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The word "Melkite" comes from the Syriac and Arabic words for "King," and was originally used to refer to those within the ancient Patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem who accepted the christological faith professed by the Byzantine Emperor after the Council of Chalcedon (451). Today, however, the term more often refers to Byzantine Catholics associated with those three Patriarchates.
Jesuits, Capuchins and Carmelites began missionary activity in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in the mid-17th century. While there were some conversions, the missionaries were primarily concerned with forming a pro-Catholic party within the Patriarchate itself. By the early 18th century, the Antiochian church had become polarized, with the pro-Catholic party centered in Damascus and the anti-Catholic party in its rival city, Aleppo.
Patriarch Athanasios III Debbas, who died on August 5, 1724, had designated as his successor a Cypriot monk named Sylvester. His candidacy was supported by the Aleppo party and the Patriarch of Constantinople. But on September 20, 1724, the Damascus party elected as Patriarch a strongly pro-Catholic man who took the name Cyril VI. A week later, the Patriarch of Constantinople ordained Sylvester as Patriarch of Antioch. The Ottoman government recognized Sylvester, while Cyril was deposed and excommunicated by Constantinople and compelled to seek refuge in Lebanon. Pope Benedict XIII recognized Cyril's election as Patriarch of Antioch in 1729. Thus the schism was formalized, and the Catholic segment of the patriarchate eventually became known as the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
In the beginning this new Catholic community was limited to what is now Syria and Lebanon. But Melkite Catholics later began to immigrate to Palestine, where Melkite communities had long existed, and especially to Egypt after that country rebelled against Turkish control. In view of the new demographic situation, the Melkite Catholic Patriarch was given the additional titles of Patriarch of Jerusalem and Alexandria in 1838.
At first the Ottoman government was very hostile to this new church and took strong measures against it. But conditions improved with the passage of time. In 1848 the government formally recognized the Melkite Catholic Church, and the Patriarchate itself moved to Damascus from Holy Savior Monastery near Sidon, Lebanon, where it had been established by Cyril VI after he fled there. This was followed by a period of growth, enhanced by the popular perception of the Melkite church as a focus of Arab resistance against the Turks. The Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, on the other hand, was viewed by many as dependent upon Constantinople and therefore upon the Ottoman government.
In the 19th century the Melkite church experienced tensions in its relationship with Rome because many Melkites felt that their Byzantine identity was being overwhelmed by the Latin tradition. This uneasiness was symbolized at Vatican I when Melkite Patriarch Gregory II Youssef left Rome before the council fathers voted on the constitution Pastor Aeternus, which defined papal infallibility and universal jurisdiction. At Rome's request, the Patriarch later assented to the document, but he only did so with the clause, "all rights, privileges and prerogatives of the Patriarchs of the Eastern Churches being respected" added to the formula.
At the Second Vatican Council, Melkite Patriarch Maximos IV Sayegh spoke forcefully against the latinization of the Eastern Catholic churches, and urged a greater receptivity to the eastern Christian traditions, especially in the area of ecclesiology. The Melkite Holy Synod has stated that, in the event of a reconciliation between the Orthodox and Catholic churches, the Melkite Church should be reintegrated into the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch. A bilateral commission for dialogue between the Melkites and Antiochian Orthodox was established in 1995, and both sides have expressed the firm intention to heal the schism of 1724 [see the Patriarchate of Antioch].
St. Anne's Seminary in Jerusalem, under the direction of the White Fathers (now called the Missionaries of Africa), was the main seminary for the Melkite church until it was closed in 1967 because of the political situation. There are now three major seminaries in the Melkite church: the patriarchal seminary of St. Anne in Rabouß, Lebanon; Holy Savior Seminary in Beit Sahour, Israel, for dioceses in Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza; and St. Gregory the Theologian Seminary in Newton, Massachusetts, USA, for the United States and other English-speaking countries.
There are several religious orders in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The most prominent is the Basilian Salvatorian Order, which was founded by Antiochian Orthodox bishop Eftimios Sayfi in 1683, one year before he became Catholic. The community, whose motherhouse is at St. Savior monastery in Saida, Lebanon, serves in Melkite parishes around the world, and has a special mission to promote ecumenical and interreligious dialogue. The Melkite Paulist Fathers direct an important theological institute at Harissa and administer a well-known publishing house. Altogether there are 131 Melkite priests who belong to religious orders, 108 brothers, and 532 women religious.
After the Maronites, the Melkite Catholic Church is the largest and most prosperous Catholic community in the Middle East. The majority of its faithful live in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and occupied territories, and Jordan.
Ongoing emigration from the Middle East in recent years has created flourishing Melkite communities in the West. Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros presides over the Diocese of Newton of the Melkites in the United States (19 Dartmouth Street, West Newton, Massachusetts 02165) with 35 parishes and 25,000 members. In Canada, the diocese of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, under the guidance of Bishop Ibrahim Ibrahim (34 Maplewood, Montréal, Québec H2V 2M1), has eight parishes and missions, and 33,000 faithful. Archbishop Issam John Darwish heads the diocese of St. Michael's of Sydney in Australia (80 Waterloo Road, Greenacre N.S.W. 2190), which has 13 parishes for 45,000 Melkite Catholics. There is also a parish in London. In addition, there has been a large Melkite Greek Catholic emigration to Latin America. There are dioceses based in Sao Paulo and Mexico City, and Apostolic Exarchates in Buenos Aires and Caracas, with a total of about 450,000 faithful.
Location: Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, the Americas, Europe, Australia
Head: Patriarch Gregory III Laham (born 1933, elected 2000)
Title: Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek Melkites
Residence: Damascus, Syria
Membership: 1,347,000
Website: www.pgc-lb.org
Last Modified: 24 July 2007
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I haven't written a blog post in ages! School is just so busy since we came back after the holidays.We have our confirmation next month and as other 6th class teachers know, it is very time consuming! So it's all go at the moment. I will admit though that with the longer evenings I am just out all the time with Sonny and I haven't been as diligent as I should be.
We are working on World War Two this month. I hope to spend the next two weeks on it. It is a fascinating topic, though one which is tricky to teach as it was just so, so dreadful, so I skate over some of the more terrible parts of it. I am delighted so far with the comparisons my class are drawing between world war one (covered in November) and world war two. They are so good, it's not easy to remember all those facts!
This is my first proper theme since 1916 so I am really excited about it and DELIGHTED to be moving on to a brand new topic.
English: We will read excerpts from Anne Frank's diary. We will write letters from the front line, letters from women working at home, letters from children who were evacuated, creative writing based on life in the trenches, poetry- world war two poets, writing postcards home, persuasive writing- writing to world leaders asking for help to stop the war. We will also explore communications during the war, which forms of communication were used, and how propaganda was supported via radio, posters etc.
Maths: Data: bar charts and line graphs of the casualties and numbers of people lost in the war.
History: We will be doing group projects on the following: Countries involved in the War, the Holocaust, Children during the War, Women during the War, Hitler, the Blitz, and Pearl Harbour.
Geography: We will learn a number of facts about each country involved and the role they played in the war, and how they were affected/suffered in the aftermath of the war.
Art: The children will examine propaganda posters and create their own.
Drama: Re-enact the scene where Anne Frank and her family were discovered. Role play, interviewing leaders, soldiers and civilians.
Music: 'Run Rabbit Run'- we will listen to this song and explore the lyrics and how they relate to the war.
SPHE won't link as we are exploring citizenship and the census next week.
So it'll be a busy few weeks with confirmation too. We have text books to complete also which is so time consuming for what they get out of it. I really feel bad making them do book work but we have to get them finished.
In other news, my book is still in the publishers, so I am hoping for a June launch now. I hope to do a seminar in May too so I will keep you posted!


