exists(anyString())).thenReturn(true);
        keyProvider = mock(S3KeyProvider.class);
        depotS3Repository = new DepotS3Repository(s3Bucket, keyProvider);
        FloatingAverage bitcoinAverage = createBitcoinTestData();
        depot = Depot.newBuilder()
                .setId("id")
                .addFloatingAverages(bitcoinAverage)
                .build();
    }

    @Test
    public void should_load_with_key_from_key_provider() throws Exception {
        String key = "valid_key";
        when(keyProvider.createKeyFor("id")).thenReturn(key);
        S3Content content = newS3Content(key, depot.toByteArray(), "binary/octet-stream");
        when(s3Bucket.retrieveContentFor(key)).thenReturn(content);

        Optional<Depot> loadedFloatingAverage = depotS3Repository.load("id");

        InOrder order = inOrder(s3Bucket);
        order.verify(s3Bucket).exists(key);
        order.verify(s3Bucket).retrieveContentFor(key);
        assertThat(loadedFloatingAverage).isPresent().contains(depot);
    }

    @Test
    public void should_store_binary_object_with_key_from_provider() throws Exception {
        String key = "this_is_a_valid_key";
        when(keyProvider.createKeyFor(depot.getId())).thenReturn(key);
        S3Content expectedContent = newS3Content(key, depot.toByteArray(), "binary/octet-stream");

        depotS3Repository.store(depot);

        InOrder order = inOrder(s3Bucket);
        order.verify(s3Bucket).storeContent(expectedContent);
        order.verifyNoMoreInteractions();
    }

    @Test
    public void should_not_try_to_load_if_object_does_not_exist_for_key() throws Exception {
        String key = "this_is_a_valid_key";
        when(keyProvider.createKeyFor("id")).thenReturn(key);
        when(s3Bucket.exists(key)).thenReturn(false);

        Optional<Depot> loadedFloatingAverage = depotS3Repository.load("id");

        assertThat(loadedFloatingAverage).isNotPresent();
        InOrder order = inOrder(s3Bucket);
        order.verify(s3Bucket).exists(key);
        order.verifyNoMoreInteractions();
    }
}


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Doom és un videojoc d'acció en primera persona creat per id Software el 1993 per un grup dirigit per John Romero. Aquest videojoc funcionava sota el sistema operatiu MS-DOS, utilitza 4 MB de RAM i requereix almenys un processador 386 a 33 MHz o 486 a 25 MHz.

El joc consisteix a controlar un soldat, que es troba a una estació a Fobos, una de les llunes de Mart. De sobte, les portes de l'Infern s'obren, deixant lliures a un gran nombre de dimonis, esperits immunds i zombis, que infesten la base militar en poc temps. El protagonista, és l'únic ésser humà supervivent de l'estació i la seva missió és anar assolint sortir amb vida de nivell en nivell, com en l'estil de Wolfenstein 3D, (que va ser el primer FPS d'id Software) no obstant això el repte és encara major en aquest joc.

Cal dir que Doom va popularitzar la majoria dels aspectes dels videojocs d'acció en primera persona, anomenats FPS), a més, s'ha sentit a dir que va ser aquest joc va ser el primer del gènere i que els següents videojocs que es van crear van seguir les petjades d'aquest, a més del fet que en termes de creativitat, va permetre que s'introduïssin les expansions creades per l'usuari, els WADs.

El 1995 va sortir Doom 2, que és la continuació, seguit per Ultimate Doom, idèntic al Doom original però amb un episodi més per a experts.

Li van seguir el 1997 per la Nintendo 64, el Doom 64, publicat per Midway Games. Aquesta versió del Doom és diferent a Doom i a Doom 2, ja que teòricament aquest joc contínua la història de Doom 2.

El 3 d'agost de 2004 va ser llançat al mercat Doom 3, el qual inclou no només un dels motors 3D més potents des que va sortir, sinó també una ambientació única per a un joc d'aquesta classe, que permet a qualsevol modificar gairebé la gran majoria dels aspectes del joc, sent el més modificable de tots fins al moment.

Història original
El protagonista és un dels soldats més forts i entrenats de la Terra, experimentat en combat i llest per a l'acció. Segons la línia del joc, feia 3 anys va colpejar a un oficial superior per ordenar als seus soldats a disparar contra un grup de manifestants civils. Considerat com a perillós, van decidir transportar-lo a una base a Mart. El sector espacial de la UAC (Unió de la Corporació Aero-espacial). La UAC és una organització multi-planetària amb instal·lacions de deixalles radioactives a Mart i les seves dues llunes, Fobos i Deimos. Els seus primers dies els va passar assegut a una sala de vigilància, veient vídeos restringits i material molt secret com si fos TV per cable, no havent-hi molta acció a les imatges.

