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Das Wellesley College ist eine US-amerikanische private Hochschule für Frauen. Viele heute bekannte Personen studierten dort.

Das College wurde 1870 von Henry Fowle Durant und seiner Frau Pauline gegründet. Das College wurde nach dem Namen des benachbarten Anwesens des Philanthropen Horatio Hollis Hunnewell "Wellesley" benannt, das dieser nach der Familie seiner Frau benannt hatte. Heute sei es Anspruch des College, "Frauen, die etwas in der Welt bedeuten werden, eine exzellente Ausbildung zu geben".

Das College, in Wellesley (rund 27 km westlich von Boston) gelegen, bietet ein Studium in den "Liberal Arts"; die Studentinnen erhalten nach vierjährigem Studium einen Bachelor-Abschluss. Die Hochschule ist eine der Seven Sisters (Sieben Schwestern; ein Zusammenschluss amerikanischer Frauen-Colleges) und hat ca. 2300 Studentinnen. In der Rangliste der Zeitschrift U.S. News & World Report nimmt das College regelmäßig einen der fünf Spitzenplätze unter den "Liberal Arts"-Colleges der USA ein und wurde jedes Mal als das beste Frauen-College in dieser Kategorie bewertet.
1950 bis 1973 wurde hier The Wellesley Edition herausgegeben.

Der Film Mona Lisas Lächeln spielt am Wellesley College und wurde dort auch teilweise gedreht.

Zahlen zu den Studierenden, den Dozenten und zum Vermögen
Im Herbst 2021 waren 2.461 Studierende am Wellesley College eingeschrieben, die alle ihren ersten Studienabschluss anstrebten und damit undergraduates waren. Von diesen waren 99 % weiblich und 1 % männlich; 21 % bezeichneten sich als asiatisch, 8 % als schwarz/afroamerikanisch, 14 % als Hispanic/Latino 34 % als weiß und weitere 14 % kamen aus dem Ausland. Es lehrten 419 Dozenten an der Universität, davon 323 in Vollzeit und 96 in Teilzeit. 2020 waren es 2.280 Studierende gewesen.

Der Wert des Stiftungsvermögens der Hochschule lag 2021 bei 3,236 Mrd. US-Dollar und damit 41,6 % höher als im Jahr 2020, in dem es 2,285 Mrd. US-Dollar betragen hatte. 2009 waren es 1,63 Mrd. US-Dollar gewesen.

Persönlichkeiten

Präsidentinnen
 Ada Howard, 1875–1881
 Alice Freeman Palmer, 1881–1887
 Helen Shafer, 1887–1894
 Julia Irvine, 1894–1899
 Caroline Hazard, 1899–1910
 Ellen Fitz Pendleton 1886, 1911–1936
 Mildred McAfee, 1936–1949
 Margaret Clapp, 1949–1966
 Ruth Adams, 1966–1972
 Barbara W. Newell, 1972–1980
 Nannerl Overholser Keohane, 1981–1993
 Diana Chapman Walsh, 1993–2007
 H. Kim Bottomly, 2007–2016
 Paula A. Johnson, 2016

Dozierende
 Edith Abbott, Sozialwissenschaftlerin
 Julián Marías Aguilera, spanischer Philosoph
 Emily Greene Balch, Ökonomin, Friedensnobelpreis 1946
 Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomin
 Clara Eaton Cummings, Botanikerin
 Margaret Clay Ferguson, Pflanzenphysiologin
 Jorge Guillén, spanischer Dichter
 Susan Hallowell, Botanikerin
 Charlotte Houtermans, Physikochemikerin
 Hedwig Kohn, Physikerin
 Mary Lefkowitz, Altphilologin
 Tom Lehrer, Mathematiker
 Tony Martin, Historiker
 Helen Abbot Merrill, Mathematikerin und Hochschullehrerin
 Anne Eugenia Felicia Morgan, Philosophin, Schriftstellerin und Spieleentwicklerin
 Vladimir Nabokov, russischer Literaturwissenschaftler
 Alice Freeman Palmer, Geschichte
 Adrian Piper, Philosophin
 Helen Dodson Prince, Astronomin und Hochschullehrerin
 Euphemia R. Worthington, Mathematikerin
 Richard Rorty, Philosoph
 Helen Almira Shafer, Mathematikerin und 3. Präsidentin
 Quinn Slobodian, Historiker
 Claude Vigée, französischer Dichter
 Alice Walker, Schriftstellerin

Absolventinnen

 Madeleine Albright (1959), Außenministerin der Vereinigten Staaten von 1997 bis 2001
 Lisa Alther (1966), Schriftstellerin
 Barbara Babcock (1960), Schauspielerin
 Blanche Baker (1978), Schauspielerin
 Carolina Barco (1973), kolumbianische Politikerin
 Muriel Gardiner Buttinger (1922), Psychoanalytikerin und Autorin
 Hillary Clinton (1969), Außenministerin der Vereinigten Staaten von 2009 bis 2013
 Harriet B. Creighton (1929), Pflanzengenetikerin, Mitentdeckerin des Crossing over bei Mais
 Jo Duffy, Comicautorin und Redakteurin
 Nora Ephron (1962), Drehbuchautorin und Filmregisseurin
 Margaret Clay Ferguson,(1888), Pflanzenphysiologin und Hochschullehrerin
 Rosario Ferré (1960), puertorikanische Schriftstellerin
 Colette Flesch (1960), luxemburgische Politikerin und Fechterin
 Nancy Friday (1955), Autorin
 Mary Graustein (1906), Mathematikerin und Hochschullehrerin
 Marjorie Grene (1931), Philosophin
 Carolyn Heilbrun (1947), Schriftstellerin
 Mary Rockwell Hook (1890), Architektin
 Erna Schneider Hoover (1932), Programmiererin und Erfinderin einer Prozesspriorisierung bei der computerisierten Telefonvermittlung
 Rosalind Krauss (1962), Kunstkritikerin und -theoretikerin
 Ali MacGraw (1960), Schauspielerin
 Renate Mayntz (1950), deutsche Soziologin
 Song Meiling (1917), Ehefrau von Chiang Kai-shek
 Pamela Melroy (1983), Astronautin
 Helen Abbot Merrill (1886), Mathematikerin und Hochschullehrerin
 Ellen Fitz Pendleton (1864–1936), Mathematikerin und 6. Präsidentin des College
 Cameron Russell, Modell
 Euphemia R. Worthington (1881–1969), Mathematikerin
 Nayantara Sahgal (1947), indische Schriftstellerin und Journalistin
 Diane Sawyer (1967), TV-Journalistin und -Moderatorin
 Gertrude Woodcock Seibert (1885), Lyrikerin und Bibelforscherin
 Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1912), Journalistin, Autorin, Verfechterin des Frauenwahlrechts und Naturschützerin
 Cynthia Westcott, (1920), Phytopathologin und Autorin
 Ernestine Wiedenbach (1923), Pflegewissenschaftlerin
 Mary Allen Wilkes (1959), Informatikerin und Juristin

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Private Hochschule in den Vereinigten Staaten
Frauenhochschule
Hochschule in Massachusetts
Gegründet 1870
Organisation (Norfolk County, Massachusetts)


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Hindu – None in Hindusim.