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Disclaimer: This planner was provided to me as a gift to thank me for years of support of Charlie Gilkey, his planners, and his website Productive Flourishing.
I've been a big fan of Charlie Gilkey's Productive Flourishing website (which has super-mega advice for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and creative people) and his excellent planners for a long time now, so I was very excited to get this new planner! Charlie's downloadable free planners are famous for helping folks manage their multiple projects. This new planner, the Essential Daily Planner, is a fantastic addition to the Productive Flourishing planners lineup.
The Essential Daily Planner takes a lot of the concepts from the Productive Flourishing planning methods and bakes them directly into the planner. These concepts are then printed and assembled into a planner that will be your personal assistant, life coach, and project manager all in one.
Charlie does a run-through video of the planner and explains the concepts behind it on this page. Take a look at that, then come back for more details on the planner itself.
The planner measures about 8 by 5 inches, so it's portable and easy to keep with you all day. The easier it is to access your planner, the more you will use it. (And you need to use your planner often for it to be effective.) The spiral binding allows the planner to lay flat on a surface or fold back on itself for compact use.
I'll walk you through the planner to show you all the features. The front cover is laminated for a sturdy, wipe-clean surface that can keep up with your life. The plastic coil is sturdy and flexible.
The first two-page spread (which I won't show you) gives you tips on how to use the planner, how to plan from the big picture down to daily details, and several online resources for more help and information on planning and productivity.
Next is a two-page spread for more contacts. This is a great place to capture those frequently used contacts as a backup for your phone.
Now we start getting into the real meat of the planner. The Annual Strategic Planner gets you to think about what you want to accomplish during your entire year. It gives you spaces to break down goals and steps by month, and lots of space for notes.
Next is the Quarterly Planner, where you take those monthly goals from your Annual Strategic Planner and work through the details of what you want to accomplish each month. These pages give you plenty of room to brainstorm your Objectives, Milestones and Benchmarks for each month plus more space for notes.
After the month overview come the weekly pages for January. On every weekly spread there is a nice big space for your Weekly Objectives. These will flow from your Monthly Objectives, and will be those actionable tasks that will get you to your goals.
At the end of that month's weekly pages, there is a page for Individual Project Planners, and three pages for notes. The notes pages are a great place to write your Mid-Month and Monthly Reviews.
These pages will help keep you on track with your projects for the month, and make it easy to find the related notes for each month.
Then there are the weekly pages for that month, again followed by a page for Individual Project Planners and three pages for Notes each month.
At the end of the three-month quarter you get the Quarterly Planner for the next three months. This prompts you to re-evaluate your goals from your Annual Strategic Planner, figure out what needs to continue from your previous quarter, and which priorities have changed. Having the Quarterly Planners embedded chronologically in the planner ensures you won't forget when it's time to plan and evaluate each quarter.
The pattern continues all year: Quarterly Planner, month overviews with their associated weeks, Individual Project Planners and pages for Notes.
At the end of the planner there are eight more pages of Individual Project Planners, and a whole bunch more pages for Notes. The result is a planner that will keep you on time and on track with all your appointments, projects and goals all year.
This planner works well alongside the Free Planners and Productivity Worksheets. For example you can plan your days in detail with the Daily Action Planner, write all your tasks on the Action Item Catcher, and plan your blog posts for the month with the Blog Post Planner and Calendar (which are excellent for helping you create valuable content on your blog). You can download these planners for free each month, or if you don't want to wait for them to come out each month you can buy the entire year's package to download as the Premium Planners Set.
Back in February 2010, Charlie Gilkey himself very graciously did an interview with me here on Plannerisms. It's a great insight into the thought process behind making his planners, and he has some excellent advice there for using planners in a way that fits your needs.
Huge thanks to Charlie and his team for sending me this planner! Keep doing what you're doing you guys, you help and inspire a lot of people!!