De secret, la UAC, entre altres coses, desenvolupava molts projectes militars a Mart i les seves dues llunes. Una i la més problemàtica era la teleportació interdimensional, però fins llavors només s'havia pogut obrir un teletransportador entre Fobos i Deimos. Es va provar de llançar artefactes d'una banda i veure'ls sortir per l'altre, però en algun moment es va necessitar humans per a experimentar. Es van oferir voluntaris militars i científics, però en entrar pel portal van començar a succeir coses desconcertants: no tornaven o simplement no es tornaven a materialitzar en el teletransportador de destinació, o també tornaven morts amb estranys símptomes en el cos (mossegades, pell seca i cremada, alguns apareixien sense algunes parts del cos), o alguns arribaven completament amb una esquizofrènia psicòtica, (com zombis de pel·lícula) mastegant la meitat dels seus dits, o havent-se empassat els seus propis ulls, al mateix temps que altres (no tantes en nombre) en creuar pel teletransportador van sofrir una explosió inexplicable des del seu cos.

El treball d'identificar les parts de cossos de la gent sinistrada va esdevenir en una feina de difícil tasca. A part d'aquest esdeveniments, la UAC anunciava algun retard, però que la resta anava bé.

Ja havent passat algun temps, de sobte, Mart va rebre un missatge des de Fobos "Necessitem suport militar de seguida! Alguna cosa terrible i monstruosa està sortint pels portals! Els sistemes no responen! Els sistemes dels ordinadors s'han tornat bojos!" I també van dir altres coses però no es rebia bé.

Poc després, Deimos simplement es va esfumar de l'espai. Des d'aquell moment, va haver diversos intents d'establir connexió amb alguna de les llunes, sense èxit. Com a últim recurs, el protagonista i els seus companys, són enviats a Fobos per a veure que és el que està passant. En arribar-hi, la primera ordre que s'ordena al protagonista és esperar a l'entrada i assegurar el perímetre mentre els altres efectius obstaculitzen a la base duent-se les armes d'alt calibre. Durant molta estona, la ràdio del protagonista només rep sons de combat: trets, homes cridant ordres, crits d'auxili, alguna cosa que podria identificar-se com a ossos i cartílags trencant-se, i després, un gran silenci...

Els soldats companys estan morts i per tant el protagonista decideix entrar per la porta de la base, i troba qui ha comès els atacs. Llavors és quan es pot començar a jugar matant totes les criatures.

Mode de joc
És un FPS (First Person Shooter), o sigui que s'experimenta l'acció des de la vista del personatge. L'objectiu dels nivells és simplement localitzar l'interruptor de sortida al següent nivell (normalment indicat amb un rètol vermell que diu EXIT que de vegades resulta ser un parany), sobrevivint a tot els perills a la via. Els obstacles són monstres, pisos de residus radioactius, sostres que cauen i aixafen al jugador, i portes que necessiten targetes o "claus de calavera" per a obrir-se i que poden situar-se prop del lloc. Els nivells tenen laberints (el mapa en forma de radar és essencial per a navegar-los) i àrees secretes amb alguna recompensa per ser explorades, però també es pot trobar que no n'hi hagi de recompensa sinó que hi ha algun ésser per eliminar.

Doom té un simple arsenal: les típiques armes dels jocs del seu gènere. El jugador comença amb una pistola i es pot usar la lluita cos a cos si és que la munició s'acaba, però es poden obtenir armes millors; aquestes són: la serra elèctrica, una escopeta, una metralladora en cadena, un llançacoets, un rifle de plasma, i finalment una important arma de joc com pot ser la BFG 9000 (Big Fucking Gun). També es pot agafar objectes, com per exemple una motxilla que permet dur el doble de munició, armadures, farmacioles per a recobrar la salut, i esferes que donen diferents poders com la invisibilitat parcial, la invulnerabilitat i el 100% de salut (fins a un màxim de 200%, no 100% com les farmacioles comuns)

Els monstres és el principal element del videojoc. El jugador s'ha d'enfrontar a grans nombres d'ells alhora: en els més alts nivells de dificultat es troba una dotzena o més en diverses habitacions. Hi ha 10 tipus de monstres (Doom II dobla aquesta xifra), incloent humans posseïts i dimonis amb diferents poders, començant per febles impíes, cacodimonis flotants, fins i tot el temible ciberdimoni (espècie de minotaure robot amb llançacoets), que pot matar el protagonista d'un tret o dos amb un llançamíssils. Els monstres tenen un comportament simple, consisteix a caminar cap al jugador, llançar boles de foc i/o mossegar al jugador (també poden barallar entre ells si s'ataquen per accident).

La majoria de les versions del Doom (i les seves continuacions) amaguen sortides secretes, aquestes poden estar darrere de portes secretes o en zones de difícil accés. En dos d'aquests nivells del Doom II hi ha gràfics del precursor de la saga: Wolfenstein 3D.

A més del mode solitari, Doom ofereix dos modes multijugador a través de la xarxa: "cooperatiu", on des de dos fins a quatre jugadors lluiten contra les legions de l'Infern, i el "duel a mort" on fins a quatre jugadors barallen entre si.

Expansions, i el Doom lliure
El codi font de Doom va ser publicat per id Software el 1997 sota una llicència propietària. Conseqüentment el joc fou portat a diversos sistemes operatius. Més endavant, el 1999, el codi va ser tornat a llicenciar sota els termes de la llicència pública GPL, obrint la possibilitat als seus fans de realitzar modificacions del joc basades en l'original. La majoria de les modificacions van ser millores, correcció d'errors, i eliminar les limitacions del motor.