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ELEMENTAL SPIRITS...WHAT ARE THEY?
In the paranormal field we often hear the term "elemental spirits" There does not seem to be a lot of information about them, as we know very little about them. Much of the information available, comes from folklore and cultural beliefs. Most people have heard of these spirits as being related to the four elements, such as earth, air, fire, and water. Some add the fifth element "ether" to the list, but I don't think it stops there. I think there are many different types of elementals. I think every living thing has it's own spirit, and also it's overseeing divine spirit, almost like a collective consciousness of that species, that may be appointed by the creator of all things. The Native Americans believe very strongly in animal, elemental spirits. God's world is very complex. Very often I think that elementals are mistaken for demonic spirits because in reality most elementals do not like human beings. Since the humans are the species that destroys the earth for every other creature and has killed and abused the animals, the earth and their own kind so much, it is not surprising that these elementals might have a strong distaste for us. For this reason they often do tend to come off as aggressive or mean to human beings, especially if we venture into their space. Elementals also display in ways that superstitious people would attribute to something evil or demonic, because their eyes glow etc. Many people never think of an animal elemental as a possibility for paranormal activity because their belief system does not recognize animals as having a soul or spirit, so of course everything that is not human in their eyes must be demonic. Here are some elemental eye photos that were recently captured on a case.
Notice the medicine wheel where this elemental is hanging out. The close ups above also came from this location and NO these are not living animals that put off eyeshine. We debunked that right away. We are still working this case at this time, so we do not have more info. right now. we will add it later as it becomes available. I honestly believe that these photos are the eyes of animal elemental spirits right now. Further investigation may prove otherwise but until then, this i my strongest feeling as we saw animal shapes in the form of black shadows at this location as well.
I have encountered one specific kind of elemental spirit, during my years of research that posed a whole new line of thinking for me. This was an "animal elemental" that was stirring up some serious trouble at a residential home, on a large piece of property. This spirit was that of a deer, but not just any old deer. This deer was more of a Saint among deer, and was avenging the constant sport hunting being done by the man who lived there. The only way to explain what this kid of elemental spirit is in a way that folks can grasp it, is to compare it to our world.
Now we as human's have our deities and our saints. For example :the most popular religious Saint or spirit among the Christians is Jesus. He kind of represents to the Christians, God's representative in human form. He is their savior. Well the deer spirit, that was raising a fuss at the home I mentioned earlier, is sort of the "Jesus Christ" of deer. Animal species have their great spirits too, that are almost like the collective consciousness of that species. The man who lived on that property, hunted purely for sport and to collect trophies for his walls. He had so many deer heads on the walls, along with boars, even an alligator. The home was like a shrine to his hunting adventures, with more mounted and stuffed animals than I have ever seen anywhere. The problems started for him when he shot and mounted a certain ten point buck. From there out a haunting of extreme proportions ensued at the residence. The investigation there, not only revealed the animal elementals but also some fire elementals as we got photos of fire, that was not there, and a creature apparition that looked like it was made of flames as well. Then we got the deer apparition. Human spirits had also joined in to the effort with this haunting.
Nature has it's own spirits that we know little about. The native Americans have long known about these spirits. They tell of an animal of each species that houses it's elemental spirit. The animal that houses this spirit, supposedly has within it's body a Mustika Stone or Pearl. This deer that the man killed could have been the elemental for that group of deer.
The vessel for an animal elemental is supposedly, this Mustika Pearl, or stone. These stones form in the body of an animal, when the elemental spirit has been living in that animal for some years, forming a symbiotic relationship, in which the animal is strengthened, and the elemental also learns some unique powers from the animal. These elementals that choose to work outside there own world to form such relationships are most useful to our world. When the animal dies naturally, on it's own, and the spirit wishes to continue to work and evolve, it may pass to another animal of it's assigned species, or at times, may even become a willing partner to its human keeper. That is, if the human keeper is a spiritually progressive person, with the earth's best interest at heart. Killing an animal that houses this elemental spirit, can lead to real trouble. Possessing a Mustika Stone can open a person to all kinds of spiritual help, but only if you get it by the animal's natural death. When an animal is slaughtered, for sport and the stone falls to the ground during the gutting and cleaning of the carcass, then the animal elemental spirit is freed and able to exact revenge, for all of it's kind and deliver karma, to those who hunt and kill for the thrill of it, for sport trophies, or just because they enjoy it. The animal elemental spirits serve to protect their animal species, as a whole. They will avenge any wrong doing to the animal kingdom, and to their appointed species. This is why so many times, people that abuse or mistreat animals often eventually fall victim to an attack by an animal that, really outclasses them, and does real damage.
Let's look at this for a moment. Everyone knows Steve Irwin, the famed "Croc hunter." He supposedly did a lot for animal conservation in Australia, but................. he also hunted down and harassed many, many, animals for his TV show, for the purposes of entertainment also. He was famous for phrases like" See the Croc over there, he hates me. I am going to grab him by the tail, Let's see what he does!" Then he would go and grab the animal and hold it for the camera, and I saw him taunt snakes many times just to get them to strike. He made a lot of money doing this show. In the end, he died because a sting ray, speared him through the heart with it's barbed tail. Hmmmm....... What are the chances of that happening? I can not help but see the irony and the karma there. Perhaps the sting ray said "There's Steve Irwin, who is always bothering the animals, I think I will spear him, let's see what he does?" Live by the sword, die by the sword? Of course you can only tempt fate so many times, but the animal world does have it's own justice, and I believe the animal elementals participate in the delivery of that justice, more than we know. The trespasses we commit against all of God's creatures eventually catch up with us. Steve Irwin fans please do not be offended here, i liked the guy too but he did hunt down and taunt animals for TV ratings and money and so he was not Lily white in the big picture folks. As I aid the animal world has it's own justice. From their point of view, they would not need conservation if not for "Man" and Steve was a man right? Also our methods of conservation are not always what the animals were meant to have for their lives. Sometimes we capture, tag and traumatize them, sometimes we cage them or bring them into captivity to breed them etc. There is a price to be paid for all that we do to the animal kingdom, from taking away habitat, hunting to extinction, killing and cruelty, you name it.
Elemental spirits of the earth itself, also seem to play their part in protecting certain areas from human infiltration. I also think that human spirits, and guardian spirits of all kinds work together to bring about certain things, that thwart the destruction of certain sacred places. For example: A real estate developer bought a large tract of land that houses not only an animal conservation area, but a Native Burial ground as well. As soon as they started to clear the land and started to build, these enormous sinkholes staring popping up everywhere. This made the land unsuitable for development, and halted the project in it's tracks. Once the project was aborted the sinkholes stopped cropping up and the land has sat undisturbed for years now. The flora and fauna have grown back and the animals have also moved back into the area. Odd. Was this the actions of earth elementals who wanted this place to be left alone as a refuge for the wildlife and a sacred resting place for the Native Americans? I tend to think so. The land tract has been bought and sold four times now and every owner has just given up their plans and abandoned the land, with a for sale sign posted ad infinitum.
Now let's look at another thing that is related to this subject. Before every major natural disaster such as Tsunami's hurricanes, earthquakes etc, all the wild life seems to take off and head to safe ground or higher ground, to avoid being killed or affected by the natural disaster. This was documented during the tsunami in Indonesia. Whether by instinct, or divine tip off, of some kind these animals fled. Humans on the other hand died in mass numbers. Are animals are in touch with the elemental spirits, both those of the earth, and those of their own individual animal elementals? Could be. Primitive people also seemed to be in touch with these forces, and often escaped the same types of natural disasters by some kind of knowing or forewarning. It seems that we have lost that ability, in the wake of our technological development and our selfish and hostile takeover of the planet and all of it's other animal inhabitants. Maybe we need to get back to being in tune with the natural world, and start looking after mother earth, as a whole, with all of her inhabitants, and not just looking after man's wants and concerns.