We're cruising along the clifftop highway, the minibus taking turns ponderously, grinding up the gears as we climb through a stand of eucalypt trees. All of sudden the ground to our left drops away and I hear my mate behind me scoff and say, 'Oh stop it, Australia!' I know how he feels.
Day-tripping the Great Ocean Road is possible, but kind of misses the point. Why rush inland all the way from Melbourne to Port Campbell just to get a snap of the Twelve Apostles, when you can take your time and wind your way along the coast from Torquay? Do yourself a favour: set aside a few days and do the Great Ocean Road properly (or better yet, with a local guide on a small group adventure).
Here are our favourite stops along Victoria's classic touring route.
A great place to kick-off your Great Ocean Road journey. Anglesea is a sleepy coastal town for about nine months of the year, and a booming summer escape for the other three. For road-trippers, it's a chance to refuel with a pie from the bakery on the main street, or the fish and chip shop closer the river estuary. You can hire paddle bikes on the riverbank during summer and the picnic areas near the beach are a favourite with families year-round. The beach itself is classic Surf Coast: a wide strip of sand with a few craggy sandstone cliffs at one end and a rolling break just offshore. It's rare to see the ocean without a few wetsuit-clad surfers bobbing up and down beyond the breakers. Keen golfers should give the local course a try: it's one of the few where kangaroos outnumber people. Pro tip: stop by Jums for the best chicken, chips and gravy you will ever eat. You're welcome.
There are a number of picturesque stops along the Great Ocean Road, often found where the rivers trickling down from the hinterland flow over sand flats and meet the sea. Wye River is my favourite of these: an underrated little town with a single hotel, general store/cafe and a few holiday houses scattered up in the hills. It was one of the towns hit hardest in the Victorian bushfires that blew through the coastal region last Christmas, but it's already beginning to bounce back. If you're looking to stretch your legs, head to Wye General (the town's trendy delicatessen/café), grab some provisions, cross the road and have a picnic down on the beach. Pure bliss.
First-timers appreciate the Great Ocean Road for its ridiculous views and the long, sandy beaches. But old-timers know that there's magic up in the hills too. One of my favourite spots along the whole coast is Erskine Falls (Triplet Falls a bit further along is also a beautiful spot, but Erskine has a more secluded feel). After grabbing a burger in Lorne, the Great Ocean Road's biggest town, head up into the forest (you hang a left at the roundabout at the entrance to town) and you'll find Erskine Falls. There's a steep, stepped path than leads down to the base, with a few considerate benches along the way if your fitness is as poor as mine. It's quiet, shady and cool, especially in winter. A good spot for a photo-opp and a breath of fresh air.
As you drive further west, towards Cape Otway, the landscape begins to change. Dense eucalyptus forests and blackened gums give way to gentle sloping hills, green meadows and farmland. Less wild, but equally beautiful. Most tourists and day trippers don't make it past Lorne, so Apollo Bay has a much quieter, old-school feel about it. Gentrification hasn't really made it this far along the Great Ocean Road, and the main street here looks pretty much as it has for the last few decades: small independent stores and locals shopping at the IGA. Stop for a bite at the fantastic bakery (the vanilla slices are top notch) then drive round the point a little way: there's a secluded strip of sand near the river mouth that's perfect for a dip in summer, or a long walk in winter.
The Great Ocean Road's signature postcard shot. This is the image most tourists have in mind when they board the big coach buses that ship them all the way from Melbourne. You can reach the Twelve Apostles in a few hours if you take the direct inland route, but it's much more satisfying to reach them along the coast. The best times to visit, if you can manage it, are dawn or early evening –the setting sun hits the limestone and the whole scene just comes alive. Make sure to save a little time to explore nearby Loch Ard Gorge and the Gibson Steps too. The Apostles are eroding at a rate of about 2cm per year, but the waves constantly slamming into the limestone cliffs will probably create new stacks in the future. So don't worry, we'll be enjoying these views for a while yet.
The Otways technically stretch all the way from Anglesea, but most people associate the National Park with Cape Otway, the wild headland just west of Apollo Bay. If you've had enough of the spectacular Great Ocean Road scenery (after all, how many photogenic vistas can one person take in a day?) turn inland when you hit the cape and spend a couple of hours getting happily lost in the winding forest roads of the Otways. My favourite place in the forest is a little stand of Californian redwoods that has been growing steadily since they were planted in the 1930s. Just follow the unsealed logging road near Beech Forest and you'll stumble on them: hundreds of pencil-straight trunks, 60m high with sunlight spearing through at dramatic angles. It's not California (yet), but it is a pretty cool spot.
Aussie's know Airey's Inlet for it's red-capped Lighthouse, made famous in the 90s TV show Round the Twist. It's a town that doesn't get as much hype as Lorne or Anglesea, which is sort of how the locals like it – blink before you hit Fairhaven and you might miss it entirely. If you're lucky the local market will be in full swing. It runs about four times a month and features a bunch of local-made homewares, vintage clothes and artisanal foods. Otherwise you can browse the shops on the main strip ('strip' might be generous – Vegas this is not) but a better idea is to head up into the nearby Great Otway National Park and stretch your legs on one of the various walking trails. There are 140 species of bird in Airey's, so you might spot a few ornithologists strolling beneath the trees.
Want to see the Great Ocean Road at its best? Check out our Great Ocean Road tours now and get booking!


A property clearing removes earthbound spirits, poltergeists, ghosts and other negative energies including gateways and portals that adversely affect visitors and inhabitants of the home, building and property. It's important and beneficial to clear a home or business before moving into into or selling it. Property clearings are done remotely and you will receive an e-mail report of what was found and cleared.


Located in Ishigaki Island, JUSANDI is close to Yonehara Beach and Mount Omoto. This 4-star hotel is within the vicinity of Kabira Park and Kabira Bay Beach. Make yourself at home in one of the 4 individually furnished guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and iPads. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, while MP3 docking stations help you enjoy your music in the comfort of your room. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature deep soaking bathtubs and designer toiletries. Conveniences include safes and free minibar items, and housekeeping is provided daily. Amenities Relax on the private beach or enjoy other recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool. Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of JUSANDI. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily. The front desk is staffed during limited hours. Free valet parking is available onsite.
Very good beach hotel. Great pool. Great room. Awesome vibe. Beautiful beach.


Not that it matters but Nike WILL NOT be getting my support anytime soon.
I ran 15.33 miles yesterday. Had I known that I couldn't watch the half, I would have run 15 today in the glorious weather. Oh well. It was definitely a tough, well earned 15 with 9 coming before the 8:30am group run (this after being out til 1am the night before:-p).
Have you visited www.steamtownmarathon.com and clicked Training Trips yet? Lots of good advice there, especially about working some downhills into your training. Steamtown is definitely tough on the quads. I had to walk downstairs backwards for three days after I ran Steamtown - probably because I did not train on downhills.
So this was a very scattered post but hey it all goes right back to the main topic of this blog, no?
Boo to nyrr for not letting people in with pom poms. What is that all about?
I think that Nike had some official cheering areas -- presumably surrounded by Nike purchase opportunities. Resistance is futile.
Clearly, however, anyone with pom poms should have been given full access. A travesty, if there ever was one.
Shame on them for not letting you cheer on the dawgs!! I have a love/hate relationship with nike... love their watches but I hate their merchandising power... nice job on the 41.
Jim Cummings is nutters --- but I like him.
Sorry about the Nike debacle... I was down at mile 12 as a volunteer.


Strip clubs in Weston Super Mare. A seaside resort which has become more popular due to E4 hosting their party on the beach, which hosts a variety of acts, and has put Weston Super Mare on the map. A good place for a stag or hen party as the city has a host of bars and clubs to whittle the hours away in.


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from collections import defaultdict
from math import log

class Scorer(object):
    """ Object to track scores of cache

    Prefers computations that have the following properties:

    1.  Costly to compute (seconds)
    2.  Cheap to store (bytes)
    3.  Frequently used
    4.  Recently used

    This object tracks both stated costs of keys and a separate score related
    to how frequently/recently they have been accessed.  It uses these to to
    provide a score for the key used by the ``Cache`` object, which is the main
    usable object.