Aquestes millores van ser incloses en programes anomenats "source ports" com per exemple: ZDoom, Doom Legacy, Doomsday, etc. Aquests programes generalment agreguen millores que es troben en jocs més nous que tenen similitud de codi amb el Doom (Heretic o Hexen, per exemple) o simplement d'estil (Doom és un FPS, per tant la majoria va afegir una consola a l'estil Quake). En alguns es va afegir més modes de joc, com Capturar la bandera, el Duel a mort amb característiques especials, Duel en equip, Últim home en peu, etc., i milloraven els modes existents com per exemple el nombre de jugadors, que va passar d'un límit de 4 a 16, o fins i tot 32 com en els videojocs més moderns.

Des de l'obertura del codi font del Doom, s'ha generat tota una cultura entre els seus fans, de contribuir en la creació de nous nivells i gràfics per al videojoc, molts d'ells distribuïts a través d'Internet. Entre alguns dels programes de construcció de nivells per al Doom, els més utilitzats són Doom Builder i WAD Author .

Versions del Doom per a consoles
 3DO
 Atari Jaguar
 Sega 32X, (1994) Publicat per SEGA
 PlayStation, 1995 Publicat per Imagineer
 Super Nintendo, (1996) Publicat per Williams Entertainment Inc.
 Sega Saturn, (1997) Publicat per Williams Entertainment Inc.
 Nintendo 64, (1997) Publicat per Midway Games i anomenat Doom 64
 Game Boy Advance, (2001) Publicat per Activision

A més també es va fer una versió recreativa en la que la pantalla estava a una polzada (2 cm) de la cara del jugador.

Vegeu també
 ZDoom

Enllaços externs

 Lloc web oficial a id Software
 Doom al lloc web oficial d'Activision
 Doom: La pel·lícula
 Doomworld.com - Doomworld
 Doom Wiki

Videojocs per a Mac OS
Videojocs per a DOS
Videojocs d'acció en primera persona
Survival horror
Videojocs per a Sega Saturn
Videojocs del 1993
Màquines recreatives


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Hugh John Carthy (Fulwood, 9 juli 1994) is een Engels wielrenner die anno 2022 rijdt voor EF Education-EasyPost.

Carrière
In 2015 werd Carthy, na twee seizoenen bij Rapha Condor JLT te hebben gereden, prof bij Caja Rural-Seguros RGA. Dat seizoen maakte hij in de Ronde van het Baskenland zijn debuut in een World Tour-wedstrijd. In het bergklassement eindigde hij op de negende plek. Later dat jaar won hij het jongerenklassement van de Ronde van Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon.

In 2016 nam Carthy deel aan de Ronde van Catalonië, waar hij, mede door een tiende en elfde plaats in respectievelijk de derde en vierde etappe, op de negende plaats in het algemeen klassement eindigde. Het jongerenklassement won hij met 44 seconden voorsprong op Davide Formolo. Op de laatste dag van april won hij de eerste etappe van de Ronde van Asturië, waardoor hij de eerste leiderstrui in ontvangst mocht nemen. Zijn leidende positie in het algemeen klassement wist hij in de overige twee etappes met succes te verdedigen, waardoor hij zowel het eind- als het jongerenklassement op zijn naam schreef. Carthy's laatste wedstrijd van het seizoen was de Ronde van Spanje, waarin plek 39 in de negende etappe zijn beste resultaat was.

Sinds 2017 rijdt Carthy voor Cannondale Drapac. Namens die ploeg werd hij onder meer twintigste in het eindklassement van de Ronde van Catalonië, veertiende in dat van de Ronde van de Alpen en vijftiende in dat van de Ronde van Guangxi.

Palmares

Overwinningen

2014
Proloog Mzansi Tour (ploegentijdrit)
Berg- en jongerenklassement Ronde van Japan
7e etappe Ronde van Korea
Eind- en jongerenklassement Ronde van Korea
2015
Jongerenklassement Ronde van Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
2016
Jongerenklassement Ronde van Catalonië
1e etappe Ronde van Asturië
Eind- en jongerenklassement Ronde van Asturië
2018
Bergklassement Colorado Classic
2019
 9e etappe Ronde van Zwitserland
 Bergklassement Ronde van Zwitserland
2020
 12e etappe Ronde van Spanje
2021
5e etappe Ronde van Burgos

Resultaten in voornaamste wedstrijden

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Resultaten in kleinere rondes

Ploegen
 2013 –  Rapha Condor JLT
 2014 –  Rapha Condor JLT
 2015 –  Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
 2016 –  Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
 2017 –  Cannondale Drapac Professional Cycling Team
 2018 –  Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
 2019 –  EF Education First Pro Cycling
 2020 –  EF Education First Pro Cycling
 2021 –  EF Education-Nippo
 2022 –  EF Education-EasyPost
 2023 –  EF Education-EasyPost

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