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Because they are made from remnants, the selection is assorted and we cannot guarantee design. Sold individually.
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Cotton yarn and cloth mills.
[Ottawa] : Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Industry and Merchandising Division, 1962-1982.
21 v. ; 28 cm.
Merged with: Man-made fibre, yarn and cloth mills, ISSN 0300-3795; Wool yarn and cloth mills (Final), ISSN 0300-1202; and Knitting mills, ISSN 0384-3343, to become: Fibre, yarn, and cloth mills, ISSN 0319-8901.
Issued 1961-1964 by Industry Division; 1965-1969, by Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division; 1970-1978, by Statistics Canada, Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division; 1979-1980, by Foods, Beverages, Textiles and Miscellaneous Industries Section.
Text in English only, 1960-1965; text in English and French, 1966-1980.


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Frank is Idiot Pasture's piece for our Year Of The Dog group show.
'I have had Frank in my life for almost two years. He is a 7-year-old ex-racing greyhound and one of the greatest loves of my life. There is no better feeling than getting home and putting my head close to his. You can find him snoring on the sofa with all four legs in the air, eyes and mouth wide open. He is a weird fella with lots of scars and few teeth and is the size of a pony but what I have lost in sofa space I have gained in friendship.
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Edition of 50 (numbered & embossed) on 300 GSM Elephant paper.


An upcoming databse upgrade to Sybase 16 has brought attention to the need for the lateral keyword with nested outer join statements. (I think this may have been introduced with a version before 16.) I have found very little documentation to explain this requirement. I have tested a few sqls with left outer joins and they seem to be returning the expected results even without the Lateral keyword. Is this a reliable practice to continue the use of outer joins without the lateral keyword? Can a detailed explanation be provided as to how these types of sql statements should be handled with Sybase 16?
Why would you think that nested outer joins need lateral?
IMHO, LATERAL is only needed for particular cases like joining with a stored procedure when the parameter are parts of the join, too.
I had read this in some of the documentation and it seemed to indicate it was no longer supported. I am looking for either clarification and/or explanation on the issue.
"References to table expressions preceding in the FROM clause may now be used in ON clauses of nested outer joins. In previous releases, outer references in the ON phrase were permitted. Such outer references must now be indicated by use of the LATERAL keyword. The restriction enforces clarity and conforms to the SQL/99 standard. The following query is an example of one that is no longer valid, as it contains an outer reference (highlighted) without use of the LATERAL keyword: SELECT * FROM T1, T2 LEFT OUTER JOIN ( T3 LEFT OUTER JOIN T4 ON T1.col1 = T2.col2 ) ON T1.col2 = T2.col2)"
I have fond (not!) memories of being shocked and confused when reading that for the first time. Sadly, I don't remember much from 2003, but that sticks... see my answer below.
I believe you may have misread a behavior change made in Version 9: "... The following query is an example of one that is no longer valid, as it contains an outer reference (highlighted) without use of the LATERAL keyword: ..."
Don't confuse "outer reference" with "outer join".
An outer join is a SQL join clause like LEFT OUTER JOIN.
An outer reference is an English documentation term for a reference inside a ( nested table expression ) to an object in the outer statement. That's what the Help is talking about when it says "You must use a lateral derived table to use an outer reference in the FROM clause."
So, no, there is no requirement to use the LATERAL keyword with outer joins.
lateral-derived-table - A derived table, stored procedure, or joined table that may include references to objects in the parent statement (outer references). You must use a lateral derived table to use an outer reference in the FROM clause.
You can use outer references only to tables that precede the lateral derived table in the FROM clause. For example, you cannot use an outer reference to an item in the SELECT list.
This is the clarification that I was looking for. I appreciate the very understandable explanation. Thank you.


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Hrudní páteř je oblast páteře tvořena 12 hrudními obratli. Hrudní páteř je fyziologicky vyklenuta dozadu (kyphosis thoracica) a do strany, což tvoří tzv. fyziologickou skoliózu (scoliosis) v úrovni 3. hrudního obratle. Pohyblivost hrudní páteře je výrazně omezena kvůli jejímu připojení k žebrům. Dohromady s žebry (costa) a hrudní kostí (sternum) tvoří hrudní koš. Mezi jednotlivými těly obratlů nalezneme meziobratlové ploténky (discus intervertebralis).

Hrudní obratel (lat. vertebara thoracica) je tvořen vysokým tělem (corpus vertebrae), a několika výběžky: trnový výběžek (processus spinosus), párovými příčnými výběžky (processus transversi) a párovými kloubními výběžky (processus articulares). V medicíně se hrudní obratle značí písmenem T nebo písmeny Th a pořadím obratle v páteři počítáno od shora (např.: 3. hrudní obratel T3/Th3).

Na těle hrudního obratle nalezneme specifické útvary:

 otisk aorty (impressio aortica) - pouze na tělech 4. - 9. hrudního obratle

 horní a dolní jamky pro skloubení s žebry (fovea costalis superior et inferior) - na 1.-9. hrudním obratli se nachází obě jamky, na 10.-12. pouze jedna (fovea costalis)

V každém hrudním obratli nalezneme otvor (foramen vertebrale) kruhového až kosočtverečného tvaru. Kombinací všech otvorů v obratlích a kosti křížové vznikne páteřní kanál (canalis vertebralis). V páteřním kanálu prochází mícha (medulla spinalis) obalená v plenách.