    Example
    -------

    >>> s = Scorer(halflife=10)
    >>> s.touch('x', cost=2)  # score is similar to cost
    2
    >>> s.touch('x')  # scores increase on every touch
    4.138629436111989
    """
    def __init__(self, halflife):
        self.cost = dict()
        self.time = defaultdict(lambda: 0)

        self._base_multiplier = 1 + log(2) / float(halflife)
        self.tick = 1
        self._base = 1

    def touch(self, key, cost=None):
        """ Update score for key

        Provide a cost the first time and optionally thereafter.
        """
        time = self._base

        if cost is not None:
            self.cost[key] = cost
            self.time[key] += self._base
            time = self.time[key]
        else:
            try:
                cost = self.cost[key]
                self.time[key] += self._base
                time = self.time[key]
            except KeyError:
                return

        self._base *= self._base_multiplier
        return cost * time

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So said the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough to the graduating students of a Massachusetts high school in 2012. He wanted to brace these young people for a future that would no longer include the ego-soothing balm of participation trophies.
But you know what? Participation trophies don't end with kiddie soccer. They are a big thing -- and a thriving cottage industry -- in the world of business today.
I guess I'll be nice and not call out these honors individually. Let's just say that if the award has a "bridge" in its moniker to sell you, or it appears to be named after the former frontwoman of Fleetwood Mac, it might not be worth plunking down more than $500 per entry just to be able to announce you are one of the thousands of companies who've won it. The popular award mills promote themselves so aggressively that most of the folks you're trying to impress know what's up at this point.
But the harder-to-get awards -- the ones widely known and respected by those in your industry -- are another story. Showcased on your website, they can be hugely influential trust signals for your buyers and other audiences.
So how to determine which trophies to go for and which to pass on? Here are six steps to take when starting an awards initiative for your company:
Study the reputation of awarding organizations. For industry awards, the best contests to enter are often those run by your industry's leading trade organization or a professional institute. A close second are those offered by the top business or trade publications (although these sometimes can be "pay to play" as well, so look at each publication's program individually).
Take a close look at past winners. Before entering a contest, be sure to look at the list of winners for the past two or three years. Are these companies you aspire to be like? If they were a club would you want to be a member? Is the award sought after by your competitors? Or are the winning companies no-names that are already out of business for all you know? If you're not impressed by past winners, others aren't likely to be impressed by your win, either.
Make sure the award category fits your brand. Look for award programs with categories that reinforce and advance your brand message. If your company is a SaaS vendor that focuses on exceptional support, for example, find a program that offers a "Best Customer Service by a SaaS Provider" award. That's a great B2B SaaS marketing strategy.
Look for opportunities to share top accomplishments. Whether you're applying for a company, product or individual award, look for the best opportunities to share your most compelling successes -- the kind that show how you're different from your competitors and the quantifiable value you create for customers. Make sure it's a story with numbers and other hard data to back up the results.
Make sure to showcase your win. Don't be shy about putting the award logo on the homepage of your website, or on the product page if it's for a specific product. If the honor is notable enough, you should also highlight it in your team's email signatures, in a press release and in your advertising campaigns.
Create a calendar to keep the momentum going. Industry awards are usually annual, so once you've gone to the trouble to identify the short list of awards worth applying for, make sure you do it every year if you have a qualifying entry. It's a chance to send a message of consistent excellence. The only thing better than saying you're an Inc. 500 company, for example, is to say you've been an Inc. 500 company three years in a row.
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package org.jetbrains.debugger.connection;

import com.intellij.ide.browsers.WebBrowser;
import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.JBPopupFactory;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.Condition;
import com.intellij.ui.ColoredListCellRenderer;
import com.intellij.ui.components.JBList;
import com.intellij.util.Consumer;
import com.intellij.util.Function;
import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
import com.intellij.util.io.socketConnection.ConnectionStatus;
import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
import org.jetbrains.concurrency.AsyncPromise;
import org.jetbrains.concurrency.Promise;
import org.jetbrains.debugger.Vm;
import org.jetbrains.io.NettyUtil;
import org.jetbrains.rpc.CommandProcessor;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;

public abstract class RemoteVmConnection extends VmConnection<Vm> {
  private final AtomicReference<Runnable> connectCancelHandler = new AtomicReference<Runnable>();

  @Nullable
  @Override
  public WebBrowser getBrowser() {
    return null;
  }

  @NotNull
  public abstract Bootstrap createBootstrap(@NotNull InetSocketAddress address, @NotNull AsyncPromise<Vm> promise);

  public void open(@NotNull InetSocketAddress address) {
    open(address, null);
  }

  public void open(@NotNull final InetSocketAddress address, final Condition<Void> stopCondition) {
    setState(ConnectionStatus.WAITING_FOR_CONNECTION, "Connecting to " + address.getHostName() + ":" + address.getPort());
    final Future<?> future = ApplicationManager.getApplication().executeOnPooledThread(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        if (Thread.interrupted()) {
          return;
        }

        final AsyncPromise<Vm> result = new AsyncPromise<Vm>();
        connectCancelHandler.set(new Runnable() {
          @Override
          public void run() {
            result.setError(Promise.createError("Closed explicitly"));
          }
        });

        AsyncPromise<Void> connectionPromise = new AsyncPromise<Void>();
        NettyUtil.connect(createBootstrap(address, result), address, connectionPromise, stopCondition == null ? NettyUtil.DEFAULT_CONNECT_ATTEMPT_COUNT : -1, stopCondition);
        connectionPromise.rejected(new Consumer<Throwable>() {
          @Override
          public void consume(Throwable error) {
            result.setError(error);
          }
        });

        result
          .done(new Consumer<Vm>() {
            @Override
            public void consume(@NotNull Vm vm) {
              RemoteVmConnection.this.vm = vm;
              setState(ConnectionStatus.CONNECTED, "Connected to " + connectedAddressToPresentation(address, vm));
              startProcessing();
            }
          })
          .rejected(new Consumer<Throwable>() {
            @Override
            public void consume(Throwable error) {
              if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isUnitTestMode() || !(error instanceof Promise.MessageError)) {
                CommandProcessor.LOG.error(error);
              }
              setState(ConnectionStatus.CONNECTION_FAILED, error.getMessage());
            }
          })
          .processed(new Consumer<Vm>() {
            @Override
            public void consume(Vm vm) {
              connectCancelHandler.set(null);
            }
          });
      }
    });
    connectCancelHandler.set(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        future.cancel(true);
      }
    });
  }

  @NotNull
  protected String connectedAddressToPresentation(@NotNull InetSocketAddress address, @NotNull Vm vm) {
    return address.getHostName() + ":" + address.getPort();
  }

  @NotNull
  @Override
  public Promise<Void> detachAndClose() {
    Promise<Void> callback;
    try {
      Runnable runnable = connectCancelHandler.getAndSet(null);
      if (runnable != null) {
        runnable.run();
      }
    }
    finally {
      callback = super.detachAndClose();
    }
    return callback;
  }

  @NotNull
  public static <T> Promise<T> chooseDebuggee(@NotNull final Collection<T> targets, final int selectedIndex, @NotNull final Function<T, String> itemToString) {
    if (targets.size() == 1) {
      return Promise.resolve(ContainerUtil.getFirstItem(targets));
    }
    else if (targets.isEmpty()) {
      return Promise.reject("No tabs to inspect");
    }

    final AsyncPromise<T> result = new AsyncPromise<T>();
    ApplicationManager.getApplication().invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        final JBList list = new JBList(targets);
        list.setCellRenderer(new ColoredListCellRenderer() {
          @Override
          protected void customizeCellRenderer(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean selected, boolean hasFocus) {
            //noinspection unchecked
            append(itemToString.fun((T)value));
          }
        });
        if (selectedIndex != -1) {
          list.setSelectedIndex(selectedIndex);
        }

        JBPopupFactory.getInstance().
          createListPopupBuilder(list).
          setTitle("Choose Page to Debug").
          setItemChoosenCallback(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
              @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
              T value = (T)list.getSelectedValue();
              if (value == null) {
                result.setError(Promise.createError("No target to inspect"));
              }
              else {
                result.setResult(value);
              }
            }
          }).
          createPopup().showInFocusCenter();
      }
    });
    return result;
  }
}


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Welcome to Gran Fondo USA >> Taylor Phinney to join Cannondale-Drapac in 2017
Taylor Phinney to join Cannondale-Drapac in 2017
American Taylor Phinney will join Cannondale-Drapac next season
The move will mark a homecoming for Boulder, Colorado's Phinney, who got his start as a cyclist with Slipstream Sports CEO Jonathan Vaughters at Vaughters' development team, then known as Team 5280 Magazine.
Phinney will focus on the northern classics and time trials. The 26-year-old has worn the maglia rosa and finished fourth at the Olympics in both the road race and time trial (2012). He's won stages at the Eneco Tour, USA Pro Cycling Challenge and the Tour of Poland, and the overall at the Dubai Tour (2014). Phinney has also finished runner-up at the world championships in the time trial (2012).
"I have some close friends that race for the team. And it just generally seems like the team itself has a good vibe. I also met with [Vaughters] earlier this year and really connected," Phinney said. "One of the major reasons is to work with Cannondale, as an American bike sponsor. My first bike I got was a blue Cannondale that I got from my parents. My family, we used to have closer ties to Cannondale — when I was a kid, those were the bikes that we rode as a family. So it's cool to return to that."
Phinney has been haunted by the effects of a crash at US nationals in 2014, where he braked to avoid a motorbike and badly broke his leg. It has taken him years to recover, and at times he's thought about leaving cycling. All told, the move to Cannondale-Drapac is a chance to remain in the sport he loves with a fresh start.
"This opportunity presented itself to bring my career into a full circle in one way. It definitely feels like a fresh new start, which I'm excited about," Phinney said. "The last few years have been pretty trying, though super rewarding. But at the same time, I've been putting a lot of energy into recovering from this ultra-broken leg that I had in 2014. And BMC supported me through that whole process, and I'm really grateful to them for that … But I've changed the way I see things, the way that I approach things, the way that I appreciate things. Once the idea came into my mind of making a big change in my career, trying something new, trying a different environment, it was just something that felt really right to me."
Vaughters saw how Phinney responded to his broken leg and decided to pursue his former rider.
"I've always believed he was an absolutely unbelievable talent. My concern for him was that it came too easily for him. That he was so talented that he never really had to learn from the school of hard knocks of bike racing. And I always felt like that was going to limit his career," Vaughters said. "So the crash in 2014, the massive injury that occurred after that, was to me the sort of testing point to see if Taylor really wanted to be a professional cyclist or whether or not he was content with his first glory years in the sport — he could step away from the sport having done more in three or four years than most people do in 15 years … And all of a sudden, it became this question of whether he really wanted it. Whether he truly, really, wanted it. Not, 'I want to do this because of my family's heritage,' or 'I want to do this because I don't have anything better to do,' or 'I want to do this because I get paid a lot.'"
Ultimately, Vaughters got his answer.
"In speaking with him over the summer, I got the impression that he did want to be a bike racer. His injury was severe and very difficult to come back from. He's worked incredibly hard to get his leg to function again. At this point, there's no reason he's not going to be able to realize his full potential. The last eight months hasn't been so much being held back by the injury itself, it's been the two years of not having consistent racing and training because he had to be rehabbing this injury," Vaughters said. "Little by little, he's putting that back together. For me, next year, his health should be 100 percent. His motivation should be 100 percent. Now, it's just a matter of putting that all together. Now he's got to prove whether all the hype when he was young was valid or not. I hope we're the team to put our backs into it and prove he was worth the hype."
Phinney's addition to the team bolsters the Cannondale-Drapac classics squad. He'll join new signing Sep Vanmarcke and up-and-comer Dylan van Baarle (sixth at Flanders in 2016) in Belgium and France.
"Taylor brings horsepower. A lot of horsepower," said sport director Andreas Klier. "Besides that, I think he is a very good team player with nearly unlimited possibilities when we consider the three weeks of northern classics. Taylor has shown plenty of times that he is high value for a real leader, and Sep is definitely one of them. I'm looking forward to working with them. I think if you add Dylan [van Baarle] to the two names we already mentioned, then we have enough people to cover those northern races. And all of them are able to perform outside those three weeks on a high level, we shouldn't forget that."
Vaughters said Phinney slots in as a support/wildcard rider at the classics, but pointed toward the Tour de France as an important target.
"As far as the northern classics, Sep is our number one guy," said Vaughters. "Dylan Van Baarle is the chief lieutenant. So Taylor fits into a little bit more of a support rider, wildcard role in the classics. He's a little less proven — 260k races, it takes a little longer to fully adapt to those until you've done multiple grand tours and have more of a foundation, which he doesn't really have right now because of his injury. I fully expect him to be in the final 20, 25 rider selection in the classics. Without a doubt. That's the number goal for the first part of the year."
"And then the big goal for the second part of the season is the 13 kilometer opening time trial in Dusseldorf at the Tour de France," Vaughters continued. "We're working with Cannondale on the fastest possible bike for him. We're working with Mavic on new tires and wheel technology. And we're trying to develop something that's super fast for him. He's going to do his half of the equation, and we're going to try to pull it all together and see if we can garner a yellow jersey in Dusseldorf."
Even getting to the point where Phinney can talk about goals again has been a process that's taken time. He's gotten here in his own, unique way.
"I just want to win. Because that's what it's all about. I feel like I'm to an age where I'm more comfortable with myself and who I am," said Phinney. "I really feel like recently I'm coming into this vast, general acceptance of exactly who I am. And not feeling self-conscious about embracing who I am. I find that by sharing that and just being true to yourself you can inspire other people and unite a group around a certain cause. I love the idea of being able to step into that role a bit more also and let my personality shine through in a new, fresh way. I'm doing it already, I've been doing it my whole career, but I'm more mindful about it now."
"I feel like I just got back to a point with my body that I'm able to think about goals and not just think about surviving these races. And that's powerful," Phinney added. "It's easy to set goals. Yeah, Roubaix, Tour de France. Because everybody says that. But I want to get that hunger back, that fire, that real commitment to what I'm doing — that fully engaged, intentional, every-second-of-the-race, you're in it. But if I think about the coolest thing I could do next year it would be to win the opening time trial at the TourFrance. To race the Tour de France. Because I've never done it."
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'Carhopping' suspects arrested
Damien Fisher
GARDNER — Police arrested three suspects early Thursday morning after they were reportedly spotted breaking into cars along Mayfield Road.
Joshua M. Woods, 17, of 108 Glenwood St., Kyle Bridges, 20, of 15 Union St., Apt. B, and an unnamed 16-year-old male were taken into custody after 1 a.m. Thursday as they walked on Jerome Avenue, according to the report filed by Gardner Police Officer Jesse Gadarowski.
An off-duty police officer called the station Thursday morning after reportedly watching three subjects get into a car parked in a driveway on Mayfield Road and "rummage" through the vehicle,.
Officer Gadarowski and others responded to the call, and tracked the young men down to Jerome Avenue. Along the way, Officer Gadarowski reports seeing cars that had the interior dome lights on, or their doors slightly open.
Mr. Woods had three knives with him when he was arrested, according to the report.
During an interview, Mr. Bridges claimed Mr. Woods was the ringleader in that night's "carhopping," Officer Gadarowski reports.
"(Mr. Bridges) made reference to how they checked cars for unlocked handles, and if they are unlocked, they rummaged through them looking for cash, loose changes, and other items," Officer Gadarowski wrote.
Mr. Bridges then showed police more cars the three had broken into, up to 17 vehicles in total.
Mr. Woods is charged with 17 counts of breaking and entering in the nighttime for a felony.
The 16-year-old is being charged in the juvenile court on six counts, and Mr. Bridges is being charged with one count.
Both Mr. Bridges and Mr. Woods were arraigned Thursday afternoon in Gardner District Court.
They were both released on personal recognizance bail, and placed on GPS monitoring until their next court date on March 27.