Na příčném výběžku (processus transversus) se nachází jamka pro skloubení s žebrem (fovea costalis processus transversi). Tato jamka úplně chybí na 11. a 12. hrudním obratli.

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How do those Dutch do it?
You probably know that the Netherlands has lots of cycling. They sure do! An amazing 27% of ALL trips* in this rich country in 2005 were by bicycle.
Riding in the Netherlands is also remarkably safe.
How did the Netherlands get to be such a cycling paradise? There are several rather unhelpful theories.
"It is a flat country": No doubt this helps. But there are plenty other comparable flat places with much less cycling.
"The Dutch have a long-standing 'bicycle culture'": Certainly they do. But is this a cause or an effect? So did many other countries at some point in the 20th century. Yet most of them somehow lost their 'bicycle cultures'.
"They have good weather for cycling": I hear this when I talk about cycling in hot and sticky Singapore. But I suspect this theory is only popular among people who have never spent any time in a damp and windy Dutch winter.
A recent publication from the Netherlands might help.
"Cycling in the Netherlands" (pdf) is an easy, non-technical read and is visually very striking.
One of its key aims is to share with the rest of us the lessons learned from decades of experimentation with bicycle policy by various Dutch agencies and local governments.
Based on the frequent requests for information from policy-makers, politicians and NGO's from all over the world, we decided to produce a comprehensive brochure about cycling in the Netherlands, giving an actual overview on the results and findings of relevant studies and experiences.
I also highlighted the document recently on the Cycling in Singapore blog.
So what CAN the rest of us really learn from Dutch bicycle policy?
Probably we can learn many things. But here is one key conclusion from the report ... bicycle policy works!
[Update: a new website, Fietsberaad, will also be of interest for Dutch bicycle policy insights. This is "the brand new international website of the Dutch Fietsberaad (Bicycle Council), the expertise centre for cycling and all related subjects. This English website provides access to the most up-to-date information, the main facts and the best examples from the Netherlands and other countries."


Occupational licensing, also called occupational licensure, is a form of government regulation requiring a license to pursue a particular profession or vocation for compensation. Professions that can have a large negative effect on individuals, like physicians and lawyers, require occupational licenses in most developed countries, but many jurisdictions also require licenses for professions without that possibility, like plumbers, taxi drivers and electricians. Licensing creates a regulatory barrier to entry into licensed occupations, and this results in higher income for those with licenses and usually higher costs for consumers.
"In Bonham's Case , Coke ruled that the common law stood above Parliament. Here Dr. Thomas Bonham was imprisoned for practicing medicine without a certificate from the Royal College of Physicians. Coke ruled: 'when an Act of Parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it and adjudge such Act to be void.' This was his most controversial decision."
Examines the issues of "cronyism" or "pull-peddling", suggesting --as Ayn Rand did-- that the solution is "to limit government strictly to protecting rights and nothing more"
"These terms obscure the fact that what people are competing for when they engage in cronyism is the 'privilege' of legally using force .. to prevent them from contracting or associating with others. ... When individuals in a given profession lobby for occupational licensing laws, they are asking government to grant a select group of people a kind of monopoly status that prevents others who don't meet their standards from competing with them — that is, from contracting with willing customers to do business."
"'... Woe to the nation that would strive to increase knowledge or happiness at the expense of justice. It will end by not having morality, or happiness, or knowledge.' Using similar logic, Kelly opposed any government attempt to license physicians or regulate medicine because government could not guarantee the safety or quality of medical care. It could only create a quasi-union of medical elites and block progress."
"Licensing laws restrict entry into the medical professions, dictate what tasks each profession may perform, and deny patients the right to be treated by the practitioner of their choice. ... Proponents of licensing argue that it enhances the quality of care, but libertarians point to the fact that low-quality care is widespread despite licensing, that licensing does not improve overall quality because it reduces access to care for the poor, and that the chief proponents of licensing are incumbent practitioners who profit by restricting entry."
"Occupational licensing restricts entry into many kinds of work by raising the cost of going into business. Zoning restrictions prevent people from using their homes for commercial purposes. Restrictions on street vendors and cabbies quash small-scale entrepreneurship. Intellectual-property law inhibits or harasses those whose products might be construed as violating patents or copyrights. ... All this and more shrink the options of those with limited skills and meager resources, forcing them to vie with one another for the remaining, perhaps less-desirable jobs with reduced bargaining power."
"Licensing is one way that freedom is limited on behalf of special interests. The licensing regime is overseen by the current practitioners, giving them the power to limit the number of their competitors. This is a double whammy. It locks people out of occupations, and it raises prices to consumers. We're told that licensing exists to protect consumers from shoddy work, but licensing does not protect consumers."
"In medical economics, however, we are supposed to believe that physicians are a class set apart like ordained priests with special powers. You are either ordained to practice medicine or you are not. The limits on the numbers – which are built into the cartel of medical schools as well as the licensure system – are nothing but a mercantilist effort to increase prices and incomes. Of course every profession has its licensure system, but the medical one has been uniquely successful in making the barriers to practice incredibly high."
"At the time, the rules governing Massachusetts courts required a student to study in a lawyer's office before admission to the bar. College graduates were required to study for 3 years, whereas nongraduates were required to do so for 5 years. Spooner's first act as a lawyer was to challenge what he thought was a rule that discriminated against the poor. ... In 1835, Spooner published a petition ... He argued that 'no one has yet ever dared advocate, in direct terms, so monstrous a principle as that the rich ought to be protected by law from the competition of the poor.' In 1836, the legislature abolished the restriction."
"You discover the handyman who has been doing odd jobs around the neighborhood, including some construction projects, does not have a state contractor's license. Do you: ... Rejoice that someone is finding a way around the state's occupational licensing laws, which function mainly to reduce competition and raise prices for consumers while offering little if any real protection for consumers?"
"So if you want to go to Chicago or San Francisco, you can go on a tour in those cities and that tour guide is totally unregulated. He never had to pass a government-issued test and yet the tourism industry in those cities doesn't seem to be suffering as a result. ... We have done occupational speech cases that involve real estate listing services where people want to put up for-sale-by-owner websites and the government says, 'Well, if you want to do that, you have to be a licensed real estate broker,' even though basically all you're doing is putting up an online classified ad."
"Established businesses stifle competition from below by lobbying for regulatory red tape, extortionist fees, and complex licensing for everything from taxi-driving to hairdressing. Industry standards, which would otherwise be set by social convention and market experimentation, are removed from competition and determined by political pull. High compliance costs insulate incumbents who can afford them from competitors who cannot, shutting the poor out of entrepreneurial opportunities and independent livelihoods."
"From the era preceding World War I, when the Rockefeller Foundation promoted the government-licensing system that restricted entry into the profession by controlling medical education, the march into the trap of tax-funded medicine began. ... licensing, which is a grant of monopoly rents to those inside the protected profession. The profession elects representatives who sit on government boards, or who actually make up the whole board."
"Decades of empirical research has found that the 'degree of political influence' is 'one of the most important factors in determining whether States regulate an occupation,' according to the authors of the White House report [ Occupational Licensing: A Framework for Policymakers , July 2015]. In other words, excessive licensing laws are often advanced by industry insiders — who directly profit from the ability to legally exclude potential competitors. This is cronyism at its worst."
The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "Occupational licensing" as of 19 Oct 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.