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1. Kyle Busch (change from last week: =). Kyle Busch was spun out twice last Sunday at Watkins Glen, early after contact with William Byron and later after a firm tap from Bubba Wallace, yet he still finished 11th and climbed to the lead of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. That's when you know a guy has it going. Busch continues to lead or is tied for the lead in the Cup Series in so many performance categories – wins (four), top-fives (11), top-10s (18, four more than any other driver), laps led (1,015) and stage wins (eight). He also leads the most important stat of all, the points, by 13 over Joey Logano. Busch already is locked into the Playoffs and appears to be headed for a top-two seed, as third-place Kevin Harvick trails him by 74 points. It will be a shock and a pretty significant collapse if "Rowdy" isn't among the Final Four racing for the championship Nov. 17 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
2. Denny Hamlin (last week: =). Denny Hamlin just keeps on trucking, with a record of consistency over the last four races that's tough to match. Hamlin has finished fifth at Kentucky, second at New Hampshire, first at Pocono and third at Watkins Glen. Impressive numbers, but that performance is even more stout when you consider each of those tracks is different – 1.5-mile tri-oval, 1-mile paper-clip oval, 2.5-mile triangle and road course – yet Hamlin continues to deliver. Hamlin is a steady fourth in the standings behind Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick, but nobody has been more consistent in the last month.
3. Erik Jones (last week: =). A victory is the only thing separating Erik Jones from stardom this season in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The former holder of the best mullet in NASCAR still is seeking his first win this season, but man, has he been so close the last four weeks. Jones has finished third, third, second and fourth in the last four races – again, all on different kinds of tracks – and seemingly has graduated from a young star seen as a future champion to a guy who could hoist the cup this November at Homestead. He's 13th in the standings but appears to be safe for the Playoffs, as he's 54 points ahead of Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman, tied for the 16th and final spot. A win immediately would launch Jones into elite contender status for the postseason if he continues to run this well.
4. Martin Truex Jr. (last week: not ranked). Martin Truex Jr. enters the Power Rankings for the first time to further validate the remarkable season produced so far by Joe Gibbs Racing. The top four drivers in this admittedly subjective ranking are from the Gibbs team, but the numbers also back up that status. Gibbs' drivers Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Truex have combined to win 11 of the 22 Cup Series races this season. Truex suffered an early July dip with finishes of 22nd in the aerodynamic lottery of Daytona and then 19th at Kentucky, but he has rallied to finish sixth, third and second in his last three starts. Truex is fifth in points but is projected to end up as the No. 2 seed for the Playoffs based on his win total of four. Count out 2017 Cup Series champion Truex at your peril in the postseason.
5. Kevin Harvick (last week: not ranked). It's no secret that Stewart-Haas Racing isn't enjoying the same bulldozer ride of last year, when it placed all four of its cars into the Playoffs. But 2003 Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard winner Kevin Harvick is carrying his weight with the team's only victory this season and a consistent performance featuring 14 top-10 finishes in 22 starts in his Ford. "Happy" is starting to show championship form over the last three weeks, with a victory at New Hampshire, a sixth-place finish at Pocono and a seventh-place result at Watkins Glen. He's safely in the Playoffs with the New Hampshire victory and is third in the NASCAR standings, 74 points behind leader Kyle Busch. Don't be surprised if Harvick solidifies his spot in the points this Sunday at Michigan. He has won twice during his career at the 2-mile oval, tied for second among active drivers and only behind Busch, Kyle Larson and Joey Logano, who each have won three times in the Irish Hills of Michigan.
Dropping out from last week: Joey Logano (No. 4), Ryan Newman (No. 5)
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Three Americans In Top Five Of MotoGP Test At Malaysia If the results of the latest test are any indication, it could be a star-spangled season in MotoGP. American riders Nicky Hayden, Colin Edwards and Ben Spies seized three of the top five spots in a MotoGP test Feb. 25-26 at the Sepang Circuit near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eighteen riders tested to prepare for the 2010 season, which includes the Red Bull Indianapolis GP on Sunday, Aug. 29 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Read More February 26, 2010 Paul Kelly
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RYE - The Rye High School Class of 2007 was challenged Friday night to go out and change the world.
"Today, the entire world is at war," Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor told the 50 graduates during Rye's commencement ceremony, held in the school gymnasium.
"There's the war on drugs, the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, war on religion, war on violence."
He told the students it is now up to them to help stop those wars.
Taylor, a 1982 Rye High graduate and senior class president, gave the keynote address to the class, which included his son, Travis.
Taylor told the students that society today has forgotten the spirit of teamwork and helping each other and instead the focus is on "me."
"Whatever happened to President John F. Kennedy's famous quote, �Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country,� � Taylor asked the graduates.
"I challenge you all to change that. It's high time to be a part of something - a family, a nation, a religion or a community."
Taylor told the graduates it's up to them to go out and change the world or "the wars that are being waged today will be lost."
Taylor reminded the seniors that as they depart Rye High School to always remember where they came from.
"Even those who have made up your mind to leave this community and are ready to tackle the world, it's great," he said. "But remember when you come back, you are safe and you are at home."
Taylor said that whatever path the graduates choose to take from furthering their education, to going into the work force, starting families or serving their country in the military, "for all of you, I wish you the best of luck."
In addition to Taylor's words of inspiration, the class also heard advice from valedictorian Morgan Minck and salutatorian Angela Kisse.
Kisse told her classmates that they must pursue their own happiness.
"Now as we embark on the real world, we must not cling to the happiness of yesterday," she said. "We must look forward to tomorrow.
"I hope your laugh lines outnumber your worry warts and I hope that happiness will not find you, but that you will find happiness."
Minck said that in order for the graduates to find success as they enter the world, they must continue to work at it.
"No matter how you start out in life, potential by itself has never gotten anyone anywhere," he said. "But combine hard work with potential and you are well on your way to doing successful things."
Minck told the students that they must posses self confidence in seeking success.
"There is no way that anyone will believe in your words if you don't believe in them yourself."
Finally, Minck told the members of the class that his wish is for all 50 graduates to succeed.
"Don't let anyone define your success," he said. "And don't compare your success to anyone else's success."
As part of the graduation ceremony, Morgan Baker, student body president, honored Rye's retiring Principal Richard Sanchez.
"We honor you for your hard work and dedication to this school," she said as she presented him with a plaque from the Class of 2007.


Being on a spree of introducing a whole lot of new smartphones, HTC seems to stop at nothing. In recent past months, there have been smartphones like HTC One M9, One M9 Plus, and the leaked information about HTC Butterfly 3. The latest inclusion in the device headlines by HTC is the HTC M9 ew which is the so called plastic variant of the latest flagship device, HTC One M9. And here is another rumor of a smartphone code named HTC Hima Ace being leaked.
As per the leaked reports, HTC is developing a new smartphone HTC One ME9 which is natively being assumed to be called as HTC Hima Ace. Expectedly, HTC One ME9 features a 64 bit MediaTek MT6795 processor with a clock rate of 2.2 GHz paired with 3 GB RAM. As per the leaked specifications, Hima Ace will pack a 5.2 inch WQHD display and a 20 MP rear facing camera for an outstanding imaging experience. A front facing camera powered with Ultra Pixel technology is available as well. HTC One ME9 runs on Android Lollipop platform with HTC Sense 7.0 UI on top.
HTC One ME9 price is expected to be around 536 USD and it is presumed to hit Asian sub-continent for the starters. It is expected to come in Meteor Gray, Sepia Gold and Classic Rose Gold colors. Though there is no official word on the smartphone yet, but it can be seen around in the market by the month of July this year.


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You know the kid that always got in trouble for talking too much, or always asking a lot of questions? Yea, that was me.
I grew up in Decatur, Georgia and earned my Bachelor of Arts degree from Claflin University, the first Historically Black College in South Carolina where I served as the SGA President.
My first reporting job was at WLTX in Columbia, South Carolina. At WLTX I won an Edward R. Murrow Award for my reporting on concussions in middle and high schools.
In 2015 I started working with First Coast News in Jacksonville, Florida. There I covered the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the church shooting in Charleston, the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting and Hurricane Matthew.
In 2016 I won an Emmy for my reporting on coaching salaries and education.
Following Jacksonville, I was a reporter at KSHB in Kansas City, Missouri. While enjoying some great BBQ, I covered politics in Kansas and Missouri. I served as lead reporter during the Gov. Eric Greitens sex scandal and resignation. I also covered historic flood and multiple tornados.
Mentoring is important to me. Since 2011 I have been a "big" with Big Brothers Big Sisters in multiple states.
I'm proud of my Atlanta roots and sports teams, my personal passion is covering politics. I'm a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Shaquille O'Neal surprises Dallas student for his work both on and off the court
It's been a roller coaster week for the South Oak Cliff High School basketball team following a shooting at their game last weekend.
Dallas ISD security members inconsistent about enforcing stricter safety policies
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Dallas ISD prohibiting bags in stadiums after 18-year-old is shot during basketball game
Dallas ISD said it will increase security following this weekend's shooting at a high school basketball game.
Dallas DA John Creuzot's contempt of court case dismissed
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Authorities arrested a man on Monday after tracking him to a house in the 2900 block of Valentine Street. He's accused of shooting three people at an East Dallas senior living apartment complex. The swarm of police lights came just a day after a one-year-old child was murdered in a home on the same street.
Fans pack Cotton Bowl Stadium for 2020 NHL Winter Classic
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Vigils held Monday night after deadly shooting at White Settlement church
Two vigils were held simultaneously on Monday night one day after a man killed two people in a White Settlement church before being shot dead by church security.
Pigeon dies after having cowboy hat glued on its head, rescue group says
Trump administration proposes rollback to Michelle Obama school lunch guidelines