Gee vesty who is the oddball with funny ears?
Not the least Bit concerned Gordon. Most US Cits would think a Rear Admiral was a Butterfly that flew backwards. In any case they are far too busy promoting the land of the free and fighting off free loaders wanting a slice of the action, and the rest are busy building garages for their 2nd car in sticks-ville Minnesota.
Gordon: I have visited the US Navy base At Guantanamo Cuba, my log book shows ,April 11-14 1958 also April 3-4 and 8-10 1965.
reminds me of the Kiwi Group Dragon, and their song 'April Sun In Cuba'.
Records also show. Arrived Portsmouth Eng 21 April, 1958,and on that day my eldest son 23-9-53 was twice as old as my second son, 27-6-56, confusing? not really.
maintaining a fertile mind at sea was essential, keeping a journal my passion.
Correction Correction; last commenshould read 1954 not 1953.
Saby: (Journals)As you are neither one or the other you have a choice.
saby; I do not wish to know the the dimensions of your appendages thank you.
amerigo man; your comment deleted.
If you wish to stir the can do it in a civilised manner, thank you.
point taken- but I take exception to your remarks regarding the us navy- I was a enlisted man on battlleship Missouri 1944 .august, only 20 at time was in aa gun turret saw many kamekases in the pacific-I am now 83-still in your diapers when I was serving mr limey.
amerigo man: thank you for your comment, I am about to have dinner, but I will leave you with this Question, What was the name of the British Battleship anchored aprox 350yds from USS Missouri At Guam after operation iceberg May 28-30, 1945, Clue; you gave that Brit ship a ice cream machine, I shall return shortly vest.
Amerigo man; back from roast beef and yorkshire Pud.
You : Born 1923 Being you are now 83.
Joined Missouri Aged 20 Aug 1944.
served until end of war Aug 1945.
Tell me: How could you see any aircraft including Jap kamikazes from the interior of an enclosed armor plated gun turret controlled by the gun director high in the superstructure.
Me VEST: Born 16-7- 1942 now near 80.
Served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian ocean, and the last 9 months in the Pacific on the Battle ship HMS King George V operating with the US Pacific Fleet until the end of the war.
My action station, the Air defence Control Position. a frightful undefended open area with very little cover, my friend on the starboard side and I on the port side would have seen those kamikazes sooner and far more often, than ANYONE on our ship, it was brown trouser times, yes , Amerigo man; diapers would have come in handy.
Sorry to have been there longer in the fray than you, but then there were younger CHILDREN than I serving on my ship. yes it was my ship which was near the Missouri at Guam. If you require more info I have plenty, and the reason others died and I survived was; I believed I was far too young to die.
Typo error Vests D O B being 16-7-1926 not as stated 16-7-1942, sorry.
"I am certain that those at home in Britain have no idea of what these long operating periods mean(He is referring to 3-4 months at sea in constant war activity)nor of the strain put on those in the ships, so many of whom, both officers and men, are mere children.
I have in my flagship the Battleship HMS King George v Leading Hands of 19 and Petty Officers of 21. and boy seamen who are recently 17 yrs old.
when I took on that which this untrained youth has managed to accomplish and to stick out, then I have no fear for the future of the British Navy, provided, but only provided, that we handle them with vision and understanding, and that we recognise them for what they were and are- people of great courage who would follow one anywhere, and whose keynote was that the word "impossible" did not exist".
"Our names will not go down in history except perhaps in some dusty naval archives, God bless you all".
Not even the great Admiral Horatio Nelson spoke about the men under his command in this fashion.
Hi vesty old mate, I had no idea you were some sort of hero, that old Admiral must have been one great bloke, see you on friday.
Reluctant Dave Reluctant, no options at all.
amerigo man: there was no insult to the US Navy only to an individual. mind you, you were quick off the mark about diapers, however you yourself must have been quite a remarkable person being able to see through steel armor plate.
I am a English lady older than you, and understand you quite well.I greatly appreciate your truthfulness, go long in the day, I will be your greatest support.


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The Fresh Air Fund Celebrates the Simple Joys of a Childhood Summer
By: Alex LaTrenta | July 13, 2018
As the Fresh Air fund Bus arrives at the Old Greenwich Train station, the sidewalk is filled with animated Greenwich families, anxious to meet the child who they will host for a week or more.
As the inner-city children, all 7 or older, inch down the bus steps with both apprehension and excitement, they scan the sea of smiles and balloon animals for a colorful sign bearing their name.
One homemade sign is decorated with rhinestones and glitter. One arriving boy named Brandon is bombarded with silly string while he reaches for his luggage, laughing and then grabbing his own can to join the fun.
Anticipation permeates the air as these local families bend down to hug their young guests, and then drive away to swim at Tod's Point, catch fireflies on a grassy lawn or ride a bike down a tree-lined suburban street.
During the next couple of weeks, some host families may even venture to Legoland, Playland, or the Adirondacks for more fresh air and fun.
This excitement is typical for the Fresh Air fund, a program which unites welcoming host families along the East Coast with New York City children from disadvantaged neighborhoods for a summer of outdoor activities previously unknown to these urban children. Nicole Heath, the Chairperson for Greenwich and Stamford, emphasized the need for these children to escape the growing danger of gun violence in their communities.
he Maniscalco family welcoming Nialah
"We're getting the children away from the not-that-safe streets of New York," she said. "A child we have had for several years, he didn't see it, but a person was shot on the corner half a block from his home."
This program removes them from the threat of violence and allows them to enjoy the simple joys of a childhood summer.
This non-profit program also permits local families to learn a valuable lesson. Greenwich mother Ellen Sweeney noted that the experience of hosting a child makes her family aware of how fortunate they are. "It allows us to spread that joy and love to other people beyond our small surroundings," she said.
The Fresh Air fund continues to show local families the importance of simple childhood activities, like learning how to swim and riding a bike, that Greenwich residents often take for granted.
The Fresh Air Fund is an enlightening experience for the host families as well as the children it benefits. It offers inner-city kids the opportunity to try new activities and meet new people, but it also teaches the host families important lessons.
The Fresh Air fund gives host families a fresh perspective on their privileged lifestyle. Returning participants such as host parent Meredith Lovejoy shared her experiences from past summers, and the lessons that her family has learned.
Anne Louise Bostock meeting Mimi. Photo: Alex LaTrenta
"A valuable lesson was when we saw Brandon at Christmas time. We discovered that he didn't get any presents, and that Santa didn't go to his house," Lovejoy said. "We gave him a present, but we also had a conversation at home about how lucky we are. "
Lovejoy shared another eye-opening experience which gave her family better perspective.
"I gave the kids, all three of them, corn on the cob one day, and Brandon had never seen one," she said. "He didn't know where it came from or how to eat it. He just thought corn always came out of a can."
Ellen and Robert Sweeney with Stephanie Yang. Photo: Alex LaTrenta
Participating in the Fresh Air fund also allowed local host families and children to meet diverse children from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Heath explained this important aspect of the program: "I want to give the host families an opportunity that is very
rewarding and fulfilling, but also a chance to know someone from a very different culture. You don't even have to go to a different country." Host families are able to expose their children to life outside the bubble of Greenwich while also making a difference in an urban child's life and giving them a new perspective.
The Fresh Air fund encourages local families, with and without children at various ages, to volunteer for this heartwarming experience.
Heath said the program is always looking for people with an open heart who like the idea of giving a child, who would probably not get out of New York City all summer, a vacation.
"It takes very little effort to change a kid's life," she said.
The Fresh Air Fund not only gives urban kids a summer of simple childhood pleasures, but gives host families the chance to see the world through fresh eyes and appreciate the all that Greenwich has to offer.
When he arrives, Brandon is bombarded with silly string. He immediately grabs a can and joins the fun. Photo Alex LaTrenta
The Bostock family with their child Mimi Guinyard. Photo: Alex LaTrenta
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Hill House Reimagined Holiday Gift Giving Program Reminds Seniors They Are Integral to the Greenwich Community
"I'm a firm believer in voluntarism, especially among older people. I can always bring in someone to do a concert. I can always organize Bingo. Those are great and serve a purpose. You need to be entertained and have a laugh, but you also need to be given the opportunity to feel a part of the mainstream and feel purpose in your life." – Lisa Crowley, Hill House resident service coordinator and social service programmer
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Think Sunshine! Volunteer as a Fresh Air Host Family
The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Fresh Air children are boys and girls, from seven to 18 years old, who live in New York City. Children who are reinvited by host families may continue with The Fresh Air Fund through age 18 and can enjoy extended trips.
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Fresh Air Fund Kids Make A Splash at Long-Running Annual Pool Party
Fresh Air Fund children from New York City and local host families enjoyed a dinner and pool party at Nicole Heath's home on North Street. Roughly two dozen children swam around the pool, enjoyed ice cream from Dominick's Ice Cream Truck, and laughed with new and old friends.
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From participating in a lunchtime yoga class held in our dance studios to taking over the pool for a game of underwater hockey, there's something for everyone—students, faculty, and staff alike—to participate in at the Rec Center, or at one of our state-of-the-art fields, courts, or studios.
WPI has 20 varsity teams classified within the NCAA Division III. We enjoy membership in the ECAC, NEWMAC, FFC and the NECAC. WPI athletics has a long proud history and we have enjoyed our share of intercollegiate success in tournament, conference and national championships. We are equally proud of the accolades and awards bestowed each year on our student-athletes, including Scholar All-America, All-America, All-Region, All-New England and All-Conference honors.
Taking place during the traditional academic year (August-May), club sports give students the opportunity to join over 30 different sports teams ranging from ultimate Frisbee and rugby to ballroom dancing and pep band. Students are in charge of each team, thereby allowing students to develop and refine their leadership and organizational skills while working out, meeting new people, and having fun. Check out Club Sports on CampusLabs for a full list of teams, contact information, and forms.
Open to all members of the WPI community, the Intramural Sports program aims to provide safe, fair, and enjoyable competitive opportunities. Intramurals include such sporting activities as flag football, basketball, indoor soccer, and volleyball, as well as recreation programming activities like 3-point shootouts and spikeball.


There was an optional village visit on our last day in South Luangwa. The visit sounded great, and the village tourism project has a great reputation. Visitors get to involve themselves in the daily life of the village - building houses, cooking, tending the crops, telling stories and whatnot - you can even stay overnight if you wish. I'd have liked to do it, even just for the exercise of overcoming the culture shock. I know I'd have gotten some amazing phtos. The problem was that the village, Kawaza, was 30km away from the campground over bad roads, and to get there would have cost $100 for the vehicle. There were four other people thinking of going, so it would have cost us $16 each to get there and back, plus the $20 for the visit itself. We wavered a lot ,but it ws just too expensive for the three or four hours we'd actually be there. We elected to just stay at camp instead. I used the time to catch up on my writing and brought the website up to date. I wish I could upload photos, but the internet connections everywhere in Africa have been far too slow even to consider it. I hope to find a fast connection in Cape Town and upload them all, but it will be a massive undertaking - there'll probably be a backlog of 1500 photos by that time.
The only excitement during the day was in fighting off the resident monkey population. Oh, and Sheryl got bitten by a tsetse fly, so we'll have to watch her for signs of Sleeping Sickness for the next little while.
Up early the next morning for the two-day trip to Lusaka, Zambia's captial. The first day was brutally awful - hot and bumpy. Everyone was in terrible moods. We stopped for the night at a crappy camping ground at the side of a big bridge over the Luangwa River. The beer was too expensive for me, the place was full of dust and bugs, the owner was a drunk, and every so often gigantic trucks would cross the bridge and make a noise like World War Three. It was so hot that we all felt like dying, and couldn't do more than sit around moaning weakly and taking shower after shower in a futile attempt to cool down. I couldn't sleep at all - I was hot and there was no breeze, and ants kept crawling on me, and I could hear thunder and see lightning, but nothing was happening. The storm and the heat finally broke after I'd been lying awake for an hour, praying for rain. A gust of cooler air crept in under the tent flap, and at last I was able to drift off.
We left in the morning for the second, short section of the drive to Lusaka. It was only six hours or so, and we stopped at a mall for food shopping. Lusaka looks quite clean and modern - by far the most so of any African city I've seen. Lots of banks, proper sidewalks, no trash everywhere. It's also much more ethnically mixed, or at least the mall was - maybe 10% non-black people instead of a couple of furtive tourists like in other places. The relative organization and cleanliness held true even as we passed through the outskirts of the city later. At the mall, Sheryl and I had a few hours to kill since we weren't part of the food-shopping, so we nosed around, checked our email, wrote postcards and that sort of thing. Nothing exciting.
The campsite tonight is huge - a swanky and well-run affair with a pool, grass and flowering trees everywhere - including one vine festooned with what look like giant, speckled, chocolate-brown orchids. Oh, and a small herd of zebras grazing on the grass, which I find quite weird this close to a huge city. The camp dogs chased them around fearlessly, and I got the impression that the scene was repeated daily at least.
Wow, Lusaka has changed a lot since I was there - back then you had to travel in groups of no less that 6 people and you had to leave guards on the camp to ward off thieves! We ended up buying bootleg beer in a back alley because there had been an explosion at the beer factory - it was South African spies apparently ??? When we were there you could see bullet holes in many of the buildings, and there was a spy network beyond belief that followed all the tourists around. Sounds like they have come a long way, not the poor cousin to Zimbabwe any more.