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(Ordering a coffee in Whanganui-a-tara, Aotearoa)
Can I please have a mochaccino?
Sure, what is your name?
Ataria.
Natalia? Atalia?
No, A-ta-ri-a.
Oh okay... uhh... how do you spell that?
A-T-A-R-I-A.
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A number of political parties have recently commented on universal te reo Māori in schools, creating a media furore (as per usual when it comes to Māori issues). In my opinion one of the key benefits of te reo in schools would be an improvement in the correct pronunciation of Māori words. In Aotearoa the pronunciation of many Māori words is not a choice; for example names of places and people.
In 1840 te reo was the primary language used for communication, customs, and culture in Aotearoa. At that time Margaret Mutu estimates that Māori "outnumbered Pākehā by 70,000–90,000 to 2,000" and many settlers were bilingual in both Māori and English. Fast forward 177 years — past the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (including 135 years where the Treaty was conspicuously absent from legislation) — to 2017 where, surprisingly, a large number of people living in Aotearoa cannot speak te reo.
To make matters worse, many who live in Aotearoa do not even know how or choose not to pronounce Māori words correctly.
To illustrate this point, the Human Rights Commission has a webpage titled "Commonly Mispronounced Te Reo Māori Place Names" featuring Māori land names such as Tauranga and Taupō. Māori place names hold significance both culturally and through whakapapa. Therefore, when they and personal names are pronounced incorrectly (irrespective of the reasons for it), as suggested by Rita Kohli and Daniel Solorzano from Santa Clara University and the University of California, these subtle acts can become "layered insults that intersect with an 'othering' of race, language, and culture."
The realisation for many Māori that their name is on a daily basis pronounced incorrectly in the only place they call home, their tūrangawaewae, is surely an accumulative form of verbal indignity that could send the message that "your language, your culture, and perhaps even you; are not valued here in New Zealand."
As is stated by Trinity Thompson on her blog Fruit From the Vine: "I wish my friends knew that saying Māori words properly really makes a difference to me. It makes me feel like my culture and language is valued."
Recently I tutored an introductory Māori Studies paper where there was a high intake of exchange students. Students hailed from countries as far afield as the UK, America, and Canada. All were required to do a presentation where they were marked on their pronunciation of Māori words. The exchange students had overwhelmingly excellent pronunciation.
In my opinion this was largely due to the hard work and perceived importance they put into practising the indigenous language of their host country. I had exchange students meet with me before and after tutorials to help them practise their pronunciation, and even specifically request that we covered pronunciation in the tutorial. It was heartwarming to see this dedication to te reo.
So why is the correct pronunciation of Māori words and language important? Well firstly I think it is important to acknowledge the existence of, and cumulative effects of, racial microaggressions in everyday life. I also believe that all of us living in Aotearoa have an opportunity to recognise our shared history and to take up the challenge as set in the 1986 te reo Māori claim (by the Waitangi Tribunal) to:
"put the language, and therefore the culture, onto a pedestal so that our tamariki will see being Māori as something to be proud of, not something to be treated as worthless."
Together as people who live in Aotearoa, we have a collective responsibility to encourage and support the correct pronunciation of Māori words and names.
This article was also published in Salient
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Man dies after 'numerous bees' sting him at his Arizona home
Epigmenio Gonzalez was found covered in bees in his yard in Yuma, Arizona, after the bees became agitated, officials said.
Man dies after 'numerous bees' sting him at his Arizona home Epigmenio Gonzalez was found covered in bees in his yard in Yuma, Arizona, after the bees became agitated, officials said. Check out this story on pal-item.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/08/epigmenio-gonzalez-dies-after-numerous-bees-sting-him-arizona/3401833002/
BrieAnna J. Frank, Arizona Republic Published 1:51 p.m. ET April 8, 2019 | Updated 2:45 p.m. ET April 8, 2019
A man in Arizona is dead after a swarm of bees attacked him at his home. Buzz60
PHOENIX — A 51-year-old Arizona man died after being stung by bees Sunday evening, the Yuma County Sheriff's Office said.
The sheriff's office responded to reports of a man being stung by "numerous bees" at a residence in Yuma just before 6:30 p.m., according to officials.
Investigators discovered that Epigmenio Gonzalez had gone out to his backyard to remove a beehive from a couch when the bees became agitated and stung him, the sheriff's office said.
Gonzalez ran to his front yard, where officials found him covered in bees.
Rural Metro sprayed Gonzalez with water, and first responders took him to Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, the sheriff's office said.
A female victim who was at the residence at the time was also transported to the hospital with numerous bee stings. Her condition was unknown Sunday night.
Several sheriff's deputies and Rural Metro personnel were also stung, but none sought medical attention.
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French Alpha jets of the Patrouille de France spray lines of smoke in the colors of the French flag over the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade in Paris. Michel Euler, AP
A French soldier from the Barkhane force stands in front of the Arc de Triomphe prior to the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. Philippe Lopez, AFP/Getty Images
A riot police officer takes position on the Champs-Elysees avenue during scuffles with demonstrators after Bastille Day parade in Paris. Rafael Yaghobzadeh, AP
Firefighters extinguish a fire as protestors linked to the Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes) movement take part in a demonstration on the side of the annual Bastille Day ceremony on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Abdulmonam Eassa, AFP/Getty Images
Carole Duplantis cleans her yard of fallen tree limbs from the rains and winds of Tropical Storm Barry just north of New Iberia, La. Henrietta Wildsmith, Shreveport Times via USA TODAY Network
Earnest Rankin walks through the flood waters from Tropical Storm Barry in New Iberia, La. Henrietta Wildsmith, Shreveport Times via USA TODAY Network
A barber shaves a customer on a roadside shop in the old quarters of New Delhi, India. Sajjad Hussain, AFP/Getty Images
Police officers tear the shirt of a protester during a clash inside a shopping arcade in Sha Tin of Hong Kong after a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Sha Tin district of Hong Kong. Philip Fong, AFP/Getty Images
A boat carries villagers and cattle to a highland in Katahguri village along the river Brahmaputra, east of Gauhati, India. Officials in northeastern India said more than a dozen people were killed and over a million affected by flooding. Rain-triggered floods, mudslides and lightning have left a trail of destruction in other parts of South Asia. Anupam Nath, AP
A Myanmar farmer plows the paddy field to grow rice at a farm in Moulmeingyun township of Ayeyarwaddy region, Myanmar. Lynn Bo Bo, EPA-EFE
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