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<?php

// Only define the AYAH class if it does not already exist.
if ( ! class_exists('AYAH')):

class AYAH {
	// Set defaults for values that can be specified via the config file or passed in via __construct.
	protected $ayah_publisher_key = 'aa3a260075b5f2c6873e62d182a361ce235d5397';
	protected $ayah_scoring_key = 'e01dd983bc24dbe8ea7e37e613b676197613342c';
	protected $ayah_web_service_host = 'ws.areyouahuman.com';
	protected $ayah_debug_mode = FALSE;
	protected $ayah_use_curl = TRUE;

	protected $session_secret;

	protected $__valid_construct_params = array('publisher_key', 'scoring_key', 'web_service_host', 'debug_mode', 'use_curl');
	protected $__message_buffer = array();
	protected $__version_number = '1.1.7';

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 * If the session secret exists in input, it grabs it
	 * @param $params associative array with keys publisher_key, scoring_key, web_service_host
	 *
	 */
	public function __construct($params = array())
	{
		// Try to load the ayah_config.php file.
		if ( ! $this->__load_config_file())
		{
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "The ayah_config.php file is missing.");
		}

		// Get and use any valid parameters that were passed in via the $params array.
		foreach ((array)$this->__valid_construct_params as $partial_variable_name)
		{
			// Build the full variable name...and create an upper case version.
			$variable_name = "ayah_" . $partial_variable_name;
			$uc_variable_name = strtoupper($variable_name);

			// Check to see if it was passed in via $params.
			if (isset($params[$partial_variable_name]))
			{
				$this->{$variable_name} = $params[$partial_variable_name];
			}
			// Check to see if it was defined in the ayah_config file.
			elseif (defined($uc_variable_name))
			{
				$this->{$variable_name} = constant($uc_variable_name);
			}
		}

		// Generate some warnings/errors if needed variables are not set.
		if ($this->ayah_publisher_key == "")
		{
			$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "Warning: Publisher key is not defined.  This won't work.");
		}
		else
		{
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "Publisher key: '$this->ayah_publisher_key'");
		}
		if ($this->ayah_scoring_key == "")
		{
			$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "Warning: Scoring key is not defined.  This won't work.");
		}
		else
		{
			// For security reasons, don't output the scoring key as part of the debug info.
		}
		if ($this->ayah_web_service_host == "")
		{
			$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "Warning: Web service host is not defined.  This won't work.");
		}
		else
		{
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "AYAH Webservice host: '$this->ayah_web_service_host'");
		}

		// If available, set the session secret.
		if(array_key_exists("session_secret", $_REQUEST)) {
			$this->session_secret = $_REQUEST["session_secret"];
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the markup for the PlayThru
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function getPublisherHTML($config = array())
	{
		// Initialize.
		$session_secret = "";
		$fields = array('config' => $config);
		$webservice_url = '/ws/setruntimeoptions/' . $this->ayah_publisher_key;

		// If necessary, process the config data.
		if ( ! empty($config))
		{
			// Log it.
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "Setting runtime options...config data='".implode(",", $config)."'");

			// Add the gameid to the options url.
			if (array_key_exists("gameid", $config))
			{
				$webservice_url .= '/' . $config['gameid'];
			}
		}

		// Call the webservice and get the response.
		$resp = $this->doHttpsPostReturnJSONArray($this->ayah_web_service_host, $webservice_url, $fields);
		if ($resp)
		{
			// Get the session secret from the response.
			$session_secret = $resp->session_secret;

			// Build the url to the AYAH webservice.
			$url = 'https://';						// The AYAH webservice API requires https.
			$url.= $this->ayah_web_service_host;				// Add the host.
			$url.= "/ws/script/";						// Add the path to the API script.
			$url.= urlencode($this->ayah_publisher_key);			// Add the encoded publisher key.
			$url.= (empty($session_secret))? "" : "/".$session_secret;	// If set, add the session_secret.

			// Build and return the needed HTML code.
			return "

";
		}
		else
		{
			// Build and log a detailed message.
			$url = "https://".$this->ayah_web_service_host.$webservice_url;
			$message = "Unable to connect to the AYAH webservice server.  url='$url'";
			$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, $message);

			// Build and display a helpful message to the site user.
			$style = "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #EED3D7; background: #F2DEDE; color: #B94A48;";
			$message = "Unable to load the Are You a Human PlayThru™.  Please contact the site owner to report the problem.";
			echo "
$message
\n";
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Check whether the user is a human
	 * Wrapper for the scoreGame API call
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function scoreResultWrapper($session_secret){
		$result = false;
		if ($session_secret) {
			$fields = array(
				'session_secret' => urlencode($session_secret),
				'scoring_key' => $this->ayah_scoring_key
			);
			$resp = $this->doHttpsPostReturnJSONArray($this->ayah_web_service_host, "/ws/scoreGame", $fields);
			if ($resp) {
				$result = ($resp->status_code == 1);
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "Unable to score the result.  Please check that your ayah_config.php file contains your correct publisher key and scoring key.");
		}

		return $result;

	}

	public function scoreResult() {
		$result = false;
		if ($this->session_secret) {
			$fields = array(
				'session_secret' => urlencode($this->session_secret),
				'scoring_key' => $this->ayah_scoring_key
			);
			$resp = $this->doHttpsPostReturnJSONArray($this->ayah_web_service_host, "/ws/scoreGame", $fields);
			if ($resp) {
				$result = ($resp->status_code == 1);
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "Unable to score the result.  Please check that your ayah_config.php file contains your correct publisher key and scoring key.");
		}

		return $result;
	}

	/**
	 * Records a conversion
	 * Called on the goal page that A and B redirect to
	 * A/B Testing Specific Function
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function recordConversion() {
		// Build the url to the AYAH webservice..
		$url = 'https://';				// The AYAH webservice API requires https.
		$url.= $this->ayah_web_service_host;		// Add the host.
		$url.= "/ws/recordConversion/";			// Add the path to the API script.
		$url.= urlencode($this->ayah_publisher_key);	// Add the encoded publisher key.

		if( isset( $this->session_secret ) ){
			return '';
		} else {
			$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, 'AYAH Conversion Error: No Session Secret');
			return FALSE;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Do a HTTPS POST, return some JSON decoded as array (Internal function)
	 * @param $host hostname
	 * @param $path path
	 * @param $fields associative array of fields
	 * return JSON decoded data structure or empty data structure
	 */
	protected function doHttpsPostReturnJSONArray($hostname, $path, $fields) {
		$result = $this->doHttpsPost($hostname, $path, $fields);

		if ($result) {
			$result = $this->doJSONArrayDecode($result);
		} else {
			$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "Post to https://$hostname$path returned no result.");
			$result = array();
		}

		return $result;
	}

	// Internal function; does an HTTPS post
	protected function doHttpsPost($hostname, $path, $fields) {
		$result = "";
		// URLencode the post string
		$fields_string = "";
		foreach($fields as $key=>$value) {
			if (is_array($value)) {
				if ( ! empty($value)) {
					foreach ($value as $k => $v) {
						$fields_string .= $key . '['. $k .']=' . $v . '&';
					}
				} else {
					$fields_string .= $key . '=&';
				}
			} else {
				$fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&';
			}
		}
		rtrim($fields_string,'&');

		// Use cURL?
		if ($this->__use_curl())
		{
			// Build the cURL url.
			$curl_url = "https://" . $hostname . $path;

			// Log it.
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "Using cURl: url='$curl_url', fields='$fields_string'");

			// Initialize cURL session.
			if ($ch = curl_init($curl_url))
			{
				// Set the cURL options.
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields_string);
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
				curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

				// Execute the cURL request.
				$result = curl_exec($ch);

				// Close the curl session.
				curl_close($ch);
			}
			else
			{
				// Log it.
				$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "Unable to initialize cURL: url='$curl_url'");
			}
		}
		else
		{
			// Log it.
			$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "Using fsockopen(): fields='$fields_string'");

			// Build a header
			$http_request  = "POST $path HTTP/1.1\r\n";
			$http_request .= "Host: $hostname\r\n";
			$http_request .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded;\r\n";
			$http_request .= "Content-Length: " . strlen($fields_string) . "\r\n";
			$http_request .= "User-Agent: AreYouAHuman/PHP " . $this->get_version_number() . "\r\n";
			$http_request .= "Connection: Close\r\n";
			$http_request .= "\r\n";
			$http_request .= $fields_string ."\r\n";

			$result = '';
			$errno = $errstr = "";
			$fs = fsockopen("ssl://" . $hostname, 443, $errno, $errstr, 10);
			if( false == $fs ) {
				$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "Could not open socket");
			} else {
				fwrite($fs, $http_request);
				while (!feof($fs)) {
					$result .= fgets($fs, 4096);
				}

				$result = explode("\r\n\r\n", $result, 2);
				$result = $result[1];
			}
		}

		// Log the result.
		$this->__log("DEBUG", __FUNCTION__, "result='$result'");

		// Return the result.
		return $result;
	}

	// Internal function: does a JSON decode of the string
	protected function doJSONArrayDecode($string) {
		$result = array();

		if (function_exists("json_decode")) {
			try {
				$result = json_decode( $string);
			} catch (Exception $e) {
				$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "Exception when calling json_decode: " . $e->getMessage());
				$result = null;
			}
		} elseif (file_Exists("json.php")) {
			require_once('json.php');
			$json = new Services_JSON();
			$result = $json->decode($string);

			if (!is_array($result)) {
				$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "Expected array; got something else: $result");
				$result = array();
			}
		} else {
			$this->__log("ERROR", __FUNCTION__, "No JSON decode function available.");
		}

		return $result;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the current debug mode (TRUE or FALSE)
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function debug_mode($mode=null)
	{
		// Set it if the mode is passed.
		if (null !== $mode)
		{
			// Save it.
			$this->ayah_debug_mode = $mode;

			// Display a message if debug_mode is TRUE.
			if ($mode)
			{
				$version_number = $this->get_version_number();
				$this->__log("DEBUG", "", "Debug mode is now on. (ayah.php version=$version_number)");

				// Flush the buffer.
				$this->__flush_message_buffer();
			}
		}

		// If necessary, set the default.
		if ( ! isset($this->ayah_debug_mode) or (null == $this->ayah_debug_mode)) $this->ayah_debug_mode = FALSE;

		// Return TRUE or FALSE.
		return ($this->ayah_debug_mode)? TRUE : FALSE;
	}

	/**
	 * Get the current version number
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function get_version_number()
	{
		return (isset($this->__version_number))? $this->__version_number : FALSE;
	}

	/**
	 * Determine whether or not cURL is available to use.
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	private function __use_curl()
	{
		if (FALSE === $this->ayah_use_curl)
		{
			return FALSE;
		}
		elseif (function_exists('curl_init') and function_exists('curl_exec'))
		{
			return TRUE;
		}
		return FALSE;
	}

	/**
	 * Load the config file.
	 *
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	private function __load_config_file()
	{
		// Initialize.
		$name = 'ayah_config.php';
		$locations = array(
			'./',
			dirname(__FILE__)."/",
		);

		// Look for the config file in each location.
		foreach ($locations as $location)
		{
			if (file_exists($location.$name))
			{
				require_once($location.$name);
				return TRUE;
			}
		}

		// Could not find the config file.
		return FALSE;
	}

	/**
	 * Log a message
	 *
	 * @return null
	 */
	protected function __log($type, $function, $message)
	{
		// Add a prefix to the message.
		$message = __CLASS__ . "::$function: " . $message;

		// Is it an error message?
		if (FALSE !== stripos($type, "error"))
		{
			error_log($message);
		}

		// Build the full message.
		$message_style = "padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #EED3D7; background: #F2DEDE; color: #B94A48;";
		$full_message = "
$type: $message
\n";

		// Output to the screen too?
		if ($this->debug_mode())
		{
			echo "$full_message";
		}
		else
		{
			// Add the message to the buffer in case we need it later.
			$this->__message_buffer[] = $full_message;
		}
	}

	private function __flush_message_buffer()
	{
		// Flush the buffer.
		if ( ! empty($this->__message_buffer))
		{
			foreach ($this->__message_buffer as $buffered_message)
			{
				// Print the buffered message.
				echo "$buffered_message";
			}
		}
	}
}

endif;	// if ( ! class_exists('AYAH')):

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